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«I don't know what to say,» whispered Beach Rats helmer Eliza Hittman when she took the stage to accept her U.S. Dramatic Best Directing Award on Saturday in Park City.

As Rachel draws McKenna back into her family and community, the move precipitates a slow unravelling of her life and the result is a dark, affecting work that left us very impressed at Sundance, where it won the Best Directing award.

There are also a number of younger directors still making plenty of films that have yet to get a best directing award — Ridley Scott has been nominated 3 times (Thelma and Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down), Terrence Malick has been nominated 2 times (Tree of Life, The Thin Red Line, Paul Thomas Anderson has been nominated once (There Will Be Blood) and Tim Burton has never received a directing nomination.

The dust has begun to settle on this year's Oscars ceremony, which saw a historic win for Alejandro González Iñárritu, who became the first director in 65 years to pick up the Best Directing award two years in a row, and a surprising Best Picture win for Spotlight.

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Alfred J. Lautenslager is an award - winning marketing and PR consultant, direct - mail promotion specialist, principle of marketing consulting firm Marketing Now, and president and owner of The Ink Well, a commercial printing and mailing company in Wheaton, Illinois.

We are excited to receive this award, and others like it, as it's based on anonymous employee feedback and is a direct result of the ongoing efforts to create an environment where people can do their best work.

Winner of the Academy Award for «Best Foreign Language Film,» The Salesman is an Iranian contemporary drama written and directed by Asghar Farhadi that outlines the universal effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and how it can tear apart loving relationships.

I could have given a few Arsenal players the Man of the Match award for yesterday's hard fought win at Newcastle, with Cazorla's probing and patient passing as well as Oxlade - Chamberlain's direct approach and shot for the goal being key factors, but for me the anchoring presence of Coquelin in midfield and his ability to keep the ball and his cool amid concerted pressure was brilliant.

Here's the caption @nascarcasm claims goes with this photo: Oscar winners (from left) Christian Bale (Best Actor In A Supporting Role, «The Fighter»), Natalie Portman (Actress In A Leading Role, «Black Swan»), Melissa Leo (Actress In A Supporting Role, «The Fighter»), Colin Firth (Actor In A Leading Role, «The King's Speech») and Kurt Busch (Best Directing, Cinematography, Costume Design and Short - Subject Documentary, «A Positive Step For Me»), celebrate backstage following the Academy Awards, which honor achievement in filmmaking.

The 1957 British - American World War II epic directed by David Lean won seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture).

Also, per the leaked document, the Presidency ought to have directed the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) to investigate all the public officials who handled the contract award as well as the payments made.

Beasts Of No Nation, starring Idris Elba received a total of 15 Ghana Movie Awards nominations including Best Picture, Best Editing, Music - Original Score, Best Directing, Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, Actor and Best Screenplay.

The MTA also awarded $ 500 for the «Better Than the Subway» idea submitted by Colin Foley, Mariya Carey, Raymond Chia, Larry Gould and David McCreery which used route, population and ridership data to streamline parts of high - ridership routes and provide direct service to either Lower Manhattan or Midtown.

Unlike previous years, Ghana recorded a lot of new faces on the nomination list; some of whom Included new actor, Joseph Otsiman who got the nod for Best Actor In Supporting Role for his performance in the drama thriller film, The Cursed Ones directed by Nana Obiri Yeboah, who was also nominated for AMAA 2016 Award For Best Director category.

She appeared in a string of independent films throughout the 1990s, in addition to all the aforementioned Di Cillo titles; she had the lead, opposite Anne Heche, in the acclaimed Walking and Talking (1996), written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, a role which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress.

For National Public Radio and LA Theater Works Alma performed in the radio versions of Zoot Suit and Nilo Cruz's Pultizer Prize winning play Anna in the Tropics opposite Jimmy Smits.As a 25 year member of El Teatro Campesino (ETC) founded by Luis Valdez, she has appeared in landmark ETC productions of; Zoot Suit, both the film and play (1979 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award - Best Play); Corridos, both the TV version (1987 Peabody Award) and play; I Don't Have to Show You Any Stinking Badges; and Mummified Deer (Back Stage West «Honorable Mention» for her role as Mama Chu), all written and directed by Valdez.Ms.

Based on the best - selling novel by James Ellroy and directed by Curtis Hanson, this award - winning crime drama explores both the dark side of the Los Angeles police force and Southern California's criminal underbelly in the early»50s, when Hollywood was still seen as America's capital of sophistication, glitter, and glamour.

Of course, some of the most laboriously expositional dialogue in recent television history also distracts which, combined with the most functional, dull and themeless music I have heard in a TV drama of late, is likely to leave audiences perplexed; bearing in mind that 2008's John Adams, directed by Tom Hooper (the recent recipient of a well - deserved Academy Award for The Kingà cents â

About a year later, Morton would see the release of In America, Jim Sheridan's acclaimed slice - of - life tale of an Irish family immigrating to New York City's Hell's Kitchen, for which she would receive her second Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress.Morton continued to take on challenging assignments such as the futuristic Code 46 opposite Tim Robbins and directed by British helmer Michael Winterbottom, and appearing opposite Johnny Depp in the little - seen The Libertine, and the period drama River Queen.

While Emmy - winning Survivor producer and host Jeff Probst (born November 4th, 1962) has occasionally taken a seat besides Kelly Ripa on Live with Regis and Kelly and even directed his own award - winning feature film, chances are that when all is said and done, the role he'll be best remembered for is that of the firm but fair host who snuffed out more than his share of torches on the popular competitive reality show that made him a household name.

Gaspar Noé's Climax (detailed below) was the big winner at the Directors» Fortnight, taking home the Art Cinema Award, and Lucia's Grace, directed by Gianni Zanasi and starring Alba Rohrwacher as a single working mother struggling to find balance in her life, won the Europa Cinemas Label Award for the section's best European film.

Other theatre credits include Vanya in UNCLE VANYA and Malvolio in TWELFTH NIGHT at the Donmar Warehouse production at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), which won him Best Actor at the 2002 Olivier and Evening Standard Awards as well as a Village Voice Obie; Monty Python's SPAMALOT in New York and London; Leontes in THE WINTER»S TALE and Lopakhin in THE CHERRY ORCHARD, both directed by Sam Mendes at BAM, on a European tour and at the Old Vic; THE HOTHOUSE by Harold Pinter at the Trafalgar Studios; DEATH TRAP at the Noel Coward Theatre; and PRIVATES ON PARADE as part of the Michael Grandage West End Season.

Scorsese has also directed numerous documentaries including the Peabody Award winning No Direction Home: Bob Dylan and Elia Kazan: A Letter to Elia; as well as Italianamerican, The Last Waltz, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies, Il Mio Viaggio in Italia, Public Speaking, Shine a Light and George Harrison: Living in the Material World, for which Scorsese received Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming and Outstanding Nonfiction Special.

The following year, Schaffner directed the film he personally considered his finest: The Best Man (1964), which won several awards (but not the Oscar it deserved).

Since then, he has directed critically acclaimed, award - winning films including Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Silaward - winning films including Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture, The Wolf of Wall Street, and SilAward for Best Director and Best Picture, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Silence.

Additional film credits include TALK TO ME; the 2006 Oscar ® winning Best Picture, CRASH, which Cheadle also produced; HOTEL RWANDA, for which his performance garnered Academy Award ®, Golden Globe ®, Broadcast Film Critics Award and Screen Actors Guild ® Award nominations for Best Actor; OCEAN»S ELEVEN, OCEAN»S TWELVE, and OCEAN»S THIRTEEN, directed by Steven Soderbergh; Mike Binder's REIGN OVER ME with Adam Sandler; the Academy Award ® winning film TRAFFIC and OUT OF SIGHT, both also directed by Soderbergh; Paul Thomas Anderson's critically acclaimed BOOGIE NIGHTS; BULWORTH, SWORDFISH, MISSION TO MARS, John Singleton's ROSEWOOD, for which Cheadle earned an NAACP Image Award nomination; FAMILY MAN, directed by Brett Ratner and starring Nicolas Cage; COLORS, HAMBURGER HILL, and the independent features MANIC and THINGS BEHIND THE SUN.

His National Theatre productions include HAMLET, which won him the Evening Standard Best Actor award; Felix Humble in HUMBLE BOY (also West End); George in JUMPERS (also West End / Broadway); Benedict in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; Andrew Undershaft in MAJOR BARBARA; Sir Harcourt Courtly in LONDON ASSURANCE; Stalin in COLABORATORS; Timon in TIMON OF ATHENS; and Lear in KING LEAR, directed by Sam Mendes.

This Footloose is directed by Craig Brewer, whose Memphis - set Hustle & Flow won the 2005 audience award at the Sundance Film Festival and a best - song Oscar for It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp.

In 2010, he starred in a film called I KILLED MY MOTHER directed by Xavier Dolan and was awarded the Vancouver Film Critics award for Best Supporting Actor.

Academy Award ® winner Bill Condon will direct both films starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner along with Billy Burke as Charlie Swan as well as returning members of the Cullen Family including Peter Facinelli as Carlisle, Elizabeth Reaser as Esme, Jackson Rathbone as Jasper, Nikki Reed as Rosalie, Ashley Greene as Alice and Kellan Lutz as Emmett.

Synopsis: Oscar winner Matt Damon («Good Will Hunting,» «Invictus») stars in «Hereafter,» directed by Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood («Million Dollar Baby,» «Unforgiven») from a screenplay by two time Oscar nominee Peter Morgan («Frost / Nixon,» «The Queen»).

Skyy Vodka Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film: Antiviral directed by Brandon Cronenberg [TIFF](tie) Blackbird directed by Jason Buxton [TIFF]

-- Claudia Puig, NPR NOMINATED FOR 5 ACADEMY AWARDS ® INCLUDING BEST MOTION PICTURE AND BEST DIRECTING The Critically Acclaimed Coming - of - Age Comedy Arrives on Blu - ray ™ Combo Pack and DVD March 6 from Lionsgate SA... [Read More]

Barry Jenkins, who directed Moonlight, is also the first black director since Steve McQueen (2013's Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave) to be recognized for Best Director, a category that's only nominated four black men — John Singleton, Lee Daniels, McQueen and Jenkins — since the award was first handed out in 1929.

Award - winning British director Edgar Wright is best known in the United States for his feature films Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World; he also directed the UK hit television series Spaced.

It was in 1992, however, when he wrote and directed THE CRYING GAME, which was nominated for six academy awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Stephen Rea), Best Supporting Actor (Jaye Davidson) and for which Neil won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay that the wider public became aware of him as a once in a lifetime directing talent.

We present the AWFJ EDA Award for Best Female - Directed Narrative Feature to Before The Streets, directed by Chloe Leriche.»

We present the AWFJ EDA Award for Best Female - Directed Documentary to the very compelling and well - crafted Sled Dogs, directed by Fern Levitt.

Gavin Hood is a South African filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and actor, best known for writing and directing the Academy Award — winning foreign language film Tsotsi.

John Malkovich was presented with the Milton Shulman Award for Best Director after helming play Good Canary - his directing debut - beating John Tiffany for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Dominic Cooke for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

It's so rare to see a film about a woman, written by a woman and directed by a woman do so well during the awards season.

The exciting filmmaking team of Sandberg & Rønning directed «Kon - Tiki,» the critically acclaimed story of famed explorer Thor Heyerdahl, which was nominated for both an Academy Award ® and a Golden Globe Award ® for Best Foreign Language Film from their native Norway.

The five actors nominated for the prestigious award, which honours the future stars of cinema, include Brits Jack O'Connell, who began his career in the E4 drama Skins in 2007 and this year took the lead role in the Angelina Jolie - directed feature Unbroken, and Gugu Mbatha - Raw, already an established name on stage and television, who was named best actress at this year's British Independent Film Awards for her portrayal of Dido Elizabeth Belle in the period drama Belle.

And despite taking home zero awards for directing, acting, or writing, AMC «s Mad Men won for best drama series.

For the second consecutive year, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists is partnering with DOXA Documentary Film Festival to present EDA Awards for best female - directed films at the 16th annual festival, to be held from May 4 to 14, in Vancouver, BC.

In addition to presenting year end awards during the annual movie awards season, AWFJ partners with select film festivals throughout the year to present EDA Awards for best female directed films in the documentary, narrative feature, and short categawards during the annual movie awards season, AWFJ partners with select film festivals throughout the year to present EDA Awards for best female directed films in the documentary, narrative feature, and short categawards season, AWFJ partners with select film festivals throughout the year to present EDA Awards for best female directed films in the documentary, narrative feature, and short categAwards for best female directed films in the documentary, narrative feature, and short categories.

The festival nominated female - directed films for the EDA Awards in three categories: Best Female - Directed Narrative, Best Female - Directed Documentary and Best Female - Directed Short.

Winner of the Directing Award Dramatic and Special Jury Prize for Vera Farmiga for Down to the Bone in (2004), and winner of the Grand Jury Prize Dramatic and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for Winter's Bone (2010), this originally had Casey Affleck in the lead, but Ben Foster might be a better casting bet for a survivalist protective father with a complicated past and will be a perfect spotlight to launch a new career for the young co-lead kiwi thesp Thomasin McKenzie.

DOXA programmers have nominated female - directed films in two EDA Awards categories: Best Female - Directed Feature Length Documentary and Best Female - Directed Documentary Short.

«In what universe does Ben Affleck win an Academy Award for a best picture he starred in and directed?