A Director, or Managing Director, manages and oversees a small group of subordinate managers. Their duties include strategic planning, ensuring the company meets goals and managing profit and loss. A successful Director uses independent judgment and looks at the larger picture to manage company-wide initiatives that help achieve long-term goals. The Director is the driving creative force in a film’s production, and acts as the crucial link between the production, technical and creative teams. Directors are responsible for creatively translating the film’s written script into actual images and sounds on the screen – he or she must visualize and define the style and structure of the film, then act as both a storyteller and team leader to bring this vision to reality.
