Sentences with phrase «as a screenwriter in»

Having spent decades working as a screenwriter in the studio system — credited on recognizable titles like «Hope Floats,» «Stepmom,» and «Kate & Leopold» — in the era where studios are through making romance movies, Rogers has reinvented himself thanks to the «I, Tonya» script.

She immigrated to the U.S. in 1926 after graduating from the University of Petrograd and worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood.

Huston worked as a screenwriter in the 1930s before getting his first chance to direct with The Maltese Falcon (1941).

In 1998, Condon debuted as a screenwriter in Gods and Monsters, which won him his first Academy Award.

First a reporter, he cut his teeth as a screenwriter in Berlin, notably collaborating on the screenplay for famous neo-realist precursor «People on Sunday.»

Not exact matches

Anthony Bourdain, moonlighting as a screenwriter for the HBO series Treme, worked Pappy into a scene; Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad, did the same with a bottle of WhistlePig, a rye whiskey bottled in Vermont (rye is like bourbon, except that its primary grain is rye, not corn).

According to The Independent, Redmayne is the Harry Potter author and Beasts screenwriter's choice to play Newt Scamander in a new franchise — based on a fictional Hogwarts textbook — that is described as «neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world.»

Tony Jr.'s credits include TV host, screenwriter, songwriter and sports reporter, as well as having acted in several movies.

Today Levine is a novelist and screenwriter in Los Angeles, with a life - sized cardboard cutout of Paterno gazing over his shoulder as he types.

Imagine that, and you'll know how I felt after reading Ron Fimrite's story on The Natural (A Star with Real Clout, May 7), in which you portray Roger Towne as the sole screenwriter.

Mastai is a screenwriter and this book plays out like a movie (it is also no surprise the movie rights were quickly sold) as Tom Barrens time travels from the 2016 we thought we would be living in and then must time travel into the 2016 we really live in.

At a panel discussion at GWU's School of New Media and Public Affairs on Monday, Rospars described in particular the vital role of online video content, whose power the campaign recognized from the beginning — very early in the race, Obama's team already included a videographer and screenwriter / producer squad to shoot footage both for internal / documentary purposes and (more importantly) for use in public as a persuasive tool.

And the Obama campaign used video extensively: from very early in the race, his team already included a videographer and screenwriter / producer squad to shoot footage both for internal / documentary purposes and (more importantly) for use in public as a persuasive tool.

SCREENWRITER: You might also say that scientists love acting like starlets on television news and documentaries, blogging, and self - promoting as much as anyone in movies.

Besides from being famous as the ex-husband of Madonna and an accomplished movie director and screenwriter, Guy Ritchie has some major talents to brag about, one of which is represented by a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

All three films in the American Pie series were penned by screenwriter Adam Herz and produced by Paul and Chris Weitz — who also served as directors on the original — but they have all gone through different directors; the J B Rogers - directed American Pie 2 and now American Wedding helmed by Jesse Dylan (How High).

It's a shame, then, that screenwriters Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon have opted to throw in a series of increasingly dramatic interludes, as there's just no denying that such moments come off as entirely needless and flat - out forced (ie unlike certain similarly - themed efforts, the film's more schmaltzy attributes stand out like a sore thumb).

There is also a bit of what screenwriters call «sexposition»: that is, if you have a couple of sleazy male characters discussing something important to the plot, they might as well do it in a topless bar for the added frisson.

Screenwriters / directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck take the time to examine each of these men as individuals, exploring how they exist in the unforgiving world of gambling and even delving into the question of why they are the way they are.

First - time director / screenwriter Antonio Negret details the frightening trend of kidnapping in Columbia with this tense tale of a young photographer who is abducted and held for ransom as his desperate parents scramble to raise the money that could save their child's life.

Joined by a fairly new screenwriter in terms of feature films, Liz Hannah definitely proves herself as a worthy writer as well.

Peploe, her husband Bernardo Bertolucci and screenwriter Marilyn Goldin (Camille Claudel) adapted the play by Marivaux, and in translating it from the French, they've made it sound wonderfully current as well as poetic and flowery.

As much fun as might be to see Seann William Scott ingesting dog feces, it's returning screenwriter Adam Herz's examination of his characters» hearts that keeps American Wedding from being a rote exercise in tastelessnesAs much fun as might be to see Seann William Scott ingesting dog feces, it's returning screenwriter Adam Herz's examination of his characters» hearts that keeps American Wedding from being a rote exercise in tastelessnesas might be to see Seann William Scott ingesting dog feces, it's returning screenwriter Adam Herz's examination of his characters» hearts that keeps American Wedding from being a rote exercise in tastelessness.

After taking some time off from directing and scriptwriting to appear in such films as Out of Sight (1998), Brooks resumed his director - screenwriter - actor hyphenate with The Muse (1999), starring opposite Andie MacDowell and Sharon Stone as a struggling Hollywood scriptwriter in search of divine inspiration; Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World followed in 2005.

In 1996, he served as the screenwriter and executive producer for the George Clooney schlock-fest From Dusk Till Dawn, and the following year renewed some of his earlier acclaim as the director and screenwriter of Jackie Brown.

A tiny, vivacious blonde, American actress / screenwriter Bess Meredyth entered films as an extra in 1914.

After spending much of his primary and secondary school education in an alternative arts school, he studied film at New York University.Louiso began his career with minor roles in such films as Stella (1989) and Billy Bathgate (1991), the latter of which provided him with an introduction to Tom Stoppard, who was the film's screenwriter.

Biography: Sarah is a Canadian actress, singer, film director and screenwriter, better known for her role as Sarah Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea.

As a screenwriter - for this picture at least - Devos puts too much stock in his visual style to carry the meaning of a thinly plotted, snail - paced slice - of - life.

Pellington and screenwriter Alex Ross Perry make their point within the film's first few minutes and keep making it — establishing that, yes, certain objects obviously do matter to us as harbingers of the narratives we assemble out of the incidents in our lives — as if they're the first artists to broach the subject.

The two also became acquainted with novelist Ruth Prawer Jhabvala around this time; Jhabvala would become irrevocably associated with the two, acting as the screenwriter for all but a handful of their films.The trio's first films were set in India, dramas concerned with questions of cultural interplay, personal identity, and physical and emotional isolation.

As Danny Boyle's go - to screenwriter after they brought his first novel, The Beach to the big screen, they injected a shot of adrenaline to the shambling zombie genre in 2000s with 28 Days Later, and turned in a brilliantly sly theological inquiry in the form of a space adventure Sunshine.

Sarah is a Canadian actress, singer, film director and screenwriter, better known for her role as Sarah Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea.

Having assembled a talented cast, and nabbing international star Mads Mikkelsen as his lead, Arcel, whose biggest credit is screenwriter of the original 2009 version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, casts his name as a notable up and comer with this latest, an impeccable piece in its own right.

Inspired by a popular video game that was released in 1986, screenwriters Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal and Adam Sztykiel assemble a scenario that enables Dwayne Johnson to be heroic as he endeavors to save his best friend George, with the help of Dr. Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris), who formerly worked at the evil company run by Claire Wyden (Malin Akerman), and Harvey Russell (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a mercenary who begins working for the evil company and then is tempted to the side of the good guys.

As for «Rampage,» the movie feels like exactly what it is: a mega-budget studio tentpole reverse - engineered from an 8 - bit arcade classic (by no fewer than four screenwriters), designed to eat dollars in much the same way the original game gobbled quarters.

In the vein of Stephen King's THE SHINING, a screenwriter's work seems to come to life (and death) as those around him suffer a similar horrifying fate.

Screenwriters William Nicholson and Michael Hirst care little about re-creating political history as it was, but relish shooting for the Barbie doll moments in the royal court and the occasional cloak - and - dagger thriller moment (the soon to be beheaded scheming Catholic Mary Stuart, Queen of the Scots (Samantha Morton), passing notes from her prison cell to approve the assassination attempt on cousin Elizabeth), and in keeping all the scenes with the athletic looking Raleigh intentionally playful and sexually inviting.

The film had an interesting idea, but suffered from poor development and it's as if the screenwriters weren't that interested in creating a terrific final chapter in the Apes franchise.

In «A Perfect Getaway», the screenwriter and his wife, unlike the four men in the 1972 film starring Burt Reynolds, get their deliverance not just from the primitive setting, but from each other, as welIn «A Perfect Getaway», the screenwriter and his wife, unlike the four men in the 1972 film starring Burt Reynolds, get their deliverance not just from the primitive setting, but from each other, as welin the 1972 film starring Burt Reynolds, get their deliverance not just from the primitive setting, but from each other, as well.

Screenwriter William Monahan knows that arrogance and a deprecating sense of humor matter just as much as the size of your gun in the macho world of cops and the mafia, and the characters are well - armed.

Bay and screenwriter Ehren Kruger must have noticed that amphetamine - fueled mugging tested well in Revenge of the Fallen, so the third film is graced with the brilliantly hyperactive Ken Jeong — perhaps the one actor in Bay's 17 - year directing career who perfectly embodies his outsized, everything - plus - half - again - as - much style — and John Malkovich.

The screenwriter / playwrights have processed the characters» last words in ways that imbue them with as much humanity as possible.

Wild Things» journey from Point A to Point B is so convoluted and messy, it's almost as if some sad screenwriter drew a beginning and ending out of a hat and resolved to connect them with a million other plot points from that same hat in between.

The flimsy storyline ultimately exists as a springboard for a myriad of eye - rollingly quirky interludes, as screenwriters Herzog and Herbert Golder eschew anything even resembling normalcy and authenticity and instead offer up one aggressively off - the - wall sequence after another (ie two men stop in mid-conversation and stare directly into the camera, while a tuxedoed Verne Troyer lurks in the background).

Born in 1937 in West Cliff - on - Sea, England, screenwriter - turned - director Dick Clement cut his teeth on the small screen in his mid - to late twenties, as a BBC television writer and director, including such now - classic programs as the sitcom The Likely Lads (1964), the Dudley Moore and Peter Cook series Not Only... But Also (1965), and the brief Steptoe and Son successor Mr. Aitch (1967), starring Harry H. Corbett.Clement segued into big - screen comedy in 1966, co-scripting (with Ian La Frenais) the Michael Winner - directed picture The Jokers.

As a screenwriter first and foremost (and a director with little to no innate visual sense), I tend to prize narrative and story over most other elements in film.

Of the world premieres, the major gets for Toronto include Freeheld, Peter Sollett's LGBT drama starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page; Stonewall, Roland Emmerich's drama about the birth of the gay rights movement; Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van, which is rumored to feature an awards - worthy performance from Maggie Smith; Jay Roach's film Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston as the famed Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted in the 1940s; Terence Davies's anticipated follow - up to The Deep Blue Sea, Sunset Song; Charlie Kaufman's first stop - motion film, Anomalisa; and Eye in the Sky, Gavin Hood's thriller about piloted aircraft warfare, starring Aaron Paul and Helen Mirren.

Written by debut screenwriter Amy Fox and actress / writer Sarah Megan Thomas (Backwards), the narrative is ruthless in its revelation that women can be as ambitious and money - hungry as men, as evidenced by early allusions to Michael Douglas» iconic Gordon Gekko «Greed Is Good» mantra.

Though set in Chekhov's time, Mayer's approach, along with screenwriter Stephen Karam, renders this story of love and longing feels startlingly contemporary, particularly Elizabeth Moss» turn as Masha, who drowns here sorrows over unrequited love in both alcohol and a loveless marriage to a man who adores her.