Art Quote by Bruce Conner

I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I was an intellectual and I felt that I could…

— Ted Nelson

I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

— Paul Verhoeven

I always wanted to be a filmmaker and became one through sheer single-mindedness. I came to filmmaking from a background in graphic design. I…

— Neil Marshall

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

When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

— Patrice Leconte

I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. So I went to art college,…

— Roger Deakins

I always wanted to be a feature filmmaker and tried to treat that experience as some sort of elite film school where I could…

— Mark Romanek

I felt film is art and there are people that constructed that art - and that made me want to be a filmmaker.

— Simon Kinberg

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

— Antoine Fuqua

I, too, started off as a short filmmaker - though none of them have been screened, it served as a practice session to help…

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

My dad was a builder, so I didn't have any connection to the arts at all. I never really considered film as a career,…

— Roger Deakins

I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.

— Damien Chazelle