Movies and TvShows featuring "film-director-as-protagonist" theme.

American Movie is a comedic documentary that follows aspiring filmmaker Mark Borchardt as he tries to make a horror movie despite various obstacles. Mark's ambition and determination are put to the test as he faces financial struggles, personal setbacks, and the challenges of making a low-budget film. With the support of his friend Mike Schank, Mark navigates through the ups and downs of the filmmaking process, showcasing a unique blend of humor and cringe-worthy moments.

In 'Rapture,' a film editor named José receives a package containing a coffin and an audio cassette. As he listens to the cassette, he becomes increasingly obsessed with its contents, which seem to blur the lines between fiction and reality. José's obsession leads him down a dark and surreal path, as he gets entangled in a web of hallucinations, drug addiction, and strange encounters. With its Spanish surrealism and arthouse horror elements, 'Rapture' is a mind-bending journey into the depths of one man's psyche.

Room 666 is a documentary film directed by Wim Wenders that explores the world of filmmaking and the Cannes Film Festival. The film features interviews with various directors who discuss their thoughts and experiences in Room 666, a hotel room at the festival. Released in 1982, it provides deep insights into the film industry and the sociological aspects of cinema.

A disillusioned and depressed film director is forced to confront his lack of humanity through his involvement in the death of a young actress and the suicide of her husband.

The Auteur is a hilarious spoof of the adult film industry and the making of a cult movie. The film follows a down-and-out filmmaker who decides to make a comeback by creating a controversial movie. Along the way, he faces challenges and obstacles, including an open marriage, truck accidents, and unexpected interviews.

In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes, director Lubna Playoust asks Wim Wenders himself and a new generation of filmmakers (James Gray, Rebecca Zlotowski, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas, Nadav Lapid, Asghar Farhadi, Alice Rohrwacher and more) the same question: “is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?”

The Day We Died is a gripping docudrama that tells the story of a terror attack in Copenhagen, Denmark in the year 2015. The film follows the intense events that unfolded during the attack, with a particular focus on the bravery and heroism of a security guard and a police officer. Through the lens of a documentary filmmaker, the film explores the themes of freedom of speech and the impact of such tragic incidents on a community.

Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo Nell" of the title. However problems start from the beginning, the scriptwriter is a virgin, a lover of penguins and hasn't a clue on how to write an erotic movie, each of the three main backers want a different type of movie - a western, an erotic and a kung-fu movie with different people in the main part. However problems really start for the three when Benny runs off with all the money and they have to make three different versions of the same film and try not to let the backers and stars know what has happened. And this is made harder when there is a clean-up-filth society breathing down their necks....