Tagging working differently in iTunes 12 ?

Like zillions of others, I upgraded to OS X Yosemite and iTunes 12. I am seeing some different behavior in iTunes 12, however, when trying to tag media content.
1. Per the attached example of a movie in my iTunes library, in List View the artist appears as Serra Hirsch (which is the correct artist). In CMD-I View, however, Serra Hirsch appears as the Director (she is not the Director).
2. I do not think the Director tag existed in iTunes 11. I was using the Album Artist field to hold the director's name in iTunes 11. Maybe Director is a new tag, but it does not show up in View > View Options > Show Columns. So I'm sure if it's a real tag or not.
3. Other fields (e.g., Grouping) do not appear in CMD-I View, and I do not see how to add them. So I cannot edit them in CMD-I view. I can still edit the tag data in List view, but that is tedious.
Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

Apple wants what Apple wants, I guess.... I've been looking for a couple of years for something to replace iTunes, but in addition to the DRM on movies, there's really nothing out there that handles sorting and metadata information like iTunes does. I have LOADS of Movies and TV Shows and Music and trying to find something that handles that stuff is next to impossible. I'm on a Mac for "home theatre" stuff, so that limits it even more.
Actually, the iTunes Store puts the director's name in the Artist field and they list the cast, but it can only be found in the "Show Description" screen, so the cast isn't sortable or searchable either. It's REALLY annoying! I'm finally going through and copying cast lists found by iDentify to the Album Artist field.
I also just found out that it seems that iTunes 12 doesn't update itself when you write or rewrite metadata with a third party program like it used to. I don't know all of the ins and outs of iTunes, but before this version, you could change a tag in a third-party app and then "Get Info" (CMD-I) in iTunes and it would show the update you did. It's not doing that anymore.
It also seems like you can't edit certain fields when selecting multiple items. I tried to blank out the "Album Artist" field in 20 or so items in Movies and the field didn't show up on the Get Info screen when multiple items were selected.
Apple seems to be really taking control more and more as the OS and iTunes continue to be updated. So, gritting my teeth and working through it.... ugh!!

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