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David Karlak
David Karlak is a Mexican-American director and writer, known for short films, ''The Candidate'' and ''Rise''. Biography David Karlak is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. In 2010 Karlak directed the short film ''The Candidate'' that went on to make the Viewfinder List in 2011. Following ''The Candidate'', Karlak sold an original sci-fi pitch to Warner Brothers titled ''Rise'' with Roy Lee producing, and then a second original pitch titled ''Outliers'' to 20th Century Fox with Peter Chernin producing. Karlak is attached to direct both films. In recent years, Karlak has been exploring the use of virtual reality to tell narratives, having directed a virtual reality experience set in the world of ''Rise'' which premiered it at the Storyscapes series at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2014. Karlak most recently has been working with 20th Century Fox to direct two virtual reality experiences for Ridley Scott's film '' Alien: Covenant''. The first experience, ''Alien: Covena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the second-most populous city in Ohio, and the 53rd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Cleveland metropolitan area, the 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland– Akron– Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in modern-day Northeast Ohio by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named. The city's location on the river and the lake shore allowed it to grow into a major commercial and industrial metropolis by the late 19th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Directors From Ohio
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saw (franchise)
''Saw'' is a horror media franchise created by Australian filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Whannell, which began with the eponymous 2004 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded from films into other media, including a television series, video games, comic books, music, theme park attractions, and merchandising including toys, masks, and clothing. ''Saw'' is one of the highest-grossing horror film franchises of all-time. The series revolves around the fictional serial killer John "Jigsaw" Kramer and his apprentices. Kramer was introduced briefly in ''Saw'' and developed in more detail in the subsequent films. Rather than killing his victims outright, he traps them in life-threatening situations that he refers to as "tests" or "games" to test their will to survive through physical or psychological torture, believing that if they survive, they will be "rehabilitated". In 2003, Wan and Whannell made a short film to help pitch a pot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Melton
Patrick Melton is an American screenwriter, producer and novelist. Film career In 2004, Melton won the third season of Project Greenlight, along with Marcus Dunstan and John Gulager. The television show premiered on Bravo and resulted in the horror/comedy film ''Feast'' and two sequels followed, '' Feast II: Sloppy Seconds'' and '' Feast III: The Happy Finish''. However, it was Melton's involvement with the '' Saw series'', that brought him worldwide recognition and international box office success. He wrote ''Saw IV'', ''Saw V'', ''Saw VI'', and ''Saw 3D'' for a worldwide take of nearly $500,000,000. Additionally, Melton wrote the home invasion thriller ''The Collector'', which was directed by Dunstan. Melton and Dunstan adapted the graphic novel ''Smoke and Guns'' by Kirsten Baldock and Fabio Moon. In the fall of 2006, Dimension Films preemptively acquired a dark and edgy horror/thriller spec script from Melton and Dunstan titled ''The Neighbor'' for a six-figures. Addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Dunstan
Marcus Dunstan is an American screenwriter and director who, along with frequent collaborator Patrick Melton, wrote screenplay for the film ''Feast (2005 film), Feast'', which was the winner of Season Three of the filmmaking competition reality TV series ''Project Greenlight''. Dunstan has since written the screenplays for ''Feast II: Sloppy Seconds'', ''Feast III: The Happy Finish'', and five films in the Saw (franchise), Saw franchise. Dunstan also directed and co-wrote the films ''The Collector (2009 film), The Collector'', its sequel ''The Collection (film), The Collection'', and Unhuman (film), Unhuman. Early life Dunstan was born in Macomb, Illinois. He spent his formative years working in movie theaters and studying film at the University of Iowa. While in college Dunstan experimented with 16mm film often using himself as the guinea pig in poorly executed stunts that left him dragging behind a car, the target of flying knives, and thrice being set on fire. He holds the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Yelchin
Anton Viktorovich Yelchin (March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016) was an American actor. Born in the Soviet Union to a Russian Jewish family, he immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of six months. He began his career as a child actor, appearing as the lead of the mystery drama film '' Hearts in Atlantis'' (2001) and a series regular on the Showtime comedy-drama '' Huff'' (2004–2006). His fame grew when he guest-starred in a 2004 episode of ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', as well as his leading role as the title character of ''Charlie Bartlett'' (2007). Yelchin landed higher-profile film roles in 2009, portraying Pavel Chekov in the ''Star Trek'' reboot and Kyle Reese in ''Terminator Salvation''. He reprised his role as Chekov in the sequels ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' (2013) and ''Star Trek Beyond'' (2016). Yelchin frequently worked on independent and lower-profile films, headlining the romantic drama ''Like Crazy'' (2011), the 2011 remake of ''Fright Night'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Oliver (producer)
Brian Oliver (born January 29, 1971) is an American film producer and film executive. He is the founder and CEO of New Republic Pictures and previously served as president of Cross Creek Pictures. Oliver was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA Award in 2010 for ''Black Swan''. Education Oliver holds a bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley, as well as a J.D. from Whittier College School of Law. While at UC Berkeley, he was an All-Conference infielder on the baseball team. Career Oliver has produced films that include ''Black Swan'', '' The Ides of March'', ''The Woman in Black'', '' Rush'', '' A Walk Among the Tombstones'', and ''Everest''. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for ''Black Swan'' at the 83rd Academy Awards The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2010 in the United States and took place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
