Many films take influence from other films. As John Huston said in Orson Welles’ unfinished film The Other Side of the Wind, “It’s all right if we borrow from each other. What we must never do is borrow from ourselves.” (Welles) By “we”, he was referring to film directors. A film director is the person who controls the production of the film and its visual style. Many filmmakers take inspiration for some of their favorites and many other classics. The earliest influential film director is considered to be D.W. Griffith. Even though the topics of his films covered are not politically correct by today’s standards, D.W. Griffith helped influence modern day cinema by pioneering new cinematic techniques.
