How do you become a movie director? A movie director is the person that directs the movie and everyone involving in it. He will be in charge for a lot of things and the movie will be what he wants it to be with the agreement of the producers. A movie director is a hard job. It’s very demanding and stressful and with long hours.

It’s also very competitive because there are so many directors out there trying to get a job. In order to be competitive you have to have more education and more experiences and know more people in the industry. Sometimes it’s all about who you know too. If you’re good friends with a lot of producers then they will give you a chance when they need a director. I have seen how it works.

Some actors will work with the same director over and over again or with certain producers over and over again. This is because they know each other’s work and they can count on each other more. The nature of movie making is so versatile that you really need a stable team all the time so that all can go as plan. In Hollywood they change location and crew all the time and as often as every two days.

It’s fast pace and tiring. The average hours of a director are about 17 hours a day. How do you get enough sleep with 17 hours a day. They then have to wake up around 5 or 6am the next day. This is how many film crew works. They work for very long hours day after day and then they get the weekend off and head to Vegas. They then come back and work long hours and sleepless nights again.

They do get a very nice income for all of their hard work. Most directors make in the millions. Film crew make as much as a thousand dollars per day. Generally people make a pretty decent income in Hollywood. The nature of their work is completely different then normal people. They work more hours and under stressful condition. They have to drive all of their equipment to an on location site and film there. Sometimes they have to work under cold and very hot weather. They then have to move all of the cars back to the studio after their filming. It’s very stressful and redundant sometimes.

If you want to become a director you have to enjoy working under all these harsh conditions. It’s also very difficult to get a steady directing job. There are so many directors out there without a job. The job goes to the best candidate. You don’t really stay with the same company from years to years but once you have done a film you’re pretty much looking for a next film to work on. Therefore, the more networks you have the better it is for you.

There are some directors out there that have made their success without a college degree like Steven Spielberg. He is a very wealthy man and he just barely got his BS after he made his fortune. Unless you know people, you will need to have a college degree and experiences. The more experiences you have the better. You will need to attend many events in Hollywood in order to network more.

After you have obtained your degree you can start working on projects to get experiences. You can join the union because you’ll need to be a union member with the director guild in order to receive union pay. Most films are union and it’s a requirement that you obtain a union status. Once you have your union card and your experiences you can now get an agent or start hunting for things yourself. There are so many freelance opportunities for directors. You can even have your own productions and put stuff on Myspace or Youtube for some exposure and ads revenues. There’s many business opportunity for you too.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, November 6th, 2008 at 4:06 am.