 A one-hour special based on Encore s original series "The Directors". Hosted by Film Critic Leonard Maltin, the show highlights the first five years of the series, including selected interviews with directors such as Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and George Lucas. Directors discuss their motivations and styles of filmmaking. The individual one-hour episodes of "The Directors" are written, produced and directed by veteran documentary filmmaker Robert J. Emery and are a production of Media Entertainment, Inc. in cooperation with The American Film Institute.