10 Great Movie Directors Who Got Their Start In Television

Every artist needs to get their start somewhere, and many celebrated filmmakers began by working in the world of television. Today it is a lot more common to see filmmakers switch back and forth between the two mediums. Directors like David Lynch, Jean-Marc Vallée, and Park Chan-wook will happily dip their toes into the world of TV and then go back to movies. However, before the era of streaming and prestige TV, these directors used their TV credits to break into film.