Sentences with phrase «directorial debut»

It comes as no surprise to learn that Don't Hang Up is the feature directorial debut of two visual effects artists.

Their feature directorial debut Body follows three bored friends home for the holidays.

For all his success, it was his experience as a young man that provided the inspiration for this film, his feature film directorial debut.

His feature length directorial debut would be 2004's Saw.

I took three years off from acting to get my own directorial debut off the ground.

This is an assured directorial debut; a polished product that is fitting of a genre director with numerous features under his belt.

I know this is you're feature directorial debut so how did you approach it?

I can't imagine it not winding up my favorite directorial debut of the year.

, will not only return to those same duties for the sequel but she will also make her feature - length directorial debut.

And I'm really excited that we get to be a part of his feature directorial debut.

Lady Bird — which played this week at the New York Film Festival — is the solo directorial debut for Greta Gerwig (she co-directed 2008's Night's and Weekends) and it's an utter delight.

Wright made his feature film directorial debut in 2005 with Pride & Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Rosamund Pike, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn and with Carey Mulligan, in her first screen appearance.

Cate Blanchett, Mia Wasikowska and David Wenham will make directorial debuts on the project, each directing a separate segment.

Get Out, the unlikeliest of directorial debuts from the Jordan Peele — the Peele half of Comedy Central sketch comedy duo Key and Peele, is full of the sorts of people who will walk up to the black man in the room and make sure to tell him that they voted for Obama (twice!)

The film marks directorial debut of producer Bill Holderman and will follow a book club whose members are changed forever after they read «Fifty Shades of Grey»

The Tale is both written and directed by American filmmaker Jennifer Fox, a producer now making her feature directorial debut after making two documentaries, Beirut: The Last Home Movie and My Reincarnation, previously.

Lee Unkrich made his solo directorial debut with «Toy Story 3,» for which he won the Academy Award ® for Best Animated Feature in 2011.

As far as directorial debuts go, I would say this is a solid start for Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy (Paddy).

Ex Machina: Screenwriter Alex Garland made an incredibly auspicious directorial debut here with a sci - fi story rooted in the most base human concerns of control, desire, independence, and honesty.

The latest in a recent string of directorial debuts about young people grappling with the imminent or recent loss of a parent, Demetri Martin's «Dean» may not land with the sheer force of «James White» or offer the exacting detail of Sundance opener «Other People,» but this winsome low - key comedy lucidly conveys how grief can feel like being shot into uncharted stretches of outer space.

That tension is maintained throughout the entire film in what is a very impressive directorial debut from Edgerton.

The success of Ted, his feature directorial debut starring Mark Wahlberg as a man who smokes pot with a living, foulmouthed teddybear, which earned more than $ 500 - million worldwide, guaranteed that MacFarlane could do anything he wanted with his follow - up film.

Kaluuya, who is hotly anticipated to be nominated for his first ever Oscar for his performance in Get Out, saw his director Jordan Peele win Best Directorial Debut for the satirical horror, which was also named among NBR's top 10 films of the year.

They also slighted Jordan Peele, whose directorial debut in Get Out has won several awards from critics and industry groups so far this year.

Kristen Stewart presents her visually arresting directorial debut at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

Alex Garland «s daring directorial debut Ex Machina masterfully puts a new spin on a festering fear.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan will appear onscreen together for the first time in Wildlife, the upcoming directorial debut from actor Paul Dano.

As directorial debuts go, Joseph Gordon - Levitt's Don Jon's Addiction is a surprisingly well - crafted first effort, a raunchy comedy with substance.

This year already, she's been in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, had a cameo in a Muppet movie (now that's what we call screen immortality) and starred in Ryan Gosling's much - reviled directorial debut Lost River, a future cult classic in the making.

Jordan Peele, whose directorial debut Get Out scored four nominations including a Best Actor nod for Daniel Kaluuya, referenced the frightening locale he introduced last year.

Shortly after it was announced that the film would be part of the Features lineup at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival, Focus Features released a new clip from Jason Bateman's directorial debut Bad Words.

He made his theatrical - movie directorial debut in 1981 with The Four Seasons, a semiserious exploration of modern romantic gamesmanship; it would prove to be his most successful film as a director, with subsequent efforts like Sweet Liberty (1986) and Betsy's Wedding (1989) no where close.

The former Key & Peele alum's directorial debut brought in more than $ 100 million and garnered rave reviews from film critics and fans alike.

Alex Garland's directorial debut doesn't feel at all as though it is set many years into the future.

More Than a Game marks the auspicious directorial debut of Kristopher Belman, who was afforded unusual access to the Fab Five for seven years, from junior high through their high school graduation.

This is exactly the type of indie filmmaking that we need more of, and the awkwardly charming Greta Gerwig has hit a home run with her equally awkwardly charming directorial debut.

He's also following in the footsteps of some of the more successful directorial debuts by other actors and not acting in the film as well.

This lineup also plays home to a number of heavily anticipated directorial debuts from actors, including Nate Parker's «The Birth of a Nation,» Clea DuVall's «The Intervention» and Sian Heder's «Tallulah» (which has adapted from her own short, «Mother»).

The filmmaker made his American directorial debut on «Sinister 2,» which was written by the original movie's helmer, Scott Derrickson, and his co-scribe, C. Robert Cargill.

Adapted from a William Giraldi novel by regular Saulnier collaborator / star Macon Blair, whose directorial debut won Sundance last year, Hold The Dark takes the canine terror to a new level with the story of a writer (Jeffrey Wright) hired to find and rescue a 6 - year - old boy dragged into the Alaskan wilderness by wolves.

After a great directorial debut with «Gone Baby Gone» in 2007 and a brilliant sophomore effort with «The Town» in 2010, all eyes were on Ben Affleck in his third outing as director.

Released in mid-summer of last year, director Lorene Scafaria's (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) feature film directorial debut came and went without much fanfare.

Dave Green, who made his feature directorial debut last year with Earth to Echo, is directing from a script by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec.