I leave finishing work to finishing workers. I am the creative initiator. I do "big picture" as in:
Avatar, The Matrix, Star Wars (of which I am the "biological father"), E.T. ( that's my name on Elliot's doodles that his teacher shows the camera just before the frog release), Gladiator, The Republican, Inception, Interstellar, Gravity, Gattaca, 300, Pirates of the Caribbean (first 3), Lord of the Rings (I gave them three endings and they used them all), Passion of the Christ ("But we're JEWS! They objected. I told them, "then you will be unbiased and even-handed"), Eyes on the Prize (I got Julian Bond to narrate & suggested that there "just might be" extra footage at those TV stations), Something About Mary, Django Unchained, A Beautiful Mind, Good Will Hunting, Inglorious Basterds, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, Wag the Dog, V for Vendetta (I wrote the speeches for both V and the Chancellor character), The Revenant, No Country for Old Men, Mystic River, Mystic Pizza, see? I've worked on or contributed the entire story to 13 Best Picture Oscars, and 45 nominations.