We see ourselves as filmmakers and as storytellers. We want to make films that move people emotionally. The most effective thing that… — Jon Shenk Copy Share Image
When a documentary filmmaker, working in the style that I do, suggests that there has been a shooting ratio of 40 hours… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
Cinema is an art form that is designed to go across borders. And as a filmmaker, the only way I can direct… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
The starting point and the ending point are nothing but two arbitrary choices. You make them as in soccer games, where they… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I'd like to make mistakes on my own dime and not have a herd of people tell me what I'm doing wrong.… — Katie Aselton Copy Share Image
“Film is that much powerful to show any negative fact through a very positive way what blows humans mind.” — Maria Tusar Copy Share Image
I would travel down to Hell and wrestle a film away from the devil if it was necessary. — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
I needed to do a lot of saying no. I had a lot of [interest] from people who I just didn't think… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
The world wants to define me by my mammary glands and melanin. It is just fascinating that Michael Mann has never been… — Victoria Mahoney Copy Share Image
Millions of filmmakers would love to be in my position right now. If you are honest it makes the world a better… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
I grew up as a reader as well as a movie-lover, so many of the novelists I admired - and so many… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
Hardly any filmmakers can just make anything they want. Obviously, there are some exceptions, like Steven Spielberg, but he has that mainstream… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
There's obviously something that feels very good about being with a new filmmaker who's very excited, but I also think there's something… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
An actor needs to be not remotely anywhere close to in control, and a filmmaker has to be totally in control. — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and… — Andrew Dominik Copy Share Image
I had seen "Force Majeure" and I just love that movie so much. And I really wanted to artistically give a little… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are.… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
A lot of my best friends are the best person for the job in a film, but sometimes being a filmmaker I'll… — David Gordon Green Copy Share Image
The filmmakers I really love are the ones that let me look through their eyes for a while. They have an aesthetic… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
For me it sounds weird saying that the filmmakers respect the film. I don't imagine that there's other ways to make a… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
