Sentences with phrase «director of actors»

Theater director Lee Strasberg co-founded the Group Theatre, where he directed experimental plays, and later became artistic director of the Actors Studio.

Though the press book tries to get one to ignore this, it pairs Frears with a codirector, Mike Dibb, and a cowriter, critic Charles Barr, both of whom are credited first; so maybe Frears — a good director of actors who's never shown much aptitude for or interest in film aesthetics — was too busy with Mary Reilly to do much more on this than chew the fat with four colleagues and add a few pithy voice - overs.

We sometimes forget what a superb director of actors Sidney Lumet is; you «ll remember after you watch the incandescent British ensemble (plus Ossie) do their stuff in this unjustly neglected stunner of a movie.

I imagine Yates as bad a director of actors as he is of cinematographers.

Bad director of actors, but Will Smith playing a «smart» scientist (who does the stupidest things a protagonist has done in any film I can remember) is kind of hilarious.

But the man is a top - notch director of actors, and there's something about the story plus the fact that he's reuniting with his To Die For star Joaquin Phoenix that gives us hope.

While the visuals are often exceptionally pleasing to the eye, Brian Helgeland remains a more adept director of actors than he does movies.

Knowing Morano's work, it's no huge revelation that the film was visually striking, full of memorable images and smart, intuitive framing, but the helmer proves to be both a deft handler of sustained tone and a great director of actors: both Wilde and Wilson do work that's among their best ever.

She'll be joined by director Kat Candler and SAG - AFTRA Foundation National Director of Actors Programs Rochelle Rose.

ROSS AT THE TURNING POINT Herbert Ross has a reputation as a fine director of actors (Shirley MacLaine in The Turning Point, Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl) and an agreeable director for strong writers (Arthur Laurents, Neil Simon, Woody Allen).

That film proved him to be a masterful director of actors, especially in groups.

The cameo performances by Helen Mirren (as a doctor), Vanessa Redgrave (a piano teacher) and Patricia Clarkson (the victim's mother), among others, reveals Mr. Penn to be a great director of actors with a mind - reading ability to discover a character's truth in the tiniest dramatic nuances.

He's a superb director of actors and he's worked before with high - achieving minimalists like Robert Redford and Robert Mitchum.

Although not blessed with a cinematic eye, Yates, a sensitive director of actors, structures his movie like the final movement of a symphony.

Not exact matches

It seems to me that DiCaprio is an actor who has always given a great deal of thought to his craft, choosing each role as an opportunity to work with directors or actors he admires.

In a recent report from The Guardian, Bollywood actor Reena Saini accused casting director Sohan Thakur of groping her; Swara Bhasker, now an award - winning actor in India, alleged that, when she was new to the industry, a male director sent her incessant text messages on set and demanded she hug him while drunk.

Based on data investigators have been accumulating, it's likely a «non-state actor» rather than a particular government group carried out the hacking, according to a Wall Street Journal article quoting Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper's comments on Tuesday in New York at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Director Spike Lee and actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are opting to skip next month's Oscars ceremony, and even Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs expressed disappointment with the lack of diversity among this year's nominees.

«Hollywood directors, producers, actors, and visual effects specialists will lead the way, and the engine of today will be the camera of the 20th century.»

Of course, there will always be skeptics who claim Nolan cast the singer to help market his film, but the truth of the matter is, the director's films have always contained concepts (like «Inception» and «Interstellar») or iconic figures (Batman and The Joker) who are far bigger than any actor who has appeared in theOf course, there will always be skeptics who claim Nolan cast the singer to help market his film, but the truth of the matter is, the director's films have always contained concepts (like «Inception» and «Interstellar») or iconic figures (Batman and The Joker) who are far bigger than any actor who has appeared in theof the matter is, the director's films have always contained concepts (like «Inception» and «Interstellar») or iconic figures (Batman and The Joker) who are far bigger than any actor who has appeared in them.

«I think that's why a lot of the directors — Chris [Nolan], Rian [Johnson], J.J. [Abrams]-- they value those moments where you've got a real look of terror, anxiety, excitement on the faces of the actors.»

In fact, Nolan not only assembles his casts from the best actors available in the pool of talent from today, he has a knack for remembering venerable performers like Rutger Hauer («Batman Begins»), Tom Berenger («Inception») and Matthew Modine («The Dark Knight Rises») who have otherwise sadly fallen off of other big name directors» radars.

The vast majority of those lucky enough to be at the secret screening have heaped loads of praise on the actors, the director and the whole movie itself giving rise to predictions of a large Oscar presence come awards season.

A number of senior officials in the Trump government, however, argue that WikiLeaks is not a press organization at all, but a «non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia,» as CIA director Joe Pompeo referred to it in a recent speech.

«We will continue to vigorously police conduct involving distributed ledger technology and ensure that bad actors who commit fraud in this space are held accountable,» Lara S. Mehraban, Associate Regional Director of the SEC's New York Regional Office said in the statement.

EASTWOOD: Well I think it's better today because the directors have complete control now but in those days it was a great learning era because if somebody gives you four actors that you don't know and a script and says be ready to go on Monday morning you have to do a lot of stuff real quick and you have to be able to think on your feet real fast.

An Arab - American civil rights organization also asked director Clint Eastwood and actor Bradley Cooper to denounce hateful language directed at U.S. Arabs and Muslims after the release of the film.

The legendary actor, director and armchair conversationalist — actually, he prefers to talk to armless chairs — has been expounding on the desperate state of America.

The latest news in the unfolding scandal embroiling actor - director - writer Nate Parker is that the Toronto International Film Festival said it still plans to host the international premiere of Parker's already highly - lauded film, The Birth of a Nation, next month.

To comply with Rule 506 (c) you will also need to get a representation from the crowdfunding portal that none of their executives, officers, directors, partners or shareholders are «bad actors» — essentially, that they have not been convicted of a felony or otherwise been sanctioned previously by the SEC.

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.

«The Equalizer» re-teamed the star with Antoine Fuqua, the director of the gritty 2001 hit «Training Day,» for which Washington earned the Best Actor Oscar.

«This job is working with interesting people and interesting actors — I didn't feel like I needed to be in another period drama, but this was just a really interesting director who had done a really interesting film,» says actor @douglasbooth of the @tribeca Film Festival film «Mary Shelley.»

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which votes on the annual Oscar awards, announced Thursday that its Board of Governors has decided to expel actor Bill Cosby and director Roman Polanski.

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.

Director Joe Rotunda of the TSSB Enforcement Division told ETHNews about how bad actors play confidence games like those used to swindle investors in conventional markets, but repackaged for the era of crypto:

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will no longer claim the actor and the director as members after its board voted to remove them this week.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo said during an appearance at the Center for Strategic and International Studies this month that it was «time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is: a non-state, hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors, like Russia,» and he criticized prior administrations as having been «squeamish» about going after publishers of state secrets.

Best Picture: «The Shape of Water» Lead Actor: Gary Oldman, «Darkest Hour» Lead Actress: Frances McDormand, «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» Supporting Actress: Allison Janney, «I, Tonya» Director: «The Shape of Water,» Guillermo del Toro Animated Feature: «Loving Vincent,» Animated Short: «Revolting Rhymes» Adapted Screenplay: «The Disaster Artist» Original Screenplay: «The Big Sick» Cinematography: «Blade Runner 2049» Roger Deakins Best Documentary Feature: «Last Men in Aleppo» Best Documentary Short Subject: «Traffic Stop» Best Live Action Short Film: «The Silent Child» Best Foreign Language Film: «The Insult» (Lebanon) Film Editing: «Baby Driver» Sound Editing: «Dunkirk» Sound Mixing: «Dunkirk» Production Design: «The Shape of Water» Original Score: «Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Song: «This Is Me» from «The Greatest Showman» Makeup and Hair: «Darkest Hour» Costume Design: «Phantom Thread» Visual Effects: «Star Wars: The Last Jedi»

Joy Reid is a «homophobe» and a «liar» while MSNBC is «allowing her try to weasel her way out of this situation using ridiculous lies,» charged Michael Lucas, a gay pornographic film actor and director.

The actor's and the director's job is to dig deep to reveal the motivations, the behavior, the mind, and hero - like or villain - like qualities of the role.

In a statement, it said its board «has voted to expel actor Bill Cosby and director Roman Polanski from its membership in accordance with the organization's Standards of Conduct».

The comedian, writer, actor, movie director, and lover of jorts and hockey jerseys shared a very lighthearted and optimistic post on Twitter early this morning, offering a hospital selfie and writing, «After the first show this evening, I had a massive heart attack.

Manhattan police are called to the apartment of Oscar - winning actor and director Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Broadway lights were dimmed as a mark of respect for Hoffman, as crowds gathered at the home of the theatre company where he had worked as an actor and director.

I recently had the pleasure of watching a stage production of CS Lewis» Screwtape Letters featuring a magnificent solo performance by actor and director Max Mclean as the titular devil of the play.

Bridge of Spies reunites director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks (who've collaborated on films including The Terminal, Catch Me If You Can and Saving Private Ryan) to tell the true story of an American attorney entrusted to negotiate a high - profile prisoner exchange during the Cold War.

He is also proud of his legacy as the creator of the film societies of the Writers Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild and Directors Guild of America.

Just a stop along the journeyman's highway of actors, writers and directors who hope to get to big...

Joseph Smith ancestors are along with Eight U.S. presidents are known to be descended from Mayflower passengers, and a number of other famous people including astronauts, poets, politicians, actors and actresses, directors, inventors and others are descendants as well.