self-taught

"Being self-taught, I learned to distrust anything I hadn't figured out myself."

Now 32, they’re the vanguard of a generation of self-taught filmmakers who are going to be very exciting.

The aesthetics of this cinema reflect the often marginal backgrounds of its makers - many are self-taught and outside traditional power circles.

We witness Schoenberg, who was born 150 years ago, starting out as a cellist and self-taught progressive composer in his native Vienna and Berlin.

Self-taught on the instrument, which he first picked up at 14, Bridges began writing songs soon after.