Close Quote by Bear McCreary

To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

Every film is a human encounter. It's people trying to collaborate and create something together.

— Alexandre Desplat

Both the composer and the filmmaker have to let go of their preconceived notions and listen to the film... When you do that, and…

— Bear McCreary

Basically, great directors know how to combine music with the scenes that they are working on.

— John Gourley

As a film composer, you have to be a good collaborator.

— Ramin Djawadi

As a filmmaker, you want your work seen by the widest audience possible.

— Gren Wells

As a filmmaker, you're looking to reveal something. When other people relate to it, it makes an otherwise lonely world a little less lonely.

— Bennett Miller

Filmmaking is a creative process so there is a lot of collaboration that happens on set between an actor and director, but at the…

— Aamir Khan

Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because I didn't…

— Abbas Kiarostami

According to me, one composer should do one film.

— Jeet Gannguli

This was all very new to me and I did not want to ruin his film! So we worked hard on that basis of…

— Helena Christensen

The art of making films is a collaborative art. As a composer, you're always working with the cinematographer because he's so much the heart…

— Howard Shore