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Friday Night Lights (TV Series)
''Friday Night Lights'' is an American sports drama television series developed by Peter Berg and inspired by a 1990 novel by H. G. Bissinger, which was adapted as the 2004 film by Berg. Executive producers were Brian Grazer, David Nevins, Sarah Aubrey and Jason Katims who also served as showrunner. The series follows a high school football team in the fictional town of Dillon, a small, close-knit community in rural West Texas. It features an ensemble cast led by Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, portraying high school football coach Eric Taylor and his wife Tami Taylor, a school faculty member. The primary cast includes characters associated with football and high school. The show uses its small-town backdrop to address many issues in contemporary American culture like family values, school funding, racism, substance use, abortion and lack of economic opportunities. ''Friday Night Lights'' premiered on October 3, 2006. It aired for two seasons on NBC. In May 2007, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Drama
A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme (arts), theme. It is a production in which a sport or a sports-related topic is prominently featured or is a focus of the plot. Despite this, sport is ultimately rarely the central concern of such films and sport performs primarily an allegorical role. Furthermore, Fan (person)#Sports, sports fans are not necessarily the target demographic in such movies, but sports fans tend to maintain a high following and esteem for such movies. Subgenres The first sports film was released 1915, this was during the era of silent films. Several sub-categories of sports films can be identified, although the delineations between these subgenres, much as in live action, are somewhat fluid. The most common sports subgenres depicted in movies are sports drama and sports comedy. Both categories typically employ playground settings, match, game creatures and other elements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurnee Smollett
Jurnee Diana Smollett (born October 1, 1986) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress appearing on television sitcoms, including '' On Our Own'' (1994–1995) and ''Full House'' (1992–1994). She gained greater recognition with her role in Kasi Lemmons's independent film '' Eve's Bayou'' (1997), which earned her a Critics' Choice Movie Award. As an adult, Smollett starred in the films '' The Great Debaters'' (2007), '' Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor'' (2013), and ''Birds of Prey'' (2020). Her television roles include the NBC sports drama '' Friday Night Lights'' (2009–2011), the WGN America period drama '' Underground'' (2016–2017), and the HBO fantasy horrors '' True Blood'' (2013–2014) and '' Lovecraft Country'' (2020), receiving a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the latter. Early life Jurnee Diana Smollett was born in New York City, to Janet Harris and Joel Smollett. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imagine Entertainment
Imagine Entertainment, formerly Imagine Films Entertainment, also known simply as Imagine (stylized in all caps as IMAGINE), is an American film and television production company founded in November 1985 by producer Brian Grazer and director Ron Howard. Background Brian Grazer and Ron Howard met in 1982 on ''Night Shift (1982 film), Night Shift'', with Howard directing and Grazer co-producing. They followed it up by working on 1984's ''Splash (film), Splash''. History Imagine Films Entertainment The company was originally founded in November 1985, following the success of the motion picture ''Splash (film), Splash''. It was originated from a merger of two production companies, Ron Howard's Major H Productions and Brian Grazer's self-titled production company Brian Grazer Productions. The company went public the following year. At first, the company set a deal with TriStar Pictures, Tri-Star Pictures to produce feature films and television shows. Imagine granted Tri-Star the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Television
Universal Television LLC (abbreviated as UTV) is an American television production company that is a division of NBCUniversal Television and Streaming#Universal Studio Group, Universal Studio Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which, in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. It serves as the network television production arm of NBC; a predecessor of the company, NBC Studios, previously assumed such functions, and a substantial portion of the company's shows air on the network. It was formerly known by various names, including Revue Studios, Universal Pictures Television Department, Universal-International Television, Studios USA Television LLC, Universal Studios Network Programming, Universal Network Television, Universal Domestic Television, NBC Universal Television Studio, and Universal Media Studios. It is also known as Open 4 Business Productions in copyright in certain television series produced by them since 2009. Re-established in 2004, both NBC Studios and the ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Boyd (cinematographer)
David Russell Boyd, A.S.C. is an American cinematographer and director of television and film known for his role as director of photography for the Fox television series ''Firefly'' and the AMC series ''The Walking Dead''. He also worked as cinematographer on the first three episodes of HBO's '' Deadwood''. On the NBC television series ''Friday Night Lights'' he served as director of photography on 18 of 22 episodes in the first season and moved up to direct two more. He also directed the film ''Home Run'', which was released in 2013. Early life Boyd was born in Cripple Creek, Colorado, to a military father, and spent his early childhood in Paris, France. He was inspired to become a cinematographer after stumbling onto the set of '' Is Paris Burning?'', where he was spontaneously recruited by the crew to drag cables for camera and lighting equipment. While attending the University of California, San Diego as physics major, he took an elective film-watching class called "Thu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pflugerville, Texas
Pflugerville ( ) is a city in Travis County, Texas, United States, with a small portion in Williamson County. The population was 65,191 at the 2020 census. Pflugerville is a suburb of Austin and part of the Austin–Round Rock– Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named after the original German settlers who farmed the area starting in 1849. The city was first incorporated in July 1965. The vast majority of the city lies within Travis County, but small parts of it extend into Williamson County. History Pfluger homestead The area was initially settled by German immigrant Henry Pfluger Sr. (1803–1867) and members of his family from late 1849 into early 1850. Pfluger had been a wealthy farmer in Germany, but lost all of his property during the revolutions of 1848. He arrived in the country with $1,600 and purchased of land east of Austin from John Liese, a brother-in-law who had immigrated before him. In 1853, Pfluger paid Liese $960 for a tract of land in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin, Texas
Austin ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the Metropolitan statistical area, 26th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the List of United States cities by population, 13th-most populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Texas by population, fifth-most populous city in the state after Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth, and the second-most populous state capital city after Phoenix, Arizona. It has been one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately apart, and both fall along the Interstate 35 in Texas, I-35 corridor. This combined metropolitan region of San Antonio–Austin met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hudgins
David Hudgins (born 1965 in Durham, North Carolina) is an American television writer and showrunner. He has worked on '' Everwood'', '' Friday Night Lights'', '' Parenthood'', and '' Shut Eye''. He created the drama series '' Past Life'' and '' Game of Silence''. Career Hudgins is a graduate of St. Mark's School of Texas, Duke University, and the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University. He practiced law in Dallas, Texas, before moving to Los Angeles, California, to become a screenwriter. In 2003, Hudgins began his career as a staff writer on Warner Bros. Television show '' Everwood'', where he worked for three years until the show's cancellation in May 2006. He rose to the position of co-producer and wrote eleven episodes over the course of three seasons, including the series finale "Foreverwood, Pt. II". In 2006, Hudgins moved to the NBC show '' Friday Night Lights'' as a writer and Supervising Producer, writing the episodes "Homecoming", "Upping The Ante", and "Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Reiner
Jeffrey Reiner is an American film director, editor, screenwriter, television director, and producer. Career Since the late 1980s, he has amassed a number of credits in the film and television industry. He edited the films ''Cheerleader Camp'', ''Think Big'', '' 3 Ninjas Kick Back'', and ''BASEketball''. He began directing television and film during the 1990s, his credits include '' Blood and Concrete'', ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', '' The Sentinel'', '' Trouble Bound'', '' Haunted'', ''Columbo'', ''The Division'', ''Surface'', '' Friday Night Lights'', ''Caprica'' and '' Trauma''. He was executive producer and house director for the NBC series ''The Event'' under his deal with Universal Media Studios during the show's 2010–2011 run. In 2011, Reiner was chosen to direct the pilot for a David E. Kelley-produced ''Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Aubrey
Sarah Aubrey is a British-born Australian actress. She has had guest roles in episodes of ''Pieces of Her (TV series), Pieces of Her'', ''The Secret Life of Us'', ''All Saints (TV series), All Saints'', ''Water Rats (TV series), Water Rats'' and ''Frayed (TV series), Frayed'', along with numerous animation series and TV commercials. She also won the Best Actress award at the 2002 Tropfest film festival and is one of Australia's top voice talents. Education Aubrey has trained extensively in theatre, television and film. She started at the University of Newcastle where she played the lead in the 1993 production of ''Agnes of God'' alongside professional actresses, Julie Kirby and Peggy Thompson, directed by Australian theatre director, David Logan. She went on to further her training at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney and the British American Drama Academy in Oxford. Career Acting Aubrey appeared in the Australian television soap, ''Home and Away'', in 1998 playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Nevins (television Producer)
David Nevins (born February 28, 1966) is an American television executive and executive producer. He is CEO of Peter Chernin’s North Road Company. Previously, he was the Chief Content Officer of Scripted Originals for Paramount+, and Chairman and CEO of Showtime Networks, both owned by Paramount Global. He is also a member of the Peabody Awards board of directors, which is presented by the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Early life Nevins was born in 1966, the son of Suzy and Louis H. Nevins.New York Times: "Andrea Blaugrund and David Nevins" September 1, 1996 His mother is a travel agent and his father served as president of the Western League of Savings Institutions. He graduated with a Bache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Grazer
Brian Thomas Grazer (born July 12, 1951) is an American film and television producer. He founded Imagine Entertainment in 1986 with Ron Howard. The films they produced have grossed over $15 billion. Grazer was personally nominated for four Academy Awards for '' Splash'' (1984), ''Apollo 13'' (1995), '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2001), and '' Frost/Nixon'' (2008). His films and TV series have been nominated for 47 Academy Awards and 217 Emmy Awards. In 2002, Grazer won an Oscar for Best Picture for ''A Beautiful Mind'' (shared with Ron Howard). In 2007, he was named one of ''Time''s " 100 Most Influential People in the World". Early life Grazer was born in Los Angeles, California, to Arlene Becker Grazer and criminal defense attorney Thomas Grazer. He is the older brother of Nora Beth Grazer (b. 1952) and actor/director Gavin Grazer (b. 1961). He was raised in Sherman Oaks and Northridge, in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley. Grazer's father was Catholic and his mother is Jewish. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
