Does it ever happen that a film has two directors? I don't mean like with Gone with the Wind, where directors quit or were fired and had to be replaced. I mean two simultaneous directors that complement one another in terms of strengths. Please submit your two cents!
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My wife and I are co-directing our film, 'Flowers in the Snow-Don't Ever Tell', a film about bullying. Though we seldom agree totally on shots, we work very well together each of us listening to the others ideas.
Sure it happens. After a year of searching by the writer/director, I was invited to co-direct a feature film by him. He is committed to having a female co-direct. He's also acting in the film, so we h...
Expand commentSure it happens. After a year of searching by the writer/director, I was invited to co-direct a feature film by him. He is committed to having a female co-direct. He's also acting in the film, so we have discussed my directing the scenes in which he is acting. He selected me after I provided notes on the script and discovered how aligned we are based on my notes and ideas. Here's a great link to an article about projects with two directors: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313591,00.html.
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. And at the other end of the spectrum: http://thedissolve.com/features/oral-history/788-the-strange-saga-of-spo......
Expand commentMichael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. And at the other end of the spectrum: http://thedissolve.com/features/oral-history/788-the-strange-saga-of-spo...