Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. Ive never actually watched another director work.
The films that I do tend to polarise people's views.
A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.
I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.
A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.
Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.