Mitchell Butel

Mitchell Butel made a brilliant directorial debut at the helm of Violet.

by Jack Fisk

“Violets Are Blue…” is a 1986 romantic drama film directed by Jack Fisk and starring Sissy Spacek and Kevin Kline.

by Shuntaro Fujita

Directed by Shuntaro Fujita, in what is the first co-production for the Charing Cross Theatre with Japan’s Umeda Arts Theatre, Violet has an abundance of gentle quirky charm.

Neil Simon

Neil Simon turned to producing in 1983 with “Violets Are Blue,” based on Neil Simon's original story, starring Sissey Spacek and Kevin Kline.

The Czech filmmaker

The Czech filmmaker was best known for directing the Best Picture Oscar winners

Bruce Beresford

The film was directed by Bruce Beresford, the Academy Award winning director of Driving Miss Daisy, Breaker Morant and Tender Mercies.

Julian Schnabel

The American director and artist Julian Schnabel ('Diving suit and butterfly'), artist Julian Schnabel also wrote the script in co-authorship with Jean-Claude Carrière ('Ghosts of Goya','Marie Antoinette').

by Rye resident Justine Bateman

This year’s selection is the East Coast premiere of the fiction feature Violet, directed by Rye resident Justine Bateman and starring Olivia Munn as a woman trying to break free of crippling self-doubt.

by Swedish collective Wave (Lee, John Strandh and Agustín Moreaux)

Blue was musically produced by Claes Björklund and visually directed by Swedish collective Wave (Lee, John Strandh and Agustín Moreaux), with costume design by Mathieu Mirano.

Velvet Brown

Currently directed by Velvet Brown, previous directors include Mark Lusk, Martin Erickson, and Jeff Parker.

Paolo Sorrentino

The series is written and directed by Italian Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty, Youth), whose lavish eye for detail puts Italian Paolo Sorrentino in league with Australian Baz Luhrmann (Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby).

Wimmer

Wimmer then made Violet's directorial debut with the revenge film One Tough Bastard (1996) and went onto direct the dystopian science-fiction film Equilibrium (2002), which received some modest acclaim in international release, and subsequent to this Children of the Corn (2020).

Carolyn Blackinton, associate professor of theatre,

Carolyn Blackinton, associate professor of theatre, is directing the play, while also playing the role of Violet (due to illness of the casted actor).

Blake Edwards

Director Blake Edwards, whose films included Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), Experiment in Terror (1962), 10 (1979), Victor/Victoria (1982),

Eva Longoria, Zoe Saldana, and Olivia Wilde

The directors were Eva Longoria, Zoe Saldana, and Olivia Wilde.

Sam Mendes

British director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Revolutionary Road, Jarhead, Skyfall) directed the Academy Award-winning actress in the first Louis Vuitton fragrance film campaign.

Vincent Schuurman and Manin de Wilt

The series was directed by Vincent Schuurman and Manin de Wilt.

Monica Vitti

For the movie, Monica Vitti made Monica Vitti's debut as a director.

Baz Luhrman

The movie was directed by Baz Luhrman who also directed Romeo & Juliet back in the 1990's and audiences bears Baz Luhrman's signature style.

Martin Scorsese

Magnificent Italian Martin Scorsese was a director of this.