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Biutiful
''Biutiful'' is a 2010 psychological drama film directed, produced and co-written by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Javier Bardem. The project marks González Iñárritu's first film in his native Spanish language since his debut feature ''Amores perros'' (2000). Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro (who make up "The Three Amigos" with González Iñárritu in the film industry) serve as associate producers. The film follows Uxbal, a criminal and father who becomes diagnosed with prostate cancer and seeks to settle various things around his life before he dies. The title is in reference to the phonetic spelling in Spanish of the English word ''beautiful''. ''Biutiful'' premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and was released theatrically by Videocine in Mexico and United International Pictures in Spain on 22 October 2010 and 3 December, respectively. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and was a box-office bomb grossing $24.7 million worldwide on a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alejandro González Iñárritu (; American Spanish: ; credited since 2016 as Alejandro G. Iñárritu; born 15 August 1963) is a Mexican filmmaker and screenwriter. He is primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the human condition. His projects have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades including four Academy Awards with a Special Achievement Award, three Golden Globe Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, two American Film Institute Awards, two Directors Guild of America Awards and a Producers Guild of America Award. His most notable films include '' Amores perros'' (2000), ''21 Grams'' (2003), ''Babel'' (2006), ''Biutiful'' (2010), '' Birdman'' (2014), and '' The Revenant'' (2015). Iñárritu's first feature film, ''Amores Perros'' (2000), won the Critics' Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His next film, ''21 Grams'' (2003), was critically and commerc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Bardem
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (; born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. Known for his roles in blockbusters and foreign films, he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the Coen Brothers' modern western drama film '' No Country for Old Men'' (2007). He also received critical acclaim for his roles in films such as ''Jamón jamón'' (1992), ''Boca a boca'' (1995), ''Carne trémula'' (1997), ''Los lunes al sol'' (2002), and ''Mar adentro'' (2004). Bardem also starred in Woody Allen's romantic drama '' Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' (2008), Sam Mendes's James Bond spy film '' Skyfall'' (2012), Terrence Malick's drama '' To the Wonder'' (2013), Darren Aronofsky's psychological horror film '' mother!'' (2017), Asghar Farhadi's mystery drama '' Everybody Knows'' (2018) and Denis Villeneuve's science fiction drama ''Dune'' (2021). Bardem has been nominated for three additional Academy Awards; Julian Schnabel's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Prieto
Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC (born November 23, 1965), is a Mexican cinematographer. He has been closely associated as cinematographer for Martin Scorsese and Alejandro González Iñárritu, among other directors. He is a member of both the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. Throughout his career, Prieto has received many awards and nominations, including three Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominations for Ang Lee's ''Brokeback Mountain'' (2005) and Martin Scorsese's ''Silence'' (2016) and ''The Irishman'' (2019). Life and career Rodrigo Prieto was born in Mexico City, Mexico. His grandfather, Jorge Prieto Laurens, was the mayor of Mexico City and leader of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, but was later persecuted by the country's ruler because of political differences. Prieto's grandfather escaped with his family to Texas and then to Los Angeles. There, Prieto's father would spend most of his childhood. Prieto's father studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Mirrione
Stephen Mirrione (born February 17, 1969) is an American film editor. He is best known for winning an Academy Award for his editing of the film ''Traffic'' (2000). Life and career Mirrione was born in Santa Clara County, California. He attended Bellarmine College Preparatory and then the University of California, Santa Cruz, from which he received his bachelor's degree in 1991. He moved to Los Angeles, and began a collaboration with Doug Liman, who was then a graduate student at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Mirrione edited Liman's first feature films '' Getting In'' (1994), '' Swingers'' (1996), and '' Go'' (1999), which was an homage to Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film ''Rashomon''.Newman, John (2001)"Academy Award winner and former UCSC student Stephen Mirrione returns to campus," ''UC Santa Cruz Currents'', May 28, 2001. Online version retrieved Jan. 7, 2008. Mirrione has had a notable collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh. The two met whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Cannes Film Festival
The 63rd Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 2010, in Cannes, France. The Cannes Film Festival, hailed as being one of the most recognized and prestigious film festivals worldwide, was founded in 1946. It consists of having films screened in and out of competition during the festival; films screened in competition compete for the Palme d'Or award. The award in 2010 was won by '' Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives'', a Thai film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. This was determined by the festival's jury members who reviewed films screened in competition. American film director Tim Burton was the president of the jury for the international competition, and other members of the jury for that competition included actors, screenwriters and composers, such as Kate Beckinsale, Emmanuel Carrère, Benicio del Toro, and Alexandre Desplat. Other categories for films screened in competition that have their own separate juries for other awards are for Short Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Actor Award (french: Prix d'interprétation masculine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival since 1946. It is given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance and chosen by the jury from the films in official competition slate at the festival. At the 1st Cannes Film Festival held in 1946, Ray Milland was the first winner of this award for his performance in '' The Lost Weekend'', and Song Kang-ho is the most recent winner in this category for his role in ''Broker'' at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in 2022. History The award was first presented in 1946. The prize was not awarded on five occasions (1947, 1953–54, 1956, and 1960). The festival was not held at all in 1948, 1950, and 2020. In 1968, no awards were given as the festival was called off mid-way due to the May 1968 events in France. On four occasions, the jury has awarded multiple men (more than 2) the prize for one film. The four films were ''A Big Family'' (1955), '' Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Kilik
Jon Kilik is an American film producer. He has worked with a number of filmmakers including Spike Lee, Julian Schnabel, Gary Ross, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jim Jarmusch, Robert Altman and Oliver Stone. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the film '' Babel'' (2006). He was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film for producing ''Babel''. He was also nominated twice for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language for producing the films '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'' (2007) and '' Biutiful'' (2010). He was also nominated thrice for the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture for producing the films ''Babel'' (2006), ''The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'' (2007) and ''Foxcatcher'' (2014). Kilik is a co-recipient of the Special Distinction Award for producing ''Foxcatcher'' (2014) at the 30th Independent Spirit Awards. Kilik was also nominated twice for the Independent Spirit Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Actor
The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actress winner. The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in '' The Last Command'' (1928) and '' The Way of All Flesh'' (1927). Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy. In the first three years of the awards, actors were nominated as the best in their categories. At that time, all of their work during the qualifying period (as many as three films, in some cases) was listed after the award. During the third ceremony in 1930, only one of those films was cited in each win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cha Cha Cha Films
Cha Cha Cha Films ( es, Cha Cha Chá Producciones) is a film production company founded by Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro. The first film released under the Cha Cha Cha banner was ''Rudo y Cursi'', which the three partners produced but did not direct. Filmography * ''Rudo y Cursi'' (2008) * '' Mother and Child'' (2009) * '' Biutiful'' (2010) * '' The Book of Life'' (2014) (Uncredited) * ''Trollhunters Trollhunters may refer to: *Trollhunters, an installment of the Tales of Arcadia trilogy ** Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia, 2016-2018 animated series ** Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, 2021 film finale **Trollhunters: The Adventure Begins, (2017 ...'' (2016–2018) * '' Saturn and the End of Days'' (TBA) References Film production companies of Mexico Mass media companies established in 2007 Mass media in Mexico City {{film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Bó (screenwriter)
Armando Bó II (born 9 December 1978) is an Argentine screenwriter and film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2014 film '' Birdman'' at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015, together with director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Bo's cousin Nicolás Giacobone. He also directed the Qualcomm-distributed short film ''Lifeline'' in 2016, which was also a Best of Branded Entertainment winner at the 2017 One Show Awards. His father is the actor Víctor Bó and his mother is Chia Sly. His paternal grandfather was film director Armando Bó. Filmography * ''Animal'' (2018) - screenwriter, director; with Guillermo Francella * '' Birdman'' (2014) - screenwriter; with Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, and Naomi Watts * '' The Last Elvis'' (2012) - screenwriter, director, producer, editor * '' Biutiful'' (2010) - screenwriter; with Javier Bardem Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (; born 1 March 1969) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychological Drama
Psychological drama or psychodrama is a sub-genre of drama that places emphasis on psychological elements. It often overlaps with other genres such as crime, fantasy, black comedy, and science fiction, and it is closely related with the psychological horror and psychological thriller genres. Psychological dramas use these genres' tropes to focus on the human condition and psychological effects, usually in a mature and serious tone. Psychological dramas explore thematic elements such as abandonment, coming-of-age problems, denialism, disability, distorted sequences, dysfunctional relationships, human sexuality, mental disorders, mood swings, odd behaviors, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychological abuse, psychedelic art, social issues, and other serious discussions that highlight both issues of the characters' lives and reality. Known filmmakers *Paul Thomas Anderson - An American filmmaker known for his depictions of flawed characters and exploration of subjects and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavo Santaolalla
Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla (born 19 August 1951) is an Argentine musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for composing his film scores with his collaborator and acclaimed director Alejandro González Iñárritu, which composed the first four psychological drama films Iñárritu directed. He also composed the original scores for the video games '' The Last of Us'' (2013) and '' The Last of Us Part II'' (2020), as well as the themes for television series such as '' Jane the Virgin'' (2014–2019) and ''Making a Murderer'' (2015–2018). He won Academy Awards for Best Original Score in two consecutive years, first for ''Brokeback Mountain'' (2005) and then ''Babel'' (2006). Early life Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla was born in Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar on 19 August 1951. Career Santaolalla's music career began in 1967 when he co-founded the group Arco Iris, a rock band that pioneered the fusion of rock and Latin American folk known as '' rock nacional''. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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