Sentences with phrase «directing in his feature film»

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Musk and Riley were together for a year after they remarried, but they have lived apart the past five months while Riley wrote and directed her first feature film, «Scottish Mussel,» in the United Kingdom.

Gibson is set to produce the film through his Icon Productions company, and will decide on whether to direct or act in the feature after the script is completed.

Placing real consumers and nightlife enthusiasts in the spotlight, the short film, directed by Grammy - winning director Melina Matsoukas, features a never - before - heard track from the electronic music duo, Empire of the Sun.

Knowing the documentary would premiere on Cupid's big day, our friends at Single Edition invited us to an advanced screening in New York City, which featured a Q&A with Robert Kenner of the Oscar - nominated Food, Inc., who both directed and produced the film.

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

To forestall such questions, and distract us from the film's core emptiness, director Paul McGuigan (Gangster No. 1, Wicker Park) and his crew very nearly art - direct everything into the dirt: The wallpaper in ordinary apartment buildings is a catalogue of optical illusions, and one fleeting overhead shot of a parking lot features an array of vehicles so expertly color - coordinated they could be photoshopped into a Kelly - Moore spread.

A late - film bit of business featuring Trintignant catching and freeing a pigeon flying loose in the apartment has been criticized for its heavy - handedness, but the problem with this expertly directed scene has more to do with whether such a gesture feels tonally earned after so much horror.

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.

Being the first feature film that Steven S. DeKnight has directed (having only worked on television beforehand), I went in with a little apprehension, to begin with, but his work on television or smaller films may suit him better.

In the gallery above, we've identified 30 filmmakers from the past four decades who have directed at least five features but have managed to receive positive reviews for just a single one of their films.

Prior to that, he produced and starred in Phil Morrison's black comedy ALL IS BRIGHT alongside Paul Rudd and lent his vocal talents to the English - language version of the Oscar - nominated French animated feature, ERNEST & CELESTINE, and the highly anticipated feature - film adaptation of THE LITTLE PRINCE, directed by Mark Osborne.

In addition, she played small parts in two films directed by Gina Prince - Bythewood, the drama Love and Basketball, and the TV movie Disappearing Acts, featuring Sanaa Lathan and Wesley SnipeIn addition, she played small parts in two films directed by Gina Prince - Bythewood, the drama Love and Basketball, and the TV movie Disappearing Acts, featuring Sanaa Lathan and Wesley Snipein two films directed by Gina Prince - Bythewood, the drama Love and Basketball, and the TV movie Disappearing Acts, featuring Sanaa Lathan and Wesley Snipes.

Goreshter made her foray into film opposite actor Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman and Liam Hemsworth in the high stakes thriller feature PARANOIA, directed by Robert Luketic.

Irons adds the credit of executive producer and featured actor in TRASHED, a Blenheim Production feature documentary directed by Candida Brady, which received a special screening at the 2012 Cannes film festival.

He then appeared in a number of psychedelic films, including 1967's The Trip and the following year's Monkees feature Head, and earned a new audience among anti-establishment viewers.With friends Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson in front of the camera, Hopper decided to direct his own movie, and secured over $ 400,000 in financing to begin filming a screenplay written by novelist Terry Southern.

LeBlanc's feature film credits include CHARLIE»S ANGELS, and its sequel, CHARLIE»S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE with Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu, directed by McG; LOST IN SPACE, based on the classic television show that was originally produced by Irwin Allen, ALL THE QUEEN»S MEN AND LOVESICK, co-starring Chevy Chase.

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.

In 2011, when Kevin Smith released his last feature film, Red State, he announced (with his usual long - windedness) that he'd be retiring from film directing after completing one more film.

After completing the second and third films in his Pusher crime saga, and before embarking on the production of his 2008 biopic Bronson, Nicolas Winding Refn directed a feature - length episode of the British ITV television show Agatha Christie's Marple (also known as Marple) entitled «Nemesis».

Award - winning British director Edgar Wright is best known in the United States for his feature films Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World; he also directed the UK hit television series Spaced.

Woody Allen returns to Europe and returns to acting in his 41st directed feature film.

A casting call for «Iron Man 3,» which will get underway this summer, written by fast - rising screenwriter Drew Pearce and directed by «Kiss Kiss Bang Bang» helmer Shane Black, has been obtained via Feature Film Casting (via Latino Review), and it reveals that Johansson will be back on duty as the flexible Natasha Romanoff in the new film.

(1) The Intouchables, an $ 11.5 million dramedy, based on a true story, that was co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and has become the second highest - grossing French film of all - time in France and grossed more than $ 355 million internationally (more than any other French film and, for that matter, any non-English-language film, save for The Passion of the Christ); and (2) Rust and Bone, a fictional drama that was co-written and directed by Jacques Audiard, a best foreign language film Oscar nominee three years ago for France's Un Prophet, and features tour - de-force performances from Marion Cotillard, the best actress Oscar winner five years ago, and Matthias Schonaerts, the star of last year's Belgian nominee Bullhead.

The Australian writer and director on the allure of the Sydney stage, directing his first feature film and why it toughens him up to live in Iceland

In this 40 - minute clip, (a quite young) Carlos Reygadas talks about his venture into directing films and the shooting process of Japón, his first feature - length production.

In addition to presenting year end awards during the annual movie awards season, AWFJ partners with select film festivals throughout the year to present EDA Awards for best female directed films in the documentary, narrative feature, and short categorieIn addition to presenting year end awards during the annual movie awards season, AWFJ partners with select film festivals throughout the year to present EDA Awards for best female directed films in the documentary, narrative feature, and short categoriein the documentary, narrative feature, and short categories.

Puzzle is directed by American producer / filmmaker Marc Turtletaub, an experienced indie film producer, directing his second feature film after Gods Behaving Badly in 2013.

The streaming service is also delving into the feature film world in a big way, acquiring the package for Bright for a whopping $ 90 million, which is a sci - fi actioner starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton, to be directed by Suicide Squad helmer David Ayer.

At various points in his fantastically varied and storied career he wrote position papers on the need of support for a moribund Australian film industry, wrote and directed numerous episodes of such seminal TV shows as Homicide and Division 4 for Crawford Productions, was central in establishing film courses and departments in places such as Canberra and Brisbane (Griffith University), wrote plays and performed poems at Melbourne University and La Mama in the 1960s, directed feature films in the early 1980s (most memorably Ginger Meggs in 1982), made documentaries for the ABC and SBS (The Myth Makers, Images of Australia, The Legend of Fred Paterson, and numerous others), wrote and edited such books as Screenwriting: A Manual and Queensland Images in Film and Television, helmed commercials for a vast array of companies and government bodies, contributed film reviews to ABC radio (and more occasionally TV) across various states (for almost 40 years), wrote for numerous publications including Overland, The Canberra Times, Metro, The Concise Encyclopedia of Documentary Film, The Hobart Mercury, and so much more.

Obviously, it's not as if Kaufman did a complete overhaul, so don't expect Po to be kung fu fighting villains within his memories, only to realize that those memories are just part of an elaborate play being directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman (or maybe in this case Dustin Hoffman, since he voices a character in these films) which features himself directing a sequel to Kung Fu Panda.

GKids and Fathom Events have announced a special 15th anniversary screening of Spirited Away, Studio Ghibli's 2001 film written & directed by Hayao Miyazaki, which won the Best Animated Feature Oscar (in 2003).

DOXA programmers have nominated female - directed films in two EDA Awards categories: Best Female - Directed Feature Length Documentary and Best Female - Directed Documentary Short.

The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Lions.

For the first time in 18 years, Hollywood legend Warren Beatty has directed a feature film.

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.

12 Angry Men (1957), the first feature film directed by the legendary Sidney Lumet, is a Hollywood classic that, ironically, helped to define an era of filmmaking grounded in the gritty realism and frenetic energy of urban New York.

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.

The Lazarus Effect is directed by David Gelb, whose last feature film was — and I've rechecked this three times to make sure it's not an error — the fascinating 2011 documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, about an old Japanese man who runs a tiny but renowned restaurant in Tokyo.

Director Stephen Gaghan returns to feature film directing after over a decade long hiatus, and it seems atrophy has set in.

The cast is of course fantastic, featuring Robert De Niro, who directs and stars in the film, along with Palminteri, who wrote the film.

The Art Of Getting By, formerly known as Homework, was both written and directed by up - and - coming filmmaker Gavin Wiesen, who's making his feature debut after a short film in 2008 called Kill the Day.

Here's a brand new photo featuring Robert Pattinson in the upcoming film «Cosmopolis» directed by David Cronenberg (A History of Violence, Crash).

Best motion picture of the year «Amour» «Argo» «Beasts of the Southern Wild» «Django Unchained» «Les Misérables» «Life of Pi» «Lincoln» «Silver Linings Playbook» «Zero Dark Thirty» Performance by an actor in a leading role Bradley Cooper in «Silver Linings Playbook» Daniel Day - Lewis in «Lincoln» Hugh Jackman in «Les Misérables» Joaquin Phoenix in «The Master» Denzel Washington in «Flight» Performance by an actress in a leading role Jessica Chastain in «Zero Dark Thirty» Jennifer Lawrence in «Silver Linings Playbook» Emmanuelle Riva in «Amour» Quvenzhané Wallis in «Beasts of the Southern Wild» Naomi Watts in «The Impossible» Performance by an actor in a supporting role Alan Arkin in «Argo» Robert De Niro in «Silver Linings Playbook» Philip Seymour Hoffman in «The Master» Tommy Lee Jones in «Lincoln» Christoph Waltz in «Django Unchained» Performance by an actress in a supporting role Amy Adams in «The Master» Sally Field in «Lincoln» Anne Hathaway in «Les Misérables» Helen Hunt in «The Sessions» Jacki Weaver in «Silver Linings Playbook» Achievement in directing «Amour,» Michael Haneke «Beasts of the Southern Wild,» Benh Zeitlin «Life of Pi,» Ang Lee «Lincoln,» Steven Spielberg «Silver Linings Playbook,» David O. Russell Best foreign language film of the year «Amour,» Austria «Kon - Tiki,» Norway «No,» Chile «A Royal Affair,» Denmark «War Witch,» Canada Best animated feature film of the year «Brave,» Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman «Frankenweenie,» Tim Burton «ParaNorman,» Sam Fell and Chris Butler «The Pirates!

Here's a brand new international poster featuring Rachel McAdams from the upcoming film «Sherlock Holmes 2» directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Rachel McAdams (Midnight in Paris, Morning Glory, The Time Traveler's Wife, Mean Girls), Robert Downey Jr. (The Avengers, Due Date, Love & District, Iron Man 2, The Soloist), Noomi Rapace, Jude Law (Repo Men, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Hugo Cabret), Stephen Fry, Jared Reilly and Geraldine James.

Keith Gordon, who had a popular run playing nerds in the»80s («Back to School») before directing a bunch of TV series episodes, including «Dexter,» and helming several respectable feature films, including «A Midnight Clear.»

The film is directed by Michael J. Bassett (Solomon Kane, Deathwatch), and features original cast members Sean Bean (HBO's Game Of Thrones, Lord Of The Rings) and Deborah Kara Unger (The Game, 88 minutes, The Samaritan) return in Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, starring along with rising stars Adelaide Clemens (X-Men Origins, upcoming The Great Gatsby, No One Lives) and Kit Harington (HBO's Game Of Thrones) as well as Carrie - Anne Moss (The Matrix, Disturbia, NBC's Chuck) and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, The Artist).

This interruption ended with Hardly Working, which was followed by Smorgasbord (which was released in North America as Cracking Up), the last feature film that Lewis has directed.

Laughlin directed and starred in five films featuring the character, beginning with 1967's «The Born Losers» and helped to revolutionize indie cinema by self - distributing his films.

by Walter Chaw The only genre that boasts more direct - to - video fare than horror is porn, and since we haven't quite reached the point of quiet desperation needed to begin reviewing porn, find here a smelted cheddar of four dtv horror features (actually, The Boogeyman got a theatrical release in 1980, though I can't understand why): the eighth film in Clive Barker's venerable horror octology, Hellraiser: Hellworld; The Boogeyman and its second sequel, the legitimately straight - to - video Return of the Boogeyman; and Kevin VanHook's The Fallen Ones.

In January 2010, James completed Waiting for Forever, which he directed and produced with Trevor Albert, a feature film starring Tom Sturridge, Rachel Blison, Richard Jenkins, Blythe Danner, and Nikki Blonsky.