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title: "1 Good Filmmaker Quotes By Pamela Yates"
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> [The digital revolution has had a democratizing effect. Now anyone can be a filmmaker, but to be a good filmmaker is as hard as it ever was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/the-digital-revolution-has-had-a-democratizing-effect-now-anyone-can/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

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## More by Pamela Yates

> [I'm a storyteller who uses all of the beauty and power of cinema to tell tales of human struggles for positive social change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/i-m-a-storyteller-who-uses-all-of-the-beauty-and-power-of-cinema-to/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [If you make a great film full of emotion, of pathos, people want to continue to know more, to work harder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/if-you-make-a-great-film-full-of-emotion-of-pathos-people-want-to/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [Celebrate your victories and mark your defeats. Ultimately documentary filmmaking is not a job, it's a calling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/celebrate-your-victories-and-mark-your-defeats-ultimately-documentary/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [Witnessing is the essence of being a documentary filmmaker. Capturing moments in time; never knowing how history will judge them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/witnessing-is-the-essence-of-being-a-documentary-filmmaker-capturing/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [Everyone has access to a pen and paper, but to be a great writer is difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/everyone-has-access-to-a-pen-and-paper-but-to-be-a-great-writer-is/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [I truly value the cinema experience, the tribal gathering in the dark to watch something larger than life. I like to sit in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/i-truly-value-the-cinema-experience-the-tribal-gathering-in-the-dark/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [When you make a documentary film, after many years the only thing you remember is what you put into the film, not what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/when-you-make-a-documentary-film-after-many-years-the-only-thing-you/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [Destiny doesn't control your life, but it does place you on a path. It's how you walk down that path that determines stories I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/destiny-doesn-t-control-your-life-but-it-does-place-you-on-a-path-it/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [My advice to emerging documentary filmmakers would be: try to find other people, a group, a cooperative that you can work with. Filmmaking is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/my-advice-to-emerging-documentary-filmmakers-would-be-try-to-find/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [The biggest misconception about me and my work is that I only make political films denouncing human-rights atrocities, even though all of my films…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/the-biggest-misconception-about-me-and-my-work-is-that-i-only-make/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [Like a human rights lawyer who uses the law to rectify wrongs, I use filmic storytelling for the same effect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/like-a-human-rights-lawyer-who-uses-the-law-to-rectify-wrongs-i-use/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [I believe that those who believe in the power of human rights must find new ways to address economic injustice - and on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/i-believe-that-those-who-believe-in-the-power-of-human-rights-must/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [The digital revolution has had a democratizing effect. Now anyone can be a filmmaker, but to be a good filmmaker is as hard as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/the-digital-revolution-has-had-a-democratizing-effect-now-anyone-can/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [I'm an eclectic and avid filmgoer. I try to see everything from romantic comedies to blockbusters to art house films, world cinema and documentaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/i-m-an-eclectic-and-avid-filmgoer-i-try-to-see-everything-from/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

> [I'm both an artist / filmmaker and a human rights defender.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-yates/i-m-both-an-artist-filmmaker-and-a-human-rights-defender/)

[Pamela Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-yates/)

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