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Alwin H. Küchler
Alwin H. Küchler (born 1965) is a German cinematographer. Career Born 1965 in Düsseldorf, Alwin H. Küchler started his career as assistant to a fashion photographer. When he supported his friend Jakob Claussen, who later became a film producer, during the production of a study film, Küchler became interested in cinematography. From 1990 to 1994 Küchler studied cinematography at the National Film and Television School.Alwin H. Küchler at cinematographers.nl, access date 24 August 2015 During his study he met and realized a few short films with her. In 1999 he made his feature film debut with Ramseys '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city in Germany, with a 2022 population of 629,047. The Düssel, from which the city and the borough of Düsseltal take their name, divides into four separate branches within the city, each with its own mouth into the Rhine (Lower Rhine). Most of Düsseldorf lies on the right bank of the Rhine, and the city has grown together with Neuss, Ratingen, Meerbusch, Erkrath and Monheim am Rhein. Düsseldorf is the central city of the metropolitan region Rhine-Ruhr, the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, that stretches from Bonn via Cologne and Düsseldorf to the Ruhr (from Duisburg via Essen to Dortmund). The ''-dorf'' suffix mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One More Time With Feeling
''One More Time with Feeling'' is a 2016 British documentary film directed by Andrew Dominik. It documents the recording of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' sixteenth studio album, '' Skeleton Tree'', in the aftermath of the death of Nick Cave's 15-year-old son Arthur. Background Nick Caves 15-year-old son Arthur died after an accidental cliff fall at the Ovingdean Gap in Brighton, England in July 2015. At the time of Arthur's death, Cave was partway through recording sessions for '' Skeleton Tree'', the sixteenth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Synopsis ''One More Time with Feeling'' documents the final production process of ''Skeleton Tree'', in the aftermath of the death of Nick Cave's son Arthur. The film includes 35 minutes of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds performing at Air Studios in London in early 2016 during the final recording sessions for the album, as well as director Andrew Dominiks interviews with Cave, band member Warren Ellis and Cave's wife S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Cattaneo
Peter Joseph Cattaneo Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 1 July 1964) is a British filmmaker. He is most known for directing the comedy film ''The Full Monty'', for which he won the MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. Life and career Cattaneo was brought up in Twickenham, London. His father was a London-born animator of Italians in the United Kingdom, Italian descent. After attending London College of Printing for an art foundation course, and Leeds Polytechnic for a BA in Graphic Design (Film), he graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1989, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for ''Dear Rosie'' (1990). He went on to make his feature film debut with ''The Full Monty'' (1997), which was a smash success both in the UK and internationally. The comedy grossed £160,049,344 at the box office on a £3 million budget and Cattaneo received a nomination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Break (2001 Film)
''Lucky Break'' is a 2001 crime comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring James Nesbitt. The film is a co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany. It follows a group of prisoners who stage a musical as part of a plan to escape from jail. Plot James 'Jimmy' Hands and Rudy 'Rud' Guscott are two friends who used to play "Cops & Robbers" when they were young. Now adults, they plan to actually rob a bank, but the robbery goes wrong and Hands flees the bank leaving Guscott trapped behind the security shutters. Hands is caught and arrested not long later. After being sentenced to do time in prison, Hands and Guscott make a daring escape plan as the prison is scheduled to put on a theatrical show of ''Nelson: The Musical''. Hands and Guscott plan to use the show as cover their daring break-out attempt. During rehearsals, the inmates are unable to find a pianist for the show, until one inmate, Cliff Gumbell ( Timothy Spall) volunteers and impress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961) is an English film director. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films—''Welcome to Sarajevo'', ''Wonderland (1999 film), Wonderland'' and ''24 Hour Party People''—have competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He and co-director Mat Whitecross won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival for their work on ''The Road to Guantanamo.'' His production company, Revolution Films, has a first look deal with Fremantle. Early life Winterbottom was born in Blackburn, Lancashire. He went to Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, and then studied English at Balliol College, Oxford, before going to film school at Bristol University, where his contemporaries included Marc Evans. Early television career Winterbottom's television directing career began in 1989, with a documentary about Ingmar Bergman and an episode of the childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Claim (2000 Film)
''The Claim'' is a 2000 Western romance film directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Peter Mullan, Wes Bentley, Sarah Polley, Nastassja Kinski and Milla Jovovich. The screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce is loosely based on the 1886 novel ''The Mayor of Casterbridge'' by Thomas Hardy. The original music score is composed by Michael Nyman. The film did poorly at the box office and received mixed reviews. Plot Daniel Dillon is an Irish immigrant who settles in the high mountains of California during the Gold Rush of 1849. It is now 1867, and Dillon has a vault filled with gold and a town of his own, named Kingdom Come. Dillon owns nearly every business of consequence in the town; if someone digs for gold, rents a hotel room, opens a bank account, or commits a crime, they will have to deal with Dillon. Donald Dalglish is a surveyor with the Central Pacific Railroad, which wants to put a train either through Kingdom Come, or somewhere in the vicinity. He is here to decide the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deal (2003 Film)
''The Deal'' is a 2003 British television film directed by Stephen Frears from a script by Peter Morgan, based in part upon ''The Rivals'' by James Naughtie. The film depicts the Blair–Brown deal, a well-documented pact that Tony Blair and Gordon Brown made, whereby Brown would not stand in the 1994 Labour Party leadership election, so that Blair could have a clear run at becoming leader of the party and later Prime Minister instead. The film begins in 1983, as Blair and Brown were first elected to Parliament, and ends in 1994 at the Granita restaurant—the location of the supposed agreement—with a brief epilogue following the leadership contest. The film stars David Morrissey and Michael Sheen as Brown and Blair respectively. It was first proposed by Morgan in late 2002 and was taken on by Granada Television for ITV. After Frears agreed to direct, and the cast were signed on, ITV pulled out of it over fears that the political sensitivity could affect its corporate merg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Hobbs
Jessica Hobbs (born 1967) is a New Zealand television director. She won the 2021 Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Emmy Award for the episode "War" of ''The Crown''. Early life Hobbs grew up in Christchurch. Her mother is director Aileen O'Sullivan. Career After studying acting but deciding not to pursue it as a career, she got her start in radio drama productions. She moved into film and was assistant director for Jane Campion's ''An Angel at My Table''. Her directing credits after moving to Australia in the 1990s include ''Heartbreak High'' and '' The Slap''. She then worked on the UK series ''Broadchurch''. She began directing episodes of ''The Crown'' beginning in season three, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for directing that season's final episode. She won an Emmy Award for directing the season-four episode "War". Personal life She has a daughter and a son. Her husband is director Jonathan Teplitzky Jonathan Teplitzky is an Australian writer and film d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Frears
Sir Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is a British director and producer of film and television, often depicting real life stories as well as projects that explore social class through sharply-drawn characters. He has received numerous accolades including three BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards. In 2008, ''The Daily Telegraph'' named Frears among the 100 most influential people in Culture of the United Kingdom, British culture. In 2009, he received the Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He received a knighthood in 2023 for his contributions to the film and television industries. Born in Leicester and educated at Gresham's School and Trinity College, Cambridge, Frears started his career working as an assistant director in theatre and film while directing many television plays. Frears directed his debut feature film ''Gumshoe (film), Gumshoe'' in 1971 and received critical acclaim for his films in the 1980s su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Regime (miniseries)
''The Regime'' is an American political satire miniseries from HBO starring Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, and Hugh Grant. Will Tracy is writer and executive producer on the series, with Stephen Frears and Jessica Hobbs directing episodes and executive-producing. Winslet, Frank Rich, and Tracey Seaward are also executive producers. Winslet plays Elena Vernham, a dictator ruling precariously over a fictional Central European country. ''The Regime'' premiered on March 3, 2024, with all six episodes debuting in the US on HBO and Max, and in the UK exclusively on Sky Atlantic and Now from April 8, 2024. Though the miniseries received mixed reviews, Kate Winslet's performance has been singled out for praise from critics. Synopsis The series depicts a year within the palace of a crumbling authoritarian regime. After not leaving the palace for quite some time, Chancellor Elena Vernham becomes increasingly paranoid and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hettie Macdonald
Hettie Macdonald is an English film, theatre and television director. Macdonald is known as the director of the Hugo Award-winning 2007 episode of ''Doctor Who'', "Blink". She has won numerous awards including one BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama, one Hugo Award, and a Grand Prix award. She has been nominated for numerous awards, including two BAFTA Television Awards. "Blink" is frequently named as the best episode of ''Doctor Who'' since the series' 2005 revival. In 2009, ''SFX'' named the episode's climax as the scariest moment in ''Doctor Who'' history, citing its "perfect direction". Macdonald would return to the series in 2015 to direct the year's opening story. She has also directed for the stage. She studied English at Bristol University, before training as a director at the Royal Court Theatre, and was formerly associate director at the Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. Career Macdonald made her feature-length film directorial debut on 1996's '' Beautiful Thing'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A Land Of Plenty
''In a Land of Plenty'' is a 10-episode British television drama serial produced by Sterling Pictures and Talkback for BBC Two in the United Kingdom. Adapted for television by Kevin Hood and Neil Biswas from the novel by Tim Pears. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom in 2001 and describes a sprawling family saga taking place from the 1950s to the 1990s in England. Through the lives, deaths, tragedies and loves of the Freeman family, the series charts how Britain was shaped after World War II. It was subsequently broadcast in the USA on BBC America. The show was co-financed between WGBH-TV and the BBC and was produced by Michael Riley and John Chapman. Executive producers were Peter Fincham and Tessa Ross. The soundtrack was written by composer and musician Jocelyn Pook. Critical reception ''In a Land of Plenty'' won critical acclaim. ''The Guardian'' described it as "stunning", ''The Sunday Times'' deemed it "One of the most acclaimed television series of all time", '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
