Sentences with phrase «made his feature film writing»
SY: Speaking of Andrea, he made his feature film writing and directorial debuts on the drama.
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Making her feature film writing and directing debut, Cherien Dabis has used her family's experiences of hostility during the Gulf War as Palestinian / Jordanian Americans as inspiration for Amreeka (the Arabic name for America).
Emmy Award winner Cary Fukunaga made his feature film writing and directing debut with the acclaimed film Sin Nombre for Focus Features, for which he won the directing award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Making her feature film writing and directing debut, Cherien Dabis has used her family's experiences of hostility during the Gulf War as Palestinian / Jordanian Americans as inspiration for
The screenplay for «Elvis & Nixon» was written by Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal and «Saw» actor Cary Elwes, who made his feature film writing debut on the comedy.
SY: Speaking of Gerard McMurray, he made his feature film writing and directorial debuts on «Burning Sands.»
The producer encouraged musician Ilya Naishuller to make his feature film writing and directorial debuts with the adventure movie, after he helmed the music video for one of the songs from his Moscow - based indie rock band, Biting Elbows, titled «Bad Motherf * cker,» which proved to be a hit.
Not exact matches
It is in reaction to a film like Independence Day, which features a mad - dog Randy Quaid blowing up an alien ship kamikaze - style, that a film like Arrival gets made, which features a somber Amy Adams writing messages on a whiteboard.
Eve wrote a biography of her mother, Madame Curie, which was a worldwide bestseller in the 1930s and was adapted to make a Hollywood feature film in 1943.
Indie veteran director Matthew Porterfield writes about how on his fourth feature «Sollers Point» he made a better film by remaining open.
Poorly written and directed, the film features a bland performance by all the leads, except for Nick Nolte and Beatrice Dalle, who are the only two who make an impression.
The One I Love is cleverly written by Justin Lader and directed with budget - minded skill by Charlie McDowell (son of actor Malcolm, and step - son to Ted Danson, who makes a small acting appearance), both of whom are making their feature film debuts.
After years of writing for television and cutting his directorial teeth on the 1979 TV movie The Jericho Mile, Michael Mann made his feature film debut with Thief (1981), a cool, gritty crime movie starring James Caan as the head of a high - end crew of professional safecrackers.
While «Parks and Recreation» scribe Katie Dippold, who made her feature film directorial writing debut with «The Heat,» deserves credit for creating two fearless and liberating female lead protagonists, there are several stereotypes the movie regularly used to elicit laughs.
At various points in his fantastically varied and storied career he wrote position papers on the need of support for a moribund Australian film industry, wrote and directed numerous episodes of such seminal TV shows as Homicide and Division 4 for Crawford Productions, was central in establishing film courses and departments in places such as Canberra and Brisbane (Griffith University), wrote plays and performed poems at Melbourne University and La Mama in the 1960s, directed feature films in the early 1980s (most memorably Ginger Meggs in 1982), made documentaries for the ABC and SBS (The Myth Makers, Images of Australia, The Legend of Fred Paterson, and numerous others), wrote and edited such books as Screenwriting: A Manual and Queensland Images in Film and Television, helmed commercials for a vast array of companies and government bodies, contributed film reviews to ABC radio (and more occasionally TV) across various states (for almost 40 years), wrote for numerous publications including Overland, The Canberra Times, Metro, The Concise Encyclopedia of Documentary Film, The Hobart Mercury, and so much more.
Gudegast, making his feature directing debut after writing «A Man Apart» and «London Has Fallen,» seems to understand just enough about that element of Mann's film to recreate some of its conflicts — both in terms of crime scenarios and the characters» civilian lives — but lacks the discipline, or maybe skill, to lend them real emotional weight, much less originality.
I need to find the man who helps write these kinds of movies so I too can write awful premises and get them made into feature length films.
The Art Of Getting By, formerly known as Homework, was both written and directed by up - and - coming filmmaker Gavin Wiesen, who's making his feature debut after a short film in 2008 called Kill the Day.
The weekend takes a terrifying turn when a meteorite crashes the party forcing everyone to face the darkest, screaming extraterrestrial nightmare imaginable... The Gracefield Incident is written and directed by up - and - coming filmmaker Mathieu Ratthe, making his feature directorial debut after a number of short films previously.
Red Christmas is both written and directed by Australian actor - filmmaker Craig Anderson, making his feature directorial debut after numerous short films and TV work including «Double the Fist», «Black Comedy», and «How Not to Behave».
He also talked about the experience of being a part of the highly successful The Hangover franchise, whether he and Todd Phillips took the criticism of the second film into account when writing The Hangover Part III, making films for audiences to enjoy, and the animated feature Turkeys (featuring the voices of Amy Poehler, Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson), which he's writing and producing.
Hounds of Love is written and directed by Australian filmmaker Ben Young, making his feature directorial debut after a few short films previously as well as episodes of «Prank Patrol» and «Castaway».
Also on board is an audio commentary from» 09 — Disney, alas, has dropped the picture - in - picture option that made this a full - blown «Cine - Explore feature» on the PE — teaming Leonard Maltin with Disney animator («and unashamed animation geek») Eric Goldberg and film historian J.B. Kaufman, who at the time was writing a book about the making of Pinocchio that finally got published in 2015.
Nancy is written and directed by up - and - coming filmmaker Christina Choe, making her feature directorial debut after a number of short films previously.
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town is both written and directed by American filmmaker Christian Papierniak, making his feature directorial debut after a few short films previously.
The film is written by Peter Craig, who recently penned Ben Affleck's «The Town» with director Asger Leth making his dramatic feature directing debut after his 2006 documentary «Ghosts of Cite Soleil.»
When I say independent you say... well, if you know his films, you'd most likely say John Sayles, whose made 19 features (Matewan and Lonestar among them) without traditional studio backing (though many of those features were financed by money Sayles made by doctoring or ghost writing Hollywood scripts).
Cynthia Mort, a veteran television writer and producer whose credits include «Roseanne» and «Will & Grace,» will make her feature directorial debut with the film, which she also wrote.
He recently told BAZAAR that he was halfway done writing the script for his next feature saying, «it's a film I want to make in Europe, a Euro movie.»
Conceived, written, shot and finished in less than nine months from page to premiere, the film is the second feature from «Eastern Promises» and «Dirty Pretty Things» writer Steven Knight, who made his debut only a few short months ago with Jason Statham vehicle «Hummingbird» (known in the U.S. as «Redemption»).
Extras: Audio commentary with film producer and historian Bruce Block; new appreciation of the film and select scene commentary by film historian Philip Kemp; «The Flawed Couple,» a new video essay by filmmaker David Cairns on the collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon; «Billy Wilder ABC,» an overview by David Cairns on the life and career of the filmmaker, covering his films, collaborators and more; new interview with actress Hope Holiday; «Inside the Apartment,» a half - hour «making - of» featurette from 2007 including interviews with Shirley MacLaine, executive producer Walter Mirisch, and others; «Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon,» an archive profile of the actor from 2007; original screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (BD - ROM content); theatrical trailer; special collector's packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick; collector's 150 - page hardcover book featuring new writing by Neil Sinyard, Kat Ellinger, Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche, generously illustrated with rare stills and behind - the - scenes imagery.
The Cleanse is both written and directed by filmmaker Bobby Miller, making his feature directorial debut after a whole bunch of award - winning short films, including Tub and End Times.
Violet is both written and directed by young Flemish filmmaker Bas Devos, making his feature directorial debut after a few short films previously.
Comics / actors Jordan Peele and Keegan - Michael Key star in the film, which was also written by and directed by «Key & Peele» veterans making the leap into features.
Special Features: • Brand new 2K transfer from the original camera negative • High Definition Blu - ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations • Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • Audio commentary with co-writer and producer Mardi Rustam, make - up artist Craig Reardon and stars Roberta Collins, William Finley and Kyle Richards • New introduction to the film by director Tobe Hooper • Brand new interview with Hooper • My Name is Buck: Star Robert Englund discusses his acting career • The Butcher of Elmendorf: The Legend of Joe Ball — The story of the South Texas bar owner on whom Eaten Alive is loosely based • 5ive Minutes with Marilyn Burns — The star of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre talks about working on Eaten Alive • The Gator Creator: archival interview with Hooper • Original theatrical trailers for the film under its various titles Eaten Alive, Death Trap, Starlight Slaughter and Horror Hotel • US TV and Radio Spots • Alternate credits sequence • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin • Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film, illustrated with original archive stills and posters
These ideas are further explored in the DVD extras which include director's commentary; a feature on the making of the film, deleted scenes and On Writing With Tracy Letts, telling of his autobiographical connection with the film.
The House of Tomorrow is written and directed by American filmmaker Peter Livolsi, making his feature directorial debut after a few short films and TV shows previously.
Don't Think Twice is the latest film written and directed by comedian / actor / filmmaker Mike Birbiglia, who made his feature directing debut with the indie hit Sleepwalk with Me in 2012.
Notwithstanding a few forays into the mainstream, Linklater has continued to run variations on what he wrote about that first feature: «A film locked in with the moment and place of its making.»
Written entirely without dialog, this clever film uses stop - and - go Claymation to delightful effect, making this kids» feature one to be enjoyed by the whole clan.
Release: Friday, July 22, 2016 [Theater *] Written by: Eric Heisserer Directed by: David F. Sandberg In Swedish filmmaker David F. Sandberg's feature debut, an expanded realization of a short film he made in 2013, something sinister lurks in the absence of light and enjoys tormenting anyone unfortunate enough to be in the same room with it.
Never Goin» Back is both written and directed by American filmmaker Augustine Frizzell, making her feature debut after a few short films previously.
John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein will not only write the film but will also make their feature film directorial debuts.
Special Features Conversation between director Robert Altman and actor Tim Robbins from 2004 Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country, a feature - length 1993 documentary on the making of Short Cuts To Write and Keep Kind, a 1992 PBS documentary on the life of author Raymond Carver One - hour 1983 audio interview with Carver, conducted for the American Audio Prose Library Original demo recordings of the film's Doc Pomus Mac Rebennack songs, performed by Rebennack (Dr. John) Deleted scenes A look inside the marketing of Short Cuts PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Wilmington
Monsters and Men is both written and directed by newcomer filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green, a native of New York City who is 1/2 Puerto Rican and 1/2 African American, making his feature directorial debut after directing & producing a number of short films previously.
In a New York Times feature on the film published late last month, critic Dennis Lim writes that it «revisits a conundrum that has bedeviled many filmmakers over the years: how do you make a movie about a virus, a villain that isn't even visible?»
Kill Me Please is both written and directed by young Brazilian filmmaker Anita Rocha da Silveira, making her feature directorial debut after a few short films previously.
Other films that we admire, but didn't quite make the cut included Alison Mclean «s «Jesus» Son» featuring awesome performances by Billy Crudup and Samatha Morton as drug - addict adult - lescents in the 1970s, Stephen Daldry «s celebratory boyhood - meets - ballet drama, «Billy Elliot,» Lars Von Trier's comedic docu - like dogme film «Idioterne» («The Idiots,» made in 1998 but only released in the U.S. in 2000), Steven Soderbergh «s economic and no - nonsense «Erin Brockovich,» Stephen Frears «manchild, record store - centered love story, «High Fidelity,» Terence Davies ««The House of Mirth» featuring an excellent Gillian Anderson turn, and perhaps Neil LaBute «s best film, tellingly one he didn't write, the dreamy and odd, «Nurse Betty.»
All in all, I hated Vacation but not because the film was really poorly written, was painfully unfunny, and featured all unlikable characters, but rather because the film never even tried to grasp the concept that made the original films so great.
Hostile is both written and directed by French filmmaker Mathieu Turi, a former assistant director making his feature directorial debut after a few short films previously.