Cinema DNA
The Lion Hunters
2 films
Films it shaped
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My father is a Werner Herzog scholar, so I grew up on Herzog. I mean, my dad showed me “Fata Morgana” when I was a teenager. I've rewatched it 10 times or something. So yeah, I'm certainly influenced by him.
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She often cites Jean Rouch as an inspiration. 'I worked for him as an assistant,' she explains. 'He taught me everything about how to engage with people on camera. The Lion Hunters is a masterpiece of that kind of direct engagement and collaborative storytelling. It taught me the ethics of filmmaking.'
