Janusz Kaminski Professions : Film cinematographer Born : June 27, 1959 Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Janusz Kaminski The greatest directors are the greatest users. They use people's talents to tell the story that they want to tell. Janusz Kaminski stories directors people I do like 'Munich'.It's a really wonderful film. I mean, there's 'Schindler's List', there's 'Saving Private Ryan'. But 'Munich' - of all the other films, Munich would be the one that's really, really amazing storytelling. Janusz Kaminski saving-private-ryan would-be mean [Spielberg] surrounds himself with great crew members who are at the top of their game and know their stuff. He motivates us by liking what we do, and he doesn't get paralyzed by the process or by new ideas. He embraces them and uses them. Janusz Kaminski use games ideas These days, you'd probably shoot it in the daylight and manipulate it in the post. That's [how] most people would do it. [I did the same thing with] with 'Diving Bell and the Butterfly'. No CGI. It's all live photography. And I like that, it's very challenging and exciting to be able to do that. Janusz Kaminski butterfly photography people You can't really micro-manage. You'll never make the movie in 52 days, if you micro-manage. If you do that, you take the creativity away from people because people just really quickly become disinterested when they're always being told how to do it. Janusz Kaminski manage creativity people It's great to be recognized for work, and the work is great, but once you have the awards, it becomes less important. It just gives you the ability to do better work, in my opinion. Janusz Kaminski awards important giving Very few people make exterior movies anymore. It's always action films driven by action and quick editing. Janusz Kaminski editing action people There are films that are difficult. There are films that would actually affect your personal life because of the length of the production, how long [you're away] from the family. Janusz Kaminski length film long ["War Horse"] does have action as well, but we allow the audience to appreciate the environment where these characters are from because the lens shapes the people, as we know. Janusz Kaminski horse character war If you take away 'Schindler's List' and 'Saving Private Ryan', I like 'Minority Report' a lot. Janusz Kaminski saving-private-ryan minorities lists It would be horrible to be micro-managed! I don't think directors can really micro-manage people. It's just impossible. Janusz Kaminski directors people thinking I like the ending of the movie [War Horse], simply because it's such a demanding scene emotionally, and yet [the look] is all done on camera. I like the work not to be manipulated digitally. And it's all done on camera [in that scene]. Janusz Kaminski horse done war I had very little involvement with 'TinTin'. Very little involvement. So I can't really elaborate on that either. Janusz Kaminski involvement i-can littles [There, in War Horse] very little CGI. What happened there - because the horse was running very close to the trench, we had a rider. So in few instances, we had a rider dressed in a green suit. The rider would guide the horse through the frame, and through CGI [we removed] the rider. But that's about it. Janusz Kaminski horse running war It's very hard to go to Monument Valley and not think of John Ford's films. Janusz Kaminski valleys film thinking [Steven Spielberg makes] human movies. Movies [...] that reflect the life we wish it would be, not necessarily as it is. And the happy ending, you know. Life is a tough thing to begin with, and I like the happy ending. Janusz Kaminski tough would-be wish Occasionally I do movies with other directors. I did 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' for Julian Schnabel. I did a movie with Jim Brooks ('How Do You Know'). I did a movie with Judd Apatow ('Funny People'). So I do get a chance to work with other people, which is always enjoyable, always pleasant. But still, Steven [Spielberg] makes the types of movies that I'm interested in as well. Janusz Kaminski butterfly directors people 'American Dream' is a small little movie made for under a million dollars. Totally independent feature. Janusz Kaminski independent dream littles I just directed another picture called 'American Dream' with Nick Stahl. Just finished shooting principal photography right before I started ['Lincoln']. Janusz Kaminski shooting photography dream [I] love 'Munich', man. That's a very underappreciated film. Janusz Kaminski munich film men Similar Authors Haskell Wexler film-cinematographer Christopher Doyle film-cinematographer Conrad Hall film-cinematographer Chris Menges film-cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa film-cinematographer Babette Mangolte film-cinematographer All Authors
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