28 SKILL.md files are tagged “Directing”. They sit mostly in Film & Television (28). Skills with this tag often also carry: Film, Character Driven, Cinematic Style, Character Development. Most popular: Directing in the Style of Abbas Kiarostami, Directing in the Style of Alfred Hitchcock, Directing in the Style of Andrei Tarkovsky. Every skill is a plain-Markdown SKILL.md you can copy or download for Claude Code, Codex and other AI agents.
Write and direct scenes in Abbas Kiarostami’s cinema, using non-professional actors, real locations, and philosophical questions about seeing, truth, and storytelling.
Direct filming in the Alfred Hitchcock style to craft suspenseful visuals, precise pacing, and pre-visualized sequences.
Direct in Andrei Tarkovsky's style, sculpting time with long takes to reveal meaning beyond dialogue; ideal for contemplative, atmospheric scenes.
Direct scenes in the Ari Aster style - grief, family trauma, and slow-burn horror, using precise framing and emotionally extreme performances.
Direct scenes in the style of Asghar Farhadi, crafting moral dilemmas with competing truths and no clear hero.
Learn to direct with metafictional, self-referential storytelling inspired by Kaufman, guiding scene design, structure, and emotional architecture.
Direct guidance in Chloe Zhao's style, emphasizing non-professional actors, golden-hour visuals, and documentary-fiction storytelling.
Direct scenes in the Cronenberg body-horror style using clinical detachment to explore bodily transformation and philosophical themes.
Direct in Edward Yang's style, focusing on urban modernity, architectural framing, and interwoven character arcs for scenes and structure.
Direct scenes in Coppola's epic, operatic style—ambitious, character-driven cinema for large-scale projects.
Direct in the visual language of Fritz Lang, using geometric framing, paranoia, and social critique to shape scenes.
Direct a film in Jacques Tati's style, using long takes, environment-driven humor, ambient sound, and gags embedded in the frame.
Direct in James Cameron's style, engineering emotion through tech, world-building, and large-scale storytelling.
Write and direct in Jane Campion's tactile, desire-driven style, using landscape and body as subtext to express longing within constraint.
Direct films in the Dardenne brothers’ handheld, ethics-first realism—focusing on character choices under pressure without expository cues.
Direct a scene or film in Kelly Reichardt's minimalist style, emphasizing restrained performances, sparse exposition, and authentic, everyday settings.
Direct in the Kieslowski style, crafting moral labyrinths on screen with restrained judgment, intimate lighting, and precise performances to provoke ethical reflection.
Direct a film scene using Lynne Ramsay's sensory, memory-driven approach, prioritizing sound, texture and emotion over linear plot.
Learn to direct scenes with Scorsese-inspired emphasis on moral tension, kinetic camera work, and character-driven storytelling.
Direct in Noah Baumbach's voice: craft dialogue-heavy, privilege-aware character studies with precise, uncomfortable humor.
Direct and write in Park Chan-wook's style, ideal for operatic revenge, lush visuals, and non-linear storytelling.
Directs scenes in Rossellini's neorealism style using real locations, non-professional actors, and moral vision.
Direct in Roy Andersson's tableau vivant style: static shots, restrained emotion, and deadpan humor for studio-built, human-condition scenes.
Direct scenes in the Sam Peckinpah style, using balletic slow-motion violence, rapid cutting, and morally charged confrontations.
Direct scenes with Satyajit Ray's humanist realism, focusing on local specificity, empathy, and quiet, precise storytelling; use when you want grounded, character-driven cinema.