A mahout is a person who drives an elephant. The word mahout comes from the Hindi words mahaut and mahavat, derivatives of the Sanskrit word mahamatra, meaning "[one] having great measure."
"Writer-director" is a common term for it.
If you're white then you'd call a black person African or African-American. If you're black then you'd call a white person a white person.
Which one? The one he rides throughout most of the movie or the one call gives him in the end?
A nominee.
a person
a person who rides elephants is called a mahout
The Pilot.
taxi control
That would be the conductor.
Air Traffic Controller
A ballonist.
a bicyclist
you can call it a balloonist
Director or artistic director depending on their duties.
NAVIGATOR
A jockey - or driver.
a buffalo rider