Do Actors MAke better Directors?

Clint.

Sidney Potier directed some pretty good movies. "Buck and the Preacher" and "Uptown Saturday Night".
There's Penny Marshall. Ron Howard. Sydney Pollack. Mario Van Peebles.

mel is director? I didn't even know he was an actor, when was that?

Braveheart

Rob Reiner, Carl Reiner. Many of the A-listers tried their hands at directing like Robert Redford (won Academy Award for best director), Paul Newman, Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, etc.

No doubt.

I don't know if as a general rule they make better directors but I always like to see the result of an actors attempt at directing, producing or anything behind the scenes for that matter.

Some "actors" make far better directors than they were as actors. I always liked Clint Eastwood on the screen but never considered him that much of a fine actor, just a mannered piece of beefcake. (Well, maybe he just didn't get the right roles.) But as a director he is outstanding. Much the same can be be said of Ron Howard. Btw, who is Mel Gibson?

Yea I agree....I don't know if them being actors necessarily makes them better directors..but I guess it doesn't hurt right? I guess by being actors , they know a little bit about being behind the camera and in front which could possibly be an advantage.

I guess the proof is in the pudding. Clint Eastwood is of course a prime example of this. So is Mel Gibson, Robert DiNero, Jodie Foster, even George Clooney. I even heard about Rene Zellweger recently getting into directing a film. Who would of thought? I guess we'll have to wait and see how that comes out...

Some of the old time good directors started out as cutters/film editors.

Yes, Robert Wise: West Side Story, The Sound Of Music, Helen Of Troy, Sand Pebbles, etc.

John Sturges..
a few others, I'd have to think about it.

Yeah very curious to see zellweger's movie. Its actually airing tomorrow night on the Lifetime channel. It's called Living Proof... check it out if your interested: http://www.mylifetime.com/on-tv/movies/living-proof
might not be bad