6 Quotes & Sayings By Morten Tyldum

Morten Tyldum was born in Bergen, Norway. He studied cinema at the Norwegian National Academy of Film and Theatre. He is best known for writing "Headhunters" (2010), the first Norwegian film to be nominated for an Oscar Award. He recently directed "The Imitation Game" (2014), which won the Oscar for Best Picture, and "The Book Thief" (2013), which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

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I'm very tired, but this is what every filmmaker dreams about: that their $15 million, under-the-radar film is now being seen by so many people. Morten Tyldum
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This is a man who was 23 years old when he theorized the idea of creating a programmable machine, and in that way, Turing foresaw computers and artificial intelligence. These were revolutionary ideas at that time. Morten Tyldum
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Turing was fearless. He's extremely direct, which can be seen as socially awkward, and that becomes both his big obstacle but also, in many ways, his strength. Morten Tyldum
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You find a story - or more importantly, you find some characters - that you want to be around as a filmmaker. The style and how we're going to shoot it and how we're going to design it and how it's all going to feel and look depends on that story. They tell me how I should shoot it. Morten Tyldum
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I'm such a romantic at heart. Morten Tyldum