Sentences with phrase «turned director»

It's fitting that so many of these actors turned directors tend to focus on character - driven pieces, be they comedy or drama or both.

This production designer turned director crafted an atmospheric horror masterpiece.

That would leave George Nolfi, the screenwriter turned director of The Adjustment Bureau, and brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, who between them have directed more than 30 episodes of NBC's Community.

Cinematographer turned director Tabbert Fiiller sets about addressing this oversight, with the co-operation of his subject and management.

M83 has teamed up with actress turned director Bryce Dallas Howard for the music video for «Claudia Lewis,» a track from their 2011 album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.

The Russos, with assistance from people such as Winter Soldier cinematographer Trent Opaloch as well as second unit directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski (the longtime stunt coordinators - turned directors of John Wick), serve up several precisely - choreographed action sequences, varying from quick - cutting fisticuffs to exhilarating foot chases and combat situations that make great use of individual superhero's unique abilities.

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.

Now, Charlize Theron bestows upon us a new and equally riveting action icon, playing the sexy and unstoppable MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton in stunt - man turned director David Leitch's follow - up to «John Wick,» the eye - popping and enthralling «Atomic Blonde.»

Ghibli animator turned director Hiromasa Yonebayashi chatted with Sarah Ward about his debut effort, including the process of adapting the favourite novel for cinema, his transition to helming, and the underlying message of the engaging story.

Also back for the sequel are stunt men turned directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, as well as original scribe Derek Kolstad.

This isn't a remake of the 2000 Sam Rami / Cate Blanchett film, it's actually an original screenplay by Aussie actor turned director Joel Edgerton (Warrior, The Great Gatsby).

Lucky comes to us from the most recent actor turned director John Carroll Lynch, whose name might not be household, but his face certainly is.

Horror cinema subversiveness need not preclude actual horror, a fact that's unfortunately lost on The Cabin in the Woods, a brainchild of writer turned director Drew Goddard (Cloverfield, Lost) and co-writer Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) that sets aside actual scares for what's - going - on suspense and diminishing - returns cleverness.

It is worth noting that when Lee Frost, Race With the Devil's original director, was fired early in the production he was replaced by Jack Starrett, a former AIP actor turned director who, with little artistic pretence, was able to sustain a successful career in exploitation filmmaking throughout the 1970s.

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.

On the eve of the Arrietty «s long - awaited Australian release, Ghibli animator turned director Hiromasa Yonebayashi chatted with Sarah Ward about his debut effort, including the process of adapting the favourite novel for cinema, his transition to helming, and the underlying message of the engaging story.

Here I thought the musical biopic had sung its last note, then producer turned director Bill Pohlad offers up something systematically different by way of the editing room and perfect casting.

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When fellow actor turned director Clint Eastwood did his Boston crime picture Mystic River, we had the towering, bellowing Sean Penn keening with wild hair and Tim Robbins doing mumbling, stuttering stuff as a caricature of an emotionally stilted man.

Visual effects artist turned director Stewart played around with the casting (Brad Dourif and Urban share a scene, a mini «Lord of the Rings» reunion) and indulges himself in Western iconography to such a degree that you kind of wish he'd designed this movie, then found a better script to go with it.

The film turns out to be an ideal fit for the star and his former stunt double turned director as they move to one perfectly choreographed fight scene after another.

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.

Former stunt men turned directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch — along with writer Derek Kolstad — hewed an absolute masterpiece out of the marble.

A Vogue profile celebrating William's performance in «My Week With Marilyn» last fall mentioned that «one of her idols, an actress turned director whose memoir Williams had been carrying around with her wherever she went, offered her a role in an upcoming film adaptation of a nineteenth - century stage classic.»

Australian actor turned director Jennifer Kent is the latest to attempt to take horror in a different direction with her feature debut The Babadook, a film that takes supernatural horror and shunts it off into a novel course.

Although the films Alibaba Pictures Group has invested in like So Young (by actress - turned director Zhao Wei, who is also a major shareholder of the company) and Tiny Times (by popular writer Guo Jingming) have recorded remarkable box - office revenues, the company has yet to turn a profit, with a net loss of HK$ 443.54 million for the first half of last year.

«I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK» (Pathfinder) is an offbeat character piece by South Korean auteur Pak Chan - wook (of «Oldboy» fame) and foreign terrors come from «The Child's Eye» (Lionsgate), a Hong Kong production from The Pang Brothers, and «The Sylvian Experiments» (Lionsgate) from Japanese screenwriter turned director Hiroshi Takahashi.

Another 2001 piece, «An Appreciation by Keith Gordon» (6:04), has the young actor turned director celebrate the shorts and techniques De Palma uses on the film.

Yet another bonkers thriller starring Nicolas Cage, this trashy crime comedy comes from director Paul Schrader, who wrote classics like Taxi Driver before turning director with American Gigolo.

Pulpy, violent, and yet harmoniously stylized to be visually striking, Tarantino is, in his twisted manner, an all around film buff turned director.

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Back in 2011, actor turned director Charles Martin Smith had great success with Dolphin Tale, the true story of a dolphin who lost her tail in a crab pot.

Former stuntman turned director Nash Edgerton's Mexican - set comedy is packed with impressive action, witty one liners and cheap stereotypes.

Actor turned director Tate Taylor proves to be even less adept crafting mystery thrillers than he does insincere period melodrama with his third feature, The Girl on the Train, an adaptation of the bestselling pulp novel by Paula Hawkins.

Screenwriter turned director Gilroy (Freejack, The Bourne Legacy) crafts a tense atmosphere in this contemporary film noir, and gives Gyllenhaal the opportunity to deliver what may be his most forceful, compelling performance yet.

Re-teaming with the familiar faces of former co-stars Colman (Le Donk & Scor - zay - zee), Mullan and Marsan (The Red Riding Trilogy), the actor turned director examines the interaction of two people cast into the roles of villain and victim in their own lives.

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Nicolas Cage plays a retiring cop in professional snowboarder turned director York Alec Shackleton's 211, a fictionalized version of one of the deadliest (and bloodiest) bank heists in America's history.

Binoche gives a world - class performance in this bittersweet time - travel comedy - drama by award - winning actress - turned director Sylvie Testud.

BEETLEJUICE (1988) is a cult classic that helped turn its director, Tim Burton, into a household name.

Underworld: Blood Wars is directed by filmmaker Anna Foerster, a cinematographer turned director making her feature debut after work on «Outlander» and «Criminal Minds».

But it wasn't until 2005 that the writer finally turned director with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a tongue - in - cheek LA neo-noir, the mistyped tagline for which ran: «SeX.

Oscar Isaac, Kirsten Dunst and Viggo Mortensen, who star in The Two Faces Of January, an excellent psychological thriller adapted from a Patricia Highsmith novel by screenwriter turned director Hossein Amini.

«That's What She Said», an upcoming film from «True Blood» actress turn director Carrie Preston, has a trailer.