9 Directors Who Only Made One Good Movie
4. Steve Rash (The Buddy Holly Story)
In 1978, Steve Rash burst on to the Hollywood scene with a movie that is still considered one of the greatest rock and roll biopics ever made. The Buddy Holly Story depicted the musician's career as he rises to stardom on the vanguard of a music genre that's yet to be established. It was and still is admired for its realistic performances, incredible soundtrack and affectionate story-telling.
Following this was a near ten-year hiatus from filmmaking. Then, in 1987, Can't Buy Me Love released and alarm bells began to ring. Disingenuous dialogue, rote direction and a disconnect between the movie's message and intentions led critics to tear the movie apart. Over the course of the next 25 years, Rash released a number of mediocre movies such as Son-In-Law and Held Up. Common complaints between all of them cite unsuccessful attempts at comedy and wasted lead performers.
In 2012, Rash directed his most recent movie, Crooked Arrows. While it wasn't necessarily bad, the underdog-sports story at its core was hardly original, and this over-saturation led to the world receiving the movie with a collective shrug.