Sentences with phrase «for feature film roles»

He is most widely known for the feature films Role Models and Wet Hot American Summer, the 1990s» sketch comedy series The State and for directing the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital.

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Here are just a few: Jordan Peele became the first African American to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Get Out, and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water won for Best Picture — a film featuring a female actor in the lead role hasn't won the category since Million Dollar Baby in 2004.

After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

The TV exposure led to acting roles for Jimmy, as a regular on Daniel Boone, and in feature films, including his debut in the James Bond flick Diamonds are Forever.

If you're looking around for something to watch this Sunday evening that complements the Oscars, the World Science Festival has a great video which features the Coen Brothers, film composer Carter Burwell, Alec Baldwin, and neuroscientist Aniruddh Patel discussing the emotional effects and role of music in film.

From her memorable role in the made - for - television Alice in Wonderland (1999) to feature roles in Waterworld (1995) and Andre (1994), Tina Majorino has made a lasting impression in television and film with her youthful glow.

Two years before March would win an Academy Award for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde he was just beginning to get featured film roles rather than parts as an extra.

Despite winning critical acclaim for her performance, it would be four years, save for a cameo in the Coens» Raising Arizona (1987) and various small roles, before she would be featured in another major film production.

Throughout his Broadway years, he made infrequent film and TV appearances; he played supporting roles in such movies as All the President's Men (1976) and Pennies from Heaven (1980), was briefly a regular on Falcon Crest, guested as Shelley Fabares» father on the sitcom Coach, and was seen in the made - for - TV features Separate but Equal (1991) and Citizen Cohn (1992).

While Emmy - winning Survivor producer and host Jeff Probst (born November 4th, 1962) has occasionally taken a seat besides Kelly Ripa on Live with Regis and Kelly and even directed his own award - winning feature film, chances are that when all is said and done, the role he'll be best remembered for is that of the firm but fair host who snuffed out more than his share of torches on the popular competitive reality show that made him a household name.

There's a unique novelty in general to this film's featuring its protagonist as a biopic in the starring role, and as a war film, it has a few other twists, but when it falls to formula, it falls pretty hard, with very mid-20th century Hollywood tropes to its plotting, characterization and, for that matter, fluff which tends to get a little too fluffy for its own good.

Harris» feature films for 2004 include the live - action remake Thunderbirds and the thriller Trauma, starring Colin Firth.Though her star was steadily rising in Hollywood, it wasn't until 2006 that Harris would really make a splash on stateside screens; and after supporting roles in Brett Ratner's After the Sunset and Michael Winterbottom's A Cock and Bull Story, Harris took to the high seas for her role as Tia Dalma in the eagerly anticipated summer sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Displaying the kind of off - kilter charm that makes him a natural for leading roles in independent films and character parts in mainstream features, Liev Schreiber has made a name for himself on both circuits.

On the strength of «Our Gang,» Paramount Pictures signed Cooper for the title role in the feature film Skippy (1931), which earned the boy an Oscar nomination.

For credibility and weight, Wayans intuitively cast blaxploitation vets Isaac Hayes, Bernie Casey, and Jim Brown in leading roles; the film also features Chris Rock's debut.

He benefited hugely from his association with Foxworthy, who featured the comic in an occasional supporting role on his sitcom The Jeff Foxworthy Show; the two then teamed up with Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White for the mega-successful Blue Collar Comedy Tour, which spawned its own concert film in 2003.

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is an English actress known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, acting in the eight feature films and related properties between 1999 and 2011.

His lead role in the Bulgarian feature film THE ISLAND was chosen for Director's Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival 2010.

Upcoming roles for Grainger include films TELL IT TO THE BEES and Anthony Lucero's independent feature HALO OF STARS, as well as the limited - series PATRICK MELROSE.

It was for his portrayal of an embittered DJ in another of Egoyan's films, Exotica (1994), that Koteas garnered his second Genie nomination; following this critical success, he began to appear in an increasing number of high profile productions.Koteas was subsequently featured to great effect as the creepy Vaughan in David Cronenberg's controversial Crash (1996), and he invested his brief but pivotal role as Holly Hunter's mystery man in the acclaimed Living out Loud (1998) with memorable charisma.

She went on to test her acting chops by appearing on shows like CSI and The 4400, before reprising the role of River for 2005's feature film adaptation of Firefly, Serenity.

She earned critical praise for her role in the independent feature REMEMBER THE DAZE, singled out by Variety as the «scene stealer» of the film opposite Amber Heard and Leighton Meester.

Tilly's other feature film credits include Bound, The Getaway, Made inJennifer received an Academy Award ® nomination and an American Comedy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Olive in Bullets Over Broadway.

The two time Oscar - winner has spent most of her time behind the camera for the past five years, following her last feature film starring role in Neill Blomkamp's 2013 sci - fi movie Elysium.

While Christopher Nolan has enlisted a number of A-list stars for his upcoming World War II epic Dunkirk, 19 - year - old newcomer Fionn Whitehead (Him) is set to take on the lead role in his feature film debut, and Entertainment Weekly has released a new image of his character, the young British soldier Collins; check it out here... -LSB-...]

Some of his finest work can be seen in Drake's video for «Hold On, We're Going Home,» and he also starred in Damien Chazelle's short film for Whiplash, before Miles Teller moved into the role for the feature film.

Don't miss: Bonus features include a look at the making of the film and a behind - the - scenes peek at Butler's training for his role.

Starring Paul Rudd (Ant - Man), in his first feature film, as Tommy Doyle, and introducing J.C. Brandy as the new Jamie Lloyd (taking over the role from Danielle Harris), «Halloween 666» is the original title for what would ultimately become the infamous «Producer's Cut» of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, a very different version of which was released in theaters in 1995.

Grant Wilfley Casting is looking for actors, models, and talent for featured roles in the new upcoming feature film The Greatest Showman on Earth.

The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Lions.

And that was the shape of Clute's career for the next 25 years, individual days of work on series ranging from Westerns to melodramas, broken by the occasional feature - film role.

Most of the features that make Lewis» directorial work such a remarkable exception to the dominance of a realist aesthetic in Hollywood filmmaking are brilliantly apparent in The Errand Boy, including the foregrounding of sound manipulation (most blatant in the sequence involving the post-synchronisation of the song «Lover» for a musical film, and in the tape manipulation of Kathleen Freeman's reaction to having been left by her driver in the back seat of a convertible receiving a car wash) and the placement of actors in a shot so as to highlight the presence of the camera (as when Morty, an undirected and oblivious extra in a film - within - the - film cocktail - party scene, keeps looking at the camera from the background of a shot in which other extras, in their roles as party guests, intermittently block him from the camera).

The producers and casting directors for M. Night Shyamalan's new feature film «Sundowning» are currently looking for actors to work on several roles i...

It does feature a very impressive cast of actors, who all do very good work in their respective roles, which makes this film feel a few notches above made - for - TV fare.

The film does feature some of the comedy both actors are known for, but their roles also require quite a bit of drama, to which they both suceed aproprietly.

The producers and casting directors for M. Night Shyamalan «s new feature film «Sundowning» are currently looking for actors for a featured role.

His new film «Amour» features Isabelle Huppert, who won Best Actress at Cannes for her harrowing role in his 2001 film «The Piano Teacher,» and also starred in his «Time of the Wolf.»

Two new posters have arrived online for Life on the Road, the upcoming feature film from writer - director Ricky Gervais, which sees him reprising his role as The Office's David Brent.

Other notable films featuring Weisz are Enemy at the Gates, About a Boy, Constantine, The Fountain and The Constant Gardener, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.

«THE MARSH KING»S DAUGHTER» «The Marsh King's Daughter,» a feature film based on the book by Karen Dionne, is casting a young female actor aged 9 — 13 for a leading role.

Most recently was the feature film about Harding's life, «I, Tonya,» written by Steven Rogers and starring Margot Robbie as Tonya and Allison Janney as mother LaVona, who won an Oscar ® for Best Supporting Actress in the role.

THR brings word that Ant - Man director Peyton Reed is in talks with Marvel Studios to return for the 2018 sequel Ant - Man and the Wasp, which will feature Evangeline Lilly «s Hope van Dyne / Wasp in an expanded role (as teased in the end credits of the first film).

Now it has been lovingly remastered from the negatives and Janus films (a partner with Criterion) has applied digital technology to create a new digital restoration for the U.S., which is the source of Criterion's special edition, which features commentary by film scholar James Naremore and new interviews with Keith Baxter, Welles's daughter Beatrice Welles (who has a small role in the film), and Welles historians Simon Callow and Joseph McBride among the supplements.

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With the project expanded to a feature - length film script by 1993, Michelle Pfeiffer and Meg Ryan's agents pitched them for the role, while Tarantino considered Holly Hunter, Meg Tilly, Alfre Woodard and Rosanna Arquette.

The latest «Marvel One - Shot» — short films produced by Marvel Studios as extras for home releases — is Agent Carter, featuring Hayley Atwell reprising her Captain America: The First Avenger role as Peggy Carter.

Her first major role in a feature film sees her playing Abbie, a teenager whose father returns from an extended absence and causes havoc for her, her mum and her step - father.

After success with The Office, Extras and Derek, actor - comedian Ricky Gervais is returning to his most iconic role of David Brent for the feature film Life On the Road, which has now secured financing.

I met with a variety of actors and eventually got the role, which was for the film «Greetings,» De Palma's first feature film.

Momentum Pictures has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie romantic comedy titled Half Magic, the feature directorial debut of actress Heather Graham, who also stars in the film in the lead role as «Honey».