Directors Who Got Their Start at Sundance

Chloé Zhao at an event for Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015)

Irene Bedard, John Reddy, and Jashaun St. John in Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015)

Kevin Durand and Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013)

Benh Zeitlin at an event for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Daniel Myrick and Neville Elder at an event for The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Heather Donahue in The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Neil LaBute at an event for In the Company of Men (1997)

Aaron Eckhart and Matt Malloy in In the Company of Men (1997)

Richard Edson, Eszter Balint, and John Lurie in Stranger Than Paradise (1984)

James Duval, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Jena Malone in Donnie Darko (2001)

Sarah Paulson and Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

Jonathan Dayton and Evan Agostini at an event for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Toni Collette, Steve Carell, and Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, and Nikki Reed in Thirteen (2003)

Robert Rodriguez and Carlos Gallardo in El Mariachi (1992)

Jeremy Davies and Alberta Watson in Spanking the Monkey (1994)

Harvey Keitel and Quentin Tarantino at an event for Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Lee Daniels and Gabourey Sidibe at an event for Precious (2009)

Laura San Giacomo and Peter Gallagher in Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)