Sentences with phrase «only named directors»

He reminded me a lot of Bill Wellman and some of those guys who is one of the only named directors I'd ever worked for and I'd done a small part for him in a picture and they were all kind of rough and tumble guys.

Not exact matches

In fact, Nolan not only assembles his casts from the best actors available in the pool of talent from today, he has a knack for remembering venerable performers like Rutger Hauer («Batman Begins»), Tom Berenger («Inception») and Matthew Modine («The Dark Knight Rises») who have otherwise sadly fallen off of other big name directors» radars.

So how did Giegel and his partner Shervin Pishevar manage to convince one of the world's most high - profile business magnates to not only invest in their startup, but also join its board of directors and lend Virgin's name to the project?

However, the director of an advocacy group for victims of sexual abuse by priests called the steps announced by O'Malley insufficient and irresponsible, saying only one of the named priests was new to public information.

Reportedly, a number of people were arrested although the only name that I have seen mentioned is Newcastle managing director Lee Charnley, who was later released without charge.

Conducted in deep secrecy in the rarified circles these folks travel, only two investor names have publicly surfaced so far, Heidi Kirschner, executive director of the YMCA, and Bill Collins of those prominent Collins folks from down under (Accord).

The invitation was for the NPP Presidential Candidate to attend the Republicans Convention in Ohio, but although Nana Addo, was in the US, after going through visa and other immigration formalities at the American Embassy in Accra on Mr. Trump's invitation, did not show up at the convention, which took place from July 18, and ended on July 21, but only sent an emissary by name, Charles Owiredu, the party's Director of International Affairs.

As Robert Freeman, executive director of the New York State Committee on Open Government, has said in several opinions regarding the disclosure of pistol permit data beyond names and addresses, «the only instance in which records must be withheld would involve the case in which a statute prohibits disclosure.

«I looked at the list and recognize only some of the names and I am the Executive Director of the Democratic Party.»

Although scientists from every field that NSF supports are eligible, only three social scientists — the previous two were men — have ever captured the Waterman, named after NSF's first director.

«When people name things they take personal ownership, which can only be good for interest in space and the sky,» says Alan Stern, a former NASA director and founder of Uwingu.

Taurog, who would in later years direct many of Elvis Presley's films, was named Best Director only once, in 1930 for «Skippy,» another film starring a child actor (Jackie Cooper).

This was also the first time Joseph not only got top billing (his name was even bigger than the director's name in the end credits) but his character completely carried the film.

From Academy Award (R)- nominee Hiromasa Yonebayashi - animator on Studio Ghibli masterpieces Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and Ponyo, and director of When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty - comes a dazzling new adventure about a young girl named Mary, who discovers a flower that grants magical powers, but only for one night.

With only two feature films and one TV show to his name, writer / director Jody Hill, is now synonymous with ignoring the boundaries and «genre rules» of modern comedy and creating anti-heroes that laughably burble with nihilistic rage, scary faux pas and hot - air egos.

This is only director Shira Piven's second feature film, and «Welcome to Me» stars big names like Kristen Wiig, Joan Cusack, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tim Robbins.

From Academy Award ® - nominee Hiromasa Yonebayashi — animator on Studio Ghibli masterpieces Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and Ponyo, and director of When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty — comes a dazzling new adventure about a young girl named Mary, who discovers a flower that grants magical powers, but only for one night.

Director Roger Michell is best known for the fluffy fantasy of «Notting Hill» (1999), targetted directly at an American market and presenting a view of London life whose only link to reality was the place names — but since then he has elaborated a much darker vision of romance in Britain's capital, first in the Hanif Kureshi - scripted taboo - breaker The Mother (2003), and now in «Enduring Love», starring Daniel Craig (who also featured in The Mother) and Rhys Ifans (here a million miles away from the comedy of «Notting Hill»).

An abstract of drug - addled dilettantes straight out of the late -»70s New York art scene (and writer - director Tom DiCillo's id), Johnny Suede really has no cinematic peer or precedent, and his layers of squeaky - clean rockabilly artifice — the name and matching black suede shoes, the skyscraper pompadour, the two - tone wardrobe — only confuses the pastiche, making it that much more impenetrable.

Director Debra Granik, an NYU grad of obvious curiosity, has only two features (including this one) to her name.

I like Will Farrell but only if I see his name or Adam McKay's name in the writer / director credits.

He finds room across his sprawling yet intimate canvas for winks to prior masters and their work, too, as in a quick glance at a neon sign above a storefront near the movie palace named «Laughton,» which indicates a key visual influence, Charles Laughton's only feature as director, the memorably wicked and watery «Night of the Hunter» (1955).

There are moments of contrivance and predictability, but they are deftly handled by director Saul Metzstein (Guy X, The Name of This Film is Dogme95), who keeps the movie from descending into pure sitcom even when it seems like that's the only place it is able to go.

The film not only took the best film award, but Chazelle was named best director and Emma Stone was named best actress.

The Neon Demon sees the Drive and Only God Forgives director fix his crosshairs on the modelling industry, following the story of an aspiring ingénue named Jesse (Fanning) who's swallowed by the fashion world when she relocates to Los Angeles.

As for the overall impression left by the concept, the best way to describe it is to mention that, of those 11 bigger name directors I named above, the films of only a little over half of them are effective to one degree or another.

Ever watched a film only to double take when the director's name appears in the credits?

by Bill Chambers Surrendering once again to V / H / S found - footage mode, writer - director Ti West brazenly co-opts the particulars of the mass suicide at Jonestown, Guyana, abandoning only the names and most expensive details (two planes become one helicopter, for instance, while the late -»70s become the present).

Set to star life - long comics obsessive Nic Cage (whose own son is named Kal - El), Burton's film would have followed in the footsteps of his Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), only for the director to walk away when he became exasperated by studio interference and marketing commitments.

This morning Björk issued a statement about her experience working with «a Danish director,» a hilariously coy non-naming of names since she's only starred in one movie, Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark (2000) after which she never appeared in a movie again, unless you count her performance art collaboration with her then - boyfriend Matthew Barney on Drawing Restraint (2009).

«The prestigious Palme d'Or has been bestowed upon 71 male directors — too numerous to mention by name — but only two women.»

While Marvel's Kevin Feige has said they didn't have a strict edict for the film having a female director, it seemed as if those were the only names mentioned in public.

It follows three high school kids throwing a big party, played by Thomas Mann, Jonathan Daniel Brown and Oliver Cooper, but other than that it's full of unknowns, directed by an unknown, the only other big name is Todd Phillips (director of The Hangover, Due Date) as the producer of the whole thing.

If you followed this morning's press conference by the festival's directors, you know that only about a quarter of the films that will eventually grace the screens were named and the actual schedule isn't even out yet, but such is the nature of festival going.

71st edition of the film festival features big names and a global outlook, but only three out of 18 films competing for the Palme d'Or have female directors

Director Aaron Harvey's upcoming crime thriller Into the Ashes has added three new names to its cast in Frank Grillo (Wolf Warrior 2), Luke Grimes (Fifty Shades of Grey) and Robert Taylor (Longmire), who join the previously announced James Badge Dale (Only the Brave) and David Cade (Training Day).

Not to mention, director Asger Leth is largely untested as a filmmaker (he only has one previous, and pretty obscure, directing credit to his name), while writer Pablo F. Fenjves has built a career penning low - rent TV movies, most of which were made in the 90s.

Enter Ti West (The House of the Devil)---- not only does he have the perfect name for a director of Westerns, but West has, since his impressive debut The Roost (2005), firmly established himself as modern horror master.

From Academy Award ® - nominated Hiromasa Yonebayashi — animator on Studio Ghibli masterpieces Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and Ponyo, and director of When Marnie Was There and The Secret World of Arrietty — comes a dazzling new adventure about a young girl named Mary, who discovers a flower that grants magical powers, but only for one night.

From Academy Award ® - nominated director Hiromasa Yonebayashi comes the story of a young girl named Mary, who discovers a flower that grants magical powers, but only for one night.

Jean - Luc Godard's 1960 film Breathless not only launched the French New Wave and made the director's name forever synonymous with French art cinema — it also made a star out of its leading man, the theretofore unknown Jean - Paul Belmondo.

Death - wish mechanic Michael Winner first made his name as a director of comedies (You Must Be Joking, The Jokers, I'll Never Forget Whats» isname)-- a fact one remembers only with some straining, and without the assistance of his latest film.

I'm trying to think of an actress - turned - director whose first film was positioned so favorably and the only name coming to mind is Angelina Jolie.

WHY: After making a name for himself with the Swedish - language adaptation of «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,» it was only a matter of time before Hollywood came calling for director Niels Arden Opev.

«The New Tenants» Who: Director Joachim Back Country: USA, Denmark What: This is the only film with name actors, including Vincent D'Onofrio and Kevin Corrigan, and is about two men who move into an apartment together, in hopes for a fresh start, but discover their new abode has a terrifying history.

The evidence does seem to indicate that a director named on only one or neither list will land in the AMPAS top five (in this instance, Jolie is the only one not nominated at both and only one).

Best Picture The Shape of Water < — frontrunner — precedent for a win would be Braveheart (won Globe director, no SAG stat) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri < — frontrunner — precedent for a win would be Crash, Shakespeare in Love, Argo (won SAG ensemble + no director nomination) Lady Bird < — frontrunner — precedent for a win would be Moonlight (only one Globe win heading in) Get Out < — frontrunner — precedent for a win: would have to set one Dunkirk < — dark horse — precedent for a win would be Bravheart Phantom Thread Call Me By Your Name Darkest Hour The Post

The first (and only) feature directed by a promising young writer - director named Steve Gordon, who died the following year of a heart attack at age 44, the first Arthur was hardly a masterpiece, but it was a highly enjoyable comedy of manners done in a style that, even at the time, seemed quaintly old - fashioned.

Adapted from the novel of the same name by crime - fiction writer Michael Connelly (this is the first of four books in the Haller series), Lawyer struggles to find its footing within a cliché storyline reworked by screenwriter John Romano (Nights in Rodanthe) and helmed by novice director Brad Furman, whose only other film is the straight - to - DVD armored - truck thriller The Take.

The director is Francis Lawrence, who not only shares a last name (albeit no relation) with the star of Red Sparrow but, as the director of three Hunger Games films, is well - acquainted with her screen - melting talent.