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Swimming With Sharks (Inga
''Swimming with Sharks'' (also known as ''The Boss'' and ''Buddy Factor'') is a 1994 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by George Huang and starring Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley and Michelle Forbes. Plot Buddy Ackerman, an influential movie mogul, hires Guy, a naïve young writer, as his assistant. Guy, who had just graduated from film school, believes that his new job is a golden opportunity. Despite warnings from Rex, the outgoing assistant who has become hardened under Buddy's reign, Guy remains optimistic. Buddy turns out to be the boss from hell; he treats Guy like a slave, subjects him to sadistic (and public) verbal abuse, and has him bending over backward to do meaningless errands that go beyond just his work life. Guy is humiliated and forced to bear the brunt of his insults. Guy's only solace is his new girlfriend Dawn, a producer at Buddy's firm. When Buddy apparently fires Guy in a phone call, Guy finally snaps and takes Buddy hostage in order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Huang (director)
George Jay Huang is an American film director, writer, producer, and educator. He is best known for writing and directing the 1994 film ''Swimming with Sharks.'' In addition to working on his own films, he also contributes work to other independent filmmakers, including Robert Rodríguez. Early life and education The son of Taiwanese immigrants, George Huang grew up with an avid love of motion pictures. After high school, he originally enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, to pursue a degree in business, but during this time he interned at Lucasfilm. After undergrad, he enrolled in a producing program at the University of Southern California. Career After graduating from USC, Huang began working from the bottom-up as an executive assistant at Columbia Pictures. In 1992, Columbia acquired the distribution rights to the film '' El Mariachi'' by Robert Rodríguez. As the film was being prepared for release, Rodriguez struck up a friendship with the young studio assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Aged 21, Welles directed high-profile stage productions for the Federal Theatre Project in New York City—starting with a celebrated Voodoo Macbeth, 1936 adaptation of ''Macbeth'' with an African-American cast, and ending with the political musical ''The Cradle Will Rock'' in 1937. He and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented productions on Broadway through 1941, including a modern, politically charged ''Caesar (Mercury Theatre), Caesar'' (1937). In 1938, his radio anthology series ''The Mercury Theatre on the Air'' gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama), a radio adaptation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanity Fair (magazine)
''Vanity Fair'' is an American monthly magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States. The first version of ''Vanity Fair'' was published from 1913 to 1936. The imprint was revived in 1983 after Conde Nast took over the magazine company. Vanity Fair currently includes five international editions of the magazine. The five international editions of the magazine are the United Kingdom (since 1991), Italy (since 2003), Spain (since 2008), France (since 2013), and Mexico (since 2015). History ''Dress and Vanity Fair'' Condé Montrose Nast began his empire by purchasing the men's fashion magazine ''Dress'' in 1913. He renamed the magazine ''Dress and Vanity Fair'' and published four issues in 1913. It continued to thrive into the 1920s. However, it became a casualty of the Great Depression and declining advertising revenues. Nonetheless, its circulation at 90,000 copies was at its peak. Condé Nast announced in December 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Schechter (film Producer)
Alan Schechter (1965–2005) was an American action movie producer best known for his trademark style of "Low budget films with big budget effects." Personal life Born in 1965 and raised in Cleveland to Lori and Morris Paul Schechter, Schechter graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1983. Alan's family was already in the media biz as his father Morris Schechter was a local radio personality in Cleveland in the 1950s and was known as the "Voice of Racing" because he broadcast local horse races. Morris Paul Schechter later changed his name to Van Lane in 1950 after the radio station he was working for had a "Name the disc jockey, DJ" contest. Schechter's mother died in a traffic accident when he was only 8 years old. He began training as a survivalist in high school with the Posse Comitatus (organization), Posse Comitatus and kept his apartment full of emergency supplies including MREs, ammunition, tools, and even suture kits. Schechter died at his home in Los Angeles on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Silver
Joel Silver (born July 14, 1952) is an American film producer. Life and career Silver was born and raised in South Orange, New Jersey, the son of a writer and a public relations executive. His family is Jewish. He attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. During his time there, Silver, Buzzy Hellring, and Jonny Hines created the rules for what he called " Ultimate Frisbee". He was later inducted into the USA Ultimate Hall of Fame as a result of this. He finished his undergraduate studies at the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Silver began his career at Lawrence Gordon Productions, where he eventually became president of motion pictures for the company. He earned his first screen credit as the associate producer on '' The Warriors'' and, with Gordon, produced '' 48 Hrs.'', '' Streets of Fire'', and ''Brewster's Millions''. In 1985, he formed Silver Pictures and produced successful action films such as ''Commando'' (1985), the ''Lethal Weapon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Rudin
Scott Rudin (born July 14, 1958) is an American film, television and theatre producer. His films include the Academy Award Best Picture-winning ''No Country for Old Men'', as well as '' Uncut Gems'', '' Lady Bird'', '' Fences'', ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'', ''The Social Network'', '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', ''School of Rock'', '' Zoolander'', ''The Truman Show'', '' Clueless'', ''The Addams Family'', and eight Wes Anderson films. On Broadway, he has won 17 Tony Awards for shows such as '' The Book of Mormon'', '' Hello, Dolly!'', '' The Humans'', ''A View from the Bridge'', '' Fences'' and '' Passion''. He is one of 21 people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). In 2021, Rudin stepped back from his Broadway, film and streaming projects following allegations published by ''The Hollywood Reporter'' of abusive behavior towards his employees; A version of the article also appeared in the April 7, 2021 issue of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' magaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Josephson
Barry Josephson (born April 2, 1956) is an American film producer and former music manager. Life and career After attending the McBurney School in New York City, Josephson graduated from American University, Washington DC in 1978, and was an active member of its American University School of Communication Alumni program. Josephson served as vice president, then President, of Production for Columbia Pictures from 1991 to 1997, and produced films and television for studios and networks such as The Walt Disney Company, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Television, and AMC from 1997 onward. Josephson began his career in entertainment at Landers/Roberts Productions, overseeing the music division's interest in feature film and television programming and there was involved with the popular sequel, '' Death Wish II'' (1982). Josephson later worked for Gallin/Morey & Associates, managing the careers of such performers as Paula Abdul, Patti LaBelle, Morris Day, and Whoopi Goldber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Colpaert
Carl-Jan Colpaert is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and chairman of Cineville.com, Inc. Early life Carl-Jan Colpaert was born in Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium to father Roger Colpaert, who was a member of the executive committee at Bekaert and his mother, Marie-Therese Soens. He is the second of four children, Ann Colpaert, Chris Colpaert and Tom Colpaert. Carl Colpaert attended the Catholic University of Leuven and the National Radio and Film institute in Brussels. He moved to Los Angeles in 1983 to attend The American Film Institute Biography Carl-Jan Colpaert was born in Belgium. He attended the American Film Institute, and started his professional career as a film editor for Roger Corman. He founded the production and distribution company Cineville in 1990 with Christoph Henkel. Since October 2023 Cineville has also been operating as a streaming platform specializing in programming a curated selection of indie content. Colpaert made his dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionsgate Films
Lionsgate Films (spelled as Lions Gate until 2005, and formerly Cinépix Film Properties until 1998) is a Canadian-American film production and distribution company founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 15, 1962. It was owned by Lionsgate from 1997 to 2024, and Lionsgate Studios (which spun off its television and film business) since 2024, and is now headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Lionsgate is the largest and most successful mini-major film studio in North America. The studio focuses on foreign and independent films and has distributed various commercially successful film franchises, including '' Saw'', ''The Hunger Games'', '' Rambo'', '' Divergent'', '' The Punisher'', '' John Wick'', '' Madea'', '' Blair Witch'', '' Now You See Me'', '' Hostel'', '' The Expendables'', '' Sinister'', '' The Twilight Saga'', '' Step Up'', and '' Den of Thieves''. History As Cinépix Cinépix was founded by John Dunning and Andre Link in 1962. Cinépix, based in Montreal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Evers (NYPH)
Francis "Frank" Anthony Evers (born 1965) is an Irish & American businessman and film/TV producer, the CEO of Institute, Institute Artist, the Story Institute, and the president of Evergreen Pictures and Girl Culture Films. Early life Evers was born to Francis Anthony "Frank" Evers, a senior United Nations official, and Irish actress Theresa (Doyle) Evers. His father was born in Menlough, Galway in 1934, and his mother was born in New York, United States in 1934 but spent most of her young life in Tuam, Galway. He has six siblings—five sisters and one brother. He grew up in the Middle East and Ireland until he moved to the US to attend Harvard University in 1983. Evers attended secondary school from 1978 to 1983 at Ireland's Gormanston College, and is a graduate of Harvard University (1987), where he earned a B.A. in East Asian Studies. He has held the Irish Junior Men's record in the pole vault (4.60 m) since March 1983. Career Institute (previously Girl Culture Films) I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cineville
Cineville is an American streaming platform, production and international distribution company founded in 1990 by Carl Colpaert and Christoph Henkel. It is trademarked in the US, EU and throughout Latin America. Cineville has produced over 55 feature films, which have participated in film festivals including the Sundance Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography *''Delusion'' - Columbia Tristar *''Gas Food Lodging'' (1992) - Columbia Tristar *''Mi Vida Loca'' (1993) - Sony Classics *'' The Crew (film)'' (1994) - Lionsgate *''Swimming with Sharks'' (1994) - Lionsgate *'' Cafe Society (film)'' (1995) - Showtime *'' The Whole Wide World'' (1996) - Sony Classics *''Nevada - Columbia Tristar *'' The Velocity of Gary'' (1997) - Columbia Tristar *''Hurlyburly (film)'' (1997) - New Line Cinema *''Where Eskimos Live'' (2000) - Cineville *'' Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont'' (2006) - Cineville/ BBC *'' G.I. Jesus'' (2006) - Cineville *'' Black Limousine (film)'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
