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