How do you become a successful hollywood director?

Question:

How do you become a successful hollywood director?

for actors, it's like they audition and they get picked. But for directors, how does it work? do some people give them a story and tell them to make a movie out of it?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Make films as an independent and then enter them into contest like Sundance and Cannes. Get to be known and then propose a project to a studio and then win an award.