Sentences with phrase «time feature director»

He's quite an established actor and I'm curious how you approached him as a first time feature director?

The first - time feature director attempts to merge the mundane with the unbelievable in a way that leaves both kind of flat.

With a first time feature director it seemed wise to look for a more experienced actor.

And then, first - time feature director Dan Trachtenberg and the screenwriters, apparently realizing that not much has been going on so far, ramp up to a full - bore CG explosion extravaganza finale... Too little.

From first - time feature director David Barrett, FIRE WITH FIRE is an old - school action flick that sadly isn't able to reach the heights it threatens to.

Bryan Buckley is a long - time commercials director but first - time feature director who works here from a screenplay Rauch wrote with her husband, Winston.

Writer - Director Rebecca Daly, actor Chris O'Dowd, writer and first - time feature director John Michael McDonagh and actor Emmett J. Scanlan have all nominated for this year's Rising Star Award.

The film comes from first time feature director Rupert...

First time feature director Ben Love pieced together a remarkable and savage thriller made all the more fascinating by the attention given to the psyche of its central players.

Inspired by nocturnal thrillers such as The Warriors and John Carpenter's Escape from New York, with his»71 the dynamite first - time feature director Yann Demange gives us his take on the Troubles, a violent 30 - year struggle over the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.

Bold, beautifully realized coming - of - age tale from first - time feature director Anna Rose Holmes explores movement, loneliness, and identity

First - time feature director Thea Sharrock comes from British TV like «Call the Midwife» and «The Hallow Crown.»

, first time feature director Jeremiah Zagar has created a kaleidoscope of influences ranging from the ethereal wonder of Terrence Malick to the dreams - as - art fantasy of John Cameron Mitchell.

You catch the final act and you forget that first - time feature director Carl Rinsch has no experience or apparent skill for this material and that his leading man is every bit as much of a stiff as he.

These are the sorts of probing questions peppered throughout «Dear White People,» first - time feature director Justin Simien's often hysterical look at the otherwise not - so - funny state of race relations in America.

First - time feature directors Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander helm the English - language film which the streamer won a competitive bidding for.

First - time feature director Peter Livolsi supplies his adaptation of Peter Bognanni's novel with just enough edge, heart and humor to make «Tomorrow» cool enough for older high - schoolers while being relatable for their elders, thanks in large part to its wonderfully in - sync multi-generational cast.

In a genre more and more dominated by in media res character pieces and verisimilitude, first time feature director Gillian Robespierre has found the best way to naturally draw the audience into her world.

Coherence is a new entrant to the genre from first time feature director James Ward Byrkit, a protege of Gore Verbinski.

In a twist that nods in the direction of «Midsummer» (apparently a key influence on the script by David Berenbaum, Irene Mecchi and first - time feature director Gary Rydstrom), Roland, still bent on winning Marianne's hand and the crown that comes with it, decides to exploit the good - natured Sunny (Elijah Kelley), a diminutive, ebony - skinned elf who has unrequited feelings for Dawn.

First - time feature director Kyle Thomas» The Valley Below is an ensemble drama of relentless compassion, situated around the concepts of...

In the film, helmed by first - time feature director Luke Scott, Kate Mara (House Of Cards) plays a corporate risk management consultant who's sent to a remote research laboratory in order to investigate a deadly accident and determine what should be done with the experimental artificial being at its center.

In «Never Goin» Back,» a delightfully irresponsible — but also refreshingly generous — girls - gone - wild romp from first - time feature director Augustine Frizzell (an indie actress married to frequent collaborator David Lowery), Texas besties Jessie (Camila Morrone) and Angela (Maia Mitchell) want to go to Galveston and eat donuts by the beach.

Susan Wloszczyna: Magic and menace collide amid lush Midwest cornfields in first - time feature director Anne Hamilton's stylish gothic fairy tale, driven by familial secrets and lies as seen through the eyes of gutsy 11 - year - old Gitty — memorably played by newcomer Peyton Kennedy.

Helmed by the first time featured director Tim Miller who was previously in charge of visual effects for video games and movies like Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Thor: The Dark World, Deadpool takes on the premise of Marvel's Merc with a Mouth, The Regenerating Degenerate, the red - suited katana - wielding self - referencing Wade W. Wilson.

The original Tron is noted for its cutting edge use of computerized effects and first time feature director Joseph Kosinski has embraced this mantra completely.

The movie is handsomely shot by first - time feature director Michael Gracey, an Aussie commercial director and visual effects artist.

With a cast mostly made up of rising, but still likely unfamiliar stars, and a first - time feature director at the helm, the film's been mostly under the radar until it premiered at the BFI London Film Festival today, but though it might appear familiar on the surface, the film proves to be more than worth investigating.

It's tautly helmed by first - time feature director Title and well - acted by the able cast, particularly Vance and Annabeth Gish.

It's a testament to the skill of first - time feature director Atsuko Hirayanagi that these wild mood swings can co-exist without blowing the movie apart.

Rebooting the franchise alongside Friend are Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds, Hannah Ware, Thomas Kretschmann, Dan Bakkedahl, and first time feature director Aleksander Bach.

To be fair to first - time feature director Lennart Ruff, he has far less money than James Cameron to pull off this gloomy sci - fi thriller.

Dustin Hoffman, a 75 - year - old first - time feature director better known as a great old acting pro, conducts at a pleasant tempo.

Thank first - time feature director Jennifer Yuh for a film that looks like nothing else on the big screen at the moment.

First - time feature director Hardy unleashes almost every trick in the horror genre playbook — from a stalled car on a deserted road to the house's generator failure and the appearance of Irish mythological creatures, banshees and changelings.

Conceived and directed by first - time feature director Brad Baruh, the newly - titled Dead Night is told in a dual storyline exploring two very different perspectives about a family's murderous encounter in the woods.

It would have been wonderful, in a way, to see first - time feature director Paul Wright win the SFP for his genuinely audacious, though flawed, For Those in Peril.

First - time feature directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion keep a good pace and show some comic flair with performance and visuals.

As the film's star once again tramples across a vast expanse of land — albeit in rather different circumstances to The Hobbit trilogy — first - time feature director duo Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke turn a zombie pandemic into a musing on parental love, environmental destruction and the nation's cultural disharmonies.

This is no Basic Instinct or Single White Female or The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, but if you get a kick out of something like the Beyoncé versus Ali Larter film Obsessed or the J.Lo - starring Boy Next Door, then Unforgettable, helmed by first time feature director Denise Di Novi, provides a similar brand of campy ridiculousness.

Veteran producer Martina Niland and first - time feature director Carmel Winters» new film Snap is a masterful work of concealment and revelation that demands total engagement from beginning to end.

First - time feature director Benni Diez cut his teeth as visual effects artist on films like Lars von Trier's Melancholia, but he keeps a lot of Stung grounded in practical effects.

The final product has had a profound impact on this first - time feature director as she feels she can now trust her instincts and have a stronger faith in God.

In the hands of first - time feature director Xavier Manrique, Nicholas Schutt's puckish script largely skims the surface of its too - familiar...

The 2017 Directors Guild of America Awards announced their picks for both the best film directors and first - time feature directors of the year.

Given that there was no need for a new DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978), first - time feature director Zack Snyder's «re-envisioning» could be much worse.

As for Day, who worked with first - time feature director Richie Keen on the TV series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, it's not that his performance was weak, but rather that I just didn't care about his character at all (despite the fact that he was given an overdue pregnant wife and young daughter as justification for why it was critical that he keep his job over others who had been let go in a massive, nonsensical layoff).

First - time feature director Chris McKay (who was an animation co-director on The Lego Movie) keeps the pace moving, and the five - person -LRB-!)