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Paper Tiger (2020 Film)
''Paper Tiger'' is a 2020 American drama thriller film written and directed by Paul Kowalski. The film world premiered at the 2020 Austin Film Festival. It was subsequently sold by The Gersh Agency, and was released on August 24, 2021, by Gravitas Ventures. Cast * Lydia Look as Lily * Alan Trong as Edward * Elaine Kao as Mei * Seth Numrich as JT * John Harlan Kim as Kevin * Lynn Chen as Ms. Li * Carrie Wampler as Jessica Release After premiering at Austin Film Festival on October 23, 2020, the film won the festival's Audience Award and a mention from the Jury. Continuing its festival run, ''Paper Tiger'' was awarded Best in Show and Best Narrative Feature awards at the 2021 Fargo Film Festival. On August 9, ''Variety'' announced The Gersh Agency had negotiated a sale, with Gravitas Ventures Gravitas Ventures is an independent film distribution company owned by Anthem Sports and Entertainment. The company was founded by Nolan Gallagher in Los Angeles, California in 2006 and mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kowalski
Paul Kowalski (born 13 May 1981) is a Polish-British film director and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Life and career Kowalski was born in Epsom, England to Polish immigrants and raised in North Africa, England, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Poland and across the USA. While living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in the early 1990s, he worked as an actor for a children's program on English-language channel Saudi TV-2. Kowalski studied literature and writing at Brown University, where he also made his earliest films. He later received his MFA in film directing at the AFI Conservatory. His films center around identity, exile and obsession, often featuring dark psychologies and the supernatural. As a film director and screenwriter, Kowalski has won recognition from the American Society of Cinematographers, Austin Film Festival, Beijing Film Academy, CINE, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, and Beverly Hills Film Festival among others. His debut feature, ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Kao
Elaine Kao is a Taiwanese-American theatre, television and film actress, best known for her roles in '' Bridesmaids'' (2011), ''Funny People'' (2009) and ''Red Doors'' (2005). Early life Kao was raised in the San Fernando Valley. She graduated with a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Irvine and earned her MFA in Acting from CalArts. Career Kao has appeared in films such as '' Bridesmaids'' (the woman from the couple in Kristen Wiig's jewelry store), as Julie Wong in Georgia Lee's ''Red Doors'' (Best Narrative Feature Award in the NY, NY Competition at the Tribeca Film Festival), ''Funny People'', ''Home Game'' (as Gail), the J. J. Abrams-penned TV movie pilot '' The Catch'' (as Mrs. Yasasui), and the TV movie ''Supreme Courtships'' (as the Doctor). Kao has also appeared in TV shows such as ''Snowpiercer'' (as Anne Roche), ''Kenan'' (as Elle), '' Upside-Down Magic'' (as Professor Han), '' No Good Nick'' (as Ms. Lee), '' For The People'' (as Alice Huang), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Numrich
Seth Numrich ( ; born January 19, 1987) is an American stage, television, and film actor. Early life Numrich was born in Minneapolis. He studied at The Juilliard School graduating in acting in 2006 with Group 36 in acting. He was a teaching artist for "Artists Striving to End Poverty" STEPonline.orgfrom 2005 to 2012. Career Theatre A Juilliard School graduate in drama, Numrich has been part of Rising Phoenix Repertory from 2005 onwards and takes part in many other theater groups as well. Numrich made his Broadway debut as Lorenzo in the 2010 revival of '' The Merchant of Venice'' and has played the boxer Joe Bonaparte in '' Golden Boy'' and as Albert in '' War Horse'' both at the Lincoln Center Theater on Broadway. He has also acted off Broadway like in ''Slipping'', ''Yosemite'' and ''Blind'' as part of Rattlestick Playwrights Theater program, in ''Too Much Memory'', ''Favorites'' and ''Break Your Face on My Hand'' with Rising Phoenix Repertory, ''On the Levee'' and ''Ip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harlan Kim
John Harlan Kim (born January 10, 1993) is an Australian actor of Korean descent. He is known for playing Ezekiel Jones on the 2014–2018 American adventure television series '' The Librarians''. Career Kim's first audition was for the Tom Hanks–Steven Spielberg TV miniseries ''The Pacific'', where he was given the role of a 14-year-old Japanese soldier in the episode "Okinawa". Kim then spent two years finishing high school and playing the part of Dale "Macca" McGregor, a recurring character in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. In 2014 Kim was cast in a starring role on the TNT adventure television series '' The Librarians'' as Ezekiel Jones, a thief and "master of technologies and fan of classic crimes, who enjoys playing the role of an international man of mystery", a role he played for four seasons. In 2019 he was cast as Greg Li, "a brilliant medical student", in The CW science-fiction television series ''Pandora In Greek mythology, Pandora (Greek: , der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Chen
Lynn Chen () is a Taiwanese-American actress and singer. She is best known for playing Vivian Shing in the film '' Saving Face'', a role for which she won the "Outstanding Newcomer Award" at the 2006 Asian Excellence Awards. She writes the popular food blog The Actor's Diet. Chen was named a 2013 "New Change Agent" by ''Marie Claire''. Early life Chen was born in Queens, New York and raised in Cresskill, New Jersey. Her mother is an opera singer and father was the founding president of The Kunqu Society, Inc. She has one brother; he is also in the music field. Her parents came to America from Taiwan in the late 1960s. Chen attended Wesleyan University, where she studied Women's Studies and Music. Career Chen has appeared in Alice Wu's film '' Saving Face'' as Vivian Shing opposite Michelle Krusiec (playing Wilhemina Pang, Shing's love interest) and Joan Chen. For her role in that film, she won the "Outstanding Newcomer Award" at the 2006 Asian Excellence Awards. Television In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravitas Ventures
Gravitas Ventures is an independent film distribution company owned by Anthem Sports and Entertainment. The company was founded by Nolan Gallagher in Los Angeles, California in 2006 and moved its headquarters to Cleveland, Ohio in 2019, where it focuses on the distribution of Independent feature films and documentaries. History Gravitas Ventures, an independent film distributor, was founded in Los Angeles, California by Nolan Gallagher in 2006. The company releases and promotes independent feature films and documentaries, offering films to theaters and as “Video on Demand” (VOD) to screening services such as Amazon Prime, Hulu, Paramount Plus, Apple iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, Vimeo, Netflix, and Gravitas Movies The company has become one of the US's biggest providers of independent VOD. The company's films come in all forms: traditional movie theater, transactional VOD like traditional cable, telco, satellite and online platforms; subscription and ad-sponsored VOD. Gravitas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Film Festival
Austin Film Festival (AFF), founded in 1994, is an organization in Austin, Texas, that focuses on writers’ creative contributions to film. Initially, AFF was called the Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and functioned to launch the careers of screenwriters, who historically have been underrepresented within the film industry. AFF is known for its annual October Austin Film Festival & Conference. The Conference was the first event of its kind, bringing professional and amateur screenwriters together to celebrate the role of screenplays in filmmaking and host conversations focusing on craft and on particular films and television series. In addition, the Screenplay Competition receives more entries than any other competition in the world. Several competition finalists and semi-finalists have made sales or found managers and agents at the conference. The festival went virtual in 2020. Film Festival Overview Each October, Austin Film Festival & Conference presents a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gersh Agency
The Gersh Agency (also known as simply Gersh) is a talent and literary agency established in 1949 by Phil Gersh, based in Beverly Hills, California and New York City. The Gersh Agency is the fourth largest talent agency in the United States. History Gersh was founded in Beverly Hills in 1949 by Phil Gersh. He was considered one of the last links between Hollywood's Golden Age and today's corporate-owned movie business, and his clients included Humphrey Bogart, David Niven, William Holden, June Allyson, Richard Burton, Lee J. Cobb, Fredric March, Gloria Grahame, James Mason, Karl Malden, and Robert Wise. In 1965, Phil Gersh was able to pay for the agency's Beverly Hills office from the proceeds of having Robert Wise direct '' The Sound of Music''. Phil Gersh gradually handed over responsibility to his two sons but continued to play a role in the company's management until 10 weeks before his death in 2004. Richard Arlook was working at the agency from 1990 until 2008. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Films
2020 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year The year was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous films originally scheduled for theatrical release postponed or released on video on demand or streaming services. However, it is to be kept in mind that several film companies stopped reporting box-office numbers during this time due to the pandemic, and several films were still in theatres where guidelines enabled them so. As a result, numbers will grow if they are re-released in the future to compensate for the impact this pandemic has had on consumers and film-watchers. Highest-grossing films The top films released in 2020 by worldwide gross are as follows: After being re-released in 4K in China, earning $26.4 million, the overall gross for the 2001 film ''Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
