Believe Quote by Roger Deakins

I don't really believe in the mystery of cinematography - what happens in the camera is what the cinematographers create and all that nonsense.

— Roger Deakins

A lot of the time with an independent production, you go onto the set, and you rehearse it in front of the crew, and…

— Martin Landau

Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I…

— Peter Weir

You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.

— Nicolas Roeg

I've worked with some of the great cinematographers. So I'm always watching what they do and I'm watching how the director composes his shots,…

— Eric Bana

I'm trying to learn things behind the camera and what a producer does and shadowing the directors.

— Chandra Wilson

As a director, your job is to make sure no one for any reason is taken out of the film. Sometimes it's impossible and…

— Cary Fukunaga

When you direct a movie, you're basically looking at a story, the way you want to look at it. You bring that director's vision,…

— Donnie Yen

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

— Anonymous

Every single director stops at the moment he thinks he has the shot. Sometimes, directors shoot an establishing shot where everything is in the…

— Javier Camara

A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist - moving an audience through a movie ... making them think the way you want them to think,…

— Gordon Willis

A lot of directors in my experience are very receptive. They see what you do first, and then they want to find a place…

— Annette Bening