Sentences with phrase «before making his feature film»

McTiernan went on to make over 200 television commercials before making his feature film debut by directing the fantasy horror movie Nomads (1985).

Not exact matches

After much wrangling, the film - maker's original cut made it into cinemas, but not before some radical new versions had been tested — including one that The New Yorker says featured a montage of religious images and ended with a Christian rock song.

Magnuson continued to make brief yet memorable appearances in feature films (Cabin Boy, Clear and Present Danger, Tank Girl) before releasing her solo album The Luv Show on Geffen Records.

The third of John Woo's American - made feature films, Face / Off stars John Travolta as Sean Archer, an FBI agent obsessed with capturing Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage), a criminal genius who years before killed Archer's son while trying to assassinate the agent.

Baggage Claim is definitely a film that is made for an audience that is into these kinds of clichéd romantic comedies, which feature attractive casts and the bare minimum requirements to develop a premise that slightly differs from those that came before it.

Like Barry Sonnenfeld, Wally Pfister and many more before her, Reed Morano is making the jump from esteemed cinematographer (her work includes «Frozen River,» «Kill Your Darlings» and more) to feature film director with the upcoming drama, «Meadowland.»

But McQueen had a prolific career before he entered the world of feature films, winning the Turner Prize for his art, as well as making short films, video installations, TV commercials, music videos, and much more besides.

The film's playful and plentiful bonus offerings include «Piper,» the theatrical short film starring an irresistible sandpiper hatchling; an all - new mini short featuring interviews with Dory's pals from the Marine Life Institute; a behind - the - scenes look at the most challenging character Pixar has ever created; never - before - seen deleted scenes, including a digital exclusive featuring the Tank Gang from «Finding Nemo» who make it their mission to get Marlin and Nemo to the Marine Life Institute; and much, much more.

EXTRAS: In addition to both the theatrical and extended cut of the film (featuring 10 minutes of never - before - seen footage), there's a brand new collection of bonus material, including an audio commentary by director Ridley Scott, writer Drew Goddard and author Andy Weir, a making - of featurette, deleted scenes and more.

So in a way Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke is an anomaly, a director who unapologetically has a definite moral agenda that he's been exploring for over 20 years now, closer to 40 if one considers the TV work he made in the»70s and»80s before embarking on his feature film career in 1989.

It was only a matter of time before they made the leap to feature - film players, and Keanu is a suitable springboard for the gents that portends to even better future results.

Ramon Zürcher is a Swiss filmmaker who has made four short films before releasing his debut feature, The Strange Little Cat.

Less than a week before 20th Century Fox's Deadpool feature film is released, comments made by iconic comic book creator Rob Liefeld about how much comic book writer Fabian Niceiza contributed to the character's creation has caused a stir online.

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The filmmaker made his name with music videos, before turning to the feature film world, dropping his sizzling debut «Sexy Beast» in 2000, followed four years later by «Birth,» which, in this writer's opinion, is one of the best films of the 2000s.

Long before Bay started making Transformer films, though, there was another feature film that is often overlooked now: Transformers: -LSB-...]

He began making short documentaries and shot second - unit footage for Star Wars before making his feature directorial debut with this astoundingly beautiful children's film.

Running time: 129 minutes Studio: Fox Home Entertainment 3 - Disc DVD Extras: Widescreen theatrical feature film, unrated director's cut, Wolverine theatrical trailer, Valkyrie, S. Darko, The Wrestler, Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, commentary by director George Tillman, Jr., screenwriters Reggie Rock Bythewood and Cheo Hodari Coker, and editor Dirk Westervelt, commentary by with Biggie's mom Voletta Wallace, and his manager Wayne Barrow, Behind the Scenes: The Making of Notorious, I Got a Story to Tell: The Lyrics of Biggie Smalls, Notorious Thugs: Casting the Film, Biggie Boot Camp, Anatomy of a B.I.G. Performance, Party & [Expletive](never before seen footage), The B.I.G. Three - Sixty, Directing the Last Moments, It Happened Right Here, The Petersen Exit, The Shooting, The Impala, The Unfortunate Violent Act, The Window, 9 Deleted Scenes, 4 extended / alternate concerts, trailers from: Secret Life of Bees, Gospel Hill and Slumdog Millionaire, digital copy.

Ethan Hawke has made feature films before (Chelsea Walls and more notably The Hottest State), but not a doc, so this is him exercising a new muscle in the director's chair.

This is actually one of the first feature films made by former stuntman and second unit director Johnny Martin, who later went on to direct Vengeance: A Love Story with Nicolas Cage, and Hangman with Al Pacino, both also released this year (before this film).

You can see why this self - dare would appeal to him: before Hopscotch, the novel for which he was best known was a little thing called Death Wish, published in 1972 and made into a film in 1975, both of which feature altogether ample quantities of shooting.

A former journalist, she cut her teeth making short films before stepping up to her feature debut.

This one is titled 2036 Origin Unknown, and it was made and completed before HaZ's other feature film The Beyond (watch the trailer for that), but is being released after.

Before being selected to direct Black Panther, the director, now 31 years old, had only made two feature films: Fruitvale Station, which won accolades at Sundance in 2013, and Creed, the seventh installment in the Rocky series, which garnered rave reviews in 2015.

Movies about people falling in love when one of them is dying is a particular sub-genre of romantic drama, and the latest entry into the field is Me Before You, a tearjerker adapted by Jojo Moyes from her novel of the same name, and directed by Thea Sharrock, a stage director making her feature film debut.

Long before «Baby Driver,» «Scott Pilgrim vs. the World» or breakout film «Shaun of the Dead,» writer / director Edgar Wright was just a young 20 - year - old filmmaker who wanted to make a feature film with his most immediate resources: a camera, some friends, some cowboy hats.

You get real insight into the man, his work and his views on life, but Marguiles and Ponsoldt have used the source material (the dialogue is overwhelmingly from Lipsky's transcripts) to make a great conversation movie, in the mold of Richard Linklater's «Before» films, that happens to feature the acclaimed novelist.

Diego Boneta made several television appearances before his feature film debut opposite Tom Cruise and Julianne Hough in «Rock of Ages» in 2012.

Gavin Hood Indie Work: South African helmer Hood got his start making educational films before writing, directing and starring in his low - budget feature debut «A Reasonable Man.»

Then, with the orchestra no doubt tuning up to play him off, Leto made an awkward (if well - meaning) nod to the ongoing crises in Venezuela and Ukraine before thanking Focus Features and other parts of the film team.

The adorable creatures are set to make an appearance in the upcoming film, but before we see them on the big screen, a new animated clip from the official Star Wars YouTube channel features the creatures» mischievous side as they pester the lovable BB - 8.

Imprints of the body left on the mat while practicing judo provided a deep inspiration for Klein and often were featured in the films he made and other of his works long before this series came into being.

The festival's competition category, «New Visions» was reserved for directors who have never, or only once before, made a feature film.

David never made a feature film before.

An ever - changing performance, How I Learned To Draw was the name July gave to all her performances after The Swan Tool and before making her first feature film in 2004.

Most people have a good sense of his style, but seeing the show demonstrates how persistent his vision is and how evident it was from very early on, before he was even thinking about making full - scale feature films.