Saul dibb biography

What does the job involve?

I guess the simple answer is that the clue is in the title: it’s about having a clear direction in which you want to take a project.

You’re the hand on the tiller, making sure all the departments and actors are going in the same direction.

I started in documentaries, so I’m trying to make things feel real and truthful.

I’m not just trying to deliver the script, which is what a lot of people think a director’s job is. You have to breathe life into it so it doesn’t feel written, or even directed.

In some ways, I see my job as trying to subtly erase my own presence.

Saul dibb biography

I want people to be looking at [the actors] rather than me.

It sounds like a huge job?

It’s absolutely exhausting because there is no downtime. It can take pretty much a year to make a film or TV series.

Given that they take so long to make, are you picky about the films and series you take on?

You have to choose carefully.

I’ve always wanted control over my