Eran Kolirin Quotes

Israel, Screenwriter
November 4, 1973

Eran Kolirin is an Israeli screenwriter and film director. In 2004 he directed the feature-length television drama The Long Journey. His cinema directorial debut, The Band's Visit , was a critical success, winning eight Awards of the Israeli Film Academy and prizes at several international film festivals. Kolirin himself won the Israeli Film Academy's awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay.

I'm a complete control freak. We worked a lot on the pace and where to put the silences. We choreographed the gestures and movements. We had a lot of rehearsals and a lot of takes. Also, there's something special that comes out of those two actors: he's water and she's fire.

Eran Kolirin
- Actors
- Freak
- Silences
The most important thing for me is the tone, the feeling, the pace. But why I'm doing this is not very clear to me. It's much more of an instinctual thing than an analytical process.

Eran Kolirin
- Important
- Process
- Clear