For my part, as a filmmaker, I've never been a fly-on-the-wall documentarian. I have no commitment to that method. I believe it's a lie.
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I've always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
I'm a filmmaker. I'm always searching for the truth in everything I do. I demand it from my writing partner and my crew, actors, and so hopefully, we're making people think.
The truth of the matter is, I'm a filmmaker.
I think, as a filmmaker, it's important to be honest with yourself at all times in terms of what's working and what's not.
The thing is, I'm a very practical filmmaker.
I'm not educated as a filmmaker, so it's quite a jump for me.
I don't necessarily see myself as an experienced filmmaker just because I've been in a few movies.
You have these relationships with people that you care about, but I also try to stick to my job as filmmaker and be fair and truthful about what I saw and my experience of the people, hopefully informed by a deep understanding of them.
I've always been a fiction filmmaker and I've been heading in the direction of fiction filmmaking, doing documentaries along the way.
I've been a documentary photographer for much longer than I have been a filmmaker.
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