“Most development doesn't make it to series. So you want the writer and director to have a really good experience with development because, if it doesn't work out, you want to work with them again. You have to know their work really well, know the drafts really well, and when you give notes, you need to have really thought them through.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsGivingWellsDevelopmentDirectorsSeriesNotesWork OutGood Experiences Author:Sue Naegle
“If the director wishes to print it, then you have a series of choices, maybe millions of choices within that minute-and-a-half, or 80 seconds, or 2 minutes or however long or short the take is, you have all those choices committed to celluloid. I find that absolutely thrilling.” IfsLongChoicesWishHalfMillionsMinutesDirectorsSeriesCommittedPrintSecondsThrillingCelluloid Author:Ben Kingsley
“I've worked with multiple directors throughout the 'Saw' series with a lot of conversations as they bring their particular installment to the screen. If I've been able to do anything throughout the course of these films, it's been to help shape dialogue and to try to make things as delicate and as intelligent as I can.” IfsTryingI CanHelpingAbleFilmCoursesSawsParticularShapesDirectorsConversationIntelligentSeriesScreensDialogueDelicateMultiple Author:Tobin Bell
“I stopped directing in 2001 for - oh, damn - four or five years, until I did the TV series 'Masters Of Horror.' I had been working steadily as a director since 1970. That's a long time. I was burned out.” YearsLongFiveFourMastersTvsHorrorDirectorsLong TimeSeriesFive YearsBurnedTv SeriesBurned Out Author:John Carpenter
“Michael [Douglas] was just leaving the TV series The Streets of San Francisco and he said, 'Dad, let me try it.' I thought, 'Well, if I couldn't make it...' So, I gave it to him and he got the money, the director and the cast. The biggest disappointment for me, I always wanted to play McMurphy. They got a young actor, Jack Nicholson. I thought, 'Oh God. He will be terrible.' Then I saw the picture and, of course, he was great in it! That was my biggest disappointment that turned out to be one of the things I'm most proud of because my son Michael did it. I couldn't do it, but Michael did it.” IfsTryingWellsSaidPlayWantedYoungCoursesActorsSawsStreetsSonTvsProudDadTerribleDirectorsLet MeSeriesLeavingCastsDisappointmentMy SonSan FranciscoTv SeriesYoung ActorsNicholsonMcmurphy Author:Kirk Douglas
“Every director is different. One of the great things about getting to work with so many directors in one TV series is collaborating with different artistic visions and voices. And they all have something to offer and making the story better and bringing their vision to what you see in the frame.” DifferentStoriesVoiceVisionTvsOffersDirectorsSeriesGreat ThingsArtisticTv SeriesCollaboratingArtistic Vision Author:Beau Willimon
“Given that most movies are bad, and that there are whole categories and sub-categories of badness - the sequel, the Madonna Movie, the Friday 13th Series, or Movies Starring John Travolta Before Pulp Fiction - it is almost impossible to choose a single film for worst movie of all time. But strangely, I do have a nomination and I believe it is actually the worst movie ever made. It is Boxing Helena. The director is David Lynch's daughter, and the film comes with the almost insane-making faults that the family connection might imply.” BelieveMadeWholeMightFilmGivenI BelieveFictionImpossibleWorstDirectorsDaughterConnectionsFaultsSeriesInsaneAll TimeMade ItBoxingCategoriesFridayMovie StarSequelsNominationsBadnessPulpWorst MovieFamily Connections Author:Andrew O'Hagan
“I love when a director shows up with a lot of energy, and different ideas about how to change things and do it a different way. Once you get into series, sometimes you don't have that, so I certainly don't take that for granted when I get it.” WayIdeasDifferentSometimesShowsEnergyDirectorsSeriesGrantedDifferent WaysDifferent Ideas Author:Bailey Chase
“The only episode which was completely my idea was for Mitch Pileggi, the actor who portrays Skinner, the Assistant Director of the FBI. He appears often in the series, but only for a few scenes. You know virtually nothing about him. I wanted him to have an episode that was his alone, so I wrote Avatar for him. He even has a scene that's pretty . . . hot [knowing smile]. He was very happy.” KnowsIdeasWantedActorsKnowingSceneDirectorsHotSeriesEpisodesVery HappyFbiAssistantsSkinner Author:David Duchovny
“When you're directing an ongoing series, the tone has already been set. So a director will come in and fulfill that tone - reinforce the characters and their behavior. The challenge is to find unique ways that you can visually tell the story while keeping the established tone and the pace and the characters.” WayCharacterStoriesChallengesDirectorsBehaviorUniqueSeriesTonePaceOngoing Author:Bryan Cranston
“Constance L. Rice, co-director of the Los Angeles of the Advancement Project, told the Times that Seltzer might have been influenced by David Simon's fake ghetto series, "The Wire." It figures. Isn't this sexism? Isn't this a double standard? They're hard on this young woman for her fake ghetto book, yet praise these White guys for theirs. So there's a big market in downing Black men.” MenHas BeensBookHardBigsMightYoungGuyBlackWhiteFiguresDirectorsProjectsStandardsPraiseSeriesFakeLos AngelesSexismYoung WomenMight Have BeenWireAdvancementRiceGhettoDouble StandardWhite GuysDowning Author:Ishmael Reed
“A director is someone who presides over a series of accidents.” DirectorsSeriesAccidents Author:Orson Welles
“And so as a director, as a leader, and myself as a director and a leader, I kind of try to make sure that we hold onto the vision and kind of corral it, but by the time you finish whatever the project is, a TV show, a series, a movie, a stage show, it should be a product of what all those people can do, and therefore, it can never be what you imagined it would be in the beginning.” PeopleShouldTryingKindShowsWould BeCan DoLeaderVisionStageTvsProductsDirectorsProjectsSeriesTv Shows Author:Brian Henson