Movies and TvShows featuring "fake-film-director" theme.

In 1979, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking more than 50 hostages. Six Americans manage to escape and hide in the Canadian ambassador's residence. A CIA agent comes up with a plan to rescue them by pretending to be a Hollywood producer scouting for a sci-fi film. With the help of a film producer and make-up artist, they create a cover story and successfully exfiltrate the Americans from Iran.

In this farcical dark comedy/melodrama, Lena manages to lose her place at college by virtue of throwing a minor hissy-fit when she catches her erstwhile boyfriend in bed with another girl. Instead of penalizing the boy for his behavior, Lena gets stuck with a court appearance and must pay a small fine, in addition to losing a boyfriend, her college career, and an apartment. Lena belongs to a film club which occasionally hands out awards, and the membership of it decides to send her into the Russian hinterlands to hand out an award to an obscure filmmaker. Throughout the film, Lena has been associated with a bizarre con man named Stepanych who, when his cons fall through, comes to her in the distant town she has gone to seeking her help in committing suicide.

When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director, her understudy steps in and a star is born.