Sentences with phrase «in the hands of any other director»

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On the other hand, when Korn / Ferry was asked to find someone to head the Women's International Professional Tennis Council, a body created two years ago to provide a neutral meeting ground for the various factions in women's tennis — the ITF, the WITA and the tournament directors — it came up with Jane Brown, a woman of great experience in several areas of tennis administration.

More sensible, surely, to leave the dynastic planning in the hands of the directors of football, scouting departments, doctors, analysts and other staff members whose job prospects aren't roughly equivalent to those of a mayfly's lifestyle guru.

On the other hand, a lot of coaches no longer take newspapers themselves, and so they don't even think about calling in the scores — and unless their athletic director makes a big deal of it, no one's pushing them to.

The property has been in dispute between the defunct Noble Dream Microfinance, its former Chief Executive, Ezekiel Owusu Afriyie, Endurance Oti Boateng and other directors on one hand and Mr. Okyem Aboagye who had acquired it by auction, on the orders of a Kumasi High Court.

Speaking at a short ceremony to hand over the vehicles and other items to the chief executive officer of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah, the Managing Director of Zoomlion Ghana limited, Mrs. Florence Larbi, said the company is committed to push the presidential initiative to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa.

But the Managing Director of GLICO, Forkuo Kyei, said «we are only one of the six insurance companies providing the insurance bit of the package... Is Kpessa - Whyte's saying that the lifestyle package initiated by NASPA, with the Government having no hand in it, is a reward for GLICO and these other five companies - star life, vanguard life, GN life, Enterprise life, quality life?

Speaking at a short ceremony to hand over the vehicles and the other items to the chief executive officer of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah at the premises of the AMA, the Managing Director of Zoomlion Ghana ltd, Mrs. Florence Larbi said the company is committed to push the presidential initiative to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa.

«Compared to any other device that converts chemical energy into electricity, the fuel cell, and in particular the solid oxide or ceramic fuel cell, is hands down the most efficient,» says veteran fuel cell researcher Eric Wachsman, director of the University of Maryland Energy Research Center, who published research pointing the way to lower temperature SOFCs on November 18 in Science.

«It's not a windfall by any means, but on the other hand, certainly we understand it's a pretty constrained budget environment so being able to see any increase at all is a positive thing,» says Thom Mason, director of DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

Sad to say, they seem more trite than true in the hands of director Mimi Leder, making her big - screen debut after years of «ER» and other TV shows.

Writer - director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve) was brought in to salvage the runaway production (with the cost adjusted for inflation, it may still qualify for the title of Most Expensive Movie Ever Made); though his name stands alone on the credits, a lot of other hands contributed to the general muddle.

As hundreds of women have come forward in recent weeks with allegations of sexual misconduct at the hands of producer Harvey Weinstein, director James Toback and numerous other powerful men, Henstridge decided she would no longer remain silent.

Reunited two years later on a chilly late - afternoon on the balcony of a West Hollywood hotel room, the sun setting, other guests on display on their own terraces («I bet there is a lot of debauchery at this hotel,» Ronan guesses, to which Gerwig answers, «Not us... we're just drinking Cokes»), the pair settle in with blankets, clasping hands throughout a lengthy conversation about their lovely movie, which was nominated Tuesday for five Oscars, including best picture and director, and nods for Ronan and Metcalf.

But unlike other dark comedies to make the jump («Mean Girls» director Mark Waters» «The House of Yes» comes to mind), Finley displays a natural cinematic instinct, treating the baroque, marble - lined mansion where the film principally unfolds not as a closed - in set, but a kind of tiger sanctuary, prowling the location in long, restless takes — whether it's stalking an SUV up the gravel driveway or lurking behind a door jam, carving knife in hand, while two characters stare each other down in the adjacent room.

In any other director's hands the plot of the film would be a run of the mill thriller but Lanthimos would never be so boring.

That the rest of the film, which in any other director's hands would be a total mess, feels so exquisitely felt is almost... magical.

Rourke's next trip, on the other hand, was to Chinatown (or the soundstage equivalent thereof) in the epic crime saga Year Of The Dragon, his second film for director Michael Cimino after playing a small role in Heaven's Gate.

However, under the skillful hand of director Nolan (Memento, Batman Begins), it's a much better film than many other Hollywood remakes have been in recent years, with some of the best work the main players have done in years.

On the other hand, Topsy - Turvy — the director's other celebration of 19th - century artistic achievement — sits only in a modestly respectable fifth place in the Leigh box - office table, behind Vera Drake, Secrets and Lies, Another Year and Happy - Go - Lucky.

For as big of a star as Wahlberg has become, he's always been a director - dependent actor, turning in better performances for better directors while other times looking pretty adrift when the directorial hand lets him down.

Two other Turkish films from noted auteurs were in the retrospective section: Semih Kaplanoglu's Süt (Milk, 2008), a rich story of a young man's quest to become a poet, done with sharp social observation by the director, but degenerating into hazy symbolism by the end, a device that also marred the director's next film, Mal (Honey, 2010); and Kasaba (Small Town, 1997) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, the director's debut feature, already displaying his steady hand and broad compassion.

On the other hand, if the film's pitch doesn't sound entirely baity, its pedigree does: after a four - year wait, many will be interested to see how the German director follows up his Oscar - winning «The Lives of Others,» while the star pairing of Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie (with Paul Bettany — huzzah — in support) is as A-list as it gets.

All too frequently, Admission serves as an object lesson in the risks of having a non-comic writer (Karen Croner, whose other screenplay to date was the cancer drama One True Thing) adapt a non-comic novel (by Jean Hanff Korelitz), and handing the result to a director, Paul Weitz, whose last comedy was Little Fockers.

The lighting will be pivotal to capturing the flavor of the director's latest effort, and it could work hand - in - hand with various other design elements on the film.

The Academy, on the other hand, is made up of close to 7,000 members, all of whom work or previously worked in the filmmaking business in some capacity or another — actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, and more.

Under the competent hands of America's most consistently mediocre director (Ron Howard, subbing in for the LEGO guys), Solo is a perfectly fine bit of blockbuster action filmmaking, with a capable cast and some neat special effects upholding a wholly conventional screenplay with nary a hint of the idiosyncrasy that has marked every other Star Wars film, for good or for ill.

On the other hand, the director's taste for whispery dialogue and fondness for dollops of red in fields of dread have already begun bordering on self - parody.

Along with movie doc usual suspects John Carpenter, William Friedkin, and Martin Scorsese (who brilliantly homaged Hitch in a 2007 mockumentary commercial), relative newcomers Guillermo Del Toro and Eli Roth, as well as assorted lesser known editors, film composers, and others are on hand to explain just why Hitchcock is the most copied film director of all time.

On the other hand, the cast of powerhouse performers could certainly help to boost the first - time feature director's credentials and the story may dig deeper than the (largely) surface material featured in the teasers so far.

Indeed, in the hands of director Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher), the movie at times becomes suffused with the eeriness of Repulsion or an art house Omen, as Kevin becomes uncomfortably Other.

On the other hand, one of my freelance buddies is in the final stages of interviews for one of those six - fig gigs, and another has already accepted a Director of Instructional Design position!)

I believe we may have more than a «quiet crisis» on our hands; if those four phone calls are in any way indicative of the frustration that hundreds of other parents, teachers, administrators, and state directors are experiencing, it is only a matter of time before the unmet needs of the children (and adults) will make it a noisy crisis indeed.

For more information on these and other SEMA international resources, such as hands - on access to vehicles popular around the world but not sold in the United States, make and model data for key countries, and top strategies for meeting with international buyers at the SEMA Show, contact SEMA Director of International Relations Linda Spencer at [email protected].

Retailing Right On the one hand, the fact that pet travel products are increasingly moving into the public's awareness is good news for pet retailers; on the other hand, the trend has also made the category more attractive to non-pet-related retail chains and even automotive retailers, says Tibor Siklosi, director of marketing and new product development for Bergan, located in Monkey Island, Okla. «[These chains] are understanding the preferences of the pet owners already shopping their stores,» Siklosi says.

Baker has also taken on extended duties as the game's Performance Capture Director, where his first - hand experience as an actor is now being utilized with other characters, helping to ensure that each performance fits cohesively within the original narrative in Middle - earth: Shadow of War.

In accordance with guidelines issued by the American Association of Museum Directors (AAMD) and the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), provenance research at VMFA is focused on paintings, sculpture, works on paper and other objects that were created before 1946 and that might have changed hands in Europe between 1933 and 194In accordance with guidelines issued by the American Association of Museum Directors (AAMD) and the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), provenance research at VMFA is focused on paintings, sculpture, works on paper and other objects that were created before 1946 and that might have changed hands in Europe between 1933 and 194in Europe between 1933 and 1945.

Beginning in Germany, Holland and France, in the hands of Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965), Walter Gropius (1883 - 1969) and others, it spread to America where it became the dominant idiom for commercial skyscrapers, thanks to the efforts of Mies van der Rohe (1886 - 1969), formerly director of the Bauhaus School.

«Any plans to reorganize need to be seen in the wider context of Zinke's crusade to downsize and change Interior's mission by handing over our public lands and waters to oil companies and other special interests,» Alex Taurel, deputy legislative director of the League of Conservation Voters, told Earther in a statement.

«We are talking about putting our data in other people's hands, outside of our offices,» said Jim Calloway, Director, Management Assistance Program for the Oklahoma Bar Association.

On the other hand, if the nonlawyer is happy to provide services to the firm only, such as in the role of a Technology Officer or Executive Director, it is easier to see how Rule 5.4 can work.

Glass Lewis, on the other hand, will, beginning in 2019, generally recommend withholding a vote for the nominating committee chair of the board of an issuer (including venture issuers) where (i) the issuer has not disclosed a formal written gender diversity policy or (ii) there are no female directors on the board.

On the other hand, a 2016 ILTACON session, presented in part by Rick Varju, a director responsible for infrastructure at Foley and Lardner LLP, cites security as a benefit of the cloud.

If we want to prevent future atrocities, we must look for solutions that keep guns out of the hands of those who are a danger to themselves or others, while protecting the rights of law - abiding Americans,» Chris W. Cox, executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, said in a statement.