Sentences with phrase «rising young directors»

But like many rising young directors of his generation (e.g. Star Wars rebooter J.J. Abrams), Coogler carries around the little - boy version of himself, a kid at heart whose dreams have been colonized by the»70s blockbusters.

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Bell, 33, who started as a ticket department assistant and rose to director of player personnel in 10 years with the Baltimore Colts, is the youngest general manager in the NFL's history.

«It's always impressive to see how young people can rise to the challenges of life, but what Maiya Flores has done is truly exceptional,» said West Coast Jamboree co-tournament director Clay Kallam.

He joined the United African Company Nigeria Limited as a young clerk and rose to become the first Nigerian Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

However, the CBI pointed to increasing numbers of young women rising to senior roles in business with 28 per cent of directors aged 18 - 29 being female.

On Tuesday night, South Bronx native Elvin Garcia, the Bronx borough director for Mayor Bill de Blasio, and thirty - nine other young New Yorkers in government, politics, media, nonprofit work, and business were recognized as «Rising Stars» by City and State NY.

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Considered one of the greats of Canadian cinema, «The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz» is a modest effort from director Ted Kotcheff that details the rise and fall of a young Jewish kid whose aspirations and greed end up cutting him off from his friends and family.

Film director Adam Rifkin spoofs Hollywood's star machine in concocting this fictional «mockumentary» about a director (Rifkin playing himself) who wants to make a documentary film about a rising young star.

Language: English Genre: Biography / Drama MPAA rating: PG Director: Steve Rash Actors: Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith Plot: Biography of the young rock star Buddy Holly - from his early days, his meteoric rise, his breakup (and reunion) with The Crickets and his much - too early death.

Midnight Special comes from the director of Mud which had some great performances by a cast that starred an Academy Award winner and some of Hollywood's rising young talent and this is pretty much the same concept.

Featured characters include Jack Warner, Eartha Kitt, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, and Pier Angeli... Underrated English indie filmmaker Duane Hopkins, director of 2008's Better Things, is finally back with his second feature, Bypass, a lost - youth drama about a young small - time fence (played by rising star George MacKay) who comes to a crossroads in his life...

As her profile rises with the recent release of The Witch, and her life begins to change, the young actress tells M. Night Shyamalan, director of her forthcoming film, Split, she has wanted to make her home in film for so long, she can't even remember when the wanting started.

the focus of this program is on the shared multi-cultural talent of promising young actors,» says Lina Todd, Rising Stars Program director.

Plenty of directors had their eyes on the promising Hollywood newcomer, with John Sayles first in line to sign McConaughey to play a rising young Texas sheriff in the highly acclaimed drama, «Lone Star» (1996).

When director D.J. Caruso cast Dianna Agron (Glee) as the lead in his sci - fi action thriller I Am Number Four, he took a chance on a rising young star.

Step forward young Canadian director Sidney J. Furie, and rising star Michael Caine, whose combined naturalistic style and presence here would blow the bloody doors off stuffy British cinema for years to come.

Paul Thomas Anderson for teaching me that it's ALL about the script and if you have the right actors directors don't have to do anything on set but be a fan, Lumet for his films and his book, a young directors» must read, Coppola for his courage in filmmaking, Steven Soderberg for refusing to ever be put in a box and pushing the form as far as he can, Kathryn Bigelow for giving masterclasses in action, James Cameron for Terminator 2 and prove big budget cinema can still be perfect cinema, Sean Penn for bringing his acting chops to directing, David Mamet for his scripts and his dialogue, Nolan for having more heart than most people seem to give him credit for (Memento, Rises, Inception and Interstellar all made me cry.)

A comedy, a thriller, and a Sundance drama have all been given firm release dates: Townies — Director Nicholas Stoller's (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) Universal Pictures comedy about a young couple (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) who move next door to...

Director Martin Scorcese («Cape Fear,» «GoodFellas») guides a wonderful cast including the very young future Academy Award - winner Jodie Foster («Maverick,» «The Silence of the Lambs»), singer - actor Kris Kristofferson («Lone Star,» «A Star Is Born») and Oscar - nominees Diane Ladd («Ramblin» Rose») and Harvey Keitel («Pulp Fiction»).

Annie Director: Will Gluck Stars: Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale Synopsis: Business tycoon and mayoral candidate Benjamin Stacks launches a campaign to take in Annie, a young girl who has been living with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan since her parents left her as a baby.

Wingard is a young and ambitious director who is on the rise, and a project like «Deadpool 2» would be a big step up for him; one that we don't think would be a misstep for the project.

Jane Eyre has an exciting young Mexican director Cary Fukunaga, a risk - taking British actor Michael Fassbender (Fish Tank), a rising Australian star Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) and is generating a lot of buzz.

It's a series of constant distractions, some amusing, some horrific, which writer - director Stephen Sommers (Van Helsing, Deep Rising) delivers at a level where it should have no problem appealing to younger viewers who can handle a few gory moments.

Release date: March 23 Cast: Nicole Munoz, Laurie Holden, Chloe Rose Director: Adam MacDonald (Backcountry) Why it's great: A troubled young woman is having problems with her mother, so she summons a demon to help her out... then quickly comes to regret her horrible mistake.

The Rider / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Chloé Zhao, Producers: Chloé Zhao, Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Mollye Asher)-- After a tragic riding accident, young cowboy and rising rodeo circuit star Brady Jandreau is told that his competition days are over.

Gemma Creagh talks to director Peter Foott, and actors Hilary Rose and PJ Gallagher about «The Young Offenders».

Whiplash, the overwhelmingly riveting second feature from young (born 1985) writer / director Damien Chazelle (Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench) opens with a scene of an aspiring jazz drummer, Andrew — played with searing commitment by rising star Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now)-- rehearsing in an empty studio space.

11 Minutes (11 Minut)-- Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland / Ireland North American Premiere A jealous husband out of control, his sexy actress wife, a sleazy Hollywood director, a reckless drug messenger, a disoriented young woman, an ex-con hot dog vendor, a troubled student on a mysterious mission, a high - rise window cleaner on an illicit break, an elderly sketch artist, a hectic paramedics team and a group of hungry nuns: a cross-section of contemporary urbanites whose lives and loves intertwine.

The 2017 Creative Producing Summit Projects and Fellows include The 40 - Year - Old Version (Radha Blank, Writer / Director), 93Queen (Paula Eiselt, Director / Producer), After Love (Matthieu de Braconier, Producer), Bisbee 17 (Bennett Elliott, Producer), Blackbird (Amie Batalibasi, Writer / Director), Bloodthicker (Lauren Domino, Producer), Brainiacs (Diane Becker & Melanie Miller, Producers), Clementine (Aimee Lynn Barneburg, Producer), Cops and Robbers (Jinho «J.Piper» Ferreira, Writer), A Cops and Robbers Story (Mara Adina, Producer), The Cow that Sang a Song About the Future (Augusto Matte, Producer), Crime + Punishment (Steven Maing, Director / Producer), Doha - The Rising Sun (Julia Thompson, Producer & Eimi Imanishi, Writer / Director), Fathers and Sons (Tobias Siebert, Producer), Forgiveness (Elizabeth Stopford, Director / Producer), The Ghost Files (Sharyn Steele, Producer), Give Up the Ghost (Allison Rose Carter & Jon Read, Producers), The Impossible Dream (Javid Soriano, Director / Producer), Impeachment (Shane Boris, Producer), Man Made (T Cooper, Director / Producer), Man Changing into Thunderbird (Adam Shingwak Khalil, Writer / Director), Midnight Family (Kellen Quinn, Producer), Miss Juneteenth (Neil Creque Williams, Producer & Channing Godfrey Peoples, Writer / Director), N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear (Jhane Myers, Producer), Omni Loop Blues (Ben Cohen, Producer & Bernardo Britto, Writer / Director), People's Republic of Desire (Hao Wu, Director / Producer), Selah and the Spades (Lauren McBride, Producer & Tayarisha Poe, Writer / Director), Shirkers (Sandi Tan, Director / Producer), The Silence of Others (Robert Bahar, Director / Producer), Skate Kitchen (Lizzie Nastro, Producer), Social Justice Warrior (Brett Weiner, Co - Writer / Director), The Three Lives of David Wong (Leslie Norville, Producer), The Wall at the End of the Road (Grainger David, Writer / Director), A Winter Table (Allen Baldwin, Producer), Young Men and Fire (Kahlil Hudson & Alex Jablonski, Co - Directors / Producers).

The Fits is a surreal drama about a young boxer named Toni (Royalty Hightower) who joins a drill dance team as its members are stuck down by a strange condition, and the feature debut of Brooklyn - based director Anna Rose Holmer.

NYT Critics» Pick «A singular first feature from the young director Anna Rose Holmer, who's made a movie that can feel like a memory.»

According to Joseph Kahne, CERG's director, the rise of digital media has resulted in rapid fire dissemination of information to the public that can be both good and bad — it's helped encourage young people to get involved in movements like #BlackLivesMatter and DREAMer, but has also spread misinformation.

Friendly WiFi director Bev Smith said: «Just looking at the three years we have been in service is to witness a huge rise in young people owning and using smartphones.

Dr Andrew Jones, Nuffield Health's Managing Director, Wellbeing, said: «At a time when conditions like obesity and mental illness are on the rise in children and young adults, there is clearly a need to invest in proactive and preventative health and wellbeing initiatives in schools.

«We saw a gap in summer learning opportunities for young kids who tend to not speak English at home,» said Nate Evans, Executive Director of International House, regarding the founding of Rising Readers in 2010.

Martin Weyl helped build the museum as a young man, and then rose from being an assistant curator to chief curator to director of the museum before he retired in 1996.

«Selma,» director Ava Duvernay's dramatization of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., opens today in select cities and features the work of two rising art stars: Bradford Young (cinematographer) and Jason Moran (composer).

Billy Couper, gallery director at Castle Fine Art, said: «This auction is an opportunity to pick up a petite piece of art from some of Scotland's best - loved artists and rising stars, while raising money for an amazing charity that helps so many young people across the city and further afield.»

The director, George Butler, rose to prominence with his 1977 documentary (directed with Robert Fiore), «Pumping Iron» (as did the subject, the young bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger).