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10th Golden Laurel Awards
The 10th PGA Golden Laurel Awards, honoring the best film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ... and television producers of 1998, were held at The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California on March 3, 1999. The nominees were announced on January 19, 1999. Winners and nominees Film Television Special PGA Hall of Fame References {{DEFAULTSORT:Golden Laurel Awards 10th * 1998 1998 film awards 1998 television awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Century Plaza Hotel
The Fairmont Century Plaza is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel in Los Angeles. Located in Century City, the hotel forms a sweeping crescent design fronting the Avenue of the Stars, adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers and the 2000 Avenue of the Stars complex. At the time of its opening in 1966, the Century Plaza Hotel was the highest building in Century City, with views extending all the way to the Pacific Ocean. It was also the first hotel to have color televisions in all of its rooms. The hotel closed for renovations in 2016, and reopened on September 27, 2021. It is now operated by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, and it is a member of Historic Hotels of America. History In 1961, developer William Zeckendorf and Alcoa bought about from 20th Century Fox after the studio had suffered a string of expensive flops, culminating in the box-office disaster Cleopatra (1963 film), ''Cleopatra''. The new owners conceived Century City as "a city within a city" with the arc-shaped, 19-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gods And Monsters (film)
''Gods and Monsters'' is a 1998 period drama film that recounts the partly fictionalized last days of the life of film director James Whale, whose experience of war in World War I is a central theme. The film stars Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich, and David Dukes. An international co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, the film is written and directed by Bill Condon, based on Christopher Bram's 1995 novel ''Father of Frankenstein''. The film is produced by Paul Colichman, Gregg Fienberg, and Mark R. Harris; Clive Barker served as executive producer. Despite positive reviews, the film was a box office failure. ''Gods and Monsters'' was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for McKellen and Best Supporting Actress for Redgrave, and won for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film features reconstructions of the production of the 1935 film ''Bride of Frankenstein'', which Whale directed. The title ''Gods and Monst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Holmes (producer)
Richard Holmes (born 1 January 1963) is a British film producer. Career Holmes began his career in a comedy double-act, The Gruber Brothers, with Stefan Schwartz. He produced Schwartz's debut feature film, the award-winning ''Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' (1993), winner of a BAFTA Scotland for Best Film and Best Actor. He went on to co-write and produce ''Shooting Fish'' (1997) starring Kate Beckinsale, Stuart Townsend and Dan Futterman. He then produced the multi-award-winning ''Waking Ned'' (1998) written and directed by Kirk Jones (director), Kirk Jones. He was nominated, alongside his producing partner Glynis Murray, for a Producers Guild of America Award for the film. From 1999 - 2002 he was Managing Director of Civilian Content Plc. In 2008 he produced, alongside Christian Colson, the critically acclaimed feature film ''Eden Lake'' (2008), written and directed by James Watkins (director), James Watkins. In 2011 he produced the film adaptation of the novel ''Resistance (Owen She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waking Ned
''Waking Ned'' (titled ''Waking Ned Devine'' in North America) is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Kirk Jones and starring Ian Bannen, David Kelly, and Fionnula Flanagan. Kelly was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as Michael O'Sullivan. The story is set in Ireland but was filmed on the nearby Isle of Man. It was distributed in North America and United Kingdom by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Plot When word reaches Jackie O'Shea (Ian Bannen) and Michael O'Sullivan ( David Kelly), two elderly best friends, that someone in Tulaigh Mhór (Tullymore), their tiny Irish village of 52 people, has won the Irish National Lottery, they, along with Jackie's wife Annie (Fionnula Flanagan), plot to discover the identity of the winner. They obtain a list of lottery customers from Mrs. Kennedy (Maura O'Malley) at the post office and invite the potential winners to a chicken dinner, where they attempt to get the winner to reveal him- or herself. After everyone has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Norman
Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging, * MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system of the State of Maryland, serving Maryland, Washington, D.C., and eastern West Virginia * MARC (archive), a computer-related mailing list archive * M/A/R/C Research, a marketing research and consulting firm * Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition, a non-profit, volunteer organization * Matador Automatic Radar Control, a guidance system for the Martin MGM-1 Matador cruise missile * Mid-America Regional Council, the Council of Governments and the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the bistate Kansas City region * Midwest Association for Race Cars, a former American stock car racing organization * Revolutionary Agrarian Movement of the Bolivian Peasantry (''Movimiento Agrario Revolucionario del Campesinado Boliviano''), a defunct right-w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Zwick
Edward M. Zwick (born October 8, 1952) is an American filmmaker and producer of film and television. He has worked primarily in the comedy drama and historical drama, epic historical film genres, including ''About Last Night (1986 film), About Last Night, Glory (1989 film), Glory, Legends of the Fall,'' and ''The Last Samurai.'' He is also the co-creator of the television series ''thirtysomething'' and ''Once and Again''. During his career he has worked with Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, Daniel Craig, Jennifer Connelly, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway and Liev Schreiber Zwick's body of work has earned numerous accolades, including an Academy Awards, Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Picture as a producer, and Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series, and Outstanding Dramatic Special. He has additionally been nominated for multiple Golden Globe Awards. Early life and education Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein (; born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender. He and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films including ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (1989); ''The Crying Game'' (1992); ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994); ''Heavenly Creatures'' (1994); '' Flirting with Disaster'' (1996); and ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998). Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing ''Shakespeare in Love'' and also won seven Tony Awards for plays and musicals including '' The Producers'', ''Billy Elliot the Musical'', and '' August: Osage County''. After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded The Weinstein Company, a mini-major film studio. He was co-chairman, alongside Bob, from 2005 to 2017. In October 2017, following sexual abuse allegations dating back to the late 1970s, Weinstein was dismissed from his company and expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Gigliotti
Donna Gigliotti is an American film producer. She is best known for producing ''Shakespeare in Love'', ''Hidden Figures'', ''Silver Linings Playbook'' and ''The Reader''. Gigliotti started her professional career as an assistant to Martin Scorsese on the film ''Raging Bull''. During the 1990s Gigliotti worked as an executive-producer on several films including ''Emma'', ''Talk of Angels'' and ''Devil in a Blue Dress''. She is president of the production company Tempesta Films, and has produced movies including ''The Fundamentals of Caring'' and ''Hidden Figures'', and is executive producer of films including ''Beasts of No Nation''. In 2019 she produced the 91st Academy Awards telecast on ABC. She is an Associate Arts Professor in the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Filmography She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted. Film ;Miscellaneous crew ;Thanks Television Awards and nominations Academy Awards *1998: Best Picture (for ''Shakespeare i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Parfitt
David Parfitt (born 8 July 1958) is an English film producer, actor, and co-founder of Trademark Films. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 71st Academy Awards for ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998). Early life Parfitt was born in Sunderland and educated at the Barbara Speake Stage School, an independent school in London. Career He began his stage career with the Sunderland Empire Theatre Society in 1969 and later gained work on television, including playing Peter Harrison in the sitcoms '' ...And Mother Makes Three'' (1971–1973) and its sequel '' ...And Mother Makes Five'' (1974–1976) and appearing in ''Love in a Cold Climate'' (1980). In the BBC Radio 4 serial ''The Archers'', he was the first actor in the role of Tim Beecham, an old friend of Nigel Pargetter. Work as a producer Parfitt gave up acting in the late 1980s to concentrate on production. He co-founded the Renaissance Theatre Company with Kenneth Branagh in 1987, and was associate producer of Renaissance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakespeare In Love
''Shakespeare in Love'' is a 1998 romantic period comedy-drama film directed by John Madden, written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard, and produced by Harvey Weinstein. It stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck and Judi Dench. The film depicts a fictional love affair involving playwright William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) and Viola de Lesseps ( Gwyneth Paltrow) while Shakespeare was writing ''Romeo and Juliet''. Several characters are based on historical figures, and many of the characters, lines, and plot devices allude to Shakespeare's plays. ''Shakespeare in Love'' received acclaim from critics and was a box office success, grossing $289.3 million worldwide and was the ninth highest-grossing film of 1998. The film received numerous accolades, including seven Oscars at the 71st Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Gwyneth Paltrow), Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench), and Best Screenplay Written Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluigi Braschi
Gianluigi Braschi (2 July 1963 – 23 October 2008) was an Italian film producer. He was born in Cesena, Italy on 2 July 1963. He was the brother of actress Nicoletta Braschi, who married Roberto Benigni so he worked frequently with him in comedy films. He began working as a production assistant on ''Johnny Stecchino'' (1991). In 1994 he formed Melampo Cinematographic production house along his sister and brother-in-law. He continued to work with Benigni in '' Il mostro'' (1994), ''Pinocchio'' (2002) and ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (2005). He co-produced the hugely successful film ''Life Is Beautiful'' (1997) with Elda Ferri, for which they both received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. The film also earned them a David di Donatello for Best Producer, as well as a European Film Award for Best Film. He died on 23 October 2008 after a long illness aged 45. The funeral was in Cesena on 25 October at convento delle Clarisse. Filmography * '' La tigre e la neve'' (2005) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elda Ferri
Elda Ferri (born 12 November 1937) is an Italian film producer. She is the administrator of the company ''Jean Vigo Italia S.r.l.''. She co-produced the comedy '' Life Is Beautiful'' (1997) with Gianluigi Braschi, for which they both received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. The film also earned them a David di Donatello for Best Producer The David di Donatello Award for Best Producer (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior produttore'') is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize outstanding produc ... as well as a European Film Award for Best Film. In 2005, she was awarded the prize of the "European producer of the year". Notes External links * Italian film producers People from Bologna 1937 births Living people {{film-producer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |