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Movies written/directed by very young people?

posted 8 years ago by sONOMArEturns (1253)
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I just saw that a 20-year-old wrote and directed some film that played at Tribeca. What other films do you know were either written or directed by young people? And I'm mostly looking for bigger feature length films, not a microbudget short. Also, I'm looking for people under the age of 25.

The Dark Backward - Adam Rifkin (Wrote it at 19, directed it at 21)
Clerks - Kevin Smith (24)
The Evil Dead - Sam Raimi (began production at 20)

[–] pancine (40) 8 years ago

I'm not much for it but hailed as one of the greatest films ever, Citizen Kane was produced,directed and of course starred in by the 25 year old Orson Welles. Deserves mentioning whether one considers 25 very young or not.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 8 years ago

Great point, pancine. We tend to forget how young he was when he made that film.

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[–] sONOMArEturns (1253) 8 years ago

Wow, I actually didn't know that. That's very impressive.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 8 years ago

He had immense talent.

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[–] Wint3rFir3 (7146) 7 years ago

The movie Thirteen was written by Nikki Reed when she was fourteen I think, and went on to star in the film. That's the youngest I can think of.