Art Quote by Errol Morris

I think I did fifteen long features and fifteen documentaries, or something like this, which is very little when you think of people making…

— Agnes Varda

As for documentary, it was a natural progression from my earlier career in journalism. The two media are connected, but of course making films…

— Nancy Kates

Many years ago making movies was something. It was the major entertainment just to go to the cinema, once, twice a week. At the…

— Costa-Gavras

This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the experience, understanding…

— Ben Edwards

I've never seen myself as a documentary filmmaker. I see myself as a filmmaker, period, and I am interested in drama as well as…

— Errol Morris

What's great about documentary genre, it seems to me, is that it can be experimental filmmaking. You have a license to do a lot…

— Errol Morris

Documentary film is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I've been working on have…

— Alanis Obomsawin

With portable cameras and affordable data and non-linear digital editing, I think this is a golden age of documentary filmmaking. These new technologies mean…

— Lucy Walker

The main reason why I'm a documentary filmmaker is the power of the medium. The most powerful films I've seen have been documentaries. Of…

— Richard Ray Perez

I never really had any intention of getting involved in documentaries until the opportunity came around. I always thought much more in classic fiction…

— John Hyams

When I started my filmmaking journey 17 years ago, I honestly didn't know what a documentary film was.

— Tony Kaye

For me, every film is actually a form of documentary.

— Ira Sachs