« Get him Grandpa » : féminité et blanchité dans Get Out de Jordan Peele (2017) by Hélène Charlery

“…This paper examines the way Get Out (2017), Jordan Peele’s directorial debut, considers white femininity through the Rose and Missy Armitage characters. …”
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The working class in Schrader’s Blue Collar (1978) by Wheeler, Mark

“…This chapter examines Paul Schrader’s directorial debut Blue Collar (1978) with reference to its entrapment of three Detroit autoworkers. …”
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The Failed Probability of Love Over Labor in THX 1138 (1971) by Wydler Christopher

“…Thematic elements associated with panopticism are often examined instead. George Lucas’ directorial debut, THX 1138 (1971), uses aesthetic values in filmmaking to screen a narrative grounded in panopticism. …”
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Rozmowa o współczesnej tożsamości polskich Żydów by Barbara Weżgowiec

“… DIALOG ABOUT THE MODERN IDENTITY OF POLISH JEWS: AROUND THE POSTMEMORY NARRATIONS IN DOCUMENTARY BY MIKOŁAJ GRYNBERG THE PROOF OF IDENTITY The 2021 documentary The Proof of Identity marked the directorial debut of Mikołaj Grynberg. In this film, the director attempts to depict the unique experience of being a Polish Jew, while also exploring the intricate nature of an essentially dual (Polish-Jewish or Jewish-Polish) identity. …”
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Movement and Projection in the Slaughterhouse of the Argentine Cinema: Martín Fierro (1923) by Alfredo Quesada. by Nicolás Suárez

“…In 1923, after producing the adaptation of his brother Josué’s best-selling novel La vendedora de Harrods (1919), Alfredo Quesada made his directorial debut with the film Martín Fierro. It was based on the poem by José Hernández (1872 and 1879), which had been canonized shortly before. …”
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The Limits of Auteurism: Case Studies in the Critically Constructed New Hollywood, by Nicholas Godfrey by Ryan Sherwood

“…In a 1972 Gallery interview, Dennis Hopper—whose 1969 directorial debut, Easy Rider, supposedly galvanised the much-mythologised New Hollywood period—shared his grim assessment of his cohort’s most celebrated work. …”
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Fire and Rain, The Tramp and The Trickster: romance and the family in the early films of Raj Kapoor by Rachel Dwyer

“…This article looks at the early work of RK in the decade from his directorial debut, Aag to his classic Shree 420, concentrating on the four films he produced and directed, co-starring one of the greatest stars of the 1950s, Nargis. …”
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Provincetown Players’ Stage Productions Starring Eugene O’Neill by Amina A. Zhamanova

“…The paper also examines O’Neill’s acting performance, his directorial debut in the Bound East for Cardiff stage production (a co-work with his colleague Edward James Ballantine); the first introduction of a black character in Thirst, and a young playwright experimenting with long monologues in the Before Breakfast production. …”
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„Burzliwy i krańcowy protest przeciwko naturalizmowi Reduty”: Debiut reżyserski Edmunda Wiercińskiego by Anna Chojnacka

“…It was Edmund Wierciński’s directorial debut. The artist had been a member of the Reduta company, ran by Osterwa and Limanowski, since 1921. …”
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Of Rajuk and demasculinization. Examining class inequality and gender representations in Hussain Haniff’s Hang Jebat (1961) by Muhamad Farid Abdul Rahman, Mahyuddin Ahmad, Lee, Adrian Yuen Beng

“…This can be seen in his first directorial debut Hang Jebat (1961) that tells the story of how the warrior Hang Jebat stood up for his comrade Hang Tuah who was unjustly sent to the gallows. …”
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从《吃风》看新加坡华人的国族认同和华语语系中的边缘族群 = “Eating air” : an analysis on the national identity and marginalised minority amongst Singapore Chinese... by 胡莉珊 Oh, Lee Shan

“…“Eating Air”, is the directorial debut of local director, Kelvin Tong and film editor, Jasmine Ng. …”
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