Career Quote by Lee Isaac Chung

I acted in my first film while in my second year of degree college, in 1978.

— Mohanlal

I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead…

— Ira Sachs

I was a documentary film-maker for 26 years before I became a full time actor.

— Suhasini Mulay

I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience…

— Bahman Ghobadi

I was a film student. I became an actor, but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

— Dermot Mulroney

I graduated from the American Film Institute in 2010, where I studied as a director, and came out with a few features I really…

— Ari Aster

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

— Robert Barry

I found out I wanted to be a filmmaker almost by accident after graduating from college in 2005.

— Matthew Heineman

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

Though I am born into a film family, I hardly had much exposure to shooting during my growing years. My first film actually taught…

— Alia Bhatt

Immediately after film school, I got an opportunity to work as a freelance cameraperson. I used to shoot a documentary film for the Discovery…

— Kabir Khan

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

— Todd Phillips