re: "I think directing is the most over-rated job in the world"

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He was most active during the 1930's and 1940's and those statements would certainly be accurate for that era. Not so much in present day.

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That's what I was thinking.

But he said in 1960.

He controlled everything in his films and stage productions.

Is that true today for simply Directors? He was specifically talking about Directors that get all the credit but studios have their say, Directors aren't cinematophers...some write, some don't. They aren't acting nowadays. Some edit, most have studio editors.

But there's this perception from beginning concept to end the Director is everything...did everything. Can't mess with his vision, right?

Studios always mess with someone's vision and hire professionals change things. The studio wouldn't let Welles into the editing room to finish his movie the Magnificent Ambersons.

I think he's right when he says you only maKe a difference when you do something that wouldn't naturally occur with good actors, good script and your cinematographer.

I don't know if things are that different now.