About Quote by Errol Morris

The nice thing about a documentary, I think, is that so much of it is editing, too. You sort of get to keep making…

— Gillian Jacobs

You know so many documentaries now are very carefully scripted before you start, and then people are sort of put in chairs which are…

— Nick Broomfield

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

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

If you're able to appeal to a broader market, you can make an entertaining narrative film. Whereas a documentary is something that only a…

— Nick Searcy

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

I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject.

— Leslie Cockburn

I'm not somebody who comes in with a whole outline, and says, "Here's the movie we're going to make." That's not what a documentary…

— Morgan Spurlock

Documentary has been a way for me to establish myself as a filmmaker. It's my way of proving that I have a language, that…

— Mano Khalil

A documentary film is a great way of helping people understand because, somehow, when one is able to see the people involved, it lends…

— Lawrence Wright

I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it's real, and you're really there.

— Jamie Bell

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