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Andrew Morrison (filmmaker)
Andrew Morrison is an American film producer best known for producing ''The Brutalist'', for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards. With David Kaplan, he is a founder of the film production company Kaplan Morrison. His other credits include '' The World to Come'' and ''Funny Face'' (2020 film). Education and early career Morrison attended Georgetown University where he began making short films, successfully placing one at multiple festivals and gaining a wide audience. In anticipation of a career in the entertainment industry, Morrison completed an industry internship with comedian and fellow Georgetown alumnus Mike Birbiglia. Morrison says attending the Sundance Film Festival as a college senior gave him the platform to land his first feature film credit on ''Thirst Street'' shortly after graduating in 2015. Filmography Accolades As a producer on ''The Brutalist'', Andrew Morrison shared the Golden Globe Award for Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C., and the nation's first University charter#Federal, federally chartered university. The university has eleven Undergraduate education, undergraduate and Postgraduate education, graduate schools. Its main campus, located in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown historic neighborhood, is on a hill above the Potomac River and identifiable by Healy Hall, a National Historic Landmark. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States#Universities_classified_as_"R1:_Doctoral_Universities_–_Very_high_research_activity", "R1: Doctoral Universities – V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brutalist
''The Brutalist'' is a 2024 Epic film, epic Historical drama, period drama film directed and produced by Brady Corbet, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mona Fastvold. It stars Adrien Brody as a History of the Jews in Hungary, Jewish-Hungarian architect and The Holocaust in Hungary, Holocaust survivor who immigrates to the United States, where he struggles to achieve the American Dream. The cast also features Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola. It is one of the first films in recent history to revive and repopularize the VistaVision format in which it was shot. A co-production of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Hungary, ''The Brutalist'' premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2024, where Corbet was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Direction. It was released in the United States by A24 on December 20, 2024; in Hungary by United International Picture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Globe Award For Best Motion Picture — Drama
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Academy Award For Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible to submit a nomination and vote on the final ballot. The Best Picture category is traditionally the final award of the night and is widely considered the most prestigious honor of the ceremony. The Grand Staircase columns at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have been held since 2002, showcase every film that has won the Best Picture title since the award's inception. There have been 611 films nominated for Best Picture and 97 winners. History Category name changes At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony held in 1929 (for films made in 1927 and 1928), there were two categories of awards that were each considered the top award of the ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
97th Academy Awards
The 97th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the gala, the AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories, honoring 2024 in film, films released in 2024. The ceremony was televised in the United States by American Broadcasting Company, ABC and streamed on Hulu for the first time. Comedian Conan O'Brien hosted the show for the first time, with Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan returning as executive producers. ''Anora'' won a leading five awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture. Other winners included ''The Brutalist'' with three awards; ''Dune: Part Two'', ''Emilia Pérez'', and ''Wicked (2024 film), Wicked'' with two awards each; and ''Conclave (film), Conclave'', ''Flow (2024 film), Flow'', ''I'm Not a Robot (film), I'm Not a Robot'', ''I'm Still Here (2024 film), I'm Still Here'', ''In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World To Come
''The World to Come'' is a 2020 American drama film directed by Mona Fastvold, from a screenplay by Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard, based upon Shepard's story of the same name. It stars Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Christopher Abbott and Casey Affleck, and follows two neighboring couples battling hardship and isolation in mid-19th-century America. It had its world premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on September 6, 2020, where it won the Queer Lion award for best LGBTQ-themed film at the festival. Following a limited release on February 12, 2021, it was released through video on demand on March 2, 2021, by Bleecker Street. Plot In 1856 Schoharie County, New York, Abigail and Dyer live an isolated life in the country working as farmers. They are both devastated by the recent loss of their young daughter Nellie. A new similarly childless couple moves in beside them. Abigail is immediately entranced by Tallie, the wife, and the two women form a quick an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funny Face (2020 Film)
''Funny Face'' is a 2020 American drama film, written and directed by Tim Sutton. It stars Cosmo Jarvis, Dela Meskienyar, Jonny Lee Miller, Dan Hedaya and Rhea Perlman. The film had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 23, 2020. It was released on March 30, 2021, by Gravitas Ventures. Plot The destruction of a young man's grandparents' home leads him to take revenge under a masked persona. Cast * Cosmo Jarvis as Saul * Dela Meskienyar as Zama * Jonny Lee Miller as Developer * Dan Hedaya as Benj * Rhea Perlman as Fernie * Victor Garber as Developer's Father * Jeremy Bobb as American Suit * Ramsey Faragallah * Heather Raffo Release The film had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 23, 2020. It was released on March 30, 2021, by Gravitas Ventures. Reception ''Funny Face'' received positive reviews from film critics. It holds approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on reviews, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Birbiglia
Mike Birbiglia (; born June 20, 1978) is an American comedian, actor, director, producer and Emmy-nominated writer. He has written and performed a series of award-winning solo shows worldwide. His six solo shows, ''Sleepwalk With Me'', ''My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend'', ''Thank God For Jokes'', ''The New One'', ''The Old Man and the Pool'', and ''The Good Life'', enjoyed successful runs on and off Broadway and became hit Netflix comedy specials. Birbiglia also wrote, directed, and starred in the films '' Sleepwalk with Me'' (2012) and '' Don't Think Twice'' (2016). As an actor, Birbiglia has appeared in the films '' Trainwreck'' (2015), ''The Fault in Our Stars'' (2014), ''Popstar'', '' A Man Called Otto'' as well as TV roles in ''Orange Is the New Black'' and '' Billions.'' He hosts the podcast Mike Birbiglia's Working it Out. Early life and education Birbiglia was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, the son of Mary Jean (née McKenzie), a nurse, and Vincent Paul Birbiglia, a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. The festival has acted as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. The festival was established in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival. The festival moved to nearby Park City, Utah, in 1981 and was renamed the US Film and Video Festival. It was renamed the Sundance Film Festival in 1991. From its inception through 2025, the festival took place every January in Utah. In March 2025, it was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirst Street
''Thirst Street'' is a 2017 black comedy film directed by American filmmaker Nathan Silver, from a screenplay by Silver and C. Mason Wells. Co-produced by American and French companies, and featuring American and French actors, it is set in Paris. It stars Lindsay Burdge, Damien Bonnard, Esther Garrel, Lola Bessis, Jacques Nolot, Françoise Lebrun, Cindy Silver, Valerie Laury, and Anjelica Huston. The film is about an American woman who falls in love with a French man after a one-night stand. She decides to doggedly pursue him despite his lack of interest. It includes portions in both English and French. ''Thirst Street'' had its world premiere in New York at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, 2017. It was released in the United States on September 20, 2017, by Samuel Goldwyn Films, and on July 25, 2018 in France by Stray Dogs. Plot Gina ( Lindsay Burdge) is an American flight attendant in her mid-30s who is still coming to terms with the suicide of her boyfriend (pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totally Under Control
''Totally Under Control'' is a 2020 American documentary film directed and produced by Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger, from a screenplay by Gibney. It follows the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, often comparing the American response to that of South Korea. It was released on October 13, 2020, by Neon. Production Alex Gibney initially pitched the idea of making a documentary about the COVID-19 pandemic and rushing it for release prior to the presidential election to the head of Neon, Tom Quinn, who liked the idea. Gibney knew by working on a tight deadline he could not complete the film himself bringing on co-directors Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger. Gibney decided to make the film in April after a friend of his had died from COVID-19 and another friend was on a ventilator, feeling as though the United States government failed to contain and control the virus. Due to the pandemic making it difficult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
