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Ashley Connor
Ashley Connor is an American cinematographer who is best known for her work on films such as '' Madeline's Madeline'', ''The Miseducation of Cameron Post'', '' The Death of Dick Long'', and ''Thou Wast Mild and Lovely''. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2019 for Best Cinematography. Career Growing up, Ashley played a lot of sports but at the age of fifteen she damaged her knees. Following surgery, she mainly watched movies till an interest in film as a profession arose. She gained major traction from one of her earlier films, ''Thou Wast Mild and Lovely'', where she was first noticed as a great user of the handheld technique. Most of her films are primarily improvised, so she shoots conversations in a way opposite to the 'shot/reverse shot style'. Her career continued to progress to the point of being a major speaker at the 2020 SXSW South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americans
Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many Multiple citizenship, dual citizens, expatriates, and green card, permanent residents could also legally claim American nationality. The United States is home to race and ethnicity in the United States, people of many racial and ethnic origins; consequently, culture of the United States, American culture and Law of the United States, law do not equate nationality with Race (human categorization), race or Ethnic group, ethnicity, but with citizenship and an Oath of Allegiance (United States), oath of permanent allegiance. Overview The majority of Americans or their ancestors Immigration to the United States, immigrated to the United States or are descended from people who were Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, brought as Slavery in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desiree Akhavan
Desiree Akhavan (born December 27, 1984) is an American filmmaker, writer and actress. She is best known for her 2014 feature film debut ''Appropriate Behavior'',"Sundance: Why Desiree Akhavan Could be the Next Lena Dunham" '' Variety'', January 18, 2014. and her 2018 film ''''. She appeared in the found footage horror film '' Creep 2''. Early life ...
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Living People
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Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham (, born May 13, 1986) is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is known as the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series ''Girls'' (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards. Dunham also directed several episodes of ''Girls'' and became the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series. Prior to ''Girls'', Dunham wrote, directed, and starred in the semi-autobiographical independent film ''Tiny Furniture'' (2010), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. Her second feature film, '' Sharp Stick'', written and directed by Dunham, was released in 2022. Her third film, '' Catherine Called Birdy'', had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022. It was released in a limited release on September 23, 2022, by Amazon Studios, prior to streaming on Prime Video on Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharp Stick
''Sharp Stick'' is a 2022 American comedy film written, directed, and produced by Lena Dunham. It stars Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Luka Sabbat, Scott Speedman, Dunham, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Taylour Paige, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022, and was released theatrically in the United States on July 29, 2022, by Utopia (distributor), Utopia. It received mixed reviews from critics. It was released on VOD on August 16, 2022. Premise 26-year-old babysitter Sarah Jo, who had a radical hysterectomy at age 15, loses her virginity to her employer, Josh, a married man. Cast * Kristine Froseth as Sarah Jo * Jon Bernthal as Josh * Luka Sabbat as Arvin * Scott Speedman as Vance Leroy * Lena Dunham as Heather * Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Yuli * Taylour Paige as Treina * Jennifer Jason Leigh as Marilyn * Tommy Dorfman as Tali * Janicza Bravo as Mercedes Production In April 2020, Lena Dunham moved from L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Wootliff
Harry Wootliff is an English film and television director and screenwriter. Early life Wootliff trained at Elmhurst ballet school and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Career Wootliff's debut short film ''Nits'' screened in Cannes Directors' Fortnight, was Bafta nominated, and won The BFI London Film Festival TCM Classic Shorts Film Competition, Soho Rushes, and Birds Eye View. Her second short film ''Trip'' starred Sam Hazeldine and premiered in Official Selection at Berlin. Wootliff directed '' Coming Up'' episode "I Don't Care" for Channel 4, starring Paloma Faith, Iwan Rheon, David Leon and Mark Benton, the drama screened at Edinburgh Film Festival and Soho Rushes In 2013 Wootliff was a finalist for the Arts Foundation Award for Screenwriting. Wootliff's debut feature film, the critically acclaimed romantic drama '' Only You'' starring Laia Costa and Josh O'Connor, premiered 19 October 2018 at The London Film Festival, where it was nominated for both the First Feature Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Things
''True Things'' is a 2021 British psychological drama film directed by Harry Wootliff from a screenplay she co-wrote with Molly Davies, based on the 2010 novel ''True Things About Me'' by Deborah Kay Davies. It stars Ruth Wilson and Tom Burke. The film had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2021, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 1 April 2022 by Picturehouse Entertainment. It received positive reviews from critics. Synopsis Kate works in a benefits office in the English coastal town of Ramsgate. She is sleepwalking through life when a chance sexual encounter with a charismatic stranger awakens her. High on infatuation, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to this mysterious man. Hoping he will provide the escape she so desperately desires, she embarks on an emotionally dangerous journey that slowly begins to consume her. Cast * Ruth Wilson as Kate * Tom Burke as Blond * Hayley Squires as Alison * Elizabeth Ride ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Zabe
Alexis may refer to: People Mononym * Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet * Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–1977), French comics artist * Alexis, character in Virgil's Eclogue II, beloved of Corydon (character) * Alexis, in Greek mythology, a young man of Ephesus, beloved of Meliboea * Alexis, a fictional character from ''Transformers:Unicron Trilogy'' Given name * Alexis (given name) Surname *Aaron Alexis (1979–2013), perpetrator of the 2013 Washington Navy Yard shooting * Jacques-Édouard Alexis (born 1947), former prime minister of Haiti * Jacques Stephen Alexis (1922–1961), Haitian communist novelist, poet, and activist * Paul Alexis (1847–1901), French novelist, dramatist, and journalist * Stephen Alexis (1889–1962), Haitian novelist and diplomat * Wendell Alexis (born 1964), American basketball player * Willibald Alexis or Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Abbas
Sam Abbas (Arabic language, Arabic: سام عباس; born 11 November 1993) is an Egyptian people, Egyptian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is noted for his artfully composed, poetic, and incident-like tableaus film style. Career Abbas' Alia's Birth, second feature, received attention following the announcement of a female-driven short film contest in which the winner gets to have their film included within the narrative. The film stars Nikohl Boosheri, Poorna Jagannathan, Samuel H. Levine and Maya Kazan. On July 13, 2020, Abbas released a 2.5 minute short documentary, Rusted Caravaggios, about the first public invitation to the Louvre Museum (Monday July 6, 2020) following an unprecedented four-month closure. Shortly after Variety Magazine revealed that Abbas had teamed with leading cinematographers from around the world to create the documentary Erēmīta (Anthologies). The anthology of shorts composed during the 2020 pandemic was both produced and curated by Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rian Johnson
Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with the neo-noir mystery film ''Brick'' (2005), which received positive reviews and grossed nearly $4 million on a $450,000 budget. Transitioning to higher-profile films, Johnson achieved mainstream recognition for writing and directing the science-fiction thriller ''Looper'' (2012) to critical and commercial success. Johnson landed his largest project when he wrote and directed the space opera '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' (2017), which grossed over $1 billion. He returned to the mystery genre with ''Knives Out'' (2019), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and its sequel, ''Glass Onion'' (2022). Outside of film, Johnson directed three episodes of the television drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013). He received the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series in 2013 for his work on the season 5 episod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knives Out
''Knives Out'' is a 2019 American mystery film written, directed, and co-produced by Rian Johnson. It follows a master detective, Benoit Blanc, investigating the death of the patriarch of a wealthy, dysfunctional family. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes Daniel Craig as Blanc, alongside Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer. Johnson conceived ''Knives Out'' in 2005 and decided to make the film after completing ''Looper'' in 2012. However, due to his involvement in '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'', he did not write the screenplay until 2017. The project was officially announced in 2018, and sold to distributors during the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Filming ran from October to December 2018. ''Knives Out'' premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019 and was theatrically released in the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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