Sentences with phrase «helmed several»

A noted TV presenter and marine biologist, Halls has helmed several TV shows on BBC and Animal...

The film is directed by Brian Percival, who also helmed several episodes of «Downton Abbey.»

Twilight Time, generally devoid of extras, has strangely pulled out all the stops for this release with an interview from 60s siren Uta Levka and a talking head documentary about director Gordon Hessler who helmed several British based AIP releases including The Oblong Box, Murders in the Rue Morgue, and was later a prolific TV workhorse.

The cast knows these characters implicitly and bringing back director Chris Addison, who has helmed several of the series» best episodes, ensures...

Jody Lee Lipes («Martha Marcy May Marlene «-RRB- might well have made this list were it not that his ambitions seem to lie more in directing — he helmed several episodes of «Girls» among others, and has his feature directorial debut in development with the Sundance Labs.

«God's Pocket» will be directed by John Slattery, who you know as «Mad Men»» s silver fox Roger Sterling but who is making the move to directing (having helmed several excellent episodes of the series in which he stars), adapting a Pete Dexter novel about Mickey (Hoffman), whose attempts to move on after the suspicious, and not unwelcome, death of his unstable stepson are frustrated by a local reporter with a hunch.

He made a handful of talkies in Hollywood, then relocated to England in 1934, where he helmed several more films, among them the documentary Royal Cavalcade, before retiring in 1940.

CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced the series of new products and partnerships Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Khosrowshahi, who took the helm several months after co-founder Travis Kalanick resigned, said the aim is to reduce individual car ownership.

Keith Gordon, who had a popular run playing nerds in the»80s («Back to School») before directing a bunch of TV series episodes, including «Dexter,» and helming several respectable feature films, including «A Midnight Clear.»

Ponderous and lacking the action and thrills we might have expected from such a story, director Lawrence (no relation; though he did helm several of the Hunger Games films) tries hard to make full use of the rather gorgeous Budapest scenery, and the action (or rather not) seems to switch from Vienna to London and more Euro hotspots.

Not exact matches

Between ending its work - from - home policy and acquiring Tumblr, Yahoo has undergone several big changes since Marissa Mayer took the helm just over a year ago.

This is how LendingClub's business sounds eerily like the activity that caused several years of losses at Morgan Stanley when Mack was at the helm (he resigned in 2011).

Since taking the helm at Yahoo, Mayer has made several major decisions that are changing the trajectory of the company.

Taking the helm of the company in late 2011 when it filed for Chapter 11, CEO Tom Horton has overseen several initiatives impacting the corporate market, from a sales force realignment that helped return growth in corporate business to the launch of new fare bundles and reinvestment in products.

Fast - forward several decades through many successes and three generations, and Chairman and CEO Andrea Illy is now at the helm of the most global coffee company in the world.

Under the guidance of outgoing Metcash chief Ian Morrice, who hands over the reins on Tuesday after five years at the helm, Mr Adams has met with more than 200 food and liquor retailers and several key suppliers.

Myer CEO Richard Umbers, who took the helm from Bernie Brookes in March, has started to put in place several elements of his strategy — culling national and private labels, cutting staff and installing digital hubs in stores — ahead of unveiling his bigger picture later this year.

Since taking the helm in late 2007, she has led the Association to several major legislative victories and has launched the first - of - its - kind children's menu initiative — Kids LiveWell.

Helmed by Chapman Way and MacLain Way and featuring multiple appearances by their uncle and former Maverick himself Kurt Russell, the docu launched in the Documentary Premiere section of this year's Sundance Film Festival on January 20... In play right now with several buyers at Sundance, according to sources close to the film, Battered Bastards chronicles how in 1973 Bonanza actor Bing Russell formed what at the time was America's sole independent baseball team.

For now, the Blues will take their time and have chosen to keep Conte at the helm given the fact there are several key fixtures right around the corner.

With the Buffalo Police Department under spotlight and an interim police commissioner at its helm, it is taking several steps toward meeting recommendations made by the state AG.

A woman took over as attorney general for the first time in New York Tuesday, and several more could run to permanently take the helm.

I was at the helm with several other dedicated workers who organized against this project.

Yet several Native American leaders at the helm of the campaign say this changes nothing.

Enid Rey, Hartford's executive director of school choice, has resigned after several years at the helm of the city school system's nationally touted integration efforts.

He also wrote several of the films he helmed in the»50s, including Hilda Crane, Three Brave Men, and Ten North Frederick.

While he maintained his professional relationship with Fairbanks well into the 1920s (he helmed Fairbanks» classic swashbuckler The Black Pirate), he also worked with several other major stars, including Clara Kimball Young and Gloria Swanson.

He graduated to feature - film directing at the Columbia Pictures «B» unit, then turned out several low - budget thrillers at Monogram; he also helmed Marilyn Monroe's first starring picture, 1949's Ladies of the Chorus.

DIVERGENT will be released in March 2014 but before that Teller will be on screens in several comedies; GET A JOB which takes a look at college graduates trying to secure employment and also starring Anna Kendrick and Bryan Cranston, TWO NIGHT STAND and Zac Efron - helmed ARE WE OFFICIALLY DATING?

Carter is no stranger to high - school sports drama, helming the 2005 inspirational basketball flick, Coach Carter (which is set in nearby Richmond, CA), and even starting off his behind - the - scenes role by directing several episodes of the high - school basketball TV show he appeared in as a regular cast member, «The White Shadow».

The Squid and the Whale writer - director Noah Baumbach signed on to helm and (with Franzen) pen the drama pilot earlier this fall, while Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest joined the project several weeks later.

The long - gestating Masters of the Universe reboot has gone through several writers and directors over the last few years, and it now looks like they've found their latest helmer.

After several directors, such as Doug Liman, exited Gambit, Gore Verbinski of Pirates of the Caribbean fame has been tapped to helm the X-Men spin - off.

After several years of helming American romances (like When a Man Loves a Woman, Message in a Bottle, and Angel Eyes), Mexican director Luis Mandoki tried his hand at something darker and more thrilling.

Under veteran TV helmer Bob Claver, several disparate parts fit together with few seams.

In our conversation he talks about why he likes working on stage and screen projects with the film's writer - director Martin McDonagh as well as several other top - flight helmers he has acted for in the past including George Clooney — with whom he says he grew close to over the course of two years he spent with him on Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind in which Rockwell played Chuck Barris, the game show host who claimed he was a CIA agent.

Soderbergh's «Logan Lucky,» a Southern heist comedy starring Adam Driver and Channing Tatum, might have been expected to nab a slot in Cannes, especially since it marks the director's return to feature film helming after a much - ballyhooed retirement — not to mention that Soderbergh is a Palme d'Or winner who had debuted several films on the Croisette.

Swedish filmmaker Jesper Ganslandt, who directed Blondie, The Ape, and several other films I confess I'm not at all familiar with, helms Beast of Burden, and in addition to Radcliffe, the cast features Pablo Schreiber, Grace Gummer, and Renee Willett.

The play has seen several adaptations in the past including a Alf Sjöberg - helmed 1951 Swedish - language version, a 1987 television adaptation starring Janet McTeer and a 1999 film by Mike Figgis starring Saffron Burrows and Peter Mullan.

Working from a brilliantly Pynchon-esque script (writer Earl Mac Rauch took several passes at it, resulting in a 300 - page «bible»), Richter helms the action with the confidence that his story is weirder and wilder than virtually anything else out there.

The rumour stated that Baird was brought in to «fix» Tomb Raider: The Movie in exchange for helming their upcoming blockbuster Star Trek: Nemesis and several sources within Paramount reported that Simon West's first cut of the movie «virtually unwatchable» and a «sure bomb» and that Gordon and Levin were working through the night to make sure the movie hit its June 15th release date.

Texas» South By Southwest Festival (March 9 - 18) showcases several promising projects by women directors including three femme - helmed features, one documentary and a documentary series from Netflix.

If a man had helmed Jenkins» 2003 debut feature, «Monster,» which earned Charlize Theron a richly deserved Best Actress Oscar, it would've likely added several major directing credits to his resume over the past 14 years.

John Krasinski helms the new horror release A Quiet Place, after trying his hand with several episodes of The Office, the show in which he starred, and the 2016 indie feature The Hollars.

The battery - life meter dipped more quickly than we expected, predicting a total range of only about 100 kilometers (60 - ish miles) by the end, versus the promised 150 kilometers, but that reflects several short and aggressive journalist - helmed test drives in cold weather, the last factor being particularly important, since this car lacks the sort of liquid heating elements found in the Volt.

But while the content within the book gave detailed information about Apple's woes since the untimely passing of Jobs — I'm not above admitting that I cried several times during Kane's depiction of the CEO's last few months and final death — there was nothing of note about where the company is headed with Cook at the helm, at least not in terms of the uproar that followed the book's publication.

The director of «The Twilight Saga: Eclipse» and several episodes of «Hannibal» will helm the first two installments of Sony's «Powers» TV show.

Having been at the helm of her media and communications company spanning more than thirty years, managing several successful Platinum selling recording artists, working as executive producer for artists of the caliber of Tupac Shakur, hired to procure and produce a specialty album for Microsoft co-owner Paul Allen, launching a critically acclaimed television music program «Your Music Network», and traveling the world with four time heavy weight boxing champion and fellow music lover, Evander Holyfield, while handling his business affairs along with those of his family are only a few of Lisa's achievements.

That's not all, though, because the majestic Total Annihilation also has a third pseudo-sequel arriving later this year in the form of Planetary Annihilation, a project helmed once again by several people who were involved in Total Annihilation.

Combine this with a formation battle system that allows three characters to combine their strengths in several different combinations, The Legends of Legacy is an ambitious title, but with several alumni from Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy XIII at the helm, it is likely that the game has been developed with the love and attention it deserves.