The Directors role in the production of a film is to direct and convey their artistic vision to the crew so them as a collective can work towards making the Director’s vision come to life on the screen. The Director is integral to the success of the film, this is because they are responsible for staying within the budget, finding shoot locations, working closely with all departments through post and pre production and further develop the scripts/screenplays to provide the best version of the film possible. As a Director you must have the ability to network through the industry to get your name known and create contacts with already existing names while also having an awareness of emerging trends within the industry so you can then make a film which would appeal to a mass audience or a target audience. Directors can either make films based of a studios screenplay and get hired by the studio to make their film, or a director can make their own films and possibly be known as an auteur if the style of the directors films are unique. Moreover, both Directors would have to gather funding, for a director being hired by a studio the studio would typically fund it alongside producers, on the other hand for the ‘auteur’ director they would have to sell their idea to producers and possibly studios in order to gather funding. In conclusion the Director oversees mostly every part of the the film making process from production to consumption.

Jon Watts is an American Director