Cinema Director Master Library

Cinema Director Master Library

Purpose

Use this as the 50-director master library for AI短剧导演蒸馏. It is a selector and reference system, not an impersonation tool. Do not claim to write as any living or dead director. Use public, observable craft principles.

Load Order

• Read references/coverage-matrix.md first when choosing directors by genre, mood, or production problem.
• Read references/director-profiles.md when you need representative works and the distilled craft lens for specific directors.
• Read references/distillation-workflow.md when expanding one director into a deeper standalone skill.
• Read references/source-index.md when the user asks for source backbone or research expansion.

Existing Deep Skills

These already exist as focused global skills and should be preferred when directly relevant:

• zhou-xingchi-director: small-person comedy, visible gag mechanics, humane absurdity.
• peter-pau-cinematography: light, composition, camera movement, eastern visual realism.
• johnnie-to-staging: spatial tension, ensemble blocking, Hong Kong noir pressure.
• wong-kar-wai-emotion: mood, memory, time, romance, voiceover.
• tsui-hark-fantasy-action: wuxia, fantasy action, visual invention.
• ning-hao-black-comedy: grounded black comedy, multi-line causality.
• wong-jing-commercial-hooks: commercial hooks,爽点, cliffhangers.
• zhang-yimou-visual-ritual: color systems, ritual, symbolic large frames.
• ang-lee-emotional-realism: restraint, subtext, inner conflict.

Selection Discipline

Pick at most 3 director lenses for a first pass:

1. One story/retention lens.
2. One scene/performance lens.
3. One visual/action lens.

If a user asks for 50-person deep research, produce the roster and expansion plan first, then deepen the highest-priority directors into standalone skills.

Output Contract

Always state:

Selected directors:
Why these directors:
Works to study:
Distilled craft principles:
How to apply to this scene/script:
What to avoid: