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25th Tokyo International Film Festival
The 25th annual Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) was held from October 20 to October 28, 2012. Official selection Competition Special screenings †: 12 minutes Winds of Asia-Middle East †: Nominated for "Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award" Film Panorama of Asia-Middle East ††: '' Floating City'' was cancelled. Indonesian Express: Nugroho, Edwin and Riza Discovering Asian Cinema: Golden Slumbers of the Cambodian film history Japanese Eyes †: Director Koji Wakamatsu Memorial Screening. World Cinema Natural TIFF Miscellaneous Special Presentation TIFF in Nihombashi Minato Screening †: Short film Bunka-Cho Film Awards Allied-events *Bunka-Cho Film Week 2012 *U. S. -Japan Film Academy *Tokyo International Women's Film Festival *TIFF / Tohoku project - Japan in a Day, a single strong step which links us to the future through "The Power of Films, Now!" *Symposium on Motion-Picture Filming *The Forest of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worlds Away , an online virtual world
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Worlds Away may refer to: * ''Worlds Away'' (Pablo Cruise album) (1978) * ''Worlds Away'' (Strange Advance album) (1982) * ''Worlds Away'' (Crumbächer-Duke album) (1990) * ''Worlds Away'' (Ian Moss album) (1991) * ''Worlds Away'' (John Norum album) (1996) * "Worlds Away" (From First to Last song) (2008) *'' Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away'', a 2012 film See also *WorldsAway ''Habitat'' is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by LucasArts. It is the first attempt at a large-scale commercial virtual community that was graphic based. Initially created in 1985 by Randy Farmer, Chip Morni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Larraín
Pablo Larraín Matte (; born 19 August 1976) is a Chilean filmmaker. He is known for directing films such as ''Neruda (film), Neruda'' (2016), ''Jackie (2016 film), Jackie'' (2016), ''Spencer (film), Spencer'' (2021), ''El Conde (film), El Conde'' (2023), and ''Maria (2024 film), Maria'' (2024). His 2012 film ''No (2012 film), No'' was the first Chilean film nominated for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards, while Larraín and his brother Juan de Dios co-produced Sebastián Lelio's ''A Fantastic Woman'' (2017), which became the first film from Chile to win the Oscar in that category. In 2021, Larraín directed the Apple TV+ psychological romance horror miniseries ''Lisey's Story (miniseries), Lisey's Story''. Early life and education Pablo Larraín Matte was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of law professor (and later Independent Democrat Union senator) Hernán Larraín, and Magdalena Matte, Sebastián Piñera's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevan Riley
Stevan Riley (born November 1975) is a British film director, producer, editor and writer. He was educated at the University of Oxford, where he studied Modern History. His films include '' Blue Blood'' (2006); ''Fire in Babylon'' (2010); ''Everything or Nothing'' (2012); and ''Listen to Me Marlon'' (2015). Stevan went to school in Dover, Kent, Dover Grammar for Boys. Biography Riley's first documentary Rave Against the Machine (2002) explored the underground music scene in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. It aired on UK's Channel Four and was showcased internationally by the British Council. The film received nine international awards including Special Jury Prize at Aspen Shorts Fest; National Geographic Award at Sydney Film Fest; Best Documentary at Dubrovnik Film Fest; and Best Documentary at DIY Hollywood. Riley's first feature, '' Blue Blood''. presented the Varsity boxing rivalry between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Variety called it one of the "best sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Mendes
Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was Knight Bachelor, knighted in the 2020 New Year Honours, 2020 New Years Honours List. In 2000, Mendes was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S., Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg, Germany. In 2005, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain."Sam Mendes gets directing honour" BBC. Retrieved 18 June 2012 In 2008, ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked him number 15 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in Culture of the United Kingdom, British culture". Born in Berkshire to a Trinidadians and Tobagonians, Trinidad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyfall
''Skyfall'' is a 2012 spy thriller film and the twenty-third in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. The film is the third to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond and features Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the villain, with Judi Dench returning as M. The film was directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan. In the film, Bond investigates a series of targeted data leaks and co-ordinated attacks on MI6 led by Silva. It sees the return of two recurring characters, Miss Moneypenny (played by Naomie Harris) and Q (played by Ben Whishaw), after an absence of two films. Ralph Fiennes, Bérénice Marlohe, and Albert Finney are among the supporting cast. Mendes was approached to direct after the release of ''Quantum of Solace'' in 2008. Development of the film was suspended throughout 2010 after Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which caused screenwriter Peter Morgan to leave the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaku Narita
Gaku (written: 岳 or 学) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese actor *, Japanese politician *, Japanese politician *, Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese aikidoka *, Japanese politician *, Japanese physicist *, Japanese actor *, Japanese actor *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor and singer *, Japanese footballer See also *Gaku Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "B12". Lines Gaku Station is served by the Tokushima Line and is 42.7 km from the begin ..., a railway station in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan *'' Gaku: Minna no Yama'', a manga series {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Martin (director)
Philip Martin is a British television director and screenwriter. Martin directed the television drama ''Hawking (TV film), Hawking'' (2004), which was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama; the final installment of the ITV Network, ITV drama ''Prime Suspect'' (2006), which was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Drama Serial and won Martin the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special; and two episodes of the first series of ''Wallander (British TV series), Wallander'' (2008), which won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series, BAFTA for Best Drama Series and got him another Emmy nomination. He also wrote and directed the BBC Films documentary ''Double Helix: The DNA Years'' (2004), and directed the BBC television drama ''Einstein and Eddington'' (2008). In 2009, he directed the ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' adaptation of ''Murder on the Orient Express'',Nissim, Mayer (17 November 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lorenz
Robert Lorenz is an American film producer and director, best known for his collaborations with Clint Eastwood. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture three times, for '' Mystic River'' (2003), '' Letters from Iwo Jima'' (2006), and ''American Sniper'' (2014). He has also directed '' Trouble with the Curve'' (2012) and '' The Marksman'' (2021). Life As a producer he has been nominated three times for Best Picture: ''Mystic River'' (2003), '' Letters from Iwo Jima'' (2006), and ''American Sniper'' (2014). In 2012 he made his directorial debut with '' Trouble with the Curve''. He is a longtime member of the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America The Producers Guild of America (PGA) is a 501(c)(6) trade association representing the interests Television producer, television producers, Film producer, film producers and emerging media producers in the United States. The PGA's membership inclu .... In 2015, he had a first look deal with War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Adamson
Andrew Ralph Adamson (born 1 December 1966) is a New Zealand film director, producer, screenwriter and animator. He is best known for directing the DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks animated film ''Shrek'' (2001), which is based on the Shrek!, children's picture book of the same name by American author William Steig and won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony, and directing and co-writing ''Shrek 2'' (2004), which was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He also directed and co-wrote the first two The Chronicles of Narnia (film series), live-action film adaptations of C. S. Lewis' ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' novels: ''The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' (2005) and ''The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Prince Caspian'' (2008). Personal life Adamson's parents were a homemaker and a computer engineer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Cassavetes
Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (born May 21, 1959) is an American actor, director, and writer. He has directed such films as '' She's So Lovely'' (1997), '' John Q.'' (2002), '' The Notebook'' (2004), ''Alpha Dog'' (2006), and '' My Sister's Keeper'' (2009). His acting credits include an uncredited role in '' Husbands'' (1970)—which was directed by his father, John Cassavetes—as well as roles in the films '' The Wraith'' (1986), ''Face/Off'' (1997), and '' Blow'' (2001). Early life and career Cassavetes was born in New York City, the son of Greek-American actor and film director John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands. As a child, he appeared in his father's film '' Husbands'' (1970). After spending so much of his youth surrounded by the film industry, Cassavetes initially decided he did not want to go into the field. He instead attended Syracuse University on a basketball scholarship, but after an injury effectively ended his athletic career, he decided to rethink his as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Siegel (screenwriter)
Scott McGehee and David Siegel are an American filmmaking duo. They have made films across different genres and styles, often focusing on emotional stories within a familial structure. They have shared a directing credit on every film since their 1993 debut feature '' Suture'', making their ongoing co-directing collaboration one of the longest in American film. Background Siegel was born in Brooklyn, New York, McGehee in Garden Grove, California. Both were raised in Orange County, California, but they did not meet until much later. Neither attended film school. Siegel has a bachelor's degree in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. McGehee has a bachelor's degree in English from Columbia University and an MA in Rhetoric from Berkeley, where he studied Film Theory and Japanese Film History. The two were introduced by McGehee's sister, production designer Kelly McGehee, with whom they have also shared an ong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
