Sentences with phrase «films as a screenwriter»

Her follow up films as screenwriter and director are lukewarm compared to «When Harry Met Sally.»

«Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire» marks Martini's first feature film as screenwriter, producer and composer.

Not exact matches

Yes, the authors of the Gospels were a bit like a group of screenwriters fulfilling a prediction that James Bond will save the World, get the girl and kill the bad guy as the write the script for the upcoming Bond film.

As an author, screenwriter film director and producer he's created Jurassic Park and ER along with many other projects.

He's been a web video producer at National Geographic as well as a screenwriter and an all - around video guru, and he'll be evaluating the video questions from a film - guy's point of view.

Scotland About Blog This is the Official Website of Joanne Rowling, who writes under the pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, film and television producer, screenwriter and philanthropist, best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series.

All three films in the American Pie series were penned by screenwriter Adam Herz and produced by Paul and Chris Weitz — who also served as directors on the original — but they have all gone through different directors; the J B Rogers - directed American Pie 2 and now American Wedding helmed by Jesse Dylan (How High).

Fabled is the first feature film from Ari Kirschenbaum, who served as director, screenwriter, and editor.

It's a shame, then, that screenwriters Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon have opted to throw in a series of increasingly dramatic interludes, as there's just no denying that such moments come off as entirely needless and flat - out forced (ie unlike certain similarly - themed efforts, the film's more schmaltzy attributes stand out like a sore thumb).

It's a very moving indie drama that, as the directorial debut of screenwriter Oren Moverman, could be the start of a very great career for him as something other than a writer.You should definitely give this film a watch.

Director Andrew Waller and screenwriter Erik Lindsay constantly (and consistently) aim Beta House squarely at the lowest common denominator, as the film possesses plenty of lewd elements designed to appeal to precisely the sort of drunken frat boys it exclusively portrays.

Joined by a fairly new screenwriter in terms of feature films, Liz Hannah definitely proves herself as a worthy writer as well.

The film - which follows a trio of friends (Bradley Cooper's Phil, Ed Helms» Stu, and Zach Galifianakis» Alan) as they attempt to piece together just what transpired during a pal's drunken bachelor party (where it inevitably becomes clear that said pal has mysteriously vanished)- strikes all of the wrong notes virtually from the get - go, as screenwriters Jon Lucas and Scott Moore offer up a series of broadly - portrayed caricatures that could only exist within just such a low - rent comedy (with Galifianakis» aggressively off - the - wall turn as Alan undoubtedly the most apt example of this).

After taking some time off from directing and scriptwriting to appear in such films as Out of Sight (1998), Brooks resumed his director - screenwriter - actor hyphenate with The Muse (1999), starring opposite Andie MacDowell and Sharon Stone as a struggling Hollywood scriptwriter in search of divine inspiration; Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World followed in 2005.

A tiny, vivacious blonde, American actress / screenwriter Bess Meredyth entered films as an extra in 1914.

After spending much of his primary and secondary school education in an alternative arts school, he studied film at New York University.Louiso began his career with minor roles in such films as Stella (1989) and Billy Bathgate (1991), the latter of which provided him with an introduction to Tom Stoppard, who was the film's screenwriter.

His final film credit was as a screenwriter for Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap.

Biography: Sarah is a Canadian actress, singer, film director and screenwriter, better known for her role as Sarah Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea.

A big saving factor of this film involves the generous use of physical humor, both from Johnson and George, as well some funny lines written by the four screenwriters.

Original director Wes Craven and original screenwriter Kevin Williamson come back for more, and do so with the willingness of an entirely new cast and the old one, an unprecedented feat seeing as how the last film was made eleven years prior.

Pellington and screenwriter Alex Ross Perry make their point within the film's first few minutes and keep making it — establishing that, yes, certain objects obviously do matter to us as harbingers of the narratives we assemble out of the incidents in our lives — as if they're the first artists to broach the subject.

The two also became acquainted with novelist Ruth Prawer Jhabvala around this time; Jhabvala would become irrevocably associated with the two, acting as the screenwriter for all but a handful of their films.The trio's first films were set in India, dramas concerned with questions of cultural interplay, personal identity, and physical and emotional isolation.

Sarah is a Canadian actress, singer, film director and screenwriter, better known for her role as Sarah Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea.

Donovan makes us totally believe the character and his predicament, co-star Mary - Louise Parker is especially witty and winning as the film's screenwriter.

The film had an interesting idea, but suffered from poor development and it's as if the screenwriters weren't that interested in creating a terrific final chapter in the Apes franchise.

In «A Perfect Getaway», the screenwriter and his wife, unlike the four men in the 1972 film starring Burt Reynolds, get their deliverance not just from the primitive setting, but from each other, as well.

As charming and gently agreeable as Kung Fu Panda 2 may be, screenwriters Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, returning from the first film, haven't really upped the ante like we expect a sequel to do — much of what transpires here feels so comfortable as to be overwhelmingly familiar, as if you might have seen this movie before and let it slip your mind — until the very end, with its hint of yet another sequel that has me highly intrigueAs charming and gently agreeable as Kung Fu Panda 2 may be, screenwriters Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, returning from the first film, haven't really upped the ante like we expect a sequel to do — much of what transpires here feels so comfortable as to be overwhelmingly familiar, as if you might have seen this movie before and let it slip your mind — until the very end, with its hint of yet another sequel that has me highly intrigueas Kung Fu Panda 2 may be, screenwriters Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, returning from the first film, haven't really upped the ante like we expect a sequel to do — much of what transpires here feels so comfortable as to be overwhelmingly familiar, as if you might have seen this movie before and let it slip your mind — until the very end, with its hint of yet another sequel that has me highly intrigueas to be overwhelmingly familiar, as if you might have seen this movie before and let it slip your mind — until the very end, with its hint of yet another sequel that has me highly intrigueas if you might have seen this movie before and let it slip your mind — until the very end, with its hint of yet another sequel that has me highly intrigued.

It's that conventionality that others find fault with, as Variety claims «the vitality seems to have been largely drained from this rote retelling,» while The Guardian blames Newell as well as screenwriter David Nicholls, noting, «It takes a special type of talent to turn Great Expectations into a film quite this flat.»

Bay and screenwriter Ehren Kruger must have noticed that amphetamine - fueled mugging tested well in Revenge of the Fallen, so the third film is graced with the brilliantly hyperactive Ken Jeong — perhaps the one actor in Bay's 17 - year directing career who perfectly embodies his outsized, everything - plus - half - again - as - much style — and John Malkovich.

Of course, this still might be somewhat forgivable if De Bont and first - time screenwriter David Self didn't openly acknowledge their inspirations for the film — the wonderfully creepy 1963 movie of the same name, as well as its source, the novel «The Haunting of Hill House.»

As a screenwriter first and foremost (and a director with little to no innate visual sense), I tend to prize narrative and story over most other elements in film.

Of the world premieres, the major gets for Toronto include Freeheld, Peter Sollett's LGBT drama starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page; Stonewall, Roland Emmerich's drama about the birth of the gay rights movement; Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van, which is rumored to feature an awards - worthy performance from Maggie Smith; Jay Roach's film Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston as the famed Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted in the 1940s; Terence Davies's anticipated follow - up to The Deep Blue Sea, Sunset Song; Charlie Kaufman's first stop - motion film, Anomalisa; and Eye in the Sky, Gavin Hood's thriller about piloted aircraft warfare, starring Aaron Paul and Helen Mirren.

Director Brett Ratner (Tower Heist) and screenwriters Ryan Condal (short Plurality) and Evan Spiliotopoulos (Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure) must be thankful that their film, as based on Steve Moore's graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars, found such a fitting on - screen manifestation.

As director Zack Snyder and screenwriter David S. Goyer continue to fine tune the script and prep for an early 2014 shoot on Batman vs. Superman, various departments are starting to make arrangements for filming to begin.

The honor makes the 39 - year - old star the first black screenwriter to ever win the award as he gave one of the best speeches of the night as he admitted he thought writing the film was «impossible.»

In this universe rife with inside jokes and gems disguised as throwaway lines, Guest himself appears as the wondrously detached director of the film, who asserts his authority by not asserting it when dealing with addled actors or wounded first - time screenwriters (Bob Balaban and Michael McKean).

From his inspired collaborations with the prolific writer Charlie kaufman in Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, to his adapted screenplay of Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are, Jonze continues to prove himself as not only an important film - maker of his time but also a wonderful screenwriter, and his latest feature Her starring Joaquin Phoenix might just be his magnum opus.

It's difficult not to imagine the filmmakers attempting to extinguish any residue from the gossipy revelation that actor Stephen Boyd and screenwriter Gore Vidal gave the Ben - Hur / Messala friendship a gay subtext in William Wyler's Oscar - hoarding film, built as it was on loud silences and anguished - face acting.

The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented to: Christina Choe, for her film Nancy (Director & Screenwriter: Christina Choe, Producers: Amy Lo, Michelle Cameron, Andrea Riseborough)-- Blurring lines between fact and fiction, Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child.

Having an Academy Award nominated director, Hampton Fancher (screenwriter from the original film) and Ridley Scott (director of Blade Runner) as executive producer would ordinarily be a winning combination.

However, as the film builds toward its climax that culminates in moments of violence, Rubin's film, working off of a script by first - time screenwriter Andrew Stern, increasingly overplays its hand, as the scenarios go from relatable to worst - case.

Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen known informally as the Coen brothers, are Academy Award winning American film directors, screenwriters, producers, and editors.

A casting call for «Iron Man 3,» which will get underway this summer, written by fast - rising screenwriter Drew Pearce and directed by «Kiss Kiss Bang Bang» helmer Shane Black, has been obtained via Feature Film Casting (via Latino Review), and it reveals that Johansson will be back on duty as the flexible Natasha Romanoff in the new film.

Nolfi and screenwriters Christopher Wilkinson and Stephen J. Rivele (both writers on «Pawn Sacrifice») seek to tap into the mystique of the highly heralded martial arts match - up between the two explosive combatants, but the film feels inexplicably stiff as it fails to totally capture the spirit of the confrontation between the cocky but charismatic Lee and cynical provocateur Wong.

A director and screenwriter as well as an Oscar - nominated actor (and former «30 Rock» co-star of TODAY guest host Jane Krakowski), James Franco has a new project: a film adaptation of William Faulkner's classic «The Sound and the Fury.»

Lincoln Lawyer's Brad Furman directs this script by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who are revisiting familiar territory as the screenwriters for the 1998 poker film Rounders, along with the similarly gambling - centric Ocean's Thirteen.

David S. Goyer, the screenwriter for the first two Blade films, takes over as director.

Though most of the cast returns, as well as the screenwriters of the first film, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, with Ryan Reynolds also snagging a writing credit, Deadpool 2 recruited David Leitch (one half of John Wick's directorial team) to replace Tim Miller, and the change works.

The second film is already slated for a 2018 release and David Yates will return to direct and Rowling will return as the screenwriter.

Love & Mercy, co-written by Oscar ® nominated screenwriter Oren Moverman, also stars Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti, and is directed by Bill Pohlad, known as the Academy Award ® - nominated producer for such bold films as Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave, Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, Sean Penn's Into the Wild and Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.