Directing Quote by Reed Morano

I know how a cinematographer wants to be treated by their director, and so I already have a leg up in that department, and…

— Reed Morano

I joke around sometimes and say that the DP [director of photography] is like a shrink for the director, but there's some truth in…

— Reed Morano

When I move from being a cameraman to being a director I looked at a lot of other cameramen who tried to make the…

— Barry Sonnenfeld

And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography.

— Anonymous

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

— Conrad Hall

It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you…

— Lorene Scafaria

Directing is a very exhausting and painful experience. I have seen that pain and know what it can do to you.

— Samuthirakani

In film school, I knew I wanted to be a director, but I found out pretty damn quickly that nobody was just going to…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school. I didn't…

— David Fincher

I never studied directing and I never really thought about doing it, and then I just found myself in that situation and tried it.…

— Sofia Coppola

There's a lot of pressure to be the lead of a film. I have done it. It's not my favorite way to work.

— Ryan Gosling

There's always the temptation, as a cinematographer, to make the shot look as perfect as possible.

— Greig Fraser