Sentences with phrase «american film executives»

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«So whoever initiated this — and was very proud of themselves to see that little dip in Iran's centrifuge numbers — should look back now and acknowledge it was a major mistake,» Emad Kiyaei, executive director American Iranian Council, says in the film.

An Indian film executive told a U.S. diplomat in 2010 that American films represent just 3 % to 6 % of the Indian market, according to a cable released by Wikileaks.

Mr. Walker recently helped the organization's chairman, Jay Fishman, recruit prominent African - Americans like Debra Martin Chase (Harvard Law, 1981), a film producer who has worked with Denzel Washington; and Ursula Burns, the departing chief executive officer of Xerox.

Mr. Jackson (also known as Sekou Molefi Baako) is an East Elmhurst resident with a long history of community service, including 36 years as Executive Director of the Queens Library's Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, a full - service, general circulation library with an extensive reference collection of materials related to African American history and culture, and a cultural arts program that offers a variety of programming of independent film video screenings, stage presentations, panel discussions, concerts, art exhibitions and more.

Years later, with dreams of starring in films, he attempted to pitch an act to Hollywood executives, but he was rejected on the spot because they felt the act itself was far too ridiculous to sell to the American public.

Amy Beth Pascal (born March 25, 1958) is an American business executive and film producer.

After watching a film like Pulse, I feel a bit insulted that movie executives think so little about the intelligence of the American movie - going public that the vast majority of the attempts at popular entertainment are completely stripped of anything remotely resembling a thought - provoking element, eschewing those in favor of noise, special effects and music stimuli to try to induce a subconscious reaction in the audience.

Yet, people still flock to films like Pulse in droves, leading me to think that perhaps the movie executives know more about the intelligence of the American public than I'm willing to believe.

Hailed as «electrifying» by the Los Angeles Times and dubbed a «fire breathing debut» by IndieWire, the film was executive produced by Killer Films, purchased out of Sundance by Netflix, and enjoyed a theatrical release in select American cities through distributor FilmRise.

Other highlights include Fox recalling the original film's royal screening, in which he was seated next to Princess Diana and had to use the bathroom the whole time; Secret Cinema's alluring Back to the Future exhibition (in which the 1955 Hill Valley was impressively recreated); a discussion of BTTF books that have been published; and homages to the franchise from ABC's «The Goldbergs» (whose creator Adam F. Goldberg is both an executive producer and interview subject here) to «American Dad» and Harmon's «Rick and Morty.»

Deborah Riley Draper, director of «Olympic Pride, American Prejudice,» and Blair Underwood, narrator and executive producer of the film, photographed at the Culver Hotel in Culver City, Calif..

Luckily, first - time screenwriter Liz Hannah and Spotlight screenwriter Josh Singer have located the film's nerve center in two overlapping areas: an examination of the relationship between the press and the executive branch of government, and a larger story about women in American workplaces.

Richard Lanni, Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero Director, Writer and Executive Producer, visits with Marcie and Lovey about his new intergenerational film about canine courage and the human animal bond.

19 November 2008 5:00 — 7:00 pm Ibrahim Theater, International House, 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia Changing the Canon: Self - Taught Artists Film Screening and Panel Discussion James Castle: Portrait of an Artist A film by Jeffrey Wolf Introduction by Molly Dougherty, Executive Director, Foundation for Self - Taught Artists Brendan Greaves, Folklorist, University of North Carolina John Ollman, Director, Fleisher - Ollman Gallery Ann Percy, Curator of Drawings, Philadelphia Museum of Art Jeffrey Wolf, Film Producer and Director Wendy Steiner (moderator), Founding Director, Penn Humanities Forum Born deaf, James Castle (1900 — 1977), a self - taught American artist who refused to read, write, or otherwise communicate except through art, used soot, saliva, and found materials such as ads and food wrappers for his creations.

Ethiopian - born American painter Julie Mehretu, who was also one of the Executive Producers of the film Difret, was the featured guest speaker at the fifth American Artist Lecture Series at the Tate Modern in London on September 22, 2014.