Musicians who have directed movies! - Madonna will return to the movie business, but this time she'll be behind the camera. According to Variety, the singer announced she would be directing 'Taking Flight,' based on the moving story of ballerina Michaela DePrince, from Sierra Leone. Did you know she has already tipped her toe in the waters of film?
So we took this chance to remember the other musicians made forays into movie directing. Take a look!

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Madonna - According to Variety, the Queen of Pop said that Michaela DePrince's story made her emotional: "Michaela’s journey resonated with me deeply as both an artist and an activist who understands adversity."

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Madonna - DePrince is a 23-year-old éleve in the Dutch National Ballet. She lost her parents when she was four during the civil war in Sierra Leone, going to live in an orphanage from where she was adopted by an American family.

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Madonna - Before this new project - the release date for which is still unannounced - the singer took the helm of 'Filth and Wisdom,' her directorial debut.

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Madonna - Between then and now she directed 'W.E.' (2013) which starred Oscar Isaac, Abbie Cornish and Natalie Dormer. The story follows the romance between Britain's King Edward VII and American Wallis Simpson.

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Fred Durst - The Limp Bizkit frontman directed 'The Education of Charlie Banks,' which starred Jesse Eisenberg.

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Fred Durst - 'The Education of Charlie Banks' (2007) even won the Made in NY Narrative Award at the Tribeca Film Festival.

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Fred Durst - In 2008 he helmed comedy movie 'The Longshots,' starring Ice Cube.

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Fred Durst - According to Variety, the singer will return to the director's chair in 2018 to work on 'Moose.' The film which was written by Durst and Dave Bekerman will star John Travolta.

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Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan is a man of many talents. The legendary singer, songwriter and writer (winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature) has also tried his hand at directing.

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Bob Dylan - First he made the documentary 'Eat the Document' about his 1966 tour of the UK. The film was never released, although some clips were used by Martin Scorsese in 'No Direction Home.'

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Bob Dylan - Dylan's second film was a four-hour mix of documentary, concert footage and drama film! 'Renaldo and Clara' (1978) did not go down well with critics.

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Rob Zombie - The frontman of White Zombie has had a separate career as a horror movie director!

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Rob Zombie - 'House of 1000 Corpses' (2003) was well-received. Beginner's luck? Nothing of the sort! The sequel, 'The Devil's Rejects' came out in 2005!

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Rob Zombie - Zombie also directed the animated feature 'The Haunted World of El Superbeasto' (2009) and two of the films from the 'Halloween' franchise.

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Rob Zombie - His CV also includes 'The Lords of Salem' (2012) and the violent '31' (2016), which played at the Sundance Festival.

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David Byrne - As well as the documentaries 'Between the Teeth' (1994) and 'Ile Aiye - The House of Life' (1989), the singer also directed 'True Stories' (1986).

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David Byrne - 'True Stories' tells the story of a group of residents of Virgil, a fictitious Texas city as they prepare for the "Celebration of Specialness."

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RZA - The leader of the Wu-Tang clan didn't take long to get into the directing game.

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RZA - 'The Man with the Iron Fists' (2012) was his directorial debut, and starred Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu.

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Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra was known as an actor, but few know he also had directing experience.

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Frank Sinatra - The famous crooner directed 'None But the Brave' (1965), a film about the Second World War.

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Gore Verbinski - Did you know that before directing the first three 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films and 'Rango' (2011), the director was a musician?

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Gore Verbinski - He was in the bands The Little Kings and Daredevils. He switched careers when he directed videos for bands like NOFX, Monster Magnet and Bad Religion.

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Nick Cave - The Australian singer has also left his mark on the world of cinema.

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Nick Cave - He directed the documentary 'The Work of Director Jonathan Glazer' (2005), and also wrote the script for 'The Proposition' (2005) and 'Lawless' (2012).

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Wayne Coyne - The eccentric Flaming Lips frontman directed the surrealistic 'Christmas on Mars' (2008) which has touches of sci-fi and horror. Coyne plays an alien in the film.

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Wayne Coyne - His band star in the film and perform the soundtrack. The film is about the first Christmas on Mars.

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Omar Rodriguez Lopez - The At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta guitarist appeared in 'The Sentimental Engine Slayer' which was screened at the Rotterdam and Sundance Film Festivals in 2010.

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Omar Rodriguez Lopez - He also directed 'Los Chidos' which was nominated for the big prize at the SXSW Film Festival in 2012.

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Tim Rutili - The Califone singer and songwriter directed 'All My Friends Are Funeral Singers'.

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Tim Rutili - The feature film inspired the album of the same name and appeared at the Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals.

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