Marc Webb
Marc Webb
Marc Preston Webbis an American music video, short film, and film director. He made his feature film directorial debut with the 2009 romantic comedy-dramaDays of Summer and went on to direct the 2012 Spider-Man reboot The Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2014...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth31 August 1974
CityBloomington, IN
CountryUnited States of America
thinking self differences
I think that if you make something that's relatable then people will attach themselves to it. You can express it in a lot of different ways but I feel like as long as you are consistent and fair with the audience they'll engage irrespective of how they self-identify. I think it just gets too complicated to track all those differences between demographics.
film comic can-do
Something you can do in a comic that you can't do in a film is that you can have thought bubbles.
fake alive audience
Audiences can tell when you're being fake and they will eat you alive. But if you're doing something authentic they will connect to it and that can lead to commercial success.
girl kids men
I think one of the things about Peter Parker that is so great, and what has made him and Spider-Man last so long is he is a kid that we all feel connected to, he's not an alien, he's not a millionaire, he's just this kid that has trouble asking girls out.
running thinking important
Geeks are running the world, anyone who's seen The Social Network knows the dynamic has shifted, but what I think is iconic and timeless about Peter Parker is that he's an outsider, on the outside looking in, and that was something I thought was very important to protect.
drama thinking interesting
I think that the dramas that you find in TV are actually a lot more interesting, typically, than what you find in cinema.
running writing thinking
Nerds are running the world. Andrew Garfield made a movie [called “The Social Network”] about it. Nerds are no longer pariahs and knowing how to write computer code is longer a [mocked] quality. What was important in those early comics was this notion that Peter Parker is an outsider and how we define that in a contemporary context. That, I think, was one of the challenges for us — getting Peter Parker’s outsider status to be current.
hands bigger universe
There's a bigger universe at hand.
drama character simple
It's really hard to find just a simple character-driven drama, outside of a genre, that was available to direct, except for on TV.
philosophy creative choices
One of my life philosophies is that you have a choice to make when youre doing something creative. You can be cheesy... or you can be lame.
people saws population
I always remembered that when I saw people get married they got on a rocketship and went to Planet Happiness, Population: Them.
reading kids guy
I was a Marvel guy. I started reading comics when I was a kid.
special protective budgets
Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.
earnestness sentimentality
Earnestness can ferment into sentimentality.