Aaron D. Martin

a monk is described as:
a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose.

and asceticism is:
a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals.

I get obsessed with my work and care about little else. I can't help it though. I love what I do. Filmmaking lights me up inside and I can't imagine doing much else.

I used to joke that I was a "filmmaker monk" because of this. And I think it fits.