Directors on Direction

“In the future, everybody is going to be a director.

Somebody’s got to live a real life so we have something to

make a movie about”

Cameron Crowe

"The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I

thought I could shortcut, but there was

no getting around those issues"

George Clooney

“I’m a storyteller – that’s the chief function of a director. And they’re moving pictures, let’s make ‘em move”

Howard Hawks.

"A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end… but not necessarily in that order"

Jean-Luc Godard

“Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it’s not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people’s eyes” 

John Ford

“Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out”

Martin Scorsese

“For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are "lms that come to you by accident”

Sidney Lumet

“People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don’t have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning” 

Steven Spielberg