Based Quote by Ryan Coogler

I think that when youre making a story... thats based on somebody, the filmmaker has his duty to do his research.

— Ryan Coogler

As a filmmaker, you take reality and you tell a story from it.

— Hany Abu-Assad

It's not a filmmaker's job to explain his technique but to tell his story the best way he can.

— Mike Nichols

I can understand when a filmmaker has researched something and a filmmaker wants to make a point... Of course, there can be different viewpoints.

— Kabir Khan

That's what I love about documentary filmmaking, we never know where the story is going, we don't know what is going to happen next,…

— Gordon Quinn

We filmmakers are control freaks. For us, it's about bending the elements of a story into existence.

— Richard Linklater

As a filmmaker, you look for a story, and the story has to have conflict and a match of opposites.

— Frederic Tcheng

It's a very weird thing, making a true story, because you need your freedom, as filmmakers, to do what you need to do.

— Simon Beaufoy

I think that, as a filmmaker, you're always making the same film, regardless of how many different stories you tell. This is the case…

— Rithy Panh

I think, as a filmmaker, you're always responsible for your film.

— David Slade

It's not a film-maker's job to explain his technique, but to tell his story the best way he can.

— Mike Nichols

To be honest, I don't usually do very much research, especially if I'm working with a director who also wrote the screenplay. They've usually…

— Christina Ricci