Cinematographer Quotes

I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.

— Fatima Sana Shaikh

Back-light is the cinematographer's friend.

— Lexi Alexander

I have always wanted to be either a cinematographer or a veterinarian.

— Christopher Bollen

The cinematographer's basically translating the director's vision into imagery.

— Rachel Morrison

Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.

— Conrad Hall

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

— Conrad Hall

A period film is a gift for a cinematographer.

— Rachel Morrison

For a cinematographer, every frame has to be important.

— Karthik Subbaraj

I don't know one lens from another. That's not my job. It's the cinematographer's job. But I can talk to people.

— Penny Marshall

The way I work with my cinematographer is not based on general principles, but the ideas are triggered by the locations where…

— Paolo Sorrentino

I'm usually known for films that look beautiful and attractive, probably because I am a cinematographer too.

— Rajiv Menon

As a cinematographer or director, I'm always looking for projects that are able to say a lot with the actor's expressions.

— Reed Morano

Yes, my uncle wanted me to be a cinematographer and he was disappointed when I gave up that dream to become an…

— Suhasini Maniratnam

Everyone his own cinematographer. His own stream-of-consciousness e-mail poet. His own nightclub DJ. His own political columnist. His own biographer of his…

— Walter Kirn

I really do believe that the experience of having a child is going to actually make me a much better cinematographer.

— Rachel Morrison

There's always the temptation, as a cinematographer, to make the shot look as perfect as possible.

— Greig Fraser

The art of making films is a collaborative art. As a composer, you're always working with the cinematographer because he's so much…

— Howard Shore

When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this…

— Steve Buscemi

When I was in college, I wanted to study film. My first passion was to be a cinematographer. So maybe there's something…

— Mat Kearney

When you work as a cinematographer, the actors look to you for reassurance. When you're lighting them, they can never think you're…

— Reed Morano

The visualization of my films is always very important to me and I work very closely with my cinematographers. I've never had…

— Scott Hicks

I've spent a lot of time in India. When I was a young cinematographer, I was completely enthralled by the color, the…

— Greig Fraser

“I kind of love Colin Farrell again. I think it started with In Bruges. No, I’m lying. It started when I saw…

— Anonymous

I've got to give a lot of credit to my cinematographer, Chung-hoon Chung, who is a master and among other things shot…

— Ruben Fleischer

I've kept the people who've been in my career who I feel are my family. Kathy [Kennedy] had been with me since…

— Steven Spielberg

As important as it is to learn the techniques of cinematography, you also have to learn how to deal with the movie…

— Maryse Alberti

“I think the responsibility of writers is to convey the feelings that exist in the moment, the moment of that sharp and…

— Johnny Rico

Don't get me wrong, Carter Smith is an insanely talented photographer, but as a director he approached it more from a story…

— Cameron Monaghan

I'm most excited that the hard work has paid off for myself and the team. You put your heart and soul into…

— J. Robert Spencer

In terms of talking with my collaborators as they came onboard - Jeannine Oppewall, our production designer, Dante Spinotti, our cinematographer, and…

— Curtis Hanson

Sixty-five days principle photography, five-day weeks, which is the only way I'll work. With my cinematographer Russell Boyd, we take as much…

— Peter Weir

I'm the most experienced cinematographer in this medium, so there's no point in having that extra conversation in the middle of the…

— David Douglas

As a cinematographer, I was always attracted to stories that have the potential to be told with as few words as possible.

— Reed Morano

Effectively, as a cinematographer, I am always on the lookout for a project that makes me want to go to the cinema.

— Greig Fraser

I was at film school when I made 'Small Debts' and I was a cinematographer, so I didn't actually study to be…

— Lynne Ramsay

A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist - moving an audience through a movie ... making them think the way you want them…

— Gordon Willis

I was the one who kept telling my second husband he should become a cinematographer. I paid for him to get his…

— Carmen Dell'Orefice

I came up the old-fashioned way - tea boy, cutter, focus-puller, cinematographer - but I wasn't myself old-fashioned.

— Nicolas Roeg

I'm confident that the wrong cinematographer on a project can very much derail the mood and the feeling on set when you're…

— Greig Fraser

The cinematography was of course incredibly important to me because I graduated as a cinematographer.

— Pirjo Honkasalo