But as Schumer's script progressed, the influence of director Judd Apatow soon started to dominate.
Their trump card in pitching the humour just right, however, may be the influence of director Peter Capaldi, who develops the scripts with producer Geoff Atkinson.
Moreover, the influence of director Christopher Nolan's furrowed-brow Batman films – which addressed their characters' tortured backgrounds and unhappy responsibilities – looms large, even if Nolan has drifted to executive producer credit on this film.
The party may have noticed the negative influence of political directors, since in October 2013 the "18th document" restricted the possibility of government officials becoming independent directors by canceling their salaries.
In the nineteen-sixties, as the studio system broke down, the influence of casting directors grew.
As an interviewer, Mr. Pena knows how to ask a sharply defined question -- about the influence of Australian directors on Ms. Campion or her method of working with cinematographers -- then get out of her way.
From an internal stakeholder perspective, although strides have been made in deciphering the influence of investors, directors, and managers (Brauer and Wiersema 2012; Feldman 2015b, c; Feldman et al. 2015), these studies represent only the beginning of an important research trajectory.
"Viewers think they are free to look where they want," Dr. Smith writes, "but, due to the subtle influence of the director and actors, where they want to look is also where the director wants them to look".
If a movie is any good, the influence of the director seems to be present just beyond the edge of the frame.
