David Gordon Green wrote and directed his first feature film George Washington for a budget of $42K. It won the New York Film Critics' Circle award for best first feature before going on to win festival awards internationally. His other films include All the Real Girls, Pineapple Express, Joe, Stronger, and the reboot of the Halloween franchise. Onur Tukel wrote and directed his first feature film House of Pancakes for $10K. He went on to direct the low-budget movies Ding-a-ling-LESS, Catfight, Summer of Blood, Applesauce, Black Magic for White Boys, Scenes From An Empty Church, and That Cold Dead Look In Your Eyes.