The biggest misconception about me and my work is that I only make political films denouncing human-rights atrocities, even though all of my films ar….

My advice to emerging documentary filmmakers would be: try to find other people, a group, a cooperative that you can work with. Filmmaking is hard an….

I'm both an artist / filmmaker and a human rights defender..

If you make a great film full of emotion, of pathos, people want to continue to know more, to work harder..

I'm an eclectic and avid filmgoer. I try to see everything from romantic comedies to blockbusters to art house films, world cinema and documentaries..

I believe that those who believe in the power of human rights must find new ways to address economic injustice - and on a scale commensurate with the….

I truly value the cinema experience, the tribal gathering in the dark to watch something larger than life. I like to sit in the first row with no hea….

I'm a storyteller who uses all of the beauty and power of cinema to tell tales of human struggles for positive social change..

Everyone has access to a pen and paper, but to be a great writer is difficult..

The digital revolution has had a democratizing effect. Now anyone can be a filmmaker, but to be a good filmmaker is as hard as it ever was..

Witnessing is the essence of being a documentary filmmaker. Capturing moments in time; never knowing how history will judge them..

Like a human rights lawyer who uses the law to rectify wrongs, I use filmic storytelling for the same effect..

Celebrate your victories and mark your defeats. Ultimately documentary filmmaking is not a job, it's a calling..

Destiny doesn't control your life, but it does place you on a path. It's how you walk down that path that determines stories I tell..

When you make a documentary film, after many years the only thing you remember is what you put into the film, not what you took out..