Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don't work. Actually, if you follow a formula, you will probably end up with a bad movie.
It's a very tricky relationship, the cinematographer and the director as a woman.
I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
I have years of saying ideas that are not listened to. Then, weeks after, of producers finding out that I was right when some other guy comes in and says it. Sometimes I just tell my idea to my editor or to some other guy with maybe gray hair to share it, and then it's brilliant!
I've always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the language is less important than if it's a good film.
I love the Kathryn Bigelow example: she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than other directors.
