Being A Director

What You Need, To Be A Film Director

• 5 GCSE (A-C)• Educated at a film school• Have a media degree at a university • Start as a runner to be able to reach Multi Camera

Director.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Hard Working• Leadership• Good communication skills• Organised• Multitask• Confident at leading and talking in front of a large

amount of people

Where Directors Are Needed

Directors are needed in all types of TV and Movie related filming. The director’s responsibility is to take charge and control the environment, telling actors and other working members of the group what to do and how to do it. They usually decide how to film scenes, where actors should stand and keep everyone on track. As directors have a lot of responsibilities, on larger TV shows and Films, there are usually 2 or 3 directors.