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Conrad W. Hall
Conrad Winchester Hall (born November 13, 1958, in Los Angeles) is an American cinematographer. He is the son of the Oscar-winning cinematographer Conrad L. Hall. Conrad Wynn Hall's cinematography work began in the 2000s with ''Panic Room'' (2002) and has continued since, doing ''The Punisher'' (2004) and ''Olympus Has Fallen'' (2013). Before becoming cinematographer, he worked with his father on several productions including ''A Civil Action'' (1998) and '' American Beauty'' (1999) as camera operator and director of photography (second unit). Filmography Feature films Television Other credits First assistant camera * '' Movers & Shakers'' (1985) * '' Creator'' (1985) * '' Sweet Dreams'' (1985) * ''Pretty in Pink'' (1986) * ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986) * '' Black Widow'' (1987) * ''The Milagro Beanfield War'' (1988) * '' Tequila Sunrise'' (1988) * ''Class Action'' (1991) * ''V.I. Warshawski'' (1991) * '' All I Want for Christmas'' (1991) * ''Jack the Bear'' (1993) Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Durst
William Frederick Durst (born August 20, 1970) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and director. He is the frontman and lyricist of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, formed in 1994, with whom he has released seven studio albums. He appears as a secret playable character in the video games ''Fight Club'', '' WWF Raw'', and ''WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It''. Since 2006, Durst has worked on a number of independent films. He co-starred in ''Population 436'', and made his directorial debut in 2007, with ''The Education of Charlie Banks''. He followed with '' The Longshots'' in 2008. His latest film, '' The Fanatic'', came out in 2019. Early life He was born Frederick Allen Mayne III in Jacksonville, Florida, but soon moved to Orlando and then a farm in Cherryville, North Carolina, at one year old. His mother had his name rechristened as William Frederick Durst after remarrying. In the fifth grade, he moved to Gastonia, North Carolina, where he graduated from Hunter Huss Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creator (film)
''Creator'' is a 1985 film directed by Ivan Passer, starring Peter O'Toole, Vincent Spano, Mariel Hemingway, and Virginia Madsen. It is based on the 1980 novel of the same title by Jeremy Leven, who also wrote the screenplay adaptation. Plot Dr. Harry Wolper is an eccentric medical professor teaching at a small Southern California college who is obsessed with making a clone of his wife Lucy who died in childbirth 30 years earlier. Harry hires Boris Lafkin, a struggling pre-med student as his personal assistant to help him with his experiments by obtaining lab equipment and working in his backyard shed in exchange for which Harry gives Boris love life advice in courting an attractive coed named Barbara who slowly becomes smitten with Boris. To continue his research into cloning, Harry meets and employs a young woman, named Meli, who practically moves in with him on an agreement to contribute her ovary sample as part of the cloning progress. Meli slowly falls for the much older Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movers & Shakers (film)
''Movers & Shakers'' is a 1985 American comedy film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Walter Matthau and directed by William Asher. The story follows the head of production at a Hollywood studio who wants to make a movie to fulfill a promise made to a dying friend. The film was written by Charles Grodin, who also appears in the movie. The cast includes Tyne Daly, Gilda Radner, and Vincent Gardenia. Steve Martin makes a cameo appearance as Fabio Longio. Plot Hollywood studio mogul Joe Mulholland (Matthau) vows to produce the pet project of a dying acquaintance, who has been trying to find a way to make a film out of a best-selling sex manual. He and screenwriter Herb Derman (Grodin) try to make it happen, but fail in every possible way. Meanwhile, Herb is distracted by his own marital problems. Cast * Walter Matthau as Joe Mulholland * Charles Grodin as Herb Derman * Vincent Gardenia as Saul Gritz * Tyne Daly as Nancy Derman * Bill Macy as Sid Spokane * Gilda Radner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Dream/American Knightmare
''American Dream/American Knightmare'' is a 2018 Showtime television documentary film about Suge Knight directed by Antoine Fuqua. Plot ''American Dream/American Knightmare'' is a documentary about the life and career of gangsta rap producer and Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight. The film includes interviews conducted by Fuqua with Knight between December 2011 and November 2012 in which Knight details how it all came about as well as how it all fell apart. Cast * Marion "Suge" Knight Jr. *Marion "Suge" Knight Sr., Suge's father *Maxine Knight, Suge's mother *Costello Knight, Suge's uncle *Thomas Knight, Suge's uncle Broadcast The film aired on Showtime at 8:30 p.m. on December 21, 2018, just months after Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in a 2015 hit-and-run case and was sentenced to 28 years in prison. It was given a rating of TV-MA. Reception In his review of the film, Brian Lowry of CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 MTV Movie Awards
The 2013 MTV Movie Awards were held on April 14, 2013 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. The show was hosted by Rebel Wilson. The nominees were announced on March 5. Performers * Rebel Wilson, Skylar Astin, Anna Camp, Esther Dean, Adam DeVine, Alexis Knapp, Hana Mae Lee, Ben Platt, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Brittany Snow – " The Climb / Lose Yourself / Thrift Shop / Girl on Fire" * Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton – "Can't Hold Us" * Selena Gomez – " Come & Get It" Presenters * Melissa McCarthy – presented Best Male Performance * Adam Sandler and Chris Rock – presented Best WTF Moment * Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Zoe Saldana – presented Best Fight * Eddie Redmayne, Logan Lerman, and Jonah Hill – presented Trailblazer Award * Steve Carell and Amanda Seyfried – presented Best Kiss * Snoop Dogg and Kesha – introduced Macklemore and Ryan Lewis * Peter Dinklage – presented Comedic Genius Award * Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Jordana Bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon West
Simon Alexander West (born 1961) is an English film director and producer. He has primarily worked in the action genre, most notably as the director of the films ''Con Air'', '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'', '' The Mechanic'', and ''The Expendables 2''. Outside of action, he also directed the films '' The General's Daughter'' and '' When a Stranger Calls''. Prior to his film career, West served as the director for music videos, including "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley. Early life West was born in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. He began his career as an assistant film editor with the BBC Film Department, where he worked on dramas and documentaries. He then left the BBC to work on commercials and music videos. His daughter Lillie West of the band Lala Lala described the experience being a filmmakers daughter to Paper Magazine in a 2018 interview, “My dad is a filmmaker, and he has filmed pretty much every moment of my life from when I was born. Career 1990s West's dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean McNamara (filmmaker)
Sean Patrick Michael McNamara (born May 9, 1962) is an American film director, film producer, actor, and screenwriter. McNamara was born in Burbank, California. He is best known for his feature films ''Soul Surfer'' and ''The Miracle Season''. In the pre-teen film market he worked with Jessica Alba, Hilary Duff, Shia LaBeouf, Christy Carlson Romano and Raven-Symoné. McNamara and David Brookwell are the founders of the Brookwell McNamara Entertainment production company. McNamara has continued to produce and create shows for MTV's The N, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, and Cartoon Network. He collaborated with Shin Sang-ok to make ''Galgameth'' and '' 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain'', starring Hulk Hogan. McNamara briefly appeared as the singing cowboy in the ''Even Stevens'' musical episode "Influenza: The Musical", and as an alleged alien abductee in the episode "Close Encounters of the Beans Kind". McNamara also had a cameo appearance on ''That's So Raven'', appearing as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King's Daughter (2022 Film)
''The King's Daughter'' is a 2022 American action-adventure fantasy film directed by Sean McNamara from a screenplay by Barry Berman and James Schamus. It is based on the 1997 novel '' The Moon and the Sun'' by Vonda N. McIntyre. The film stars Pierce Brosnan as King Louis XIV, Kaya Scodelario as Marie-Josèphe, and Benjamin Walker as Yves De La Croix. It was William Hurt's final screen performance to be released before his death in March 2022, though not his final film work, as it had been filmed eight years earlier. Principal photography began in early April 2014 in Versailles, France. After the two-week shoot in France, production then began on April 23 in Melbourne, Australia. Shooting wrapped up at the end of May 2014. Originally intended to be released in April 2015, the film was delayed just three weeks prior in order to complete post-production effects. It sat in development hell for over five years, until the distribution rights were acquired by Gravitas Ventures, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trish Sie
Patricia Mary Sie ( ''née'' Kulash; born October 11, 1971) is an American film and music video director, best known for directing the films '' Step Up: All In'' (2014) and ''Pitch Perfect 3'' (2017), as well as music videos, particularly for the alternative rock band OK Go. She has worked in film, television, commercials, music videos, stage, children's entertainment and ballroom DanceSport. Life and career Sie was born in Washington, D.C. She graduated from National Cathedral School and, as a teenager, attended the National Music Camp at Interlochen Center for the Arts. She has a degree in music theory and composition from the University of Pennsylvania and was a member of Penn Dance Company. After graduating in 1994, she became a professional championship ballroom dancer and a well-known choreographer. She moved to Orlando, Fla., where she opened the Zebra Room Dance Studios and organized an arts collective called the Exchange. Other projects include concepts, directing, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sleepover
''The Sleepover'' is a 2020 American action comedy film directed by Trish Sie, from a screenplay by Sarah Rothschild. It stars Sadie Stanley, Maxwell Simkins, Ken Marino, Cree Cicchino, Lucas Jaye, Karla Souza, Enuka Okuma, Erik Griffin, Joe Manganiello, and Malin Åkerman. It tells the story about a girl and her friends having a sleepover when they learn that her mother is a former thief under witness protection that gets roped back into that life when her old group successfully locates her. The film was released on August 21, 2020 by Netflix. Plot In Boston, Clancy Finch is invited by her crush Travis Schultz to a party at his house. Her brother Kevin is caught dancing in the restroom by some older students who record him and bully him, but Clancy's and Kevin's mother Margot, the lunch monitor, scares them away. The bullies upload a remix video of Kevin dancing and Margot admonishing them to YouTube, where it quickly goes viral, gaining over two million views. Kevin, Clancy, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fanatic (2019 Film)
''The Fanatic'' is a 2019 American psychological thriller film directed and co-written by Fred Durst. It stars John Travolta as Moose, an autistic man who develops an unhealthy obsession with his favorite actor Hunter Dunbar (Devon Sawa) and stalks him. The film was given a limited theatrical and a VOD release, on August 30, 2019 by Quiver Distribution and Redbox Entertainment, and received mainly negative reviews, with some praise towards Travolta's performance. The film is dedicated to Bill Paxton. Plot Moose is a man with autism who works as a street performer on Hollywood Boulevard. He is also an avid film buff, filling his apartment with memorabilia from various movies, including those of cult horror and action film star Hunter Dunbar, with whom he develops an unhealthy obsession. When Moose finally gets an opportunity to meet him and get an autograph for an expensive jacket he purchased at a fan auction, he loses his chance when Dunbar's ex-wife abruptly comes to see hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
