Last year, I reviewed a nine-hour documentary about the lives of Mongolian yak herdsmen, and I would rather see it again than… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I'm very influenced by documentary filmmaking and independent filmmaking, by a lot of noir and films from the '40s. Those are my… — Pamela Adlon Copy Share Image
I don't have a horror film in me just because I don't like to be scared. But I definitely have a documentary… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
Michael Moore announced that his next documentary film will attack the health care industry in America. He's not out to get the… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
Well, it was actually - I brought the idea of doing a documentary to HBO back in 2000, when there were some… — Monica Lewinsky Copy Share Image
Investigative journalism has been relegated to a very, very tiny space in America. We don't really have much investigative journalism left. And… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
Reality television hasn't killed documentaries, because there are so many great documentaries still being made, but it certainly has changed the landscape.… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
I've watched 'Senna' - a documentary film about a Formula One driver - three or four times now. I'm not a massive… — Edith Bowman Copy Share Image
What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Above all, documentary must reflect the problems and realities of the present. It cannot regret the past; it is dangerous to prophesy… — Paul Rotha Copy Share Image
I certainly don't believe you documentary filmmakers. Like me, you are involved in making fiction, and your fiction is just as well… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I saw a documentary on the Naadam festival that happens in Mongolia during the summer. One of the features of it is… — Caitriona Balfe Copy Share Image
I personally can watch an eight-hour documentary on Woody Allen because I'm fascinated by him. But, an audience can't really sit through… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
An important documentary that sheds light on one of the most terrifying realities in the U.S. today—the commercial sexual exploitation of young… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
I've had frustrated storytelling juices that have been lying dormant for a long time, and I guess the documentary was a way… — Eric Bana Copy Share Image
You kind of form a bond with your subjects, in a way. You're in it together. To a degree that people don't… — Steve James Copy Share Image
It's weird writing for a documentary because I have all these ideas for what I want to happen, but what actually happens… — Chris Cubas Copy Share Image
In documentary films, being able to be a storytelling and embrace film as an art form - while being very clearly connected… — James Redford Copy Share Image
Documentary is a little like horror movies, putting a face on fear and transforming threat into fantasy, into imagery. One can handle… — Martha Rosler Copy Share Image
A documentary film-maker can't help but use poetry to tell the story. I bring truth to my fiction. These things go hand… — Chloe Zhao Copy Share Image
I don't see how a woman in documentary photography could have children. I think it's a very difficult thing to do to… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I mean, journalism is very detailed... you try to get down in the weeds and sort out exactly what happened. And I… — Mark Boal Copy Share Image
“There's your dog, and your dog's dead. But there has to be something that made it move. Isn't there?" Old woman in… — Old Woman Copy Share Image
I'm so proud of Jason's [Benjamin] work. I can say this and he can't, but there's no group of documentary subjects more… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
My instinct was that it was Sidney's childhood in the Bahamas that gave him the fearlessness to fight racism. So this documentary… — Lee Grant Copy Share Image
Bob Weir calls me a saint, but I'm 'Saint Misbehavin'.' They're making a documentary about my life, and that's the current shooting… — Wavy Gravy Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film.… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity. — Yahoo Serious Copy Share Image
Every time you are getting ready to make a shot in a documentary film, you are asking yourself questions about your cinematographic… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
I suppose the primary intention of a documentary photographer is to document facts. My work often does this but it is not… — Richard Billingham Copy Share Image
As a documentary filmmaker, 'Meru' was an irresistible challenge. You can spend years searching for the right story, but this one had… — Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Copy Share Image
The exposé, the compassion and outrage, of documentary fueled by the dedication to reform has shaded over into combinations of exoticism, tourism,… — Martha Rosler Copy Share Image
You can't hope for a better result as a campaigner than to have the prime minister announce a major policy change within… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
I was like 4 years old when I started playing piano, and I was like 10 years old when I saw a… — Hardwell Copy Share Image
This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the… — Ben Edwards Copy Share Image
There is a document in every novel in the world. Even in the most fantastic novel, even in science fiction, there is… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
I don't know the facts surrounding Andrew Jarecki's work. I think it's a triumph of television. But it does raise troubling issues… — Joe Berlinger Copy Share Image
Everybody was apprehensive about a documentary. When we're all dead and gone, we don't want to leave something that is not going… — Gina Schock Copy Share Image
Making a documentary on an issue that is not the easiest to have those conversations with people around you is something that… — Zara McDermott Copy Share Image
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