4 Quotes & Sayings By Joe Swanberg

Joe Swanberg is a director and writer whose work includes several features and shorts, as well as an Emmy Award winning series of video essays called "How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life)." He was the recipient of the 2014 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for his film "Hannah Takes the Stairs." He is also represented as a director by his wife, actor and filmmaker Lily Newmark, who has collaborated with him on several of his projects.

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I've done a lot of movies that don't have any music in them, and I've always sort of had a kind of wary attitude about music because it can be so manipulative, and also because with pop music, I feel like everybody kind of has their own relationship to songs. Joe Swanberg
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I want to try and be as involved in the art of filmmaking as possible. I feel that the only way to really do that is to take on as many roles as possible, whether it be as an actor, an editor, a director, a cinematographer. Joe Swanberg
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In the pre-production process, I am emailing with the actors or jumping on the phone, and we're sort of figuring out who the characters are and trying to build the relationship dynamic and things like that. Then, also, I am outlining. Joe Swanberg