Klute was directed by an American film director, writer and producer.
 After six months of fruitless police work, Peter Cable, a fellow executive at Gruneman's company, hires family friend and detective John Klute to investigate Gruneman's disappearance
 Several American cinematographers have become directors, including Barry Sonnenfeld, originally the Coen brothers' DIrector of Photography; Wally Pfister, cinematographer on Christopher Nolan's three Batman films made his directorial debut with Transcendence (2014)

