he had movie directors
Movie directors are paid by the studio and the producers of the movie. Sometimes a movie director will finance the movie and get paid once the film has been released.
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It's a possibility. The directors might consider it.
anything
This would be because Stephen King writes in so much detail and completely allows the directors tell how to make the movie. It is the same as J.K. Rowling's Harry potter series. ALL of those books became movies, because directors liked the plot and turned it into a movie.
Film directors work in their offices, on movie lots, movie sets and informally, where ever they find themselves in contact with other talent.
There is no "starting" salary regarding movie directors.
It is difficult to locate an online directory for all movie directors in the past 10 years. However, many other lists exist, such as Wikipedia's complete list of all movie directors.
They are not in it.
A movie directors cut.