Cinema Quote by Nia DaCosta

When I got back into the film business after college, I started out as a production assistant.

— Mike Lookinland

I first started working in film when I was 17. I was a director's assistant, an editor.

— Mathieu Amalric

I worked as a production assistant on a couple of films, and finally, I got a job at an animation studio as an editor.…

— Thomas Schlamme

I come from a production assistant background. That was my first role on a set before even being an actor, that and writing.

— Quinta Brunson

In terms of my career, it began in earnest when I was living in Boston. I started doing my own films, working initially as…

— Brad Anderson

I went to film school, worked as an assistant, and wrote several scripts that haven't gotten made.

— Lauren Miller

I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.

— Sandra Brown

I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film…

— Park Chan-wook

I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.

— Lynn Shelton

I grew up in the theater, went to school for directing and playwriting.

— Jerrika Hinton

I studied business and also studied film, then I graduated, and I worked at a network. I was able to use my business skills…

— Manish Dayal

My first job after drama school was with Stanley Kubrick. It was only a few lines in 'A Clockwork Orange', but I was working…

— Carol Drinkwater