Sentences with phrase «first black writer»

Kimmel noted that Get Out writer - director Jordan Peele is one of only three people to be nominated for three major categories in his directorial debut, and Peele also became the first black writer to win the award for Best Original Screenplay.

The former Comedy Central star took home a historic win for Get Out, becoming the first black writer to win Best Original Screenplay.

Not exact matches

Tomorrow's films (free, but first come, first served) are Paris Noir, a documentary on black American poets, writers, artists and others living in Paris in the 1920s and»30s, and When Voice Rise, a documentary on desegregation in 1950s Bermuda.

The first time Chirlane McCray stepped into City Hall, she was a 36 - year - old speech writer for then - Mayor David Dinkins — the city's first and only black mayor — in the early 1990s.

That fear is why Clinton's team has placed extra emphasis on having Bill Clinton — famously called the «first black president» by the writer Tony Morrison — on the stump for his wife.

Orange County First Assembly 1440 E. Santa Clara Santa Ana, CA 92705 t. 714 547-9631 donnah @ In what is arguably the greatest love story of our time, or at least this week in particular, Orange Is The New Black writer Lauren Morelli

For Tony Stark's first outing post - «Avengers,» it was going to be hard to find a writer / director with as much a feel for the character's spiky throwaway one - liners as Joss Whedon, but Black delivered on that level and added surprising insight into the character's psyche, while also engineering one of the best Marvel rug - pulls ever with Ben Kingsley «s Mandarin.

The new Black Panther comic book series at Marvel, featuring Ta - Nehisi Coates as the writer and Brian Stelfreeze as the illustrator, will be the first time in a little while that a high - profile character will be penned by two creators of color — and it's Black Panther, one of the first black superhero characters Black Panther comic book series at Marvel, featuring Ta - Nehisi Coates as the writer and Brian Stelfreeze as the illustrator, will be the first time in a little while that a high - profile character will be penned by two creators of color — and it's Black Panther, one of the first black superhero characters Black Panther, one of the first black superhero characters black superhero characters ever.

The writer / director talked about first - time director challenges, trying to do something new with the zombie genre, creating new rules for the undead, putting together his cast, his specific visual approach, nabbing the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club to do the score, and much more.

«Sometimes the first character of a category is perfect,» said former «Black Panther» comic book writer Reginald Hudlin.

First - time feature writer - director Black is ill equipped to forge any emotional bonds between his characters.

When I first heard that polarizing writer - director Todd Solondz was making WIENER - DOG, a pitch - black comedy about a magical dachshund that touches the lives of many, I was thrilled.

Writer / Director Jordan Peele does something simple yet profound with his first film: populating a conventional horror movie structure with a black man as the hero and white people as villains, pulling audiences into a mind - set that others have been striving to for eons: the black person in America.

CLAY PIGEONS is a woefully uneven black comedy which sports a hip, young cast and a first - time writer as well as director.

It was the second all - black cast film produced by a major Hollywood studio and the first sound film by white writer and director King Vidor.

And it's not just the first superhero movie with a predominantly black cast — it's the first with a black director, black writers, black costume and production designers, and a black executive producer.

Black became the icon for every maître d with a script tucked underneath his podium — not only did «Lethal Weapon» get sold for top dollar — particularly for a first time writer — but it attracted top talent like Mel Gibson and Danny Glover and became an international sensation that spawned three equally lucrative sequels.

The first film in the MCU's universe - expanding Phase Two, writer / director Shane Black used the events of the first Avengers film to push Tony Stark from being his usual wise - cracking self towards... Read more

The first video installment features acclaimed writer Ta - Nehisi Coates laying out the motivations of various characters — including protagonist T'Challa (the Black Panther)-- and surveying the looming threats in the advanced nation of Wakanda.

The writer and director of «Get Out» on Sunday, March 4, won an Oscar for his first film, taking a best original screenplay statue for the sociological thriller about a black man who meets his white girlfriend's family and finds a house of racial horrors.

Actor and director Bill Paxton visited the CBR Tiki Room during his first New York Comic Con to discuss his first comic book project, a digital - first original graphic novel entitled «Seven Holes For Air» by writer John J. McLaughlin («Youngblood,» «Black Swan») and fine artist Mick Reinman.

In the lead drama races, Taraji P. Henson (Empire) became the third black woman to win drama actress and the first in 23 years after Gail Fisher and Regina Taylor, while Jon Hamm — who didn't get to give a speech when he won his first drama actor Globe for Mad Men during the writers» strike — became the first former drama actor champ to get dropped as a nominee and return to win.

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Priest was the first African - American writer to tackle «Black Panther,» and with that change, says Narcisse, came a new attitude: «Priest made him a badass.

In 2015, Marvel announced that it was handing the keys to Wakanda over to writer Ta - Nehisi Coates by letting him take on the Black Panther comic in advance of the eponymous character's first big - screen appearance in Captain America: Civil War and eventual solo movie.

At the WGA West ceremoney in Los Angeles special honors went to: The Post writers Liz Hannah and Josh Singer with Paul Selvin Award; Milk writer Dustin Lance Black with the Valentine Davies Award for his work for the LGBTQ community; Mary Tyler Moore show co-creator James L. Brooks with the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement; writer - producer Alison Cross (Roe vs. Wade, Murder in the First) with the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement; and late comic - book icon Len Wein, co-creator of Wolverine, with the Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writingwriters Liz Hannah and Josh Singer with Paul Selvin Award; Milk writer Dustin Lance Black with the Valentine Davies Award for his work for the LGBTQ community; Mary Tyler Moore show co-creator James L. Brooks with the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement; writer - producer Alison Cross (Roe vs. Wade, Murder in the First) with the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement; and late comic - book icon Len Wein, co-creator of Wolverine, with the Animation Writers Caucus Animation WritingWriters Caucus Animation Writing Award.

Filmmaker Rob Meyer first received the script for what was then titled Black Kid — and became Little Boxes — by writer Annie Howell in March, 2014 from producers Jared Goldman and Jordan Horowitz.

With Get Out, writer - director Peele doesn't just present a standard horror film with a black protagonist; he's not just subverting the hoary «black guy always dies first» trope.

Mudbound writer - director Dee Rees is the second black woman screenwriter to be nominated for screenwriting, and the film's cinematographer, Rachel Morrison, is the first woman to be nominated in the Best Cinematography category.

Writer / director Jordan Peele tells the story of a young black man (Daniel Kaluuya), dating a white woman (Allison Williams), meeting her supposedly liberal parents for the first time at their country house.

Gulliver's Travels (12/22) Overhaul of the Jonathan Swift classic, set in the present, stars Jack Black in the title role as an aspiring travel writer sent on his first assignment to investigate the Bermuda Triangle who ends up on the mysterious island of Lilliput where he towers over its tiny inhabitants.

It's not just that Marvel has placed a black writer on Black Panther — this isn't the first time that has happblack writer on Black Panther — this isn't the first time that has happBlack Panther — this isn't the first time that has happened.

It needs that — Get Out is already eight months old and few films released in February are ever nominated for Academy Awards, let alone those made by black first - time writer - directors like Jordan Peele, and in the horror genre no less.

World Premiere Notable: This is the directorial and screenwriting debut of Heder, a writer on the first three seasons of «Orange Is The New Black.»

The first film in the MCU's universe - expanding Phase Two, writer / director Shane Black used the events of the first Avengers film to push Tony Stark from being his usual wise - cracking self towards the scarred (but still snarky) superhero we've seen mature over the past few years.

INSIDE OUT Director: Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen Starring: Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias, Richard Kind, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Lane The last time writer / director Pete Docter, composer Michael Giacchino, and Pixar teamed up they brought us Up in 2009, and I was a puddle within the first fifteen minutes after sobbing so hard.

Rajiv Joseph & Scott Rothman The winners of previous Black Lists have come from a varied range of experiences, from first - time writers to industry veterans.

«Pose» notably announced their series regulars, writers and show consultants first, giving them a full news cycle before announcing the supporting cast, which features Evan Peters («American Horror Story»), Kate Mara («House of Cards»), James Van Der Beek («Dawson's Creek») and Tatiana Maslany («Orphan Black»).

Not even out of his twenties yet, the writer is a Cornell and AFI grad whose first script, a compelling Western called «The West Is Dead,» about a band of outlaws set against the construction of the Hoover Dam, saw him make the Black List in 2008, and he was subsequently snapped up by CAA.

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In bringing Marvel's first Black superhero to life, director and screenplay writer Coogler could have made concessions to the big risk of going all bBlack superhero to life, director and screenplay writer Coogler could have made concessions to the big risk of going all blackblack.

Other standouts at the festival include Robin Wright's expertly mordant black - and - white first short «The Dark of Night,» which debuted at Cannes and stars Leslie Bibb and Sam Rockwell; the BBC 3 series «Five by Five,» starring Idris Elba; British writer - director Nick Frew's hilarious 1999 Christmas - in - L.A. movie, «Perfect Roast Potatoes,» starring Catherine Tate; and widescreen comedy «Super Sex,» from writer - director Matthew Modine, starring Kevin Nealon, Edward Asner, Elizabeth Perkins, and Efren Ramirez.

And, they're relatively new to the Black Panther mythos, having been introduced by writer Ta - Nehisi Coates for his ongoing run on the Black Panther comic book with designs from Brian Stelfreeze, who drew the series» first arc.

The latest Marvel movie is a blackbuster: For the first time ever in this budget range (roughly $ 200 million), there's a nearly all - black cast and a black lead creative crew, including the production designer (Hannah Beachler), cinematographer (Rachel Morrison), writers (Joe Robert Cole and Ryan Coogler), and director (Coogler).

Sony has just hired a new writer to pen the latest adventure set in the wild world of R.L. Stine, but the new script comes with a caveat: Jack Black, star of the first Goosebumps, may not be returning for Goosebumps 2.

On the walls of the San Francisco workshop are framed first drafts of stories by writers such as Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club) and Po Bronson (The Nudist on the Late Shift), each crisscrossed with red and black ink.

There's quite a few interesting indie books coming our way, including the first Black Hammer spinoff, the awesome - named Sherlock Frankenstein; the resurrection of Hack / Slash under a new writer; the first Goosebumps comic book; and the return of The Archies from Alex Segura and Matt Rosenberg in a rare non-Marvel work.

I think like a lot of writers, I started out enjoying making up stories way back as a kid and I have stories of «Black Stallion» rip - offs that I was writing in first or second grade back in the parents» house somewhere.

Writer Scott Snyder and artist Sean Murphy revealed this week that Detective Comics # 27 will include a glimpse at a Batman first: A black Robin.

After a decade of intense research, Gifford presents the first full biography of Robert «Iceberg Slim» Beck (1918 — 92), diligently chronicling his brutal and redemptive experiences at the epicenter of twentieth - century urban black America and zealously establishing Beck's standing as an influential antiestablishment writer, who inspired gangsta rap, hip - hop, and street lit.