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-	[[Image:Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, 1895.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This page '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is part of the [[film]] series.<br>Illustration: screen shot from ''[[L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat]]'']]	+	#redirect[[Film]]
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-	A '''film director''' controls a [[film]]'s artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the [[screenplay]] (or script) while guiding the [[technical crew]] and [[actor]]s in the fulfilment of that [[Goal|vision]]. The director has a key role in choosing the [[Casting (performing arts)|cast members]], production design and all the creative aspects of [[filmmaking]]. Under [[European Union law]], the director is viewed as the [[auteur|author]] of the film.	+
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-	The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the [[budget]].	+
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-	There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as [[screenwriter]]s, [[cinematographer]]s, [[Film producer|producers]], [[Film editing|film editors]] or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some [[Outline (list)|outline]] a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners. Some directors edit or appear in their films or compose the music score for their films.	+
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-	==See also==	+
-	*[[User:Jahsonic/Jahsonic%27s_film_canon#Directors]]	+
-	* [[Alan Smithee]] (pseudonym for anonymous directors)	+
-	* [[Auteur theory]]	+
-	* [[List of directors]]	+
-	* [[List of female directors]]	+
-	* [[Hurry up and wait]]	+
-	* [[Director's cut]]	+
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