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Rachael Horovitz
Rachael Horovitz (born 1962) is an American film producer. She is known for producing the film ''Moneyball'', and the TV series '' Patrick Melrose''. Early life Horovitz is the daughter of playwright Israel Horovitz and the late painter Doris (née Keefe), and the sister of the musician Adam Horovitz. Her father is Jewish, whereas her mother, who was of Irish descent, was Catholic. Raised in Greenwich Village in an eclectic household filled with artists, musicians, writers, and seamstresses, Horovitz graduated from Phillips Academy Andover. She also attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a member of St. Anthony Hall. After college, she lived in Paris where, at the suggestion of family friend playwright Samuel Beckett, she went to work at Shakespeare and Co. bookstore on the Left Bank. Following her return to New York, she worked in Mayor Edward I. Koch's administration as an assistant to Parks Commissioner Henry J. Stern. Career Horovitz began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York (state)
New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. state by area. With 20.2 million people, it is the fourth-most-populous state in the United States as of 2021, with approximately 44% living in New York City, including 25% of the state's population within Brooklyn and Queens, and another 15% on the remainder of Long Island, the most populous island in the United States. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east; it has a maritime border with Rhode Island, east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the north and Ontario to the northwest. New York City (NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and around two-thirds of the state's populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Cimino
Michael Antonio Cimino ( ; February 3, 1939 – July 2, 2016) was an American filmmaker. One of the " New Hollywood" directors, Cimino achieved fame with '' The Deer Hunter'' (1978), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Born in New York City, Cimino began his career filming commercials and moved to Los Angeles to take up screenwriting in 1971. After co-writing the scripts of '' Silent Running'' (1972) and '' Magnum Force'' (1973), he wrote the preliminary script for '' Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'' (1974), which became his directorial debut, and one of the highest-grossing films of its year. The critical accolades for co-writing, directing, and producing ''The Deer Hunter'' in 1978 led to Cimino receiving creative control for '' Heaven's Gate'' (1980). The film became a critical failure and a legendary box-office bomb, which lost production studio United Artists an estimated $37 million. Its failure was widely credited with Hollywood studios s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema is an American film production studio owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and is a film label of Warner Bros. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as an independent film distribution company; later becoming a film studio after acquired by Turner Broadcasting System in 1994; Turner later merged with Time Warner (later known as WarnerMedia from 2018 to 2022) in 1996, and New Line was merged with Warner Bros. Pictures in 2008. The studio has been nicknamed, "The House that Freddy Built" due to the success of the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' film series. History New Line Cinema was established in 1967 by the then 27-year-old Robert Shaye as a film distribution company, supplying foreign and art films for college campuses in the United States. Shaye operated New Line's offices out of his apartment at 14th Street and Second Avenue in New York City. One of the company's early successes was its distribution of the 1936 anti-cannabis propaganda film '' Reefer Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Next Stop Wonderland
''Next Stop Wonderland'' is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Brad Anderson, written by Anderson and Lyn Vaus, and starring Hope Davis and Alan Gelfant. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 1998, where it was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize. Plot Two people live unlucky in love in Boston: Erin, whose activist boyfriend Sean has just walked out on their relationship to help a Native American tribe fight off a land development deal, and Alan, a plumber struggling to pay off family obligations while pursuing a career as a marine biologist. Both deal with personal and professional problems and stumble through relationships, continually crossing one another's paths without ever truly meeting and realizing how perfect they are for one another. Time and time again one almost catches the other's eye, but circumstances intervene. After a series of ups and downs both of their budding relationships with others crash and burn, just in time for a chance m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Anderson (director)
Brad Anderson (born 1964) is an American film director, producer and writer. A director of thriller and horror films and television projects, he is best known for having directed '' The Machinist'' (2004), starring Christian Bale, psychological horror film '' Session 9'' (2001) and '' The Call'' (2013), starring Halle Berry. He also produced and directed several installments of the Fox science fiction television series ''Fringe''. Early in his career, he directed the romantic comedies '' Next Stop Wonderland'' (1998) and '' Happy Accidents'' (2000). Biography Early life Anderson was born in Madison, Connecticut, the son of Pamela Taylor Anderson, a community services administrator. He is the nephew of Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor. Before he began his film career, he attended Bowdoin College, where he majored in anthropology and Russian. He then went to London to finish his film education at London Film School before returning to Boston. Film career Anderso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach () (born September 3, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for making witty and intellectual comedies set in New York City and has often been compared to writer-directors such as Woody Allen and Whit Stillman. His frequent collaborators include Greta Gerwig, Adam Driver, and Wes Anderson. Baumbach gained attention for his early films '' Kicking and Screaming'' (1995), and ''Mr. Jealousy'' (1997). His breakthrough film '' The Squid and the Whale'' (2005) earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination. He started his long time collaborations with his partner Greta Gerwig with ''Greenberg'' (2010), and continued with '' Frances Ha'' (2013), '' Mistress America'' (2015), and ''White Noise'' (2022). His other films include '' Margot at the Wedding'' (2007), '' While We're Young'' (2014), and '' The Meyerowitz Stories'' (2017). His film '' Marriage Story'' (2019) earned an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cherry Orchard
''The Cherry Orchard'' (russian: Вишнёвый сад, translit=Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by ''Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via Adolf Marks, A.F. Marks Publishers.Commentaries to Вишневый сад The Complete Chekhov in 30 Volumes. Vol. 13. // Чехов А. П. Вишневый сад: Комедия в 4-х действиях // Чехов А. П. Полное собрание сочинений и писем: В 30 т. Сочинения: В 18 т. / АН СССР. Ин-т мировой лит. им. А. М. Горького. — М.: Наука, 1974—1982. Т. 13. Пьесы. 1895—1904. — М.: Наука, 1978. — С. 195—254. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Chekov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics."Stories ... which are among the supreme achievements in prose narrative.Vodka miniatures, belching and angry cats George Steiner's review of ''The Undiscovered Chekhov'', in ''The Observer'', 13 May 2001. Retrieved 16 February 2007. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." Chekhov renounced the theatre after the reception of ''The Seagull'' in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Schmidt (translator)
Paul Francis Schmidt (January 29, 1934 – February 19, 1999) was an American translator, poet, playwright, and essayist. Biography He graduated from Nashua High School in 1951, Colgate University in 1955, and studied at Harvard University. He studied mime with Marcel Marceau and acting with Jacques Charon. He served in the U.S. Army Intelligence, from 1958 to 1960. Schmidt was professor at the University of Texas at Austin, from 1967 to 1976. He also taught at the Yale School of Drama. He translated Euripides, Chekhov, Velimir Khlebnikov, Brecht, Genet, Gogol, Marivaux, and Mayakovsky. He wrote three plays, one of which, ''Black Sea Follies'' won the Helen Hayes Award, and the Joseph Kesselring Prize for best play. Schmidt's work was profiled in ''The New York Review of Books''. He was married to Stockard Channing. He is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery Green-Wood Cemetery is a cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery is located betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naked Angels (theater Company)
Naked Angels is an American theater company founded in 1986 and based in New York City. It was named after John Tytell's book about the Beat Generation, ''Naked Angels''. It has produced plays on controversial social topics such as the critically acclaimed Broadway transfer '' Next Fall'', and featured many Hollywood stars. Naked Angels originated in a former picture-frame factory on West 17th Street in Manhattan. It "soon became the 'it' place for a generation of about-to-be famous young actors and playwrights." One of the company's longtime efforts is "The Issues Project", featuring plays or groups of plays focusing on socially relevant issues, often in collaboration with organizations like Amnesty International, The Center for American Progress, Project A.L.S. and The Culture Project. Also known are the group's long-runnin"Tuesdays@9" cold reading series, where new playwrights, novelists, short-story writers, and actors get together to review work that is still being writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Robin Baitz
Jon Robin Baitz (born November 4, 1961) is an American playwright, screenwriter and television producer. He is a two time Pulitzer Prize finalist, as well as a Guggenheim, American Academy of Arts and Letters, and National Endowment for the Arts Fellow. Early life and education Baitz was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles, California, the son of Edward Baitz, an executive of the Carnation Company. Baitz was raised in Brazil and South Africa before the family returned to California, where he attended Beverly Hills High School. On speaking about the influence of his time growing up abroad on his life and work, Baitz states: I think what happened was that I felt so foreign so often that I became very adept at observing. I learned a kind of short hand. Because you’re a foreigner, an alien really, you have to decode all of the customs and the manners, not just the language. So you begin to feel terribly detached which is not a good thing. And it had that effect upon my writing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American film director, playwright, and screenwriter. He is the co-writer of the film '' Gangs of New York'' (2002), and wrote and directed '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), ''Margaret'' (2011), and '' Manchester by the Sea'' (2016). Lonergan is also known for his work as a playwright. His most noted plays include '' This Is Our Youth'', ''Lobby Hero'' and '' The Waverly Gallery''. Each also had a successful revival engagement on Broadway, which resulted in each play receiving a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. Lonergan won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''Manchester by the Sea'', for which he was also nominated for Best Director; he also earned Academy Award nominations for his screenplays for ''You Can Count on Me'' and ''Gangs of New York.'' He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''Manchester by the Sea'' at the 70th British Academy Film Awards. Early life and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
