Cinematography is a hobby of mine and I got gifted the "Ron Howard teaches Directing" Masterclass a few years back. I did not check the other Masterclasses, alt

Cinematography is a hobby of mine and I got gifted the "Ron Howard teaches Directing" Masterclass a few years back. I did not check the other Masterclasses, although I've considered watching a few others. I've really enjoyed it but as it's already been said it's a lot better to approach the class as an extended interview and reflections from a world-class practitioner about their craft and career. Directing was an especially relevant discipline for the Masterclass formula as it is a mix of hard and soft skills, and there are a lot of resources for the hard skills, especially at an indie level. Ron Howard instead focused more on the soft skills and I gained something from it, especially as some of it is just plain old project management that I could also apply at my (engineering) work. There was also a long, uncut practical session where Howard directed a scene on a set with an entire team of actors and crew, and I found it really interesting to watch them all work together like I was a fly on the wall. So if you view Masterclass as a way to pick the brain of a celebrity practitioner you genuinely admire, I think it is 100% worthwhile. If you're instead looking for a regular tutorial about a discipline without having any interest in the instructor themselves, I'm less sure.