Sentences with phrase «whose feature directorial debut»

Yan is an up - and - coming filmmaker whose feature directorial debut «Dead Pigs» — about «A bumbling pig farmer, a feisty salon owner, a sensitive busboy, an expat architect and a disenchanted rich girl converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs float down the river towards a rapidly - modernizing Shanghai» — earned strong reviews and won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting at Sundance.

Not exact matches

William H. Macy's feature directorial debut stars Billy Crudup as Sam, a former ad executive whose life is rocked by the sudden death of his son.

Matthew Ross» feature directorial debut, Frank & Lola, revolves around a couple who is desperately in love and whose relationship is almost always on the rocks.

This is the second feature directed by longtime screenwriter Scott Frank (Minority Report, Marley & Me, Out of Sight, The Wolverine), whose directorial debut (The Lookout) was unprofitable but highly regarded.

Cynthia Mort, a veteran television writer and producer whose credits include «Roseanne» and «Will & Grace,» will make her feature directorial debut with the film, which she also wrote.

Now Jason Reitman — whose liberal father, Ivan, directed such Hollywood blockbusters as Stripes and Ghostbusters — has made his feature - length directorial debut with an adaptation of Buckley's novel.

The film marks the unlikely feature directorial debut of Michael Rapaport, a veteran actor whose juiciest credits came in Tribe's one successful decade and include Beautiful Girls, Cop Land, Deep Blue Sea, and a recurring role on «Friends.»

Fun Fact: This film marked the feature directorial debut from author Michael Crichton, the man whose book inspired another dangerous theme park adventure you may have heard of called Jurassic Park.

December 1, 2002 An accomplished photographer whose work has been featured in ESQUIRE, GQ, VANITY FAIR, and ROLLING STONE, Sam Jones makes his directorial debut with the raw, fantastic music documentary I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, which follows alt - country band Wilco as they complete their album «Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.»

I'm a very big fan of Ayoade's feature directorial debut Submarine (watch it on Netflix), and happily dived headfirst into his second feature, The Double, based on an 1846 Dostoevsky novella with a dystopian plot involving a worker whose entire life is thrown into disarray when his doppleganger shows up.

J.D. Dillard, whose directorial feature debut Sleight was one of the big buzz films of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, is in talks to direct and co-write a remake of David Cronenberg «s classic horror film The Fly, which was itself a remake of the 1958 film of the same name.

Natalie Portman's directorial debut A Tale of Love and Darkness screened as a Special Screening during the Cannes Film Festival, giving her the opportunity to promote this first film at the festival outside the competition unlike her actor - turned - director fellow Ryan Gosling, whose debut feature Lost River screened in last year's Un Certain Regard and received mixed and harsh reviews...

It was largely a positive, in - jokey night, where everyone preached equality, mocked figures like Harvey Weinstein, and celebrated an end to a toxic culture, all while refusing to acknowledge the directorial skills of Greta Gerwig, whose debut feature Lady Bird won Best Musical or Comedy.