Rob Hardy (cinematographer)
Rob Hardy (born 1972), is an English cinematographer. He frequently collaborates with director Alex Garland, working on the Science fiction film, science fiction films, ''Ex Machina (film), Ex Machina'' and ''Annihilation (film), Annihilation'' and the television show ''Devs (miniseries), Devs''. He has also worked with John Crowley (director), John Crowley on his films ''Boy A (film), Boy A'' (2007) and ''Is Anybody There?'' (2008). His other works include ''The Invisible Woman (2013 film), The Invisible Woman'', ''Testament of Youth (film), Testament of Youth'' and ''Mission: Impossible – Fallout''. Life and career Born in Barking, London, Hardy attended Newport Film School and Northern Media School in Sheffield Hallam University where he specialised in cinematography. Soon after, he started shooting music videos in the 90s in Sheffield, he also took on jobs for theatre companies experimenting with video art before transitioning as a DP for commercials. His major breakthroug ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Barking, London
Barking is a suburb and area in Greater London, within the Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It is east of Charing Cross. The total population of Barking was 59,068 at the 2011 census.If defined as the Abbey, Eastbury, Gascoigne, Longbridge, and Thames electoral wards of Barking & Dagenham Council In addition to an extensive and fairly low-density residential area, the town centre forms a large retail and commercial district, currently a focus for regeneration. The former industrial lands to the south are being redeveloped as Barking Riverside. Origins and administration Toponymy The name Barking came from Anglo-Saxon ''Berecingas'', meaning either "the settlement of the followers or descendants of a man called Bereca" or "the settlement by the birch trees". In AD 735 the area was ''Berecingum'' and was known to mean "dwellers among the birch trees". By AD 1086, it had become ''Berchingae'' as evidenced by the manor's entry in the Domesday Book. Manor of Barking Barking wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrew Garfield
Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an English and American actor. He has received various accolades, including a Tony Award, a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. ''Time'' included Garfield on its list of 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Epsom, England, Garfield trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and began his career on the UK stage and in television productions. He made his feature film debut in the 2007 ensemble drama '' Lions for Lambs''. He won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for his performance in the television film ''Boy A'' (2007). He came to international attention in 2010 with the supporting role of Eduardo Saverin in the drama ''The Social Network'', for which he received nominations for a BAFTA Film Award and a Golden Globe Award. Garfield gained wider recognition for playing Spider-Man in the superhero films ''The A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joshua Marston
Joshua Jacob Marston (born August 13, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for the film ''Maria Full of Grace''. Born in Los Angeles County, California, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School. Marston worked in Paris as an intern for ''Life'', then for ABC News during the Gulf War.Hundley, Jessica (July 15, 2004)DVD RE-RUN INTERVIEW: Fly-on-the-Wall Fiction: Joshua Marston on "Maria Full of Grace." ''indieWIRE'' He returned to the United States and earned a master's degree in Political Science from University of Chicago in 1994 before earning a Master of Fine Arts in film at New York University.Gallagher, Steve (Summer 2002)25 new faces of independent film 2002.''Filmmaker Magazine'' Marston also directed an episode of '' Six Feet Under'', and Episode 7 of '' The Newsroom'' in 2012. Marston directed a segment of the collective film ''New York, I Love You''. His 2011 film '' The Forgiveness of Blood'' premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin Int ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Forgiveness Of Blood
''The Forgiveness of Blood'' ( sq, Falja e Gjakut) is a 2011 Albanian-American drama film co-written and directed by Joshua Marston. The film premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bear. Marston and co-writer Andamion Murataj won the Silver Bear for Best Script. The film was originally submitted as the Albanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film, but it was rejected when Bujar Alimani, director of '' Amnesty'', protested that ''The Forgiveness of Blood'' ought not to be eligible due to American input on the project. The AMPAS disqualified it and Albania submitted Alimani's film instead. The film deals with the consequences of a blood feud on a family in a remote area of modern-day Albania. Cast * Refet Abazi as Mark, who incites a blood feud by killing his neighbour Sokol. * Veton Osmani as Sokol, the neighbour Mark kills in a dispute over a field. * Tristan Halilaj as Nik, Mark's 17-year-old son. * Sin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Justin Chadwick
Justin Chadwick (born 6 December 1968) is an English actor and television and film director. He directed episodes of '' EastEnders'', '' Byker Grove'', ''The Bill'', '' Spooks'' and '' Red Cap'' before directing nine of the fifteen episodes of the mini-series ''Bleak House'', which was broadcast by the BBC in the UK and by PBS in the United States as part of its ''Masterpiece Theatre'' series. Chadwick was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special, the Royal Television Society Award for Breakout Performance Behind the Scenes and the BAFTA Award for Best Direction for ''Bleak House'', which was the Best Drama Serial winner in the British Academy Television Awards 2006. Life and career Chadwick was born in Salford, Lancashire.Profile imdb.com; accessed 16 March 2015. He began actin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The First Grader
''The First Grader'' is a 2010 biographical drama film directed by Justin Chadwick. It stars Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, and Tony Kgoroge. The film is based on the true story of Kimani Maruge, a Kenyan farmer who enrolled in elementary school at the age of 84 following the Kenyan government's announcement of free universal primary education in 2003. Plot In 2003, a disc jockey announces over a Kenyan radio station that the government is offering free primary school education to all natives who can prove citizenship with a birth certificate. Kimani Maruge (Litondo), an 84-year-old villager, hears this and decides to take it upon himself to seek an education. Arriving at his local school, he meets Jane Obinchu (Harris), the principal and teacher. He expresses his desire to learn how to read. Her teaching colleague Alfred (Munyua), ridicules him and demands he leave. Later, Jane informs her husband Charles (Kgoroge) about Maruge. He discourages her in supporting his educationa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Simon Ellis (film Director)
Simon Ellis is a British film director. Films Ellis' short films have received many awards, including the International Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Best Short Film at BIFA, and BAFTA and European Academy Award nominations. Working in fiction, animation, hybrid documentary and interactive, his work been presented collectively in dedicated retrospective shows at numerous international film festivals. He continues to attend festivals as either filmmaker or juror and has mentored short film directors in both the UK and overseas. ''Ellis comes out of a strong tradition of regional British filmmaking. He is a very resourceful filmmaker who had embraced a DIY ethic even before digital technology made that option straightforward. Most importantly, he's an actor's director, and his ability to draw out convincing performances, often from inexperienced young actors and non-professionals, makes his films powerful, whatever the genre'' (Shots magazine) ''Soft'', commissi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Public Sex (film)
''Public Sex'' (Original title: ''Dogging: A Love Story'') is a British romantic comedy film released in 2009 starring Luke Treadaway, Kate Heppell, Justine Glenton and Richard Riddell, directed by Simon Ellis and written by Michael Groom and Brock Norman Brock. The film was originally titled ''Dogging: A Love Story'', and was changed to ''Public Sex'' when released in the United States. Premise Dan (Luke Treadaway) is an aspiring journalist who drops his inhibitions to research the United Kingdom's underground subculture of dogging or public sex and along the way finds love and friendship. Cast * Luke Treadaway as Dan * Kate Heppell as Laura * Richard Riddell as Rob * Sammy T. Dobson as Tanya * Michael Socha Michael Robert Socha (born 13 December 1987) is an English actor, known for his roles in the films ''This Is England'' and ''Summer'', and the television series '' This Is England '86'', '' '88'', '' '90'', '' Being Human'', '' Once Upon a Time ... as Jim * Justine ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Exhibit A (film)
''Exhibit A'' is a 2007 British independent psychological thriller film directed by Dom Rotheroe and produced by Darren Bender for Warp Films. The film is an example of the found footage genre and stars Bradley Cole, Brittany Ashworth, Angela Forrest and Oliver Lee. It was filmed on location in Yorkshire and Suffolk and released on 1 October 2007 at the Raindance Film Festival. It was the last film that prolific stuntman Roy Alon worked on. Plot Judith King lives with her father Andy, mother Sheila, and brother Joe in the United Kingdom. Judith uses a video camera gifted to her to document her troubles; she is gay, and has not yet come out to her family, and she has a crush on Claire, a teenage girl across the street. She often spies on Claire and films her from the bedroom window. On a trip to see their new house, Judith tries to convince Andy not to make the family move away, but is unable to tell him about her crush on Claire. Andy is chasing a promotion but financi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christopher McQuarrie
Christopher McQuarrie is an American filmmaker. He received the BAFTA Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the neo-noir mystery film ''The Usual Suspects'' (1995). He made his directorial debut with the crime thriller film '' The Way of the Gun'' (2000). He is a frequent collaborator with Tom Cruise, having written and directed the action films ''Jack Reacher'' (2012), '' Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'' (2015), '' Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' (2018), and the upcoming sequels '' Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One'' (2023) and '' Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two'' (2024), in addition to producing the latter three, while also being a part of the writing and/or producing team on the films ''Valkyrie'' (2008), ''Edge of Tomorrow'' (2014), '' Jack Reacher: Never Go Back'' (2016), '' The Mummy'' (2017), and '' Top Gun: Maverick'' (2022). Early life McQuarrie was born in Princeton, New Jersey. After g ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Impossible (film Series)
Impossible, Imposible or Impossibles may refer to: Music * ''ImPossible'' (album), a 2016 album by Divinity Roxx * ''The Impossible'' (album) Groups * The Impossibles (American band), a 1990s indie-ska group from Austin, Texas * The Impossibles (Australian band), an Australian band * The Impossibles (Thai band), a 1970s Thai rock band Songs * "Impossible" (Captain Hollywood Project song) (1993) * "The Impossible" (song), a country music song by Joe Nichols (2002) * "Impossible" (Edyta song) (2003) * "Impossible" (Kanye West song) (2006) * "Impossible" (Daniel Merriweather song) (2009) * "Impossible" (Måns Zelmerlöw song) (2009) * "Impossible" (Anberlin song) (2010) * "Impossible" (Shontelle song) (2010) * "Impossible", from Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1957 musical ''Cinderella'' * "Impossible", a song written by Steve Allen and recorded by Nat King Cole for his 1958 album ''The Very Thought of You'' * "Impossible", from the 1994 album ''The Screaming Jets'' by The Screa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saul Leiter
Saul Leiter (December 3, 1923 – November 26, 2013) was an American photographer and painter whose early work in the 1940s and 1950s was an important contribution to what came to be recognized as the New York school of photography.Jane Livingston, ''The New York School: Photographs 1936–1963'' (New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1992; ). Life and work Saul Leiter was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father was a well known Talmud scholar and Saul studied to become a rabbi. His mother gave him his first camera at age 12.Sire, Agnès. ''Saul Leiter,'' Steidl Publishers, Göttingen, Germany 2008. At age 23, he left theology school and moved to New York City to become an artist. He had developed an early interest in painting and was fortunate to meet the Abstract Expressionist painter Richard Pousette-Dart. Pousette-Dart and W. Eugene Smith encouraged Leiter to pursue photography and he was soon taking black and white pictures with a 35 mm Leica, which he acquired ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |