When I was doing the Garfield and Friends cartoon show, my original formal credit was "Written by." I was the Show Runner and I was also the Voice Director and I did the Voice Casting and I did a bunch of other things but I happen to think you can become a laughingstock via multiple credits. I was recently at a screening of an independent (and largely non-union) movie where one of the men involved had his name in the credits sixteen times.
I don't know if he didn't realize how bad that made him look or if he just didn't care. He was obviously vitally important in the creation of the film but, you know, once it says you produced and directed and wrote the movie, do you really need to add in "Based on a concept by Joe Blow" and "Title Visualizations by Joe Blow" and "Editing Supervised by Joe Blow"? Do you have to devalue the Costume Designer's role by having it say "Costumes Designed by Joe Blow and Mary Whatzername?"
There are some credits that are there for union and legal reasons and others because there's money linked to those particular credits. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about a guy who just gets a tingle from his head down to his toes when he sees his name over and over and over.
I don't know if he didn't realize how bad that made him look or if he just didn't care. He was obviously vitally important in the creation of the film but, you know, once it says you produced and directed and wrote the movie, do you really need to add in "Based on a concept by Joe Blow" and "Title Visualizations by Joe Blow" and "Editing Supervised by Joe Blow"? Do you have to devalue the Costume Designer's role by having it say "Costumes Designed by Joe Blow and Mary Whatzername?"
There are some credits that are there for union and legal reasons and others because there's money linked to those particular credits. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about a guy who just gets a tingle from his head down to his toes when he sees his name over and over and over.
But who, pray tell, developed this game? Well, it was made by a...thing, called "Gilson B. Pontes". And if you didn't know that now, you'll know it within the next 30 seconds:
Character and Mechanical Design: Gilson B. Pontes
Art Director: Gilson B. Pontes
Hair and Makeup: Gilson B. Pontes
Sound Director: Gilson B. Pontes
Stinky Poo Poo Wiping: Gilson B. Pontes
Produced and Directed by: Gilson B. Pontes
Man Who Made My Sandwiches: Gilson B. Pontes
Character and Mechanical Design: Gilson B. Pontes
Art Director: Gilson B. Pontes
Hair and Makeup: Gilson B. Pontes
Sound Director: Gilson B. Pontes
Stinky Poo Poo Wiping: Gilson B. Pontes
Produced and Directed by: Gilson B. Pontes
Man Who Made My Sandwiches: Gilson B. Pontes
—Caddicarus, on Samael Legacy of Ophiuchus
Director, and showrunner, and animator, and animation director, mocap editor, writer,note cheese lover, coffee drinker, for this season of Red vs. Blue, Red vs. Blue: Zero!
Look at this guy Cohan, he's got 'em lined up at the box office! I've never seen the guy. His name all over the place, look at that. (reads a poster) "Cohan & Harris present George Washington Jr. starring the author and composer George M. Cohan. [...] Book and lyrics, music and directed by George M. Cohan. Printed by Sam Dubinski..." That must be Cohan's alias!
—Eddie Foy, Yankee Doodle Dandy
We get some fairly decent opening shots of San Francisco, as we see that the star of our movie is Tommy Wiseau. Who I guess was also the executive producer. And the writer. And the producer, again. Gee, either the director of this film really likes Tommy Wiseau, or, I'm just gonna go out on a limb here and say... ["Directed by Tommy Wiseau" appears on-screen] ...yeah, just as I thought. Looks like we have a personal story here, people. Be very afraid.
[Written by Tommy Wiseau] The father, *ding* [Produced by Tommy Wiseau] the son, *ding* [Directed by Tommy Wiseau] and the holy ghost. *ding*
— CinemaSins, Everything Wrong With The Room (2003)
Stewie: Chris is out of control! He's even more arrogant than an actor-writer-director.
[a cutaway plays showing said person]
Actor-writer-director: Well, my script is brilliant and I'm a great director. The question is... How bad do I want this part? [he looks down, and unzips his fly while crying] Okay, I'll do it! [starts leaning down]
[a cutaway plays showing said person]
Actor-writer-director: Well, my script is brilliant and I'm a great director. The question is... How bad do I want this part? [he looks down, and unzips his fly while crying] Okay, I'll do it! [starts leaning down]
