Sentences with phrase «do film and television»

So the natural progression to that was to go on and do film and television, which I did.

Not exact matches

EASTWOOD: When I did the Rawhide series in the 60s and late 50s we had a lot of wonderful directors, old time film directors that had not been doing that well so they would do television and our television show would come on.

I spent the first 13 years of my professional life doing what was more akin to art than to business: commissioning, writing, directing, producing radio, television, films, and music.

Early Marker: Got her start in television and film production doing program acquisitions at her father's FX Networks in Los Angeles.

The issues isn't about what is being done in the privacy of the bedroom, the discussion here is what being promoted in a national blog and national magazine covers, being promoted in films and television.

These enormous trends toward centralization and homogeneity still do permit room for the occasional «auteur» film of individual artistry, the profoundly critical television documentary, the journalistic exposé of corruption in high places, and other examples of independent thinking or original art.

It's pretty impossible for a movie to get made, and there are many stories that don't make it into a book or a film or a television show.

Of course, with all the recruiting they have to do, coaches just don't have time to be as inventive as they were before television came in and the exchange of game films began.»

A study done by several universities, The Influence of Media Violence on Youth, states, «Research on violent television and films, video games, and music reveals unequivocal evidence that media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in both immediate and long - term contexts.»

So when Nestlé states in its report, «we also do not market complementary foods for children under six months of age», it is important to remember that it took many people monitoring and exposing Nestlé's contempt for the Resolutions, working for binding regulations and taking to the streets to force this change (the demonstration at Nestlés UK HQ was filmed by Swiss Television).

Ulrich, a 32 - year - old Republican who represents a district in Southern Queens and has been filming a prospective reality television series about his potential run, didn't answer the question of whether he actually will run against de Blasio, telling WNYC's Brian Lehrer he'll make that decision in «a couple of weeks.»

That's just what Rep. Brian Higgins, a Buffalo Democrat, and Rep. Tom Reed, a Corning Republican, did recently as they filmed a television ad about an issue that too often g...

Mr Prescott did win some recognition for his work in television, however, with his Class System and Me film on BBC2 winning the «politics in the media» award.

Finally, the report said that a tax credit for film and television production, which Cuomo has proudly expanded, «should be scaled back because it does not appear to pay for itself in its current form.»

E.J. McMahon, president of the fiscally conservative Empire Center, said Cuomo would do better to find money by canceling a property tax rebate program or rolling back generous tax breaks given to film and television producers.

JS: I study film to learn from my mistakes, identify what I'm doing well and improve posture and skill, much like having a personal coach on the television.

My husband learned English by watching British and American films and watching BBC Television channel (he's Dutch) and in The Netherlands they don't dub films so you hear the English and read the subtitles for translation.

I used to lecture long time back, before I started my film and television company, so I do understand from the teacher's end as well, it can be frustrating at times, but definitely a rewarding career if one truly has the passion for it.

The second film to be made from Woody Allen's successful stage comedy (following a 1969 feature starring Jackie Gleason), Don't Drink the Water is a made - for - television adaptation directed by and starring Allen himself.

More than that, despite the surplus of violence in the pilot film, it is refreshing to see a television drama about young people in which the protagonists are doing something besides drugs, in which their concerns run deeper than clothes and dates... It could get terrific.

A native of Brede, Denmark, August graduated from the Danish Film Institute and started out working in the television industry, but it didn't take long for him to gravitate toward film work.

From the late»70s to the early»80s, the Dardennes made such films as Le Chant du Rossignol (1978), about the Nazi Resistance in Belgium's southern Walloon region, and Leçons d'une Université Volante (1981), about emigration from Poland, for Belgian television.

More film, television, and stage work followed, but Tyson did not truly become a star until her Oscar - nominated performance in the Depression drama Sounder (1972).

In addition to a continued but sporadic film career that included the 1997 Canadian release Wounded, in which he played a recently rehabilitated alcoholic detective who helps solve the murder of a slain forest ranger, Greene appeared on - stage — most frequently in Toronto — and did television work that included hosting documentaries.

Doesn't add much to the coming - out genre, as it has been established in countless Sundance competition films and made - for - television movies.

Like some other youngish middle - class marrieds who crop up in indie film and indie - influenced television, Alex and Emily are unreservedly conventional but don't want to be (or perhaps be seen as being) too straight in all senses of that word, as telegraphed by Alex's 2009 - era goatee and their Silver Lake address.

In 1999 she had a full plate, doing both television work (appearing as a prostitute on the Fox series Action) and more film work.

Hurley has a background in film and television, but there don't seem to be any rumblings of her taking the Ghostgirl reigns herself.

Director Michael Mann does a retread and modern film version of his highly successful 1980's television series and despite his calibre, this turns out to be just like all the other poor makeovers of hit TV shows.

Bassett, a former electronic press kit creator most recently found directing cable television's «Strike Back» and «Da Vinci's Demons», has only made four films in a decade and does not seem to be looking to expand his dance card or impress his way into better or better - paying jobs.

Then he broke into film, through television with Alan Clarke's The Firm, and Mike Leigh's Meantime, and with Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy, Stephen Frears's Prick Up Your Ears, and Nick Roeg's Track 29 - five widely differing parts that proved him much more than just a colourful character actor able to do a lot of accents.

Thunderbirds owes more to films like Spy Kids and the movie version of Lost in Space than it does to the original television series, so if you like slickly - made family sci - fi schlock targeted at the youngest of the audience members, you may not mind this mostly inferior knock - off.

The 300 - plus member Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) of television, radio, and online film critics voted on the awards and they usually do a better job than the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in my opinion.

This did not deter Stewart from his career as a highly paid script doctor and writer, most notably for the aforementioned Tom Clancy trilogy and most recently a television film, Dead Silence (1997), starring James Garner.

How do you get Josh Hartnett out from not doing films, and just doing television shows to do this?

I am honored to open the show as a presenter as MTV makes strides once more by doing away with binary acting categories, celebrating television and film in a truly inclusive way,» said Dillon.

Nyong» o (who made her feature film debut with this movie, never mind being a first - time nominee) snagged the Screen Actors Guild prize, but Lawrence did win the Golden Globe and British Academy of Film and Television Arts prize.

Medium jumps are never an easy thing to do, whether it's today's commonplace practice of remaking an old television series as a film residing between homage and parody, or as in the case of The Muppet Movie, simply bringing characters who found popularity on TV to a cinema audience.

Interestingly, DC's Extended Universe of films aren't connected to its slate of television shows (which is why TV's The Flash, Grant Gustin, was not cast), but don't rule out a crossover between the show and film versions just yet, as Kevin Smith revealed that «doors are being left open» should.

With more than 100 film and television credits, Rubin has cast such features as the upcoming Warren Beatty film «Rules Don't Apply,» «Trumbo,» «Wild,» «Lars and the Real Girl,» «Hairspray,» «The Talented Mr. Ripley,» «Men in Black,» «Romeo + Juliet,» «The English Patient» and «Four Weddings and a Funeral.»

Hollywood's best and brightest will take the stage alongside host Seth Meyers to celebrate the biggest achievements in television and film at the awards show, but how do you watch?

As the 1980s began she felt increasingly on the margins of the film industry, although she later co-wrote the script for Claire Denis's coming - of - age film set in 60s France, US Go Home (1994), and also directed a number of well - regarded television documentaries, such as Les Anges 1943, Histoire d'un Film (2004), on Bresson's Les Anges du Péché.

The intentional changing or at least ignoring of it in casting the role of MCU lynchpin Nick Fury and producing a Black Panther film for 2018 and a Luke Cage television series for later this year doesn't bestow upon them immunity by any stretch of the imagination, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe seems relatively inclusive if at the same time mostly faithful to the mostly mid-20th Century created comic book origins - depictions of their headline characters.

The 1.33:1 fullscreen aspect ratio is appropriate, and at least here, it does not entail any classic Disney film get cropped to fit the standard television dimensions.

Extras: Two French television documentaries: «Cinéastes de notre temps: Sacha Guitry (1965)» and «Thèmes et variations du cinéma: Guitry» (1967); an interview with Guitry from the 1959 television series «Magazine du théâtre»; 60 - page limited edition book featuring new writing on the films.

Without a word spoken, the first two shots in Thief, Michael Mann's groundbreaking 1981 feature debut, announce a simultaneously grim and dreamlike vision that seems, in retrospect, perfectly poised between the great urban crime films of the 1970s and the formal aesthetics of the 1980s — the «style decade» that Mann's subsequent cinema and television work did so much to help shape.

Helping things jerk along are Jason Isaacs as a wacky transvestite Scot (who, like all movie gay men, has nothing better to do than tend to wounded whores with hearts of gold), a little urchin who needs a daddy (Liam Aiken — he also stank in Stepmom, a film that was directed by Chris Columbus), and Greg Germann (television's «Ally McBeal») as the late - film reminder of the kind of fathead Nelson used to be before he met Sara.

Co-written and directed by David Greenwalt, who would later do mostly television work for teen series such as «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» and «Angel», this is a smart and energetic film that, despite some of one of the more contrived premises you're ever likely to see, manages to succeed by keeping the story constantly moving and changing, and actually do it with some wit.

Prior to Burke and Hare, Landis had contributed a couple of segments to Masters of Horror and worked on some other television, but hadn't actually directed a film since 1998, so it's great to hear he has something new in the works already (even if he doesn't explicitly say he'll be behind the camera).

Gone is the classic John Williams score (except for little bits and pieces), replaced by a very unmemorable one done by Alan Parker (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, American Gothic), his first ever work in a film, having only ever done music for television series.