How difficult is to become a film director/cinematographer and what is the demand for that occupation?

I was wondering for quite some time now how tough is it to become a filmmaker, and more specifically a director or cinematographer? I'm aware that creativity and vision are a must, but what else is needed? Also, it is a popular career choice amongst a lot of people, but is there any market for it and what are the chances for a person to become successful filmmaker in the future 10 years?


My interest is mainly in answers related to the film-making in the USA, Canada, and Britain, but not limited to only those areas.|||That is a high competition job and purely related on how good you are and how well you get your name out there. You would probably need to go to film school too. You can always make low budget independent films. Being the director of a big screen production and hitting the big time is a chance of 1 in several thousand.|||Both occupations are highly competitive. In the U.S. you have the DGA, Directors Guild of America union. Most directors attend film school, the two most popular being University of Southern California Film School and NYU Film School. There are directors like Spike Jonze who have never gone to film school, but nevertheless got his film education by doing. No one just hops in and starts directing big feature films. The path can be much the same for cinematographers. It can takes years to work your way up in a camera crew.|||This decision followed a difficult week. Fearing that the CC鈥檚 verdict on dissolution would not be in his favor, ... Serhii Kovtun, director of the Commercial Department of the Hrinko Co.........