I just borrowed this book, Film Scheduling from our cool library (I mean, all the libraries are great here in Denmark) and was having a look at it while I was on the bus home. There is a glossary in the end of the book. The definition of the word, Director is quite funny; it is thus:

"Director: hired by the producer, the director is the person responsible for the creative aspects of a motion picture or television show".

It is not incorrect actually, but this is not how one usually puts it. At least the directors themselves never do. The more "artist" a director, the more offensive the definition above, am I not right?
There are two kind of directors. Those who say, "I'm an artist" and make few movies, if any, of which one may find the contradiction to this very "I'm an artist". They may of course make good shit as well, doubtlessly. There are another kind, such as Hitchcock, who say, "I'm a professional" and make lots of movies, so that some eventually turn out being the coolests.
P.S. Do I need to say, "fuck the third kind who neither finishes a job nor admits that he doesn't know whether to spell "art" with a Q or a "J"?

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