Top Damian Pettigrew Quotes

Damian Pettigrew Biography

Damian (also Damien) Pettigrew (born in Quebec) is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, author, and multimedia artist, best known for his cinematic portraits of Balthus, Federico Fellini and Jean Giraud.

Read about Damian Pettigrew in Wikipedia

Random Authors

Damian Pettigrew Quotes

I don't like making didactic, pedagogical documentaries based on standard formulas of narration: I'm only interested in the ambitious French tradition of the documentaire de création where the film, if successful, is not about something but that something itself. The goal is to incorporate areas of risk and paradox that we associate with cinematic art.

Ambitious, Art, Based, Goal, Interested, Successful

With a few exceptions, Fellini's films have failure and despair running through them: Life continues, but I can't imagine 'Felliniesque' as an exclusively uplifting adjective. Fellini's best films are the ones that distill this essence -- the paradoxical quality of melancholic ecstasy, a surreal, bittersweet vitality -- to perfection.

Uplifting, Running, Essence, Paradoxical, Failure

A filmmaker should never assume he's superior to his subject. I often find that even the simplest topic remains an enigma. The best film portraits not only evoke that enigma but ingest it in a process that renders what's invisible visible.

Topics, Portraits, Assuming, Process, Topic

Jonathan Daniels

Glen Sather

Ralph Klein

Benita Johnson

Eyvind Johnson

Jonny Lang

Kage Baker

Ol' Dirty Bastard

Jacob Lawrence

Walt Frazier

Rose Kennedy

Martin Winterkorn

Damian Pettigrew Biography

Contact Us

About us