Sentences with phrase «writer director david»

It Follows is the second feature from writer director David Robert Mitchell and stars Linda Boston, Caitlin Burt, and Heather Fairbanks.

Not exact matches

Well, a former SNL director — who also happens to be lead writer of the David Spade comedy «Joe Dirt» — was behind it, and Stewart was recruited only after the first actress suffered a «nervous breakdown» right before filming.

On one hand, writer / director David Ayer is arguably one of the five most influential Christians in Hollywood, with acclaimed credits like End of Watch and Fury on his resume.

It took me nineteen years of research and three books (The Final Revolution, Witness to Hope, and The End and the Beginning) to do what executive producer Carl Anderson and writer / director David Naglieri have done in ninety - three minutes of gripping videography and marvelous graphics: explain how and why John Paul played a pivotal, indeed indispensable, role in the greatest drama of the last quarter of the twentieth century, the collapse of European communism.

David Levy (president of the Caucus of Producers, Directors, and Writers) explained that some twenty years ago such sponsors as Kraft, Hallmark, and Texaco normally purchased a whole

David Levy (president of the Caucus of Producers, Directors, and Writers) explained that some twenty years ago such sponsors as Kraft, Hallmark, and Texaco normally purchased a whole series of programs on television, but that today sponsors only purchase time — a few minutes of spot advertising on many different programs.

On one hand, writer / director David Ayer is arguably one of the five most influential Christians in Hollywood, with acclaimed credits like

David Levy (President of the Caucus of Producers, Directors, and Writers) explains that some 20 years ago sponsors normally purchased a whole series of programs on television or radio — Kraft, Hallmark, Texaco, and so on — but that today sponsors only purchase time — a few minutes of spot advertising on many different programs.

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By the early 1980s writer - director David S. Ward should have been a happy man.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Bill and Hillary Clinton, former president / senator, NY John Bradshaw, psychologist and author Dick Ebersol and Susan St. James, television executive and actress Stephen J. Cannell, TV writer - producer - director (The Rockford Files and many others) Willie Nelson, musician, has a Montessori school on his ranch Patty Duke Austin, actress Cher Bono, singer - actress Michael Douglas, singer - actress Yul Brynner, actor Marcy Carcy, TV producer Shari Lewis, puppeteer Yo Yo Ma, cellist David Blaine, street magician

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Some well - known people have received honours this year including: • actor Kenneth Branagh receives a knighthood, Kate Winslet a CBE and Jenny Agutter an OBE • architect Zaha Hadid receives a DBE, opera director David McVicar is knighted, and comic writer Grant Morrison gets an MBE • there were MBEs for world number one ranked golfer Luke Donald, Welsh rugby union player Shane Williams and former England goalkeeper David James • satirist Armando Iannucci gets an OBE, and there are CBEs for journalist Peter Riddell and cookery writer Mary Berry • there were OBEs for singer - songwriter Gary Barlow who organised the Queen's Jubilee Concert, and Sarah Burton, designer of Kate Middleton's wedding dress

Both William Olaf Stapledon, early twentieth century philosopher and science fiction author, and Professor Sir David Weatherall, distinguished medical scientist, have strong ties to Liverpool; and Birmingham has historically been home to a wide range of humanist thinkers like John Baskerville, nineteenth century avowed atheist and renown printer, Harold Blackham, first director of the BHA; George Holyoake, nineteenth century writer who coined the term «secularism», sex education pioneer Martin Cole, leading international humanist and philosopher - physicist Sir Harry Stopes - Roe; and writer and comedian Natalie Haynes.

Additionally, highly visible former Columbia College students in recent years include President Barack Obama, former Attorneys General Eric Holder and Michael Mukasey, New York Governor David Paterson, New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg, New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves, political advisor and commentator George Stephanopoulos, actors Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anna Paquin, Casey Affleck, Amanda Peet, Matthew Fox, George Segal, Julia Stiles, Cinta Laura, and Kate McKinnon, radio personality Max Kellerman, directors Jim Jarmusch, Brian De Palma and Bill Condon, writer Paul Auster, historian Eric Foner, economist Michael Wolf, the chart - topping alt - rock band Vampire Weekend, and Grammy Award - winning R&B singer and songwriter Alicia Keys.

Ann Druyan (writer / producer), David Latham (Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, astronomer), Aleksander Wolszczan (director, Center for Exoplanets & Habitable Worlds, Pennsylvania State University), Didier Queloz (Cambridge University, astronomer), Bill Borucki (NASA Ames, PI Kepler Mission), Natalie Bathala (NASA Ames, Kepler mission scientist), Jonathan Lunine (director, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University), Dimitar Sasselov (director, Harvard Origins of Life Initiative), Lynn Rothschield (NASA Ames, evolutionary biologist), Lisa Kaltenegger (director, Institute for Pale Blue Dots, Cornell University)

Yes, writer - director David Thorpe does indeed sound gay.

Title: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives Director: Tom McLoughlin Writer: Tom McLoughlin Release Date: August 1st, 1986 Cast: Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, Renee Jones Cliff's Notes: In an attempt to confirm the Jason is dead, Tommy Jarvis accidentally helps bring everyone's favorite goalie back from the dead.

Title: The Faculty Director: Robert Rodriguez Writer (s): David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel (Story); Kevin Williamson (Screenplay) Release Date: December 25, 1998 Cast: Elijah Wood, Josh Hartnett, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Jon Stewart -LRB-!)

Megamind Starring: Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross, and Brad Pitt Director: Tom McGrath Writers: Alan J. Schoolcraft & Brent Simons Studio: Dreamworks Rated PG Time: 96 minutes

Upon all these folks, writer - director David O. Russell turns a bland, almost anthropological eye.

Not much: The filmmakers — among them Tsotsi director Gavin Hood and 25th Hour writer David Benioff, no joke — relegate the most interesting parts of Logan's early story to an opening - credits sequence that dashes from his 1845 childhood to the Civil War to the Vietnam War in a span of seconds.

Venue: Sundance Film Festival (Competing) Production companies: Nonetheless Productions, Extraordinary Renditions, First Birthday Production Cast: Joe Seo, Youn Ho Cho, Haerry Kim, Tae Song, Eric Jeong, Janice Pak, Angie Kim, Kahyun Kim, Ho Young Chung, Linda Han, Esteban Andres Cruz Writer - director: Andrew Ahn Producers: David Ariniello, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Kelly Thomas Executive producers: Il Ahn, Terry Ahn, Mattia Bogianchino, Beatrice Camerana, James Kuan, Marco Mazzonetto Director of photography: Ki Jin Kim Production designer: Hyein Ki Costume designer: Emily Moran Editor: Yannis Chalkiadakis Casting: Julia Kim Sales: The Film Salesdirector: Andrew Ahn Producers: David Ariniello, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Kelly Thomas Executive producers: Il Ahn, Terry Ahn, Mattia Bogianchino, Beatrice Camerana, James Kuan, Marco Mazzonetto Director of photography: Ki Jin Kim Production designer: Hyein Ki Costume designer: Emily Moran Editor: Yannis Chalkiadakis Casting: Julia Kim Sales: The Film SalesDirector of photography: Ki Jin Kim Production designer: Hyein Ki Costume designer: Emily Moran Editor: Yannis Chalkiadakis Casting: Julia Kim Sales: The Film Sales Company

While the previous films in the series have been just that — parts of a sequence designed to get us here, each with their own beginning and end — the first and second parts of Deathly Hallows are two halves of the same film, and to approach them as separate entities means missing just what director David Yates, writer Steve Kloves, and a host of storytellers and performers have done: They've made a five - hour fantasy epic that balances effects - driven battles with some very real character moments, and one that isn't afraid to have its heroes pay a high price for their convictions.

For better or for worse the movie belongs to Sheen, who does manage to generate enough intensity to hold writer - director David Twohy's unwieldy story together.

Though silly and far - fetched, Baggage Claim remains an enjoyable romp, mostly due to its ensemble's energetic playing and writer / director David E. Talbert's breathless pacing.

Year Released: 2000 MPAA Rating: PG - 13 Director: Jonathan Mostow Writers: Jonathan Mostow, Sam Montgomery, David Ayer Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, Jake Weber, Erik Palladino, Matthew Settle, David Keith, Thomas Kretschmann.

But in between, without losing momentum, fourth - time series director David Yates and writer Steve Kloves (who scripted seven of the eight films) insert key pieces of the pasts of Prof. Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) and the ever - fascinating, poetically tragic Prof. Severus Snape (the ever - fascinating Alan Rickman).

Those in charge of wrapping up the story — Kloves again as writer and David Yates in his fourth term as director — assume that everyone knows everything that has happened up to this moment.

Joseph Gordon - Levitt is a bike messenger with an envelope that dirty cop Michael Shannon desperately wants in this late summer action thriller from writer / director David Koepp.

American producer / director / writer David Swift cut his professional teeth as an animator at Walt Disney Studios before becoming a radio and television writer.

Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara go on the run in this comedy from director Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses, The Proposal, The Guilt Trip) and writers David Feeney (New Girl) and John Quaintance (Undateable).

Barely twenty, Lawrence suddenly had her pick of Hollywood's projects and she chose wisely, collaborating with writer - director David O. Russell to the tune of an Oscar win and acclaim.

Indiewire's David Ehrlich claims it's «miraculous» and «among the very best of the writer - director's delicate, deceptive, and profoundly moving dramas about the forces that hold a family together.»

Writer - director David Ayer doesn't have the right graphic technique for a comic - book - style jamboree — he's strictly a noirish - pulp guy — and the characters, all of whom are promisingly introduced, fizzle fast.

The film also reunites Cuarón with his Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban producer David Heyman and was co-written by Cuarón, his son Jonás Cuarón, and writer / director Rodrigo García (Albert Nobbs).

Coming off the success of the horror film It Follows, writer - director David Robert Mitchell shifts into noir with his latest feature, but the results appear to be much less favorable.

Writer - director David Seltzer times Punchline like a good joke; he continually sets up for the expected, then pulls a last - minute fast one, keeping the film lively and unpredictable throughout.

For the first half hour or so, writer / director David Veloz (one of the screenwriters credited on Natural Born Killers) strains unsuccessfully to impress us with fashionable non-continuity edits and some clipped dialogue that aspires to be taken as sardonic humor.

First - time writer - director David Robert Mitchell tells a coming - of - age tale with such freshness and such bemused insight it's as if it has never been told before.

As for the substance behind this series, no matter how much the final product both bloats and hurries itself along, it's hard as all get - out to deny the value within Alex Haley's «factional» tale, which is rich with the potential for compellingness and thematic depth that, more often than not, recieves justice from teleplay writer and source material book completer David Stevens, who draws lively characterization and depth, which in turn recieves its own bit of justice from director John Erman.

Akin to hip - hop culture's misappropriation of Scarface as a tale of gangsta empowerment, writer - director Michael Caleo crudely latches onto the surface misanthropy of David Mamet's work to fuel his forgettable first feature.

[PICTURED] Writer - director David Ayer returns to World War II with this story of a tank crew on one final mission during the final days of the war.

This debut feature from writer - director David Veloz, based on a 1995 autobiography, starkly retells Stahl's rise and fall in LA - LA - land over the course of a multi-day shack - up with ex-addict Kitty (E.R.'s Maria Bello), a sucker for rehab patients who coaxes him away from a dead - end job (in, appropriately, Phoenix) in favor of sex (initially as frigid as the frozen chicken he was hacking at only hours earlier at his fast - food outpost) and conversation.

Writer / director Chris Kelly's debut feature sums it up in a scene between David and an old friend named Gabe (John Early).

Writer / director David Caesar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times, clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well - made pizza.

For David (Joe Seo), the doubtful protagonist of Spa Night, these encounters are an introduction to the bathhouse's kinesthetic vernacular, but for writer - director Andrew Ahn, such exchanges also reflect forms of being and becoming that occur outside its walls.

The upcoming horror film «Scream 4» from writer Kevin Williamson (The Vampire Diaries) by director Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Cursed, Red Eye) stars Courteney Cox (Cougar Town, Scrubs), Neve Campbell (The Simpsons, Vivaldi, Owl Song), David Arquette (Pushing Daisies, Hamlet 2, Conception) and produced by Bob and Harvey Weinstein (Halloween III, Inglourious Basterds, Piranha 3 - D).