The film will chronicle the creation of Simons's debut couture collection for the storied French fashion house.

When we heard, just about a month ago, that James Franco was involved in a documentary film about Gucci, we weren't exactly like, "Oh, that makes perfect sense." But then again, that's never been a reaction to anything James Franco does, has it (we're starting to think that's the whole idea)? Anyway, the actor-slash-producer-slash-many other things put the wheels in motion for the first documentary about the historic house of Gucci and its current creative director, Frida Giannini, who flies relatively under the radar as far as creative directors of big fashion houses go. It's called The Director and will bow at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend. We chatted with the film's director Christina Voros to find out how this documentary came about.

The Tribeca Film Festival kicked off last night in New York and it brought out a pretty chic red carpet. The party was held at the State Supreme Court

We've already given you a brief synopsis of Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston, Whitney Sudler-Smith's documentary about the life of the legendary 1970s

I had no expectations going into last night's Tribeca Film Festival premier of Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston. I hadn't yet read through the NY Ti