Editing Burt Reynolds (section)

===Directorial work===
Reynolds made his directorial debut in 1976 with ''[[Gator (film)|Gator]]'', the sequel to ''White Lightning'', written by Norton.<ref name="new">{{Cite news|title='Good Ole Boy' Stars in Dixie Film-Making Boom|author=B. DRUMMOND AYRES Jr|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 1, 1975|page=31}}</ref> "I waited 20 years to do it [directing] and I enjoyed it more than anything I've ever done in this business," he said after filming. "And I happen to think it's what I do best."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Two stars talk about films—and life: 'Public is most important' At the bottom line . . .|first=David|last=Sterritt|work=The Christian Science Monitor|date=February 9, 1976|page=17}}</ref>

He was reunited with Bogdanovich for the comedy ''[[Nickelodeon (film)|Nickelodeon]]'' (1976), which was a commercial disappointment. Aldrich later commented, "Bogdanovich can get him to do the telephone book! Anybody else has to persuade him to do something. He's fascinated by Bogdanovich. I can't understand it."<ref name="aldrich">{{Cite news|title=I CAN'T GET JIMMY CARTER TO SEE MY MOVIE!|author=Aldrich, Robert|work=Film Comment|location=New York|volume=13|issue=2 (Mar/Apr 1977)|pages=46–52}}</ref> He turned down the part of [[Clark Gable]] in ''[[Gable and Lombard]]''.<ref name="end"/>