Jeremy Northam

All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth about us or about human nature or about human situations without being tied into the minutia of documentary events. Otherwise we might as well just make documentaries.

English Actor

Yance Ford

What little return documentary filmmakers get often comes in the form of recognition by their peers and the critics who influence doc audiences around the country.

American Director

Robert Redford

I think documentary filmmakers need as much protection as possible under journalist's privilege. How else is the public to know what is going on?

American Actor

Hannah Gadsby

If a documentary crew were to follow me around, they'd probably think they were making a film about the saddest person in the world.

Australian Comedian

Gigi Gorgeous

I always wanted to be in movies, but I never thought that in a million years there would be a documentary about my life.

Canadian Celebrity

Henry Golding

People look to cinema to spread the word and to tell these wonderful, outrageous stories or true-to-life documentaries.

British Actor

Russell Howard

I'll sit down for 'Stranger Things' or 'The Handmaid's Tale' - or a really good documentary.

English Comedian

Shoojit Sircar

Documentary films have always been my passion, I have done documentaries.

Indian Director

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I don't think I'll be making documentaries my whole life.

Pakistani Journalist

Jackie Shroff

Documentary is reality. It shows the truth.

Indian Actor

Documentaries focus on actual events or topics, not fiction.

Real-life Topics

They are meant to educate viewers; often shown in schools.

Educational Purpose

Some documentaries have a bias or promote a specific viewpoint.

Not Always Impartial

Documentary style can refer to a sober and realistic way of presenting information.

Distinct Style

When used as an adjective, it often describes aspects of creating the work.

Behind the Scenes

Documentary style may also have artistic flair, not just straightforward representation.

Artistic Interpretation

In academics or law, documentary means supported by official documents or records.

Evidence-based

It emphasizes the role of documentation in proving legal matters.

Legal Proof

 able to to have that as part of this program for him was really really nice to watch david attenborough's documentaries when i was a kid that's what i remember these things we thought i can't believe that's true i never knew animals could do that one of the joys of doing this job is the surprise that the newness that is still there in the natural world people often

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 take notice about climate change because it is important for our survival it's important for everyone's life I want to do something now before it's too late and that's why I'm doing this documentary quite frankly the issue that I'm exploring on my episode is the rainforest and the rainforest it's

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 cicada songs i know it's summer or i'm watching a ken burns documentary cicadas have been around for hundreds of millions of years they even lived alongside the dinosaurs today there are thousands of different species spread all over the world but in north america we have these

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 the business of covering breaking news decided on the day that the Turkish police started firing tear gas that what the Turkish people really needed to see was a documentary on the life cycle of penguins because you know be alert despite despite this near total control

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 documentaries all over the world working with leopards sharks giraffes you name it and and it's been a really amazing journey but and my mom loves that I'm using this picture now my upbringing I should have never been here really my my

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 pieces like you've seen in those documentaries and as we're coming down I had a sense of wow dying is not scary it's almost like we've been preparing for our whole lives but it was very sad I didn't want to go I love my life and

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 of a life-size statue of an amazon spearing a lion these works of art were everywhere in her office on her coffee table on the walls but there was one thing i couldn't wait to see the weapons so there was a documentary made in

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 After four years, I felt it was safe enough to move to Afghanistan permanently, and I was working there as a documentary photographer, and I worked on many stories. One of the most important stories that I did

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 And I hope that by working in documentaries that I can try and find cool animal stories to film and that people will hopefully watch them and fall in love with the natural world in the way that I have.

Life-changing encounter...

 had to let go of all of that this journey became the focus of my documentary blood road this ride was hands down the hardest thing I've done in my life physically but really the

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