Beginning Quote by Arjun Mathur

I made short films in school.

— Alden Ehrenreich

I did a few documentaries as co-director and cameraman. I started off shooting a film about the war in Rhodesia. Then I did a…

— Roger Deakins

I have done films for a pittance, as I believed in the subject and wanted to be part of it.

— Nikitin Dheer

Films just happened to me. After coming to the industry, I became dedicated.

— Navya Nair

I did a lot of short films before doing feature films.

— Karthik Subbaraj

I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned has been…

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I was lucky enough to come in at the beginning of the independent film movement, and it's really shaped my life and my career.

— Julianne Moore

I started in theatre, and that took me into film and television.

— Kerris Dorsey

I first started making films - this is my first feature, but I was making shorts - I was actually freelancing as a day…

— Richard Press

After college, I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television…

— Justin Chadwick

For seven years, I made films in the cinema verite tradition - photographing what was happening without manipulating it. Then I realised I wanted…

— Mira Nair

Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that.

— Christopher Durang