Decent features/short films/scripts that were at least partly made in film school

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Boyz In The Hood - Written while John Singleton was at USC.
Eraserhead - Made with AFI money and real estate!

many more, just because.

― 100% Nice (nordicskilla), Monday, 3 October 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

"Small Deaths" was Lynne Ramsay's NFTS graduation film.

― 100% Nice (nordicskilla), Monday, 3 October 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

THX1138

― 100% Nice (nordicskilla), Monday, 3 October 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

i think you've covered it, adam : (
i was hoping i'd have a chance to say lynne ramsay, but...
didn't jane campion's student films come out somehow?
i saw one of spike lee's shorts on ifc that was pretty good.
and bottle rocket started as a student short.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 3 October 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

i saw one of spike lee's shorts on ifc that was pretty good

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads?

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Monday, 3 October 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)

Todd Haynes: Superstar, He Was Once, & Dottie Got Spanked

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)

Cannibal: The Musical!

Made entirely when Trey Parker & Matt Stone were in film school, I believe.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 02:59 (twenty years ago)

Bottle Rocket

― Jimmy Mod wants you to tighten the strings on your corset (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 03:00 (twenty years ago)

Dark Star

― Michael B, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 03:06 (twenty years ago)

Whcih school did Todd Haynes attend?

― Pizza cook man said that Dear Leader covort with Japanese women and burn 10 (nor, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 03:07 (twenty years ago)

The Duel?

Was that a film school project?

I haven't even seen it.

― giboyeux (skowly), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 03:08 (twenty years ago)

You mean Duel?

see it, it's great!

― Pizza cook man said that Dear Leader covort with Japanese women and burn 10 (nor, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 03:08 (twenty years ago)

i am pretty sure that david gordon green's shorts that lead to George Washington were made when he was still in film school

― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 04:03 (twenty years ago)

Yes, you are right!

There are a couple of shorts on the GW DVD from his film school (UNC?) stuff and they all feature characters (like the dog-hating father) that eventually made their way into the full-length movie.

― Pizza cook man said that Dear Leader covort with Japanese women and burn 10 (nor, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 05:11 (twenty years ago)

haynes didn't go to film school, so killer as superstar is, it's disqualified.

― geoff (gcannon), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 05:23 (twenty years ago)

Kevin Reynolds' Proof (which was later expanded into Fandango)

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

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