Sentences with phrase «film directing debut»

Day 7 will bring Madonna and her film directing debut to the festival, so be sure to check back to see what antics this will bring to the Berlinale!
After establishing himself as one of America's best playwrights with «American Buffalo» and «Glengarry Glen Ross,» and writing the screenplays for «The Verdict» and «The Untouchables,» David Mamet made his film directing debut with the carefully constructed crime thriller «House of Games.»
After watching writer / director Tanya Hamilton's Night Catches Us for the second time, I had to go and double check that it really is her feature film directing debut.
Beckwith originally intended the project for the stage, then reconceived it as her film directing debut, earning recognition from the Nicholl Fellowship, the Black List and the Sundance Labs along the way.
Directing duo John Francis Daley (you know him from Freaks and Geeks and Bones) and Jonathan Goldstein made their feature film directing debut with the thoroughly mediocre Vacation, and Game Night is a significant step up but I'm not sure that has a lot to do with them.
Even though this will be Andrews» film directing debut, it makes sense that he has been hired to helm the film.
The acclaimed performer of stage and screen makes his feature film directing debut with «Breathe,» the Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy starrer about husband - wife activist duo Robin and Diana Cavendish.
Comedian turned serious actor John Krasinski (13 Hours, Away We Go) makes his feature film directing debut on a project that's unbalanced to a spectacular degree.
For his lively film directing debut, Mike Myers (aka Austin Powers) traces the remarkable life of his friend, the almost too - likeable music manager Shep Gordon.
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Quick has been set to adapt Sorta Like A Rock Star, his 2010 young adult novel that is now near a deal to be set up at Netflix as the feature film directing debut for Bryce Dallas Howard.
Ben Affleck makes his feature film directing debut with Gone Baby Gone, based on a novel by Mystic River author Dennis Lehane that Affleck adapted with co-screenwriter Aaron Stockard.
«I Give it a Year»: «Borat» scribe Dan Mazer makes his feature film directing debut with this romantic comedy about a young couple (Rose Byrne and Rafe Spall) who are doing their best to stay married despite the doubts of their friends and relatives.
For Paul Reubens, it would mark the big screen debut of his character Pee - Wee Herman; for Tim Burton, it would mark his feature film directing debut; while for Danny Elfman, it would mark the creation of his first Hollywood film score.

Not exact matches

Written, directed, and produced in Wake County, the documentary, «Certain Proof: A Question of Worth,» debuted in April at Colorado's Vail Film Festival and is slated for screening at four other film festivals.
Jaeger also wrote, directed, and starred in his featurethe movie film directorial debut along with Amber Jaeger, Victor Garber, and Bree Turner.
Out of all his films he's written and directed, one only really stands out to me — The Devil's Rejects — and ironically isn't that much of a horror movie, but nevertheless an amazing sophomoric debut.
Ted is a 2012 American buddy comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane in his feature film directorial debut.
She made her film debut in the Welsh - set comedy Valley of Song, but was too direct and intense to fit comfortably into leading roles in 1950s British films.
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.
Langella made his film debut in 1970 with a supporting role in Diary of a Mad Housewife, and later that same year, scored a larger part in The Twelve Chairs, written and directed by Mel Brooks.
Thus, it's appropriate that Buscemi's directing debut builds on its film antecedents.
Robert Eggers gives us an incredible writing and directing debut with virtually no jump scares and proves that the best horror films rely on psychology over loud noises and too many special effects.
As it happens, the Ireland - based studio was also responsible for producing world - class Oscar nominees «The Secret of Kells» and «Song of the Sea,» and though Nora Twomey worked on both films, «The Breadwinner» marks her solo directing debut, employing a similarly bold graphic style in its telling («hand - drawn» via a program called TVPaint), augmented by colorful story - within - the - story interludes designed to look like stop - motion.
The overwhelming English sadness of Ian McEwan's novella On Chesil Beach has been transferred to the movie screen, adapted by the author and directed with scrupulous sensitivity and care by Dominic Cooke, known for his stage work and making his feature film debut here.
The Shadow was directed by former music video creator Russell Mulcahy, whose feature film debut Highlander (1986) was a cult classic.
McTiernan went on to make over 200 television commercials before making his feature film debut by directing the fantasy horror movie Nomads (1985).
A very impressive dramatic debut for comedian Stiller, and a well - crafted and directed film by Veloz.
Welcome to Willits is directed by filmmaker Trevor Ryan, making his feature directorial debut after a number of short films.
Han was one of Sammo Hung's primary mentors: the two of them collaborated on action director duties for Mao's The Angry River; Han had also directed the action for Bruce Lee's debut film.
Entertainment One in the UK has debuted an official trailer for the UK film Finding Your Feet, directed by Richard Loncraine.
It's been seven years since designer Tom Ford made a splash with his award - winning writing - directing debut A Single Man, and it's no surprise that his second film is just as exquisitely beautiful to look at...
Political comedian Jon Stewart (The Daily Show) makes his writing and directing debut with Rosewater, a film based on the best - selling memoir by Maziar Bahari and Aimee Molloy.
Nocturnal Animals is the new film by Ford, the fashion designer who made his feature directing debut on A Single Man.
Written and directed by comedian Jordan Peele, who is best known for his sketch comedy show, Key & Peele, Get Out is a very impressive debut film.
The studio swiftly hired Hugh Hudson, hot off the Oscar - winning «Chariots Of Fire» to direct the finished film, with Christopher Lambert as the king of the swingers, along with Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm and, as Jane, a debuting Andie MacDowell, who hilariously had her voice dubbed over by Glenn Close due to her impenetrable Southern accent.
The One I Love is cleverly written by Justin Lader and directed with budget - minded skill by Charlie McDowell (son of actor Malcolm, and step - son to Ted Danson, who makes a small acting appearance), both of whom are making their feature film debuts.
Written and directed by William Savage (In Lieu of Flowers is his feature film debut), the story is inspired by personal experiences, although he is coy to say just how much.
Former photographer Floria Sigismondi makes both her writing and directing debut with The Runaways and is unfortunately the weakest link in the film.
OUR TAKE: Fresh young faces starring in a movie about a board game that hinges on delusion - as directed by Stiles White, a special effects guru from the Stan Winston studio, who has written films like Knowing and The Possession, but is admittedly making his directorial debut with this movie.
First - time directing team Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (well known for their their own comedy roles in TV and film) make their debut with...
The film, directed by Susanne Bier, will make it's debut at the BFI London Film Festival in October.
The directorial debut of Macon Blair, «I don't feel at home...» announces a bold new writing - directing talent best known as an actor in such films -LSB-...]
One film that is expected to debut at Cannes is The Homesman, which is written, produced, directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones, and a trailer has arrived..
Gehenna is directed by Japanese filmmaker Hiroshi Katagiri, an FX legend working for years at Spectral Motion and Stan Winston Studios, now making his feature directorial debut after a few short films previously.
But watching it is, distilled into a pure essence, watching the film debut of one of our national treasures, Willem Dafoe, in a film directed by the woman who would next helm Near Dark, and of the man who would play the Cowboy in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive and serve as producer on Lynch's «Twin Peaks» and Wild at Heart, which reunited him with Dafoe.
The directorial debut of Macon Blair, «I don't feel at home...» announces a bold new writing - directing talent best known as an actor in such films as «Blue Ruin» and «Green Room.»
Garland's 2015 directing debut, Ex Machina, was a slow - burning hit which found favour with critics and film festival juries.
Gudegast, making his feature directing debut after writing «A Man Apart» and «London Has Fallen,» seems to understand just enough about that element of Mann's film to recreate some of its conflicts — both in terms of crime scenarios and the characters» civilian lives — but lacks the discipline, or maybe skill, to lend them real emotional weight, much less originality.
Annihilation is the second film directed by novelist - turned screenwriter - turned - filmmaker Alex Garland, and it proves a worthy follow - up to his directorial debut, Ex Machina (2015), a clinical psychodrama that used an artificial intelligence robot to force us to question the fundamental essence of humanity.
Born in Chicago, Leonard began as a stage actor, making his film debut in 1908 at the Selig Polyscope studios in Chicago; his directing career began in 1913 at Rex, a former independent then operating as a unit within Universal.
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