Michel Hazanavicius Quotes

A collection of quotes by Michel Hazanavicius.

Michel Hazanavicius is a French film director, screenwriter, and producer born in Paris in 1967. He gained international recognition for his critically acclaimed film "The Artist" (2011), which earned him several awards including an Oscar for Best Director. Hazanavicius is known for his homage to silent and black-and-white cinema, and has directed other notable films such as "OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies" (2006) and "The Search" (2014). He continues to be an influential figure in the French film industry, showcasing his creativity and unique storytelling style.

I think we are at the very beginning of high changes, not on

I think we are at the very beginning of high changes, not only in terms of digital film, but in the way the movies will be screened, whether they'll be screened on phones, on computers - on everything.

Michel Hazanavicius

I try to respect the rules of the silent movies and I tried

I try to respect the rules of the silent movies and I tried to make signification to make sense, and also the crew were very good and the fact that we shot in LA in the real Hollywood, studios and houses. We shot in the bed of Mary Pickford, and you cannot be any more accurate than that, so that helped a lot.

Michel Hazanavicius

I watched a lot of silent directors who were absolutely grea

I watched a lot of silent directors who were absolutely great like John Ford and Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, and also some very modern directors like The Coen Brothers. The directors take the freedom within their own movies to be melodramatic or funny when they chose to be. They do whatever they want and they don't care about the genre.

Michel Hazanavicius