“In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling. There are thousands of stories to be found here.” WayStoriesFilmFoundHouseApproachProductionsOpeningStorytellingNonfictionAspireDecemberOpening Up Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“I think there is an immense charm and humanity about the Bollywood structure, probably in the way there was about Hollywood film in the '30s and '40s. Somehow they were less distracted about hardware, and more about production values and people, you know?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayFilmValuesHumanityHollywoodStructureProductionsCharmImmenseDistractedHardwareBollywoodHollywood Films Author:Julian Sands
“My way of remaining French was the financing scheme I used for Quest for Fire, with Fox funds, since it started as a 100% American production. The film was not in French and yet was French in style, reflecting my personality.” WayFilmUsedFireStylePersonalityProductionsMy WayFundQuestsSchemesFoxesReflectingFinancing Author:Jean-Jacques Annaud
“Phillip Harrison was the production designer, though, I think he's uncredited. He's done most of my films like Blue Thunder. Lots and lots over the years.” ThinkingYearsDoneFilmBlueProductionsDesignerThunder Author:John Badham
“The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and professional life. It is understandable that I should have sentimental attachment for the little personage who played so big a part in the course of Disney Productions and has been so happily accepted as an amusing friend wherever films are shown around the world. He still speaks for me and I still speak for him.” WorldShouldLittlesHas BeensStillsBigsFilmCoursesSpeakMy OwnShould HaveBoundsProductionsAcceptedAround The WorldAttachmentVentureMiceSentimentalAmusingMickeyProfessional LifePersonal And Professional Life Author:Walt Disney
“A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.” FilmBoysTrainProductions Author:Orson Welles
“Making movies has not only been an incredibly collaborative process but there's three big parts: pre-production, shooting itself and then post-production, which leads into marketing. And if you're passionate about the movie and you believe in it, and it would make sense that you are having done it, then you want to get out and promote it. It makes it a lot easier when the film is good and people are enjoying it.” PeopleIfsWantBelieveDoneBigsFilmThreeProcessEnjoyEasierMarketingPassionateProductionsPostsShootingMake SensePost Production Author:Dwayne Johnson
“I think it's the essence of any film and any stage production - any work where you do work with other people - of course collaboration is hugely important. One does for awhile become family.” PeopleThinkingDoeImportantFilmCoursesStageEssenceProductionsCollaboration Author:Julie Andrews
“When you saw the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," that was Michael [Jackson]'s story write large. Born as an elderly person, Benjamin Button was, in the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel and in the film starring Brad Pitt, he dies as a newborn child. Michael Jackson's childhood was one of enormous, prodigious production.He was a child prodigy, he was a wunderkind.” WritingChildrenPersonsStoriesFilmDiesBornCasesNovelSawsChildhoodProductionsEnormousCuriousButtonsElderlyNewbornBradProdigiesProdigiousScott FitzgeraldNewborn ChildBenjamin Button Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“I love Dexter. I love Top Chef. I can't wait for it to come back. I love Friday Night Lights. I think TV is in a great place right now. It's definitely getting better and better. I think there is some of the most complete writing for women and female characters, they're done in television production and not really film production.” ThinkingWritingI CanDoneCharacterLightFilmNightWaitingTelevisionTvsRight NowFemaleProductionsGet BetterChefFridayFemale CharactersFriday NightNight LightFriday Night LightsFilm Production Author:Alyssa Milano
“I don't think you can name a good picture where the production or the possible promotion isn't "cast-contingent." That means the film needs not just star power but star box office power.” ThinkingNeedsMeanFilmNamesStarsOfficeCastsProductionsBoxesPromotionBox Office Author:Larry Gelbart
“I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at the beginning. Actors come into the film and do things you never even imagined. Production designers come in, the director of photography lights it in a way that you never imagined. So, it's always evolving, always exciting.” WayLightFilmActorsProcessDirectorsPhotographyExcitingProductionsEvolveDesignerDiscoveringDiscovering Things Author:Peter Jackson
“Im not so sure that younger people today really appreciate the enormous bravery that went into the creation and production of that film, or how important a film at the time it really was.” PeopleImportantTodayFilmCreationAppreciateBraveryProductionsEnormous Author:Rod Steiger
“I'm looking forward to locking swords with Douglas Henshall and working against the stunning backdrop of Shetland. I came to Scotland a lot in the '70s and '80s in various theatre productions and of course to film Hallam Foe but this is the furthest I've ever been.” FilmCoursesProductionsVariousTheatreScotland80sFoeLooking ForwardStunningBackdrop Author:Ciaran Hinds
“What's kind of wonderful about being the voice in an animated film is you're a small part of an enormous production. And in a way, you get to remain a little bit objective.” WayKindLittlesFilmBitsVoiceWonderfulLittle BitProductionsEnormousObjectivesAnimatedSmall PartsAnimated Films Author:America Ferrera