Though on-screen credit goes to Tobe Hooper, a wealth of evidence suggests that most of the directorial decisions were made by Steven Spielberg. In fact, Spielberg had wanted to direct the film himself, but a clause in his contract stated that while still working on E.T. - L'extra-terrestre (1982), Spielberg could not direct another film. Hooper, though, had developed the film with Spielberg, and if Spielberg had wanted to wrest the film away from Hooper, it would have caused a rift between the filmmakers. Members of the cast and crew, including Executive Producer Frank Marshall and actress Zelda Rubinstein, have stated that Spielberg cast the film, directed the actors (though this has been often contested by several other performers), and designed every single storyboard for the movie himself (although Hooper has maintained he both collaborated on and did fully half of the storyboards). Based on this evidence, the DGA opened a probe into the matter, but found no reason that co-director credit should go to Spielberg.

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