Film director
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A film director is a person who helps lead the making of a film (or movie). They take care of the artistic things in the movie. They give instructions to the actors and direct the people that work on the movie.
Directors give many of their responsibilities to other members of their film-making team (called a film crew). For example, the person who is responsible for the lighting is told by the director what style of lighting he wants and he then creates the lighting for him. It is common for film directors to work closely with a film producer. Film producers are people who control the non-artistic side of film making. For example, they control all the money that is used for making the film.
The amount of control a director has in creating their film is different for each director. It is most common for directors to have some control, while the rest of the film-making is controlled by the film studios, the people who pay for the film. This was very common for American films made in the 1930s to 1950s. During those years, the studios used many different directors for making a single film. There are a small amount of directors who are given complete control over making their film. For example, Stanley Kubrick, Federico Fellini, and Alfred Hitchcock are all film directors who had a great amount of control in making their film.
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