Submitted by Buttholes4Everyone t3_11emlrn in movies
I was thinking about this with a few directors that went outside of their normal genre.
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Jerry Zucker who did Airplane and Top Secret. Joking comedies is also the same guy that did the very well done and polished movie Ghost with Patrick Swayze. There isn't anything about his earlier movies that would hint at the fact that he was a very mature director.
David Gordon Green, who did the incredibly mature movie about coming of age, George Washington, goes off and does Pineapple Express, which in my opinion was a very good comedy. You watch George Washington and to me at least there is nothing there that suggest that this guy should be directing a Seth Rogan movie. But he nailed it.
Kevin Smith did Red State which I though was incredibly respectful for a guy whose fair was dick and fart jokes. I would even say Tusk was pretty decent for cheesy horror.
Jordan Peele some how understood horror better than horror directors.
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Who are some other directors that went outside of their genre and weirdly did a really good job?
Bamboom67tt t1_jaevu4j wrote
Akira Kurosawa was known primarily for Samurai action/comedy films, but he did a lot of great dramas and even a couple noir films.