How common is "ghost directing" in Hollywood?I was listening to an interview with Imogen Gay Poots and when asked about V for Vendetta she states she was directed by The Wachowskis. The Wachowskis are not credited as the movie's directors, although them ghost directing the film has been a rumor for 20 years now.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsBcN95qJuE5:05Some examples:>Tombstone (directed by Kurt Russell, credited to George P. Cosmatos)>Cobra (rumored to be directed by Sylvester Stallone, also credited to George P. Cosmatos)>Return of the Jedi (rumored to be directed by George Lucas, credit to Richard Marquand, possibly co-directed)>Dredd (directed by Alex Garland, credited to Pete Travis)>Magic Mike XXL (allegedly directed by Steven Soderbergh, credited to Gregory Jacobs. Various Soderbergh pseudonyms appear in creative roles all throughout the credits) >a considerable amount of movies starring Clint Eastwood were allegedly directed by him, leading to the DGA to create the "Eastwood Rule"Bonus:>Call Me By Your Name (directed by Luca Guadagnino and credited as such, but James Ivory was supposed to be the director with Guadagnino serving as an assistant. Ivory explained Guadagnino how he would direct the film shot for shot. Producers kicked Ivory off the film last minute because Ivory wanted to hire Shia LaBeouf for the role that went to Armie Hammer)
Wonder Woman was ghost directed by Zack Snyder
>>220480536George Lucas also ghost directed Red Tails
>>220480536Florence Pugh directed much of Don’t Worry Darling because Olivia Wilde was too busy getting high and having sex with Harry Styles.
>>220480536Who directed Bohemian Rhapsody?
>>220480536>>220480977Someone that is usually a director directing a movie that they wrote and produced isn't very interesting.Kurt Russel doing Tombstone is interesting since even today he doesn't have a single directing credit
>>220480536>a considerable amount of movies starring Clint Eastwood were allegedly directed by himYeah. This was obvious. He's only the main character in the movies he directs.
>>220480536Zack Snyder ghost directed the first Wonder Woman
>>220480536I heard several times on this board Amercan History X was directed by Ed Norton
>>220481410Clint Eastwood portrayed Charlie Parker!?
>>220481579Other way around. If Clint Eastwood is the main character, he is also the director.
A ghost directs every Nolan movie which is why they feel so lifeless
I ghost directed Drive
>>220481559American History X's production was a mess and the director was a nutcase. Norton "finished" the movie because the director got too crazy. The director actually ended up directin various other films that he "held hostage" and never got released.
>>220481730are you Nic's dad?
i only watched vendetta because it was advertised with "from the creators of the matrix" and since i live in an overregulated country i dont think they would lie
>>220480536X-Men: Apocalypse, Simon Kinberg directed the film when Bryan Singer was doing drugs and shota in hotel.
>>220480536Poltergeist was supposed to be directed by Tobe Hooper of Texas Chainsaw Massacre fame, but he was too zonked out on cocaine, so producer Steven Spielberg violated his ET contract and ghost directed Poltergeist without a credit.
>>220480583Not surprising. The drop in quality between the first WW film and the sequel is staggering.
>>220483675Women can't direct action.
>>220480536Wouldn't many of those ghost directors not just be producers? Producers would have considerable power and creative control over production basically the director's right-hand-man but not doing any actual directing.
>>220481615What a twist
