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Nicholas Ashe Bateman
Nicholas Ashe Bateman is an artist, filmmaker, actor and the founder of the award-winning visual effects, design and animation company Maere Studios. As a writer and director, his acclaimed debut feature film - the microbudget ''The Wanting Mare'' was released in 2021. In addition to writing and directing, Bateman did all visual effects, editing, producing, and also acted in the film. In 2022, he directed and animated the music video for Father John Misty'sFunny Girl. As the visual effects supervisor for Maere Studios, he has supervised and designed for over 25 feature films in the past years, including A24's ''The Green Knight (film), The Green Knight'',' Disney's ''Hocus Pocus 2'', ''Peter Pan & Wendy'', M. Night Shyamalan's ''Knock at the Cabin'' and Ava Duvernay's ''Origin (film), Origin''. In 2024, Bateman was the creative design supervisor and vfx supervisor for the Disney+ animated short ''An Almost Christmas Story'', as well as overseeing Maere Studios. ''An Almost Christm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Effects
Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production. The integration of live-action footage and other live-action footage or CGI elements to create realistic imagery is called VFX. VFX involves the integration of live-action footage (which may include in-camera special effects) and generated-imagery (digital or optics, animals or creatures) which look realistic, but would be dangerous, expensive, impractical, time-consuming or impossible to capture on film. Visual effects using computer-generated imagery (CGI) have more recently become accessible to the independent filmmaker with the introduction of affordable and relatively easy-to-use animation and compositing software. History Early developments In 1857, Oscar Rejlander created the world's first "special effects" image by combining different sections of 32 negatives into a single image, making a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney+
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names the Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to the Walt Disney Company in 1986. Early on, the company established itself as a leader in the animation industry, with the creation of the widely popular character Mickey Mouse, who is the company's mascot, and the start of animated films. After becoming a major success by the early 1940s, the company started to diversify into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. Following Walt's death in 1966, the company's profits began to decline, especially in the animation division. Once Disney's shareholders voted in Michael Eisner as the head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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David Lowery (director)
David Lowery (born December 26, 1980) is an American filmmaker. His original work ''Ain't Them Bodies Saints'' (2013), starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. In 2016, he directed the Disney film Pete's Dragon (2016 film), ''Pete's Dragon'' (2016), a live-action film which he had co-written. It was a new work loosely based on the same original story as the Pete's Dragon (1977 film), Disney 1977 musical of the same name. In 2017, he directed the drama film ''A Ghost Story'' and in 2018, he directed ''The Old Man & the Gun''. In 2021, he directed the fantasy epic ''The Green Knight (film), The Green Knight''. Early life Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on December 26, 1980,Mead, Rebecca (January 2012). "Into the Deep". ''Allure (magazine), Allure''. pp. 103–106. David Lowery is the eldest of nine children born to Madeleine and Mark Lowery. When he was seven, his family moved to Irving, Texas for his father's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esperanto Filmoj
Esperanto Filmoj is a Mexican-American film and television production company based in Sherman Oaks, California. It is owned by film director Alfonso Cuarón. The name was coined by Guillermo del Toro, who calls cinematography "the new Esperanto". ''Filmoj'' is the Esperanto word for ''films'', and Cuarón has publicly shown his support and fascination for the constructed international language. An associated company is Producciones Anhelo, owned by Jorge Vergara and Cuarón. In 2014, the company made its TV show ''Believe'', with Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television. On December 1, 2021, it was announced that Apple would order its commitment for the show ''Disclaimer''. Productions * '' Duck Season'' (2004, also distribution in United States) * '' Chronicles'' (2004) * '' The Assassination of Richard Nixon'' (2004) * ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) * ''Year of the Nail'' (2007) * '' The Possibility of Hope'' (2007) * ''The Shock Doctrine'' (short, 2007) * '' Rudo y Cursi'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama '' A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama '' Great Expectations'' (1998), the coming of age road film '' Y tu mamá también'' (2001), the fantasy film '' Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' (2004), the science fiction films '' Children of Men'' (2006) and ''Gravity'' (2013), the semi-autobiographical drama ''Roma'' (2018), and the 2009 short ''I Am Autism''. Cuarón has received 10 Academy Award nominations, winning four including Best Director for ''Gravity'' and ''Roma'', Best Film Editing for ''Gravity'', and Best Cinematography for ''Roma''. He is the first Mexico-born filmmaker to win the Best Director award, and one of only four people to have been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories. Early life Cuarón was born in Mexico City, the son of Alfredo Cuarón, a doctor specializi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Branded Television
Disney Branded Television is a unit of Disney General Entertainment Content which oversees development and production of content geared towards children, teenagers and families for Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD. The unit also oversees all Disney+ and Disney Channels unscripted series and specials. Prior to the formation of Disney Branded Television, Disney Channels Worldwide oversaw all Disney television networks until the organization of the Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International segment on March 14, 2018, when the company was split into two. The U.S. unit operated Disney Channels, Radio Disney. The networks' financial management is now overseen at Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution. The international unit operated various children and family-oriented TV channels around the world, including variations of the U.S. channels plus Disney International HD, Dlife, and Hungama TV. Disney Channel was originally established in the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Almost Christmas Story
''An Almost Christmas Story'' is a 2024 animated short film directed by David Lowery, who produced and co-wrote alongside Alfonso Cuarón. Plot A young owl named Moon unexpectedly finds himself in a Christmas tree destined for Rockefeller Center. In his attempts to get home, he forms a bond with a lost girl named Luna. Cast * Cary Christopher as Moon * Estella Madrigal as Luna * Jim Gaffigan as Papa Owl * Mamoudou Athie as Pelly * Alex Ross Perry as Dave the Dog * Gianna Joseph as Peaky * Philip Rosenthal as Punt * Natasha Lyonne as Pat * John C. Reilly as The Folk Singer Production In September 2024, it was announced that Disney+ would release ''An Almost Christmas Story'', which would be the third and final holiday short produced by Alfonso Cuarón for the streaming service, after ''Le pupille'' (2022) and ''The Shepherd'' (2023). It was loosely based on the story of Rocky, an owl who was discovered and rescued from the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in 2020. John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Origin (film)
''Origin'' is a 2023 American biographical drama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay. It is based on the life of Isabel Wilkerson, played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, as she writes the book '' Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents''. Over the course of the film, Wilkerson travels throughout Germany, India, and the United States to research the caste systems in each country's history. ''Origin'' premiered in competition at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 6, 2023, and began a limited theatrical release on January 19, 2024, by Neon. The film received positive reviews from critics. Plot Grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, writer Isabel Wilkerson sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery as she writes ''Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents''. Wilkerson is consulted for her opinion after the shooting of Trayvon Martin. She explores the idea of how race may not be the only determining factor in bigotry, since, e.g., in India, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maere Studios
Maere Studios is a visual effects, design, and animation studio founded by Nicholas Ashe Bateman. The studio was initially formed by Bateman to make the microbudget feature film 'The Wanting Mare'. The studio has done the visual effects for over 25 films for such as 'The Green Knight', 'Peter Pan & Wendy', 'Origin', 'Knock at the Cabin', 'Y2K, 'An Almost Christmas Story', 'Free Solo', 'Caddo Lake', and the music video for Father John Misty's songFunny Girl. in 2024, Maere Studios designed and did all visual effects for the short film 'An Almost Christmas Story'which premiered on Disney+. The animated short was a co-production between Maere Studios, Disney Television, Alfonso Cuaron's Esperanto Filmoj, and Titmouse, Inc. Titmouse, Inc. is an American animation studio that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, music videos, title sequences, commercials, and short films. The studio opened in 2000, and has offices in Los Angeles, New ... R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knock At The Cabin
''Knock at the Cabin'' is a 2023 American apocalyptic psychological horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who wrote the screenplay from an initial draft by Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman. It is based on the 2018 novel '' The Cabin at the End of the World'' by Paul G. Tremblay, the first adaptation of one of his works. The film stars Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Kristen Cui, Abby Quinn, and Rupert Grint. In the film, a family vacationing at a remote cabin is suddenly held hostage by four strangers, who ask something unimaginable. ''Knock at the Cabin'' premiered in New York City at the Rose Hall on January 30, 2023, and was theatrically released in the United States on February 3, 2023, by Universal Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $54 million worldwide. Plot Seven-year-old Wen is vacationing with her fathers, Eric and Andrew, at a remote cabin in rural Pennsylva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Pan & Wendy
''Peter Pan & Wendy'' is an upcoming American fantasy adventure film directed by David Lowery, who wrote the screenplay with Toby Halbrooks. Jim Whitaker and Joe Roth served as producers in the production of Walt Disney Pictures, which is a live-action adaptation of Walt Disney's 1953 animated film ''Peter Pan'', in turn based on the 1904 play ''Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up'' (also known as ''Peter and Wendy'') by J. M. Barrie. The film stars Alexander Molony as Peter and Ever Anderson as Wendy. Yara Shahidi, Jim Gaffigan, Alan Tudyk, Molly Parker and Jude Law also appear in supporting roles. Development on a live-action ''Peter Pan'' film began on April 13, 2016, with Lowery directing. Lowery was announced as writing the film with Halbrooks, while the production team expanded the next four years due to work in the remake's script. The film's title was announced on January 7, 2020. ''Peter Pan & Wendy'' is set to premiere on Disney+ in 2023. Cast * Alexa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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