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Jo Willems
Jo Willems is a Belgian cinematographer, known for his collaboration with directors David Slade and Francis Lawrence. Early life Growing up in Westerlo outside Antwerp, he studied film at the LUCA School of Arts, before he relocated to the United Kingdom at the age of 21. Filmography Feature film Television Awards and nominations References External linksJo Willemsat the Internet Movie Database IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Willems, Jo Belgian cinematographers People from Westerlo Year of birth missing (living people) Belgian expatriates in the United Kingdom Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. Belgium covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.8 million; its population density of ranks List of countries and dependencies by population density, 22nd in the world and Area and population of European countries, sixth in Europe. The capital and Metropolitan areas in Belgium, largest metropolitan region is City of Brussels, Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a complex Federation, federal system structured on regional and linguistic grounds. The country is divided into three highly autonomous Communities, regions and language areas o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limitless (film)
''Limitless'' is a 2011 American science-fiction thriller film directed by Neil Burger and written by Leslie Dixon. Loosely based on the 2001 novel '' The Dark Fields'' by Alan Glynn, the film stars Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro, Andrew Howard, and Anna Friel. The film follows Edward Morra, a struggling writer who is introduced to a drug called NZT-48, which gives him the ability to use his brain fully which helps him vastly improve his lifestyle. ''Limitless'' was released on March 18, 2011. Critical reviews were mixed to positive, and the film became a box-office success, grossing over $161 million on a budget of $27 million. A television series of the same name, covering events that take place after the film, debuted on September 22, 2015, but was cancelled after one season. Plot Eddie Morra is a struggling author in New York City. His girlfriend Lindy, frustrated with his lack of progress and ambition, breaks up with him. Eddie encounters Vernon, the br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Garza Cervera
Michelle Garza Cervera (born 27 September 1987) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. She is best known by her directorial debut film ''Huesera: The Bone Woman'' which was awarded the Best New Narrative Director and the Nora Ephron Award at the Tribeca Festival. Career Michelle Garza Cervera is a graduate of the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City. Garza obtained the Chevening scholarship to pursue a master's degree in Film Direction at Goldsmiths, University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London, in the United Kingdom. Her short films have been selected in more than 100 international film festivals, such as Fantastic Fest, the Sitges Film Festival, Sitges Fantastic Film Festival, the Havana Film Festival, among others. Garza also directed three episodes for the series ''Marea alta'', which premiered in September 2020 on Vix (streaming service), Vix+. In 2022, Michelle Garza Cervera released her directorial debut film: ''Huesera: The Bone Woman'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (upcoming Film)
''The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'' is an upcoming American horror thriller film directed by Michelle Garza Cervera and written by Micah Bloomberg. It is a remake of the 1992 film and stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo and Martin Starr. Cast * Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Claire Bartel * Maika Monroe as Peyton Flanders * Raúl Castillo as Michael Bartel, Claire's husband * Martin Starr Production The film is made by 20th Century Studios with Ted Field produce the film through Radar Pictures along with Michael Schaefer and Mike Larocca through Department M. In October 2024, Maika Monroe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead were in talks to star. In November, Raúl Castillo joined the film, with Monroe and Winstead officially cast. Martin Starr joined in December. Principal photography in Los Angeles began by December 2024. In January 2025, filming was halted due to the Southern California wildfires, and had wrap Wrap, WRAP or Wrapped may refer to: Storage and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Walk (2025 Film)
''The Long Walk'' is an upcoming American dystopian horror film co-produced and directed by Francis Lawrence and written by JT Mollner. It is based on the 1979 novel by Stephen King (under the pseudonym Richard Bachman). The film stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Joshua Odjick, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton, Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill. ''The Long Walk'' is scheduled to be released in the United States by Lionsgate on September 12, 2025. Premise In a dystopian United States ruled by a totalitarian regime, a group of young men enter an annual walking contest where they must walk at four miles per hour non-stop or be executed until only one of them is left alive. Cast Production In 1988, George A. Romero was considered to direct the film adaptation, but it never came to fruition. By 2007, Frank Darabont had secured the rights to the film adaptation of the novel. He said that he would "get t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes
''The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'' is a dystopian young adult action-adventure novel written by the American author Suzanne Collins. It is a prequel to the original ''The Hunger Games'' trilogy, set 64 years before the events of the first novel. It was released on May 19, 2020, by Scholastic, with an audiobook of the novel, read by the American actor Santino Fontana, released simultaneously. The book had a virtual launch due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A film adaptation by Lionsgate, '' The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes'', was released on November 17, 2023. Plot To help revive the televised Hunger Games' declining viewership, 24 Capitol Academy students are chosen to mentor tributes for the upcoming 10th Hunger Games and new features are added to the Games, such as tribute interviews and gifts that sponsors supply to the tributes. Eighteen-year-old Coriolanus "Coryo" Snow hopes to win a prize to pay his way to the university and return the Snow family's pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slumberland (film)
''Slumberland'' is a 2022 American fantasy adventure film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by David Guion and Michael Handelman. Based on the comic strip '' Little Nemo in Slumberland'' by Winsor McCay, the film stars Jason Momoa, Chris O'Dowd, Kyle Chandler, Weruche Opia, and introducing Marlow Barkley in her film debut as Nemo. It tells the story of a young girl whose father is lost at sea. She enters Slumberland where she befriends a renegade character who is involved in a plot to obtain a special pearl that may have the power to reunite her with her father. ''Slumberland'' was released on November 18, 2022, by Netflix. It received generally mixed reviews from critics. Plot Nemo is a young girl who lives in a lighthouse with her widowed father Peter, a lighthouse keeper. Every night, Peter tells her wild bedtime stories about his adventures with Flip, his old partner. One night during a storm, Peter heads out to help a distressed boat. Nemo is later visited by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Sapochnik
Miguel Sapochnik (born 1 July 1974) is an English film director, film and television director of Argentine origin, and former storyboard artist. For his work as a director on the HBO epic fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'', he won the award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards and Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series at the 69th Directors Guild of America Awards. Sapochnik also directed the science fiction films ''Repo Men'' (2010) and ''Finch (film), Finch'' (2021). Career Born as Miguel Vicente Rosenberg-Sapochnik in London, England, Sapochnik began his career as a storyboard artist; some of his credits include ''Trainspotting (film), Trainspotting'' (1996, directed by Danny Boyle) and ''The Winter Guest'' (1997, actor Alan Rickman's directorial debut). In 2000, Sapochnik directed a 2000 short film titled ''The Dreamer'', which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finch (film)
''Finch'' is a 2021 American post-apocalyptic survival film directed by Miguel Sapochnik and written by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell. The film stars Tom Hanks and Caleb Landry Jones. The story follows an aging man named Finch, a survivor in a now nearly uninhabitable Earth, who builds and teaches a robot to take care of his dog when he dies. The film was announced as ''BIOS'' in October 2017. Filming took place throughout New Mexico and in Toronto from February to May 2019. The film was scheduled to be released in theaters in the United States by Universal Pictures on October 2, 2020, but was delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was retitled ''Finch'', sold to Apple TV+, and was released on November 5, 2021. The film received lukewarm reviews from critics, with praise given to Hanks' performance, the visuals, and overall charm, but criticism for its lack of originality and innovation within the post-apocalypse genre. Plot Fifteen years have passed since a massi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His House
''His House'' is a 2020 horror thriller film written and directed by Remi Weekes, from a story by Felicity Evans and Toby Venables. It stars Wunmi Mosaku, Sope Dirisu and Matt Smith. The film tells the story of a refugee couple from South Sudan, struggling to adjust to their new life in an English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface. It had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on 27 January 2020. It was released on 30 October 2020 by Netflix, and received widespread acclaim from critics. Plot Bol and Rial are refugees fleeing with their daughter, Nyagak, from war-torn South Sudan. They brave stormy waters on an overcrowded motorboat, along with fellow refugees traversing the perilous English Channel from France to seek asylum. Although they survive the treacherous crossing, their daughter and many others do not. When they are finally granted probational asylum in Britain three months later, the government assigns them a shabby house with peeling w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sparrow
''Red Sparrow'' is a 2018 American spy thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Justin Haythe, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Jason Matthews. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeremy Irons, and Ciarán Hinds. It tells the story of a former- ballerina-turned- Russian intelligence officer, who is sent to make contact with a CIA officer in the hope of discovering the identity of a mole. Matthews, a former member of the CIA, advised the production on the depiction of spying. Based on historic Soviet sexpionage and contemporary Russian use of kompromat, filming took place in Hungary, Slovakia and Austria. ''Red Sparrow'' premiered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., on February 15, 2018, and was released in the United States on March 2, 2018. The film grossed $151 million worldwide, becoming a modest box-office success, and received mixed reviews from critics, who d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mockingjay – Part 2
''Mockingjay'' is a 2010 dystopian young adult fiction novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is chronologically the last installment of ''The Hunger Games'' series, following 2008's ''The Hunger Games'' and 2009's ''Catching Fire''. The book concludes the story of Katniss Everdeen, who agrees to unify the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical Capitol. The hardcover and audiobook editions of ''Mockingjay'' were published by Scholastic on August 24, 2010, six days after the ebook edition went on sale. The book sold 450,000 copies in the first week of release, exceeding the publisher's expectations. It received critical acclaim. The book has been adapted into a two-part movie, with the first part released on November 21, 2014, and the second part released on November 20, 2015. Inspiration and development Collins has said that the main inspiration for ''The Hunger Games'' series came from the classical account of Theseus and the Minotaur. In Greek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
