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Brüno
''Brüno'' is a 2009 mockumentary comedy film directed by Larry Charles and starring Sacha Baron Cohen, who produced, co-wrote, and played the gay Austrian fashion journalist Brüno. It is the third film based on one of Cohen's characters from ''Da Ali G Show'', following '' Ali G Indahouse'' and ''Borat''. The film was released on July 10, 2009, to mostly positive reviews from critics and grossed $138 million worldwide. Title An alternative title for the film is ''Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt''. It was initially a mock title proposed by Hollywood news and gossip blog Defamer and mistakenly reported as genuine by a number of sources of film information, including MovieTome, where it was still being used in the search results as late as 2011, ''The Irish Times'', ''The Boston Globe'', and (although no longer) the Internet Movie Database. Plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen ( ; born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, actor and performance artist. Known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen, he has received various accolades throughout his career, including two BAFTA TV Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a SAG Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards. Baron Cohen began his career in television late-night series '' The 11 O'Clock Show'' (1998–1999) before creating and starring as his character Ali G in the satirical sketch comedy show '' Da Ali G Show'' (2000–2004) where he received two British Academy Television Awards. He created and starred in the Showtime satirical mockumentary series '' Who Is America?'' (2018) for which he earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. He portrayed E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brüno Gehard
Brüno Gehard ( ; sometimes spelled ''Bruno'' or ''Brueno'') is a satirical fictional character portrayed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. A flamboyantly gay fashion reporter from Austria, Brüno first appeared during short sketches on Paramount Comedy 1 in 1998, before reappearing on a 2003 episode of ''Da Ali G Show''. Following the success of '' Ali G Indahouse'' and ''Borat'', Universal Studios gained the rights to produce and release a 2009 feature film about the character, also called ''Brüno''. The character has since been retired.Yahoo News: Cohen puts Bruno to bed Yahoo, 18 July 2009 Eminem incident In May 2009, Brüno appeared at the |
Da Ali G Show
''Da Ali G Show'' is a British satirical sketch comedy television series created by and starring British comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen. In the series, Baron Cohen plays three unorthodox journalists: faux-streetwise poseur Ali G, Kazakh reporter Borat Sagdiyev, and gay Austrian fashion enthusiast Brüno Gehard. These characters conduct real interviews with unsuspecting people, many of whom are celebrities, high-ranking government officials, and other well-known figures, during which they are asked absurd and ridiculous questions. The first (2000) series originally aired on Channel 4 in the UK, and the second and third (2003–2004) series on HBO in the United States. The second series was known as ''Ali G in da USAiii'' in the UK and Australia. In 2005, HBO stated they had no plans to make an additional series of the show. Baron Cohen has gone on to make four films featuring each of his three characters from the show: '' Ali G Indahouse'' (2002), '' Borat: Cultural Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Mazer
Daniel Gideon Mazer (born 4 October 1971) is a British director, screenwriter, producer, and comedian. He is best known as the long-time writing and production partner of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and worked with him on his three unorthodox characters Ali G, Borat, and Brüno. He also co-wrote and co-produced the films based on Baron Cohen's characters such as '' Ali G Indahouse'', ''Borat'', and '' Brüno''. Early life Mazer attended The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, where he met Baron Cohen. He went on to read Law at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, and graduated in 1994. He was an active member of Cambridge Footlights while at university and was vice president from 1993 to 1994. Career His early work includes production roles on '' The Word'', ''The Big Breakfast'' and '' The 11 O'Clock Show''. In 2007 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing the film '' Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Baynham
Peter Baynham is a Welsh screenwriter, stand-up comedian and performer. His writing work includes collaborations with comedy figures such as Armando Iannucci, Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, Sacha Baron Cohen and Sarah Smith. Born in Cardiff, Wales, Baynham served in the British Merchant Navy at age 16 with a desire to travel the world after leaving school and later pursued a career in comedy as a stand-up comedian and then he became a writer and a performer for various news and sketch comedies in radio and television. He also became a writer in feature film. In television, with Iannucci and Coogan, Baynham is a writer for the sitcom '' I'm Alan Partridge'' and a presenter for the satirical comedy sketch show '' The Saturday Night Armistice''. With Morris, he is a writer for the satirical comedy miniseries '' The Day Today'', ''Brass Eye'' and '' Jam''. Baynham himself created, written and directed the adult animated black comedy miniseries '' I Am Not an Animal''. In feature film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Charles
Larry Charles (born ) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He was a staff writer for the sitcom ''Seinfeld'' for its first five seasons. He has also directed the documentary film '' Religulous'' and the mockumentary comedy films ''Borat'', '' Brüno'', and '' The Dictator''. His Netflix documentary series '' Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy'' premiered in 2019. Early life Charles was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and raised in a Jewish family in Coney Island. He attended Rutgers University, but dropped out to pursue writing and comedy. Career Early career Charles performed stand-up comedy during the 1970s until he was hired to write for the short-lived sketch comedy show '' Fridays'', where he worked with Larry David. This began Charles's career in television writing that included ''The Arsenio Hall Show'' and eventually ''Seinfeld''. David gave him the job as a writer on ''Seinfeld'' and his directorial debut on ''Curb Your Enthusiasm''. ''Seinfeld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borat
''Borat'' (also known as ''Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'') is a 2006 mockumentary directed by Larry Charles, which stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev, a fictional Kazakhs, Kazakh journalist traveling through the United States. Much of the film features unscripted vignettes of Borat interviewing and interacting with real-life Americans who believe he is a foreigner with little or no understanding of the Culture of the United States, local customs. It is the second of four films built around Baron Cohen's characters from ''Da Ali G Show'' after 2002's ''Ali G Indahouse'' as president of Kazakhstan. ''Borat'' was released on 2 November 2006, in the United Kingdom and United States, by 20th Century Fox. The film received critical acclaim, and earned $262 million worldwide. Baron Cohen won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, while the film was nominated for Golden Globe Award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erran Baron Cohen
Erran Boaz Baron Cohen (born May 1968) is an English composer and trumpet player known for collaborations with his younger brother, Sacha Baron Cohen. Career Baron Cohen is a founding member of the world music group Zohar (band), Zohar, who are signed to Miles Copeland III, Miles Copeland's Ark 21 label. He wrote the scores to his brother's films ''Borat'', ''Brüno'', ''The Dictator (2012 film), The Dictator'', and ''Grimsby (film), Grimsby'', as well as his TV series ''Da Ali G Show'' and ''Who Is America?'' After scoring the ''Borat'' movie, Baron Cohen was asked by the Turan Alem Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra to compose a classical piece containing Kazakh influences. Film, television, and stage scores * ''Borat'' (2006) * ''Brüno'' (2009) * ''The Infidel (2010 film), The Infidel'' (2010) * ''The Dictator (2012 film), The Dictator'' (2012) * ''Just Before I Go'' (2014) * ''The Contract (2015 Film), The Contract'' (2015) * ''Grimsby (film), Grimsby'' (2016) * ''The Brom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MRC (company)
MRC II Distribution Company, L.P., doing business as MRC (formerly Media Rights Capital), is an American film and television production company founded by Mordecai (Modi) Wiczyk and Asif Satchu in 2006. Based in West Hollywood, California, the company funds and produces film and television programming. The company's divisions include MRC Film, MRC Non-Fiction, and MRC Television. In 2018, the company merged with Todd Boehly's media assets under Valence Media, with the company as a whole taking on the MRC name in 2020; this included Dick Clark Productions (briefly known as MRC Live & Alternative), audience data firm Luminate (the former Nielsen SoundScan), and the entertainment industry publications '' Billboard'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Boehly (through Eldridge Industries) re-acquired most of these assets in August 2022. Productions by the company have included the Netflix series '' House of Cards'' and '' Ozark,'' and the films '' Babel'', '' Brüno'', '' Ted'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Poll
Jon Poll (born 1958) is an American film director, editor and producer, best known for his directorial debut with the 2007 film '' Charlie Bartlett''. Career Poll is the one of three sons of the late film producer, Martin Poll. He graduated from the University of Southern California's film school in 1981 before becoming a film editor. Between 1982 and 2004, he edited eighteen films, including ''Weeds'' (1987), '' Fire Birds'' (1990), ''Cabin Boy'' (1994), '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' (1999), ''Meet the Parents'' (2000), ''Austin Powers in Goldmember'' (2002), '' Scary Movie 3'' (2003) and ''Meet the Fockers'' (2004). He was also a co-producer on the television series '' TV 101'', '' Eerie, Indiana'' and the film ''Meet the Fockers'', and was an executive producer on ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin''. Poll made his directorial debut in 2007 with the teen comedy film '' Charlie Bartlett''. He read screenwriter Gustin Nash's film adaptation of C. D. Payne's 1993 novel ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Kissack
Eric Kissack is an American film editor, director and producer. Films Kissack has edited include ''A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas'' (2011), ''Horrible Bosses 2'' (2014) and '' Daddy's Home'' (2015). Early life and career Kissack was born and raised in New York City. He attended Hunter College High School and attended Brown University in 1999. He established his profession as a film editor with ''Role Models'', ''Brüno'', ''Cedar Rapids'', '' The Dictator'', ''Horrible Bosses 2'', '' Daddy's Home'' and ''Instant Family ''Instant Family'' is a 2018 American family comedy-drama film starring Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne as parents who foster three siblings, played by Isabela Merced, Gustavo Quiroz, and Julianna Gamiz. It also stars Margo Martindale, Julie Hagert ...''. His directorial debut was ''Love, Sex & Missed Connections''. Filmography Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kissack, Eric American film editors Living people 1977 births Brown U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Schaffer
Jeff Schaffer (born 1970) is an American film and television director, writer, and producer. Early life and education Schaffer and his brother Greg (also a film and TV writer and producer) were raised in the Warren– Howland, Ohio area, about east of Cleveland. He is Jewish. After graduating from Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, Schaffer attended Harvard College, where he was on the staff of the humor publication ''The Harvard Lampoon''. Career Television After college, Schaffer and his ''Harvard Lampoon ''writing pals Alec Berg and David Mandel wrote several episodes of the sitcom Seinfeld. He also served as executive producer during its ninth season. He also held various other positions on the show such as program consultant, supervising producer and story editor. Schaffer is credited with creating the Festivus pole. Schaffer directed several episodes of ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' and also served as executive producer for several episodes. Notably, Schaffer dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
