Documentary Quote by Simon Beaufoy

I've never seen myself as a documentary filmmaker. I see myself as a filmmaker, period, and I am interested in drama as well as…

— Errol Morris

I want to start producing the documentaries and programmes I'm involved with.

— Zara McDermott

Documentary has been a way for me to establish myself as a filmmaker. It's my way of proving that I have a language, that…

— Mano Khalil

I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned has been…

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I'm a commercial filmmaker.

— Steve Bannon

I've always been a fiction filmmaker and I've been heading in the direction of fiction filmmaking, doing documentaries along the way.

— Lucy Walker

I'm basically a fairly traditional filmmaker.

— George A. Romero

My first narrative films developed out of a documentary process - finding someone who was willing to be filmed, watching, listening, taking copious notes…

— Debra Granik

I never intended to be a documentary filmmaker. I think I became a documentary filmmaker because I had trouble writing, and I had trouble…

— Errol Morris

For a documentary filmmaker, I do very well.

— Michael Moore

I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it's real, and you're really there.

— Jamie Bell

I've had my best experience as a filmmaker with true stories about real people and real cultures.

— Niki Caro