Talk:Assistant director/Archives/2013

Introductory section

This is a bit of a mess. It currently includes:

Historically the role of an assistant to the director (not the same as an Assistant director) was a stepping stone to directing work; Alfred Hitchcock was an AD, as was James McTeigue. This transition into film directing is no longer common in feature films, but remains an avenue for television work, particularly in Australia and Britain. It is more common now for ADs to transition to production management and producer roles than to directing.

Lacking sources (I don't even know what is true here), it doesn't even say anything. Assistant to the director, not the focus of this page, used to be a stepping stone to directing. False dichotomy that it's no longer the case because ADs, which are the focus of this page, tend to transition to UPM/LM/producer roles.

If there are useful sources to cite, this could be moved to its own section, rewritten to make sense, and become a useful and contributing member of society. Without sources I think it should be killed, because given the current material I cannot think of a way of rewording it to provide anything concrete and useful.

James Aylett (talk) 10:30, 12 July 2013 (UTC)