Philosophy Quote by Martin Belderson

Because I'm a dramatist, I'm allowed to take liberties, but I want my films to be based in truth, and it's very important to…

— Sean Baker

People who make documentaries have to be faithful to the facts. But when you are making a drama, a fiction based on the life,…

— Milos Forman

Documentary makers use other people's lives as their raw material, and that is morally indefensible.

— Kevin Macdonald

As filmmakers and as actors, you have to find truth.

— Rick Famuyiwa

I certainly don't believe you documentary filmmakers. Like me, you are involved in making fiction, and your fiction is just as well organized and…

— Peter Greenaway

In documentaries, there's a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it. In narratives, you have to create the situations so that…

— Ava DuVernay

“When it comes to bending the truth to assist a story’s plot versus staying completely true to the facts, we can assure you any…

— James Morcan

Documentary photography is becoming more illustrative as people become more familiar with photography’s limitations and vulnerabilities. Reality has always been interpreted through layers of…

— Taryn Simon

A documentary film-maker can't help but use poetry to tell the story. I bring truth to my fiction. These things go hand in hand.

— Chloe Zhao

Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it…

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting…

— Ken Burns

Even journalism has ethics and everyone should follow them.

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush