What are the chances of becoming a famous film director?
It depends. You can’t go into the career with a single minded goal of being a famous director. You have to break into the industry correctly. You must learn how to do a lot of job in the film. A film needs only one director, but it needs literally hundreds of other off-screen workers who do everything from publicity, to catering, to lighting design, to finding/making props for the production. There are so many films, that if you go into a broad job of wishing to work crew for films, you will definitely break into the industry. Every film you work on, you will get credits as being reliable as well as building up contacts with producers and directors. This builds your name. When your name is built and you know a lot about the aspects of film-making your chance at getting to direct will come. Very few directors started directing when they first got there. They were doing other things in film. Some were even actors to begin with. When you get one or two directing jobs (for a single televis
