“Not many French producers work the American way. In France, the director decides everything, he has final cut. I'm trying to do things differently, without the Luc Besson solution.” WayTryingCuttingDirectorsSolutionsFinalsProducersFrance Author:Thomas Langmann
“Nancy has her vision and she's a formidable force to be reckoned with, and that's similar to most of the male directors I've worked with. The only difference is probably inbetween scenes, gossiping with Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand and Nancy Meyers about who's had Botox and who hasn't.” ForceDifferencesVisionSceneDirectorsMalesFranceFormidableNancyBotox Author:Amanda Peet
“When I started my first film, there were three women directors in France. Their films were OK, but I was different. It's like when you start to jump and you put the pole very high - you have to jump very high. I thought, I have to use cinema as a language.” FirstsDifferentUseFilmThreeLanguageDirectorsFranceCinema Author:Agnes Varda
“In France, I am so free. I have more freedom than most American directors could dare to even imagine.” ImagineDirectorsDareFrance Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“If I would want to have a huge audience, I would make American movies, not French movies, because there is a limit of course with French language. If I prefer to shoot in my own language, it is to play with my language, to play in my Paris, and I have complete freedom in France. It's so amazing. If American directors could imagine how free I am, they would have asked for political asylum immediately.” IfsWantPlayPoliticalCoursesLanguageMy OwnAudienceImagineHugeDirectorsLimitsFranceParisAsylumsAmerican MovieComplete FreedomFrench LanguageFrench Movies Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“It wouldn't have existed without France, and it's a French initiative. As a filmmaker, I owe everything to France - I got accepted at a French film school that takes six directors a year. Once you're in, you make films under the eye of people in the industry. You grow up in front of their eyes.” PeopleYearsEyeSchoolFilmGrowsGrowing UpFrontsIndustryDirectorsSixAcceptedFranceFilmmakerInitiativeFilm School Author:Deniz Gamze Erguven
“I am blessed to live and work in [France,] a country where women filmmakers are by and large not unfairly treated. So I wouldn't have much to contribute regarding issues faced as a female director.” CountryIssuesDirectorsFemaleBlessedTreatedFranceFilmmaker Author:Anne Fontaine