Richard Donner — American Director born on April 24, 1930,

Richard Donner is an American film director, comic book writer and film producer. After directing the horror film The Omen, Donner became famous for the hailed creation of the first modern superhero film, Superman, starring Christopher Reeve... (wikipedia)

I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses.
When you make a film, you like to run it with an audience. They tell you you're narrow-minded or subjective, or that seems too long, or that doesn't work.
In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor.
That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.
How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly?