A film director is the person who has the vision for the film and plans to recreate that vision for the screenplay for the final cut of the film. To do this they guide the cast and crew to perform their certain roles while also choosing what goes into the film. Directors can be also screenplay writers.

Notable directors are:

• James Cameron, Terminator 1/2, Aliens, Titanic, Avatar
• Quentin Tarrantino, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglorious Bastards
• Ridley Scott, Alien, Gladiator, Blade Runner, The Martian
• Steven Spielberg, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones franchise, Jaws, ET, Schindler’s list, Saving Private Ryan
• Francis Coppola, The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now

Sound Design is the practice of creating original sound for film.

A sound designer is the person who is the one who practices sound design.

Notable sound designers:

• Charles L Campbell, Back to The Future and ET
• Ben Burt, Star Wars-Force Awakens, Wall-E, Indiana Jones first 3 films
• Gary Rydstrom, Jurassic Park, War Horse, Terminator 2

Cinematography is the art of motion picture photography. In cinematography various styles are used by different cinematographers to differentiate films/or make films more memorable. Different film techniques can be seen in motion picture from a Point of View shot to zooming in.

A cinematographer/director of photography is the person in charge of the camera and light crews on sets.

Notable recent cinematographers in film are:

• Emmanuel Lubezki, 3 time Academy award winner for Gravity, Birdman and The Revenant.
• Janusz Kaminski, Saving Private Ryan and Schindler’s list and War Horse.
• Andrew Lesnie, Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit