10 Times Directors Hated The Films They Made

British director Tony Kaye found out the hard way why Edward Norton has a reputation for being notoriously difficult to work with when he was asked to make 1998's American History X. Kaye, who had spent many years working as an advertisement director in America, was thrilled to have a chance to make his first film and went along with the studio's idea to put Norton in the starring role.

Shooting went well and Kaye was happy with his final cut, but then things started to take a downward turn. Both the studio and Norton gave Kaye tons of notes about all the things that needed changing. The director didn't take kindly to this criticism, but quickly realised that the studio had the power to do whatever they wanted. They even let Norton get involved with the editing process, morphing Kaye's movie into something else altogether.

The director got so mad he broke his hand after punching a wall in rage. He argued with Norton time and again and later accused the actor of knowing nothing about directing. The final version of the film was drastically different to how Kaye had originally wanted it, so he disowned the project, even trying to get his name replaced with "Humpty Dumpty" on the credits.