The Screen Director

The Screen Director

Documentary|

6/10

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.

Richard L. Bare

Frank Capra

Phyllis Coates

John Huston

Vivien Leigh

Michael Curtiz

Edward Biby

Roy Del Ruth

Paul Douglas

Bess Flowers

John Ford

Art Gilmore

Creighton Hale

Ray Heindorf

Elia Kazan

Burt Lancaster

Ida Lupino

Gordon MacRae

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Leo McCarey

Harold Miller

Jack Mower

John Pickard

Ruth Roman

Brick Sullivan

John Wayne

Tennessee Williams

Jack Wise

William Wyler

Jane Wyman