Famous Filmmakers Comparison

I was curious about how many movies it took filmmakers to make it big, and how old they were when they did so. I was also interested in seeing what kind of stuff they made before they made it big.

Francis Ford Coppolla
He made 8 films before Godfather, his first film was a re-edit of a russian movie. The 2nd,3rd,6th were nudie movies, He was 33 when he made Godfather

These are his first nine films:

9 The Godfather (1972)
8 The Rain People (1969)
7 Finian's Rainbow (1968)
6 You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
5 Dementia 13 (1963) (as Francis Coppola)
4 The Terror (1963) (uncredited)
3 Tonight for Sure (1962)
2 The Playgirls and the Bellboy (1962)
1 Nebo zovyot (1960)

Rainmmaker was his 37th film


Spielberg was 29yrs old when he made jaws
31 when he made close encounters
35 raiders
36 ET
War of the worlds was his 44th movie


Micheal Bay was 30 when he made Bad Boys


Scorsese made 7 movies before Mean Streets (his first hit) he was 31
Taxi driver he was 34
Raging bull he was 38!

The aviator was his 38th film