Michael Simmonds (BFA 2000 Film and Video) Cinematography, Lunchbox (2013); Director of Photography, Project Nim (2011), winner World Cinema
Documentary Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival (2011); Goodbye Solo (2008), winner FIPRESCI Prize Venice Film Festival (2008); Chop Shop (2007), nominated, Best Cinematography, Independent Spirit Awards (2008); Man Push Cart (2005), nominated, Best Cinematography, Independent Spirit Award (2007)
Director: Peter Nicks Producers: Linda Davis, Lawrence Lerew, Peter Nicks Premiere: 2017 Sundance Film Festival, U.S.
Documentary Directing Award
Documentary director Lauren Greenfield won a U.S.
Documentary Directing Award at Sundance in 2012 for her unforgettable «The Queen of Versailles,» and she returns with another examination of excess with this Documentary Premieres entry.
For one, the DGA gave
him their documentary directing award over the weekend for his work on the film.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won
the Documentary Directing Award plus a Special Jury Award for Cinematography.
Six Catalyst films made waves at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival: Beach Rats (U.S. Dramatic Directing Award), Chasing Coral (U.S. Documentary Audience Award), The Force (U.S.
Documentary Directing Award), Patti Cake $, Unrest (Special Jury Award for Editing) and Strong Island (Special Jury Award for Storytelling), which is also nominated for an Academy Award.
Filmmaker Matthew Heineman won
the documentary directing award at this year's Sundance Film Festival for his riveting film, «Cartel Land.»
Not exact matches
Directing the series is Joe Berlinger, the Academy
Award - nominated director of the true - crime
documentary «Paradise Lost.»
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.
At the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Heineman received both the
Directing Award and Special Jury
Award for Cinematography in the U.S.
Documentary competition.
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.
Getting his start working on TV commercials, Mann took his rapid - paced, flash - cut approach into
documentary filmmaking, producing an
award - winning short on the 1968 French student riots, Janpuri.Mann's fragmented - image technique further manifested itself on such TV detective series of the»70s such as Starsky and Hutch and Vegas, both of which utilized his scripts (though they were
directed by others in the standard conventional style of the period).
The
award - winning feature
documentary is written, edited and
directed by Stevan Riley and produced by John Battsek, R.J. Cutler and George Chignell.
The
Directing Award: U.S.
Documentary was presented to: Alexandria Bombach for her film On Her Shoulders (Director: Alexandria Bombach, Producers: Hayley Pappas, Brock Williams)-- Nadia Murad, a 23 - year - old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS.
BlackBerry People's Choice
Documentary Award: Artifact
directed by Bartholomew Cubbins [TIFF] Telling harsh truths about the modern music business, Artifact gives intimate access to singer / actor Jared Leto and his band Thirty Seconds to Mars as they battle their label in a brutal lawsuit and record their album This Is War.
The
Directing Award: World Cinema
Documentary was presented to: Sandi Tan, for her film Shirkers (Director & Screenwriter: Sandi Tan, Producers: Sandi Tan, Jessica Levin, Maya Rudolph)-- In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges — who then vanished with all the footage.
We present the AWFJ EDA
Award for Best Female -
Directed Documentary to the very compelling and well - crafted Sled Dogs,
directed by Fern Levitt.
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 categ
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 categ
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 categ
Awards 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.
DOXA programmers have nominated female -
directed films in two EDA
Awards categories: Best Female -
Directed Feature Length
Documentary and Best Female -
Directed Documentary Short.
Four Catalyst projects premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, including The Hunting Ground, Cartel Land (U.S.
Documentary Directing and Cinematography
Awards), 3 1/2 Minutes and Ten Bullets (Special Jury
Award for Social Impact) and The Witch (U.S. Dramatic
Directing Award).
Hawke is coming off of a busy year with
awards season contender Boyhood;
documentary Seymour: An Introduction, which he produced and
directed; Michael and Peter Spierig's Predestination; Andrew Niccol's Good Kill; and Shakespeare update Cymbeline.
The festival will open with a fundraising benefit night featuring Matthew Heineman's «Cartel Land,» which won the U.S.
Documentary directing and Cinematography
awards at the Sundance Film Festival.
Hey Jude Productions is proud to present the US Theatrical release of ON THE MAP, a
documentary film written and
directed by Israeli Academy
Award winning filmmaker Dani Menkin (39 Pounds of Love, Dolphin Boy, Is That You?)
Director: Matthew Heineman Producers: Matthew Heineman & Tom Yellin Premiere: 2016 Sundance Film Festival, U.S.
Documentary Directing and Cinematography
Awards
Heineman received both the 2015 Sundance
Directing Award as well as the Special Jury
Award for Cinematography in the US
Documentary competition, and we are proud to help get the film the notice it deserves.
Tracy had previously
directed the 2004 Emmy
Award - winning
documentary, Be Good,...
The
documentaries also fared well: Jacob Kornbluth's «Inequality for All» and Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson's «American Promise» came away with Special Jury Prizes, and Zachary Heinzerling won the
directing award for «Cutie and the Boxer.»
Grace Lee is an independent producer / director and writer working in both narrative and non-fiction film.She
directed the 2014 Peabody
Award - winning
documentary American Revolutionary: The Evolution Of Grace Lee Boggs, which The Hollywood Reporter called» an entertainingly revealing portrait of the power of a single individual to effect change.»
Keach also
directed and produced the
award - winning documentary Disease of the Wind, which won the Lionel Rogosin Documentary Award and Audience Award Best Documentary at the Dallas Film Fest
award - winning
documentary Disease of the Wind, which won the Lionel Rogosin Documentary Award and Audience Award Best Documentary at the Dallas Fil
documentary Disease of the Wind, which won the Lionel Rogosin
Documentary Award and Audience Award Best Documentary at the Dallas Fil
Documentary Award and Audience Award Best Documentary at the Dallas Film Fest
Award and Audience
Award Best Documentary at the Dallas Film Fest
Award Best
Documentary at the Dallas Fil
Documentary at the Dallas Film Festival.
Other films from Cannes making their US debut at Telluride include the Russian «Loveless,»
directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, about an unhappy couple searching for their son, and winner of Cannes» Jury Prize; «A Man of Integrity,» by Mohammad Rasoulof, set in corrupt Iranian society, which won the Grand Prize of the Un Certain Regard section; «The Rider,» by Chloe Zhao, about a badly injured young South Dakotan rodeo rider, which won the top prize, the Art Cinema
Award, of the Director's Fortnight; «Tesnota (Closeness),» about a Jewish family forced to try to ransom their son and his new bride, also in Un Certain Regard, by Kantemir Balagov; and Barbet Schroeder's
documentary about a Buddhist monk, «Le venerable W.»
The World Cinema
Directing Award:
Documentary was presented to Project Nim,
directed by James Marsh, who explores the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who was taught to communicate with language as he was raised and nurtured like a human child.
The World Cinema Audience
Award:
Documentary was presented to The Square (Al Midan),
directed by Jehane Noujaim — What does it mean to risk your life for your ideals?
The
Directing Award:
Documentary was presented to Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles,
directed by Jon Foy.
The fund supports feature - length
documentaries in postproduction, and previous winners include Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson's American Promise, Shaul Schwartz's Narco Cultura, and Zachary Heinzerling's Cutie and the Boxer, which won the Sundance
Directing Award for
documentary and is up for an Oscar this year for Best Documenta
documentary and is up for an Oscar this year for Best
DocumentaryDocumentary Feature.
The World Cinema Audience
Award:
Documentary was presented to Senna,
directed by Asif Kapadia; written by Manish Pandey, about legendary racing driver and Brazilian hero Ayrton Senna, taking us on the ultimate journey of what it means to become the greatest when faced with the constant possibility of death.
A U.S.
Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking was presented to American Promise, directed by Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson — This intimate documentary follows the 12 - year journey of two African - American families pursuing the promise of opportunity through the education of
Documentary Special Jury
Award for Achievement in Filmmaking was presented to American Promise,
directed by Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson — This intimate
documentary follows the 12 - year journey of two African - American families pursuing the promise of opportunity through the education of
documentary follows the 12 - year journey of two African - American families pursuing the promise of opportunity through the education of their sons.
The Audience
Award:
Documentary was presented to Blood Brother,
directed by Steve Hoover — Rocky went to India as a disillusioned tourist.
The Excellence in Cinematography
Award:
Documentary was presented to The Redemption of General Butt Naked,
directed by Eric Strauss and Daniele Anastasion; cinematographers: Eric Strauss, Ryan Hill and Peter Hutchens.
The Editing
Award: U.S.
Documentary was presented to Gideon's Army,
directed by Dawn Porter — Gideon's Army follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget.
He
directed the Oscar - and Emmy - nominated
documentary «How to Survive a Plague,» which has received a Peabody Award, numerous festival honors, including from the Gotham Awards, the International Documentary Association, and the New York Film Crit
documentary «How to Survive a Plague,» which has received a Peabody
Award, numerous festival honors, including from the Gotham
Awards, the International
Documentary Association, and the New York Film Crit
Documentary Association, and the New York Film Critics Circle.
BEST PICTURE: «Birdman» ROBERT ALTMAN
AWARD FOR BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN
DIRECTING: Richard Linklater — «Boyhood» BEST ACTOR: Michael Keaton — «Birdman» BEST ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike — «Gone Girl» BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Edward Norton — «Birdman» BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette — «Boyhood» ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicholas Glocobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo — «Birdman» ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Gillian Robespierre — «Obvious Child» BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: «The Lego Movie» BEST
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: «CitizenFour» BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: «Ida» (Poland) VINCE KOEHLER
AWARD FOR BEST SCI - FI, FANTASY or HORROR FILM: «The Babadook»
• «Exit Through the Gift Shop», an inventive puzzle of a
documentary about street art directed by the artist known as Bansky, won the Best First Feature prize in addition to the Allan King Documen
documentary about street art
directed by the artist known as Bansky, won the Best First Feature prize in addition to the Allan King
DocumentaryDocumentary Award.
Audience
Award for
Documentary Feature Film: «Skid Row Marathon,»
directed by Mark Hayes.
Academy -
award winning director William Friedkin discusses his early career — including making
documentaries for David L. Wolper, working for Alfred Hitchcock and what he learned from studying his films, and
directing his first movie Good Times (1967), starring Sonny and Cher; how his career path led to making The Exorcist, his initial reaction to reading the source material, the story's theme of Good versus Evil, and the role his own faith played in his approach to making the movie; the techniques he used to generate suspense and fear in the audience, his use of subliminal imagery, and his reasons for recently restoring deleted footage to the film.
Best Feature Winner: «Moonrise Kingdom» «Bernie» «The Loneliest Planet» «The Master» «Middle Of Nowhere» Best
Documentary Winner: «How To Survive A Plague» «Detropia» «Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present» «Room 237» «The Waiting Room» Best Ensemble Performance Winner: «Your Sister's Sister» «Bernie» «Moonrise Kingdom» «Safety Not Guaranteed» «Silver Linings Playbook» Breakthrough Actor Winner: Emayatzy Corinealdi («Middle Of Nowhere») Mike Birbiglia («Sleepwalk With Me») Thure Lindhardt («Keep The Lights On») Melanie Lynskey («Hello, I Must Be Going») Quvenzhané Wallis («Beasts Of The Southern Wild») Breakthrough Director Winner: Benh Zeitlin («Beasts Of The Southern Wild») Zal Batmanglij («Sound Of My Voice») Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky («Francine») Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin («Now, Forager») Antonio Méndez Esparza («Aquí y Allá») Calvin Klein Female Filmmaker
Award Stacie Passon («Concussion») Bingham Ray
Award Benh Zeitlin («Beasts Of The Southern Wild») Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You «An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty» (written and
directed by Terence Nance) Gotham Independent Film Audience
Award «Artifact»
Her latest feature, The Queen of Versailles, premiered at Sundance in 2012, where Greenfield received the
Directing Award for U.S.
Documentary.
«Life Itself,» the acclaimed
documentary directed by Steve James about iconic film critic Roger Ebert, will receive the award for Best Documentary at the African American Film Critics Association's awards gala on Wednesday, February 4th, at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood,
documentary directed by Steve James about iconic film critic Roger Ebert, will receive the
award for Best
Documentary at the African American Film Critics Association's awards gala on Wednesday, February 4th, at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood,
Documentary at the African American Film Critics Association's
awards gala on Wednesday, February 4th, at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, California.
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