Which 2002 film was directed by George Clooney?

The 2002 film directed by George Clooney was Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. It was Clooney's feature-film directorial debut and stars Sam Rockwell as television producer and game-show host Chuck Barris.

The film adapts Barris's 1984 book, presented as an unauthorized autobiography. Barris claimed that he had secretly worked as a CIA assassin while building a career creating popular television programs, including The Dating Game. The movie deliberately plays with the uncertainty of those claims, blending biography, spy thriller, dark comedy, and psychological drama.

Charlie Kaufman wrote the screenplay, while Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts, and Clooney appear alongside Rockwell. The film's premise can cause a common mix-up: it is based on Barris's claims, but the alleged espionage career has never been established as fact. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is also distinct from Clooney's later directing projects such as Good Night, and Good Luck and The Ides of March.