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The Venice Film Festival wrapped up yesterday with a historic win for The Shape of Water which snatched the Golden Lion from other acclaimed films including Foxtrot (Grand Jury Prize).

The actor went on to appear in many popular and critically acclaimed films including YOUNG CHURCHILL (1972), THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1973), THE FOUR MUSKETEERS (1974) and ZULU DAWN (1979) but throughout his career Ward returned again and again to the horror genre.

He's a brilliant writer (known for being a co-author of Wes Anderson's critically - acclaimed films including «Rushmore» and «The Royal Tennenbaums), though he's never acted a day in his life (with possibly the exception of his role in «The Minus Man»).

Her critically acclaimed films include Othello (1965), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), California Suite (1978), Clash of the Titans (1981), A Room with a View (1985), and Gosford Park (2001).

Not exact matches

Combining with Disney are 21st Century Fox's critically acclaimed film production businesses, including Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox 2000, which together offer diverse and compelling storytelling businesses and are the homes of Avatar, X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool, as well as The Grand Budapest Hotel, Hidden Figures, Gone Girl, The Shape of Water and The Martian — and its storied television creative units, Twentieth Century Fox Television, FX Productions and Fox21, which have brought The Americans, This Is Us, Modern Family, The Simpsons and so many more hit TV series to viewers across the globe.

She has served as executive producer of four documentary films, including Kicking It, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival; A Powerful Noise, which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival; She Is the Matador; and The Other City, a critically acclaimed portrayal of the HIV / AIDS crisis in Washington, DC, which premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

This interstellar film from acclaimed director Denis Villaneuve did manage to score quite a few nominations, including one for Best Picture.

Some of the most acclaimed American films are highlighted with lively production anecdotes and firsthand thematic reflections, including Singing in the Rain, On the Waterfront, The Sound of Music, The Sting, and Tender Mercies.

Recent and upcoming releases include the romance - horror hybrid Spring; the hotly - anticipated The Look Of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animals.

TakePart is the digital news and lifestyle magazine from Participant Media, the company behind such acclaimed documentaries as CITIZENFOUR, An Inconvenient Truth and Food, Inc. and feature films including Lincoln and Spotlight.

In 2006, Rhys Meyers also earned critical acclaim for his role in the Woody Allen film MATCH POINT, which was nominated for three Golden Globes ®, including Best Picture.

She appeared in a number of series, including the popular crime drama Cracker and such costume extravaganzas as Jane Eyre and Emma.Morton became known to an international film audience in 1997, when she won wide acclaim for her wrenching, fearless portrayal of a young woman driven to promiscuous behavior by the death of her mother in Carine Adler's Under the Skin.

The legendary Japanese director has created some of the most critically - acclaimed animated films of the last 20 years, including PRINCESS MONONOKE and SPIRITED AWAY (for which he won an Oscar), but I've foolishly avoided his work.

The script was written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, and the film features an acclaimed ensemble cast including Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bradley Whitford and Zach Woods.

Her film work includes THE GREEN MILE, A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, and TOMBSTONE, to name a few, but she is perhaps best known for playing Trixie in the critically acclaimed television drama DEADWOOD, and was nominated for a SAG Award ® for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2007.

There are no obvious hits in its lineup, though the studio has once again enlisted major or critically acclaimed directors, including Imitation Game helmer Morten Tyldum (for the sci - fi film Passengers), Paul Feig (for a female Ghostbusters reboot), Antoine Fuqua (a Magnificent Seven remake co-written by True Detective's Nic Pizzolatto), Ron Howard (Inferno), and Ang Lee (Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk).

Other recent films include PRISONERS opposite Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal; OBLIVION, opposite Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman; the blockbuster OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Freeman and Aaron Eckhart; Robert Zemeckis's critically acclaimed drama FLIGHT, with Denzel Washington; THE EQUALIZER which reunited her with both Fuqua and Washington.

Additional highlights of his previous film credits include HERCULES, CUBAN FURY, JACK AND THE GIANT SLAYER, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN, starring in, and co-producing, the motion picture 44 INCH CHEST, Woody Allen's SCOOP, and voice over acting in the highly - acclaimed animated features, CORALINE, SHREK THE THIRD, KUNG FU PANDA, and THE GOLDEN COMPASS.

The film screened at several festivals, including Sundance, and it earned a fair amount of critical acclaim.

Both Soderbergh and Shyamalan would continue to feature her such films as Ocean's Twelve and The Village, as Jones continued to rack up acclaim for her stage work, including a Best Actress Tony in 2005 for John Patrick Shanley's Doubt.

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 Silence.

Since then he has directed, produced and distributed multiple film and TV projects, including the critically acclaimed FX television series, 30 DAYS, and the films WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OSAMA BIN LADEN?

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.

One of the most talented, influential, and iconoclastic filmmakers of all time, Brian De Palma's career started in the 60s and has included such acclaimed and diverse films as Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Blow Out, Scarface, The Untouchables, Carlito's Way, and Mission: Impossible.

His father, acclaimed character actor John Carradine, worked on two films with Hepburn, including «Mary of Scotland» (1936).

After appearing in about a half a dozen or so critically - acclaimed films in 2015, including «Far from the Madding Crowd» and «A Little Chaos,» brooding Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts...

With her observational style favouring the minimalist movie movement, her four films to date have garnered a slew of acclaim, including the SIGNIS prize at the 2010 Venice Film Festival for the revisionist western Meek's Cutoff.

During his embattled five - decade career, Polanski has helmed a long list of acclaimed films, including «Knife in the Water,» «Repulsion,» «Cul - de-Sac,» «Rosemary's Baby,» «Macbeth,» «Chinatown,» and «The Pianist.»

In any given year, Grauman's Chinese Theatre hosts over 40 red carpet film premieres and since it opened, it has hosted three Academy Award (R) ceremonies and numerous world premieres, including those for internationally - acclaimed film franchises, such as Star Wars and Harry Potter.

The 2015 Japan Film Festival of San Francisco is adding 16 acclaimed films to its programming — including Best Animated Feature Oscar - nominee The Tale of Princess Kaguya and Studio Ghibli's latest film, When Marnie Was There (Pictured).

Instead, it is betting more on its self - financed productions, which include the new film by the acclaimed Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos set in the 18th - century court of Britain's Queen Anne.

The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Lions.

Joining Gerwig, Nolan, Peele, and Villeneuve in the Best Director category is Sean Baker, whose The Florida Project competes in 5 categories, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Willem Dafoe's acclaimed performance, and a nomination for Best Youth Performance for the film's star, 7 - year - old Brooklynn Prince.

Recently - supported acclaimed Sundance films include RaMell Ross» Hale County This Morning This Evening (2018); Raoul Peck's I Am Not Your Negro (2016); Feras Fayyad's Last Men in Aleppo (2017); Yance Ford's Strong Island (2017); and Josh Kriegman's Weiner (2016).

After appearing in about a half a dozen or so critically - acclaimed films in 2015, including «Far from the Madding Crowd» and «A Little Chaos,» brooding Belgian actor

Amy Adams, already a five - time nominee, had been widely - tipped to pick up another nomination for her performance in acclaimed sci - fi film Arrival, which has been nominated for eight awards including Best Picture.

Her short film Our Rhineland has garnered broad acclaim, including a Director's guild of America Student Film Award and an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences College Television Award.

Rialto's past releases include Renoir's Grand Illusion, both in 1999 and in a new 4K restoration for its 75th anniversary in 2012; Carol Reed's The Third Man; Fellini's Nights of Cabiria (for the first time in its «director's cut»); Jules Dassin's Rififi; Godard's Breathless, Contempt, Band of Outsiders, Masculine Feminine, Le Petit Soldat, Alphaville, and the U.S. premiere of his Made in U.S.A.; Kurosawa's Ran; Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie; Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au Grisbi; Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar and Diary of a Country Priest; Resnais» Last Year at Marienbad; the U.S. premiere of the original, uncut Japanese version of Godzilla; the U.S. premiere of the complete, uncut version of Jean - Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge; the U.S. premiere of Melville's Army of Shadows, which became the most critically - acclaimed film of 2006; the U.S. premiere of Claude Sautet's Max et les Ferrailleurs; and Robin Hardy's definitive cut of The Wicker Man.

Gabrielle's impressive film credits include the critically - acclaimed «Cadillac Records,» «The Perfect Holiday,» «Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls,»» «Bad Boys II,» «Breakin» All the Rules,» «Deliver Us From Eva,» «Bring It On,» «Two Can Play That Game,» «Love & Basketball,» «Cradle to the Grave,» «Ten Things I Hate About You,» «The Brothers,» «The Honeymooners,» «Meet Dave» and «She's All That.»

Her other film credits include the critically acclaimed feature «Safety Not Guaranteed,» «Ned Rifle,» «The To Do List,» «A Driftless Area,» «Scott Pilgrim vs. The World,» and «Funny People,» among many others.

Acclaimed films omitted from the list include Angelina Jolie's «First They Killed My Father» from Cambodia and Robin Campillo's «BPM (Beats Per Minute)» from France.

His first real brush with international acclaim came with «Dead Alive» in 1992 (also known as «Braindead»), which was a gory zombie flick that included some of the most gruesome, outlandish and hilarious effects seen on film since Sam Raimi's «Evil Dead 2.»

The Salesman (or Forushande) is both written and directed by prominent Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, of many acclaimed films previously including About Elly, A Separation (which was nominated for Best Screenplay in 2011), and The Past.

Critically acclaimed director Asghar Farhadi, whose credits include 2011's Oscar - winning A Separation, once again holds no punches in stripping back the thin veneer that shields humanity from our most basic instincts in his latest film, The Salesman.

The film is the latest effort and first studio production from critically acclaimed writer / director Jeff Nichols, whose previous releases include Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud.

An extensive selection of work from across the world is presented including the World Premieres of William English's HEATED GLOVES and THE HOST, in which director Miranda Pennell delves deeper into her past and her late parents» involvement with the Anglo Iranian Oil Company (BP); Ben Rivers» THE SKY TREMBLES AND THE EARTH IS AFRAID AND THE TWO EYES ARE NOT BROTHERS, the feature element of Ben's current Artangel installation at BBC White City; EVENT FOR A STAGE by Tacita Dean, a filmed presentation of her live theatrical happening in collaboration with actor Stephen Dillane at the 2014 Sydney Biennial; the European Premiere of Omer Fast's REMAINDER, a London - set thriller adapted from Tom McCarthy's acclaimed novel of the same name; the European Premiere of INVENTION which highlights the possibilities of camera movement and the development of artistic apparatus and Kevin Jerome Everson's PARK LANES, set in an American bowling alley over the course of a day.

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Still, for all the acclaim it has received, Zhao is well aware that a small - scale film such as «The Rider» — the cast of which consists entirely of non-professional actors, including Jandreau's father, Tim, his sister Lilly and several of his friends — is in a lopsided battle for attention against studio behemoths such as Dwayne Johnson's «Rampage» and the upcoming «Avengers: Infinity War.»

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, receiving critical acclaim, it features a cast that includes Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Ann Dowd, Milly Shapiro, and Alex Wolff; take a look below...

Coogler then went on to attend the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where he directed short films that received critical acclaim, including the Jack Nicholson Award for Achievement in Directing.