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
As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.
There are a lot of limitations so you have to ultimately focus on what you think the most important storyline is.
Disney's clearly in the business of doing giant tent pole movies based on properties that they own. And that's what they should be doing because they're great at doing that.
I think the excitement of movies is discovering stuff you weren't expecting, and I hope to preserve that.
Go out and make something that reflects your interests, your taste, and your ideas. No one will pay you to make something until you have a few things you can show that you've directed. I got my start by making short films on my own.
I went to school for engineering, I studied jazz. So I always had this kind of creative side and technical side, and I thought architecture might be the way to combine them, so I went to architecture school in New York.
When you make a movie, you can only make the movie that you would want to see.
It's important to listen to those around you, and ultimately you have to decide which path you're going to go down.
Sometimes with these things all the pieces fall into place. I mean, we've been talking about this for years and we don't have the script now, but sometimes things fall into place very quickly, and if everything lines up it could happen.
I always say, 'If you're planning on seeing our movie, don't look at any more of the materials.'
Any film is a collaborative process, you've got thousands and thousands of people working on it.