20 greatest directorial debuts in film history

Citizen Kane (1941) | Image Source: RKO Radio Pictures
Citizen Kane (1941) | Image Source: RKO Radio Pictures

20) ⁠Lady Bird (2017) – Greta Gerwig

Lady Bird (2017) | Image Source: A24
Lady Bird (2017) | Image Source: A24

The delicate coming-of-age story revolves around the complicated mother-daughter relationship between Christine Lady Bird McPherson and her mother, played by Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf respectively. The film set in Sacramento is a perfectly balanced mix of humor and heartache as Lady Bird goes through her senior year of high school, working to be independent while contending with the expectations placed upon her by her family. This fresh and empathetic direction by Gerwig, alongside an outstanding performance by Saoirse Ronan, made Lady Bird a great success.

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Edited by Abhimanyu Sharma