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Donald Rosenfeld
Donald Rosenfeld was the President of Merchant Ivory Productions from 1986 through 1998. Rosenfeld was the lead Producer on the major Merchant Ivory films created in what is now considered their Golden Decade. Along with Ismail Merchant, James Ivory and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Rosenfeld worked on the creation of the cinematic masterpieces ''Mr. & Mrs. Bridge'', ''Howards End'' (8 Academy Award nominations), and ''The Remains of the Day'' (9 Academy Award nominations), among others. Rosenfeld was the youngest producer ever to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1992. Life and work From 1986 to 1998, Rosenfeld ran Merchant Ivory Productions, working for films including ''Slaves of New York'' to '' Surviving Picasso''. Rosenfeld has continued to produce major motion pictures, following his Merchant Ivory years. His films ''Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day'' as well as ''Forty Shades of Blue'' won the top prize at the Sundance Film Festival; and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merchant Ivory Productions
Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant (1936–2005) and director James Ivory (b. 1928). Merchant and Ivory were life and business partners from 1961 until Merchant's death in 2005. During their time together, they made 44 films. The films were for the most part produced by Merchant and directed by Ivory, and 23 of them were scripted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927–2013) in some capacity. The films were often based upon novels or short stories, particularly the work of Henry James, E. M. Forster, and Jhabvala herself. The initial goal of the company was "to make English-language films in India aimed at the international market". The style of Merchant Ivory films set and photographed in India became iconic. The company also went on to make films in the United Kingdom and America. Some actors and producers associated with Merchant Ivory include Maggie Smith, Leela Naidu, Madhur Jaffrey, Aparna Sen, Shashi Kapoor, Jennifer K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Laxton
Richard Laxton (born 5 July 1967 in London) is a British film director Career Richard Laxton started his career with the short film ''I Bet It Will Rain'' in 1992. Initially he mainly worked for TV production, and was nominated for British Academy Film Awards for several of his TV episodes. In 2006 he made his first feature film ''Life and Lyrics''. His next feature films were ''Grow Your Own (film), Grow Your Own'' in 2007, ''An Englishman in New York (film), An Englishman in New York'' in 2009 and ''Effie Gray (film), Effie Gray'' in 2012. His last production for TV were the twelve episodes of the series ''Him & Her'' in 2011. In 2013 he realised a biographical film entitled ''Effie (film), Effie Gray''. Filmography * 1992: ''I Bet It Will Rain'' (short) * 1993: ''EastEnders (TV series), EastEnders'' (TV series), 1 episode: Episode dated 1 April 1993 (1993) * 1994: ''Lovejoy'' (TV series), 1 episode: Fair Exchange (1994) * 1995: ''Band of Gold (TV series), Band of Gold' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The American Experience
''American Experience'' is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American history. The series premiered on October 4, 1988 and was originally titled ''The American Experience'', but the article "The" was dropped during a later rebrand and image update. The show has had a presence on the Internet since 1995, and more than 100 ''American Experience'' programs are accompanied by their own internet websites, which have more background information on the subjects covered as well as teachers' guides and educational companion materials. The show is produced primarily by WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, though occasionally in the early seasons of the show, it was co-produced by other PBS stations such as WNET (Channel 13) in New York City. Some programs now considered part of the ''American Experience'' collectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ira Sachs
Ira Sachs (born November 21, 1965) is an American filmmaker. His first film was the short ''Lady'' (1993). Biography Sachs was born in Memphis, Tennessee. His films include '' The Delta'' (1997), '' Forty Shades of Blue'' (2005), '' Married Life'' (2007), '' Keep the Lights On'' (2012), '' Love Is Strange'' (2014), and '' Little Men'' (2016). His newest film, '' Frankie'', premiered at Cannes in 2019. His next film, '' Passages'', is set to be released in 2022. Sachs is Jewish and openly gay. He described '' Keep the Lights On'' as semi-autobiographical film. In January 2012, Sachs married artist Boris Torres in New York city, a few days before their twins were born. Sachs and Torres co-parent Co-parenting is an enterprise undertaken by parents who together take on the socialization, care, and upbringing of children for whom they share equal responsibility. The co-parent relationship differs from an intimate relationship between adults ... the children with documentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Eggleston In The Real World
''William Eggleston in the Real World'' is a documentary film about the photographer William Eggleston directed by Michael Almereyda and released in 2005.William Eggleston in the Real World (2005) , . Accessed 8 August 2014. Details The film reveals the deep connection between William Eggleston's personality and his work, and also reveals his parallel commitments as a , and |
Ric Burns
Ric Burns (Eric Burns, born 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker and writer. He has written, directed and produced historical documentaries since the 1990s, beginning with his collaboration on the celebrated PBS series '' The Civil War'' (1990), which he produced with his older brother Ken Burns and wrote with Geoffrey Ward. Biography Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Burns moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, at an early age and later attended Columbia University and Cambridge University, breaking from his graduate work to join his brother on the production of the ''Civil War'' series. Since founding Steeplechase Films in 1989, he has directed several programs for WGBH Boston's ''American Experience'', including ''Coney Island'' (1991). Burns also wrote and directed ''The Donner Party'' (1992). In 1995, Burns wrote, directed, and co-produced ''The Way West''. In April 2002, he completed a documentary about ''Ansel Adams'', a co-production of Steeplechase Films and Sierra Club Prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Documentary Film
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Almereyda
Michael Almereyda (born April 7, 1960) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Early work Almereyda studied art history at Harvard but dropped out after three years to pursue filmmaking. He acquired a Hollywood agent on the strength of a spec script about Nikola Tesla. His first film as writer/director was a self-financed, black-and-white short featuring Dennis Hopper, ''A Hero of Our Time'', based on Mikhail Lermontov's novel of the same title. Shot in 1985, it was finished in 1987 and screened in the 1992 Sundance Film Festival. Early screenplays include '' Cherry 2000'' (1987), the first draft for Wim Wenders’ '' Until the End of the World'' (1991), and uncredited work on '' Total Recall'' (1990). Almereyda's films range across many genres, styles, and formats. His first feature, '' Twister'' (1989), based on Mary Robison’s novel Oh, was a comedy about a dysfunctional mid-Western family. '' Another Girl Another Planet'' (1992) was a romantic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonight At Noon
Tonight may refer to: Television * ''Tonight'' (1957 TV programme), a 1957–1965 British current events television programme hosted by Cliff Michelmore that was broadcast on BBC * ''Tonight'' (1975 TV programme), a 1975–1979 British current events television programme on BBC One * ''Tonight'' (1999 TV programme), a British news magazine television programme hosted by Julie Etchingham that has aired on ITV since 1999 * ''Tonight'' (New Zealand TV programme), a New Zealand evening news programme hosted by Kate Hawkesby * ''The Tonight Show'', a United States talk show, also known in its early years as simply ''Tonight'' * ''Tonight with Arnold Clavio'', a Philippine television talk show * "Tonight" (''Prison Break''), an episode of ''Prison Break'' Music Bands * Tonight (band), a British new-wave group Albums * ''Tonight'' (Clark Terry-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet album), 1965 * ''Tonight'' (David Bowie album), or the title song (see below) * ''Tonight'' (FM album), 1987 * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dover Koshashvili
Dover Kosashvili ( he, דובר קוסאשווילי, ka, დოვერ ქოსაშვილი; born 8 December 1966) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter of Georgian-Jewish descent. He has directed five films since 1998. His film, '' Late Marriage'', was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * '' Im Hukim'' (1998) * '' Hatuna Meuheret'' (Late Marriage) (2001) * ''Matana MiShamayim'' (A Gift from the Sky) (2003) * ''Infiltration'' (2009) * '' The Duel'' (2010) * '' Ravaka Plus'' (Single Plus) (2012) * ''Zug Yonim'' (Love Birds) (2017) References External links * Israeli Film Director: Countrymen's Hits Abroad Are 'Mediocre or Worse". Ido Rosen. Haaretz ''Haaretz'' ( , originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – , ) is an Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel, and is now published in both Hebrew and English in the Berliner f .... 11 Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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