The Screen Director
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.
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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
Stagehand on Telephone (uncredited)
Frank Capra
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Phyllis Coates
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
John Huston
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vivien Leigh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Curtiz
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Actor (uncredited)
Roy Del Ruth
Self (uncredited)
Paul Douglas
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
John Ford
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Ray Heindorf
Self (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ida Lupino
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gordon MacRae
Self (uncredited)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leo McCarey
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Actor (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Man in Audience (uncredited)
John Pickard
Jack - Assistant Director (uncredited)
Ruth Roman
Self (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Stagehand (uncredited)
John Wayne
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Tennessee Williams
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Wise
Preview Audience Spectator (uncredited)
William Wyler
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Jane Wyman
Self (uncredited)
All Monsters Attack
5.1The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute
6.4Terror of Mechagodzilla
6.9Man
6.8Noryang: Deadly Sea
6.3Nostalgia
7.8Scream of the Banshee
4.8Dear Mother
5.8The Firemen's Ball
7.1Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
8.5The Parallax View
6.8Girl
6.0Imprint
6.8Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis
7.3The Prom
6.1¿Y Cómo Es Él?
7.5Lead Me Home
6.5Miss Marx
6.0Brady Bunch Home Movies
6.8Earthquake
6.1