Why some TV Series have different directors for each episode instead of just one for the entire series? Isn’t it just one screenplay?
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Watch the “6 days to air” documentary about what South Park goes through to have this model. Would work well to explain the challenges for a 5 year old (even if the 5 year old shouldn’t be watching that show)
TV directors usually aren’t auteur directors like Tarantino or Nolan. Not to say they don’t have creative input, but with the fast paced and relatively low budget environment of TV, you’re a director for hire basically.
So the writing process and the directing process are much more loosely coupled than in a film. In TV the writers, or more specifically the head writer or show runners are the main visionaries of the show, whereas in a movie that’s usually the director.
So tldr the role of the director is much less important in TV than in film and the creative vision comes from the show runner. So you can have different directors since the tone and the direction of the show doesn’t depend on them.
And no, it’s not one screenplay, each episode is written on its own usually.
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