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Like Barry Sonnenfeld, Wally Pfister and many more before her, Reed Morano is making the jump from esteemed cinematographer (her work includes «Frozen River,» «Kill Your Darlings» and more) to feature film director with the upcoming drama, «Meadowland.»

ROB REINER»S debut as a feature film director with the mock «rockumentary» This Is Spinal Tap was as invigorating as his second film, The Sure Thing, is depressing: not since Michael Cimino followed The Deer Hunter with Heaven's Gate has there been such a dramatic comedown.

Not exact matches

Brenda Chapman, an animation writer - director with a storied career (Disney's The Lion King, DreamWorks» The Prince of Egypt), made headlines three years ago when she penned a New York Times op - ed addressing her painful experience being removed as the first female feature film director for Pixar's Brave, a mother - daughter fairytale she created, and replaced by a male colleague.

This 90 - minute feature film by Oscar - winning director, Danis Tanovic, tells the true story of a former Nestlé salesman who took on the company with the help of IBFAN when he realises that babies are dying as a result of his work pressuring doctors to promote formula.

Immediately following the screening of the film, I'll be introducing a panel discussion featuring the film makers along with celebrity chef Monica Pope (Bravo Top Chef Masters and a Food & Wine Best New Chef); Recipe for Success «s Director of Operations, chef Molly Graham; and Brian Giles, General Manager of Houston ISD / Aramark Food Services.

This 90 - minute feature film by Oscar - winning Director Danis Tanovic is based on the true story of a former Nestlé Medical Delegate in Pakistan who exposed company marketing practices with the help of IBFAN.

With his experience after producing TV commercials for clients such as: Nike, BMW and Mercedes, culminating in the classic «Joga Bonito» World Cup campaign for Nike, Tim Elliott started collaborating with feature film directors as a ghost writer and creative assistWith his experience after producing TV commercials for clients such as: Nike, BMW and Mercedes, culminating in the classic «Joga Bonito» World Cup campaign for Nike, Tim Elliott started collaborating with feature film directors as a ghost writer and creative assistwith feature film directors as a ghost writer and creative assistant.

First, they can show feature films in the proportions that their directors intended; on 4:3 screens, either some of the side of the picture must cropped out, or it appears in a letterbox, with black bands above and below.

«It's not a political film that will beat you over the head with moral lessons,» insists writer and director Neill Blomkamp, who grew up in South Africa and created the thought - provoking 2005 short Alive in Joburg, on which the feature film is based.

Written by Being John Malkovich scribe Charlie Kaufman, Human Nature was the feature debut from acclaimed music - video director Michel Gondry and featured Arquette as a woman cursed with a coat of fur covering her body.As the decade progressed, audiences could see Arquette in projects ranging from the star - studded documentary Searching for Debra Winger to the sleeper family film Holes.

Less Is More, More is Less: In his second feature film, photographer - turned - director Anton Corbijn tries his best to match Clooney's hostile stillness with distance of his own, but his attempts at visual nuance inadvertently come off as conspicuous filmmaking choices overly fraught with meaning.

The film reps a new career high for director Dee Rees, whose remarkable 2011 debut feature Pariah is a semi-autobiographical deep dive into a black girl's struggles with coming out.

Director Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station & Creed) enters «the big leagues» with Marvel's Black Panther, a somewhat monumental feat for the studio that has mostly featured films that skew towards the white male demographic.

Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

In 1998, she made her feature - film debut in Tango, in which she played an aspiring dancer who becomes entangled in a romance with a film director.

After making his name with three independent films in Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud, director Jeff Nichols approaches his fourth feature with a bigger budget, making it his first studio production and allowing him to operate on a slightly more ambitious and grander scale.

In 2001, Probst made the transition into feature films as the director of Finder's Fee — a drama concerning a man who finds a wallet with a winning lottery ticket.

The potency of writer / director Michael Pearce's first feature film is that we understand Moll's continuing rebellion, and we can even sympathize with it.

It's ultimately clear, however, that Fear and Desire simply isn't able to justify its feature - length running time (ie the whole thing feels padded - out even at 61 minutes), with the movie's less - than - consistent vibe paving the way for a second half that could hardly be less interesting or anti-climactic - which does, in the end, confirm the film's place as a fairly ineffective first effort that does, at least, highlight the eye - catching visual sensibilities of its preternaturally - talented director.

Coming off the success of the horror film It Follows, writer - director David Robert Mitchell shifts into noir with his latest feature, but the results appear to be much less favorable.

That's not much of a story to build a film on, but writer - director Rachel Lang and star Salome Richard manage to craft an intriguing feature debut filled with keen observations and slices of dark humor.

Since the 2013 film «Drinking Buddies,» Swanberg has been working with Hollywood actors — indeed, with stars — and his new feature, «Digging for Fire,» made on a likely scant budget, has a cast that any director could envy.

Since the 2013 film «Drinking Buddies,» Swanberg has been working with Hollywood actors — indeed, with stars — and his new feature, «Digging for Fire,» made on a likely scant budget, has a cast that any director could envy, including Jake Johnson (who co-wrote the film with Swanberg), Rosemary DeWitt, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Orlando Bloom, Mike Birbiglia, Judith Light, Sam Elliott, Jane Adams, Ron Livingston, Melanie Lynskey, and Jenny Slate.

Ondi Timoner, the director of the documentaries, We Live in Public 69 and Cool It 61 will make her feature narrative debut with the latter film.

The real value of the documentary from Douglas McGrath lies in charting Nichols» creative trajectory from the staging and improvisation lessons learned with comedy partner Elaine May, through collaborations with playwright Neil Simon on «Barefoot in the Park» and «The Odd Couple,» and the director's first two feature films, both legendary — «Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?»

Writer - director Damien Power advances from his work on short films with his feature debut, a solidly visceral and harshly unforgiving pic that's lean and taut in its plotting and pacing, even as it shakes up linear chronology initially to tell its tale.

A largely self - congratulatory promotion for the musical, the video features interviews with film screenwriter Herlihy, Broadway director John Rando, choreographer Rob Ashford and stage star Stephen Lynch.

«Great Italian Director's Collection» (Lorber Films) features Michelangelo Antonioni's debut feature «Story of a Love Affair» (1950), the anthology film «Boccaccio» 70» (1962) with contributions by Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittoria De Sica and Mario Monicelli, and Monicelli's «Casanova» 70» (1966).

Bonus features include: - Logan Noir: a black - and - white version of the film - Audio commentary by director James Mangold - Deleted scenes with optional audio commentary by Mangold - Making Logan — behind - the - scenes documentary

After winning an Oscar for his short film «Six Shooter», director Martin McDonagh's first feature length dares to combine a crime thriller with comedy and the results are surprisingly good.

Special features include audio commentary with director Michael Ritchie and actress Jean Louisa Kelly, as well as an isolated score track and original cut of the film in standard def.

Writer - director Sian Heder makes her feature film debut with «Tallulah,» a touching and emotionally wrenching Netflix original starring Ellen Page, Allison Janney, and Tammy Blanchard.

A bit more suspense would have gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned in a slick - looking feature for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better films out there in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.

Said Focus World touting the feature:» Focus World acquired writer / director Julia Ducournau's Raw out of Cannes where we fell in love with her bold and original voice and the genre - bending style; Raw is a film that both hard - core genre fans and art - house audiences will absolutely love.»

From his early days as a fresh and creative music video director for artists such as Fatboy Slim, The Beastie Boys, and Björk, Spike Jonze has continued his unique style and original approach with his feature length films, effectively carving out niche in the film industry for himself.

Blu - ray / DVD Combo Pack Extras: Deleted and extended scenes with director's commentary; alternate ending; Smack Talk: Filming the Girl Fight Scene; gag reel; Holiday Reunion; and feature commentary by director Malcolm Lee.

The perfect holiday gift for romantic comedy fans of all ages, Home Again on Blu - rayTM, DVD and Digital features a bonus commentary with the director and the producer of the film, taking viewers even deeper into the heartfelt story.

The film marks the feature debut for writer - director Coralie Fargeat and stars Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, and Guillaume Bouchede; take a look below... Jen (Matilda Lutz) arrives at a remote desert villa with her millionaire -LSB-...]

With only two feature films and one TV show to his name, writer / director Jody Hill, is now synonymous with ignoring the boundaries and «genre rules» of modern comedy and creating anti-heroes that laughably burble with nihilistic rage, scary faux pas and hot - air eWith only two feature films and one TV show to his name, writer / director Jody Hill, is now synonymous with ignoring the boundaries and «genre rules» of modern comedy and creating anti-heroes that laughably burble with nihilistic rage, scary faux pas and hot - air ewith ignoring the boundaries and «genre rules» of modern comedy and creating anti-heroes that laughably burble with nihilistic rage, scary faux pas and hot - air ewith nihilistic rage, scary faux pas and hot - air egos.

The director: Markus Schleinzer (Austria) The talent: An actor and accomplished casting director — whose credits in the latter field include several films by his compatriots Michael Haneke and Jessica Hausner — 39 year - old Schleinzer has cast his debut feature as writer - director with several actors he previously tapped for other directors» films.

New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with actors Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Michael Murphy, Allan Nicholls, and Lily Tomlin; screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury; assistant director Alan Rudolph; and Altman's widow, Kathryn Reed Altman

With six narrative features, five documentaries, and several short films, Vincenzo Marra is one of Italy's leading writer / directors.

This docu - drama from director Jeff Unay plays like a feature film with a narrative following the real - life story of a fighter named Joe Carman.

Telling the tale of a real - life botched heist by a band of upper - middle class white college guys, director Bart Layton (in his feature debut) injects his film with interviews of the film's real - life protagonists, to an overwhelming degree.

They'd been friends with the film's director, David Gordon Green, for nearly a decade, ever since he gave the Austin, Texas - based experimental - rock instrumental quartet its first significant movie placement in his 2003 film All The Real Girls (which happened to feature a young Zooey Deschanel as a co-lead).

With a feature film reboot of Red Sonja stuck in development hell for the best part of a decade now, it seems that the character may be heading to the small screen, with Bleeding Cool reporting that X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer is developing an R - rated TV serWith a feature film reboot of Red Sonja stuck in development hell for the best part of a decade now, it seems that the character may be heading to the small screen, with Bleeding Cool reporting that X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer is developing an R - rated TV serwith Bleeding Cool reporting that X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer is developing an R - rated TV series.

In addition, casting directors are looking for children and men and women with dwarfism to work on the upcoming feature film.

At the Critics» Week — where, in the interest of full disclosure, I served on a competition jury comprised of three other critics and the South Korean director Lee Chang - dong — the highlight of an unusually strong lineup was Take Shelter, the second feature by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols, an acknowledged Malick acolyte whose new film shares a producer with The Tree of Life as well as a leading lady, Jessica Chastain (reportedly at Malick's personal recommendation).

Special Features High - definition digital transfer from the 2004 Film Foundation restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Archival introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir «Around the River,» a 60 - minute 2008 documentary by Arnaud Mandagaran about the making of the film Interview with filmmaker Martin Scorsese from 2004 Audio interview with producer Ken McEldowney from 2000 «Jean Renoir: A Passage Through India,» a new video essay by film writer Paul Ryan Trailer Plus: An essay by film scholar Ian Christie and original production notes by Renoir

A startlingly intelligent, incandescent thriller topped off by one of the great endings in recent cinema, Christian Petzold's Phoenix has been granted early canonization by the Criterion Collection, which releases the film in a deluxe Blu - ray edition featuring interviews with the director and his star Nina Hoss.