A documentary focusing on seventeen maverick directors who were not afraid to break the rules of filmmaking to advance their art. Among the classic directors profiled are D.W. Griffith, Josef von Sternberg, Erich Von Stroheim, and Preston Sturges up until more current filmmakers like David Lynch, Robert Altman, and Martin Scorsese..
Writer: Todd McCarthy, Michael Henry Wilson
Director of Photography: Steve Baum, Marc Gérard, Mead Hunt, Florence Dauman, Todd McClelland, Peter S. Rosen, Frederick Elmes, Steven Wacks
Director: Florence Dauman, Dale Ann Stieber
Producer: Florence Dauman