The Screen Director (1951)
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.
Videos
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Richard L. Bare
as Stagehand on Telephone (uncredited)
as Stagehand on Telephone (uncredited)
Frank Capra
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Phyllis Coates
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
John Huston
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vivien Leigh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Curtiz
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Edward Biby
as Actor (uncredited)
as Actor (uncredited)
Roy Del Ruth
as Self (uncredited)
as Self (uncredited)
Paul Douglas
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
John Ford
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Ray Heindorf
as Self (uncredited)
as Self (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ida Lupino
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gordon MacRae
as Self (uncredited)
as Self (uncredited)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leo McCarey
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Actor (uncredited)
as Actor (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
John Pickard
as Jack - Assistant Director (uncredited)
as Jack - Assistant Director (uncredited)
Ruth Roman
as Self (uncredited)
as Self (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
as Stagehand (uncredited)
as Stagehand (uncredited)
John Wayne
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Tennessee Williams
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Wise
as Preview Audience Spectator (uncredited)
as Preview Audience Spectator (uncredited)
William Wyler
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Jane Wyman
as Self (uncredited)
as Self (uncredited)
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Gordon Hollingshead
Producer
Producer
Richard L. Bare
Director
Director
Richard L. Bare
Writer
Writer
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