Filmmaker Says

Compelling and sometimes controversial words from the visionaries behind the camera

from Charlie Chaplin to Kathryn Bigelow to Akira Kurosawa.

No saint, no pope, no general, no sultan, has ever had the power that a filmmaker has

the power to talk to hundreds of millions of people for two hours in the dark.

Inspiring everything from pop culture earthquakes to popular revolutions

filmmakers have demonstrated an uncanny ability to move the masses. But the drama they project on screen is only half the picture. Stretching from its earliest days of two-reel silent films to the latest 3D digital blockbusters, film history provides a cast of characters ready to spill witty bon mots, outrageous pronouncements, and heartfelt reflections.

The Filmmaker Says

is a colorful compendium of quotations from more than one hundred of history's most influential and opinionated creators of filmed entertainment. Paired like guests at the ultimate film geek dinner party, a celebrated filmmaker of today might sit next to a silent-era giant as this raucous crew argues, compliments, and disagrees with each other about every step of the moviemaking process.