Ana Lily Amirpour

(1976) Film Director

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Ana Lily Amirpour is a film director.

Quick Facts About Ana Lily Amirpour

Born: July 25, 1976
Profession: Film Director

About Ana Lily Amirpour

[Wikidata] British-born American filmmaker... | [Wikipedia] Ana Lily Amirpour is an American filmmaker of Iranian descent. She is best known for her feature film debut A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, promoted as "the first Iranian vampire western," which made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014, and which was based on a previous short film that

Quotes by Ana Lily Amirpour

I believe that every character I create is in their own film, that happens to overlap with the main film. There are…

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Believe

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Whenever you anticipate something - like, "it's my highly anticipated whatever" - you are probably going to be disappointed. I wish we…

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Disappointed

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There's something to me with categorization - it stops you from thinking about the thing that is actually happening.

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Thinking

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Music is one of my big orgasmic meters. I need it, I love it. I'm so happy when people bring it up…

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Music

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I do feel that in modern society that still is the best way to survive. Whatever it is, just keep doing something,…

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Death

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As an artist, and for me personally, my biggest fear is categorization. I hate the idea that I would become someone who…

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Art

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I don't personally do that many castings. But I did get involved in "The Bad Batch," because we couldn't think of an…

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Character

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When I came up with the concept of 'The Dream,' on the surface he just seemed like another creepy bad man or…

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Bad man

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The history and baggage of certain actors and characters - it goes into the movie and becomes part of it. If Keanu…

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Character

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If you become a star known for one thing, that becomes your thing, and you don't want that, on some DNA level.

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Astronomy

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Works like 'Brave New World' and 'The Handmaiden's Tale' develop their atmosphere from a movement or a revolution, as if the world…

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Atmosphere

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I'm trying to figure out a way to find comfort in my life as a human. I'm trying to be good at…

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Be good

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I only noticed this after I had finished the film 'The Bad Batch,' and watched it again a few months later... Arlen,…

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Character

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