“In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.” Has BeensFilmFictionMaterialsDirectorsDocumentaries Book:Hitchcock Source: Hitchcock
“Director Ken Burns revealed that his next documentary is about Franklin Roosevelt, and it's fourteen hours long...which sounds like too much, until you realize there's been over thirty hours of TV dedicated to Honey Boo Boo.” LongRealityNextPoliticsSoundRealizingCommunityHoursHistoryComedyToo MuchTvsDirectorsThirtyHoneyDedicatedDocumentariesFranklinFourteenBoo BooHoney Boo Boo Author:Jimmy Fallon
“In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.” FilmDirectorsFeaturesDocumentariesFilm DirectorsDocumentary FilmsFilm DirectingDirecting Film Author:Alfred Hitchcock
“I got a phone call from George Miller [the director] asking me to play this role. We sat down and he showed me on his computer a documentary-type montage sequence of real penguins swimming, in an Esther Williams synchronized sort of way, and doing things I have never seen them do. Then he explained his vision of the film, asked me to read the script and to voice the character. I was cast a little bit later, and he let me do the singing as well!” WayWellsLittlesRealPlayCharacterFilmBitsVoiceVisionRolesTypeDirectorsComputerLittle BitSingingLet MeAskingDown AndScriptsCastsPhonesSatSwimmingDocumentariesSequencePhone CallsPenguinsEsther Author:Brittany Murphy
“I operate the camera, I always do it when I'm the director, and I like to approach it as a documentary, finding the images based on what happens, as it happens.” HappensDirectorsFindingsApproachCamerasDocumentaries Author:Benjamin Avila
“I made the transition to directing documentaries with the great help of my Co-Director on The World According to Sesame Street, Linda Hawkins Costigan. She was a gracious teacher, and a wonderful collaborator.” WorldMadeHelpingTeacherWonderfulStreetsDirectorsTransitionDocumentariesGraciousCollaboratorsSesame Street Author:Linda Goldstein Knowlton
“I've done documentaries and TV for six years but this was my first feature as director, so there were moments when I'd look around and was excited... but, of course, it was also very challenging on a day-to-day basis. And, of course, now that it's coming out people want to talk mostly to the actors.” PeopleWantYearsFirstsLooksDoneMomentsCoursesActorsChallengesTvsDirectorsSixBasesExcitedFeaturesComing OutDay To DayDocumentaries Author:Robert B. Weide
“To the documentary director the appearance of things and people is only superficial. It is the meaning behind the thing and the significance underlying the person that occupy his attention... Documentary approach to cinema differs from that of story-film not in its disregard for craftsman-ship, but in the purpose to which that craftsmanship is put. Documentary is a trade just as carpentry or pot-making. The pot-maker makes pots, and the documentarian documentaries.” PeoplePersonsStoriesFilmPurposeBehindsAttentionDirectorsApproachTradeAppearanceShipsCinemaSignificanceMakersPotSuperficialDocumentariesDisregardCraftsmanCraftsmanshipCarpentry Author:Paul Rotha
“Unlike a lot of British directors, I hadn't done any theater. But, I had a great mentor who said, "What you're looking for is exactly the same thing you've done in your documentaries, which is moments of emotional truth.” SaidDoneMomentsEmotionalDirectorsTheaterBritishGreat MenMentorDocumentaries Author:Susanna White
“Alejandro Amenabar is a different kind of director than I lot of the directors I've asked for. He really asks you to enter his dream as opposed to, you know, a guy like Sidney Lumet or something is going to ask you to create a character almost like a documentary. He wants you to make the people really real and he's going to capture it like a documentarian.” PeopleKnowsWantKindDifferentRealCharacterDreamGuyAsksDirectorsCaptureDifferent KindsDocumentaries Author:Ethan Hawke