Basinger on Name Actors Who Become Directors
David PesciPeople often think such a transition is about vanity, but the Chair of Film Studies say true reasons run deeper.
Commenting in a piece for The Boston Globe, Jeanine Basinger, Chair and Corwin Fuller Professor of Film Studies, says that the phenomenon of working actors becoming film directors goes beyond vanity and comes from, among other things, a genuine desire to improve a film and give it a fresher perspective.
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