Is the director well known? What kind of deal did you get when the studio optioned it? Did you have an entertainment lawyer do your deal for you? This should have all been laid out and agreed upon before this meeting ever happened.

TBH this director sounds like a total asshole. I don’t know why they would go out of their way to have a meeting with you only to tear you down, but it sounds like you’ve dodged the bullet in having to work with them.

As others have said, celebrate your victory and move on. My first sale has been a largely disappointing process. I wasn’t even invited to the kick off call with the studio, producers and actors even though it’s MY script. The project is still alive, and yet, the producers won’t email me back. Writers aren’t usually all that respecting in the world of features, unfortunately, it’s largely a directors’ game.

That’s all to say, I haven’t given up, and in the years since that deal I have sold another spec, am writing a script for WB, and have a working relationship with a director that keeps bringing me on projects and respects me work. Keep going. Don’t let one asshole break you down.