Documentary Quote by Keith Maitland Download Open image “As a documentary filmmaker, I try to be sensitive to my subjects.” — Keith Maitland ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Documentary Sensitive Subjects Try
I choose my films carefully. I have done movies that are sensitive, which deal with some issue and are a mirror of society. — Abhay Deol Copy Share Image
Documentary filmmaking ruins you for real life, because you learn to be extremely attentive. — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
When you make a documentary, you have to adapt to what reality imposes upon you. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
It's often said that I choose subjects that are sensational! I choose to film subjects that spark difficult conversations and make people uncomfortable. Change… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned has been… — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Copy Share Image
I try to do films that touch upon social issues or problems that the country or the world is facing. — Zareen Khan Copy Share Image
We make movies to endorse our own personal feelings. I am not, in fact, a documentary filmmaker. I've got my personal beliefs, and I'm… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I like to take a little of what I learned in fiction and apply it to documentary and vice versa. — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I never intended to be a documentary filmmaker. I think I became a documentary filmmaker because I had trouble writing, and I had trouble… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Honestly, I don't think that the policies and issues surrounding guns will be easily figured out in our country, but we need to take… — Keith Maitland Copy Share Image
In general, I just try to make the people that I'm shooting feel like they are in good hands. I'm open-minded, and I invite… — Keith Maitland Copy Share Image
When I went to the University of Texas, my first day of freshman year in 1994, I took a student tour, and I asked… — Keith Maitland Copy Share Image
I love working with rotoscopic animation because under the incredible handpainted artwork are real actors and real human performances. — Keith Maitland Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Robert Altman, and one of the things I love in 'The Long Goodbye' is the way that he plays… — Keith Maitland Copy Share Image
My first night in Austin was at SXSW in 1994 when I was a senior in high school. I came here for spring break… — Keith Maitland Copy Share Image
When you make the decision to call somebody out of the blue and say you want to talk to them about the worst thing… — Keith Maitland Copy Share Image
In Austin, you work in anything that will pay and a lot of things that don't. The documentary filmmaker may also be a gaffer… — Keith Maitland Copy Share Image
As far as documentaries, 'Man on Wire,' 'Atomic Cafe,' 'Waltz With Bashir,' and 'Thin Blue Line' all offered me different perspectives to consider as… — Keith Maitland Copy Share Image
Yes, I realize when I'm reaching out to people and asking them to talk about the most traumatic thing to happen in their lives,… — Keith Maitland Copy Share Image
When I speak a serious subject in an informal and humorous way, it has bigger impact. So much so, when BBC made a small… — Arunachalam Muruganantham Copy Share Image
In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the 40th anniversary of D-Day. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
Most of the photographs people take with their cameraphones are of little value in terms of documentary. — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
My senior thesis was a documentary. By the time I graduated from college, I thought I was going to make films, and my interest… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
I'm a documentary photographer. That's what I've always wanted to be; that's where my heart and soul is. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
Yeah I'm telling real stories, but if you pick up a documentary on strippers, you're going to want to see some stripping, so we… — Method Man Copy Share Image
It's supposed to be entertainment. It's not supposed to be a documentary. — Jeri Ryan Copy Share Image
'The Look' is my first documentary, and I enjoyed the freedom of working within a small team. — Angelina Maccarone Copy Share Image
Documentary films have always been my passion, I have done documentaries. — Shoojit Sircar Copy Share Image
We make movies to endorse our own personal feelings. I am not, in fact, a documentary filmmaker. I've got my personal beliefs, and I'm… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I watched a documentary called 'Plastic Oceans' on Netflix, and it was an eye-opener for me. — Kevin Anderson Copy Share Image
