Sentences with phrase «prize winning debut»

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A Manchester - based author whose debut novel was initially rejected by British publishers has won one of the world's richest literary prizes.

Carroll Ballard's feature debut is rich in adventure, suspense and mythical elements and marks the prize - winning short - subjects director as a major talent.

This accomplished feature debut for director / co-scenarist Cutter Hodierne (expanding his 2012 Sundance grand jury prize - winning short of the same name) follows an oil tanker's hijacking and its aftermath through the primary viewpoint of a young Somali who's reluctantly taken part.

This accomplished feature debut for director / co-scenarist Cutter Hodierne (expanding his 2012 Sundance grand jury prize - winning short of the same name) follows an oil tanker's hijacking and its aftermath through -LSB-...]

Since turning heads with the intoxicating intimacy of her knockout 2009 debut, Pariah, director Dee Rees has been steadily stretching her canvas, first with the stately HBO biopic Bessie, and now with this sprawling treatment of Hillary Jordan's prize - winning 2008 book, Mudbound.

Lelio, whose lauded debut was 2005's The Sacred Family (La Sagrada Familia), previously made a splash in Berlin with 2013's Gloria, which won the Best Actress prize for Paulina Garcia that year.

A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica) debuted at the Berlin Film Festival this year and won the Silver Bear Best Screenplay prize which Lelio shared with frequent collaborator Gonzalo Maza.

Refn debuted his last two features, «Only God Forgives» and «Drive,» in competition, winning the director prize for the latter.

Four years ago, writer Alex Garland made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, a critical smash that surprised with two Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Visual Effects and further surprised by winning the Visual Effects prize.

Searching For Sugar Man won the Documentary prize, but the Outstanding Debut... award went to The Imposter's Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis.

Laurie Anderson won the Original Score prize for Heart of a Dog; Crystal Moselle received Outstanding Debut for The Wolfpack.

It's not as narratively or emotionally fluent as Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios» breakout debut Güeros (2014), another Berlinale debut which won the prize for best first film that year, but looks and sounds just as gorgeous, AND it has the same kind of melancholic charm to it.

Nyong» o (who made her feature film debut with this movie, never mind being a first - time nominee) snagged the Screen Actors Guild prize, but Lawrence did win the Golden Globe and British Academy of Film and Television Arts prize.

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.»

«Son of Saul,» a remarkable, unnerving debut feature from Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes, won the Grand Prix (second prize).

John Spain The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2014 — at $ 25,000 the world's most valuable short story collection prize — has been won by the young Mayo writer Colin Barrett for his debut collection Young Skins.

Lisa Cholodenko, who helmed the four - hour «Olive Kitteridge» for HBO, had last directed «The Kids Are All Right» to a Best Picture Oscar nomination, while Dee Rees won prizes from the Independent Spirit Awards and Gotham Film Awards for her debut feature «Pariah» before turning to «Bessie.»

Feature debut for writer - director Sara Colangelo, expanded from her prize - winning 2010 short, shows an admirable concern for the plight of -LSB-...]

It's an impressive feature debut for French filmmaker Xavier Legrand (an Oscar nominee in the short film category), who duly won the Venice jury's Silver Lion for best director, and who stands a shot at winning another prize in Toronto's Platform competition.

Feature debut for writer - director Sara Colangelo, expanded from her prize - winning 2010 short, shows an admirable concern for the plight of the American blue - collar worker and features a standout central performance by newcomer Boyd Holbrook («The Host»), but suffers from predictable plotting and shallow characterizations that keep the movie from ever transcending the obvious.

Like his 2009 debut, «Samson & Delilah,» the new film, which won a special jury prize in Venice, finds Thornton expressing a palpable anger at the brutal mistreatment of his country's Aboriginal people, in a style that melds classical western filmmaking with studied art - film longueurs.

On the film side, Sofia Coppola became the second woman ever to win the Cannes Film Festival prize for Best Director for The Beguiled, while Greta Gerwig's directorial debut, Lady Bird, is the best reviewed movie ever on Rotten Tomatoes.

Less likely to win any prizes, but still fascinating, is Louder Than Bombs, the English - language debut of Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier.

Dean has enough laughs to not feel completely hostile, and its ending is low - key enough to not feel self - indulgent, but this isn't a promising debut, even if it did win a narrative - feature jury prize.

A Mermaid Tale The tale of two mermaids who come ashore to work as nightclub performers, the ambitious first effort captured a World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Unique Vision and Design for director Agnieszka Smoczyńska to go along with the Best Debut Feature prize she won at her native Poland's Gdynia Film Festival when the film made its world premiere in September.

His post-Murrow work includes the prize - winning short, THE SHOVEL; your - own - adventure - choosing computer tale, THE ONYX PROJECT and Aaron J. Wiederspahn's lovely, literate debut feature, THE SENSATION OF SIGHT.

Andre Royo won a Best Actor prize at the SXSW Film Festival where it debuted.

In Jordan's prize - winning debut, prejudice takes many forms, both subtle and brutal.

John Rector is a prize - winning short story writer and author of the novels «The Grove,» published by AmazonEncore, and «The Cold Kiss,» which was named Best Debut Novel of 2010 by Suspense Magazine.

It won major Australian literary prizes including the 1996 National Fiction Award and was described by the Times Literary Supplement as «one of the most auspicious debuts in Australian writing.»

While it is usually tenuous to compare an author's latest novel to previous work, it does feel as if Miller wrote Circe as a conscious inversion of her prize - winning debut The Song of Achilles in nearly every aspect.

Under the Udala Trees By Chinelo Okparanta Mariner • $ 14.95 • ISBN 9780544811799 One of Granta's New Voices in 2012 and author of a prize - winning short story collection, Okparanta received the 2016 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction for this striking debut novel about a Nigerian girl's coming of age.

David Vann's dazzling debut Legend of a Suicide was reviewed in over a 150 major global publications, won 11 prizes worldwide, was on 40 «best books of the year» lists, and established its author as a literary master.

Since her debut in 1997, Laura Lippman has won virtually every major prize in the mystery - writing field and earned the highest critical praise for her Tess Monaghan series, which has been called «spectacular» (New York Times), «terrific fun» (Washington Post), «a delight» (Baltimore Sun), and «the best mystery writing around» (Village Voice).

Ecco publishes distinguished fiction and nonfiction by bestselling, prize - winning authors, as well as bold debuts from promising new voices.

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness follows her debut, The God of Small Things, which won the Booker prize in 1997

Trey Wingo, who is set to host Bracket Genius, shown on set during an unrelated ESPN aired event.ESPN debuted a new quiz show last week that pits undergraduate college students from different schools against each other in a bracket style competition to win a prize of $ 100,000.

Jason Roberts» Gorogoa won two prizes (Best Mobile Game and Innovation Award), as did Studio MDHR for Cuphead (Best Debut and Best Visual Art).

In 1991, Julien's debut feature Young Soul Rebels won the Semaine de la Critique prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

His 1989 documentary - drama exploring author Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance titled Looking for Langston garnered Julien a cult following while his 1991 debut feature Young Soul Rebels won the Semaine de la Critique prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

San Diego, CA — The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) will debut the newest beaded sculpture by MacArthur prize - winning artist Liza Lou on July 12 at its downtown location, 1100 Kettner Blvd.. The exhibition, titled Liza Lou: Color Field, will remain on viewin the Strauss Gallery through November 3, 2013.

In 1991 his debut feature film, Young Soul Rebels won the Semaine de la Critique prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Turner prize - winning British artist debuts a fresh series of her signature figurative paintings, absorbing and elegant oils populated by black men and women.