Directed, produced, and filmed by Academy Award — nominated and Emmy — winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman, City of Ghosts is a singularly powerful cinematic experience that is sure to shake audiences to their core as it elevates the canon of one of the most talented
documentary filmmakers working today.
Not exact matches
Eventually, Powell Jobs and Davis Guggenheim — a
filmmaker who's also
working on the project — plan to use these self - shot videos to compose a
documentary about the need for immigration reform.
Riot also employs four
documentary filmmakers to chronicle the hard
work of all the creative employees for LoL's fans.
The soft - spoken Hawaiian had
worked as a writer, actress and
filmmaker; her 2006 award - winning
documentary, Then There Were None, recounted the colonization of Hawaii.
Meanwhile, the famed
filmmaker will soon join in on the trend himself, with a new Netflix
documentary series he has in the
works that he says «has an element of true crime in it.»
Working with Dan O'Meara and Chris Romano, Troutwine assembled a dream team of
filmmakers responsible for some of the most acclaimed and entertaining
documentaries in recent years.
This weekend, Fuse will air the new
documentary from
filmmaker Dan Parris about the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown, the Ferguson protests and how young activists are
working for change.
They still end up doing most of the caretaking and household chores, even if they
work full time,» says Montreal
filmmaker Sharon Hyman, who is
working on a
documentary called Apartners: Living Happily Ever Apart.
A Bronx - born
filmmaker is
working on a
documentary about New York accents.
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar is a
documentary on Federico Fellini's life and
work by
filmmaker Damian Pettigrew, who combines vintage interview footage of Fellini, new conversations with those who
worked with him (including actors Donald Sutherland and Terence Stamp), and excerpts from Fellini's films (some of them previously unseen outtakes) to create an insightful portrait of a remarkable creative mind.
Filmmaker Nicholas Jarecki offers a celluloid portrait of a cinematic mastermind at
work in this
documentary shot over an eight month period and following director James Toback through each phase of production of his 2004 thriller When Will I be Loved.
It's clear immediately that
filmmaker Peter Berg is looking to ape the feel and tone of Paul Greengrass»
work, as Deepwater Horizon boasts a
documentary - like feel that's heightened by its low - key performances and general lack of context - with scripters Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand, in terms of the latter, delivering dialogue that tends to emphasize authenticity over exposition (ie much of this stuff sounds as though it was pulled directly from real - life transcripts).
Rachel is a freelance marketing and distribution consultant for educational videos,
working with independent
documentary filmmakers to expand their audience.
These comprehensive juxtapositions between on - the - scene and off - the - cuff moments reveal an inherent contradiction between
filmmaker and subject; while the team members claim they
work from evidence first, then reach conclusions, Chevigny and Kauffman have set out to make a hagiographic observational
documentary that is more interested in putting a human face on an organization than it is operating with a more rigorous, journalistic precision.
This tribute to Schepisi's important contribution as an Australian and international
filmmaker, a distinctive auteur and jobbing
filmmaker, covers his early
work in
documentary (his fascinating short on The Age newspaper, People Make Papers), the mercurial critical reception of his groundbreaking opus The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, the representation of landscape across his first three Australian features (specifically in the partisan and compassionate Evil Angels, 1988), his initial project in the United States (the elemental and mythic Western, Barbarosa), the now iconic Six Degrees of Separation, and the importance of adaptation and collaboration across his cinema.
Filmmaker Tony Zierra worked closely with his subject on this new documentary chronicling his extraordinary time spent with the late great filmmaker, featuring a treasure trove of private photographs, footage and never - before - seen d
Filmmaker Tony Zierra
worked closely with his subject on this new
documentary chronicling his extraordinary time spent with the late great
filmmaker, featuring a treasure trove of private photographs, footage and never - before - seen d
filmmaker, featuring a treasure trove of private photographs, footage and never - before - seen documents.
Documentary telling the bizarre story of the kidnapping of South Korean
filmmaker Shin Sang - ok and actress Choi Eun - hee by North Korean agents
working for Kim Jong - il.
Nanette Burstein is an acclaimed
filmmaker whose
work has won her several awards, including an Academy Award nomination for her
documentary «On The Ropes,» two Emmy awards for «NY77,» and a Sundance Best Director award for «American Teen.»
The
documentary filmmaker Les Blank, who died in 2013, left behind a body of
work celebrating American roots culture, food and music.
An essential
documentary for movie fans, this exploration of the
work of iconic
filmmaker Roger Corman revels in the joy of exploitation movies made on a minuscule budget with lashings of gore, explosions and nudity...
Agnes Varda's Faces Places Is a
Work of Art About Art — David Sims enjoys the legendary French
filmmaker's collaboration with the photographer JR, a wonderful
documentary about communities, memory, and her own history.
Sundance Institute is delighted to introduce our six new Women at Sundance Fellows, a diverse group of
filmmakers working as producers and directors in the
documentary and narrative fields.
Documentary filmmaker and cinematographer Kirsten Johnson and chief creative officer of Fork Films Gini Reticker, presented the Amicus Award to Fork Films CEO Abigail Disney in recognition of her
work in support of peacebuilding and advancing women's roles in the public sphere.
Our
works - in - progress screening series offers the public and members of the film community advance access to new
documentaries in progress and the opportunity to provide feedback and to participate in behind - the - scenes conversation with
filmmakers and creators.
To mark the birthday of a
filmmaker who's provided some of cinema's most memorable and quotable moments, we've taken a look back over his directorial career (excluding his recent
documentary work).
As
filmmaker and critic Jeff Reichert put it in his January / February 2017 Film Comment feature on Steve Bannon's
documentary work, «We could dismiss Bannon as the Rainer Werner Fassbinder of shoddily made straight - to - video white supremacist
documentary.
At the same time, Rivers» second solo feature is the closest to «conventional» that his
work as ever come — the term being used very loosely here, given that The Sky Trembles opens as a somewhat absurd behind - the - scenes
documentary before following Spanish
filmmaker Oliver Laxe off into the unknown.
Hence he can surprise his brother - in - law (Steve Coogan) and his lithe and toothsome ballerina of a
documentary subject, each in the buff, and it is not stretch on the audience's part for Ned to see only a
filmmaker at
work, and neither is it a stretch to see only admiration for craft rather than smirking needling when he tells someone about it.
In both her
documentary and fiction
work, Chilean
filmmaker Marcela Said returns to stories that explore the ongoing impact of the brutal Pinochet regime on Chilean society.
«He was a
documentary filmmaker who made The Eternal Jew, a really nasty piece of
work.
On a lower floor is an unhappily married couple: Wilder (Luke Evans) is a struggling
documentary filmmaker who
works in television to pay the bills, and Helen (Elisabeth Moss) is raising two kids while she's pregnant with a third.
As part of a retrospective marking the 100th anniversary of Robert Mitchum's birth, NYFF will also present a
work - in - progress screening of «Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast,» a
documentary about Mitchum from photographer and
filmmaker Bruce Weber.
This new
documentary by acclaimed
filmmaker Wim Wenders sheds more light on today's Pope and on why he has taken a more unconventional approach to his
work.
(British
filmmaker Rebecca Marshall is currently
working on a
documentary about Agafia, you can read more here)
Helene Klodawsky is a Canadian
documentary filmmaker whose
works include Motherhood (1994), Family Motel (2007) and Malls R Us (2009).
The Gist: It's been well over a decade since seminal American
filmmaker (and sometime Indiewire blogger) Bogdonavich directed a narrative feature, and even as he's remained busy with journalistic pursuits and
documentary work, it's hard not to wonder what sort of stories the man behind «The Last Picture Show» could tell today.
Featuring interviews from some of the biggest names in genre cinema including Joe Dante, Robert Forster and Fred Williamson, this
documentary tells the story of one of the best and hardest
working exploitation
filmmakers.
The four main characters are stellar personalities, and each one stands out for a different reason: Becca is the young
filmmaker who takes her
work very seriously, carefully crafting frames and cinematic scenes for her
documentary; Pop Pop takes extreme pride in being a strong farmworker, but struggles greatly with his increasing age; Nana is kind and fun - loving, baking cookies and playing hide and seek with her grandchildren, but fights to retain control of her faculties in the evening.
The Austrian
filmmaker, who regularly
works in the
documentary mode, discusses The Dreamed Ones, a narrative film that metatextually stages the correspondences between authors Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann during their romance.
For those not familiar with Christine Choy, she's a Korean - American
filmmaker whose most prolific period of
work was during the 80s and 90s, best remembered for the Oscar - nominated
documentary, «Who Killed Vincent Chin?»
Noah Baumbach (Mistress in America) and Jake Paltrow's (The Good Night) acclaimed
documentary De Palma — which explores the life and
work of the legendary
filmmaker Brian De Palma — is set for release here in the UK next week, and StudioCanal has debuted a new poster and trailer for the film; check them out -LSB-...]
In addition to his background in
documentary, Greene has
worked as an editor for Alex Ross Perry on Listen Up Philip (2014) and Queen of Earth (2015), and this film announces his potential to become a major American independent
filmmaker.
Participant's upcoming film slate includes the stirring
documentary Human Flow from celebrated artist, activist,
filmmaker Ai Weiwei, and narrative films including Stephen Chbosky's Wonder starring Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, and Julia Roberts; Andy Serkis» Breathe which premieres at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival; Steven Spielberg's The Post; the thriller Entebbe from Jose Padilha and
Working Title; and Rupert Wyatt's Captive State.
WORLD CINEMA
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION Twelve
documentaries by some of the most courageous and extraordinary international
filmmakers working today.
Once Upon A Time star Sarah Bolger holds down the «scream queen» slot, but has little else to
work with, since her character -
documentary filmmaker Eva - is an enigma the movie only hints at, but never commits to exploring.
The movie
works best as a satire of pretentious
documentaries made by
filmmakers who aren't above pulling a few strings.
An essential
documentary for movie fans, this exploration of the
work of iconic
filmmaker Roger...
Opening Dec. 2, AWFJ's Movie of the Week is Hitchcock / Truffaut,
filmmaker Kent Jones»
documentary about director Francois Truffaut's 1966 book Cinema According to Hitchcock, and how it has influenced the
work of myriad
filmmakers.
As an aspiring new
filmmaker, her experience ranges
working in small roles to key positions in major motion pictures,
documentaries and independent films.
The film is pieced together from outtakes from the long - time
documentary filmmaker / cinematographer's extensive body of
work, but beyond occasionally hearing her voice behind the camera (and one shot towards the end in which we finally see her face as she points the camera toward herself), Johnson forgoes the safety net of voiceover narration to tie all this footage together.