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ELI5: How are animated films directed?

With live-action the director is physically present to... direct the actors, cameraman, crew, and so on. How would it work in animation where all the parts are so separate?
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It's pretty similar, they plan out the film, storyboard, and so on. Animation is done with simple models at first, they work on the shots, camera movements etc.
The big difference is the finalized shots take hours or even days to render out.