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Eight was a short film, so technically Daldy was nominated for his first two films, as was Joffe but Joffe had had more than twenty years experience as a TV director.

One who comes close is James L. Brooks, who was not only nominated for his first directorial effort in any medium (Terms of Enderment) but became only the fourth writer/producer/director (behind Leo McCarey, Billy Wilder and Francis Ford Coppola) to win all three catgegories for the same film. He was nominated for producing and writing his second amd fourth films (Broadcast News, AS God As It Gets) but failed to pick up director nods for either. In between thsoe two films, he directed the woeful I'll do Anything, which juding by his fifth and last (to date), the dreadful Spanglish, is probably true.
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dreaMaker wrote:I am curious.. Stephen Daldry directed only two movies so far. Is he the only director that received Best Directing Oscar nominations for both of his first films?
Daldry's first film was something called Eight (1988). So he received his nods for his second and third directorial efforts.
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The equally dreadful Roland Joffe accomplished the same thing with The Killing Fields (1984) & The Mission (1986).

There are probably others but only Joffe comes to mind.
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I am curious.. Stephen Daldry directed only two movies so far. Is he the only director that received Best Directing Oscar nominations for both of his first films?
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