Sentences with phrase «directed in his long career»

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In his long career as a philosopher at the University of Southern California, he earned a reputation for being perhaps the foremost scholar on Edmund Husserl, whose direct realism argues, counter to the constructivism of Immanuel Kant, that there is indeed an objective reality that is at least partially knowable via the mind.

During the war years, he directed at starred in ENSA productions on behalf of the British military troops, then settled into a long second career of playing distinguished elders.

Six times in his long, illustrious career, Steven Spielberg directed two films in the same calendar year.

In the four films he's directed, Oren Moverman has mounted what feels like a career - long inquiry into the lost soul of America.

In fact, he only directed two in his long and successful career, both with Giuliano Gemma (billed as Montgomery Wood) playing against the mercenary expectations of the defining spaghetti western anti-herIn fact, he only directed two in his long and successful career, both with Giuliano Gemma (billed as Montgomery Wood) playing against the mercenary expectations of the defining spaghetti western anti-herin his long and successful career, both with Giuliano Gemma (billed as Montgomery Wood) playing against the mercenary expectations of the defining spaghetti western anti-hero.

Despite these triumphs, Leonard's reputation mainly rests on the series of six musical films he made with the singing team of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy; Leonard directed all but two of their features, including Maytime (1937), long established as the uncontested favorite of the cycle.In Leonard's late career, the properties he handled were somewhat less auspicious, though there is a surprise in the hard - boiled melodrama The Bribe (1949), a respected film noir that is the only film of its kind in Leonard's canon of 161 known titles.

For much of his long, illustrious directing career, there have been two Steven Spielbergs: the playful adventurer whose commercial track record is unrivaled and the serious filmmaker who commits to bringing historical drama to life in rich detail.

No one at the end of 1917 was debating whether the directing debut of John Ford or the first appearance of Vittorio de Sica augured longer careers to come (in fact, both would be making films for the next five - plus decades) or weighing the industry impact of Mary Pickford's box - office smash Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm or (to the point of my own research) speculating about the future of slapstick star Roscoe «Fatty» Arbuckle's new sidekick, a vaudeville refugee named Buster Keaton.

In his long time career he directed, wrote and scored most of his movies.

Leacock would follow this movie with a long, full career in American television, producing and directing shows like «Gunsmoke», «Hawaii Five - O», and «The Waltons» prior to his 1990 death.

Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow's new documentary «De Palma» features the legendary director talking about his five - decade long career in the film industry, directing such classics like «Dressed to Kill,» «Blow Out,» «The Untouchables,» and «Carlito's Way.»

By this point in his career, the name William Friedkin no longer held the interest it once had after directing such popular and critically acclaimed films as The French Connection and The Exorcist in the 1970s.

Robert Irwin, Untitled, 1971 Synthetic fabric, wood, fluorescent lights, floodlights 96 x 564 inches Collection Walker Art Center August 6, 2009 — November 21, 2010 Throughout his long career, Robert Irwin has pondered whether we ever have an absolutely pure or direct moment in front of a work of art.

A brilliant final chapter in Matisse's long career, the cut - outs reflect both a renewed commitment to form and color and an inventiveness directed to the status of the work of art, whether as a unique object, environment, ornament, or a hybrid of all of these.

In 1986 he had a career retrospective in the historic Clocktower Gallery in New York City, (currently directed by Alanna Heiss, founder and former Director of P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, QueensIn 1986 he had a career retrospective in the historic Clocktower Gallery in New York City, (currently directed by Alanna Heiss, founder and former Director of P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, Queensin the historic Clocktower Gallery in New York City, (currently directed by Alanna Heiss, founder and former Director of P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, Queensin New York City, (currently directed by Alanna Heiss, founder and former Director of P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, Queensin Long Island City, Queens).