First Works is an exciting collection of uncensored interviews with this generation's most successful filmmakers. Academy Award winners Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), Oliver Stone (Born On The Fourth Of July), and Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) reveal their major influences, inspirations, and thoughts on the process of making movies. Featured clips include footage of award-winning student films and from blockbuster hits such as Platoon and Lethal Weapon. Golden Globes and Oscar nominee Martin Scorsese on religion, and Susan Seidelman, director of Sex And The City bridges the gender gap. Find out how past experiences, triumphs, and tragedies shape the work of the most successful filmmakers in Hollywood.

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Oliver Stone

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Paul Mazursky

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Robert Zemeckis

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Taylor Hackford

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Spike Lee

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Roger Corman

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Richard Benjamin

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Martin Scorsese

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John Milius

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Richard Donner

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John Carpenter

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Susan Seidelman

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