i understand they direct the movie/show, but shouldnt the writers get the bulk of the credit? Anytime i hear about a big movie doing well or flopping the director is usually the topic.
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The writers write the scenes, dialogues, and plot. Basically, they come up with what events happen.
The director puts together the camera, actors, and everything else, and directs how those scenes are created (in a visual/audible medium!). One of the big points in this is that often a movie is not a success or failure on the back of what happens, it’s execution and presentation. Awful shots, awful performances that were left in, and unpleasant pacing can be perfectly true to the written script, and still make for an awful movie. Take that same script and hand it off to someone who makes sure you get good shots, good performances (direction to actors and an eye for which attempts come out well), and good pacing/flow in scenes, and that same script will make a significantly better movie. They are indeed a middle man, banking largely on other talents, but in a large way they’re the ones theoretically stitching it together (along with the post production crew and editors, but they *need* good material to work with).
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