Sentences with phrase «feature directorial debut»

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

But as I say in my video review above, this Jackman - fronted musical, that marks the impressive feature directorial debut of music video maestro Michael Gracey, offers exactly what fans of the genre crave: deliciously tappable musical numbers and likable characters.

In The Burning Plain, Oscar - winning screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga makes his narrative feature directorial debut with a scenario of his own creation.

It's sad - and somewhat uncomfortable at times - but makes for a meaningful and beautifully - shot feature directorial debut for Marleen Jonkman.

Lionsgate has released a new poster for Dominic Cooke's feature directorial debut On Chesil Beach.

William H. Macy's feature directorial debut stars Billy Crudup as Sam, a former ad executive whose life is rocked by the sudden death of his son.

Here is a look at the most impressive feature directorial debuts of 2014.

Nicolai Fuglsig makes an impressive feature directorial debut by giving audiences a thrilling drama based on the book Horse Soldiers by author Doug Stanton that revisits the beginning years of the War on Terror with soldiers traveling on horseback.

The Infinite Man It's pretty hard to believe that The Infinite Man is Hugh Sullivan's feature directorial debut as very few attempt to make a science fiction film in the independent world because of budget restraints.

Ahead of its US release next month, IFC Films has debuted a new trailer for Russell Harbaugh's feature directorial debut Love After Love.

Yan is an up - and - coming filmmaker whose feature directorial debut «Dead Pigs» — about «A bumbling pig farmer, a feisty salon owner, a sensitive busboy, an expat architect and a disenchanted rich girl converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs float down the river towards a rapidly - modernizing Shanghai» — earned strong reviews and won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting at Sundance.

For those familiar with Eskil Vogt's screenplays for the Joachim Trier directed Reprise and Oslo, August 31st, Vogt's own feature directorial debut carries with it the same sensitive, melancholic touches of Trier's work, with a greater penchant for the narrative byzantine and bizarre.

«It was an absolute dream, synergistic moment of casting,» says Allison Williams of being offered, as her first big - screen role, the part of Rose Armitage, the female lead in Jordan Peele «s feature directorial debut Get Out — which allowed her to make fun of and then completely subvert her preexisting screen persona — as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of the Awards Chatter» podcast.

It follows a young nun in training who struggles with issues of faith and sexuality in the 1960s and marks Maggie Betts» narrative feature directorial debut.

Gina Carter has recently produced Idris Elba's feature directorial debut Yardie which premiered in competition at Sundance this year.

On Sunday, May 22, An Afternoon with Molly Shannon will feature an on - stage interview and a screening of four - time Emmy - nominated SNL and Broad City writer Chris Kelly's feature directorial debut Other People, an unflinching, emotional seriocomedy starring Shannon as well as Jesse Plemons, Maude Apatow, Zach Woods, Bradley Whitford, and June Squibb.

Harris scripts the film, drawing from his own experiences and the grim reality of a protagonist hitting rock bottom is perfectly painted by the skilled screenwriter and the dynamic direction from Thomas Napper who makes his dramatic feature directorial debut following some exceptional second unit work on Pan, Beauty and the Beast and the upcoming Mary Poppins Returns.

Six hours left to a matter - of - fact end of the world, but don't expect apocalyptic activity in Last Night, a surreal, elegantly melancholy, and yet witty ensemble story — the snazzy feature directorial debut of Canadian writer - actor Don McKellar (The Red Violin) and the antidote to Y2K baloney.

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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.

Kendrick, along with the original cast returns for this sequel, this time with star Banks in the director's chair, which will mark her first full - length feature directorial debut.

Following its world premiere at SXSW, IFC Films has released a trailer for director Fritz Böhm's feature directorial debut Wildling.

The Light of the Moon Stephanie Beatriz, Michael Stahl - David, Conrad Ricamora, Catherine Curtin, Olga Merediz, and Cindy Cheung star in Jessica M. Thompson's feature directorial debut about a woman seeking to regain normalcy after a sexual assault.

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed writer - director Ari Aster, whose feature directorial debut Hereditary bowed last night in the Sundance Film Festival's Midnight section.

Unfortunately, Rebel in the Rye — Danny Strong's admittedly polished feature directorial debut — squanders Kenneth Slawenski's critical biography of J.D. Salinger by having its central literary prodigy (portrayed by Fury Road War Boy, Nicholas Hoult) get his own brilliance spelled out to him by everyone else in the movie.

Of Sopranos creator David Chase's feature directorial debut Not Fade Away, O'Hehir asked, «Why bother?

Some of this year's competitors include Vera Farmiga's directorial debut Higher Ground, Paddy Considine's feature directorial debut Tyrannosaur, Matthew Chapman's thriller The Ledge, Michael Rapaport's documentary Beats,...

As it stands, League makes for a passable feature directorial debut for British comedy writer Jim Field Smith.

Jersey Village native Robbie Pickering's feature directorial debut snagged multiple awards at the SXSW festival Tuesday night in Austin, including the jury and audience awards for best narrative feature.

Chuck Hayward's (Netflix's series Dear White People) irreverent script is all about embracing your inner loser as the ultimate winner, making Emmy - nominated Jennifer Arnold's (A Small Act) fiction feature directorial debut a willfully offensive adult comedy with no manners and tons of heart.

The film marks the unlikely feature directorial debut of Michael Rapaport, a veteran actor whose juiciest credits came in Tribe's one successful decade and include Beautiful Girls, Cop Land, Deep Blue Sea, and a recurring role on «Friends.»

Upcoming films include Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine, starring Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling, and John Wells» feature directorial debut Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, Rosemary DeWitt, Maria Bello and Chris Cooper.

Breathe is directed by English actor - turned - filmmaker Andy Serkis, making his first feature directorial debut.

«Led by a breakthrough performance by Trevor Jackson, director Gerard McMurray's feature directorial debut brings an emotional honesty to the classic tale of «rites of passage» and the complicated bonds of brotherhood.»

«Strangerland» is a strong feature directorial debut by Kim Farrant, even if there are holes in the screenplay (by Michael Kinirons and Fiona Seres).

Closing Night It Stains the Sand Red Colin Minahan, USA, 2016, 92m The solo feature directorial debut of Colin Minahan, one half of the Vicious Brothers (Grave Encounters, Extraterrestrial), makes his strongest impression yet with this engaging, visually striking film, set during apocalyptic times, about a woman, Molly (a fearless Brittany Allen), who finds herself stranded in the desert after her dumbass boyfriend is killed by a zombie.

An Evening with Bob Balaban Parents Bob Balaban, Canada / USA, 1989, 35 mm, 82m As supremely black as a comedy can be, Bob Balaban's brilliantly subversive feature directorial debut is deranged in all the right ways.

EXCLUSIVE: The Office alum Paul Lieberstein's feature directorial debut Song of Back and Neck is making its world premiere today in the U.S. Narrative Competition section at the Tribeca Film Festival.

William Oldroyd's feature directorial debut Lady Macbeth has scored a leading 15 nominations for this year's British Independent Film Awards.

Otto Bathurst, who has directed episodes of Peaky Blinders and Black Mirror, is behind the camera this time making his mainstream feature directorial debut.

I'm a very big fan of Ayoade's feature directorial debut Submarine (watch it on Netflix), and happily dived headfirst into his second feature, The Double, based on an 1846 Dostoevsky novella with a dystopian plot involving a worker whose entire life is thrown into disarray when his doppleganger shows up.

Luke Scott's feature directorial debut finds trouble with the L7 — an unnamed corporation's newest attempt at artificial intelligence.

Goldwyn made an auspicious feature directorial debut with «A Walk on the Moon» starring Diane Lane and Viggo Mortensen.

I don't know if I'll make the final cut — I was interviewed briefly at the Two Lovers junket, after an interesting interview — but Casey Affleck's feature directorial debut on a very strange year in the life of brother - in - law Joaquin Phoenix will be released on September 10, as Magnolia Pictures has wrapped up a deal for worldwide distribution rights.

Gordon - Levitt's feature directorial debut with this film was nothing shy of brilliant.

, the world premiere and feature directorial debut of Steve Oram, co-writer and star of Ben Wheatley's cult UK hit Sightseers.

To label Francis Lee's feature directorial debut as Yorkshire's answer to «Brokeback Mountain» does the film and its actors a disservice.

After growing up in the political tumult of France in the sixties and seventies, Assayas followed a path similar to the one traveled by several titans of the French New Wave, first working as a critic for Cahiers du cinéma, then moving on to film projects, including collaborations with André Téchiné and his own feature directorial debut, the 1986 Disorder.

That's not true for Jordan Peele, who's feature directorial debut Get Out was a crossover hit.