Quotes About Cinematography

Some directors don't get involved in the cinematography and are just about story, but I'm definitely more tactile than that in terms of my involvement in the minutiae.

Filmmakers have to commit to making 3-D films properly like Jim Cameron did and not do cheap conversions at the tail end of the process.

In certain fight scenes in 'Raging Bull' - for example, the shorter ones - I literally just took the head and tail of the shot and put it together, and it all worked beautifully.

We build camera rigs tailored specifically to the story we're trying to tell or the shot we're trying to capture.

I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.

I've always painted or drawn pictures or taken still photographs; now I shoot movies. It's just about making images, really.

'Meadowland' was the reason I got 'The Handmaid's Tale,' and probably my experience in cinematography helped. Everything was like a stepping stone to the next thing.

I am very much open to doing cinematography for any talented filmmaker, if the script is good.

I made several short films with very little dialogue. I'm still not a fan of talking heads. My stories are told with images as much as possible.

I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!

I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just a camera move.

There is a film called 'A Separation.' If you see it playing, go see it. It's beautiful. It's so well written and the acting is amazing. It's one of those films that you would love to be a part of.

I like to direct landscapes just as I like to direct actors and animals.

I think too many film students in America are losing the artistry and not learning lighting the right way.

I am only interested in the views of two people: one is called Bresson and one called Bergman.

It's always weird doing love scenes. And the thing is, you can't really photograph two people kissing naturally, because then you wouldn't be able to see anything.

You can be technically strong, and focus all your efforts on elements like casting, music, cinematography and sets, but they are all just add ons. End of the day, filmmaking is really about how well you tell a story.

I'm not someone that loves dialogue - I am someone that loves movement. Action, if it's well done, can be very poetic and meaningful.

It is totally different making films in the East than in the West. In the East, I make my own Jackie Chan films, and it's like my family. Sometimes I pick up the camera because I choreograph all the fighting scenes, even when I'm not fighting. I don't have my own chair. I just sit on the set with everybody.

'West Side Story' I used to watch all the time - I don't know why. Well, I do - it's a great movie. I love the music in it. I love the actors.

If you look at 'West Side Story,' a lot of those numbers are actually pretty cutty, but the cuts are always musically motivated.

It's hard not to think of Jack Ford when you're making a Western. Hard not to think of him when you're making any picture.

Lighting practically whenever I can when shooting period really helps with authenticity.

I prefer working behind the camera.