Bergman Quote by Costa-Gavras

Directors who have inspired me include Billy Wilder, Federico Fellini, lngmar Bergman, John Ford, Orson Welles, Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford…

— David Lynch

People have asked me throughout the years which directors have influenced me. I don't know their names, because I was mostly influenced when I'd…

— Robert Altman

I drew influence from Mike Leigh, Ruben Ostlund, a lot of Scandinavian filmmakers, Lukas Moodysson. I also drew influence from horror films and thrillers,…

— Lulu Wang

I watched a lot of movies. I was deeply influenced by movies.

— Ruskin Bond

A lot of people inspire me. I'm a huge movie buff. From studying and watching movies, over and over again, directly influential are Terrence…

— David Gordon Green

I did not grow up around films. So, I would say books have been my major influence.

— Divya Khosla Kumar

I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.

— Ted Demme

Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that they all…

— Chika Anadu

I've been influenced by a lot of films. And a lot of them are the typical interesting, artsy films. But I haven't talked enough…

— Patty Jenkins

I was influenced by American movies of the '60s and '70s, especially Don Siegel's 'Dirty Harry' and the films of Sam Peckinpah. And, of…

— Shinichiro Watanabe

Hollywood was a good influence because I was madly in love with films, and the films had a direct influence on me.

— Ray Bradbury

I never directly think of certain films. I know I am influenced by all the films I see.

— Tom Six