The Screen Director

The Screen Director

Watch Movie
1951
0h 9m
6.0(1 votes)
Documentary

Overview

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.

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast & Crew

30 members
Directing

Richard L. Bare

Stagehand on Telephone (uncredited)

Richard L. Bare
Directing

Frank Capra

Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

Frank Capra
Acting

Phyllis Coates

Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

Phyllis Coates
Directing

John Huston

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Huston
Acting

Vivien Leigh

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vivien Leigh
Directing

Michael Curtiz

Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

Michael Curtiz
Acting

Edward Biby

Actor (uncredited)

No Image
Directing

Roy Del Ruth

Self (uncredited)

Roy Del Ruth
Acting

Paul Douglas

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul Douglas
Acting

Bess Flowers

Woman in Audience (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Directing

John Ford

Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

John Ford
Acting

Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Art Gilmore
Acting

Creighton Hale

Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Creighton Hale
Sound

Ray Heindorf

Self (uncredited)

No Image
Directing

Elia Kazan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elia Kazan
Acting

Burt Lancaster

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Burt Lancaster
Acting

Ida Lupino

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ida Lupino
Acting

Gordon MacRae

Self (uncredited)

Gordon MacRae
Writing

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Directing

Leo McCarey

Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

Leo McCarey
Acting

Harold Miller

Actor (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Acting

Jack Mower

Man in Audience (uncredited)

Jack Mower
Acting

John Pickard

Jack - Assistant Director (uncredited)

John Pickard
Acting

Ruth Roman

Self (uncredited)

Ruth Roman
Acting

Brick Sullivan

Stagehand (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

John Wayne

Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

John Wayne
Writing

Tennessee Williams

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tennessee Williams
Acting

Jack Wise

Preview Audience Spectator (uncredited)

No Image
Directing

William Wyler

Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

William Wyler
Acting

Jane Wyman

Self (uncredited)

Jane Wyman

Similar Movies

Meat Joy
6.6
1964

Meat Joy

"Meat Joy is an erotic rite — excessive, indulgent, a celebration of flesh as material: raw fish, chicken, sausages, wet paint, transparent plastic, ropes, brushes, paper scrap. Its propulsion is towards the ecstatic — shifting and turning among tenderness, wildness, precision, abandon; qualities that could at any moment be sensual, comic, joyous, repellent. Physical equivalences are enacted as a psychic imagistic stream, in which the layered elements mesh and gain intensity by the energy complement of the audience. The original performances became notorious and introduced a vision of the 'sacred erotic.' This video was converted from original film footage of three 1964 performances of Meat Joy at its first staged performance at the Festival de la Libre Expression, Paris, Dennison Hall, London, and Judson Church, New York City."

Movie
Railway Station
4.7
1980

Railway Station

Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. Maybe they'll come, maybe they won't. The film is about people looking for something.

Movie
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
7.1
1896

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.

Movie
7.2
2010

Tin Tan

Germán Cipriano Gómez Valdés Castillo, a young radio announcer from Cuidad Juárez, succeeds in drawing attention to the pachuco movement through his character Tin Tan, laying the groundwork for a new form of binational and mass linguistic expression: Spanglish. He soon became a leading figure in theater and film on the American Continent. Singled out by critics as a destroyer of the language, he quickly won the approval of the public. His ability to improvise revolutionized the film industry. His talent as an actor, singer, dancer and comedian contributed to the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. From El Hijo Desobediente to Capitán Mantarraya, from Cuidad Juárez to Havana, from mambo to rock, the legacy of Tin Tan makes him one of the great icons of Mexico today. This film tells his story as it has never been told before.

Movie
The James Dean Story
5.4
1957

The James Dean Story

Released two years after James Dean's death, this documentary chronicles his short life and career via black-and-white still photographs, interviews with the aunt and uncle who raised him, his paternal grandparents, a New York City cabdriver friend, the owner of his favorite Los Angeles restaurant, outtakes from East of Eden, footage of the opening night of Giant, and Dean's ironic PSA for safe driving.

Movie
6.0
2001

Salò: Fade to Black

A short documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.

Movie
Ocean Wonderland 3D
5.8
2003

Ocean Wonderland 3D

Shot on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and in the Bahamas, Ocean Wonderland brings to you the amazing beauty of the many varieties of coral and the immense diversity of the marine life thriving there.

Movie
Whales: An Unforgettable Journey
6.0
1997

Whales: An Unforgettable Journey

Scientists visit the remote surface and undersea locations to study various species of whales in their natural habitat.

Movie
Amazing Journeys
5.7
1999

Amazing Journeys

By land, by air, and by sea, viewers can now experience the struggle that millions of creatures endure in the name of migration as wildlife photographers show just how deeply survival instincts have become ingrained into to the animals of planet Earth. From the monarch butterflies that swarm the highlands of Mexico to the birds who navigate by the stars and the millions of red crabs who make the perilous land journey across Christmas Island, this release offers a look at animal instinct in it's purest form.

Movie
5.0
2014

The Concentration Universe: Making Goto, Isle of Love

A documentary about Borowczyk's 'Goto, Isle of Love' and its creation, featuring key cast and crew members.

Movie
5.0
2014

Film Is Not a Sausage: Borowczyk and the Short Film

A documentary about Walerian Borowczyk's short films and animation, featuring his collaborators from that time.

Movie
Report from Millbrook
5.8
1966

Report from Millbrook

Jonas Mekas documents Timothy Leary’s Millbrook estate in the wake of a police raid, juxtaposing serene images of the property with audio of officials justifying their actions. Blending diary footage with subversive reportage, the film exposes the gap between perception and authority, offering an oblique portrait of the counterculture and its suppression.

Movie
Mystery of the Nile
5.4
2005

Mystery of the Nile

Filmed in IMAX, a team of explorers led by Pasquale Scaturro and Gordon Brown face seemingly insurmountable challenges as they make their way along all 3,260 miles of the world's longest and deadliest river to become the first in history to complete a full descent of the Blue Nile from source to sea.

Movie
NASCAR: The IMAX Experience
7.2
2004

NASCAR: The IMAX Experience

A big-screen look into one of America's most successful entertainment industries, NASCAR racing.

Movie
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea
5.8
2003

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea

12,000 feet down, life is erupting. Alvin, a deep-sea mechanized probe, makes a voyage some 12,000 feet underwater to explore the Azores, a constantly-erupting volcanic rift between Europe and North America.

Movie
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
6.9
1998

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild

Alaska... Here, in this vast and spectacularly beautiful land teeming with abundant wildlife, discover the "Spirit of the Wild." Experience it in the explosive calving of glaciers, the celestial fires of the Aurora Borealis. Witness it in the thundering stampede of caribou, the beauty of the polar bear and the stealthful, deadly hunt of the wolf pack.

Movie
Amazon
6.8
1997

Amazon

Explore the mysterious Amazon through the amazing IMAX experience. Amazon celebrates the beauty, vitality and wonder of the rapidly disappearing rain forest.

Movie
Cosmic Voyage
7.1
1996

Cosmic Voyage

The Academy Award® nominee Cosmic Voyage combines live action with state-of-the-art computer-generated imagery to pinpoint where humans fit in our ever-expanding universe. Highlighting this journey is a "cosmic zoom" based on the powers of 10, extending from the Earth to the largest observable structures in the universe, and then back to the subnuclear realm.

Movie
6.3
2008

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite films of yesteryear.

Movie
Mysteries of the Unseen World
7.2
2013

Mysteries of the Unseen World

Mysteries of the Unseen World transports audiences to places on this planet that they have never been before, to see things that are beyond their normal vision, yet literally right in front of their eyes. Mysteries of the Unseen World reveals phenomena that can't be seen with the naked eye, taking audiences into earthly worlds secreted away in different dimensions of time and scale. Viewers experience events that unfold too slowly for human perception

Movie

Recommended Movies

R-Rated Idol Seung-ha's Sex Scandal
6.8
2020

R-Rated Idol Seung-ha's Sex Scandal

When they were young, Min-joo and Seo-yeon cared for each other and were closer than brothers and sisters. However, she accidentally learns about Seo-yeon's tutor, Woo-hyeon, and because of this man, their 10-year friendship starts to become shaky. Meanwhile, Jeong-soo is hurt in seeing Min-joo like that, and so he distanced himself from Min-joo. Because of Min-joo and Seo-yeon's misunderstanding, Jeong-soo who couldn't care much might just leave so Min-joo tries to break up with the help of Seo-yeon. While in the process of breaking up, Min-joo and Seo-yeon went back to their close relationship. The love of women who have been separated because of man, and the two men's friendship is comically drawn.

Movie
Female Trouble
6.9
1974

Female Trouble

Dawn Davenport progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair.

Movie
Q
5.7
1982

Q

A fleeing gangland flunky discovers the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent.

Movie
Hard Luck
6.8
1921

Hard Luck

A down on his luck young man makes several attempts at committing suicide but fails them too. He then finds himself becoming more confident through a series of petty adventures, to such an extent that this becomes his undoing.

Movie
Anesthesia
5.7
2016

Anesthesia

Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.

Movie
Angelique and the Sultan
6.4
1968

Angelique and the Sultan

Angélique is in a North African Muslim kingdom where she is now part of the Sultan's harem. She refuses to be bedded as her captors try to beat sense into her. She finally decides to escape with the help of two Christian prisoners.

Movie
My Friends Act III
6.4
1985

My Friends Act III

This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their time mainly organizing irresistible jokes to everyone in every kind of situation. Mascetti is hospitalized in a geriatric clinic. Of course the place become immediately the main stage for all their jokes. After some jokes they decided to place an ultimate incredible and farcical joke to the clinic guests.

Movie
Drifting Clouds
7.6
1996

Drifting Clouds

The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.

Movie
ガチバン SUPERMAX
5.8
2012

ガチバン SUPERMAX

Yanki (Japanese delinquent) Hayato, is on his way with his senpai, (upperclassman) Yocchan to a so-called “resort” job with good pay, food, and housing. Hayato, not being able to commit to work, meets another Yanki who’s trying to work hard and form a family. Meanwhile, Yocchan ends up falling for the lunch lady at the “resort”... Will she be the one for him?

Labyrinth of Passion
6.1
1982

Labyrinth of Passion

An array of outrageous people, including a desperate nymphomaniac and a terrorist with an acute sense of smell, seek love and happiness in Madrid.

Movie
The New Life of Paul Sneijder
6.0
2016

The New Life of Paul Sneijder

Following a rare accident, Paul Sneijder opened his eyes to the reality of his life as a "senior manager" in Montreal: his work no longer interested him, his wife annoyed him and deceived him, his two sons despised him ... How can we continue to live under these conditions? Starting with a change of profession: dog walker for example! Will his relatives accept this change that will turn him into a free man?

Movie
The Onion Movie
6.1
2008

The Onion Movie

Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits losers hardest". This compilation of bogus news stories, celebrity profiles, movie trailers and skits come courtesy of the ace satirists at The Onion.

Movie
The Deepest Breath
7.6
2023

The Deepest Breath

Bonded by their love of freediving, a record-setting champion and a heroic safety diver try to make history with a remarkable feat, ready to risk it all.

Movie
Jim's Story
6.8
2024

Jim's Story

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. They spend happy years together until Christophe, Jim's biological father, shows up... It could be the start of a melodrama, it's also the start of an odyssey into fatherhood.

Movie
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
6.5
2024

The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem

From Rickrolling to viral conspiracy theories, explore how an anonymous website evolved into a hub for real-world chaos in this documentary.

Movie
Fading Gigolo
5.8
2013

Fading Gigolo

Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.

Movie
Evil Does Not Exist
6.7
2023

Evil Does Not Exist

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.

Movie
Muzzle
6.5
2023

Muzzle

LAPD K-9 officer Jake Rosser has just witnessed the shocking murder of his dedicated partner by a mysterious assailant. As he investigates the shooter’s identity, he uncovers a vast conspiracy that has a choke-hold on the city in this thrilling journey through the tangled streets of Los Angeles and the corrupt bureaucracy of the LAPD.

Movie
Marvel One-Shot: Item 47
6.4
2012

Marvel One-Shot: Item 47

Benny and Claire, a down-on-their-luck couple, find a discarded Chitauri weapon referred to as 'Item 47'.

Movie
Long Distance
6.5
2024

Long Distance

After crash-landing on an alien planet, an asteroid miner must contend with the challenges of his new surroundings, while making his way across the harsh terrain to the only other survivor – a woman who is trapped in her escape pod.

Movie