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1993 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 19th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1993, were given on 11 December 1993. Winners *Best Picture: **''Schindler's List'' **Runner-up: ''The Piano'' *Best Director: **Jane Campion – ''The Piano'' **Runner-up: Robert Altman – ''Short Cuts'' *Best Actor: **Anthony Hopkins – '' Shadowlands'' and ''The Remains of the Day'' **Runner-up: Daniel Day-Lewis – ''The Age of Innocence'' and ''In the Name of the Father'' *Best Actress: **Holly Hunter – ''The Piano'' **Runner-up: Debra Winger – '' Shadowlands'' and '' A Dangerous Woman'' *Best Supporting Actor: **Tommy Lee Jones – '' The Fugitive'' **Runner-up: Ralph Fiennes – ''Schindler's List'' *Best Supporting Actress (tie): **Anna Paquin – ''The Piano'' **Rosie Perez – ''Fearless'' *Best Screenplay: **Jane Campion – ''The Piano'' **Runner-up: Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt – ''Short Cuts'' *Best Cinematography (tie): **Stuart Dryburgh – ''The Piano'' **Janusz Kamiński ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schindler's List
''Schindler's List'' is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern. Ideas for a film about the ''Schindlerjuden'' (Schindler Jews) were proposed as early as 1963. Poldek Pfefferberg, one of the ''Schindlerjuden'', made it his life's mission to tell Schindler's story. Spielberg became interested when executive Sidney Sheinberg sent him a book review of ''Schindler's Ark''. Universal Pictures bought the rights to the novel, but Spielberg, unsure if he was ready to make a film about the Holoca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dangerous Woman (1993 Film)
''A Dangerous Woman'' is a 1993 American romantic drama film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. The screenplay was written by his wife Naomi Foner, loosely based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Mary McGarry Morris. The feature was co-produced by Amblin Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures. It stars Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey and Gabriel Byrne. It included Gyllenhaal and Foner's two children, Jake and Maggie, who later developed acting careers. Debra Winger was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance and also won Best Actress at the Tokyo International Film Festival.Staff report (October 3, 1994)Winger wins with 'Dangerous Woman.'''Buffalo News'' The film has never been released on Region 1 DVD. It was once released on video in the United Kingdom by First Independent Films. Plot Martha Horgan struggles to have a normal life in spite of being mentally challenged. She is fired from a job at the local dry-cleaner after accusations of stealing fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Garden (1993 Film)
''The Secret Garden'' is a 1993 Fantasy film, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland, executive-produced by Francis Ford Coppola and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. under their Warner Bros. Family Entertainment, Family Entertainment imprint. The movie stars Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott, John Lynch (actor), John Lynch, and Maggie Smith, was written by Caroline Thompson and based on the 1911 The Secret Garden, novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The novel was previously adapted into two films: a The Secret Garden (1949 film), 1949 drama film and a The Secret Garden (1919 film), 1919 silent film, which starred Lila Lee and Spottiswoode Aitken. Set in Yorkshire, England, Yorkshire, England, Yorkshire's Allerton Castle was used for most of the exterior shots of Misselthwaite Manor, as well as interior shots. The film was a critical and commercial success. Maggie Smith was nominated for the BAFTA Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue (1993 Film)
''Blue'' is a 1993 drama film directed by Derek Jarman. It is his final feature film, released four months before his death from AIDS-related complications. Such complications had already rendered him partially blind at the time of the film's release, only being able to see in shades of blue. The film was his last testament as a film-maker, and consists of a single shot of saturated blue colour - specifically International Klein Blue (RGB 0, 47, 167, CMYK 100, 72, 0, 35). This fills the screen, as background to a soundtrack where Jarman's and some of his long-time collaborators' narration describes his life and vision. Structure The film is split into two halves, with differing strands of narration. The first story, intercut with the second, tells the adventures of Blue, as a character and color. Blue is described as getting into fights with other colors, "Yellowbelly scorches the earth with its accursed breath...", to adventures, "Marco Polio stumbles across the blue mountains. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zbigniew Preisner
Zbigniew Preisner (; born 20 May 1955 as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. He is the recipient of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis as well as the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He is a member of the French Film Academy. Life Zbigniew Preisner was born in Bielsko-Biała, southern Poland, and studied history and philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Never having received formal music lessons, he taught himself music by listening and transcribing parts from records. His compositional style represents a distinctively sparse form of tonal neo-Romanticism. Paganini and Jean Sibelius are acknowledged influences. Career Preisner is best known for the music composed for the films directed by fellow Pole Krzysztof Kieślowski. His ''Song for the Unification of Europe'', based on the Greek text of 1 Corinthians 13, is attributed to a character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante Ferretti
Dante Ferretti (, born 26 February 1943) is an Italian production designer, art director, and costume designer. Biography Throughout his career, Ferretti has worked with many acclaimed directors, both American and Italian, including; Pier Paolo Pasolini, Elio Petri, Federico Fellini, Liliana Cavani, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Martin Scorsese, Anthony Minghella, and Tim Burton. He frequently collaborates with his wife, set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo. Ferretti was a protégé of Federico Fellini, and worked under him for five films.Fergus M. BordewichManhattan Mayhem ''Smithsonian Magazine'', December 2002, Accessed July 15, 2010. He also had a five-film collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini and later developed a very close professional relationship with Martin Scorsese, designing nine of his last eleven movies. In 2008, he designed the set for Howard Shore's opera '' The Fly'', directed by David Cronenberg, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Ferretti has won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Starski
Allan Mieczysław Starski (born 1 January 1943 in Warsaw) is a Polish Oscar-winning production designer and set decorator. Life and career Allan Starski is the son of Ludwik Starski (originally Ludwik Kałuszyner) famous screenwriter and songwriter of Jewish descent (such as "Zapomniana melodia" and "Piętro wyżej"). In 1969, he graduated with a degree in architecture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (''Pol. Akademia Sztuk Pięknych''). His first work as a production designer was in a film by Ryszard Ber called ''Chłopcy'' (''Boys'') in 1973. Starski collaborated with famous Polish Oscar and Palme d'Or-winning director Andrzej Wajda on projects like ''Człowiek z marmuru'' (''Man of Marble''), ''Człowiek z żelaza'' (''Man of Iron''), ''Panny z Wilka'' (''The Maids of Wilko'') and ''Pan Tadeusz''. Starski also worked on stage productions with Wajda, Aleksander Bardini, Arthur Miller and Andrzej Łapicki. In 1993, he won an Academy Award (shared with Ewa Braun) for Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janusz Kamiński
Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński (; born June 27, 1959) is a Polish cinematographer and director of film and television. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his films since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Spielberg's holocaust drama ''Schindler's List'' and World War II epic ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998). He has also received Academy Award nominations for '' Amistad'' (1997), '' The Diving Bell & the Butterfly'' (2007) ''War Horse'' (2011), ''Lincoln'' (2012), and ''West Side Story'' (2021). He has also received five British Academy Film Award nominations, and six American Society of Cinematographers Award nominations. In addition to his collaborations with Spielberg, he has also worked with Cameron Crowe, James L. Brooks, and Julian Schnabel. Kamiński has also moved into the field of directing, first with the horror film ''Lost Souls'' (2000), and later television series like ''The Event'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Dryburgh
Stuart Dryburgh (born 30 March 1952 in London) is an English-born New Zealand cinematographer, now working in Hollywood. He completed a degree in architecture at the University of Auckland, but subsequently moved into the film industry. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the 1993 romance film, ''The Piano'', but lost to Janusz Kamiński for ''Schindler's List''. Dryburgh was also nominated for an Emmy for his work on the ''Boardwalk Empire'' pilot. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Filmography Film Television References *Profile in ''New Zealand Listener The ''New Zealand Listener'' is a weekly New Zealand magazine that covers the political, cultural and literary life of New Zealand by featuring a variety of topics, including current events, politics, social issues, health, technology, arts, f ...'' Volume 148, 20 May 2010, pages 44–45 External links * New Zealand cinematographers 1952 births Living people Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fearless (1993 Film)
''Fearless'' is a 1993 American drama film directed by Peter Weir and starring Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez and John Turturro. It was written by Rafael Yglesias, adapted from his novel of the same name. Rosie Perez was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carla Rodrigo. The film was also entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Jeff Bridges' role as Max Klein is widely regarded as one of the best performances of his career. The film's soundtrack features part of the first movement of Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3, subtitled ''Symphony of Sorrowful Songs''. The film's screenwriter was inspired to write the script after he was in a car accident. Yglesias began writing the story after reading about United Airlines Flight 232, that crashed in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1989. Plot Max Klein survives an airline crash. The plane plummets, but strangely Max is calm. His calm enables him to dispel fear in the flight c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie Perez
Rosa Perez (born September 6, 1964) is an American actress, choreographer, dancer, and activist. Her breakthrough came with her portrayal of Tina in the film ''Do the Right Thing'' (1989), followed by ''White Men Can't Jump'' (1992). Perez's performance in ''Fearless'' (1993) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, among other accolades. Her starring film roles since include '' It Could Happen to You'' (1994), ''The Road to El Dorado'' (2000), ''Pineapple Express'' (2008), and ''Birds of Prey'' (2020). Perez earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for ''In Living Color'' (1990–1994) and another Emmy nomination for her work in ''The Flight Attendant'' (2020–present). She has performed in stage plays on Broadway such as '' The Ritz'', ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'', and '' Fish in the Dark''. She was also a co-host on the ABC talk show '' The View'' during the series' 18th season. Early life Perez was born on September 6, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Paquin
Anna Hélène Paquin ( ; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington, Paquin made her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film ''The Piano'' (1993), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11, making her the second-youngest winner in Oscar history. As a child actress, she received multiple Young Artist Award nominations for her roles in ''Fly Away Home'' (1996), ''The Member of the Wedding'' (1997), and ''A Walk on the Moon'' (1999), and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for appearing in Cameron Crowe's comedy-drama film ''Almost Famous'' (2000). She also appeared in the films ''Jane Eyre'' (1996) and '' Amistad'' (1997). Paquin continued to perform prominent roles into adulthood, portraying mutant superheroine Rogue in the 20th Century Fox ''X-Men'' franchise (2000–2014), for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for her performance in the first installment. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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