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R. J. Cutler
R. J. Cutler
American Producer
Born: 1962
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Related authors: Aaron Sorkin David O. Selznick Gene Roddenberry Jimmy Iovine Robert Wise Samuel Goldwyn Shonda Rhimes Suge Knight
I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind. R. J. Cutler
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It's my approach as a filmmaker always to go in, not with a thesis or preconceived notion, but with curiosity and questions and inquiry. So in some way, I'm always surprised. I'm always finding paths of engagement. R. J. Cutler
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If ever we deserved a candidate at this moment in our culture, that candidate is Donald Trump. R. J. Cutler
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If I had to name my favorite media personality, it would be a tie between Jon Stewart and Trey Parker/Matt Stone. Honest, wise, funny, and right. Sam Sifton was right up there when he was writing food criticism for the 'New York Times.' R. J. Cutler
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I always find myself gravitating toward stories of transformation, and one of those periods is teenage life. When teenagers are figuring out who they are and have one foot in childhood and the other in adulthood - I think that's a really mythic moment to tell stories about. R. J. Cutler
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Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now. R. J. Cutler
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Directing plays lacked the immediacy and connection to real world events that journalism offered; journalism lacked the drama, theatricality and subjective storytelling of theater. It wasn't until I had the idea of making a documentary film about the 1992 presidential campaign that these two passions came together in 'The War Room.' R. J. Cutler
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I first thought about doing a project about Anna Wintour and 'Vogue' when I read an article in 'New York Magazine' about the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Ball, the annual fundraising gala that Anna oversees. It created such a fascinating portrait that I couldn't help but be compelled. R. J. Cutler
Thought First Project Magazine About Vogue Costume Anna New Institute Annual Read Ball Doing Metropolitan Article York New York Created Help Fascinating Compelled Portrait Fundraising Museum
With 'If I Stay,' I want you to feel that the whole story is being told from a larger, spiritual point of view. So the beginning is very theatrical. R. J. Cutler
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I'm very curious to know what it's like, death - I always say to my wife, 'I wonder if we'll have the 'New York Times' when we're dead.' R. J. Cutler
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I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not. R. J. Cutler
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president. R. J. Cutler
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney. R. J. Cutler
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to. R. J. Cutler
Hope People Relate Kids High Something Provide American Stories Many
On some level, you could say you wouldn't have 'In Style Magazine' at all had Anna Wintour not decided to put celebrities on the cover of 'Vogue' from her earliest years as Editor in Chief. R. J. Cutler
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Cheney refers to his vice presidency... as one of the most consequential vice presidencies in American history. And it clearly was. R. J. Cutler
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I believe a democracy needs men and women of conviction in its positions of leadership in order for us to succeed. That's the subject of 'A Perfect Candidate,' a film I made 20 years ago about Oliver North and Charles Robb. R. J. Cutler
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