Geoffrey Ward Quotes

United States, Editor
1940

Geoffrey Champion Ward (born 1940) is an American editor, author, historian and writer of scripts for American history documentaries for public television. He is the author or co-author of 18 books, including five companion books to the documentaries he has written. He is the winner of seven Emmy Awards.

Also known as Author, Historian

Books provide context and allow you to think about things over time. Film is like writing haiku; there is an immense amount of pleasure in paring down and paring down. But it isn't the same.

Geoffrey Ward
- Time
- Writing
I have always had a great interest in visually documenting the past.

Geoffrey Ward
- Great
- Past

Bill Murray is a wonderful actor, and he's very funny, and I've seen him be serious and terrific.

Geoffrey Ward
- Funny
- Serious
The real Jack Johnson was both more and less than those who loved or those who hated him ever knew. He embodied American individualism in its purest form; nothing - no law or custom, no person white or black, male or female - could keep him for long from whatever he wanted.

Geoffrey Ward
- Long
- Real
- American
Most filmmakers aren't very interested in history. They worry constantly that people will be bored.

Geoffrey Ward
- People
- History
- Worry