“Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.” WellsKidsFilmGrowsGrowing UpDirectorsEducatedWell EducatedGood DirectorsNorwegians Author:Stellan Skarsgard
“When you grow up in the [film] industry, the director is your father. You follow your father's lead, but you make your own way.” WayFilmFatherGrowsGrowing UpIndustryDirectorsFilm Industry Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“The only way I know as a director is to figure out what the film is about. And out of the theme and the sense of what the film is about, all those decisions start to make sense. But to find that truth within it, you have to limit your possibilities and limit your choices. That's where this visual language grows out of.” KnowsWayFilmChoicesLanguageGrowsDecisionFiguresPossibilityDirectorsLimitsMake SenseThemeVisuals Author:Darren Aronofsky
“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
“It was Die Hard in my father's workshop. And so when that opportunity came up, the possibility of doing it, it's more the teenager in me who says that, 'I have to, of course I'm going to.' So that's the fun of reinventing, or just getting involved in things that really, actually loved as a kid growing up wanting to grow up to be a director.” HardKidsDiesCoursesFatherOpportunityFunGrowsGrowing UpGrowingPossibilityInvolvedDirectorsTeenagerWorkshopsKids Growing UpReinventing Author:Len Wiseman
“I've never wanted to be a fireman, in my life. I've never really wanted to grow up and be anything other than a film director.” WantedFilmGrowsGrowing UpDirectorsFiremanFilm Directors Author:David Gordon Green