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With 'The Conjuring,' I really wanted to create classical cinema-style film-making, pure cinema as it were.

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There's a reason why Smellovision has never really taken off. And I think it's a good thing.

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Having such a diverse cast and crew is what makes the 'Fast & Furious' films so unique to all the other studio tent pole films that just have a very singular look to them.

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Our culture today that we live in is getting so diverse, yet in Hollywood, there's not a lot of diversity.

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I don't think action alone is enough to sustain a film franchise. There are tons of action movies out there that come and go and people don't care about.

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I think, when you're a director, you get sucked into your project whether you like it or not, right?

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You know what's funny is, when I made 'Saw,' I got accused of being a fascist; when I made 'Insidious,' I got accused of being godless, and now I made the 'Conjuring' films, and I'm accused of being too much God.

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I'm very heavily involved in the editorial post-production process, and the camera - it's just such a big part of my storytelling language. I like creating the tension; I like creating the emotion through the movement of my camera, or the lack of movement through my camera, depending on what fits the scene best.

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If I have to point to something specific with the way I move my camera, I love to do it with a wide lens. I like to show you as much of the space as I can, even if I'm following a character.

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One of the things I learned very early on is you need to cast the kids for the characters you want them to play. They need to be who they are, right? If you want a loud, boisterous kid character, you need to find that kid.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Producer

Born: February 27th, 1977

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