"If every first-time director was like him, they probably wouldn't talk about first-time directors anymore, " Danza said.
But in the hands of the first-time director, Arne Glimcher, it becomes the worst sort of varnished kitsch.
In this small-scale comedy, Peter Chelsom, a first-time director, takes a whimsical conceit and sells it so hard that it loses most of its fragile charm.
This isn't surprising, since the film's first-time director has won Academy Awards for his camera work on two of Steven Spielberg's greatest works, "Schindler's List" (1993) and "Saving Private Ryan" (1998).
The Oscar-nominated 3D animated film from first-time director Rich Moore (who proved his talent working with Matt Groening on The Simpsons and Futurama and also worked on the fun animated show Drawn Together) explores the history of video games in a completely original way.
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But the pleasure of "Birders, " elegantly crafted by Jeffrey Kimball, a first-time director and longtime local birder, who previously worked as a music supervisor on films by the likes of Steven Soderbergh, Gus Van Sant and John Sayles, is that the ultimate star is Central Park.
This was the first time a UNESCO Director-General intervened before this Working Group.
The film definitely bears the handiwork of its first-time feature director McG who has a background in music videos and commercials.
The furiously candid screenplay was written by Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco, and the picture was directed by Haggis, who, in his first time out as director, demonstrates an amazing skill with actors.
The angry Carrow Road reaction last weekend, not to mention Gunn having a season ticket thrown at him, were powerful scenes even for those of us used to Norwich City upheaval, not to mention for those experiencing the place for the first time from the Director's Box.
First-time feature film director Michael J Bassett has done a fine casting job.
Speaking publicly about the deal for the first time TRJ and Dolef director Owain Jones denied they were to blame for the failure of the talks.
It includes the need to confirm an ATF director for the first time.
The plot lacks the topicality and nervous tension that distinguished it the first time around, when the same director, Martin Campbell, made it for British television in 1985.
Charismatic Kenyan director, Wanuri Kahiu, enters sci-fi territory for the first time with "Pumzi, " and Oscar-nominated Danish director Susanne Bier gives a movie masterclass that includes advice on how women can balance childcare with a career as a director.
While Jackson is a Tarantino regular, it was DiCaprio's first time working with the award-winning director.
For the first time a woman has been named music director of a major American orchestra.
Visiting Bagan for the first time on 8 August 2012, the Director-General encouraged authorities to resubmit the nomination for the architectural complex as a World Heritage Site.
"There is a high degree of uncertainty on the election outcome as large section of youth will be voting for the first time, " said Ibrahim Suffian, director at independent pollster Merdeka Center.
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"There is a high degree of uncertainty on the election outcome, as a large section of youth will be voting for the first time, " said Ibrahim Suffian, the director at independent pollster Merdeka Center.
It was the first time since 2006 that the Oscars for best picture, director and four acting categories all went to different films.
Last year, a director for technology transfer was appointed for the first time.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Cricket Board's director Munawwar Rana said the suggestion had come up for the first time during the ICC's Cape Town meeting in March this year.
Ralph Fiennes may have dedicated a good part of the last decade to torturing Harry Potter, but he's also found the time, the energy and the clout to pull off his first film as director.
It's also giving me an opportunity to take a little bit of a hiatus from The Philadelphia Story and to work with the director of The Usual Suspects, Brian Singer, for the first time since we did that film.
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Larry Leight, the creative director at the designer eyewear company Oliver Peoples, noticed for the first time a certain set wearing lensless frames on a recent trip overseas.
Rik Ferguson, director of security research at Trend Micro, said it was the first time he had heard of ransomware displaying images that users were accused of harbouring.
Ms Michelle Bachelet, UN-Women Executive Director and former President of Chile, addressed the Board for the first time to present her strategic vision for the work of the organization.
Ron Wyden, and from long time liberal academic Alice Rivlin, the Godmother of the CBO, serving as its first director.
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