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Youngest directors ever?


So I just realized John Singleton was a little under 23 when he filmed Boyz n the Hood. Can anyone name a filmmaker as young (or around that age) whom directed any movie for that matter, let alone a good one?

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I know Spielberg was turning 25 when he directed Duel (I know its a TV movie)

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Kevin Smith was 22 while shooting "Clerks." in early 1993.

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Orson Welles was 24 when he started working on Citizen Kane (1941).

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Allen and Albert Hughes were 21 when Menace II Society (1993) was released.

"Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects". Will Rogers (1879-1935)

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I'm 22 and making my first film in Canada soon hopefully

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Feature? Short? Studio? Independent? Never released?

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