Joseph Kosinski
Joseph Kosinski
Joseph Kosinskiis an American television commercial and feature film director best known for his computer graphics and computer generated imagery work. He made his big-screen directorial debut with the Disney Digital 3-D science fiction film Tron: Legacy, the sequel to the 1982 film Tron. His previous work has primarily been with CGI related television commercials including the "Starry Night" commercial for Halo 3 and the award-winning "Mad World" commercial for Gears of War...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth3 May 1974
CountryUnited States of America
But I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career. The closest I ever got to movies was going to watch them, and I thought that's the way it would be, so I never considered working in this business.
Listen, whatever makes the movie better. That's the attitude you have to have.
Once I got out of architecture school I decided not to be an architect, I just started my own little design studio.
In a science fiction movie, the first act is a little longer than it is in most movies because there is so much world building to do.
That's the tricky thing these days: being able to surprise people.
Of course there are always exceptions, but opinions are not to be feared.
It's a fine line to find that balance: to show people enough to give them the promise of something unique, and something they want to see, but at the same time make sure that when they show up for the movie, they're surprised by what they eventually get.
Technology can do amazing things for us. It's something we need to keep an eye on.
I don't think every movie should be made in 3-D, and it should depend on whether it's one of these films that's more immersive or needs to be taken to another world. I'm interested in other formats.
An established property can be a blessing and a challenge. On one hand you have all those fans of the original that you can pick up with and continue on with but then you have a lot of people out there who haven't seen the first and might feel like this isn't a movie for them because of that.
You never watch movies the same as you do when you're a kid, ever again.
You won't believe how many people have congratulated me around the world for shooting a movie in 2D. It's bizarre. It's the strangest thing.
I'm a huge electronic-music fan.
For me, I feel like, between 'Tron' and 'Oblivion,' I've gotten to fulfill my 'Star Wars' fantasies, in a way.