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The Bear (company)
The Bear is an American production company and creative studio based in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 2007 by directors Ben Steinbauer and Berndt Mader, and as of 2022, its executive producer is Elizabeth Spiva. History After meeting at The University of Texas at Austin, Ben Steinbauer and Berndt Mader formed The Bear in 2007. The company has produced the comedy documentary, Winnebago Man, (directed by Ben Steinbauer), Chop & Steele (directed by Steinbauer and co-directed by Berndt Mader), Yeti's Soul of a City (directed by Berndt Mader), and the "''C'Mon Ted!"'' political campaign ad (directed by Richard Linklater) In 2011, Steinbauer and Mader were selected to direct a segment of the feature film, ''Slacker 2011'', a remake of Richard Linklater's ''Slacker (1990)'' by 24 Austin-based filmmakers. The firm produced ''5 Time Champion (2011)'', starring Betty Buckley, Jon Gries, and Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. The film was written and directed by Mader and won the Target Filmm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas International Film Festival
The Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) is an annual film festival that takes place in Dallas, Texas. The 2025 edition will be held April 25-May 1, 2025. DIFF 2024 was held April 25-May 1, 2024. DIFF 2023 was held April 28-May 5, 2023. The 2023 Dallas International Film Festival was cited by ''Travel + Leisure'' magazine in naming Dallas among the "12 Best Places to Travel in April 2023". The festival was also cited by ''MovieMaker'' magazine in naming Dallas among the "Best Places to Live and Work as a MovieMaker 2023". Since its inception, the Dallas International Film Festival has contributed more than $1M in filmmaker awards, brought more than 2,000 filmmakers to Dallas, and screened more than 2,500 films from more than 50 countries. DIFF, established as Dallas Film Society, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2006. History 2007 The Dallas International Film Festival began in 2007 as the AFI Dallas International Film Festival. The festival was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booger Red
''Booger Red'' is a 2015 film written by Johnny McAllister and Berndt Mader and directed by the latter. It premiered in the Spirit Theater in the Bob Bullock Museum, as part of the Austin Film Festival, in 2015. The film documents a journalist named Onur Turkel, played by Onur Turkel, who had experienced child abuse in his past, investigating a possibly fabricated child abuse case. Its basis is a 2009 magazine article by Michael Hall, a journalist of the ''Texas Monthly'' who investigated the controversial "Mineola Swingers' Club" case in Mineola, Texas. Mader stated that he chose to make a film on the subject because "It was all just so outrageous, wild and surreal that I just had to look into it further." The main character, Turkel, is intended to be an audience surrogate. Mader stated that he chose the actor Turkel as he could portray a "maniac". Hall stated that the main character is "a fornicating, drug-snorting, bearded wild man who bears absolutely no resemblance to me." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnebago Man
''Winnebago Man'' is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Ben Steinbauer. The film follows the Internet phenomenon created by a series of twenty-year-old outtakes from a Winnebago sales video featuring profane outbursts from a salesperson named Jack Rebney. Originally intended as an inside joke, the video spread across the globe—first on VHS, and then via YouTube and other online video sites, earning the salesman the title of "The Angriest Man in the World". The documentary explores the story of the clips' origins and how, two decades later, they affected the reluctant star. Steinbauer released a short film entitled ''Extraordinarily Unusual: Surprising the Winnebago Man'' in 2017, documenting his return to visit Rebney on his 87th birthday, bringing some of Rebney's old friends to celebrate. Rebney died on May 10, 2023, at the age of 93. Synopsis The documentary starts with Steinbauer's obsession with a widely circulated viral video featuring outtakes from an RV c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marija Karan
Marija Karan ( sr-Cyrl, Марија Каран; born 29 April 1982) is a Serbian actress. She had her film debut in '' Kad porastem biću Kengur'' and appeared after this in '' Jesen stiže, dunjo moja''. Life Karan was born in Belgrade. In 2007, Karan appeared alongside Nikola Kojo and Bogdan Diklić in the Serbian thriller '' Četvrti čovek'' (''The fourth Man'') by Dejan Zečević and alongside Branko Tomović in the British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ... Drama '' Taximan'' by Henrik Norrthon. Marija Karan was also introduced in a FOX TV Series called '' Odd Mom Out''. She appeared on the December 2011 cover of Serbian Cosmopolitan magazine. Filmography Television Films References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karan, Marija 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile Hirsch
Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American actor. His portrayal of Chris McCandless in '' Into the Wild'' (2007) earned him acclaim and multiple award nominations. Other notable roles include '' The Girl Next Door'' (2004), ''Lords of Dogtown'' (2005), ''Alpha Dog'' (2006), ''Speed Racer'' (2008), ''Milk'' (2008), '' Lone Survivor'' (2013), '' The Autopsy of Jane Doe'' (2016), '' The Chinese Widow'' (2017), '' An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn'' (2018), and ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019). Early life Emile Hirsch was born in the Palms section of Los Angeles. His mother, Margaret Esther (née Davenport), is a visual artist, teacher, and pop-up book designer, and his father, David Milton Hirsch, is an entrepreneur, manager, and film producer. He has an older sister, Jennifer, and was raised in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lived with his mother for several years. Hirsch attended Alexander Hamilton High School where he studied in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Rudd
Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor. Rudd studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991. He was included on the ''Forbes'' Celebrity 100 list in 2019, and was named ''People'' magazine's " Sexiest Man Alive" in 2021. The accolades he has received include a Critics' Choice Television Award, alongside nominations for a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rudd appeared in the films '' Clueless'' (1995), '' Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'' (1995), ''Romeo + Juliet'' (1996), '' Wet Hot American Summer'' (2001), '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' (2004), '' The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' (2005), '' Knocked Up'' (2007), '' I Love You, Man'' (2009), and '' This Is 40'' (2012). He has played the superhero Scott Lang / Ant-Man in five Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films, from '' Ant-Man'' (2015) to '' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Avalanche
''Prince Avalanche'' is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by David Gordon Green and starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch. The screenplay is based on the 2011 Icelandic film '' Either Way'' (''Á annan veg''). The film was shot in Bastrop, Texas, after the Bastrop County Complex Fire. Plot In 1988, an odd pair of sorts, meditative and stern Alvin and his girlfriend's brother, Lance, dopey and insecure, leave the city behind to spend the summer in solitude repainting traffic lines down the center of a country highway ravaged by wildfire. As they sink into their job in the remarkable landscape, they learn more than they want to about each other and their own limitations. They regularly encounter a drunk truck driver. As Lance leaves for a weekend in the city, Alvin enjoys his solitude and explores the woods by himself. He comes across a house that has been burned to the ground by the wildfire, and encounters a woman who explains that it is her house, and she is se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson is an American actress and singer best known for her roles in the films '' Fletch'' (1985), ''Tombstone'' (1993), ''Fast Food Nation'' (2006) and '' Parkland'' (2013). She is also known for her roles on television series such as '' Friday Night Lights'', ''Seinfeld'' and ''Nashville''. Personal life Wheeler-Nicholson was born in New York City, the daughter of Joan (née Weitemeyer) and Douglas Wheeler-Nicholson. She is the granddaughter of pioneering American comic book publisher Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, who founded DC Comics under the original company name National Allied Publications. Wheeler-Nicholson has been married to film director Alex Smith since 2011 and lives in Austin, Texas. Career Sometimes credited as Dana Wheeler Nicholson, she has appeared in numerous feature films, but is perhaps best known for her role in '' Fletch'' (1985) as Gail Stanwyk, the love interest of the title character. She is well known for her performance in ''Tombstone'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Steinbauer
Benjamin Jeffrey Steinbauer (born July 28, 1977) is an American film director, showrunner, screenwriter, and film producer. He directed the feature documentary ''Winnebago Man'' (2009) and the documentary ''Chop & Steele'' (2022), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Steinbauer was the director of the episodic television show '' High Hopes'' for Jimmy Kimmel's production company. He also directed the PBS show ''Stories of the Mind,'' and the CBS documentary series ''Pink Collar Crimes.'' Early life and education Steinbauer graduated from Edmond Memorial High School in Edmond, Oklahoma, in 1995. He then earned a B.A. in Theatre and Film from the University of Kansas in 2001, where he sits on the Professional Advisory Board of KU Film. While attending college, Steinbauer began his filmmaking career by producing documentaries and music videos for Forty Minutes of Hell, Everest, and The Danny Pound Band. In 2002, he was a camera operator and editor on Bradley Beesley's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Gries
Jonathan Gries ( '; born June 17, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Uncle Rico in '' Napoleon Dynamite '' (2004), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, the recurring role of Roger Linus on '' Lost'' (2007–2010), and Greg Hunt on '' The White Lotus'' (2021–present). He is also known for other film and television credits such as ''Real Genius'' (1985), ''The Monster Squad'' (1987), ''Martin'' (1992–1994), ''Get Shorty'' (1995), '' The Pretender'' (1996–2000), the ''Taken'' trilogy (2008–2014), and '' Dream Corp LLC'' (2016–2020). Life and career Gries was born in Glendale, California, the son of writer, director, and producer Tom Gries. His first film role came at age 11, when he played the Boy Horace in the Charlton Heston film '' Will Penny'', which was written and directed by his father. Some of his signature roles have come in cult classics. He played Lazlo Hollyfeld in ''Real Genius'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Buckley
Betty Buckley (born July 3, 1947)LuKanic, Steven A (1995). Film Actors Guide'. Los Angeles, CA: Lone Eagle Publishing. p. 55. . is an American actress and singer. Buckley is the winner of a Tony Award, and was nominated for an additional Tony Award, two Daytime Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and an Olivier Award. In 2012, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Buckley won the 1983 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Grizabella in the original Broadway production of ''Cats''. She went on to play Norma Desmond in '' Sunset Boulevard'' (1994–96) in both London and New York, receiving a 1995 Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical, and was nominated for the 1997 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for '' Triumph of Love''. Her other Broadway credits include '' 1776'' (1969), '' Pippin'' (1973), and '' The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' (1985). From September 2018 to August 2019, she starred as the title rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
