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2010 Cannes Film Festival
The 63rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 2010. American filmmaker Tim Burton served as jury president for the main competition. Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film ''Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives''. English actress Kristin Scott Thomas was the mistress of ceremonies. Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Associated Press and Getty TV boycotted the press conference that announced the line-up for the festival, due to a dispute over access to the red carpet. In a press release, the agencies said that they "may be forced to suspend their presence at the festival altogether" if an agreement was not reached. Days before the festival was to begin, concerns were expressed that attendees might be delayed, or would not attend, due to plane flights to surrounding areas in France being delayed or canceled due to Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption, volcanic ash in the sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche (; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films, particularly in French and English, and has been the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Juliette Binoche, numerous accolades, including an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and a César Award. Binoche first gained recognition for working with such Auteur theory, auteur directors as Jean-Luc Godard (''Hail Mary (film), Hail Mary'', 1985), Jacques Doillon (''Family Life (1985 film), Family Life'', 1985), and André Téchiné; the latter made her a star in France with a leading role in his drama ''Rendez-vous (1985 film), Rendez-vous'' (1985). She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, Volpi Cup and César Award for Best Actress for her performance as a grieving music composer in Krzysztof Kieślowski's ''Three Colours: Blue'' (1993) and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a nurse in ''The English Patient (film), The Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit organization, not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 59 Pulitzer Prizes, including 36 for photography. The AP is also known for its widely used ''AP Stylebook'', its AP polls tracking National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA sports, sponsoring the National Football League's annual awards, and its election polls and results during Elections in the United States, US elections. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters. The AP operates 235 news bureaus in 94 countries, and publishes in English, Spanish, and Arabic. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides twice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur (born 6 December 1945) is an Indian filmmaker. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award and three Filmfare Awards, in addition to nomination for a Golden Globe Award. Kapur became known in Bollywood with his recurring role in the television series '' Khandaan''. He then made his directorial debut with cult classic '' Masoom'' in 1983, before gaining widespread acclaim with '' Mr. India'' in 1987. He then gained international recognition and acclaim in 1994 with biographical film '' Bandit Queen'', based on the infamous Indian bandit and politician Phoolan Devi. The film premiered in the directors' fortnight section of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and was screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Kapur achieved further international prominence with the 1998 period film '' Elizabeth'', a fictional account of the reign of British Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Víctor Erice
Víctor Erice Aras (; born 30 June 1940) is a Spanish film director. He is best known for his first two feature fiction films, '' The Spirit of the Beehive'' (1973), which many regard as one of the greatest Spanish films ever made, and '' El Sur'' (1983). Early life Erice was born in Karrantza, Biscay. He studied law, political science, and economics at the University of Madrid. He also attended the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografia in 1963 to study film direction. Career He wrote film criticism and reviews for the Spanish film journal ''Nuestro Cine'', and made a series of short films before making his first feature film, '' The Spirit of the Beehive'' (1973), a critical portrait of the 1940s rural Spain. Erice was among other filmmakers, such as Luis Buñuel, who lived in “such restricted societies as Franco’s Spain,” to take aim at the authoritarian rule in power. At the time his first film was released in 1973, Francisco Franco was still in power. One of the things ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards. Desplat was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres both in 2016. Desplat has received two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017). He was Oscar-nominated for '' The Queen'' (2006), '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), '' Fantastic Mr. Fox'' (2009), ''The King's Speech'' (2010), ''Argo'' (2012), ''Philomena'' (2013), ''The Imitation Game'' (2014), '' Isle of Dogs'' (2018), and ''Little Women'' (2019). Desplat has composed scores for a wide range of films, including low-budget independent productions and large-scale blockbusters, such as '' The Golden Compass'' (2007), '' The Twilight Saga: New Moon'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Benicio Del Toro
Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (; born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican actor. List of awards and nominations received by Benicio del Toro, His accolades include an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe, and a Silver Bear for Best Actor, Silver Bear. Del Toro made his film debut in ''Big Top Pee-wee'' (1988) before his breakout role playing an unintelligible crook in the crime thriller ''The Usual Suspects'' (1995) followed by roles in ''Basquiat (film), Basquiat'' (1996), ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' (1998), and ''Snatch (film), Snatch'' (2000). He received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a morally upright police officer in the Steven Soderbergh crime drama ''Traffic (2000 film), Traffic'' (2000), and was nominated in the same category for playing an ex-con in Alejandro González Iñárritu's thriller ''2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Emmanuel Carrère
Emmanuel Carrère (; born 9 December 1957) is a French author, screenwriter and film director. Life Family Carrère was born into a wealthy family in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. His father, Louis Carrère d'Encausse, is a retired insurance executive and his mother, historian Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (born Hélène Zourabichvili, the daughter of Georgia (country), Georgian émigrés), was a member and perpetual secretary of the Académie française and former member of the European Parliament. She was a cousin of President of Georgia, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili. Carrère has two sisters: Nathalie, a lawyer, and Marina Carrère d'Encausse, Marina, a doctor, TV presenter and novelist. He is the nephew of composer Nicolas Zourabichvili and cousin of philosopher François Zourabichvili. Studies Carrère studied at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly and Sciences Po (the Paris Institute of Political Studies). Career As an alternative to military service, Carrère taugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kate Beckinsale
Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English actress. The only child of actors Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe, she debuted in the series premiere of the 1975 daytime drama ''Couples.'' In 1993, she made her theatrical film debut with a role in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation ''Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film), Much Ado About Nothing'' whilst studying at the University of Oxford. She played leading roles in numerous British costume dramas such as ''Prince of Jutland'' (1994), ''Cold Comfort Farm (film), Cold Comfort Farm'' (1995), ''Emma (1996 TV film), Emma'' (1996), and ''The Golden Bowl (film), The Golden Bowl'' (2000). She also starred in ''Pearl Harbor (film), Pearl Harbor'' (2001), ''Serendipity (film), Serendipity'' (2001), ''The Aviator (2004 film), The Aviator'' (2004), and ''Click (2006 film), Click'' (2006). Since taking the role of Selene (Underworld), Selene in the Underworld (film series), ''Underworld'' film series (2003–2016), Beckinsale became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alberto Barbera
Alberto Barbera (born 20 February 1950) is an Italian film critic and festival curator, who is director of the Venice Film Festival. Life and career Born in Biella, Barbera graduated in modern literature with a thesis about cinema history, and then started collaborating with the Turin film association AIACE, being its president between 1977 and 1989. Between 1980 and 1983 he was the film critic of the newspaper '' Gazzetta del Popolo'', and later collaborated with several publications, including ''La Stampa'', as well as with radio and television programs. In 1982, he began a long collaboration with the Turin Film Festival, first as press officer, then as secretary-general and member of the selection committee from 1984 to 1988, and finally as director from 1989 to 1998. Between December 1998 and April 2002 Barbera was president of the Venice Film Festival, heading three editions (1999, 2000 and 2001). In 2004, he was nominated director of the National Museum of Cinema in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tim Burton (7587109150)
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and producer. Known for popularizing Goth culture in the American film industry, Burton is famous for his gothic horror and dark fantasy films. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and three BAFTA Awards. He was honored with the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and was given the Order of Arts and Letters by Culture Minister of France in 2010. Burton made his directorial film debut with the comedy ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' (1985) and gained prominence for ''Beetlejuice'' (1988) and ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990). Burton also directed the superhero films ''Batman'' (1989) and ''Batman Returns'' (1992); the animated films ''Corpse Bride'' (2005) and '' Frankenweenie'' (2012); the science fiction films ''Mars Attacks!'' (1996) and ''Planet of the Apes'' (2001); the superna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Julie Bertuccelli
Julie Mathilde Charlotte Claire Bertuccelli is a French director born February 12, 1968, in Boulogne-Billancourt. She is particularly known for her documentary La Cour de Babel released in 2014 and the feature film The Tree (2010 film), L'Arbre released in 2010. Biography After studies in ''hypokhâgne'', then ''khâgne'', and a master of philosophy, Julie Bertuccelli became, for ten years, assistant director on many feature films, TV movies and short films with Otar Iosseliani, Rithy Panh, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Emmanuel Finkiel, Bertrand Tavernier, Jean-Louis Bertuccelli, Christian de Chalonge, René Féret, and Pierre Etaix. Following an introduction to documentary filmmaking in 1993 at Ateliers Varan, she directed fifteen documentaries for Arte, France 3 and France 5, including Une liberté!, La Fabrique des Judges, Welcome to the department store, A world in fusion, Otar Iosseliani, the whistling blackbird, The Glasberg Mystery, Antoinette Fouque, what is a woman? ... His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. He directs films in the Science fiction film, science fiction, Crime film, crime, and historical drama, historical epic genres, with an atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. He ranks among the List of highest-grossing film directors, highest-grossing directors, with his films grossing a cumulative $5 billion worldwide. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Ridley Scott, many accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He was Knight Bachelor, knighted by Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II in 2003, and appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Grand Cross by Charles III, King Charles III in 2024. An alumnus of the Royal College of Art in London, Scott began his career in television as a designer and director before moving into advertising as a director o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
