Top 3300 Greatest (Award-Winning) Movie Directors
A FILM DIRECTOR is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors.
Directors are responsible for overseeing creative aspects of a film under the film producer. They often develop the vision for a film and carry the vision out, deciding how the film should look, in other words they make their vison come to life. They are responsible for turning the script into a sequence of shots. They also direct what tone it should have and what an audience should gain from the cinematic experience. Film directors are responsible for deciding camera angles, lens effects and lighting with the help of the cinematographer, and set design with the production designer. They will often take part in hiring key crew members. They coordinate the actors' moves, or blocking, and also may be involved in the writing, financing, and editing of a film.
The director works closely with the cast and crew to shape the film. Some like to conduct rigorous rehearsals in preproduction while others do so before each scene. In either case, this process is essential as it tells the director as well as other key members of the crew (director of photography, stunt choreographer, hair stylist, etc.), how the actors are going to play the scene, which enables them to make any necessary adjustments. Directors often use storyboards to illustrate sequences and concepts, and a director's viewfinder to set up camera angles.
The director also plays a key role in post-production. He or she works with the editor to ensure that the emotions of the scene and the close ups, mid shots and wide or long shots appropriately reflect which character is driving the narrative. The director also advises on the (color) grading of the final images, adding warmth or frigidity to the composition of the shots to reflect the emotional subtext of the character or environment. The director will sometimes participate in the sound mix and musical composition of the film.
Movie Directors News, Reviews & Resources
- FILM DIRECTOR - Wikipedia.
- Francis Ford Coppola on why The Godfather was really about the US - "In these exclusive BBC Archive interviews, Francis Ford Coppola describes how with his masterpiece The Godfather he visualised the intricate web of influence, manipulation and violence that underpinned the world of organised crime - and showed how it reflected the US."
- Greta Gerwig makes history as Barbie has biggest opening weekend for film directed by a woman - "Barbie made $377m while Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer took home $174m, making ‘Barbenheimer’ biggest box office weekend of 2023 so far."
- 'I haven't got it yet!' - The relentless, ridiculous perfectionism of Stanley Kubrick.
- Ivan Reitman, producer & director of 'Ghostbusters,' has died at 75 - "Ivan Reitman, a storied producer and director behind some of Hollywood's biggest comedies, has died, according to the CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. He was 75."
- List of film and television directors - Wikipedia.
- Martin Scorsese suggests regret over divisive Leonardo DiCaprio collaboration - "Scorsese appeared to make the admission in a new interview promoting ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’."
- Michael Mann’s Damaged Men - "In 'Ferrari,' his first film since 2015 - and in 'Heat 2,' his first ever novel - the director returns to his great theme: outsiders with a brutal determination to win."
- Oliver Stone Talks Secrets, Spies & Snowden - Wired.
- Oliver Stone tells Wallace he’s not giving Putin ‘a break’ - "CNN host confronts Oscar winner over his relationship with Putin."
- Peter Jackson tops Forbes highest paid entertainer list - "Get Back and Lord of the Rings director made an estimated $580m last year, topping annual list that also features Bruce Springsteen, Dwayne Johnson and Kanye West."
- Roman Polanski: lawsuit alleging director raped teenager in 1973 settled & dismissed - "Civil suit that claimed the now 91-year-old sexually assaulted a 16-year-old in Los Angeles in 1973 has been settled to ‘mutual satisfaction’ of both parties."
- Roman Polanski tried in France for alleged defamation of British actor - "Film-maker held to account for dismissing claim of 1983 sexual assault against Charlotte Lewis as 'heinous lie'."
- Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon: ‘It puts a spell on people’ - The Guardian.
- THE ROOM - described as "one of the worst movies ever made" and "the Citizen Kane of bad movies". A 2003 American independent drama film written, directed, produced by & starring Tommy Wiseau.
- The Shining has lost its shine – Kubrick was slumming it in a genre he despised - The Guardian.
- The 'world's worst director': are Uwe Boll's movies really that bad? - The Guardian.
- When directors go mad for their films - The Telegraph.
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