The Screen Director
movie
View on VideBits →A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes with the actors and camera crew, shooting the scenes, watching dailies, working with the editor and composer, and attending the first preview. Then a number of real directors are shown in archive footage (as well as a predominance of staged 'archive' footage) working with actors and crew.
Cast & crew
Paul Douglas · Vivien Leigh · Bess Flowers · Roy Del Ruth · Phyllis Coates · Michael Curtiz · Edward Biby · John Huston · Frank Capra · Richard L. Bare
Studios & networks
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) · Warner Bros. Pictures