Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks
Howard Winchester Hawkswas an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin labeled Hawks "the greatest American director who is not a household name." He has influenced some of the most popular and respected directors such as Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, John Carpenter, and Quentin Tarantino. His work is admired by many notable directors including Peter Bogdanovich, François Truffaut, Michael Mann and Jacques Rivette. He is popular for his films from a wide range...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth30 May 1896
CityGoshen, IN
CountryUnited States of America
There's action only if there is danger.
A good movie is three good scenes and no bad scenes.
I find that when you open on a group of people sitting down and talking, the scene sits down with them. The best antidote for that is an entrance. Begin the scene with someone entering, and somehow it’s more interesting.
Fortune favors the prepared.
I don't think plot as a plot means much today. I'd say that everybody has seen every plot twenty times. What they haven't seen is characters and their relation to one another. I don't worry much about plot anymore.
You can't fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big screen.
I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director. And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!