Joe Wright
Joe Wright
Joe Wrightis an English film director known for the romance film Pride & Prejudice, the romantic drama war film Atonement, the action thriller Hanna, and his 2012 adaptation of the classic Anna Karenina. His most recent film, Pan, is a Peter Pan origin story...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth25 August 1972
knows
I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work.
ideas comfort comfort-zone
I like the idea of doing something outside my comfort zone.
cutting firsts studios
My first cut that I showed the studio was probably 2hrs 20min.
ironic fairytale happy-endings
I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there's nothing happy about most fairytale endings.
world feels
I feel more in touch with the world when I'm filming.
taken cutting done
3D doesn't work quite so well with quick cuts and I probably would have done some longer takes had I really taken that information onboard.
film fit behave
Generally, I've never known quite how to fit in in civilian life, but on set, making a film, I know exactly where to go, how to behave and how I fit.
giving chance film
Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.
mean artist suffering
An artist needs to live to create, and to live means to suffer.
dad actors directors
I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.
play trying dimensions
I was really excited to try 3D and play with it really, again, experiment formally with that extra dimension.
children eye watches
One of the things I really love about 3D is that because as we grow older on eye weakens more than the other, 3D becomes more difficult for adults to watch than it is for children who have very balanced eyes often.
careers blue decision
I'm quite spontaneous in my decisions often. Your career is kind of what happens whilst you're busy developing other screenplays, and so it came out of the blue.
dwelling literature modern
Modern, not bottom-dwelling literature like a carp.