The 2017 Directors Guild of America Awards announced their picks for both the best film directors and first -
time feature directors of the year.
Not exact matches
Brenda Chapman, an animation writer -
director with a storied career (Disney's The Lion King, DreamWorks» The Prince
of Egypt), made headlines three years ago when she penned a New York
Times op - ed addressing her painful experience being removed as the first female
feature film
director for Pixar's Brave, a mother - daughter fairytale she created, and replaced by a male colleague.
While Black Panther rode a huge wave
of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month
of February (and the fifth - largest
of all -
time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number
of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which
features Marvel's first African - American
director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days
of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts
of attacks at screenings
of the movie.
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Bassett was joined at CCEM by a panel led by Errol Louis,
Director of Urban Reporting for the Journalism School and political anchor at NY1 News, and
featuring City Limits Publisher Jarrett Murphy and Haitian
Times Editor - in - Chief Vania Andre.
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The international board
of directors, which met for the first
time this spring,
features three scientists: Boston University geologist Farouk El Baz, Harvard biologist Stephen J. Gould, and Caltech chemist Ahmed Zewail.
Alexis Gambis is a French - Venezuelan scientist - veered filmmaker who has been
featured by The New York
Times, TED, Nature, Science, Cell, The Village Voice, and WNYC; he is Founder & Executive
Director of the Imagine Science Film Festival.
Dr. John is the former
Director of Player Development and nutrition expert for the New Jersey Nets NBA team, bestselling author
of 7 health books, a repeat guest on the Dr. Oz show, and
featured in USA Today, LA
Times, and dozens
of other national publications.
The editorial
director of the biannual magazine Jarry, he has been
featured on the Splendid Table and in the New York
Times.
«Two years will give you plenty
of time to decide if the cycle
of fashion will come back in your favour,» says Kenya Hunt, ELLE's
Features Fashion
Director.
Hello everyone, it's
time to announce the
director that will be featured for this months Director's Chair and, to tie into the release of You Were Never Really Here, the director this month will be Lynne
director that will be
featured for this months
Director's Chair and, to tie into the release of You Were Never Really Here, the director this month will be Lynne
Director's Chair and, to tie into the release
of You Were Never Really Here, the
director this month will be Lynne
director this month will be Lynne Ramsay.
Currently, it consists
of our Editor in Chief (France), Fashion Content
Director (UK), Fashion
Features Writer (Hong Kong) and one part -
time intern (UK).
Here's a smattering
of info for you from some
of my favorite presentations: Alex Burmaster is Jupiter Research's new European online dating analyst - Germans are most likely to be online daters - British men are most willing to pay for online dating - Pre-screening to provide matches is the most popular
feature to help find love online Jan Becker, CEO
of German leader Friendscout24 - There are 11 million singles in Germany with 1 in 3 single in big cities - 43 %
of European users on the web have used online dating (Statistisches Bundesamt 2005)- Top sites are be2.de and Parship.de for high end «introductory type» (personality profiling) services Christian Vollman, CEO
of iLove - iLove had over 2 million uniques in May 2005 according to Nielsen Netratings - iLove bills mainly via SMS billing - Their mobile JAVA application has been downloaded 12,000
times so far Nick Davis, Marketing
Director for mobile enabler Mobestar - Most European providers have recently launched 3G services.
Meetic will introduce
features this year that let handset users find out real -
time who's around them and interested in meeting, and match potential soulmates who, for example, frequent the same gym, Managing
Director Philippe Chainieux said in an interview.The number
of European Web users visiting a dating site «almost every day» through their mobile rose 49 % between February 2010 and 2011 to 2.8 M, according to comScore.
Extras: The Blu - ray includes quite a few extra
features, including a detailed, if at
times kind
of lethargic commentary by
director Lloyd; three interlocked featurettes detailing the stage genesis
of the property, the vocal training
of the actors (including a laugh out loud segment showing the largely incompetent Firth attempting «dance moves»), as well as the source ABBA music; another featurette detailing the making
of «Lay Your Love on Me,» a duet between Seyfried and Dominic Cooper that becomes a bit
of a production number; deleted scenes (including the cut musical number «The Name
of the Game») and a music video
of «Gim me!
As schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid
of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first -
time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie star.
The
feature, Actors in Search
of a Story, applauds the entire cast
of the film (right down to the woman who plays Harold's psychologist for about two minutes
of screen
time), Building the Team profiles
director Marc Forster and some
of his crew, and Words on a Page focuses on budding young screenwriter Zach Helm.
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.
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.
This excellent second
feature (which has nothing to do with the Eugene O'Neil play
of the same title) from Chinese
director Bi Gan (Kaili Blues) is «swooningly beautiful and technically staggering,» according to Justin Chang
of the L.A.
Times.
Sandbox was nominated for a Juno Award, East Coast Music Awards, and a Casby Award.Smith has mixed sound for such films as The Weight
of Water and Serendipity.He had been a long -
time friend
of Trailer Park Boys
director Mike Clattenburg, and met Robb Wells (Ricky), and John Paul Tremblay (Julian) while sound mixing on the original TPB
feature.
It's ultimately clear, however, that Fear and Desire simply isn't able to justify its
feature - length running
time (ie the whole thing feels padded - out even at 61 minutes), with the movie's less - than - consistent vibe paving the way for a second half that could hardly be less interesting or anti-climactic - which does, in the end, confirm the film's place as a fairly ineffective first effort that does, at least, highlight the eye - catching visual sensibilities
of its preternaturally - talented
director.
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.
Writer /
director Richard Ayoade, making his
feature debut, nails a salient point about why it's so tough to stay grounded as a teenager: Oliver realizes that most
of the «tragedies»
of his life won't have meaning by the
time he's 38, but that's scant comfort at the moment.
Billed as a sort
of follow - up to Jennie Livingston's Paris Is Burning, Sara Jordenö's debut
feature takes us back to the heart
of the New York's ballroom scene - only this
time the
director casts her lens over a very specific part
of that enduring cultural scene.
This movie
features three stories directed by three great foreign
directors, and the cast
features some
of the best foreign actors at the
time too.
Despite his inclusion in the guild's highest honor, Davis failed to secure an Academy Award nomination for best
director; the «Lion» helmer and his team were nevertheless rewarded with the award for outstanding directorial achievement
of a first -
time feature.
The
director of «Room» may have gotten a late start in the business (he made his first
feature in his late 30s), but he's more than making up for lost
time since his critically lauded adaptation
of Emma Donoghue's 2010 novel has stirred Oscar buzz.
The Chant
of Jimmie Blacksmith, the second
feature film
of Fred Schepisi, an openly ambitious and confident Australian
director (7), was at the
time of its release the biggest budget film made in Australia at $ 1.2 m.
sees Nicholas Meyer (writer -
director of Time After
Time,
featuring Malcolm McDowell as Wells) and others giving a brief overview
of Wells's speculative / political work, spiced with archival footage
of Wells speaking for himself.
Like their previous film Lenny Cooke, sibling
directors Benny and Joshua Safdie focus on a true story in Heaven Knows What, only this
time they shoot it as a
feature narrative instead
of a documentary.
This year's First -
Time Director's programme
features Héléna Klotz, who will attend to present Atomic Age, which along with Alice Wincour's Augustine, and Elie Wajeman's Aliyah, showcase the wealth
of new talent rising through French cinema.
And with the inclusion
of American Spectrum, spotlighting 20 first
time or initial works by American
directors, and Frontiers,
featuring cutting - edge filmmakers, the Festival has expanded their dedication to the independent filmmaking community.
, 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.
With little over a year to go before its release, Universal Pictures has debuted the first poster for
director Sam Taylor - Johnson's adaptation
of the all - but - forgotten E.L. James erotic novel Fifty Shades
of Grey, which
features Jamie Dornan (Once Upon a
Time) as Christian Grey...
With We the Animals, 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.
Sleeping With Other People, the second
feature by writer -
director Leslye Headland (Bachelorette), doesn't so much subvert the conventions
of its genre as redeem them, one terrific gag and remarkably frank sex scene at a
time.
The
director of «Room» may have gotten a late start in the business (he made his first
feature in his late 30s), but he's more than making up for lost
time since his critically lauded adaptation
of Emma...
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.
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.
In devising a
feature narrative 12
times the length
of any single episode, writer -
directors Mark Burton and Richard Starzak have wisely kept a number
of the series» formal restrictions intact.
Best Actor - George Clooney - The Descendants Best Actress - Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn Best Animated Film - The Adventures
of Tintin Best
Director - Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist Best Documentary - Page One: Inside the New York
Times Best First
Feature - Martha Marcy May Marlene - Sean Durkin Best Foreign Language Film - The Skin I Live In The Not - So - Obviously Worst Film - Hangover Part II The Obviously Worst Film - Transformers: Dark
of the Moon Best Screenplay (Original)- The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius Best Screenplay (Adaptation)- Moneyball - Aaron Sorkin Best Supporting Actor - Albert Brooks - Drive Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer - The Help
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.
Director Renen Schorr speaks about how his classic 1986 debut
feature film has withstood the test
of time.
Since «George Washington» (2000) opens with a teenage girl's dreamy, wise - beyond - her - years narration as the camera floats in slow - motion through waving fields
of grass and glides along railroad tracks, you probably don't need to be told that first -
time feature director David Gordon Green, then just twenty five and fresh out
of film school, was a big Terrence Malick fan.
First -
time feature writer -
director Mike Cahill (who co-scripted with Marling) gives Another Earth a raw visual aesthetic in keeping with its low budget, but just as suitable to its raw feelings
of loss, regret, and longing.
Emily, the
feature length debut from
director Ryan Graves, takes a tiny - by - design story and earnestly goes deep, exploring the destructive impulses, badly
timed stabs at nobility, and increasingly mixed signals
of a couple on the brink.
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.