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Documentary Films Quotes

I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer Picture Quote #1

I’m organizing documentary films, and whenever scriptwriting gets too tedious I go to my editing room and start to edit the documentary, even if I don’t have the full funding yet. So you have to keep yourself busy, you have to like the subject matter Picture Quote #1

The key fact missed most often by social scientists utilizing documentary films for data, is this: documentary films are not found or reported things; they’re made things Picture Quote #1

I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned has been on the field Picture Quote #1

I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it’s real, and you’re really there Picture Quote #1

Documentary film is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I’ve been working on have been very valuable for the people, for our people to look at ourselves, at the situations, really facing it, and through that being able to make changes that really count for the future of our children to come Picture Quote #1

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Michael Moore announced that his next documentary film will attack the health care industry in America. He’s not out to get the pharmaceutical companies. He’s just looking for something to relieve the redness in the center of the country Picture Quote #1

In documentary films, you’re a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller Picture Quote #1

I don’t think you make documentary films to get your country house. If you’re trying to gamble on that, you’ve very foolish Picture Quote #1

We have a documentary film festival in Mexico. It’s really original. It’s called Ambulante, and it’s a film festival that travels around several cities in Mexico Picture Quote #1

It’s a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film Picture Quote #1

With documentary-film projects, you hope you highlight an area of concern people haven’t thought about before. A lot of times, I’m asking myself - ‘This seems to be a significant problem. What can be done that hasn’t been done? Picture Quote #1

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I’ve been called a spy of Israel since 1996, and since I made my documentary film in 2000 the FBI has investigated me as an agent of Iraq. The FBI has also opened up an investigation into my wife calling her a KGB spy Picture Quote #1

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director Picture Quote #1

I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my clothes off is a documentary Picture Quote #1

Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction Picture Quote #1

When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor Picture Quote #1

Documentary films are created in an inverted funnel of declining possibility Picture Quote #1

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I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films Picture Quote #1

The key fact missed most often by social scientists utilizing documentary films for data, is this: documentary films are not found or reported things; they’re made things Picture Quote #1

In documentary films, you’re a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller Picture Quote #1

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I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer (Documentary Films Quotes) I’m organizing documentary films, and whenever scriptwriting gets too tedious I go to my editing room and start to edit the documentary, even if I don’t have the full funding yet. So you have to keep yourself busy, you have to like the subject matter (Documentary Films Quotes) The key fact missed most often by social scientists utilizing documentary films for data, is this: documentary films are not found or reported things; they’re made things. (Documentary Films Quotes) I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned has been on the field. (Documentary Films Quotes) I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it’s real, and you’re really there. (Documentary Films Quotes) Documentary film is the one place that our people can speak for themselves. I feel that the documentaries that I’ve been working on have been very valuable for the people, for our people to look at ourselves, at the situations, really facing it, and through that being able to make changes that really count for the future of our children to come. (Documentary Films Quotes) Michael Moore announced that his next documentary film will attack the health care industry in America. He’s not out to get the pharmaceutical companies. He’s just looking for something to relieve the redness in the center of the country. (Documentary Films Quotes) In documentary films, you’re a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller. (Documentary Films Quotes) I don’t think you make documentary films to get your country house. If you’re trying to gamble on that, you’ve very foolish. (Documentary Films Quotes) We have a documentary film festival in Mexico. It’s really original. It’s called Ambulante, and it’s a film festival that travels around several cities in Mexico. (Documentary Films Quotes) It’s a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film (Documentary Films Quotes) With documentary-film projects, you hope you highlight an area of concern people haven’t thought about before. A lot of times, I’m asking myself - ‘This seems to be a significant problem. What can be done that hasn’t been done? (Documentary Films Quotes) I’ve been called a spy of Israel since 1996, and since I made my documentary film in 2000 the FBI has investigated me as an agent of Iraq. The FBI has also opened up an investigation into my wife calling her a KGB spy (Documentary Films Quotes) In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director (Documentary Films Quotes) I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my clothes off is a documentary (Documentary Films Quotes) Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction (Documentary Films Quotes) When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor (Documentary Films Quotes) Documentary films are created in an inverted funnel of declining possibility (Documentary Films Quotes) I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films (Documentary Films Quotes) The key fact missed most often by social scientists utilizing documentary films for data, is this: documentary films are not found or reported things; they’re made things (Documentary Films Quotes) In documentary films, you’re a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller (Documentary Films Quotes)