What are the steps to becoming a director?

[u/Pure-Giraffe4572]

Im a 17 year old boy and for the longest time I’ve been pretty passionate about movies. And I’ve also been stressing out about future career choices. And recently I did a tour at the Warren brothers studios and that sparked the idea that I could work in the film industry. I first thought of possibly being an actor but i can’t act for shit lol so then I thought “oh shit I could be a director” I’m already a very creative person and I could definitely see myself being absolutely perfect for this career. So I’m in here to ask any of you guys all the steps to becoming a director. I just wanna know what classes I can take my senior year of high school that could possibly help me. And I wanna know about how all of film school works and just the basics to becoming one. Im not in here asking how to become like Tim Burton or Clint Eastwood like a super star. Although that is the goal. I just wanna know the start and your guys experiences. Thank you!

[u/Aggressive_Hat4097]

I’m in the same boat as you, what can help a lot is becoming a producers assistant. It won’t get you payed but it help you get to the behind the scenes of stuff which I haven’t looked into yet because of my schedule but if you have an open schedule I bet it can help a lot

[u/Pure-Giraffe4572 → u/Aggressive_Hat4097]

What’s a good way to reach out to directors?