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When I was studying photography, I became interested in conflict photojournalism, and that got me interested in lighting. Then I realized there was this…

— Rachel Morrison

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

— Todd Phillips

I was going to go to a four-year college and be an anthropologist or to an art school and be an illustrator when a…

— George Lucas

Filmmaking became a possible way for me to combine my interest in photography and in gathering stories, as well as my interest in journalism…

— Joshua Marston

I wanted to transfer to an art school, and ended up going to the University of Southern California. They had a cinematography school, and…

— George Lucas

I considered going to film school; I took a course in film and was very interested in filmmaking as well as film writing.

— Robert Morgan

I'm quite often interested in writing and sculpture, installation, and photography, obviously, just as much as filmmaking.

— RaMell Ross

I spent a couple of years doing American films. I did a few.

— Donnie Yen

I used to sit in school and dream about getting into films.

— Cary Elwes

I initially studied literature [in France], and then I went to cinema school. I discovered the Cinematheque, and saw not only action movies and…

— Costa-Gavras

I took myself out of the business to study film at NYU and the School of Visual Arts. I grew up on movie sets…

— Devin Ratray

I look to films to learn and to see different avenues that you can take in growing up.

— Alison Sudol