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Éric Gautier
Éric Gautier (born 2 April 1961) is a French cinematographer. He has received numerous accolades for his work, including a César Award for '' Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train'' and an Independent Spirit Award for '' The Motorcycle Diaries''. Early life Gautier was born and raised in Paris; he grew up in its eleventh, twelfth, nineteenth and twentieth arrondissements with his construction engineer father, mother, and younger sister. During his youth he excelled in music, and from the age of eleven played the piano and organ. He originally aspired to become a professional musician before becoming disillusioned with the field and deciding to pursue a career in cinema instead, which he felt combined many different creative pursuits. He attended the film school of the Louis Lumière College. Career After graduating from the in 1982, Gautier began work as an assistant camera operator director on Alain Resnais's film ''Life Is a Bed of Roses''. He left the job soon after, how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, Fashion capital, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called Caput Mundi#Paris, the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits". In the United States, short films were generally termed short subjects from the 1920s into the 1970s when confined to two 35 mm reels or less, and featurettes for a film of three or four reels. "Short" was an abbreviation for either term. The increasingly rare industry term "short subject" carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film. Short films are often screened at local, national, or international film festivals and made by independent filmmakers with either a low budget or no budget at all. They are usually funded by film grants, nonprofit organizations, sponsor, or personal funds. Short films are generally used for industry experience a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAFTA Award For Best Cinematography
This is a list of winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography, which is presented to cinematographers, given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts since 1963. Winners and nominees 1960s ; Best Cinematography – Black and White ; Best Cinematography – Colour ; Best Cinematography 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Academy Award for Best Cinematography * Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography * Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. It was first presented in 2 ... * American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases References External links * {{BAFTA Film Awards Chron British Academy Film Awards Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Cannes Film Festival
The 57th Cannes Film Festival started on 12 and ran until 23 May 2004. The Palme d'Or went to the American film ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' by Michael Moore. The festival opened with '' La mala educación'', directed by Pedro Almodóvar and closed with ''De-Lovely'', directed by Irwin Winkler. Laura Morante was mistress of the ceremonies. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2004 Official Selection: * Quentin Tarantino, () Jury President * Emmanuelle Béart () * Edwidge Danticat ( & ) * Tilda Swinton () * Kathleen Turner () * Benoît Poelvoorde () * Jerry Schatzberg () * Tsui Hark () * Peter von Bagh () Un Certain Regard The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2004 Un Certain Regard: * Jeremy Thomas (producer) () President * Carlos Gomez (critic) () * Baba Richerme (journalist) () * Eric Libiot (critic) () * Eva Zaoralova (artistic director of the Karlovy Vary Festival) () * Michel Demopoulos (critic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Spirit Award For Best Cinematography
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography is one of the annual awards given out by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers, since 1985. Winners and nominees 1980s * 1985: Toyomichi Kurita – '' Trouble in Mind'' ** Michael Ballhaus – '' After Hours'' ** Barry Sonnenfeld – '' Blood Simple'' ** Michael Chin – '' Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart'' * 1986: Robert Richardson – ''Platoon'' ** Frederick Elmes – '' Blue Velvet'' ** Robby Müller – '' Down by Law'' ** Robert Richardson – ''Salvador'' ** Edward Lachman – '' True Stories'' * 1987: Haskell Wexler – '' Matewan'' ** Robby Müller – ''Barfly'' ** Fred Murphy – '' The Dead'' ** Amir Mokri – '' Slam Dance'' ** John Bailey – '' Tough Guys Don't Dance'' * 1988: Sven Nykvist – '' The Unbearable Lightness of Being'' ** Toyomichi Kurita – ''The Moderns'' ** Gregory M. Cummins – '' Patti Rocks'' ** Tom Richmond – ''Stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Berri
Claude Berri (; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor. Early life Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), was from Romania, and his father, Hirsch Langmann, was a furrier from Poland. His sister was the screenwriter and editor Arlette Langmann. Career Berri won the "Best Film" BAFTA for ''Jean de Florette'', and was also nominated for twelve César Awards, though he never won. Berri also won the Oscar for Best Short Film for ''Le Poulet'' at the 38th Academy Awards in 1966, and produced Roman Polanski's ''Tess'' which was nominated for Best Picture in 1981. Internationally, however, two films in 1986 overshadow all his other achievements. ''Jean de Florette'' and its sequel '' Manon des Sources'' were huge hits. In 1991, his film ''Uranus'' was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Six years later, his film ''Lucie Aubrac' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Assayas
Olivier Assayas (born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his slow-burning period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs and French comedies. His work has become synonymous with the film movement known as the New French Extremity and has collaborated frequently with Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart. The son of filmmaker Jacques Rémy, Assayas began his career as a critic for influential magazine '' Cahiers du Cinéma''. Here he wrote about the World Cinema and its film auteurs who would later influence his own works. Assayas made several shorts, and then made the leap from writer to screenwriter. He made his directorial film debut with ''Disorder'' in 1986. He continued directing films, with '' Cold Water'' (1994) becoming a breakthrough film in his career. It would be his first film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. His follow up film '' Irma Vep'' (1996) also scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Focus Features
Focus Features LLC is an American film production and distribution company, owned by Comcast as part of Universal Pictures, a division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. Focus Features distributes independent and foreign films in the United States and internationally. In November 2018, The Hollywood Reporter named Focus Features Distributor of the Year for its success behind the year's breakout documentary film '' Won't You Be My Neighbor?'' and Spike Lee's '' BlacKkKlansman''. The studio's most successful film to date is '' Downton Abbey'', which garnered $194.3 million at the worldwide box office. History Focus Features was formed in 2002 by James Schamus and David Linde and formed from the divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine, as well as the several assets of the Vivendi-affiliated film studio StudioCanal. USA Films was created by Barry Diller in 1999 when he purchased October Films and Gramercy Pictures from Seagram and merged the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Christmas Tale
''A Christmas Tale'' (french: link=no, Un conte de Noël) is a 2008 French comedy-drama film by Arnaud Desplechin, starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuelle Devos and Chiara Mastroianni. It tells the story of a family with strained relationships which gathers at the parents' home for Christmas, only to learn that their mother has leukemia. It was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Roubaix, December 2006. Junon Vuillard, married to Abel, is the iron-willed matriarch of the family. Junon held her family together through tough times, but her willpower made her children resentful. Junon remains handsome, and though her husband, who owns a small factory, is obese and elderly, he retains clarity, acceptance, tolerance, and unconditional love for his family. He and their mutual love holds a fragmented family together, albeit uneasily. They have three children in their 30s. Elde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Fears In Public Places (film)
''Private Fears in Public Places'' (french: Cœurs ("Hearts"), is a 2006 French comedy-drama film directed by Alain Resnais. It was adapted from Alan Ayckbourn's 2004 play ''Private Fears in Public Places''. The film won several awards, including a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Background For the second time in his career Alain Resnais turned to an Alan Ayckbourn play for his source material (having previously adapted another play for ''Smoking/No Smoking''), and remained close to the original structure while transferring the setting and milieu from provincial England to the 13th arrondissement of Paris (contrary to his usual preference). The film consists of over 50 short scenes, usually featuring two characters - occasionally three or just one. Scenes are linked by dissolves featuring falling snow, a device similar to one which Resnais previously used in '' L'Amour à mort'' (1984). Several of Resnais's regular actors appear in the film (Arditi, Azéma, Dussollier, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle (2005 Film)
''Gabrielle'' is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story ''The Return''. Plot Jean Harvey and his wife Gabrielle are renowned within Paris' haute bourgeoisie for the salons they host each Thursday evening. Jean and Gabrielle live a comfortable yet regimented life in a well-appointed Paris mansion, assisted by a retinue of devoted servants. Yet their marriage is more of a contract than a relationship. Jean confides to the audience that he loves Gabrielle "as a collector loves his most prized object." On their 10th anniversary, Jean comes home to find a note from Gabrielle in which she writes that within the hour she will have left to meet her lover. Jean spends several minutes digesting the meaning of the note. Gabrielle returns shortly, though, and Jean and Gabrielle reflect on their marriage for the remainder of the film. Notes ''Gabrielle'' opened in the United States on 14 July 2006 at the Lincoln Plaza Cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clean (2004 Film)
''Clean'' is a 2004 drama film directed by French director Olivier Assayas, starring Maggie Cheung and Nick Nolte. It was jointly funded by Canada, France, and United Kingdom sources. It was released in the United States in 2006. Plot Emily Wang (Maggie Cheung), a former video jockey, who has been in a tempestuous relationship for several years with Lee Hauser (played by James Johnston of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), a rock musician. Lee's friends feel that Emily is bad for him, describing her as a junkie. Their young son, Jay, is living in Vancouver with Lee's parents. As the film opens, the pair have arrived in Hamilton, Canada, to see Metric perform. Following an argument in their motel room, Emily walks out and, after taking heroin, falls asleep in her car. When she returns the following morning, she finds that Lee has died of a drug overdose, and the Ontario Provincial Police are investigating. As Emily attempts to force her way into the room, the police find heroin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
