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Tom Cross (film Editor)
Tom Cross is an American television and film editor. He is known for his collaborations with Damien Chazelle including '' Whiplash'' (2014) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing as well as ''La La Land'' (2016), and '' First Man'' (2018). Early life Tom has a Vietnamese mother, Mrs. Loc Vo - an artist (linocut/serigraphy), originally from Hue, and his father is Jim Cross. In 1993, he graduated with a degree in visual arts from Purchase College, New York State. Career He began his career in 1997 as an assistant editor, contributing to such diverse projects as '' We Own the Night'' (2007), '' Crazy Heart'' (2009), '' The Switch'' (2010) and the Primetime Emmy Award-winning drama series '' Deadwood''. He came to worldwide prominence in 2015 when he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing, BAFTA Award for Best Editing and Academy Award for Best Editing (among other honors) for his work on the acclaimed film '' Whiplash'' (2014). and reunited with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
87th Academy Awards
The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actor Neil Patrick Harris hosted the ceremony for the first time. In related events, the Academy held its 6th Annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 8, 2014. On February 7, 2015, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Margot Robbie and Miles Teller. '' Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'' won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy Heart
''Crazy Heart'' is a 2009 American drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb, the story was inspired by country singer Hank Thompson. Starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, and Robert Duvall, the film follows an alcoholic country singer and songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young journalist. Bridges, Farrell, and Duvall also sing in the film. Filming took place in 2008 throughout New Mexico, as well as Houston and Los Angeles. Original music for the film was composed by T Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton, and Ryan Bingham. It was dedicated to Bruton, who died the same year the film was made. The film was produced by Country Music Television and was originally acquired by Paramount Vantage for a direct-to-video release, but was later purchased by Fox Searchlight Pictures for theatrical release. ''Crazy Heart'' open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Cary Joji Fukunaga (born July 10, 1977) is an American filmmaker. A director of TV and film, he first came to wide prominence by directing the first season of the HBO series ''True Detective'' (2014). He is known for directing critically acclaimed films such as the thriller '' Sin nombre'' (2009), the period drama ''Jane Eyre'' (2011), the war drama '' Beasts of No Nation'' (2015) and the 25th ''James Bond'' film, '' No Time to Die'' (2021). He also co-wrote the Stephen King adaptation '' It'' (2017). He was the first director of East Asian descent to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, as the director and executive producer of ''True Detective''. He also directed and executive produced the Netflix limited series '' Maniac'' (2018), and executive produced and directed several episodes of the Apple TV+ miniseries '' Masters of the Air'' (2024). Early life Fukunaga was born on July 10, 1977 in Oakland, California. His father, Anthony Shu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hostiles (film)
''Hostiles'' is a 2017 American Western drama film written and directed by Scott Cooper, based on a story by Donald E. Stewart. It stars Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, and Ben Foster; Stephen Lang, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, Adam Beach, Q'orianka Kilcher, Jonathan Majors, and Timothée Chalamet appear in supporting roles. It follows a U.S. Army cavalry officer in 1892 who must escort a Cheyenne war chief and his family back to their home in Montana. The film had its world premiere on September 2, 2017, at the Telluride Film Festival. It had a limited release in the United States by Entertainment Studios beginning December 22, 2017, before going wide on January 26, 2018. It received generally positive reviews from critics, but grossed just $35 million worldwide. Plot In the New Mexico Territory in 1892, settler Rosalee Quaid and her family are attacked by a Comanche war party, who kill her husband and three children. Rosalee escapes by hiding un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Cooper (director)
Scott Cooper (born April 20, 1970) is an American director, screenwriter, producer and former actor. He is known for the films '' Crazy Heart'' (2009), '' Out of the Furnace'' (2013), '' Black Mass'' (2015), '' Hostiles'' (2017), '' Antlers'' (2021) and '' The Pale Blue Eye'' (2022). His next film will be '' Deliver Me from Nowhere'' (2025). Early life Cooper was born in Abingdon, Virginia. He is a 1988 graduate of Abingdon High School. Cooper trained as an actor at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City. He received both his undergraduate degree in 1992 and his Doctor of Humane Letters in 2014 from Hampden–Sydney College in Hampden Sydney, Virginia. Career Cooper spent a decade working as an actor in film and television. He made the switch to directing with 2009's '' Crazy Heart'', starring Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The film, released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, received widespread critical acclaim and a number of accolades, including the Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Greatest Showman
''The Greatest Showman'' is a 2017 American musical period drama film directed by Michael Gracey from a screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon, based on an original story by Bicks. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, and Zendaya. Featuring nine original songs written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and an original musical orchestral score composed by John Debney and Joseph Trapanese, the film is a heavily fictionalized depiction of the life of P. T. Barnum, a showman and entertainer who created the Barnum & Bailey Circus, and its star attractions. ''The Greatest Showman'' premiered on December 8, 2017, aboard the RMS ''Queen Mary 2'' in New York City and was released in the United States on December 20, by 20th Century Fox, seven months after Ringling folded and six years before the circus was reinstated as an animal free institution. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances, music, visuals, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy (2015 Film)
''Joy'' is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell. It stars Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano, a self-made entrepreneur who rose to fame as the inventor of the Miracle Mop. The supporting cast includes Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Édgar Ramírez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, and Isabella Rossellini. The film reunites Russell with Lawrence, De Niro, and Cooper, who had previously collaborated on ''Silver Linings Playbook'' (2012) and ''American Hustle'' (2013). Principal photography began in February 2015 in Boston and surrounding areas. Drawing loosely from Mangano's life, the screenplay presents a fictionalized narrative about a woman navigating family dysfunction, corporate politics, and personal reinvention. ''Joy'' premiered on December 13, 2015, in New York City and was released theatrically in the United States on December 25 by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for Lawrence� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David O
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bustle (magazine)
''Bustle'' is an online American women's magazine founded in August 2013 by Bryan Goldberg. It positions news and politics alongside articles about beauty, celebrities, and fashion trends. By September 2016, the website had 50 million monthly readers. History ''Bustle'' was founded by Bryan Goldberg in 2013. Previously, Goldberg co-founded the website Bleacher Report with a single million-dollar investment. He claimed that "women in their 20s have nothing to read on the Internet." ''Bustle'' was launched with $6.5 million in backing from Seed and Series A funding rounds. ''Bustle'' surpassed 10 million monthly unique visitors in July 2014, placing it ahead of rival women-oriented sites such as '' Refinery29'', ''Rookie'' and '' xoJane''; it had the second greatest number of unique visitors after Gawker's ''Jezebel''. By July 2015, ''Bustle'' had 46 full-time editorial staff. That October, it launched the parenting sister site ''Romper''. By that point, ''Bustle'' was receivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAFTA Award For Best Editing
The BAFTA Award for Best Editing is a film award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the annual British Academy Film Awards, to recognize a film editor who has delivered outstanding editing in a film. BAFTA is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, and video games (and formerly also for children's film and television). Since 1966, selected editors have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Editing at an annual ceremony. Traditionally, four films were nominated each year until 2000, when the Academy expanded the annual number of nominees to five. The predetermined limit was exceeded twice: in 1992, when, due to a tie in the vote, there were five nominees, and in 2008, when there were six nominees. 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 unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Spirit Award For Best Editing
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing is one of the annual awards given out by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It was first presented in 2013, with American editor Nat Sanders being the first recipient of the award for his work in '' Short Term 12''. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s See also * BAFTA Award for Best Editing * Academy Award for Best Film Editing * Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing * American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic * American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical The American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy is one of the annual awards given by the American Cinema Editors, awarded to what members of the American Cinema Editors Guild deem as the best edited comedic film for a giv ... References {{Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing E Film editing awards Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a Private college, private For-profit higher education in the United States, for-profit film school and Drama school, acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles metropolitan area, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former Film producer, film, Television producer, television and Theatrical producer, theater producer. It was originally located at the TriBeCa Productions, Tribeca Film Center. In 1994, NYFA moved to 100 East 17th Street, the former Tammany Hall building in the 44 Union Square, Union Square. After 23 years of occupancy, the academy relocated from Tammany Hall to 17 Battery Place. As of 2012, the school had 400+ employees and over 5,000 students per year (many of them from outside the United States). NYFA offers Master's degree, master, Bachelor's degree, bachelor, and associate degrees, as well as one- and two-year conservatory programs, short-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
