Backgrounds Quote by Rian Johnson

I learned very quickly that the hard thing in life is to make good films. Technically, filmmaking is the camera and the actor telling…

— Matthew Vaughn

My story with film is kind of different because I started with photography because my father was a photo buff. He had all sort…

— Raoul Peck

I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.

— Ira Sachs

I've been acting for twenty-two years. And I love film so much and I love the whole process of making film, this is just…

— Allison Mack

You get told a lot in school to tell what you know, write what you know. But what excites me about filmmaking, about being…

— Anna Boden

I used to make short films even as a kid. I used to have a camera and play around with it. So, I was…

— Dulquer Salmaan

The great thing about having spent all this time on film sets is that I've been able to watch directors and how they work.…

— Catherine McCormack

I felt like I was a writer, and I just thought filmmaking was the best way for me to express that, because it allows…

— Lena Dunham

I like films and I have been watching films from a young age. So, making films happened to be a natural progression.

— Thiagarajan Kumararaja

I started out doing music videos and photography, and I always loved writing. Filmmaking seemed to be a good compilation of all these skills…

— Brendan Fletcher

When you're young, you sort of have an idea that this is how it's always gonna be as a filmmaker. And then you have…

— Rick Famuyiwa

I still go see films for entertainment, and I love them, but for me as a filmmaker, I really want to have a purpose…

— Charlie McDowell