Sentences with phrase «comedy writer living»

Not exact matches

Most people probably know Lena Dunham as the creator, writer, and star of Girls, the HBO comedy series that is loosely based on her life as a twenty - something in New York City.

Matt Boresi is an opera librettist, comedy writer and professor living in the Edgewater neighborhood with his wife («Professor Foster»), and their 5 - year - old daughter, the inimitable Viva.

Despite her recent onscreen success, Washington remains true to her stage roots by remaining active in theater and has also begun to branch out by attempting to make a name for herself as a writer and producer as well.Still, it was on the screen that Washington truly earned her keep, and following roles in Sexual Life, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Fantastic Four, Washington took a trip to the courtroom for a supporting role on David E. Kelley's Emmy - winning television comedy Boston Legal.

A handful of men and women «of a certain age» pick up the pieces of their lives and look for new love after the loss of their mates in this comedy drama from writer - director Susan Seidelman.

Irwin Barker, one of Canada's top comedians and comedy writers was diagnosed with cancer and given one year to live.

In writer - director Sam Boyd's romantic - comedy, Hallie (Emma Roberts) and Owen (Michael Angarano) struggle to live separate lives after ending their long - term relationship.

Writer / Director (Perry) tries so hard to make a romantic comedy I am not sure he understand LIFE, He does not try so hard to make a movie why does Lionsgate support his movies?

The patter is more what you'd hear from reasonably clever people in real life, not a bunch of lines thought up in the comedy's writers» room.

Another comedy from McCarthy's writer - director husband Ben Falcone, Life of the Party gets nothing more than a satisfactory grade.

«Permanent Midnight,» the story of real - life TV comedy writer Jerry Stahl's addiction to (and eventual «victory» over) heroin is certainly modern - day in its approach.

Sure, a romantic comedy about people searching for something real is old hat, but writer / director Bujalski (Computer Chess) gives us interesting characters in unique situations to breathe some fun new life into the genre.

Among those titles, writer - director Tamara Jenkins returned after an 11 - year absence and 2007's The Savages to unleash the well - received infertility comedy Private Life, while docmaker Jennifer Fox turned heads with her first fiction foray, The Tale, a brave dramatization of her own belated discovery of sexual abuse.

While the script does present a realistic take on the chaos of life with little ones as far as this writer can tell (full disclosure: I am nobody's mother), it still conforms to the tired comedy mandate that at least a half - dozen contemporary pop - culture references must be inserted into the average feature - length script.

As Saturday Night Live's first - ever female head writer, quick - witted comedian Tina Fey not only shattered the glass ceiling at SNL, but also succeeded in proving that she is one of the most talented comedy writers in the entertainment industry.

It's as if show writer / executive producer Iain Hollands, whose most notable previous work was the short lived British comedy «Beaver Falls,» couldn't make up his mind on exactly what kind of series he wanted to create.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the indie comedy hit «Napoleon Dynamite» with writer - director Jared Hess and star Jon Heder participating in a live commentary screening and conversation on Monday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theatre on the LACMA -LSB-...]

«Life is a comedy... written by a sadistic comedy writer.»

Writer and director Adam McKay made an impressive jump from directing feature comedies like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Step Brothers to the real life The Big Short, even earning an Oscar nomination for Best Director and a win for Best Adapted Screenplay.

When I first heard that polarizing writer - director Todd Solondz was making WIENER - DOG, a pitch - black comedy about a magical dachshund that touches the lives of many, I was thrilled.

Screenwriter Will Reiser, a real - life friend of Seth Rogen, and a behind - the - scenes writer / producer in American comedy, loosely based the new 50/50 on his own life.

Loosely inspired by the real - life adventures of first - time writer / director Maggie Carey, «The To Do List» is a heartfelt comedy about close

Ruby Sparks (R for profanity, sexual references and drug use) Mind - over-matter romantic comedy about a lonely novelist with writer's block (Paul Dano) who magically materializes the perfect mate for himself by willing one of his character (Zoe Kazan) to life.

However, the writers use this premise as a tool to introduce its audience to several wacky characters and five episodes in, it becomes a comedy about a group of people living in a cul - de-sac, rather than cougars preying on young men.

There are a few gems in the script - including the line, «Life is a comedy written by a sadistic comedy writer» - but the screenwriter is conflicted over whether he's writing a noir, a satire or a romantic comedy.

Stavier Films have announced that Anthony Renwick McGill, a writer living in Dublin and co-founder, along with Savio Sequeira, of Stavier Films and The Da Vinci Theatre Company, has won the 2016 FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY AWARD in the New York Short Film and Screenplay Competition for his screenplay Amazons Inc., a comedy thriller set in 1970's Ireland.

Young Adult (2011)- Strongly gives the impression that writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman intended to take the cliches of romantic comedy and apply them to real life: What kind of person would do such things, and how would she be received?

James Franco won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his performance in The Disaster Artist as Tommy Wiseau, the real - life director, writer, and star of the so - bad - it's - good cult film The Room.

It comes off, however, like a half - baked comedy, a flatly crafted horror feature, and a dully - paced, sometimes amateurish film that never lives up to the high points of what the writer / director has given us in the past.

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The Book of Life is the new animated comedy from producer Guillermo Del Toro and writer / director Jorge Gutierrez.

It's core territory for writer - director Noah Baumbach («The Squid and the Whale», «While We're Young»), who thrives on Woody Allen - like grown - up comedies embedded in the lives of New Yorkers.

«The Disaster Artist,» rated (R), is a comedy based on the real - life story of Hollywood writer / director Tommy Wiseau.

That's the message at the heart of writer - director Jeff Baena's debut Life After Beth, which begins its life as a sensitive indie comedy with a winning deadpan shtick and ends up salivating and snarling after developing an appetite for riotous, blood - splattered slapstLife After Beth, which begins its life as a sensitive indie comedy with a winning deadpan shtick and ends up salivating and snarling after developing an appetite for riotous, blood - splattered slapstlife as a sensitive indie comedy with a winning deadpan shtick and ends up salivating and snarling after developing an appetite for riotous, blood - splattered slapstick.

My interview with writer / director Susan Walter of the film, All I Wish, a romantic comedy starring Sharon Stone as a late forties single woman who hasn't found her dream career or the love of her life was eye - opening.

The story, which Abrahamson developed over three years with writers Jon Ronson and Paul Straughan, asks serious questions about identity and performance, peppering them with the comedy and tragedy brought on by a grown man refusing to live outside of a huge, orb - like head.

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From writers / directors Jay and Mark Duplass (Cyrus) comes Jeff Who Lives at Home, a coming of age comedy for two men who are already well beyond their youth.

Expertly sketched by writer - director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) this memoir - like portrait of lives half - lived is the kind of bittersweet, dimensional character comedy we're now used to seeing told in three seasons of prestige television.

Writer - director Paul King and his cast are back with their whimsical approach, combining silly comedy with surreally deranged touches that bring these people to life in ways that are both hilarious and deeply endearing.

Joined once again by star Mark Wahlberg and fellow Ted writers Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild, MacFarlane produces the live action / CG - animated comedy alongside Bluegrass Films» Scott Stuber, as well as John Jacobs and Jason Clark.

From South Africa comes the comedy «Catching Feelings» (South Africa, 2017, not rated) about a hedonistic writer who upends the lives of a Johannesburg couple.

As often is the case with projects involving «Saturday Night Live» performers, this does seem like a one - joke premise when you first hear of it, and to some extent it is the stuff of skit comedy stretched to feature length, but writers Jeff and Craig Cox, with rewrite assistance from John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, manage to find enough angles in these eccentric characters and funny premise to not lose steam throughout.

He quickly made a name for himself on Dana Carvey's short - lived variety show as a writer, and as the voice of Gary for the TV Funhouse segment «The Ambiguously Gay Duo» on «SNL» before moving on to Comedy Central's «The Daily Show.»

From writer / director Sebastian Gutierrez comes a comedy about a serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women - including a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender and a pair of call girls - all with one thing in common: trouble.

In this new comedy from the writers of The Hangover, Amy has a seemingly perfect life — a great marriage, over-achieving kids, beautiful home and a career.

A movie like this demands some kind of grounding, and that's what is sorely missing from co - writer / director Jonathan Levine's comedy about three friends trying to have one last weird and wild Christmas Eve, before giving themselves over to the more pressing responsibilities of life.

The story about a sex addict living in New York City would strike most writers as the chance to dive into a raunchy comedy that parades half - dressed women around (the word «half» defined loosely), while several awkward but hilarious scenarios litter the script.

Writer - director Adam McKay has been one of the most forward - thinking faces of American comedy for most of his adult life.

With its mix of comedy and horror, it's a work ripe for the big screen, and writer / director Burr Steers (Igby Goes Down,, The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud) take promises to be a rollicking adaptation.

The Oyster Princess (1919) with original live score by Bee vs. Moth (World Premiere) Director: Ernst Lubitsch, Writers: Hanns Kraly & Ernst Lubitsch The Oyster Princess is Ernst Lubitsch's tart 1919 silent comedy that parodies the rich and the spoiled.