Is the director or the photographer in charge of the camera?

It depends on the scale of the crew, but generally speaking, the photographers are in charge of making TV movies now, and not the chief photographer, that is, the famous photography director on the staff list, but all the photographers in the photography team except the photography director are in charge. As for the director of photography, he is the person who sets the tone for the whole shooting. The director sits behind the monitor and controls every seat on the scene. Generally, before shooting, the director and the director of photography will have a meeting to basically decide the shooting style and tone. They belong to the decision-making, and the photographer who controls the camera is executed.

In some independent production groups or student production groups, because there are not many crew members, some directors will personally control a shot in a certain host position, but now these are few and the general group will be larger.

But in fact, in the final analysis, although the camera lens is controlled by the photographer, what kind of lens you control the camera needs to take is actually controlled by the director, because if the director is not satisfied with the picture you take, you need to start all over again.