Sentences with phrase «as screenwriters at»

While five male writers were originally credited as screenwriters at SXSW, the WGA has since confirmed that Brian Kehoe and Jim Kehoe are the ones that wrote the screenplay.

He then trained as a screenwriter at the German Film and Television Academy and after many years writing screenplays and plays, Robert Lohr decided to try his hand at a novel.

Not exact matches

So, for example, if you want to be a screenwriter, start writing as much as you can and get a job at an agency or studio.

She has also been identified, perhaps more by modern novelists and screenwriters than by the ancients, as the woman at the well (John 4:4.29).

He's been a web video producer at National Geographic as well as a screenwriter and an all - around video guru, and he'll be evaluating the video questions from a film - guy's point of view.

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 tooAt 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 tooat 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.

«Non-sarcastic hugs to those at NASA who will be returning to their jobs as awesome science wizards of the stars,» tweeted Sarcastic Rover, a Twitter persona developed by Canadian screenwriter Jason Filiatrault.

The universe is full of possibilities, but it looks as though — at least for now — sci - fi screenwriters will have to come up with a more plausible storyline.

Screenwriter, director, producer, actress — and as of this year, second woman ever to win Best Director at Cannes — Sofia Coppola is a force to be reckoned with.

It's instantly clear that Howard, along with returning screenwriter David Koepp, has learned nothing from the relative failure of both The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, as Inferno, for the most part, chugs along at a lackadaisical pace that's compounded by an overlong running time and surfeit of underwhelming subplots.

Director Andrew Waller and screenwriter Erik Lindsay constantly (and consistently) aim Beta House squarely at the lowest common denominator, as the film possesses plenty of lewd elements designed to appeal to precisely the sort of drunken frat boys it exclusively portrays.

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.

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.

Cable is less nuanced than Thanos (although, as one might reasonably expect, the screenwriters find a way to make the connection) but he's a credible enough villain when it comes to sowing chaos and, as is hinted at during his opening scene, there's more to the character than meets the eye.

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.

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.

The 58 - year - old star was congratulated by co-star Margot Robbie and screenwriter Steven Rogers as she took to the stage at Sunday's 90th Annual Academy Awards.

The series comes from Zombieland screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and stars Tyler Ross (Milkshake) as Columbus, Maiara Walsh (Switched at Birth) as...

With it previously having looked as if they'd completed their work on the Bond series after five movies, screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are apparently back on board to take a pass at John Logan's screenplay.

1988: Screenwriter and novelist William Goldman devoted an entire book, «Hype and Glory,» to the year in which he served as a Cannes juror and a judge at the Miss America pageant.

by Walter Chaw The same kind of movie as Doug Liman's Mr. and Mrs. Smith but more so, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang marks the hyphenate debut of star screenwriter Shane Black, and it's the kind of movie his Last Action Hero would have been had they aimed it at adults (and cast actors).

But what makes Skyfall top off as Bond at his best is the way Mendes and screenwriters Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan use England itself — past, present and uncertain future — to remind us where Bond has been and where he's going.

Adapted from the short film by director David F. Sandberg and adapted by horror - centric screenwriter Eric Heiserrer, Lights Out may be a quick, simple, and slightly familiar piece of PG -13-level horror, but it's also a well - made and unexpectedly engaging thriller as well — with an ending that's sure to generate at least a small amount of debate among horror fans.

Jimi: All Is by My Side — starring OutKast's Andre Benjamin as Jimi Hendrix, written and directed by Oscar - winning screenwriter John Ridley — had its Hollywood premiere at ArcLight Cinemas.

I say this as someone who was very much surprised by how entertaining this look at screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and the Hollywood black list was, despite -LSB-...]

Beatriz at Dinner (Director: Miguel Arteta, Screenwriter: Mike White)-- Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner.

After a decade of hustling, first in development at Charlize Theron's female - centric production company, and then as an aspiring screenwriter, she was beginning to think, «Maybe this isn't what I'm supposed to do.»

My love - hate relationship with Noah Baumbach's films lurched firmly into love when Greta Gerwig became his collaborator: as star, as muse, and most importantly as screenwriter, Gerwig's contribution appeared — from the outside, at least — to help push Baumbach's works into a new class, with 2012's Frances Ha and 2015's Mistress America both perfectly - executed chronicles of the modern millennial.

So there's a real humility there, and at the same time incredible confidence and originality as a screenwriter.

Luckily, an email from Sundance Institute's Alesia Weston offered me an opportunity to trade my existential desert for a real one: «I wanted to reach out with a really random invitation in case you were free or interested...» she began, asking if I would be available as an Advisor for the 10 - day Middle East Screenwriters Lab held at a world - renowned eco-resort in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

Which is all right with us, as we're big fans of the man who was not only, famously, the highest - paid screenwriter in Hollywood at one time, he has also turned out to be a genuinely terrific genre director, with a particularly bright eye for the wit and wisecrackery he writes so well.

At the end of the 30s, he settled down in Hollywood, making a living as a screenwriter for hire.

The director was joined on stage at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica by the movie's stars Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer, as well as screenwriter Vanessa Taylor, as he picked up the award.

Lagravenese, the screenwriter for such fine films as The Horse Whisperer, Beloved, The Bridges of Madison County, and The Fisher King, takes his first stab at directing with varying results.

It's that rumor that writer / directors the Spierig Brothers and screenwriter Tom Vaughan have used as the basis for Winchester, a tale about a psychologist named Eric Price (Jason Clarke) meeting with Winchester (Helen Mirren) to determine her sanity when, you guessed it, the ghosts she's trying to keep at bay get angry.

Director John Curran and screenwriters Andrew Logan and Taylor Allen look at how the Kennedy family machine of advisors and lawyers sprang into action to protect a man seen by many as the frontrunner for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination.

Written and directed by Dale Launer, who had been the screenwriter for some pretty good comedies, such as My Cousin Vinny, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Ruthless People, this would be his first and last attempt at directing (also his last screenplay).

Unfortunately Batman Begins developed as most Hollywood action movies do: it was budgeted at $ 180 million — Burton's first movie cost $ 40 million — yet the script, by Nolan and Blade screenwriter David S. Goyer, is a hack job.

Lee is very good at creating a sense of free - floating dread, but he, and his screenwriter Mark Protosevich, don't have a real flair for pulp (or, as with David Lynch, the hallucinatory horrors of pulp).

The 1982 comedy «Fast Times at Ridgemont High» is the prototypical coming - of - age guy flick best known for enduring stoner - surfer archetype Jeff Spicoli, played by future Oscar winner Sean Penn, the image of a topless Phoebe Cates and as the introduction to the amiable zen of screenwriter Cameron Crowe, who would go on to create such bro - riffic tales as «Say Anything,» «Singles,» «Jerry Maguire» and «Almost Famous.»

I knew the film was something about water and California; I'd even heard screenwriter Robert Towne speak a few years ago, at a New Yorker Festival event, about his famous screenplay, now held up by many as the model for screenplays.

Liman and his screenwriter, Gary Spinelli (Chaos Walking, Stash House), apparently play fast and loose with the facts of Seal's life («dramatic license» in case you're wondering), but hew relatively close to the general contours and parameters of that same life, following Seal as he settles in Mena, Arkansas at the behest of his careerist handler, expands his drug - smuggling business with Schafer's willful ignorance as an ally, and turns a massive property (also bestowed by a generous federal government) into a training ground for the Contra rebels who fought against the Communist - allied Sandinista regime in Nicaragua in the «80s.

But as many celebrated screenwriters are wont to do, Garland is trying his hand at directing, and is making his debut with «Ex Machina,» an ambitious futuristic psychological sci - fi thriller with romantic overtones.

A number of other major restorations will have their World Premieres at the Festival: Carol Reed's atmospheric Graham Greene adaptation of OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1959), set in Cuba at the start of the Cold War, makes timely viewing as US / Cuba relations thaw; Ken Russell's reworking of D.H. Lawrence scandalous classic WOMEN IN LOVE (1970) stars Oliver Reed, Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson and shows two couple's contrasting searches for love, and was restored by the BFI National Archive working alongside cinematographer Billy Williams; A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) is directed by Fred Zinnemann from a script by great British screenwriter, Robert Bolt from Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More, a perfect companion piece to Wolf Hall; Henry Fonda stars in the ripe - for - discovery WARLOCK (1959), a seething study of vengeance and repressed sexuality in a Utah mining outpost; and Bryan Forbes» THE RAGING MOON (1971) starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman in a tender story between two young people in wheelchairs which was ahead of its time in its attempts to change attitudes to disability.

She's so pretty, in fact, that it appears that Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman have decided any acknowledgement of her brilliance as a graduate student in mathematics at MIT is much less interesting than leering at her ass as she leans out a window to charm construction workers, running around wearing tight sweaters in sudden rainstorms, and being seduced by such classic lines as, «I would gladly continue doing platonic things as is the custom, but in truth all I really want is to have intercourse with you.»

Michael Caine stars as Fred Ballinger, a renowned Orchestra conductor, who is vacationing at a stunning Swiss Alps spa with his daughter Lena (Rachel Weisz) and his long - time best friend, screenwriter Mick Boyd (Harvey Keitel).

Academy Award winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, writer of such films as the excellent Steve Jobs, The Social Network, Moneyball, and the acclaimed television series The West Wing tries his hand for the first time at directing a script he adapted titled Molly's Game.

With the movie award season at full blast, Zero Dark Thirty stands as one of the year's two strongest competitors, poised to earn chances to repeat the success director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal had on their last contemporary war drama,

Spanish actor Oscar Jaenada, Spanish actor Sergi Lopez, British screenwriter Tony Grisoni, a guest, Spanish actor Jordi Molla, Spanish actress Rossy de Palma, US - British director Terry Gilliam, Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgard, French - Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko, US actor Adam Driver, Portuguese actress Joana Ribeiro, British actor Jonathan Pryce and producer Alessandra Lo Savio pose as they arrive on May 19, 2018 for the closing ceremony and the screening of the film «The Man Who Killed Don Quixote» at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.

Australian actress and President of the Jury Cate Blanchett, Canadian director and member of the Feature Film Jury Denis Villeneuve, Taiwanese actor and member of the Feature Film Jury Chang Chen, US director and screenwriter and member of the Feature Film Jury Ava DuVernay, French actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Lea Seydoux, US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart, Burundian singer and member of the Feature Film Jury Khadja Nin, Russian director and member of the Feature Film Jury Andrey Zvyagintsev and French director and member of the Feature Film Jury Robert Guediguian pose as they arrive on May 19, 2018 for the closing ceremony and the screening of the film «The Man Who Killed Don Quixote» at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.