Background Quote by Todd Haynes

I always wanted to be a feature filmmaker and tried to treat that experience as some sort of elite film school where I could…

— Mark Romanek

I was just making movies to make movies. I was so full of anxiety about becoming a filmmaker that I kind of lost the…

— Lee Isaac Chung

I don't know if I ever entertained an academic career, nor did I ever think I'd become a feature film-maker in the market.

— Todd Haynes

I wanted to be a filmmaker since I was a kid. I always did things that took me a little closer to that.

— Justin Simien

I got into film school thinking I was going to make features, like every other film geek.

— Hiro Murai

I found out I wanted to be a filmmaker almost by accident after graduating from college in 2005.

— Matthew Heineman

I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not…

— Steve Buscemi

I don't necessarily see myself as an experienced filmmaker just because I've been in a few movies.

— Joel Edgerton

I became passionate about filmmaking. The thrill to make something out of nothing and to go out there to see whether it will work…

— Pooja Bhatt

I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I was an intellectual and I felt that I could…

— Ted Nelson

I didn't have any set idea of what kind of filmmaker I wanted to be. I knew I wanted to tell stories that meant…

— Richard Linklater

I didn't want to get stuck being seen as 'an indie filmmaker.'

— Nia DaCosta