Sentences with phrase «directing debut feature»

The emergence of Julia Ducorunau with her directing debut feature Raw marks the return of visceral, stomach churning yet thought provoking French horror that captivated North American audiences in the century's first decade.

Did you feel as if you had a leg up directing your debut feature with so much experience producing?

The actress Zoe Lister - Jones (best known for her work in sitcoms like New Girl and Life in Pieces) wrote and directed this debut feature, in which she stars alongside Adam Pally as a husband - wife duo who form a band to try and work out their issues with each other.

Danish filmmaker Anders Walter directs his debut feature.

Toni Kalem, who directed her debut feature «A Slipping - Down Life» way back in 1999, makes her second movie here, telling the story of Claire Newbold, a successful traveling saleswoman who decides to go on the lam from her life.

Not exact matches

Ted is a 2012 American buddy comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane in his feature film directorial debut.

Phyllida Lloyd makes her feature film directorial debut an uneven one; she's a leading British theatre director who is noted for her work in opera and directed the original stage production.

As directed by Rupert Goold — a British theater veteran making his feature debut — it's deliberately paced, with much more talk than action, which seems appropriate for the material but might frustrate fans of its stars.

This modest indie with major ambitions is directed by veteran cinematographer Steven Bernstein, making a solid feature debut.

A perceptive, unsettling psychodrama marking the assured feature writing and directing debut of shorts filmmaker Kyle Henry.

Under the Shadow, a Farsi - language debut feature written and directed by Babak Anvari, creates a world where reality itself is suspect.

Martin Ritt's impressive feature directing debut is a socially conscious drama, about union corruption, interracial integration, and moral integrity, well acted by John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier.

With all of the things that Christmas, Again (written and directed by Charles Poekel in his feature debut) does well (and it does almost everything well), the most striking thing about it is its evocation of an extremely specific mood.

Together, they have written and directed «Allure», their feature debut.

The overwhelming English sadness of Ian McEwan's novella On Chesil Beach has been transferred to the movie screen, adapted by the author and directed with scrupulous sensitivity and care by Dominic Cooke, known for his stage work and making his feature film debut here.

As directed exquisitely by Gillian Armstrong in a headstrong spirit that recalls her debut feature, «My Brilliant Career,» this elliptical tale makes up in visual beauty whatever it lacks in universal meaning.

The Shadow was directed by former music video creator Russell Mulcahy, whose feature film debut Highlander (1986) was a cult classic.

Mr. Hanks's debut feature, written and directed with delightful good cheer, is rock - and - roll nostalgia presented as pure fizz.

Comedian Demetri Martin makes his feature writing - directing debut with this earnest, comedic tale about dealing with loss.

Writer / actress Jennifer Westfeldt (Kissing Jessica Stein 72, Ira & Abby 62) makes her feature directing debut with a romantic comedy about two best friends (played by Westfeldt and Adam Scott) who decide to have a baby together while maintaining a platonic relationship.

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

Altman, who made his feature debut on 1957's The Delinquents after years of helming industrial shorts, began regular directing work in the late 1960s.

Colin Hanks makes his feature directing debut with this irresistible documentary about the evolution of the music business.

In 1930, he co-directed his first features: Grumpy with Cyril Gardner, The Virtuous Sin with Louis Gasnier, and The Royal Family of Broadway with Gardner; Cukor had his solo debut the following year, directing Tallulah Bankhead in Tarnished Lady.

Tom Gormican makes his feature writing and directing debut with this comedy; see it in theaters beginning January 31, 2014.

A feature writing and directing debut for Francis Lee, God's Own Country invites comparison to Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, in that it tells the story of two young farm hands who become attracted to one another and act on that attraction while in a remote section of land, away from prying eyes.

Welcome to Willits is directed by filmmaker Trevor Ryan, making his feature directorial debut after a number of short films.

Nocturnal Animals is the new film by Ford, the fashion designer who made his feature directing debut on A Single Man.

Trespass Against Us is the feature directing debut of Adam Smith, whose work you may have seen on the British show Skins and Doctor Who.

Island Zero is directed by newcomer filmmaker Josh Gerritsen, making his feature directorial debut.

Sacha Baron Cohen's longtime writing partner, Dan Mazer, tries to balance his flair for shock - humor and his desire to make a realistic romantic comedy in his feature - directing debut.

The One I Love is cleverly written by Justin Lader and directed with budget - minded skill by Charlie McDowell (son of actor Malcolm, and step - son to Ted Danson, who makes a small acting appearance), both of whom are making their feature film debuts.

Written and directed by William Savage (In Lieu of Flowers is his feature film debut), the story is inspired by personal experiences, although he is coy to say just how much.

A Picture of You is a sharp, mischievous family drama from filmmaker J.P. Chan, who wrote, directed, and produced his genre-less feature debut, which opens on June 20th at AMC

Thanks to his remarkable directing debut with 2011's Sound of My Voice, Zal Batmanglij quickly found himself in a deal where the cash was frotned for his second project — and no other than Fox Searchlight was the one putting a cash down on his sophomore feature — this is rarely how things work in the indie biz these days.

For Paul Reubens, it would mark the big screen debut of his character Pee - Wee Herman; for Tim Burton, it would mark his feature film directing debut; while for Danny Elfman, it would mark the creation of his first Hollywood film score.

The coming - of - age dramedy marks the feature directing debut of Jonah Hill, who also wrote the script.

Gehenna is directed by Japanese filmmaker Hiroshi Katagiri, an FX legend working for years at Spectral Motion and Stan Winston Studios, now making his feature directorial debut after a few short films previously.

Marrowbone is written and directed by Spanish writer / filmmaker Sergio G. Sanchez, making his feature directorial debut.

Weinstein executives have been a fan of Hoult's since Tom Ford «s directing debut, «A Single Man,» and are looking for other projects to feature him, the insider added.

Nominated for the Palme d'Or, Bugsy Malone is the feature debut of director Alan Parker who would go on to direct Evita, Pink Floyd The Wall and Fame.

Written and directed by debut feature filmmaker, Arran Shearing, Forgotten Man follows Carl, a homeless man struggling to get by on the streets of London until he began working with a theatre company in East London for the homeless.

In his feature directing debut, Daniel Petrie Jr gets maximum mileage out of the derring - do of the final reels while emphasizing comic relief earlier on.

Montreal director Paolo Barzman makes his feature directing debut with an elegant, sensitive adaptation of Matt Cohen's novel about Holocaust survivors.

6 The Club Pablo Larraín just made his U.S. directing debut with Jackie, a ghostly portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy in the week after the president's assassination, but this 2015 Chilean feature, which premiered in Chicago earlier this year at Gene Siskel Film Center, shows the filmmaker working closer to home both geographically and psychologically.

Michael Pearce both writes and directs in his feature debut, and in doing so announces himself as a filmmaker of real verve.

At Sundance, writer - director Robert Eggers won the U.S. Dramatic Competition Directing Award for his debut feature about a Puritan family in 1630s New England who leave their community to start their own farm on the edge of a forest.

«I Give it a Year»: «Borat» scribe Dan Mazer makes his feature film directing debut with this romantic comedy about a young couple (Rose Byrne and Rafe Spall) who are doing their best to stay married despite the doubts of their friends and relatives.

Gudegast, making his feature directing debut after writing «A Man Apart» and «London Has Fallen,» seems to understand just enough about that element of Mann's film to recreate some of its conflicts — both in terms of crime scenarios and the characters» civilian lives — but lacks the discipline, or maybe skill, to lend them real emotional weight, much less originality.

Martin Ritt's feature directing debut, Edge of the City, is a social - conscious melodrama set in the rail yards of New York City.