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Watch the short films that paved the way for some of your favorite full-length features [1]

['Jennifer Sandlin']

Date: 2022-11-19

Here's a great compilation of short films that were eventually made into full-length films or television series, including Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Brian and Charles, Shiva Baby, Thunder Road, Pixels, Whiplash, What We Do in the Shadows, The Babadook, This is the End, Frankenweenie, District 9, Inland Empire, Napoleon Dynamite, Saw, Boogie Nights, Hard Eight, Bottle Rocket, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, and Fatal Attraction.

Robert Lang of Deadline explains:

Writing and directing a short is a potential passageway to creating a full-length feature film. Aspiring directors use this medium to create a proof of concept on a small budget that can go on to win on the short film festival circuit and be picked up by investors, leading to larger projects and paving the way to a career in Hollywood.

I think my top pick of the bunch is the short film "Peluca," which led to one of my all-time favorite films, Napoleon Dynamite:

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