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2nd Astra Film Creative Arts Awards
The 2nd Astra Film Creative Arts Awards, presented by the Hollywood Creative Alliance, were announced on January 6, 2024, to recognize technical achievements in films of 2023. The ceremony will take place on February 26, 2024, at City Market Social House in Los Angeles, California. Following the renaming of the awards organization from Hollywood Critics Association to Hollywood Creative Alliance, the org also gave its signature awards shows a new name: "The Astra Awards". This means the HCA Film Awards, HCA TV Awards, and HCA Creative Arts Awards have now become the Astra Film Awards, Astra TV Awards and Astra Creative Arts Awards, respectively; the name change was approved by the HCA's advisory committee on November 17, 2023. The nominations for both the film awards and the film creative arts awards were announced live on December 7, 2023, on HCA's YouTube channel, by actresses Anjali Bhimani and Melora Hardin, who were joined by Hollywood Creative Alliance's Vice Chair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Creative Alliance
The Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) is a film critic organization in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2016 as the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society and renamed in 2019 to Hollywood Critics Association. In 2023, the organization changed its name a second time, and rebranded its awards as The Astra Awards. History Organization In 2016, Scott Menzel, Scott Mantz, and Ashley Menzel noted that Los Angeles only had one film critic organization. They founded the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society to be a critics group that is diverse and supports underrepresented voices. The group originally separated directing honors by gender. "There has been so much conversation about the power of female filmmakers and we wanted to embrace it," said Scott Mantz. On August 30, 2022, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' reported that nine of the group's members had recently resigned, "roughly 7 percent of its membership tally just two weeks ago" as a result of one member's actions and ul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Euston
Jennifer Euston is an American casting director. Career Most recently, she won an Emmy for casting ''Orange Is the New Black'' in 2014. Casting director (partial list) Television * ''Orange Is the New Black'', 2013-2014 * ''Girls (TV series), Girls'', 2012 * ''The Pacific (miniseries), The Pacific'', 2010 * ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', 2015- * ''GLOW (TV series), GLOW'', 2017- , * ''Teenage Bounty Hunters'', 2020- , Film * ''Sleepwalk with Me'', 2012 * ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'', 2010 References External links * American casting directors Women casting directors 1974 births People from West Caldwell, New Jersey Living people {{US-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saltburn (film)
''Saltburn'' is a 2023 psychological thriller drama film written, directed and produced by Emerald Fennell. Set in the mid-2000s, it follows a young college student (Barry Keoghan) who becomes infatuated with his aristocratic schoolmate (Jacob Elordi) and his wealthy but eccentric family. The cast also includes Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe and Carey Mulligan. ''Saltburn'' had its world premiere at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023. It is scheduled to be released on November 17, 2023 in the United Kingdom, and in limited theatrical release on November 24, 2023 in the United States, before expanding wide on December 1, 2023, by Amazon MGM Studios. Premise Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten. Cast * Barry Keogh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Ryan (cinematographer)
Robbie Ryan (born 1970) is an Irish cinematographer, serving as the director of photography whose work has spanned on over 106 film projects, including feature-length, short films, commercials, and music videos. He is most known for his collaborations with film auteurs such as Andrea Arnold, Sally Potter, Stephen Frears, Ken Loach, Noah Baumbach, Yorgos Lanthimos and Mike Mills. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography for Yorgos Lanthimos' '' The Favourite'' (2018). Life and career Ryan was born in Ireland. At the age of 14, he decided he wanted to be a cinematographer. He attended and graduated the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. Ryan is a frequent collaborator on Andrea Arnold's films, including '' Wasp'', ''Red Road'', '' Fish Tank'', '' Wuthering Heights'' and ''American Honey''. He has worked with Ken Loach on the films ''The Angels' Share'', ''Jimmy's Hall ''Jimmy's Hall'' is a 2014 drama film directed by Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Libatique
Matthew Libatique (born July 19, 1968) is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky on the films '' Pi'' (1998), ''Requiem for a Dream'' (2000), ''The Fountain'' (2006), ''Black Swan'' (2010), ''Noah'' (2014), and ''Mother!'' (2017). For his work on ''Black Swan'' and Bradley Cooper's directorial debut film, '' A Star Is Born'' (2018), Libatique was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Early life and education Matthew Libatique was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, to Filipino immigrant parents Georgina (née José) and Justiniáno Libatique. His father was from Dagupan City, Pangasinan and his mother is from Lucena City, Quezon province. Libatique studied sociology and communications at California State University, Fullerton before earning an MFA in cinematography at AFI Conservatory. Career Libatique served as director of photography for music videos and teamed with fellow AFI alumnus Aronofsky for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maestro (2023 Film)
''Maestro'' is an upcoming American biographical drama film directed by Bradley Cooper and produced by Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Todd Phillips, as well as Cooper, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Josh Singer. It is based on the life of Leonard Bernstein, who worked as a conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. The film stars Cooper as Bernstein, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, and Sarah Silverman. ''Maestro'' is scheduled to be released in 2023, by Netflix. Premise A biopic about the life of Leonard Bernstein, with a focus on his marriage to Felicia Montealegre. Cast * Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein * Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre * Matt Bomer * Maya Hawke as Jamie Bernstein * Sarah Silverman as Shirley Bernstein * Michael Urie as Jerome Robbins * Gideon Glick as Tommy Cothran * Sam Nivola as Alexander Bernstein * Miriam Shor as Cynthia O'Neal Production Development The project had been in devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Prieto
Rodrigo Prieto, American Society of Cinematographers, ASC, AMC (born November 23, 1965), is a Mexican cinematographer. He has been closely associated as cinematographer for Martin Scorsese and Alejandro González Iñárritu, among other directors. He is a member of both the Mexican Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. Throughout his career, Prieto has received many awards and nominations, including three Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominations for Ang Lee's ''Brokeback Mountain'' (2005) and Martin Scorsese's ''Silence (2016 film), Silence'' (2016) and ''The Irishman'' (2019). Life and career Rodrigo Prieto was born in Mexico City, Mexico. His grandfather, Jorge Prieto Laurens, was the mayor of Mexico City and leader of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, but was later persecuted by the country's ruler because of political differences. Prieto's grandfather escaped with his family to Texas and then to Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killers Of The Flower Moon (film)
''Killers of the Flower Moon'' is an upcoming American Western crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and with a screenplay by Eric Roth and Scorsese, based on the best-selling 2017 non-fiction book '' Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI'' by David Grann, which is based on the series of 1920s Oklahoma murders in the Osage Nation committed after oil was discovered on tribal land. Leonardo DiCaprio, who also serves as producer, stars alongside Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Lily Gladstone, and Brendan Fraser. The film marks the seventh collaboration between Scorsese and DiCaprio as well as the eleventh collaboration between Scorsese and De Niro. The film is produced by Scorsese's Sikelia Productions and DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures and Apple TV+. The $200 million budget is reportedly the largest amount ever spent on a film shot in Oklahoma. Premise Members of the Osage tribe in northeastern O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Laustsen
Dan Laustsen, , (born 15 June 1954) is a Danish cinematographer. He is a member of the Danish Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. His career spans four decades and he has been nominated and won many prestigious awards, chiefly the Robert Awards. Laustsen has repeatedly collaborated with the Danish director Ole Bornedal on films such as '' Nightwatch'' and ''Just Another Love Story'', and internationally with Guillermo del Toro, notably on the films such as ''Mimic'', ''Crimson Peak'', ''The Shape of Water'', and '' Nightmare Alley'' (the latter two for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography), and with Chad Stahelski for '' John Wick: Chapter 2'' and '' John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum'' in the ''John Wick'' film series. Laustsen is also known for his work on the films ''Silent Hill'' and ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'', where the visual side of ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' was hailed as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapter 4
Chapter Four refers to a fourth chapter, but the term may also refer to: Music * "Chapter Four" (song), by Avenged Sevenfold from ''Waking the Fallen'' *Chapter 4, a band on J Records * Chapter 4 (EP), an EP by Zion I * Chapter Four: Alive in New York, an album by Gato Barbieri * Chapter 4: Labor Pains, an album by Syleena Johnson Television * "Chapter 4" (''House of Cards''), 2013 * "Chapter 4" (''American Horror Story''), 2016 * " Chapter 4: Sanctuary", a 2019 episode of ''the Mandalorian'' * " Chapter Four: Dear Billy", a 2022 episode of ''Stranger Things'' Aviation * Chapter 4 standard of the ICAO Annex 16, Volume 1 Aircraft noise regulation {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoyte Van Hoytema
Hoyte van Hoytema (; born 4 October 1971) is a Swiss-born Dutch-Swedish cinematographer who studied at the National Film School in Łódź. His work includes '' Let the Right One In'' (2008), ''The Fighter'' (2010), ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (2011), ''Her'' (2013), the James Bond film ''Spectre'' (2015), '' Ad Astra'' (2019), and '' Nope'' (2022). Van Hoytema is also known for his collaborations with director Christopher Nolan, having shot '' Interstellar'' (2014), ''Dunkirk'' (2017), '' Tenet'' (2020), and the upcoming film '' Oppenheimer'' (2023). His work has been highly praised by film critics and audiences alike and has earned him multiple awards, including one Academy Award nomination and three BAFTA Award nominations for Best Cinematography. Career Van Hoytema has shot several feature films, documentaries, and successful television series. His collaborations with directors Mikael Marcimain, Tomas Alfredson, and Christopher Nolan have won him critical acclaim and se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Papsidera
John Papsidera is a casting director based in Los Angeles, California, known for his work across film and television, especially his work with some of the most successful directors such as Christopher Nolan, Ruben Fleischer, Jason Reitman, Roland Emmerich, and James Gunn. He has sixteen Artios Awards' nominations and won four times. He has also been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy awards and won twice. His casting credits in film include ''The Dark Knight'', ''Inception'', '' Interstellar'', '' Memento'', '' Enchanted'', ''Final Destination'', ''Zombieland'', ''Venom'', ''Jurassic'' ''World'' and '' The Suicide Squad''. On television, his credits include shows such as ''Westworld'', ''The Expanse'' (seasons 1 and 2), ''Peacemaker'', ''Wednesday, Yellowstone'' and ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' (season 1). Film Credits Casting director * ''Uncharted'' (2022) * '' Ghostbusters: Afterlife'' (2021) * '' The Suicide Squad'' (2021) * ''Army of the Dead'' (2021) * ''Tenet'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |