> could have gotten it made already > cannot get their movie made even though they have the connections I'm talking about film makers, as in directors who can

> could have gotten it made already > cannot get their movie made even though they have the connections I'm talking about film makers, as in directors who can either hold the camera themselves or instruct someone else where to point it from a budget they provide or source. You seem to be conflating having the talent to actually make a short film yourself with script writers getting a production green lit on someone elses dime. Almost all successful directors have done the former at the start of their career.