Sentences with phrase «producer turned director»

Over the last decade producer turned director Matthew Vaughn has made a group of films that test the boundaries of the genres he's chosen...

Paul Dano and John Cusack play young and old versions of the Beach Boys» Brian Wilson in this unique biopic from producer turned director Bill Pohlad.

Over the last decade producer turned director Matthew Vaughn has made a group of films that test the boundaries of the genres he's chosen to tackle.

Not exact matches

«The ever - growing ready availability of English wines, coupled with consistently fantastic results in competitions is encouraging wine consumers to turn to English wines,» comments Julia Trustram Eve, marketing director of English Wine Producers, the driving force behind the marketing and promotion of English wines within the industry.

Dax Shepard, who serves as co-director, one of the several producers, writer, and star of Hit and Run, appears to be heading in the right direction for actors - turned - directors with his off - kilter debut film.

Whereas Wan (who retains a producer credit here, and makes a cameo appearance) is the sort of director who can effortlessly turn a billowing curtain or creaking floorboard into an unbearable portent of dread, Whannell rarely makes the neck hairs quiver, let alone stand at attention.

Occasionally wandering to the other side of the cameras, Vint has functioned as writer, producer and director, often under the auspices of another «good ole boy» actor - turned - producer, Max Baer.

Director Jonathan Teplitzky (Getting» Square), writer Frank Cottrell Boyce (Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story) and producer turned co-scribe Andy Patterson (Burning Man) adapt Eric Lomax's autobiography of the same name into a consideration of closure and catharsis, as focused on the juxtaposition of the young Lomax's (Jeremy Irvine, Great Expectations) experiences in a Japanese prisoner - of - war camp, working on the Thai - Burma Railway in cruel conditions, and the elder Lomax's (Colin Firth, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) troubles when attempting to cope, particularly on the occasion of his marriage to the sympathetic Patti (Nicole Kidman, Stoker) decades later.

Screenwriter John Romano served time as writer - producer on Hills Street Blues, L.A. Law and Monk, while director Brad Furman turned to crime in his first feature, The Take.

Producer turned - director Denise Di Novi's UNFORGETTABLE never lets you forget that, mainly because it can't manage to sharpen its dull edge to slice through the boredom.

Precious star Mo «nique has fuelled her war of words with director Lee Daniels and producers of the acclaimed 2009 film by insisting she turned down...

Adapted from a 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh, who has a cameo in the movie as a drug dealer, Trainspotting was created by the same team that turned out the much less interesting Shallow Grave: producer Andrew Macdonald, director Danny Boyle, writer John Hodge, lead actor Ewan McGregor, and the same cinematographer, production designer, and editor.

Casting like a kid in a candy store (what in God's name is Benedict Cumberbatch doing here — as the holy fool, no less) and shooting in a functional non-style that «opens up» the play by going in for the kinds of close - ups you couldn't get without opera glasses, Wells is a producer - turned - director through and through.

Schulman sought a woman producer to oversee the raunchy comedy from «The Hangover» writers - turned - directors and reached out to Todd, knowing the film would play best for women.

Turned down by every Hollywood studio and most of the major American directors, it was finally made independently by a pair of first time producers — actor Michael Douglas (who bought the rights from his father) and jazz record impresario Saul Zaentz — and émigré director Milos Forman.

Need for Speed is directed by stuntman turned director Scott Waugh (Act of Valor) and written by George Nolfi (The Bourne Ultimatum), John Gatins (Real Steel) and producer George Gatins.

It's based on the jazzy, snazzy Broadway show by songsmiths Kander and Ebb (of «New York, New York») and director Bob Fosse, which in turn was based on the classic 1942 film noir «Roxie Hart» by writer - producer Nunnally Johnson and director William Wellman.

Filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who turned «The Lego Movie» into a surprise hit, act as producers on «The Lego Batman Movie,» having given up the directors» and screenwriters» chairs to Chris McKay and Seth Grahame - Smith, respectively.

In turn, The French Connection «s influence has been multifarious, putting its stamp on everything from John Frankenheimer's underrated 1975 sequel and producer - turned - director Philip D'Antoni's unofficial follow - up, The Seven - Ups (also starring Roy Scheider and Tony Lo Bianco), to the Spike Jonze - directed Beastie Boys video «Sabotage,» an affectionate homage - spoof of the barrage of gritty «70s cop shows that followed in Friedkin's wake.

producer Brian Grazer and Howard, co-owners of Imagine Entertainment, take turns performing fellatio whilst revealing that another major director was up for A Beautiful Mind, forcing Howard to beg onto his own company's project.

With Gore Verbinski «s departure from the Pirates «franchise, producer Jerry Bruckheimer has turned to the talents of director Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha) to carry this blockbuster franchise forward.

But the tide began to turn in late January when «The King's Speech,» the British period piece about George VI's struggle to overcome his stutter before being crowned king of England, began to pick up steam, winning the Producers Guild of America Award, the Directors Guild of America Award for Tom Hooper, the top Screen Actors Guild Award and the BAFTA for best film.

A 10 - episode, intense psychological thriller based on a best - selling novel and brought to life by executive producer and director M. Night Shyamalan, about a Secret Service agent on a mission to find two missing federal agents, whose investigation only turns up more questions.

The third stage, the guild nominations, has studios send screeners to guild members (Directors Guild of America, Producers Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, etc.) and their nominations turn into Oscar contenders.

The evening will feature highlights from her most esteemed performances (including her Oscar - nominated turns in Jackie and Closer), her efforts as a writer - director - producer (A Tale of Love and Darkness) and a look inside her deep commitment to global humanitarian causes.

In part because of those connections, Baltazar now has a deal in place with star producer and director Ridley Scott that could turn his book into a multiplex blockbuster.»

The producer - turned - director most recently directed his most successful movie to date «Kingsman: The Secret Service» starring Colin Firth and Samuel L Jackson which has reportedly grossed USD 392 million worldwide.

Besides «Marshall» director Hudlin, stars Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad and Sterling K. Brown and producer Paula Wagner, high - profile guests expected at various screenings and events during the festival include Patrick Stewart (subject of an Oct. 25 career retrospective tribute and a conversation with yours truly); Vanessa Redgrave (Oct. 16, presenting her documentary «Sea Sorrow» and represented elsewhere in the festival by a revival screening of «Blow - Up»); Alfre Woodard (subject of an Oct. 21 career retrospective tribute); Michael Shannon (Chicago's own, as the locals like to call him, representing «The Shape of Water» on Oct. 26); Tracy Letts (Chicago's own, as the locals also like to call him, participating Oct. 18 on behalf of Greta Gerwig's acclaimed directorial debut «Lady Bird»); Michael Stuhlbarg (arriving Oct. 25; he gives a beautiful supporting turn in the coming - of - age drama «Call Me by Your Name»); Jon Lovitz (part of the Chicago - sprung comedy «Chasing the Blues,» appearing Oct. 14); and, in an Oct. 23 addition announced after the program went to press, Bill Pullman (getting good notices for the western «The Ballad of Lefty Brown»).

Acclaimed director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and executive producers Martin Scorsese (The Departed) and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball) present LIFE ITSELF, a documentary film that recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of world - renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert — a story that is by turns personal, funny, painful, and transcendent.

When the Rebel Without a Cause and West Side Story actress died under mysterious circumstances in a drowning accident in November 1981, special - effects - guru - turned - movie - director Douglas Trumbull had a choice: either claim Wood's insurance money (as the producers wanted) or finish the movie.

Bird assumed the position with Mission: Impossible III's director, TV showrunner - turned - film power player J.J. Abrams, returning as producer.

Cast: Jack Cutmore - Scott, Ilfenesh Hadera, Amaury Nolasco, Lenora Crichlow, Vinnie Jones Producers: Chris Fedak, Greg Berlanti, Martin Gero, Sarah Schechter, David Nutter (director), David Kwong Premise: When his career is ruined by scandal, superstar magician Cameron Black has only one place to turn to practice his art of deception, illusion and influence: the FBI.

Zoe Lister - Jones is the film's writer, director, producer, lyricist, and star in the story of an estranged married couple who begin to reconnect by turning their arguments into rock songs.

Vaughn, who began as a producer for Guy Ritchie's films and now, after Layer Cake (2005), Stardust (2007), and Kick - Ass (2010), has turned into a top Hollywood director - for - hire, up there with Jon Favreau.

Writer / director / actor / producer Frankie Shaw turns her Sundance - favorite short film into a comedy series in which she also stars.

It should be impossible to turn this kind of raw material into such an interminable slog, and yet somehow writer and director Marc Abraham (who is best known as a producer; his other writing credits include Moonlighting and the original 21 Jump Street and his only other directorial gig is Flash of Genius) managed to do just that.

«As a director with over 100 credits in film and TV,» said Magar in an interview with GoodEReader, «it's been a wild and crazy journey which the memoir details, including how my first producer turned out to be a Mafia assassin, how I almost decapitated a young Drew Barrymore right after ET, and how I came close to derailing James Cameron's illustrious career.

Marvel Games creative director Bill Roseman and executive producer Mike Jones turned up at an event in San Francisco today to make the announcement, saying that the games will «strive for authenticity, feel exquisite and sexy, and will be celebrated by Marvel fans.»

(That is not to disregard the incredible and inspiring turn around that director / producer Naoki Yoshida and Square Enix did for the game.)

Nintendo composer / sound director Koji Kondo and Zelda director / producer Eiji Aonuma will also be presenting at what is quickly turning into the biggest Game Developers Conference ever.

Taking place at HMV in Oxford Street in London, the shindig will see producer Yoshinori Kitase and art director Isamu Kamikokuryo turn up as special guests with a ten minute photo - call to take place for fans.