Initialtly, Oldman was the man that Spielberg and
other producers of the film decided that Oldman was an easy get nomination wise for the movie «The Contender».
Not exact matches
I was able to practice as a professional writer,
producer of film, video and audio - visual productions and as a PR practitioner and spokesperson for Johns Hopkins Health System, American Red Cross and
other Baltimore hospitals.
She has served as executive
producer of four documentary
films, including Kicking It, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival; A Powerful Noise, which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival; She Is the Matador; and The
Other City, a critically acclaimed portrayal
of the HIV / AIDS crisis in Washington, DC, which premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.
Other more narrow provisions include tax breaks for
film and theater
producers, NASCAR race track owners, manufacturers
of electric motorcycles, commuters who use public transportation and teachers who spend their own money on classroom supplies.
One
of the few negatives on an otherwise fairly positive day
of trading was the 5 % decline
of Reckitt Benckiser,
producers of a drug used to help get drug users off
of Heroin called Suboxone, which acts as a replacement for the Class A. Reckitt's patent for Suboxone is due to expire in the relatively near future, so they have been trying to push doctors and
other pharmaceutical vendors towards their
film version
of the drug, which is still under patent and will be for quite some time.
Eisenberg had such passion for Rollers, a small indie
film, that he not only maintained his commitment to the role throughout its two years
of fundraising but also helped its
producers with casting choices and
other key decisions.
I find it fascinating when writers and directors and even
producers of films about real people in the Bible read into what the people were like and how they fill in the gaps
of the dialog, some I like,
others I disagree with, but it allows me to put flesh and blood on their bones.
I, on the
other hand, went into the BBC newsroom the
other day to find teams
of young
producers laughing at archive
film reports from 17 years ago
of a young political correspondent looking nothing like he does now.
Vinal said his goal is to help build a local
film industry - a network
of actors, stage hands, electricians, gaffers and
others whom
producers can call on when they undertake projects in Central New York.
The founders, Stephanie Danan and Justin Kern both hail from the world
of film (one a
producer and the
other a screenwriter, respectively), which makes sense given that there is a cinematic quality to their collections — the individual pieces tend to move beautifully.
Join executive
producers Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter (Arrow, Black Lightning, DC's Legends
of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl, upcoming Titans), DC Entertainment's Geoff Johns (Arrow, The Flash, Titans) and
others as they trace the explosion
of DC's heroes — from ink panels to television and
film screens worldwide.
In the 2000s, Stevens found new success on the
other side
of the camera, as a prolific
producer of both independent and mainstream Hollywood
films, even winning the Oscar for Best Documentary for his 2009
film about the slaughtering
of dolphins, The Cove.
As such, it recalls not only the two
other sweetly appealing
films written and directed by Cameron Crowe («Say Anything» and «Singles»), but also the great shaggy - dog storytelling style
of James L. Brooks («Broadcast News»), one
of its
producers.
The Spirit Awards Nominating Committees are comprised
of writers, directors,
producers, cinematographers, editors, actors, critics, casting directors,
film festival programmers and
other working
film professionals.
At the Critics» Week — where, in the interest
of full disclosure, I served on a competition jury comprised
of three
other critics and the South Korean director Lee Chang - dong — the highlight
of an unusually strong lineup was Take Shelter, the second feature by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols, an acknowledged Malick acolyte whose new
film shares a
producer with The Tree
of Life as well as a leading lady, Jessica Chastain (reportedly at Malick's personal recommendation).
Meanwhile, Reynolds and the
film's
other producers are reportedly in the process
of casting the
film's female lead, popular Marvel mutant Domino.
Although the leader
of this new incarnation
of these iconic characters does remain on board as
producer, he quickly departed the director's seat in favor
of that
other epic space saga (the one he not so secretly always favored), and was replaced by Justin Lin, who is most known for directing four
of the Fast & Furious
films.
Extras include a six - minute behind - the - scenes featurette whose highlight is star Wilson suiting up for a pre-production supersonic flight; seven deleted or extended scenes — among them odd alternate opening and closing title sequences — with optional commentary from director Moore and editor Paul Martin Smith — these trims carry a viewer discretion warning, for they would've threatened the
film's PG - 13 rating; a fantastic, largely CGI pre-visualization (with, again, optional Moore / Smith commentary)
of the virtuoso ejection set piece that at times gives Final Fantasy a run for its money; the teaser trailer for Spielberg's upcoming Minority Report; and two engrossing full - length commentaries, one by Moore and Smith, the
other producer John Davis and executive
producer Wyck Godfrey.
Attack
of the Killer Donuts is directed by an American filmmaker named Scott Wheeler, who is also an experienced special / digital effects supervisor, camera operator,
producer, and second unit director, plus director
of a few
other bad horror
films previously including Martian Land, Transmorphers: Fall
of Man, Sink Hole, and Avalanche Sharks.
Joining him in a highly paranoid era
of America's history are Diane Lane as Trumbo's wife Cleo, Elle Fanning as his daughter Nikola, John Goodman as
film producer Frank King, Helen Mirren as gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, Dean O'Gorman as Kirk Douglas, and Louis CK apparently as the «40s equivalent
of Louis CK, among
others.
James Schamus is the former CEO
of Focus Features; the
producer of, among
other films, Ride with the Devil (1999) and Brokeback Mountain (2005); the screenwriter and
producer of The Ice Storm (1997); and a professor
of professional practice at Columbia University.
Wanting to keep the studio workers in his employ from organizing, he came up with a canny solution: He founded a collective, the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, that would, among
other things, distribute prizes to Hollywood's creators — and that would help, Mayer hoped, to keep
producers and actors and
other laborers
of the
film industry in his thrall.
That sets the scene for the directorial debut for both actor Edmond O'Brien, who also stars as Detective Lt. Barney Nolan, the violent, angry cop, and
producer Howard W. Koch, who apprenticed as an assistant on (among
others) the early B - movie
film noirs
of Anthony Mann.
The cast is full
of the sort
of people you might expect, from
producer Seth Rogen playing the
film's script supervisor and de facto secret director, Paul Scheer as the DP and Alison Brie as Greg's romantic partner, with the likes
of Jason Mantzoukas, Josh Hutcherson, Zac Efron and Zoey Deutch (among many, many
others) filling out the world and this version
of The Room's cast.
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.
Extras: Two audio commentaries from 2003, one featuring director Ken Russell and the
other screenwriter and
producer Larry Kramer; segments from a 2007 interview with Russell for the BAFTA Los Angeles Heritage Archive; «A British Picture: Portrait
of an Enfant Terrible,» Russell's 1989 biopic on his own life and career; interview from 1976 with actor Glenda Jackson; interviews with Kramer and actors Alan Bates and Jennie Linden from the set; new interviews with director
of photography Billy Williams and editor Michael Bradsell; «Second Best,» a 1972 short
film based on a D. H. Lawrence story, produced by and starring Bates; trailer; an essay by scholar Linda Ruth Williams.
Separate juries
of writers, directors, actors,
producers, editors and
others directly involved in making
films will determine the final Gotham Award recipients.
August: Osage County and Philomena weren't expected to show up [here], but Fruitvale Station and Lee Daniels» The Butler seem like natural fits for the
producers to acknowledge, what with one being a breakout
film with real world political heft, and the
other a surprise box office smash that took A LOT
of producer wrangling to get financed and made.
The
Producers Guild
of America has announced its top 10... top 11
films of 2017, including what some will feel are surprise mentions but if you follow the
other guilds closely, weren't that much
of a shock.
He further won over comedy fans with a killer guest spot savaging «Glee» on the Christmas episode
of «Community,» but he's getting his big - screen break in a much more surprising venue: he recently joined the astonishing cast
of Steve McQueen «s «Twelve Years A Slave,» alongside Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt (who presumably approves
of Killam's impression, given that he's the
film's
producer), Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano, Sarah Paulson, Alfre Woodard, Ruth Negga, Garret Dillahunt and Scoot McNairy, among many
others.
Instead
of featuring audio commentaries from the filmmakers on each short, the dozen
films are preceded (unless you manually select the «Off» option) by brief introductions by the directors,
producers, and sometimes
other crew members who were involved in their respective creations.
Naked Gun 33 1/3 is the final
film in the Naked Gun trilogy, and we should give credit to the
producers and writers for knowing to stop before the
films made a mockery
of themselves, in addition to making a mockery
of other films.
In the two years since, dozens
of other men in the
film - making world have been accused
of sexual assault: actors, directors,
producers, and former Sundance titan Harvey Weinstein, who burned the festival on to the map three decades ago when he bought Steven Soderbergh's Sex, Lies And Videotape, and later Clerks, Reservoir Dogs and Garden State.
Mickey Liddell, the
other producers, and
of course, Jacob, all worked together to create a special
film featuring a talented ensemble cast.
Following countless allegations
of sexual harassment and assault against
film producer Harvey Weinstein, a number
of other stars have been accused
of...
Other highlights include Fox recalling the original
film's royal screening, in which he was seated next to Princess Diana and had to use the bathroom the whole time; Secret Cinema's alluring Back to the Future exhibition (in which the 1955 Hill Valley was impressively recreated); a discussion
of BTTF books that have been published; and homages to the franchise from ABC's «The Goldbergs» (whose creator Adam F. Goldberg is both an executive
producer and interview subject here) to «American Dad» and Harmon's «Rick and Morty.»
RD: Before Graham came on to Notes on an Appearance, I shared the script with a few
other producers, some
of whom came out
of NYU's
film school.
On the
other hand, while she was
filming one
of those pilots, the
producers of «Ghost Whisperer» came by and pitched Hewitt their show, thereby providing her with an instant fallback position which she was more than glad to take when «In the Game» fell apart.
(2013) dir Mami Sunada w / Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, John Lassiter, Hideaki Anno, Toshio Suzuki [118 min; DCP; in Japanese with English subtitles] Granted unprecedented access to the notoriously insular Studio Ghibli, director Mami Sunada follows the three men who are the lifeblood
of Ghibli — the eminent director Hayao Miyazaki, the producer Toshio Suzuki, and the elusive and influential «other director» Isao Takahata — over the course of a year as the studio rushes to complete two films, Miyazaki's THE WIND RISES and Takahata's THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUY
of Ghibli — the eminent director Hayao Miyazaki, the
producer Toshio Suzuki, and the elusive and influential «
other director» Isao Takahata — over the course
of a year as the studio rushes to complete two films, Miyazaki's THE WIND RISES and Takahata's THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUY
of a year as the studio rushes to complete two
films, Miyazaki's THE WIND RISES and Takahata's THE TALE
OF THE PRINCESS KAGUY
OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA.
Other prestigious Jurors at NVFF 2013 included Dierk Sindermann, a member
of the Hollywood Foreign Press; Lissa Gibbs,
producer of educational and network documentaries; Jennifer Siebel Newsom,
producer / director
of the award winning Miss Representation; Musician and
film director Dave Grohl; actresses Rose McGowan (Charmed) and Madeline Zima (Californication); Paul Duffy, Amazon Web Services executive; Ryan Tudhope, co-founder Atomic Fiction; and Neil Berkeley, founder
of Brkly Productions (creative work includes: Project Runway, Top Chef, Martha Stewart's Everyday Food, America's Next Great Restaurant and more).
Along with the extended and theatrical versions
of the
film, the only
other extra to appear is an audio commentary with director Peter Jackson and co - writer /
producer Philippa Boyens.
The only common ingredient in these three lesser
films is the presence
of other writers or
producers.
Some
other alternates: «Petrified Forest» for Arizona (an oldie), «The
Producers» for New York, «Good Will Hunting» for Massachusetts (though largely
filmed here in Toronto), «Zack and Miri Make a Porno» for Pennsylvania (the western part instead
of Philly), «Bullitt» for Califormia (great chase scene in SF), «Fried Green Tomatoes» for Alabama
* Eighteen
producer credits on Legends
of Oz: Dorothy's Return, an animated
film featuring the voiceovers
of Dan Aykroyd, Lea Michele and
others in which Dorothy Gale
of Kansas decides to return to Oz in order to help her friends.
Bob Balaban — the only prominent American actor in the cast, who plays an American
film producer — reportedly came up with the initial idea for the
film, and most
of the
other forms
of inspiration and discipline seem actor related as well.
(The only
other film Hooper made that had any significant cultural impact, or drew favorable critical notice, was Poltergeist, which is,
of course, famously primarily credited to
producer / co-writer Steven Spielberg.)
The gamble — which also re-teamed the Coens with No Country
producer Scott Rudin — paid off handsomely: True Grit grossed more than twice as much as any
of their
other films and received Academy Award nominations in a remarkable 10 categories.
The director and
producer of the franchise reboot discuss their love for Godzilla, the «golden rules»
of their
film, and bringing in
other monsters.
Also the author
of The New York Times best - selling book «Suck It Wonder Woman: The Misadventures
of a Hollywood Geek,» Munn and five
other women in November accused
film producer and director Brett Ratner
of sexual misconduct, and she has become an active supporter
of the Times Up Initiative, led by women in the entertainment industry to provide legal defense funds to help less privileged women protect themselves from sexual misconduct.
The team that is required for executive
film making must have an executive
producer, a line
producer, a writer, a director, a
producer, a production coordinator, a script supervisor, a set designer, a director
of photography and a camera operator among
others.