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John Cassavetes Award
The Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award is presented to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $1,000,000 by the Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It is named after actor/screenwriter/director John Cassavetes, a pioneer of American independent film. The award is given to the directors, writers and producers of a film. History Created for the 15th Independent Spirit Awards, it was originally called the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature (Under $500,000). After that, the rules changed so that any feature film budgeted under $500,000 could be eligible (regardless of how many films the director has made), hence the new name. The first recipient of the award was the horror film ''The Blair Witch Project''. In 2023, the rules changed to include any feature film budgeted under $1,000,000. At the 40th Independent Spirit Awards, it was revealed to be renamed the Gena Rowlands Award (renamed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Spirit Awards
The Independent Spirit Awards, originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards, and later as the Film Independent Spirit Awards, are awards presented annually in Santa Monica, California, to independent filmmakers. Founded in 1984, the event was renamed the Independent Spirit Awards in 1986. The ceremony is produced by Film Independent, a not-for-profit arts organization that used to produce the LA Film Festival. Film Independent members vote to determine the winners of the Spirit Awards. The awards show is held in a tent on a beach in Santa Monica, California, historically on the Saturday before the Academy Awards. In 2023, the ceremony was moved to the week before the Oscars, with the expectation that its winners could influence the final days of Oscar voting. The show was previously broadcast live on the IFC (American TV channel), IFC network in the US until 2023, when it was moved to YouTube, as well as Hollywood Suite in Canada and A&E Networks#A+E Network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeinabu Irene Davis
Zeinabu irene Davis (born April 13, 1961) is an American filmmaker and professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. In 1985, she received her M.A in African studies at UCLA and went on to earn her M.F.A in Film and Television production in 1989. Davis is known as one of the graduates and filmmakers of the L.A. Rebellion. The L.A. Rebellion refers to the first African-American students who studied film at UCLA. Through their collective efforts, they sought to put an end to the prejudices of Hollywood by creating experimental and unconventional films. The main goal of these films was to create original Black stories and bring them to the main screens. Her works in film include short narratives, documentaries and experimental films that focus heavily on the African American female perspective. Personal life, education, and career Born in Philadelphia, Zeinabu irene Davis gravitated towards arts, "theater and education". With a Catholic sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groove (film)
''Groove'' is a 2000 American film directed by Greg Harrison. It portrays one night in the San Francisco underground rave scene. Through a single email, the word spreads that a huge rave is going to take place in an abandoned warehouse. John Digweed has a cameo as himself and also contributed to the soundtrack with Nick Muir, under their production alias Bedrock. Plot ''Groove'' tells the story of an all-night rave. The film is broken up into segments according to which DJ is spinning and features real-life DJs Forest Green, WishFM, Polywog, and Digweed. Introverted aspiring writer David Turner is reluctantly dragged to a rave at a warehouse by his brother Colin. David takes ecstasy for the first time and makes a romantic connection with fellow raver, Leyla, who has newly moved to the Bay Area from New York. Cast Production After being turned down by studios for funding, production costs were met by selling shares of the film to investors similar to angel investment of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Lloyd Burns
Catherine Lloyd Burns is an American actress and author who portrayed Caroline Miller, the title character's teacher in the television series ''Malcolm in the Middle''. Acting She has appeared in multiple television shows, and was a regular on '' Partners'' and ''LateLine''. She played Caroline Miller, Malcolm's "overly earnest" teacher, in ''Malcolm in the Middle''. Burns has appeared in numerous feature films and the independent film ''Everything Put Together''. Along with her role, she was a cowriter of the independent film '' Everything Put Together''. She has also worked in theater with New York's Naked Angels. Writing The film ''Everything Put Together'' was written by a number of authors, including Catherine and her husband. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festivals in 2000. In 2001, it was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award as the best feature made for under $500,000. Director Marc Forster won Independent Spirit's Someone to Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Forster
Marc Forster (born 30 November 1969) is a German-Swiss filmmaker. He is best known for directing the feature films ''Monster's Ball'', ''Finding Neverland (film), Finding Neverland'', ''Stranger than Fiction (2006 film), Stranger than Fiction'', ''Quantum of Solace'', ''World War Z (film), World War Z'', and ''Christopher Robin (film), Christopher Robin'', and has directed numerous television commercials as well. He is a BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award nominee. Life and career Forster was born on 30 November 1969 in Au (today Illertissen), in the Neu-Ulm (district), Neu-Ulm district of Bavaria, West Germany. His parents, a German doctor and a Swiss architect, moved to Switzerland when Forster was 9 years old. He spent his adolescence in Davos, a winter resort in eastern Switzerland, and at the international boarding school Institut Montana Zugerberg in central Switzerland. In 1990, when he was 20 years old, Forster moved to New York City, New York, in the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything Put Together
''Everything Put Together'' is a 2000 drama film directed by Marc Forster starring Radha Mitchell, Megan Mullally and Louis Ferreira. The story focuses on a Californian couple expecting a child and their group of friends who are confronted with the tragedy of a big loss. The film premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival and later received a limited theatrical release in North America on November 2, 2001. Plot Angie and Russ, a couple in an affluent California suburb, are expecting a baby. The couple excitedly prepares for impending parenthood by celebrating with their closest friends, including Angie's girlfriends Judith and Barbie, both of whom are also expecting. Angie and Russ’ bliss is abruptly shattered with an unexpected loss when their newborn succumbs to SIDS. As Angie spirals into depression from her grief, she finds herself ostracized by Judith and Barbie, who assume she wants solitude to deal with the loss. Cast *Radha Mitchell as Angie *Megan Mullally as Barbie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Greenfield
Matthew Greenfield is the president of Searchlight Pictures, which has produced five Academy Awards for Best Picture winners, including ''Slumdog Millionaire'', '' Birdman'', ''12 Years a Slave'', ''The Shape of Water'', and ''Nomadland''. Greenfield and fellow Searchlight president David Greenbaum started Searchlight Television in 2018. He joined Searchlight after his tenure as Associate Director of the Feature Film Program at the Sundance Institute. Prior to his work at Sundance, Greenfield worked as an independent producer, producing '' Star Maps'', ''Chuck & Buck'', and ''The Good Girl'', all directed by Miguel Arteta, and the latter two written by Mike White. As the producer of Chuck & Buck, Greenfield won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award. He's also the producer of '' The Motel'', written and directed by Michael Kang. He co-founded the boutique publishing company Cloverfield Press with Laurence Dumortier. Greenfield studied film at Crossroads School w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike White (scriptwriter)
Michael Christopher White (born June 28, 1970) is an American filmmaker and actor. He created, writes, and directs the ongoing HBO satirical comedy anthology series ''The White Lotus'', for which he has won three Primetime Emmy Awards. White also won an Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for the 2000 film ''Chuck & Buck'', which he wrote and starred in. He has written the screenplays for films such as ''School of Rock'' (2003) and has directed several films that he has written, such as '' Brad's Status'' (2017). White was a co-creator, executive producer, writer, director and actor on the HBO series '' Enlightened''. He is also known for his appearances on reality television, competing on two seasons of ''The Amazing Race'' and later becoming a contestant and runner-up on '' Survivor: David vs. Goliath''. Early life White was born in Pasadena, California. He is the son of Lyla Lee (née Loehr), a fundraising executive, and former executive director of the Pasadena Playhou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Arteta
Miguel Arteta (born August 29, 1965) is a Puerto Rican filmmaker known for his work in independent cinema and television. His film ''Chuck & Buck'' (2000) received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature made for under $500,000, while ''The Good Girl'' (2002) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was met with positive critical reception. In television, Arteta has directed episodes for series such as ''The Office'', ''Succession'', and ''Enlightened''. His work on Succession earned him a Directors Guild of America Award nomination. Early life Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to a Peruvian father and Spanish mother, Arteta grew up across Latin America due to his father's job as a Chrysler auto parts salesman. He went to high school in Costa Rica but was expelled, and went to live with his sister in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating from The Cambridge School of Weston in Massachusetts. He then attended Harvard University's documentary program where he learned filmma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck & Buck
''Chuck & Buck'' is a 2000 American black comedy drama film directed by Miguel Arteta and produced by Matthew Greenfield. It was written by and starred Mike White in the leading role. Arteta, Greenfield, and White met and first collaborated at Wesleyan University. Plot Buck O'Brien is a 27-year-old amateur playwright with the maturity level of an adolescent. When Buck's mother dies unexpectedly, he invites his close childhood friend Chuck to the funeral. Chuck (who is now calling himself "Charlie") is a successful music industry exec with a fiancée, Carlyn. He and Buck experimented sexually with each other when they were 11, but Charlie has repressed these memories and acts as if they had not occurred. Chuck had moved away while they were still children, and Buck has pined after him ever since. During their awkward reunion, Buck makes a sexual advance on Charlie in the bathroom. Charlie rebuffs him, and returns to Los Angeles with Carlyn, but not before extending an obligatory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Independent Spirit Awards
The 16th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2000 in film, 2000, were announced on March 24, 2001. It was hosted by John Waters. Winners and nominees Special awards Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award, John Cassavetes Award ''Chuck & Buck'' * ''Bunny'' * ''Everything Put Together'' * ''Groove (film), Groove'' * ''Our Song (film), Our Song'' Truer Than Fiction Award ''Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale'' *''Benjamin Smoke'' *''Just, Melvin: Just Evil'' *''Brigid Berlin , Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story'' Producers Award Paul Mezey – ''Ramblin' Jack Elliott, The Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack'' and ''Spring Forward'' *Jim McKay (director), Jim McKay – ''American Movie'' and ''Our Song (film), Our Song'' *Tim Perell – ''Louis & Frank'' and ''The Myth of Fingerprints'' *Diana E. Williams – ''The Love Machine'' and ''Our Song (film), Our Song'' Someone to Watch Award Marc Forster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure Island (1999 Independent Film)
''Treasure Island'' is a 1999 American experimental independent film directed by Scott King. Described as a psychosexual black comedy, the story is about two war strategists on San Francisco’s Treasure Island naval base during World War II. It is inspired from an actual account of a counterintelligence ploy by two British officers. The film is shot in 16 mm and is in black and white. Plot Frank and Samuel are two American cryptographers on Treasure Island during World War II who decode letters and look for hidden meanings behind the words. As a counterintelligence ploy, they plan to drop a dead body off the coast of Japan before an invasion. To make the body convincing, the men decide to write letters to and from him, so the Japanese army will think he is a real person. As they write the letters, they begin to reveal things about their own lives and repressed desires. Frank, a bigamist, is married to two women and is pursuing a third wife. Samuel and his wife Penny are in a m� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
