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Stewart Richards
Stewart Richards (born 1956) is an English film producer, television executive, publisher and writer. He is notable for producing award-winning British arthouse films in the 1980s and 1990s, including the 1991 Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-nominated '' Dear Rosie,'' the 1988 ''Palme d'Or''-nominated ''Out of Town,'' and the 1990 ''Un Certain Regard-''selected ''1871''. Early life and education Stewart was born in Ripley, Derbyshire, in 1956. Aged 17, he joined the National Youth Theatre and won an Arts Council trainee director fellowship, working at the Nottingham Playhouse, the Theatre Royal Lincoln and Birmingham Repertory Theatre. He later studied for three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Film career In the 1980s, Stewart produced a number of British art films, including: * ''Out of Town'', a short film by Norman Hull and starring David Morrissey, which was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and was screened at the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Film
An art film, arthouse film, or specialty film is an independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. It is "intended to be a serious, artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal", "made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit", and containing "unconventional or highly symbolic content". Film critics and film studies scholars typically define an art film as possessing "formal qualities that mark them as different from mainstream Hollywood films". These qualities can include (among other elements) a sense of social realism; an emphasis on the authorial expressiveness of the director; and a focus on the thoughts, dreams, or motivations of characters, as opposed to the unfolding of a clear, goal-driven story. Film scholars David Bordwell and Barry Keith Grant describe art cinema as "a film genre, with its own distinct conventions". Art film producers usually present their films at special theaters (repertory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Morrissey
David Mark Joseph Morrissey (born 21 June 1964) is an English actor and filmmaker. He had numerous small roles in films and television series throughout the 1990s before achieving wider recognition for playing Gordon Brown in '' The Deal'' (2003), Stephen Collins in '' State of Play'' (2003), The Governor in the third, fourth, and fifth seasons of '' The Walking Dead'' (2012–2015), and DCS Ian St Clair in '' Sherwood'' (2022–present). He has also acted extensively on stage with companies such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre. Morrissey has directed short films and the television dramas '' Sweet Revenge'' (2001) and '' Passer By'' (2004). His feature-length directorial debut, the television film ''Don't Worry About Me'' (2010), premiered on BBC Two. He was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for ''State of Play'' and won a Best Actor award from the Royal Television Society for ''The Deal''. He was awarded an honorary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film4 Productions
Film4 Productions is a British film production company owned by Channel 4 Television Corporation. The company has been responsible for backing many films made in the UK. The company's first production was '' Walter'', directed by Stephen Frears, which was released in 1982. It is especially known for its gritty, kitchen sink-style films and period dramas. History In 1981, producer David Rose left the BBC for Channel 4 where he was appointed the Commissioning Editor for Fiction by Jeremy Isaacs, the channel's founding Chief Executive but became mostly identified with the Film on Four strand. With an initial overall budget of £6 million a year, Channel Four Films was to invest in twenty films annually for Film on Four. The first film backed was Neil Jordan's debut film ''Angel'' (1982). The first film shown as part of Film on Four was Stephen Frears's '' Walter'' which was screened on 2 November 1982, the launch date of Channel 4. '' P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang'' screened the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America. Its logo is a stark, black and white close up of the composite eyes of early film actresses Theda Bara, Pola Negri, and Mae Murray, set as repeated frames in a strip of film. In 2010, the 46th Chicago International Film Festival presented 150 films from more than 50 countries. The Festival's program is composed of many different sections, including the International Competition, New Directors Competition, Docufest, Black Perspectives, Cinema of the Americas, and Reel Women. Its main venue is the AMC River East 21 Theatre in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, although it has dropped that venue during the most recent festival as of 2023 (59th), instead using the AMC Newcity 14. International Connections Program The International Connections Program was created in 2003 in order to ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAFTA Award For Best Short Film
The BAFTA Award for Best British Short Film is a film award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the annual British Academy Film Awards. BAFTA is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, and video games A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual fe ... (and formerly also for children's film and television). Since 1960, selected films have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Short Film at an annual ceremony. In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Live Action Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under numerous names, since 1957. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, ''Best Short Subject, One-reel'' and ''Best Short Subject, Two-reel'', referring to the running time of eligible short films: a standard reel of 35 mm film is 1000 feet, or about 11 minutes of run time. A third category "Best Short Subject, color" was used only for 1936 and 1937. From the initiation of short subject awards for 1932 until 1935 the terms were "Best Short Subject, comedy" and "Best Short Subject, novelty". These categories were merged starting with the 1957 awards, under the name "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects", which was used until 1970. For the next three years after that, it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films". The current name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. Current Academy rules cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Morgan
Peter Julian Robin Morgan (born 10 April 1963) is a British screenwriter and playwright. He has written for theatre, films and television, often writing about historical events or figures such as Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II, whom he has covered extensively in all major media. He has received a number of accolades including five BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. In February 2017, Morgan was awarded a British Film Institute Fellowship. He is the playwright behind the plays ''Frost/Nixon (play), Frost/Nixon'' (2005), ''The Audience (2013 play), The Audience'' (2013), and ''Patriots (play), Patriots'' (2022), the former of which was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. As a screenwriter, Morgan received Academy Award nominations for ''The Queen (2006 film), The Queen'' (2006) and ''Frost/Nixon (film), Frost/Nixon'' (2008). He also wrote the scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Cattaneo
Peter Joseph Cattaneo Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 1 July 1964) is a British filmmaker. He is most known for directing the comedy film ''The Full Monty'', for which he won the MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. Life and career Cattaneo was brought up in Twickenham, London. His father was a London-born animator of Italians in the United Kingdom, Italian descent. After attending London College of Printing for an art foundation course, and Leeds Polytechnic for a BA in Graphic Design (Film), he graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1989, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for ''Dear Rosie'' (1990). He went on to make his feature film debut with ''The Full Monty'' (1997), which was a smash success both in the UK and internationally. The comedy grossed £160,049,344 at the box office on a £3 million budget and Cattaneo received a nomination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the History of cinema in the United States, motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees. Leadership The institute is composed of leaders from the film, entertainment, business, and academic communities. The board of trustees is chaired by Kathleen Kennedy (producer), Kathleen Kennedy and the board of directors chaired by Robert A. Daly guide the organization, which is led by President (corporate title), President and CEO, film historian Bob Gazzale. Prior leaders were founding director George Stevens Jr. (from the organization's inception in 1967 until 1980) and Jean Picker Firstenberg (from 1980 to 2007). History The American Film Institute was founded by a 1965 presidential mandate announced in the White House Rose Garden, Rose Garden of the White House by Lyndon B. Johnson—to establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Cannes Film Festival
The 43rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 10 to 21 May 1990. Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci served as jury president for the main competition. American filmmaker David Lynch won the ''Palme d'Or'', for the drama film '' Wild at Heart''. The festival opened with ''Dreams'' by Akira Kurosawa, and closed with '' The Comfort of Strangers'' by Paul Schrader. Juries Main competition *Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian filmmaker - Jury President *Fanny Ardant, French actress * Bertrand Blier, French filmmaker * Aleksei German, Soviet filmmaker *Françoise Giroud, French journalist *Christopher Hampton, British author and filmmaker *Anjelica Huston, American actress *Mira Nair, Indian filmmaker *Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer *Hayao Shibata, Japanese ''Camera d'Or'' * Christine Boisson, French actress - Jury President * Richard Billeaud * Caroline Huppert, French director * Bruno Jaeggi, journalist * Martine Jouando, film critic * Catherine Magnan, cinephile * Jan Svoboda, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Spall
Timothy Leonard Spall ( ; born 27 February 1957) is an English actor. He gained recognition for his character actor roles on stage and screen. In 2000, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. Spall is known for his collaborations with director Mike Leigh, acting in six of his films: '' Home Sweet Home'' (1982), '' Life is Sweet'' (1990), '' Secrets & Lies'' (1996), '' Topsy-Turvy'' (1999), '' All or Nothing'' (2002), and '' Mr. Turner'' (2014). He received nominations for the BAFTA Award for his roles in ''Secrets and Lies'' and ''Topsy-Turvy'' as well as received the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his portrayal of J. M. W. Turner in ''Mr. Turner''. Spall has acted in films such as ''Hamlet'' (1996), '' Still Crazy'' (1998), '' Nicholas Nickleby'' (2002), '' The Last Samurai'' (2003), '' Enchanted'' (2007), '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (2007), '' The Damned United'' (2009), '' The King's Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roshan Seth
Roshan Seth (born 2 April 1942) is a British-Indian actor, writer and theatre director who has worked in the United Kingdom, United States and India. He began his acting career in the early 1960s in the UK, but left acting the following decade and moved to India to work as a journalist. In the 1980s, he rose to prominence for his comeback performance as Jawaharlal Nehru in Richard Attenborough's Academy Award-winning film ''Gandhi'', which brought him a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and reignited his interest in acting. He has since appeared in numerous British and American feature films and television programmes, with roles ranging from Chattar Lal in ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'', Amit Rao in '' A Passage to India'', Papa Hussein in '' My Beautiful Laundrette'', patriarch Jay in '' Mississippi Masala'' and Dhalsim in '' Street Fighter: The Movie''. He won the Genie Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the Canadian film '' Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
