Sentences with phrase «acclaimed film work»

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He worked with stars like John Legend and Oprah Winfrey before launching his own multi-platform media company, Macro Ventures, which was behind the production of Denzel Washington's Academy Award - nominated feature film «Fences» in 2016, and more recently, the acclaimed indie film «Mudbound,» which Variety predicts may be the first Netflix feature to compete for an Oscar.

The legendary Japanese director has created some of the most critically - acclaimed animated films of the last 20 years, including PRINCESS MONONOKE and SPIRITED AWAY (for which he won an Oscar), but I've foolishly avoided his work.

Ringwald only lasted a season before she was let go, but her television work paved the way for subsequent screen roles.In 1982, Ringwald made an auspicious film debut in Paul Mazursky's acclaimed Tempest, earning a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of John Cassavetes» daughter.

Her film work includes THE GREEN MILE, A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, and TOMBSTONE, to name a few, but she is perhaps best known for playing Trixie in the critically acclaimed television drama DEADWOOD, and was nominated for a SAG Award ® for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2007.

In 1932 he won great acclaim for his work in the play The Animal Kingdom, leading to an invitation from Hollywood where he made his film debut in 1932.

Both Soderbergh and Shyamalan would continue to feature her such films as Ocean's Twelve and The Village, as Jones continued to rack up acclaim for her stage work, including a Best Actress Tony in 2005 for John Patrick Shanley's Doubt.

Enough Said is a romantic comedy - drama from Nicole Holofcener, the writer - director of other critically acclaimed films exploring the daily travails of mostly upper middle - class affluent women (and men) in such as Lovely & Amazing and Friends with Money — something that invites comparisons to the works of Woody Allen often.

His father, acclaimed character actor John Carradine, worked on two films with Hepburn, including «Mary of Scotland» (1936).

Then again, Day - Lewis is a three - time Oscar winner for Best Actor, Anderson is a major talent, and the last time he and Day - Lewis worked together, on There Will Be Blood, it resulted in one of the most acclaimed films of the decade.

The latest film from already - acclaimed Belgian brothers Jean - Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Two Days, One Night stars the not - so - working - class - but - still - beautiful Marion Cotillard as a working - class woman about to lose her job, desperate to convince her co-workers to keep her on board.

The Shape of Water, the critically acclaimed film co-written by Del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, tells the story of a cleaner who works in a Baltimore laboratory in the 1960s and falls in love with a sea creature whom she attempts to rescue.

Tatiana Riegel is still «amazed and stunned» at her first Oscar nomination for her work as an editor in the acclaimed film, «I, Tonya.»

Director Steven Soderbergh has averaged a film a year since his acclaimed 1989 debut Sex, Lies & Videotape, an incredible work rate by modern filmmaking standards especially for one who frequently works within the political vagaries fof the studio system.

Ruth «s critically - acclaimed film Loving took home the award for Best Movie For Grownups, while Isabelle «s Elle scored Best Foreign Film, Annette was honored with Best Actress for 20th Century Women, and Jeff hit the stage to accept Best Support Actor for his work in Hell or High Water.

Following a string of acclaimed short films, commercials and video work, Venezuelan director Carl Zitelmann makes his feature debut with The Lake Vampire - the true life tale of a true life vampire, namely serial killer Zacarias Ortega known for...

Joseph was nominated for Best First Screenplay for his work on Don Jon, which was won by Bob Nelson for the highly acclaimed film Nebraska.

After much acclaim for The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea, Cartoon Saloon, Ireland's increasingly high profile animation house founded by Paul Young and Tomm Moore, are working on their fourth feature film, Wolfwalkers.

While Scott Cooper («Crazy Heart «-RRB- doesn't have any previous work with the festival, he's got plenty of acclaim, and the film's been done for a while (there was talk of releasing it late in 2012).

Barber previously worked with Lonergan on his acclaimed debut feature, «You Can Count On Me,» and she has provided music for films such as «Mansfield Park,» «Hysterical Blindness,» «A Price Above Rubies,» and «When Night Is Falling.»

It is a film that — maybe more than any frontrunner of recent years — is in danger of drowning in its own critical attention and press acclaim, creating successive eddies of contrarian backlash from columnists and late - breaking social media dismissal from cinephiles, who compare it unfavourably with the classic work from Hollywood and France that is their own area of expertise.

Following hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed 2011 film, A Separation, anticipation has been high, and Farhadi nearly succeeds in equaling the compelling portrait of miscommunication and misunderstanding he has so brilliantly wrought in his previous film.

The Death of Stalin is directed by acclaimed Scottish satirist / filmmaker Armando Iannucci, of the film In the Loop previously, as well as work on «I'm Alan Partridge», «The Thick of It» and «Veep».

He also has a pair of other films in the works that will most likely add to that acclaim: Marvel's Ant - Man, and a re-pairing with pals and collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in The World's End.

True, social media also took some jabs at Emily Blunt for her first - ever SAG nod for «The Girl on the Train,» even if there was critical acclaim her work in the «Gone Girl» - ish thriller despite the film's mixed reviews.

Now he's returned with another low - budget genre film: the macabre, deviously pulpy, and very entertaining Split, an unapologetic B - movie that simultaneously finds Shyamalan returning to the territory of his most acclaimed and popular work.

While appearing in her fair share of high - profile projects like Legally Blonde and the Hellboy films, she's always maintained a steady pace of acclaimed independent work at the same time, from her collaborations with Todd Solondz (Storytelling, Dark Horse) to becoming one of John Waters» most absurdist modern characters in A Dirty Shame.

In 2015, Fassbender continued to prove himself as one of the best actors working in the industry today, starring in three critically acclaimed films, Slow West, Macbeth and Steve Jobs, the latter of which earned him his second Oscar nomination.

Producers Jon Avnet («Black Swan») and Garcia («Albert Nobbs») have won Oscar, Emmy and Tony Awards for their work, while Cohen has produced such acclaimed films as «Silver Linings Playbook,» «Milk» and «American Beauty.»

Led by Michael Shannon, who has appeared in all of Nichols» films, the large cast is fantastic; although Joel Edgerton has received acclaim for his role in Nichols» Loving (also released this year), his laconic supporting performance here is arguably his finest work.

For his journalism, he has received the National Headliner Award and the GLAAD Media Award, and has seen his work inspire several films, most recently the Emmy - nominated Showtime film «Our Fathers,» based on his critically acclaimed book.

For his 14th feature (in only a decade), leading Japanese New Wave luminary Nagisa Oshima made a fascinating film that has come to be regarded as one of his most acclaimed and interesting works: Shonen (Boy,...

An extensive selection of work from across the world is presented including the World Premieres of William English's HEATED GLOVES and THE HOST, in which director Miranda Pennell delves deeper into her past and her late parents» involvement with the Anglo Iranian Oil Company (BP); Ben Rivers» THE SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID AND THE TWO EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS, the feature element of Ben's current Artangel installation at BBC White City; EVENT FOR A STAGE by Tacita Dean, a filmed presentation of her live theatrical happening in collaboration with actor Stephen Dillane at the 2014 Sydney Biennial; the European Premiere of Omer Fast's REMAINDER, a London - set thriller adapted from Tom McCarthy's acclaimed novel of the same name; the European Premiere of INVENTION which highlights the possibilities of camera movement and the development of artistic apparatus and Kevin Jerome Everson's PARK LANES, set in an American bowling alley over the course of a day.

As previously announced, the inaugural LFF Connects will feature British filmmaker Christopher Nolan, internationally acclaimed for some of the most original, compelling and successful films in contemporary cinema (Interstellar, Inception, The Dark Knight, Memento), and Tacita Dean, lauded for her art work in film (and whose grand - scale Tate Modern exhibition FILM transfixed audiencfilm (and whose grand - scale Tate Modern exhibition FILM transfixed audiencFILM transfixed audiences).

Among the four major dramas to center on working class Boston types at the end of 2010 and into 2011, I'd rank The Company Men alongside the Hilary Swank lawyer film Conviction, both a far cry from the appealing heights of The Fighter and Affleck's acclaimed hit The Town.

What really has people hot and bothered about «The Hangover» being nominated is that this film is a raunchy, ode to man - boyhood that is not exactly a touching artsy comedy like the critically acclaimed «Little Miss Sunshine» and «Juno,» who both worked their poignant indie charms to garner accolades.

Not content to let parent company Disney have all the fun at D23 Expo, Pixar's John Lasseter officially announced «Coco,» the previously untitled Día de los Muertos - inspired film from director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla K. Anderson who worked on the acclaimed «Toy Story 3» together.

Outlaw King will be directed by David Mackenzie, who Chris worked with on the critically acclaimed film Hell or High Water.

And that makes the «Hunger Games» film vulnerable to a newcomer like «Creed,» which reteams writer - director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan — who first worked together on the critically acclaimed low - budget 2013 indie hit «Fruitvale Station» — and brings them together with Rocky Balboa himself, Sylvester Stallone.

Long known for his acclaimed work as a playwright, McDonagh's twisted yet captivating characters and scenarios have also made for compelling film viewing, starting with his directorial debut «Six Shooter,» which earned an Academy Award in 2006 for Best Live - Action Short Film, and followed by In Bruges (shot by Eigil Bryld) and Seven Psychopaths.

With acclaimed work in films like «In Bruges,» his role as Jack Mulligan, a politician entangled in the widow's plot, could net him a long overdue nomination.

Though as early as 1996 she was reportedly at work on a film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt, later adapted by Todd Haynes into 2015's Carol, Macdonald has worked exclusively in television ever since, and has been back in view lately for directing the acclaimed new miniseries adaptation of Howards End, scripted by Kenneth Lonergan.

The film marks the first foray into CGI - heavy blockbusters for Ava DuVernay, who has garnered widespread acclaim for both her historical drama (Selma) and documentary work (13th).

Though Panahi's post-conviction work has brought him long overdue acclaim, the truth is that none of his has measured up to the heights of earlier films like Crimson Gold and The White Balloon — nor could it, given the constraints under which he's been forced to live and work.

Wright is only 24 years old but has already put together an impressive string of critically acclaimed performances in independent films leading up to her work in Black Panther.

While receiving critical acclaim for his theater work, Domhnall was also entering the world of feature films.

Noah Baumbach (Mistress in America) and Jake Paltrow's (The Good Night) acclaimed documentary De Palma — which explores the life and work of the legendary filmmaker Brian De Palma — is set for release here in the UK next week, and StudioCanal has debuted a new poster and trailer for the film; check them out -LSB-...]

Z Channel debuted in 1974 - long before HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, or any of the many movie channels - with a programming schedule consisting entirely of eclectic, forgotten, and critically acclaimed films (including works by Michael Cimino, Jean - Luc Godard, and various other masters of cinema).

Her short film work has been acclaimed around the world and while she's got a few feature script projects in...

Working with some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers in both independent and studio films, Gyllenhaal starred in Ang Lee's classic «Brokeback Mountain,» for which he received an Oscar ® nomination and won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor; Bong Joon - ho's «Okja;» David Ayer's «End of Watch;» Antoine Fuqua's boxing drama «Southpaw;» Dennis Villeneuve's highly acclaimed films «Prisoners» and «Enemy;» Richard Kelly's cult hit «Donnie Darko;» David Fincher's «Zodiac;» Sam Mendes» «Jarhead;» Nicole Holofcener's «Lovely and Amazing;» Ed Zwick's «Love and Other Drugs,» for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, and Tom Ford's «Nocturnal Animals,» for which he earned a BAFTA nomination.

She's appeared in acclaimed films like Moonlight and Hidden Figures, all while quietly working on music in her downtime.