Director Bias Quotes

A director who gets $150,000 per year from a company and needs the money is not independent.

When I was doing music videos, everybody was very snobbish about music video directors doing commercials. It was all guys from ad agencies.

You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult getting a job than first time guys. New kid on the block kind of thing.

I happen to have worked with male directors who don't understand women at all. Not at all. I'm flabbergasted by their ignorance.

It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later.

It is the responsibility of a director to introduce their politics in their films, and whether you like it or not your politics will be reflected unless you are an opportunist which some directors are.

A lot of times I don't know if I trust the director to tell that film's story. Or I think it's inappropriate for a male director to tell a female story, or a white director to tell a black story. Everyone walks away from a movie differently, because you're relating it to your own life.

I like female directors that gravitate toward masculine things. I think the danger of a male director is the over-fetishization of the masculinity.