Sentences with phrase «better film director»

One can not, however, help wishing he were a slightly better film director.

The 2017 Directors Guild of America Awards announced their picks for both the best film directors and first - time feature directors of the year.

This December will mark the official 25th anniversary of Edward Scissorhands, easily one of the best films director Tim Burton has ever made.

This is one of the best films of 2015, and arguably the best film director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) has ever made, which is saying a lot.»

The crowd went wild; it was up to film director Ron Howard and actress Natalie Portman to follow Winfrey's speech, with a presentation of best film director.

Not exact matches

Well, a former SNL director — who also happens to be lead writer of the David Spade comedy «Joe Dirt» — was behind it, and Stewart was recruited only after the first actress suffered a «nervous breakdown» right before filming.

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Ask any working film critic who's the best director today, and you'll probably get a lot of P.T. Anderson responses.

Apple's marketing through the years may well be some of the most innovative ever, starting with the 1984 Super Bowl commercial from film director Ridley Scott.

Avnet (whose father, Jon, is a veteran Hollywood director and producer as well as the studio's co-CEO) told Fortune the studio wanted to maintain the film's authenticity — they wanted viewers to think the horror film playing out in real - time might really be happening — so they avoided marketing the movie and, in fact, they did not even run the idea by Snapchat before proceeding.

You've made many films and then you did return to a Western and in your 60s you won the Oscar for best director and for best picture so let's take a look at Unforgiven, really a masterpiece.

EASTWOOD: When I did the Rawhide series in the 60s and late 50s we had a lot of wonderful directors, old time film directors that had not been doing that well so they would do television and our television show would come on.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

Some of its best - known alumni include President Woodrow Wilson, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and film director Wes Craven.

Mad Max rode a winning streak in several technical and behind - the - scenes categories to score six Oscar statues last night, though the film ended the night shut out of most of the show's major categories, such as Best Picture and Best Director.

Set mostly in the fictional African nation of Wakanda, the film boasts a director and primary star who are both African - American men (director Ryan Coogler and actor Chadwick Boseman), while the cast also features numerous other notable black stars, such as Oscar winners Lupita Nyong» o and Forest Whitaker as well as Angela Bassett and Michael B. Jordan.

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

Selma, director Ava Duvernay's film about the 1965 Voters» Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, has been touted as the best film of the year, thanks in no small...

Last night, the 31 - year - old won the prize for Best Screenplay and Best Director, with his film winning Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, and its stars, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, winning Best Actor and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

The actor (and now director) best known for his work in films including Juno and Scott Pilgrim and, of course, as George...

But no one has ever portrayed the magic of romance quite as, well, magically as co - writer / director Edgar Wright does in the new film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

The actor (and now director) best known for his work in films including Juno and Scott Pilgrim and, of course, as George Michael Bluth on Arrested Development, will co-star alongside John Hawkes (Winter» sBone) in a new half - hour comedy from creator Charlie Kaufman.

I was starting film school, and my biggest dream was to be the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director.

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.

The Director of Communications and Audience Engagement will work closely with the CEO to create, curate, and market an expansive collection of film clips (full episodes and movies as well as short clips) focused on bringing light escapist pleasure to the (mostly female) masses.

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, director Alejandro González Iñárritu's (Birdman) film The Revenant is the early favorite for Best Picture.

The Revenant leads all films with twelve Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Best Director (Alejandro Iñárritu).

The ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, honors the best films of 2016 in 24 categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actrbest films of 2016 in 24 categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best ActrBest Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best ActrBest Director, Best Actor and Best ActrBest Actor and Best ActrBest Actress.

Damien Chazelle, director of the 2014 film «Whiplash», is listed as the odds - on favorite to win Best Ddirector of the 2014 film «Whiplash», is listed as the odds - on favorite to win Best DirectorDirector.

Isla Fisher («Wedding Crashers,» «Definitely, Maybe») stars in the film from blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer («Pirates of the Caribbean» trilogy, «National Treasure,» «National Treasure: Book of Secrets») and director P.J. Hogan («My Best Friend's Wedding»).

Many kids with ADHD are terrifically bright and creative — your child may well grow up to be an eminent scientist or film director.

Immediately following the screening of the film, I'll be introducing a panel discussion featuring the film makers along with celebrity chef Monica Pope (Bravo Top Chef Masters and a Food & Wine Best New Chef); Recipe for Success «s Director of Operations, chef Molly Graham; and Brian Giles, General Manager of Houston ISD / Aramark Food Services.

Adonaijah Owiriwa and Izu Ojukwu's movie, «76» a 2016 Nigerian historical fiction drama film which stars Ramsey Nouah, Chidi Mokeme, Rita Dominic and Ibinabo Fiberesima, won in five categories, which includes, Best Actress in Drama / TV / Movies (Rita Dominic), Best Director (Izu Ojukwu), Best Art Director (Pat Nebo), Best Costume Designer (Pat Egwurube).

The union representing state university and park police as well as forest rangers and EnCon officers has joined the protest against film director Quentin Tarantino's remarks last month in which he characterized officers involved in a police shooting as murderers.

Ingrid Dodd, Coastal's president, said in an email that the company's work included «meeting and greeting filmmakers, locations scouts, directors and producers to encourage them to film here in Nassau,» as well as «working with area hotels for lodging crew and talent.»

Unlike previous years, Ghana recorded a lot of new faces on the nomination list; some of whom Included new actor, Joseph Otsiman who got the nod for Best Actor In Supporting Role for his performance in the drama thriller film, The Cursed Ones directed by Nana Obiri Yeboah, who was also nominated for AMAA 2016 Award For Best Director category.

The 3D film is likely to dominate the technical categories, with Alfonso Cuaron tipped for best director.

Police in Paris are investigating a rape allegation made against Luc Besson, one of France's best - known film directors.

«He is very good,» says now - retired REDES film director Juan Antonio Gamero.

«I want to share this award with all the artists that live downstairs» Alfonso Cuarón accepts the best director BAFTA award for the film Gravity by thanking the team that created the film's groundbreaking special effects

Remarks were offered by Rush Holt, AAAS CEO executive publisher of the Science family of journals, who moderated a discussion including Rep. Jerry McNerney (D - California) as well as film director Jon Bowermaster and others.

To console me, she agrees to model the hyperbolic skirt that she made for a recent talk sponsored by the Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles, after which the film director Werner Herzog took her to dinner and then kissed her good night.

Victims of Madoff's apparent fraud include foundations headed by household names such as Nobel laureate Elie Weisel, Senator Frank Lautenberg, and film director Steven Spielberg, as well as many smaller family foundations and institutions that serve Jewish communities in North America, Europe, and Israel.

Mass audience eye transplants being clearly impractical, film director Mike Slee used the next best thing: a sophisticated camera system that portrays the fecund forests of Borneo from a bug's - eye view.

The script of the film stays the same but the director — the histone mark — can choose to eliminate, slow down or speed up certain scenes or dialogues, altering the film for better — cancer cell death — or worse — cancer cell survival.»

Hemingway teamed up with Academy Award - winning producer and director Barbara Kopple and the Oprah Winfrey Network to produce the film Running from Crazy, in which Mariel confronts her family's history of mental illness as she explores the path she has taken toward well being.

Although best known as the director of the cult classic films Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and the television series Twin Peaks, David Lynch is also a painter and designer.

My good friend, Kathryn Budig, suggested that I see the film I AM, an inspirational documentary from the man behind Ace Ventura and Bruce Almighty, director Tom Shadyac.

Kendall Nelson, is a producer, director and activist who co-produced The Greater Good, an award - winning film that explores the controversy of vaccinations.