Filmmaking Motivation: Why I Make Movies | Personal Insights & Inspiration for Filmmakers

A conversation between my wife and I about why I direct films and why I keep coming back to it. I asked her to ask me a question about why film-making and then I gave myself a couple of tries to answer the question while recording it into my iPhone. Then I had to work with what I said to keep it authentic as possible.
All footage is from my films or footage I've captured personally or my works.
We all have our own reasons of why we do what we do. Whether it’s our love for movie making or love for photography or whatever that passion may be. It's why we go out and create.
What are some of the things you keep coming back to? Why do you do what you do? These questions really got me thinking about how I started making my first movie and how I made my first feature film.
Look back and write all the things you've done. The things you've accomplished. Sometimes you'll find that you've come a lot further in your passion/dreams than you realize.
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[@tylerlikes]

WOW! This video really encapsulates so many of Myles's great filmmaking over the years! So many amazing visuals and provocative moments of human drama. Myles Matsuno has a gift for emotional storytelling, those key seconds of intense feeling that define our lives. His work also bespeaks an intense awareness of the bottomless melancholy that underlies even our sweetest instants of joy. Poetry made film.

[@MylesMatsuno]

Thanks, Tyler! Such a nice comment 😃

[@flynnfriend]

Myles: Many of the stunning images and touching stories that have been the trademark of your directing career can be seen here. I think you are a director because you have a calling for filmmaking, It is in your soul, in your essence. I am proud to have been a partner and a friend while you have done some of
this incredible work.

[@MylesMatsuno]

Thanks, Bret! Glad we got to make a beautiful film together as well. Your comment made my day! Looking forward to creating more together one day 😃

[@GaleriaPuntoCiego]

WELL DONE MYLES!!! "LIFE" IS THE KEY; "LIFE" IS THE ANSWER.... THANKS FOR YOUR ART. NANO.

[@MylesMatsuno]

Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to watch it. It’s all about perspective and how you view life 🙏🏽

[@HumanClouds]

Very inspiring. I’m a photographer, I like to capture the beauty in things and scenes using analogue cameras.

[@MylesMatsuno]

Thank you!

[@TimPlaster22]

Awesome man!! Keep it up Myles!

[@MylesMatsuno]

Thanks, Tim! 🙏🏽

[@matt.redfern]

This is great! Love it man.

[@MylesMatsuno]

Thanks Matt!

[@aregal]

This is super inspiring! It's refreshing to hear you speak. It's been a minute, bud.

[@MylesMatsuno]

Thanks, man! It has been too long. Feels like yesterday but also ages since we worked at ABC together.

[@AxelAxe]

I really love this reel Myles. Your attention to small details that bring out emotion is on point. So happy to have know you for a while and be able to see you grow and tell stories. Best of luck with your new films my friend.

[@MylesMatsuno]

Thanks, Axel! I appreciate you. Love watching you create as well.

[@masoncrowe]

Great work Myles

[@MylesMatsuno]

Thanks, Mason. I appreciate that.

[@MylesMatsuno]

Thanks for checking out this video I made of my works over the years! Why do you all direct or make the content that you do? Feel free to share or leave a comment. Thanks! ✌🏽