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Steven Sebring Biography

Steven Sebring (born 1966) is an American photographer, filmmaker and producer. His 2008 documentary Patti Smith: Dream of Life earned him a Sundance Award for Excellence in Cinematography and a Primetime Emmy nomination. He also directed the concert-documentary film Horses: Patti Smith and her Band premiering at Tribeca Film Festival in 2018.

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[Through the making of Dream of Life] I learned about being patient, perseverance, having a dream, a goal. I learned that I can accomplish something despite not knowing anything about it when I begin.

Dream, Knowing, Making, Perseverance

There are a lot of layers in the film [Dream of Life]. And during editing we would try to tame all the layers, try to make things a little bit more understood. We would move scenes around. We'd try all these things.

Dream, Editing, Make, Move, Moving

Fashion's been really good to me. It financed Patti Smith: Dream of Life.

Dream, Fashion, Good, Patti, Smith

When I went to Detroit, I was very naïve, actually, and I think Patti [Smith] picked up on that quite quickly.

Detroit, Picked, Quickly, Quite, Think, Thinking

Because the filming process was so organic and there was no script, the film [Dream of Life] was literally telling us what it wanted to be in the editing room.

Dream, Editing, Organic, Rooms, Script, Telling

I thought about how to film something, how to take pictures of it and how to mix it all together. And I was getting that through Patti [Smith] - because she takes pictures, performs, writes; she does so many things, and that was a big inspiration to me. It helped me realized that I'm not just a fashion photographer. I wanted to do all these other artistic things as well, and during filming my mind opened up to those possibilities.

Fashion, Inspiration, Opened, Patti, Writing

I quickly realized that Patti [Smith] was somebody very special.

Patti, Quickly, Realized, Smith, Somebody, Special

I didn't do well in high school, but I took photography, and I loved being able to capture moments.

Able, High, Loved, Photography, School

For me to see the film [Dream of Life] on a big screen - it's pretty extraordinary.

Bigs, Dream, Extraordinary, Film, Life, See

Patti [Smith] was my experiment, to be honest. And the film is what we got out of it. At the end of the day, I learned a lot about how to make a film.

Day, Experiment, Film, Honest, Patti, The End Of The Day

I was making a film [Dream of Life] about Patti [Smith], but I was taking pictures, too.

Dream, Film, Pictures, Smith, Taking, Taking Pictures

I became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.

Film, Messengers, Patti, Smith, View, Views

I never went to film school, so I just sort of learned on my own.

Film, Film School, School, Sort

It took 12 years to put this film [Dream of Life] together, but it was not until toward the end of those 12 years that I looked at Patti [Smith] and said, "Maybe we should do something with this footage. "

Dream, Film, Said, Together, Years

I just wanted to be Patti's [Smith] messenger and get her word out there.

Messengers, Wanted, Smith, Messenger, Word

That was an amazing experience [making Dream of Life]. It's hard to imagine that we were editing every day for a year. And it was pretty extraordinary; it also went by super fast. But every day was an experiment.

Dream, Editing, Experience, Fast, Pretty, Years

I remember when we were at Sundance, we were in Robert Redford's screening room, and I had never seen the film look so beautiful or sound so great. It was really big and really powerful, and I had a sense of accomplishment in finishing a project like this.

Accomplishment, Beautiful, Look, Powerful, Screening, Sense

I think those moments in Patti's [Smith] bedroom really helped the film [Dream of Life] out, and those moments existed because of the trust between us. There isn't any real self-consciousness in the film because we all like each other.

Bedroom, Dream, Existed, Real, Think, Thinking

We were just hanging out and getting to learn about each other. But I think trust was a really big thing. Patti [Smith] is a good friend, somebody I can talk to.

Big, Bigs, Good Friend, Talk, Think, Thinking

The film [Dream of Life] came together when we started editing; it was organic, it became nonlinear and it was its own animal. And I didn't want to tame it, either. I wanted it to be different. It's not your typical documentary.

Animal, Different, Dream, Editing

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