Sentences with phrase «as a screenwriter includes»

Garland's work as a screenwriter includes «Dredd,» «Sunshine,» «28 Days Later...» and, significantly, «Never Let Me Go.»

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

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.

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.

At other times, however, Mendes and screenwriters John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Jez Butterworth seem to feel the need to include more classic Bond aspects, such as hulking henchman Hinx (Dave Bautista, «Guardians of the Galaxy»), an elaborate base for Oberhauser complete with private army, and an over-reliance on gadgetry.

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.

Paul Schrader is an American filmmaker whose work as a screenwriter and director hold a significant place in the history of American cinema, including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, American Gigolo, Mishima: A Life in Four...

He's also a director who has flirted with mainstream success in the past, so it may come as no surprise to learn that Refn is reported to be teaming up with screenwriters Neil Purvis and Robert Wade — co-writers of five James Bond outings including Skyfall and Spectre — on an as - yet untitled Asian - set action thriller.

The screenwriters, Milo Addica (who was a co-writer of «Monster's Ball»), Jean - Claude Carrière (whose long career includes two decades of collaboration with Luis Buñuel) and Mr. Glazer are more concerned with atmosphere than with explanation, and the key to appreciating «Birth» is not so much a suspension of disbelief as an anxious surrender of reason.

Director Andrew Jarecki instantly finds himself unable to overcome the story's almost eye - rollingly familiar trajectory, as screenwriters Marcus Hinchey and Marc Smerling offer up a culture - clash romance that comes off as a pale imitation of other similarly - themed films (including Gosling's own The Notebook).

The sequel reunites the Scooby gang (including director Raja Gosnell and screenwriter James Gunn) to do battle with monsters and the memory of the original cartoon series, in which — as I recall — the monsters were always revealed to be hoaxes in the end.

Raised a strict Dutch Calvinist and best known as the screenwriter of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver — another portrait of a bristling lone wolf — Schrader inevitably got around to including a priest in this unofficial series of films.

Smartly, the filmmakers — who include screenwriters Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon (the latter directed the live - action Beauty and the Beast and Dreamgirls and wrote the film version of Chicago)-- also know how to keep a four - quadrant family musical from sinking into Chitty territory by employing devices that also will please the Broadway crowd, particularly the Bob Fosse - like opening number as well as sensational choreography throughout.

Metcalf, now back on Broadway for the third consecutive season with «Three Tall Women,» was introduced by «Lady Bird» director and screenwriter Greta Gerwig before being surprised with a recorded video featuring messages of love from costars past and present including Nathan Lane and Alison Pill, as well as from her three children.

The first disc includes the theatrical release of the film, along with an interesting feature commentary track by director Marshall and screenwriter Bill Condon, as well as the deleted musical number «Class,» and a 27 - minute documentary on bringing the musical to the big screen («From Stage to Screen: The History of Chicago»).

As a screenwriter, his credited work includes Senseless, RocketMan, Scary Movie 3, and Scary Movie 4.

The screenwriters of «A Bay of Blood,» the film whose domino - style series of murders was a huge inspiration on «Friday the 13th,» remember the delight that Bava took in listing various ways to kill his characters, including impaling two lovers with a spear as an entomologist might pin down a beetle (just like the makers of «Friday the 13th, Part 2» would later do).

Programs will include ShortsLabs, New Frontier Flash Labs and Screenwriters Intensives, as well as immersive workshops on documentary storytelling, film music, and creative marketing and distribution.

A collaborative effort among Edwards» three screenwriters, a trio which includes the one and only Frank Darabont, produces a screenplay that paints the human race as a mostly likable yet largely incapable species.

Features relaxed commentary by director Lone Scherfig and actors Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard (who spend as much time reminiscing over the shoot and appreciating key moments as discussing the production and the characters), a nine - minute making of featurette (which also includes interviews with screenwriter Nick Hornby and author Lynn Barber) and 11 deleted scenes among the supplements on both DVD and Blu - ray.

So to give audiences a little more time to enjoy the ride screenwriters (which include Sullenberger, whose book Highest Duty was used as inspiration) added an antagonistic National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) investigator, Charles Porter (Mike O'Malley).

All around him, the pieces assemble for a high stakes conflict involving the fate of his home world, but those ingredients — including a half - baked villain played by Cate Blanchett and mythological gobbledygook about prophesies — have a tacked - on quality, as if Waititi and screenwriter Eric Pearson couldn't wait to get back to the good stuff.

This is also newly remastered and includes the supplements from the earlier DVD special edition: two commentary tracks (on by film historian Richard Schickel, one by film historian / screenwriter Lem Dobbs and film historian Nick Redman), the featurette «Shadows of Suspense,» an introduction by Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne, and the 1973 TV - movie remake starring Richard Crenna in the MacMurray role, Samantha Eggar as the seductive Phyllis, and Lee J. Cobb as the insurance boss Keys.

As a screenwriter, Garland has been behind some of the more distinctive minimalist genre efforts of the past few decades, including 28 Days Later... and Never Let Me Go.

Seemingly writing for the audience of a creative writing evening class, screenwriter Carlos De Los Rios — a veteran of such Z - grade mockbusters as The Da Vinci Treasure and Pirates Of Treasure Island — loads up on hamfisted symbolic figures, including the requisite tormenting devil (Walton Goggins) and mystical Indian (Adam Beach).

And while you may not have thought this was a particularly strong year for homegrown films, there are a full six nominees for Best British film, albeit that definition seems to include Saving Mr. Banks, presumably on the basis that screenwriter Kelly Marcel is British as well as producer Alison Owen.

Presented in a widescreen video transfer and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio soundtrack, the «Man on Fire» DVD includes two full - length audio commentary tracks (the first by director Tony Scott, and the other with producer Lucas Foster, screenwriter Brian Helgeland and star Dakota Fanning), as well as deleted scenes and an alternate ending (also featuring optional director commentary).

And if you missed our previous coverage, be sure to check out my interview with screenwriter Michael Bacall as well as Brendan's set visit coverage including 21 things to know with clips and new images, and interviews with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, Dave Franco, Brie Larson, directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and producer Neal Moritz.

In retrospect, Zack Snyder's Watchmen movie has a lot to answer for — the graphic novel includes lots of images of dead bodies littering New York as a result of Ozymandias» plan, but Snyder and screenwriter David Hayter made a conscious decision to show no carnage whatsoever — because they thought showing dead bodies would be too much, after 9/11.

Luhrmann was joined by Carey Mulligan and Leonardo DiCaprio, as well as other major talent including actors Tobey Maguire, Isla Fisher, and Joel Edgerton, screenwriter Joel Pearce, and producer / production designer Catherine Martin.

The weekend - long festival, hosted in partnership with the Academy Education and Nicholl Fellowships Programs, featured headline panels with screenwriter notables including James Gunn («Guardians of the Galaxy») and sneak peek screenings of Starz's «American Gods» and Fox's «Shots Fired,» as well as a pitch competition and industry networking opportunities.

His more recent films include «Dr. Dolittle 2,» «Daddy Day Care,» «The Haunted Mansion» and the romantic comedy «Norbit,» in which he played three characters as well as serving as the film's producer and screenwriter.

The oddballs, miscreants, bumblers, and loons who get up to all kinds of no good in this meta tale of moviemaking and crazy ambition include In Bruges «Colin Farrell as Marty, an alcoholic screenwriter; a full - tilt - loopy Sam Rockwell as Martin's maniacally eager - to - help best friend, Billy; and Christopher Walken (who's got first dibs forever on playing unhinged gentlemen) as Billy's partner in the business of dognapping.

This film even adds a layer of enjoyment to its distinctive, flavorful dialogue, as characters, including a screenwriter named Martin, write their own backstories and endings, sparking fanciful flashbacks and fantasy sequences.

There's nothing in screenwriter James Vanderbilt's short filmography (which includes The Rock's The Rundown and the military thriller Basic) to suggest the brilliance found here, however, so one is inclined to acknowledge the craftsmanship and pizzazz of Fincher as well as the inherent intrigue adequately captured in the real Graysmith's source texts.

Behind The Screens: Panels Master Classes Conversations MVFF38 hosted a total of six panels, which included such luminaries as Ed Arentz, Managing Director Music Box Films; Ira Deutchmann, Founder Fine Line Features; production designer Judy Becker; director Valerie Weiss; Russ CollinsFounder / Director Art House Convergence; producer / writer Komal Minhas; and director Christopher Coppola as well as three master classes, including Bobby Roth: A Director Prepares, a Conversation with Catherine Hardwicke and The Heroine's Journey: Writing and Selling the Female - Driven Screenplay, led by screenwriter Pamela Gray and story consultant Tom Schlesinger.

As a screenwriter, her work includes adaptations of Sailor Girl, based upon the novel by Sherri Lee Olson; Every Lost Country, based upon the novel by Steven Heighton; and Girl Crazy, based upon the novel by Russell Smith.

Johnston and screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (partners on the three modern Narnia movies) let the first quarter of the movie stretch out slowly enough to establish a vast cast, including tough - as - nails military liaison and ass - kicker extraordinaire Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) and Captain America's best bud Bucky (Sebastian Stan).

We understand implicitly that Boone understands his characters better than most screenwriters, having given each of his actors a «care package» of items (including of course, books) that his characters would love in order for them to get a better sense of the character as they exist in his mind.

Posts include «Feminism is funny: Writing team inspires a generation with female - led comedies, «Robin Schiff's «Romy and Michele» marks platinum anniversary», «A Walk to Remember» screenwriter reflects on adaptation, Hollywood's gender bias», as well as film reviews of Their Finest, To the Bone.

The screenwriter hinted that there will be parts for some of the older cast members - such as Hugh Jackman, Sir Patrick Stewart, Sir Ian McKellen and Ellen Page - alongside the newer generation, which includes James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence, in the upcoming third instalment.

Our staff includes a diverse mix of editors, screenwriters, ghostwriters, and publishing consultants, who work with our authors directly (or sometimes in teams) to provide as much or as little support as is needed to bring your project to fruition.

Members of MWA include most major writers of crime fiction and non-fiction, as well as screenwriters, dramatists, editors, publishers, and other professionals in the field.

David Nicholls is the internationally bestselling and award - winning author of four novels including One Day which was a huge hit in the U.K. and the film around the world as well as a BAFTA - nominated screenwriter for film and TV.

This enhanced eBook contains the full text of the bestselling novel, and exclusive movie content such as: five video clips from the film; the director's movie shooting script; video interviews from cast and crew — including Anne Hathaway and author / screenwriter David Nicholls — about their connections between the book and the film; and a reading group guide featuring full - color movie stills throughout.

Other contents include an essay by Karl Ove Knausgaard (presented as a removable book); 100 frames from Lotte Reininger's 1926 animation The Adventures of Prince Achmed introduced by John Canemaker; two film treatments by screenwriter Hampton Fancher (Blade Runner), based on Esopus subscribers» submissions; anonymous photographs from the collection of Peter Cohen; materials from MoMA's archives on events and installations in the Museum's garden over the past 60 years; a piece on the creative process behind the survivalist game The Long Dark; a new installment of a regular series, «Guarded Opinions,» for which guards from the Barnes Foundation discuss works they oversee; a comic book by George Cochrane; and a CD of new music inspired by «close calls» experienced by 15 musicians, including Jo Lawry, YC the Cynic and Lemolo.

McCarten knows his way around biopics, having won two academy awards for his role as a producer and screenwriter for The Theory of Everything, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.