With a career spanning over six decades, Clint Eastwood is one of the most successful actors ever. But transitioning into an A-list director was a whole other journey. Known for his straight-shooting, unfussy filmmaking; this is the story of a master storyteller, working in the shadows of the Hollywood system, bucking traditional methods and making movies on his own terms, his own way. This is a portrait of a renegade artist straddling the worlds of studio filmmaking and independent passion projects, painted by those who have observed his work close-up.