The writers of the "Assassins" screenplay made their directing debut in which year?
1996
The Wachowskis
Lana Wachowski (formerly Laurence "Larry" Wachowski, born June 21, 1965) and Lilly Wachowski (formerly Andrew Paul "Andy" Wachowski, born December 29, 1967) are American film directors, screenwriters, and producers.
 They are siblings, and are both trans women.
 Collectively known as The Wachowskis ( ) and formerly as The Wachowski Brothers, the pair made their directing debut in 1996 with "Bound", and achieved fame with their second film "The Matrix" (1999), a major box office success for which they won the Saturn Award for Best Director.
 They wrote and directed its two sequels: "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions" (both in 2003), and were deeply involved in the writing and production of other works in that franchise.
Assassins (film)
Assassins is a 1995 American action thriller film directed by Richard Donner.
 The screenplay was by Andy and Larry Wachowski and Brian Helgeland.
 The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas and Julianne Moore.
 The Wachowskis stated that their script was "totally rewritten" by Helgeland, and that they tried to remove their names from the film but failed.
Shahab Hosseini
Shahab Hosseini (Persian: شهاب حسینی‎ ‎ , born 3 February 1974 in tehran) is an Iranian actor and director.
 A popular actor in Iran, internationally he is known for collaborations with Iranian writer and director Asghar Farhadi in "About Elly" (2008), "A Separation" (2011), and "The Salesman" (2016).
 He has won the Silver Bear for Best Actor for "A Separation" together with the male cast in 61st Berlin International Film Festival, and the Best Actor Award in 2016 Cannes Film Festival for his role in "The Salesman".
 Shahab Hosseini for the first time won Crystal Simorgh for "Superstar" movie in (2009) year.
 In 2013, he made his movie directing debut. Sayo Yamamoto
Sayo Yamamoto (山本 沙代 "Yamamoto Sayo"; born April 13, 1977) is a Japanese anime director.
 She is known for directing the anime series "Michiko & Hatchin" and "Yuri on Ice" and the critically acclaimed anime series "".
 After graduating from the College of Art and Design in Tokyo, she began work at Studio Madhouse, where she had her directing debut at age 25. Elliott Lester
Elliott Lester is an English film and television director, best known for directing the film "Blitz".
 He made his directing debut in 2006 with "Love Is the Drug", and his latest film, "Aftermath", was released on April 4, 2017. Bill Berry (director)
Bill Berry is the American Producing Director for The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington.
 Berry served as associate producing artistic director and casting director from 2002 through 2009.
 During that time, he directed productions of West Side Story (Seattle Times Footlight Award), Wonderful Town (Seattle Times Footlight Award, The Wizard of Oz, and Smokey Joe's Cafe.
 He will make his Broadway directing debut this summer as "First Date the Musical" moves into the Longacre Theatre.
 Berry’s directing work has been seen at theaters across the country, most recently at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse where he directed a critically acclaimed production of On the Town. Where the Heart Is (2000 film)
Where the Heart Is is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Matt Williams in his film directing debut.
 The filmstars Natalie Portman, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd, and Joan Cusack with supporting roles done by James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, and Sally Field.
 The screenplay, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, is based on the best-selling novel by Billie Letts.
 The film follows five years in the life of Novalee Nation, a pregnant 17-year-old, who is abandoned by her boyfriend at a Wal-mart in a small Oklahoma town.
 She secretly moves into the store, where she eventually gives birth to her baby, which attracts media attention.
 With the help of friends, she makes a new life for herself in the town. Time After Time (1979 film)
Time After Time is a 1979 American Metrocolor science fiction film starring Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, and Mary Steenburgen filmed in Panavision.
 It was the directing debut of screenwriter Nicholas Meyer, whose screenplay is based on the premise from Karl Alexander's novel of the same name (which was unfinished at the time) and a story by Alexander and Steve Hayes. François Boyer
François Boyer (1920 - 24 May 2003) was a French screenwriter.
 He achieved considerable success with his first attempt at screenwriting, "Forbidden Games" (1952).
 Initially, he found no studio interested in his work, so he redesigned the screenplay as a novel and published it in 1947 under the title "The Secret Game".
 Although the novel achieved little or no success in its native country, it became a huge commercial success in America.
 All of a sudden, Boyer's novel was a hot property, so director René Clément, in conjunction with two writers Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost, helped turn it into a screenplay.
 While Boyer receives story credit for the film, little is known of how much of his own screenplay made it to the screen.
 The film was a huge international success, and won an Honorary Oscar for the best foreign language film of its year. Anthony C. Ferrante
Anthony C. Ferrante is an American film director, producer, and writer, known for directing the "Sharknado" series, the 2017 thriller Forgotten Evil and the 2005 ghost story "Boo", which was his feature film writing and directing debut.