Sentences with phrase «feature film director for»

Brenda Chapman, an animation writer - director with a storied career (Disney's The Lion King, DreamWorks» The Prince of Egypt), made headlines three years ago when she penned a New York Times op - ed addressing her painful experience being removed as the first female feature film director for Pixar's Brave, a mother - daughter fairytale she created, and replaced by a male colleague.

Not exact matches

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

Immediately following the screening of the film, I'll be introducing a panel discussion featuring the film makers along with celebrity chef Monica Pope (Bravo Top Chef Masters and a Food & Wine Best New Chef); Recipe for Success «s Director of Operations, chef Molly Graham; and Brian Giles, General Manager of Houston ISD / Aramark Food Services.

With his experience after producing TV commercials for clients such as: Nike, BMW and Mercedes, culminating in the classic «Joga Bonito» World Cup campaign for Nike, Tim Elliott started collaborating with feature film directors as a ghost writer and creative assistant.

These are some reviews of the features released in 2005 that have generated the most discussion and interest among film critics and / or the Batman begins making a name for himself just as the flamboyant Joker takes over the Mafia in director Tim Burton's adaptation of the comic book.

Written by Being John Malkovich scribe Charlie Kaufman, Human Nature was the feature debut from acclaimed music - video director Michel Gondry and featured Arquette as a woman cursed with a coat of fur covering her body.As the decade progressed, audiences could see Arquette in projects ranging from the star - studded documentary Searching for Debra Winger to the sleeper family film Holes.

As schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie star.

The feature, Actors in Search of a Story, applauds the entire cast of the film (right down to the woman who plays Harold's psychologist for about two minutes of screen time), Building the Team profiles director Marc Forster and some of his crew, and Words on a Page focuses on budding young screenwriter Zach Helm.

Phyllida Lloyd makes her feature film directorial debut an uneven one; she's a leading British theatre director who is noted for her work in opera and directed the original stage production.

Writer / director Dylan Kidd got a chance to make his script for Roger Dodger into a feature film when he boldly approached Campbell Scott in a café in Greenwich Village and made his pitch.

The film reps a new career high for director Dee Rees, whose remarkable 2011 debut feature Pariah is a semi-autobiographical deep dive into a black girl's struggles with coming out.

Director Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station & Creed) enters «the big leagues» with Marvel's Black Panther, a somewhat monumental feat for the studio that has mostly featured films that skew towards the white male demographic.

On the feature film side, Jackson starred opposite Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, and Catherine Zeta Jones in LAY THE FAVORITE for director Stephen Frears and, in INESCAPABLE opposite Marisa Tomei.

Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

Jeunet, the imaginative French director behind such films as Amélie, Micmacs, and The City of Lost Children, turns to Reif Larsen's novel The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet as the source for only his second English - language feature (the first being Alien: Resurrection) and first shot in 3D.

Sandbox was nominated for a Juno Award, East Coast Music Awards, and a Casby Award.Smith has mixed sound for such films as The Weight of Water and Serendipity.He had been a long - time friend of Trailer Park Boys director Mike Clattenburg, and met Robb Wells (Ricky), and John Paul Tremblay (Julian) while sound mixing on the original TPB feature.

The former music video director's first feature film since 2004's Birth is based on the satirical debut novel by Michel Faber, which centers on an extraterrestrial who comes to Scotland to pick up unsuspecting hitchhikers and bring them to her corporate bosses for use as meat.

It's ultimately clear, however, that Fear and Desire simply isn't able to justify its feature - length running time (ie the whole thing feels padded - out even at 61 minutes), with the movie's less - than - consistent vibe paving the way for a second half that could hardly be less interesting or anti-climactic - which does, in the end, confirm the film's place as a fairly ineffective first effort that does, at least, highlight the eye - catching visual sensibilities of its preternaturally - talented director.

Since the 2013 film «Drinking Buddies,» Swanberg has been working with Hollywood actors — indeed, with stars — and his new feature, «Digging for Fire,» made on a likely scant budget, has a cast that any director could envy.

Since the 2013 film «Drinking Buddies,» Swanberg has been working with Hollywood actors — indeed, with stars — and his new feature, «Digging for Fire,» made on a likely scant budget, has a cast that any director could envy, including Jake Johnson (who co-wrote the film with Swanberg), Rosemary DeWitt, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Orlando Bloom, Mike Birbiglia, Judith Light, Sam Elliott, Jane Adams, Ron Livingston, Melanie Lynskey, and Jenny Slate.

His lead role in the Bulgarian feature film THE ISLAND was chosen for Director's Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival 2010.

A largely self - congratulatory promotion for the musical, the video features interviews with film screenwriter Herlihy, Broadway director John Rando, choreographer Rob Ashford and stage star Stephen Lynch.

After winning an Oscar for his short film «Six Shooter», director Martin McDonagh's first feature length dares to combine a crime thriller with comedy and the results are surprisingly good.

A bit more suspense would have gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned in a slick - looking feature for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better films out there in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.

Swanberg has 17 feature film credits as a director on his IMDb page, and he hasn't even been directing for a decade.

From his early days as a fresh and creative music video director for artists such as Fatboy Slim, The Beastie Boys, and Björk, Spike Jonze has continued his unique style and original approach with his feature length films, effectively carving out niche in the film industry for himself.

Transgender director Yance Ford recently scored an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature for his 2017 film «Strong Island»

This is Stuart Baird's first attempt at directing a Star Trek feature, but his career as editor and also as director for decent films like Executive Decision and U.S. Marshals prove he has the talent necessary to bring it all together.

Here's a scan from the recent Empire Magazine Australia featuring a story on Robert Pattinson and the upcoming film «Water for Elephants» by director Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine) starring Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1, Bel Ami) and Reese Witherspoon (This Means War, Pharm Girl).

The perfect holiday gift for romantic comedy fans of all ages, Home Again on Blu - rayTM, DVD and Digital features a bonus commentary with the director and the producer of the film, taking viewers even deeper into the heartfelt story.

The film marks the feature debut for writer - director Coralie Fargeat and stars Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, and Guillaume Bouchede; take a look below... Jen (Matilda Lutz) arrives at a remote desert villa with her millionaire -LSB-...]

The director: Markus Schleinzer (Austria) The talent: An actor and accomplished casting director — whose credits in the latter field include several films by his compatriots Michael Haneke and Jessica Hausner — 39 year - old Schleinzer has cast his debut feature as writer - director with several actors he previously tapped for other directors» films.

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.

His narrative feature debut, Tornando a casa (Sailing Home) won the director several awards at international film festivals in 2001 and was nominated for Best First Feature at the Italian Golden feature debut, Tornando a casa (Sailing Home) won the director several awards at international film festivals in 2001 and was nominated for Best First Feature at the Italian Golden Feature at the Italian Golden Globes.

They'd been friends with the film's director, David Gordon Green, for nearly a decade, ever since he gave the Austin, Texas - based experimental - rock instrumental quartet its first significant movie placement in his 2003 film All The Real Girls (which happened to feature a young Zooey Deschanel as a co-lead).

Eclipsemovie.org just posted a set of brand new photos featuring Robert Pattinson in the upcoming film «Water for Elephants» by director Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine) and starring Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Bel Ami) and Reese Witherspoon (This Means War, Pharm Girl).

With a feature film reboot of Red Sonja stuck in development hell for the best part of a decade now, it seems that the character may be heading to the small screen, with Bleeding Cool reporting that X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer is developing an R - rated TV series.

Also, this is Grandage's first feature film; he was previously a theater actor turned theater director and has won several distinguished awards, including the Laurence Olivier theater award for Best Director for «Caligula» director and has won several distinguished awards, including the Laurence Olivier theater award for Best Director for «Caligula» Director for «Caligula» in 2004.

In addition, casting directors are looking for children and men and women with dwarfism to work on the upcoming feature film.

A24 has revealed the first teaser trailer for an eerie horror - thriller titled It Comes at Night, the second feature film from Trey Edward Shults, the director of last year's Krisha.

Baskin We're all super psyched for this feature film debut by Turkish supernatural cop shooter from director Can Evrenol.

The director manages to make us care about the characters featured, and we have a constant want for them to win — which is all that matters in a film of this kind.

On another track, actor Topher Grace joins writer - director Paul Weitz for a respectable feature - length commentary in which they mock Grace's Agent Smith - like attire and mutually confess to making the film in partial tribute to their respective fathers.

Not only has the director garnered an impeccable roster of talent for his first feature film — Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit - McPhee and Ben Mendelsohn, but has taken on the genre of the mighty American Western with astonishing effect.

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has chosen Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Clint Eastwood (American Sniper), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood) and Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) as the best directors of a feature film Directors Guild of America (DGA) has chosen Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Clint Eastwood (American Sniper), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood) and Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) as the best directors of a feature film directors of a feature film for 2014.

There's little to be heard in the trailer for the latest feature film from writer / director Jason Reitman outside...

After the premiere screening at Sundance of his wonderful debut feature «Kings Of Summer,» director Jordan Vogt - Roberts — responsible for the short «Successful Alcoholics» and a veteran of «Funny Or Die Presents...» — told the audience his influences for his first feature included early Amblin films like «The Goonies» with «elements of [Terrence] Malick,» and most surprisingly, «Bad Boys II.»

Hitting different themes while being simultaneously moving and creepy, it features Kevin Spacey at the top of his game and was a breakthrough film for director Sam Mendes, who went on to direct the two most recent Bond films, «Skyfall» and «Spectre.»

A24 has revealed a third trailer for post-apocalyptic horror thriller film It Comes at Night, the second feature film from Trey Edward Shults, the director of last year's Krisha.

French director Claire Denis discusses her latest short film, Voilà l'enchaînement (2014), starring Alex Descas and Norah Krief, as well as her plans for a sci - fi feature film.