Sentences with phrase «original feature debut»

Hellraiser was a vividly original feature debut from a young British author who tired seeing his work translated [poorly] to the big...

My focus was on his career, his storytelling & writing techniques, and how he's evolved as a filmmaker over the 10 years since first making Shaun of the Dead (his original feature debut was A Fistful of Fingers).

This year it will go to Toronto writer - director Daniel Cockburn, whose wildly original feature debut, a wry cosmic puzzle called «You Are Here», has been winning raves on the festival circuit.

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His findings feature in textbooks and management training courses, and his debut book, The Procrastination Equation, combines the first meta - analysis of the topic (encompassing some 800 studies) with original research, including some for which the professor served as his own subject.

Phyllida Lloyd makes her feature film directorial debut an uneven one; she's a leading British theatre director who is noted for her work in opera and directed the original stage production.

The highly anticipated debut feature from acclaimed author Charlie McDowell, THE ONE I LOVE is an original tale that continues to showcase McDowell's keen observations of human relationships with a distinct and comedic voice.

Writer - director Sian Heder makes her feature film debut with «Tallulah,» a touching and emotionally wrenching Netflix original starring Ellen Page, Allison Janney, and Tammy Blanchard.

Chandor's debut feature, which earned him a Best Original Screenplay nomination at the Academy Awards, was a claustrophobic ensemble drama that related the bankruptcy of a Lehman Brothers analogue with elaborate, yet somewhat clunky, dialogue.

The original A Nightmare on Elm Street also gets a Blu - ray debut this week, featuring all the supplements from the earlier DVD «Infinifilm Special Edition» release (two commentary tracks, alternate endings, three documentary featurettes), plus the Blu - ray exclusive interactive «Focus Points» mode, which allows instant access to alternate takes and behind the scenes footage while watching the film.

I have been working on my debut feature since 2008, back then it's original title was The Good People.

As directed by Steven Bernstein, a veteran director of photography who makes his feature film debut here, «Decoding Annie Parker» frequently dangles on the precipice of falling into Lifetime Original Movie territory.

With this bracingly original debut feature, artist Barnard creates one of the most involving and moving documentaries in memory.

Of the various films in the Netflix Original roster to date, Spectral, the debut feature of director Nic Mathieu, stands out as considerably more expensive - seeming than its relatively modest brethren — although who knows how much Adam Sandler's future excuses to go on paid vacation will end up costing?

Also unexpectedly refreshing to see the promising and bold debut feature Beasts of the Southern Wild so prominently featured, even if it's unlikely such an underdog stands a chance against the Hollywood giants and industry veterans (Beasts... is also disgracefully absent from the «best original score» nomination list, but now I'm just being petty).

Music video gurus DANIELS, a.k.a. Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, craft a wholly original debut feature bursting with limitless creativity both in content and form.

Before his film debut, Patel was featured in the original UK version of Skins.

Best Film: Manchester by the Sea Best Director: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight Best Actor: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea Best Actress: Amy Adams, Arrival Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water Best Supporting Actress: Naomie Harris, Moonlight Best Original Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea Best Adapted Screenplay: Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese, Silence Best Animated Feature: Kubo and the Two Strings Breakthrough Performance (Male): Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea Breakthrough Performance (Female): Royalty Hightower, The Fits Best Directorial Debut: Trey Edward Shults, Krisha Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman Best Documentary: O.J.: Made in America Best Ensemble: Hidden Figures Spotlight Award: Creative Collaboration of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Cameraperson

The original script is slated to be written by Andrew Dodge, who is fresh off making his produced screenwriting debut with Arrest Development actor Jason Bateman's feature - length directorial debut, Bad Words.

Also new on DVD: ExTerminators (Image) with Heather Graham, Mirrors 2 (Fox), which features the U.S. debut of the original 2003 South Korean film Into the Mirror as an extra, and Bangkok Adrenaline (Image).

Best Film: HER Best Director: Spike Jonze, HER Best Actor: Bruce Dern, NEBRASKA Best Actress: Emma Thompson, SAVING MR. BANKS Best Supporting Actor: Will Forte, NEBRASKA Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, FRUITVALE STATION Best Original Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Best Adapted Screenplay: Terence Winter, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Best Animated Feature: THE WIND RISES Breakthrough Performance: Michael B. Jordan, FRUITVALE STATION Breakthrough Performance: Adele Exarchopoulos, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR Best Directorial Debut: Ryan Coogler, FRUITVALE STATION Best Foreign Language Film: THE PAST Best Documentary: STORIES WE TELL William K. Everson Film History Award: George Stevens, Jr..

Editor's note: «Blood Simple,» the feature debut of filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen opens Friday at the Nuart with a new 4k restoration from the original 35 mm negative that was supervised and approved by the Coen brothers, along with director of photography Barry Sonnenfeld.

The Blu - ray debut features the commentary track recorded by Carpenter for the original DVD release and the vintage promotional featurette «The Making of John Carpenter's Vampires,» plus the trademark isolated score audio track and booklet with an essay by Julie Kirgo.

It was based on an original idea by his brother Jonathan and was only his second feature — after his debut «Following» in 1998.

Titles in consideration for the Sutherland Award in the First Feature Competition recognising an original and imaginative directorial debut are:

The Criterion debut of the film features a new video interviews with Ballhaus and the original featurette «Outsiders» featuring new interviews with actors Margit Carstensen, Eva Mattes, Katrin Schaake, and Hanna Schygulla, plus a new interview with film scholar Jane Shattuc about director Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the film, and the 1992 documentary Role Play: Women on Fassbinder, originally made for German TV and featuring interviews with Carstensen, Schygulla, and actors Irm Hermann and Rosel Zech.

Desiree Akhavan's feature debut as a writer / director / star is an original and charismatically honest New York comedy.

After earning Best Picture and Best Director accolades at the Spirit Awards, Jordan Peele became the first black filmmaker to earn a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for his phenomenally successful debut feature, «Get Out.»

It's the feature debut of music video director Adam Smith, co-stars Brendan Gleeson and has an original score by The Chemical Brothers.

Best Film: A Most Violent Year Best Director: Clint Eastwood — American Sniper Best Actor (TIE): Oscar Isaac — A Most Violent Year; Michael Keaton — Birdman Best Actress: Julianne Moore — Still Alice Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton — Birdman Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain — A Most Violent Year Best Original Screenplay: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller — The Lego Movie Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson — Inherent Vice Best Animated Feature: How to Train Your Dragon 2 Breakthrough Performance: Jack O'Connell — Starred Up & Unbroken Best Directorial Debut: Gillian Robespierre — Obvious Child Best Foreign Language Film: Wild Tales Best Documentary: Life Itself William K. Everson Film History Award: Scott Eyman Best Ensemble: Fury Spotlight Award: Chris Rock for writing, directing, and starring in — Top Five NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Rosewater NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Selma

Meanwhile, in other animated news, Warner has also unveiled a trailer and list of special features for its whopping 30 - film DC Universe Original Movies: 10th Anniversary Collection Blu - ray box set [see here], and LEGO has debuted promotional images for its latest The LEGO Batman Movie tie - in set Joker Mansion, which you can find here...

Still, the very things that made the original so enjoyable (the cast, the music, the humor) all appear to be intact for this second installment, and despite my concerns, the fact that it's being shepherded by returning writer Kay Cannon and producer / co-star Elizabeth Banks, making her feature film debut, gives me hope that it won't disappoint.

When Augustine Frizzell's buddy - girl comedy Never Goin» Back bows Monday at midnight, it will mark the culmination of a four - year endeavor — an odyssey of sorts mined from Frizzell's own unconventional childhood, and one that required the first - time feature director to completely scrap her original film before re-writing, re-casting, and re-shooting her Sundance debut.

SY: What was your experience of working with Ciaran Foy, who made his American feature film directorial debut with «Sinister 2,» after the original film's helmer, Scott Derrickson, decided to only write and produce the follow - up?

Thankfully, British writer / director John Maclean is someone who fully appreciates the dictum «less is more», as evidenced by his barnstorming debut feature, Slow West, which wears its influences on its claret - flecked sleeve while managing to feel bracingly original.

Of the three identically - mixed 5.1 Dolby Digital listening options, the original Japanese - language track is the preferred choice, as it is wont to be: Not only are the Japanese voice actors for the most part professionals (the English dub features Peter Boyle and Elliott Gould in their voice - acting debuts; they're professionals but not professional voice actors, if you know what I mean), but there's also a good deal of retro - dubbing in foreign language productions that necessitates a «working backwards» from the mouth movements, sometimes requiring — how do we say this — «creative» word substitutions.

His Girl Friday (Criterion, Blu - ray, DVD) should really be listed as a double feature, for the «bonus» movie — a new edition of the original screen version of The Front Page, adapted from the snappy, cynical, double - barrel Broadway hit by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur — is not just a home video debut but a major discovery.

Clive Barker's feature debut gets a digital restoration and will also tour in an original 35 mm print.

Best Debut as Director — New York Film Critics Online Breakout Filmmaker — Las Vegas Film Critics Best Original Screenplay — Final Draft Screenwriters Choice Awards Breakthrough Performance for Alicia Vikander (tie)-- New York Film Critics Online Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander — Los Angeles Film Critics Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander — Toronto Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander — Southeastern Film Critics Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander — Phoenix Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander — Chicago Film Critics Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander — Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander — Kansas City Film Critics Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander — Austin Film Critics Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander — Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress for Alicia Vikander — Central Ohio Film Critics Best Supporting Actor for Oscar Isaac — Online Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor for Oscar Isaac — Florida Film Critics Circle Best First Feature — Toronto Film Critics Association Best First Feature — Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Best First Film — Austin Film Critics Best Science Fiction Film — Phoenix Critics Circle Best Horror / Sci - Fi Film — Las Vegas Film Critics Best Horror / Sci - Fi / Fantasy Film — Kansas City Film Critics Best Sci - Fi / Horror Film — Critics» Choice Award

In following up an acclaimed first series (the British original version of The Office, which featured Gervais as the estimable David Brent), they deliberately set expectations low (Gervais remarked before the first season debuted that it would be referred to as «the disappointing follow - up to The Office»).

The site reports that the studio became concerned that original director Michael Gracey — who was making his feature debut on the -LSB-...]

Knight has made a career of following his own interests, cutting his teeth in spoof comedy, creating the original British edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and parlaying that success into his feature writing debut, the black - market organ harvesting drama Dirty Pretty Things.

Shane Hennessy sat down with writer / director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy to discuss his original and intense feature debut.

The film was followed up four years later by the pretty terrible «The Fly II,» the feature debut of special effects and make - up Chris Walas, who had previously worked on the original «The Fly» (and won an Academy Award for his efforts), «Scanners» and would later lend his hand to «Naked Lunch.»

The self - titled debut is being released via Frontier Records and features 10 original tracks produced by Mancuso and Lee and Executive Produced by Kevin Churko (Five Finger Death Punch, In This Moment, Ozzy Osbourne).

Best Film: Mad Max: Fury Road Best Director: Ridley Scott — The Martian Best Actor: Matt Damon — The Martian Best Actress: Brie Larson — Room Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone — Creed Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh — The Hateful Eight Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino — The Hateful Eight Best Adapted Screenplay: Drew Goddard — The Martian Best Animated Feature: Inside Out Breakthrough Performance: Abraham Attah — Beasts of No Nation & Jacob Tremblay — Room Best Directorial Debut: Jonas Carpignano — Mediterranea Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul Best Documentary: Amy William K. Everson Film History Award: Cecilia De Mille Presley Best Ensemble: The Big Short Spotlight Award: Sicario for Outstanding Collaborative Vision NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Beasts of No Nation & Mustang

Beyond Skyline is directed by new American filmmaker Liam O'Donnell, a producer / screenwriter (who co-wrote the original Skyline) and visual effects consultant for Hydraulx, now making his feature directorial debut.

The film features an original soundtrack by The Roots, and marks a most auspicious debut by Ms. Hamilton who deftly spins a palpably - authentic tale in impressive fashion.

It's also the highest - grossing title ever for a feature debut from a writer / director with an original screenplay.

In fact, Nissan has had more vehicles featured in the game than any other brand since the original Gran Turismo debuted in 1998.

For example, Nissan's popular Utili - track ® Bed Channel System, which made its industry - first debut on the original Titan, features four heavy - duty aluminum alloy cleats that move and lock anywhere along the walls, as well as bed floor and header tracks that give the user endless tie - down possibilities.