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List Of Invitees For AMPAS Membership (2008)
The list of those invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as members in 2008. Actors * Sacha Baron Cohen * Josh Brolin * Marion Cotillard * Ruby Dee * Allison Janney * Jet Li * Ray Winstone Animators * David Bowers *Ash Brannon * Doug Cooper * Jeremy Lasky *Caroline Leaf *David Schaub * David Silverman * Suzie Templeton At-Large * Jim Houston * Neil Machlis *Sheila Nevins Casting directors * Ronna Kress Costume designers * Isis Mussenden Cinematographers * Jonathan W. Brown *Clark Mathis *Kramer Morgenthau * J. Michael Muro *Tim Orr * Tom Richmond Directors *Sergei Bodrov *James Gray *Michael Haneke *Doug Liman *Kimberly Peirce *Peyton Reed * Jason Reitman *Walter Salles *Gore Verbinski Documentary *Nanette Burstein *Heidi Ewing *Liz Garbus *Michèle Ohayon *Deborah Shaffer Executives * Alan Bergman * Dana Goldberg *Sidney Kimmel * Chris S. LeRoy * Andrew Rona *Jeff Skoll Film editors *Barry Alexander Brown *John Carnochan * John Gilroy *Mark Livols ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches. As of April 2020, the organization was estimated to consist of around 9,921 motion picture professionals. The Academy is an international organization and membership is open to qualified filmmakers around the world. The Academy is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards, now officially and popularly known as "The Oscars". In addition, the Academy holds the Governors Awards annually for lifetime achievement in film; presents Scientific and Technical Awards annually; gives Student Academy Awards annually to filmmakers at the undergraduate and graduate level; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Machlis
Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish ''Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. As a surname, Neil is traced back to Niall of the Nine Hostages who was an Irish king and eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill and MacNeil kindred. Most authorities cite the meaning of Neil in the context of a surname as meaning "champion". Origins The Gaelic name was adopted by the Vikings and taken to Iceland as ''Njáll'' (see Nigel). From Iceland it went via Norway, Denmark, and Normandy to England. The name also entered Northern England and Yorkshire directly from Ireland, and from Norwegian settlers. ''Neal'' or ''Neall'' is the Middle English form of ''Nigel''. As a first name, during the Middle Ages, the Gaelic name of Irish origins was popular in Ireland and later Scotland. During the 20th century ''Neil'' began to be used in En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberly Peirce
Kimberly Ane Peirce (born September 8, 1967) is an American filmmaker, best known for her debut feature film, '' Boys Don't Cry'' (1999), which won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Hilary Swank's performance. Her second feature, '' Stop-Loss'', was released by Paramount Pictures in 2008. Her film '' Carrie'' was released on October 18, 2013. She is a governor of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and a National Board member of the Directors Guild of America. Early life and education Peirce was born on September 8, 1967, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Sherry and Robert A. Peirce (originally Materazzi), who owned a construction company. When Peirce was three, she moved to New York City, and at age eleven she moved to Miami, Florida where she eventually graduated from Miami Sunset Senior High School. While attending the University of Chicago, Peirce moved to Kobe, Japan for two years to work as a photographer and teach English, and then to New York City to work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Liman
Douglas Eric Liman (; born July 24, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is known for directing the films '' Swingers'' (1996), '' Go'' (1999), '' The Bourne Identity'' (2002), '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005), ''Jumper'' (2008), '' Edge of Tomorrow'' (2014), and '' American Made'' (2017). Most of his career has been associated with the production company Hypnotic. He is co-owner with Dave Bartis, whom he met as an undergraduate at Brown University where they co-founded Brown Television (BTV) and the National Association of College Broadcasters (NACB). Liman is on the advisory board of the Legal Action Center and the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School. Early life and education Liman was born in New York City, the son of Ellen (''née'' Fogelson), a painter and writer, and Arthur L. Liman, a lawyer well known for his public service, which included serving as chief counsel for the Senate Iran-Contra hearings. Liman is Jewish, from a prominent New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke (; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, German, and English and has worked in television and theatre, as well as cinema. He also teaches film direction at the Film Academy Vienna. His directorial debut, '' The Seventh Continent'', won the Bronze Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1989. He later won the Grand Prix at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for '' The Piano Teacher'' and the Best Director Award for '' Caché'' at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. He subsequently directed the 2007 remake of his controversial 1997 film ''Funny Games''. At the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, his film '' The White Ribbon'' won the Palme d'Or, and at the 67th Golden Globe Awards the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2012, his film '' Amour'' premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gray (director)
James Gray (born April 14, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter. Since his feature debut '' Little Odessa'' in 1994, he has made seven other features, five of which competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Early life Gray was born in New York City and grew up in the neighborhood of Flushing. He is of Russian Jewish descent, with grandparents from Ostropol, Western Ukraine, which at that time was a part of the USSR. The original family name was "Grayevsky" or "Greyzerstein." receiving widely divergent reviews from international critics. ''We Own the Night'' was released theatrically in the US on October 12, 2007. 2010s His 2013 film '' The Immigrant'' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Earlier that year, Gray co-wrote the screenplay for Guillaume Canet's 2013 film '' Blood Ties'' with Canet. In 2015, Gray directed a television commercial for Chanel men's fragrance, '' Bleu de Chanel'', starring Gaspard Ulliel. It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Bodrov
Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov ( rus, Серге́й Влади́мирович Бодро́в, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈdrof; born June 28, 1948) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer. In 2003 he was the President of the Jury at the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. Life and career Bodrov was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). In the post-Soviet period he emigrated to the United States. His son, actor Sergei Bodrov, Jr. was killed in an avalanche in the mountains of the North Caucasus on September 20, 2002, while shooting a film titled ''The Messenger''. Bodrov's paternal grandmother was an ethnic Buryat, which influenced his decision to make the movie ''Mongol''. Bodrov currently has an apartment in Los Angeles and a ranch in Arizona. He is married to American film consultant Carolyn Cavallaro. Awards *''Prisoner of the Mountains'' ** Nika Award for Best Picture and Best Director. **Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Richmond (cinematographer)
Thomas Richmond (January 18, 1950 – July 29, 2022) was an American cinematographer who worked in the film industry since the mid-1980s. His first major feature film as cinematographer was ''Stand and Deliver'' (1988), and by the time he shot for ''A Midnight Clear'' (1992), he had settled into working with different directors with ease. Richmond described his experience, "All my films look different because they're not my visions; they're my reflections of the directors' visions." In 1998, he said he was most proud of his work on '' Little Odessa'' (1994), for which he was nominated an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography. For ''Right at Your Door'' (2006), he won the Excellence in Cinematography Award (Dramatic) at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Richmond earned an undergraduate degree in photography at Harvard University and then went to graduate film school at UCLA. He also went to the American Film Institute's AFI Conservatory and graduated in 1979. He became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Orr
Tim Orr (born 1968) is an American cinematographer known mostly for his work with director David Gordon Green. Orr graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1998. He has worked as the Director of Photography on such films as ''George Washington'', ''Raising Victor Vargas'', ''All the Real Girls'', '' Undertow'', '' Trust the Man'', '' Year of the Dog'', '' Snow Angels'', '' Choke'', '' Pineapple Express'', '' Sex Drive'', and '' Observe and Report''. Filmography Awards Stockholm Film Festival Best Cinematography Award (2000) and Independent Spirit Award nomination (2001) for ''George Washington''; Independent Spirit Award nomination (2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...) for '' Dandelion''. References External links * * 1968 births A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kramer Morgenthau
Kramer Morgenthau, A.S.C. (born 1966), is an American cinematographer known for his expertise as a visual storyteller in both television and film. The six-time Emmy nominee is best known for his work in films such as ''Respect'', ''The Many Saints of Newark'', ''Creed II'' and '' Thor: The Dark World''. He was also director of photography for television projects such as HBO's ''Game of Thrones'', ''Boardwalk Empire'', and ''Fahrenheit 451''. He is a member of both the Morgenthau family and the Lehman family. Biography Morgenthau's early career began in New York as a documentary filmmaker, which led to shooting Oscar-winner Allan Miller's Academy Award-nominated film, ''Small Wonders'' as well as Sundance Festival feature film, ''Joe & Joe'', which began his years as a festival fixture, shooting seven more features and documentaries that played there. Initially, he was artistically inspired by his family and unique childhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father, Henry Morge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Mathis
Clark Mathis (sometimes credited as J. Clark Mathis) is an American cinematographer and television director. As a cinematographer, he photographed a number of notable films. His credits include the Disney Channel original film ''Gotta Kick It Up!'' (2002), '' In the Mix'' (2005), ''Rocky Balboa'' (2006) and Brian Robbins-directed films ''The Perfect Score'' (2004), ''Norbit'' (2007), ''Meet Dave'' (2008) and '' A Thousand Words'' (2012), the latter three films starring Eddie Murphy. He also photographed for the television series ''Cousin Skeeter'', '' The Fugitive'', ''Birds of Prey'' and '' Love Bites''. He made his directorial debut with the film '' Bereft'' (2004), co-directing with actor Tim Daly. Since then he has primarily directed television, directing episodes of '' The Comeback'', ''One Tree Hill'', '' Blue Mountain State'', ''Supah Ninjas'' and ''Grimm Grimm may refer to: People * Grimm (surname) * Brothers Grimm, German linguists ** Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan W
Jonathan may refer to: *Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 film), an American film directed by Bill Oliver * ''Jonathan'' (Buffy comic), a 2001 comic book based on the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' television series * ''Jonathan'' (TV show), a Welsh-language television show hosted by ex-rugby player Jonathan Davies People and biblical figures Bible * Jonathan (1 Samuel), son of King Saul of Israel and friend of David, in the Books of Samuel *Jonathan (Judges), in the Book of Judges Judaism *Jonathan Apphus, fifth son of Mattathias and leader of the Hasmonean dynasty of Judea from 161 to 143 BCE * Rabbi Jonathan, 2nd century *Jonathan (High Priest), a High Priest of Israel in the 1st century Other *Jonathan (apple), a variety of apple * "Jonathan" (song), a 2015 song by French singer and songwri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
