“I decided to be a filmmaker between my sophomore and junior years at Morehouse. Before I left for the summer of 1977, my advisor told me I really had to declare a major when I came back, because I'd used all my electives in my first two years. I went back to New York and I couldn't find a job. There were none to be had. And that previous Christmas someone gave me a Super-8 camera, so I just started to shoot stuff.” YearsFirstsTwoJobsUsedLeftStuffNew YorkSummerMajorsDecidedCamerasFilmmakerTwo YearsJuniorsAdvisorsSophomoreJunior Year Author:Spike Lee
“In the the late seventies and early eighties, I played background roles in thirty movies... Woody Allen movies, Scorsese films, you name it. Whatever was being shot in New York, I was doing stand-in and background work because I wanted to be close to the camera; I wanted to see what was going on.” WantedFilmNamesRolesNew YorkLateShotsCamerasBackgroundsThirtySeventiesEightyWoodyScorseseWoody Allen Movie Author:Tobin Bell
“I love just seeing shots of New York inside of a fictional movie that are not controlled. I do not like shots with extras, I have to say. I don't mind extras in other scenes, but I love New York City streets just as they look. I don't even care if someone looks at the camera. It doesn't bother me.” IfsMindLooksCareCitiesSeeingStreetsNew YorkSceneShotsCamerasBotherExtrasControlledNew York CityI Love New YorkCity Streets Author:Greta Gerwig
“When I first moved to New York I had been trying to work on anything and everything I could. From extra work and commercials to short and student films so I could learn in front of a camera.” TryingFirstsFilmFrontsNew YorkStudentsCamerasMovedExtrasAnything And EverythingExtra Work Author:Pawel Szajda
“Kathie Lee [Gifford] invited me to come to New York for lunch with her - and surprised with an unexpected shout out again for One Thousand Gifts on the show and graciously asked a few questions on camera. Indebted to her and the people who read and looked for Jesus in the pages and shared the hope and joy of Him - right where they are.” PeopleShowsJoyJesusNew YorkThousandPagesCamerasUnexpectedLunchInvitedIndebtedShout OutOne Thousand Gifts Author:Ann Voskamp
“Everyone started to have a camera. That's when I started to travel outside of New York and go into nature.” New YorkCameras Author:Ryan McGinley
“I love the theater, and I did tons of theater before I ever did anything in front of the camera, but I haven't done anything in New York in a while, and I really, really want to. I've been offered a few things, but it's got to be something that works, because it's so disruptive to the family that it's got to be something that I cannot turn down.” WantDoneTurnsFrontsHavensNew YorkTheaterCamerasDisruptive Author:Jean Smart
“If I could film, we'd film every episode of 'Doctor Who' in New York. I have an affinity with the city. It has some wonderful locations and it is devastatingly vast and huge. Central Park looks amazing on camera.” IfsLooksFilmCitiesWonderfulNew YorkHugeDoctorsCamerasParksIf I CouldEpisodesLocationDoctor WhoAffinityCentral Park Author:Matt Smith