Before Quote by Karthik Subbaraj

I did a lot of short films before doing feature films.

— Karthik Subbaraj

I made short films in school.

— Alden Ehrenreich

I made shorts films, learning the dos and don'ts. Most importantly, I've been editing all these short films. Nothing can teach you filmmaking like…

— Dhanush

I learned about making films by going into advertising, making commercials.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I started learning filmmaking by joining a weekend film school in Bengaluru. I made some amateur short films that got appreciation from people around…

— Karthik Subbaraj

I was a filmmaker. I made movies. I made films. And I always took photos and made films, always from the beginning.

— Robert Barry

With each film of mine, I was learning about the art of movie-making.

— Priyadarshan

Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.

— John Lasseter

I did a whole lot of work before taking up my first movie. From TV commercials to Telugu films, I learnt a lot from…

— Yami Gautam

For seven years, I made films in the cinema verite tradition - photographing what was happening without manipulating it. Then I realised I wanted…

— Mira Nair

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

I've studied film a lot, so I know much more about film than music, but I don't think I could have made films.

— Jenny Hval