Claim: Constantine was the first film by an American filmmaker.
Evidence: Constantine is a 2005 American-German occult detective action horror film directed by Francis Lawrence as his feature film directorial debut , starring Keanu Reeves as John Constantine , with Rachel Weisz , Shia LaBeouf , Tilda Swinton , Pruitt Taylor Vince , and Djimon Hounsou.
The cinema of the United States , often metonymously referred to as Hollywood , has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century.
The dominant style of American cinema is Classical Hollywood Cinema , which developed from 1917-1960 and characterizes most films to this day.