Best Actor turned Director

[rbd3000]

I did forget about Robert Redford and Peter Berg, both of them have been successful directors.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by rbd3000

I did forget about Robert Redford and Peter Berg, both of them have been successful directors.

I don't know -- Redford directed one exceptional movie with an astonishing screenplay (Ordinary People), and lots of middling boring films (Quiz Show is saved by the performances - as a film, its nowhere near as profound as it seems to think it is). I think Redford proves the old axiom that no director is ultimately better than his screenplay. Very special directors like Spielberg and Hitchcock could take a weak script and create a few stirring and imaginative moments here and there, but Redford is not of their caliber, and his lesser efforts lie on the screen like wet carpet. He's essentially a tasteful workman on the order of a Sidney Pollack. He's a good director, but not a great one.