The film marked Barker's directorial debut. Shashi Kapoor requested Amitabh Bachchan to star in his ambitious directorial debut film Ajooba. He cast him as the lead for his directorial debut, Arjun Reddy. Josh recently completed filming his directorial and writing debut, "The Hunted". Arijit completed shooting for his directorial debut in 2015. Sam Mendes was the sixth person to win Best Director for his directorial debut. It is Kaufman's directorial debut. Olsen starred alongside Jeremy Renner in Taylor Sheridan's directorial feature film debut, "Wind River". The film contained more dramatic elements than Apatow's previous directorial efforts. Miller was hired in 2011, marking his directorial debut. It was George Clooney's directorial debut. He was replaced by Rosen who thereby made his directorial debut. They produced a television pilot called "Regarding Beauregard" which was Grabeel's directorial debut. This film is the seventh directorial of Durai. Roy then featured in Bhatt's production "Jaanam", which was Vikram Bhatt's directorial debut.