Building Quote by George Hickenlooper

I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema,…

— George Hickenlooper

Docs are more exhausting because of the physical labor that's required. Feature filmmaking is more exhausting because of politics and the bullshit. You get…

— George Hickenlooper

One of the reasons to do documentaries is that. There's more sense of creating something, more sense of my own soul in the documentaries…

— Michael Apted

Narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like cinema verité…

— George Hickenlooper

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

In the documentary space, the biggest and most obvious difference is that in those films you're not in it for a financial gain. It's…

— Julie Smolyansky

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

The power of the documentary film, when done well, I think is usually more impacting than a narrative, at least for me. Documentaries are…

— Richard Ray Perez

Most people look at a feature film and say, "It's just a movie." For me there is no border or wall between fiction and…

— Mano Khalil

I don't think there's so much difference between making documentaries and feature films. I think it's even harder to make documentaries.

— Danis Tanovic

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

To the documentary director the appearance of things and people is only superficial. It is the meaning behind the thing and the significance underlying…

— Paul Rotha