Do you really need film school? What are some other, alternative routes to filmmaking? Some of these are less surprising than others. And, really, most of them were so successful, like John Lennon, that you couldn't possibly duplicate what they did to get into movies. So this is pretty useless.
Stand-up comedy. Woody Allen, Louis CK, Josh Weinstein.
Music. Serge Gainsbourg, Madonna, Rob Zombie, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Frank Sinatra, Neil Young, Frank Zappa, David Byrne, Fred Durst, Ian Astbury, Prince, John Lennon.
Journalism. Michael Moore, Tony Brown.
Novelist. Melvin Van Peebles wrote novels because, in France, that would allow him to direct movies. Stephen King. Michael Crichton.
Acting. Vittorio Di Sica. Too many to name.
Film distribution. Arch Hall, Sr., started a distribution company then made movies so he would have something to distribute. Doris Wishman.
Criticism. Peter Bogdanovich, Paul Schrader. All those French New Wave guys.
Martial artist. Although there's overlap here with "acting", Bruce Lee, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jackie Chan.
Animal wrangler. Wasn't there a guy who made a nature film/western based on his animal wrangling?
Commercials. Michael Cimino.
Photography. Stanley Kubrick, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin.
Playwright. David Mamet.
School prinicpal or teacher. There was a school principal who made short educational films. A local drama teacher who was also an actor and playwright directed a movie.
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