Director Mode and All Its Achievements
GTA 5

Director Mode is a mode where it is possible for you to play as any character or animal in the game once you unlock them.

How to Enter Director Mode

There are multiple ways to enter Director Mode, we will go with the easiest one.

While playing as any Story Mode character, open the Interaction Menu (M on keyboard) and click on "Director Mode"

Click on "Actors"

Now you have 17 categories to choose a character or animal from, simply choose one and press "Enter"

The "First Time Director" Achievement

To get this Achievement, you just need to play as any actor in Director Mode.

Story Characters and the "Ensemble Piece" Achievement

There are 27 Story Characters:
Franklin, Michael, Trevor, Amanda, Baverly, Brad, Cheng Jr., Cris Formage, Dave Norton, Devin, Dr Friedlander, Fabien, Floyd, Jimmy, Lamar, Lazlow, Maude, Mrs Thornhill, Nervous Ron, Patricia, Simeon, Solomon, Steve Haines, Stretch, Tanisha, Tracey and Wade.

You unlock every character once you complete a specific mission involving them (you will get a notification that you unlocked the character).

To get the "Ensemble Piece" Achievement, you need to unlock all Story Characters then play as one of them.

After getting in Director Mode as shown above and Pressing "Actors", click on "Story Characters" and choose one.

Special Characters and the "Humans of Los Santos" Achievement

To unlock a Special Character, you need to interact with them in the world.

Here is our Guide on Special Characters and their Locations.

To get the "Humans of Los Santos" Achievement, you need to unlock all Special Characters then play as one of them.

Animals and The "Cryptozoologist" Achievement

To unlock Animals, you need to collect Peyote Plants.

Peyote Plants are 27 Collectibles found in different locations in San Andreas.

There are 3 Categories of Animals unlocked by eating Peyote Plants: Land, Sky and Ocean Animals.

You only need to collect Land and Sky Peyote Plants to unlock the 21 Animals in Director Mode as the Ocean animals are unplayable.

Here is our Guide on Peyote Plants and their Locations.

You get the "Cryptozoologist" Achievement after unlocking the 21 Animals then playing as one of them.

Note: The 22nd animal in Director Mode has a different way to unlock and is not needed to get this achievement.

Animals and The "Animal Lover" Achievement

To get this Achievement, you need to play as any animal in Director Mode regardless of how many you've unlocked.

Here is our Guide on Animals and how to unlock them.

After getting in Director Mode as shown above and Pressing "Actors", click on "Animals" and choose one.

The "Method Actor" Achievement

To get this Achievement, you need to play as your GTA Online Character in Director Mode.

After creating a GTA Online character, it will be possible to use it in Director Mode under the "Online Characters" Category.

The "Cult Movie" Achievement

To get this Achievement, you need to play as Cris Formage which you find in the "Story Characters" category after completing the Epsilon Program missions.

The "Location Scout" Achievement

To get this Achievement, you need to visit all locations in Director Mode.

After choosing any actor in Director Mode, open the Interaction Menu (M on keyboard) and go to "Locations" then press "Enter" on every location to fast travel to it.

There are 27 locations overall and every time you visit a location, a green check mark will show up on its icon on the radar.

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