Behind Quote by Ruth Ozeki

I came from the school of cinema verite documentaries, which was: Do not manipulate reality as it was happening but create a narrative in…

— Mira Nair

There are days when either filmmaking feels like an insurmountable practice - here's a lot of obstacles in the way to make it happen…

— Debra Granik

Narrative cinema is just an imitation of life. Why would you prevent yourself and the audience of the same images, of the same that…

— Gaspar Noe

Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to be in…

— Brian De Palma

In documentaries, you're confronted with reality; you can not manipulate or move it.

— Jean-Pierre Dardenne

I believe every time you film anybody, you create reality with that person - whether it's fiction or nonfiction. If you acknowledge that filming…

— Joshua Oppenheimer

In all my documentaries I did all the camera work, but in fiction I didn't want to do it myself. I think the machinery…

— Pirjo Honkasalo

When you make a documentary, you have to adapt to what reality imposes upon you.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

I don't necessarily believe in the ideology of cinema verité. I think by the very fact that you have a camera there you are…

— David Shapiro

I operate the camera, I always do it when I'm the director, and I like to approach it as a documentary, finding the images…

— Benjamin Avila

When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd…

— Norman Jewison