Seeing the director’s point of view

The names of [television[ scriptwriters – Dennis Potter, Jimmy McGovern, Russell T. Davies – may come easily, but what of the directors? People such as Anthony Minghella and Paul Greengrass may spring to mind but they, like Ken Loach and Mike Leigh before them, achieved much of their fame after leaving TV to make films for the big screen. Those directors who choose or are chosen to work in TV traditionally have had to accept that they will not be as lauded, and definitely will not be as well paid, as their big-screen counterparts.

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Asked if, similarly, the importance of the director in the TV world is generally understated, he replies: “Yes. All the time.”

-- Seeing the Director's Point of View

Lightweight, if mildly interesting article on the role of directors in television.