Directors

"Directors are responsible for overseeing creative aspects of a film under the film producer. They often develop the vision for a film and carry the vision out, deciding how the film should look. They are responsible for turning the script into a sequence of shots. They also direct what tone it should have and what an audience should gain from the cinematic experience. Film directors are responsible for deciding camera angles, lens effects and lighting with the help of the cinematographer, and set design with the production designer. They will often take part in hiring key crew members. They coordinate the actors' moves, or blocking, and also may be involved in the writing, financing, and editing of a film."

(Information found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_director)

The director's job cannot really be technically "classified" seeing as different directors like to have more or less control of everything.  Their work will also vary depending on whether or not they are also acting in the films that they are directing in.  For example:  Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford and Jerry Lewis all directed one or more of the film's that they acted in.  Directors will often times use storyboards to illustrate their ideas and how they want to portray things long before they start filming or even writing a script.  They also have to work with the post production teams such as the editors, to make sure that everything gets portrayed how they had intended. They may even help direct sound mixing and such.

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