20 Established Actors Turned Critically Acclaimed Directors

Famed Actors Turned Directors

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There are many outstanding directors throughout cinema history, including Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard, Kathryn Bigelow, and Paul Thomas Anderson, to name a few. However, some great directors started as actors. We will explore twenty established actors who became critically acclaimed directors.