There's something about the lack of certainty with a documentary, which is exhausting if you do three in a row. It's nerve-wracking. — Kevin Macdonald Certainty Copy Share Image
The submarine genre is a category with all its own rules. But shooting on water is famously tough. — Kevin Macdonald Genre Copy Share Image
'Uprising' was one of the first three or four albums I ever bought in 1980 when I was 13, and that had… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I can't claim my grandfather's work has influenced mine directly, but his life certainly inspired me to follow this path. — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
If there is a tendency in modern television I hate, it is the unstoppable march of the dramatic reconstruction to tell the… — Kevin Macdonald Ancient egyptian Copy Share Image
I was born at Rotten Row in Glasgow and brought up in Loch Lomond near a small place called Gartocharn. And it's… — Kevin Macdonald Attraction Copy Share Image
It feels like we're all so familiar now with the traditional three-act structure that, actually, stories that are more complex, more naughty,… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
When you see how people in the developing world react and how they use a camera, you realise how narcissistic we are… — Kevin Macdonald Cinema Copy Share Image
The first documentary I saw that tried to show the actual experience of being a soldier in combat was 'The Anderson Platoon,'… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I remember going to the university film club to see 'The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp' one night and being bowled… — Kevin Macdonald Beautiful Copy Share Image
I did not want to depict Al Gashey as evil. I wanted him to come across as someone who did what he… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
Like a lot of expatriate Scots, when you want to be called Scottish, it's useful. I see myself as being without nationality,… — Kevin Macdonald Being Copy Share Image
People listen to The Beatles, but while they were muscially influential, they weren't culturally influential in quite the same way. You can… — Kevin Macdonald Beatles Copy Share Image
I was fascinated by making a submarine movie, inspired by the Kursk disaster. This idea of being trapped down at the bottom… — Kevin Macdonald Disaster Copy Share Image
The thing with newspapers is that they are a filter. We're relying on the editors of that paper to be a filter… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I always loved digging away at the story, trying to find out things that people don't want you to find out and… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
Despite the limitations of the bulky 16mm camera and 10-minute film magazines, 'The Anderson Platoon' feels as spontaneous and fresh as any… — Kevin Macdonald Camera Copy Share Image
You can go to places in Africa and Asia and find Marley graffiti. In the slums of Nairobi, you see his lyrics… — Kevin Macdonald Artist Copy Share Image
I've fallen out very badly with some of the subjects I've interviewed, because they see their lives a certain way; to step… — Kevin Macdonald Cinema Copy Share Image
The tradition has always been that in Roman films, the Romans are always British, and it's usually posh British: Laurence Olivier and… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
