Home > Creative Content > Movies “I would say the writer-director is the star again, which I think is fantastic,” De Luca says Warner Bros. Pictures Chief Mike De Luca knows exactly why A24’s “Backrooms” and Focus Features’ “Obsession” are breaking box office records — and it has everything to do with where their directors came from. “They hone their craft online. Kane worked on ‘Backrooms’ for five years,” De Luca said Saturday at the Produced By Conference. “These filmmakers are in a dialogue