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Daisy Mayer
Daisy von Scherler Mayer, sometimes credited as Daisy Mayer (born September 14, 1966), is an American film and television director. Early life Mayer is the daughter of actress Sasha Von Scherler (born Alexandra-Xenia Elizabeth Anne Marie Fiesola von Schoeler, 1934–2000) and Paul Avila Mayer (1928–2009). She was a grandchild of American screenwriter Edwin Justus Mayer. Career After contributing to the New York Shakespeare Festival as a teen, von Scherler Mayer graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in theater and history. Her experience with theater served as a foundation for her career as a director, where she applied her understanding of stage acting to her work for the screen. Upon graduating from Wesleyan, von Scherler Mayer directed contemporary interpretations of classic plays such as Euripides' ''Electra'', and William Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'' and ''Two Gentlemen of Verona.'' Von Scherler Mayer's feature-film directing debut was the 1995 film ''Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Carbonara
David Carbonara is an American film and TV composer. He is best known for his work on the critically acclaimed TV series '' Mad Men''. His other television shows include '' Vegas'', '' The Romanoffs'', the mini series '' The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe'', as well as producing original songs for the period drama '' The Last Tycoon''. His film work includes David O. Russell's '' Spanking the Monkey'', Amos Kollek's '' Fast Food Fast Women'' and the award-winning '' Amélia'', by Brazilian director Ana Carolina. He has collaborated with several composers, including Rachel Portman, Michel LeGrand and Howard Shore. Biography Born to a musical family in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Carbonara began playing the trombone at age 9. In the eighth grade, he was invited to join a rehearsal big band at Bridgewater State College composed of students and faculty members from Berklee College of Music, New England Conservatory and other professional area musicians. The band included drummer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Some Girl(s) (film)
''Some Girl(s)'' is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer and written by Neil LaBute. It is based on the play of the same name, also written by LaBute. The film stars Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, Zoe Kazan, Mía Maestro, Jennifer Morrison and Emily Watson. The film was released on June 26, 2013, by Leeden Media. Plot Some Girl(s) follows a successful writer, simply referred to as "Man," who embarks on a cross-country trip to visit a series of ex-girlfriends before his upcoming wedding. The film opens with Man visiting Sam, his high school girlfriend, in Seattle. Sam is now married with children but is still deeply hurt by how Man abruptly ended their relationship without explanation. Their meeting is awkward, as Sam reveals that Man's sudden departure years ago left her emotionally scarred, highlighting his pattern of selfish behavior. Next, Man travels to Chicago to see Tyler, a free-spirited woman with whom he had a passionate, yet tumultuous relations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frenemies (film)
''Frenemies'' is a 2012 teen comedy-drama anthology television film based on the novel of the same name by Alexa Young. It features an ensemble cast starring Bella Thorne, Zendaya, Stefanie Scott, Nick Robinson, Mary Mouser and features Connor Price, Jascha Washington and Dylan Everett. The film follows three pairs of teenage friends that go from friends to enemies and back again: two girls who run a fashion blog, a boy and his dog, and a tomboy who trades places with an uptown girl who looks like her twin. The film was directed by Daisy Mayer and written by Dava Savel, Wendy Weiner, and Jim Krieg. The Disney Channel Original Movie premiered on January 13, 2012, in the United States and Canada. Plot The story takes place involving three intertwined stories told by teenage friends who all go to the same school. The first story focuses on how a kid and a dog who are best friends become frenemies and how they become best friends again. The second story focuses on how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guru (2002 Film)
''The Guru'' is a 2002 sex comedy film written by Tracey Jackson and directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer. The film centers on a dance teacher who comes to the United States from India to pursue a normal career but incidentally stumbles into a brief but high-profile career as a sex guru, a career based on a philosophy he learns from a pornographic actress. The film stars Jimi Mistry as the eponymous character, Heather Graham as the actress he learns from, and Marisa Tomei, who helps him reach his guru status among her socialite New York City friends. Plot Ramu Gupta ( Jimi Mistry), a dance teacher, leaves his native city Delhi, India, to seek his fortune in the United States. He is lured by the exaggerations of his cousin, Vijay, who has already moved to NYC. Seeking work as an actor, the naïve Ramu unknowingly lands a role in a pornographic film. That evening he accompanies Vijay and his roommates on a catering job at a society birthday party. When the Indian swami hired to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woo (film)
''Woo'' is a 1998 romantic-comedy film directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer and starring Jada Pinkett Smith in the title role. Tommy Davidson also co-stars. Plot Darlene "Woo" Barnes (Smith), an extroverted woman living in New York City, is notoriously talented at turning men into mush. When Woo's psychic friend Celestrial ( Girlina) predicts that the man of her dreams is about to enter her life, Woo doesn't believe it is true. Celestrial is convinced that Woo is destined to meet a tall, debonair Virgo. Woo's cousin Claudette ( Paula Jai Parker) and Claudette's boyfriend Lenny (Dave Chappelle) plan to spend the night together but find themselves entertaining Woo instead. Lenny begs his best friend Tim Jackson (Davidson) to take Woo out, but the shy, strait-laced law clerk Tim contrasts the sassy and brassy Woo. The same night, Lenny and Claudette's night goes wrong when his obsession with chicken drives her to be forced to dress up as a sexy but awkward "chicken ho" (he makes her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marvelous Mrs
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walking Dead (TV Series)
''The Walking Dead'' is an American Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic horror fiction, horror Drama (film and television), drama television series developed by Frank Darabont, based on the The Walking Dead (comic book), comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore (artist), Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. Together, the show and the comic book series form the core of The Walking Dead (franchise), ''The Walking Dead'' franchise. The series features a large ensemble cast as survivors of a zombie apocalypse trying to stay alive under near-constant threat of attacks from zombies known as "walkers". With the collapse of modern civilization, these survivors must confront other human survivors who have formed groups and communities with their own sets of laws and morals, sometimes leading to open conflict between them. The series is the first television series within ''The Walking Dead'' franchise. ''The Walking Dead'' premiered on October 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowjackets (TV Series)
''Yellowjackets'' is an American Thriller film, thriller Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. It premiered on Showtime (TV network), Showtime on November 14, 2021. The series follows two primary storylines: the first involves a group of teenagers who must survive in the wilderness after their plane crashes in 1996, while the second takes place 25 years later and focuses on their attempts to piece their lives back together after being rescued and returning to civilization. It stars a large ensemble cast led by Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, and Samantha Hanratty as the core teenage survivors, while Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, and Christina Ricci portray their adult counterparts. The series has received significant praise for its cast's performances, mystery elements and exploration of the past and present timelines. The first and second seasons were met with critical acclaim, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halt And Catch Fire (TV Series)
''Halt and Catch Fire'' is an American historical drama, period drama television series created by Christopher Cantwell (writer), Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers. It aired on the cable network AMC (TV channel), AMC in the United States from June 1, 2014, to October 14, 2017, spanning four seasons and List of Halt and Catch Fire episodes, 40 episodes. It depicts a fictionalized insider's view of the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and the History of the World Wide Web, early days of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s. The show's title refers to Halt and Catch Fire (computing), Halt and Catch Fire (HCF), an idiom for computer machine code instructions whose Execution (computing), execution would cause the computer's central processing unit to cease meaningful operation (and, in an exaggeration, ''catch fire''). In season one, the fictional company Cardiff Electric makes its first foray into personal computing with a project to reverse engineer an IBM PC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Hawthorne
Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne (5 April 1929 – 26 December 2001) was an English actor. He is known for his stage acting and his portrayal of Sir Humphrey Appleby, the permanent secretary in the 1980s sitcom ''Yes Minister'' and the Cabinet Secretary (United Kingdom), Cabinet Secretary in its sequel, ''Yes, Prime Minister''. For this role, he won four BAFTA TV Awards for British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance, Best Light Entertainment Performance. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying King George III in ''The Madness of King George'' (1994), having previously won an Olivier Award for the stage version. He later won the BAFTA TV Award for British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, Best Actor, for the 1996 series ''The Fragile Heart''. He was also an Olivier Award and Tony Award winner for his work in theatre. Early life Hawthorne was born on 5 April 1929 in Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances McDormand
Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith; June 23, 1957) is an American actress and film producer. In a career spanning over four decades, McDormand has received numerous accolades, including four Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and one Tony Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the " Triple Crown of Acting". Additionally, she has received three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and seven Critics' Choice Awards. Recognized for her roles in small-budget independent films, McDormand's worldwide box office gross exceeds $2.2 billion. McDormand has been married to Joel Coen of the Coen brothers since 1984. She has appeared in several of their films, including '' Blood Simple'' (1984), '' Raising Arizona'' (1987), '' Miller's Crossing'' (1990), '' Barton Fink'' (1991), '' Fargo'' (1996), '' The Man Who Wasn't There'' (2001), '' Burn After Reading'' (2008), and '' Hail, Caesar!'' (2016). McDormand won three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
