Sentences with phrase «directorial debut film»

IFC Films nabbed U.S. rights to «Mad Men» star John Slattery's directorial debut film, «God's Pocket,» the company said Wednesday.

The friend he's asking, Greg Sestero (Dave Franco), has been roped into co-starring in Wiseau's directorial debut film The Room, and might be forgiven for answering in the affirmative.

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This weekend, actually, a highly anticipated film adaptation of that book — which is also the directorial debut of Ewan McGregor — hits theaters.

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Jaeger also wrote, directed, and starred in his featurethe movie film directorial debut along with Amber Jaeger, Victor Garber, and Bree Turner.

LisaRaye McCoy, actress, makes her directorial debut with the film «Skinned» which tells the story of Jolie, a young girl that is so uncomfortable in her own skin and the stigma of what society places on dark skinned persons that she uses skin lightening creams to alter her complexion.

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

Rules of Dating (Hangul: 연애의 목적; RR: Yeonae - ui mokjeok) is a 2005 South Korean film starring Park Hae - il and Kang Hye - jung, and is the directorial debut of filmmaker Han Jae - rim.

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.

It's a very moving indie drama that, as the directorial debut of screenwriter Oren Moverman, could be the start of a very great career for him as something other than a writer.You should definitely give this film a watch.

Skinny, bug - eyed Steve Buscemi, the twitchy actor du jour of American independent films, makes a striking directorial feature - film debut with «Trees Lounge,» in which he also stars as a twitchy, hyperkinetic loser.

Audiences saw him co-star in Christine Lahti's feature film directorial debut, MY FIRST MISTER, opposite Albert Brooks and Leelee Sobieski, which Paramount Classics premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001.

«Seeking a Friend for the End of the World's screenwriter, Lorene Scafaria, who also made her feature film directorial debut with the romantic dramedy, perfectly captured the essence of people needing to find comfort in each other during dire circumstances with Dodge and Penny.

Annihilation, like Alex Garland's previous endeavor (and directorial debut), Ex Machina, falls into the category of films that embrace Big Ideas in ways that presuppose viewers are intelligent and attentive.

Danny Strong's directorial debut stars Nicholas Hoult as J.D. Salinger, in a film that misses the mark in trying to capture his unique talent.

Won't be the comeback Schwarzenegger fans may be hoping for, but there are enough funny moments in Killam's directorial debut to augur a promising future in film comedy.

The Astronaut's Wife marked the directorial debut of Rand Ravich, who previously penned screenplays for such films as The Maker and Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh.

Two years later, he could be seen in another high - profile, politically tinged thriller, this time opposite Denzel Washington in director Jonathan Demme's remake of The Manchurian Candidate.In 2005 he made his directorial and screenwriting debut with Everything Is Illuminated, and appeared in the critically acclaimed, Golden Globe - winning HBO movie Lackawanna Blues, a life - affirming film about a selfless black woman (played by S. Epatha Merkerson) in 1950s segregated New York who provides a home and a guiding hand to the youths who come to live at her boarding house.

William H. Macy made his feature directorial debut with RUDDERLESS, the closing film at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

Angarano marks his film directorial debut with AVENUES, in which he wrote and stars.

Beginning his career as an author and responsible for the source material of Danny Boyle's The Beach in 2000, Alex Garland then directly ventured into the film industry by doing screenplay's - again with Boyle on 28 Days Later and Sunshine - before he eventually took the reigns himself by making his directorial debut with the magnificent science fiction film Ex Machina in 2014.

Noxon, a TV veteran making her directorial debut here, had suffered from an eating disorder herself, as did the film's star, Lily Collins.

This crime film, in the tradition of Bonnie and Clyde, is the directorial debut of writer John Ridley, scripter of Oliver Stone's U Turn.

For a low - budget film, it's not bad, but the only reason why this film is remotely interesting is because it is the «legit» directorial debut of Francis Fords Coppola.

Other recent films include PARADISE, Diablo Cody's directorial debut starring alongside Octavia Spencer and Holly Hunter, and Nicole Holofcener's ENOUGH SAID with Julia Louis Dreyfus and James Gandolfini.

Paul Haggis, who spoke with such remarkable confidence through his screenplay for Million Dollar Baby, one of the best films of the past few years, seems to be his own worst enemy in Crash, his directorial debut.

I find it astonishing that this film, Tim Burton's directorial debut Pee - wee's Big Adventure, has such a low score here at Metacritic.

Jolie's directorial debut was the little - seen «In the Land of Blood and Honey,» a film that traded epic sweep for a more intimate but no less brutal story, about a woman's sexual subjugation during the Bosnia - Serbia conflict.

In his directorial and writing debut, Ned Benson has crafted two separate films — two visions of a relationship's end following tragedy.

Not a bad schlocky horror flick overall, but the real reason this film is even remotely noteworthy is that it's the directorial debut of Francis Ford Coppola (credited as Francis Coppola in the credits).

Josh Boone's written and directorial debut with Stuck in Love is not only an accomplishment for independent film but also for writers.

«' Thumper» is a movie so real, so authentic in its direction and performances, we were floored this was Jordan's directorial debut,» Paul Davidson, The Orchard's EVP of film and television, said in a statement.

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

The film is the director's first effort since A Single Man, Ford's directorial debut, which led to Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Academy Award nominations for Colin Firth, as well as a Golden...

In addition, one of the organization's core values is identifying new talent and nurturing young filmmakers by awarding promising talent with «Directorial Debut» and «Breakthrough Actor» awards as well as grants to rising film students and by facilitating community outreach through the support of organizations such as The Ghetto Film School, Reel Works Teen Filmmaking, and Educational Video Center.

Nicholas Stoller makes his directorial debut and it's obvious he hasn't been «tainted» by the established mindset of how to film a romantic comedy as he has a «anything goes» mentality.

This week the movie blogosphere is oriented on Mike White's directorial debut and a return to film - making of a sort for Gary Oldman.

The film is the directorial debut of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (two of the Oscar - winning screenwriters of The Descendants), who also pen the excellent screenplay and take supporting roles.

That synopsis is far more straightforward than the actual film, which sees The Coup co-founder Boots Riley make his directorial debut.

Screenwriter James Vanderbilt's feature directorial debut recounts the scandal that led to Dan Rather stepping down from the CBS News desk in 2004, but while Vanderbilt's script has some good ideas in it, the film is ultimately far too hagiographic for its own good, undercutting its thematic impact at nearly every turn.

The film marks the directorial feature debut for Ryan Prows and features a cast that includes Nicki Micheaux, Ricardo Adam Zarate, and Jon Oswald; check them out here... What happens when you throw together a fallen -LSB-...]

Even though this film marks his directorial debut, I can see he has an eye for film.

When Ben Affleck's directorial debut GONE BABY GONE was released, the real life tragedy of Madeline McCann was at the peak of a media frenzy, and it was practically impossible to view that film outside of the cultural context in which it fell.

Vanderbilt's directorial debut stars Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, and Dennis Quaid in a film based on 60 Minutes» investigation of then President George W. Bush's military service, which led to a controversial firing.

The film will mark Gosling's directorial debut.

Peter Sohn made his directorial debut with the Pixar short film «Partly Cloudy.»

«Westworld,» the 1973 sci - fi film conceived by novelist Michael Crichton that marked his directorial debut, is often regarded a high - concept precursor to his later work, «Jurassic Park,» in which a high - tech amusement park descends into chaos when its primary attractions — in this case automated denizens of an idealized Old West, rather than T - Rexes and velociraptors — turn on the attendees.

«Winter's Tale» is the feature film directorial debut of Academy Award - winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, who penned the 2001 Best Picture winner «A Beautiful Mind».

Known for hard - hitting screenplays for Submarino and The Hunt which he co-wrote with director Thomas Vinterberg, and for the popular Danish TV drama Borgen, Tobias Lindholm's solo directorial debut is perhaps as remarkable in the script department as his previous work, but the film itself — like the ship it depicts — sometimes goes adrift.

The film, in which Emile Hirsch stars alongside Roberts in his directorial feature debut, opens in cinemas on September 24th (UK).