Working lives: Director
What does the job involve?
I guess the simple answer is that the clue is in the title: it’s about having a clear direction in which you want to take a project.
You’re the hand on the tiller, making sure all the departments and actors are going in the same direction.
I started in documentaries, so I’m trying to make things feel real and truthful. I’m not just trying to deliver the script, which is what a lot of people think a director’s job is. You have to breathe life into it so it doesn’t feel written, or even directed.