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The Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Director is one of the awards presented annually by Critics Choice Association since the awards debuted in 2016. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s Multiple nominations References {{reflist External linksOfficial website Best Director Awards established in 2016 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards The Critics' Choice Documentary Awards are accolades that are presented by the Critics Choice Association to honour the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. They were established in 2016, and the first ceremony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
The Critics' Choice Documentary Awards are accolades that are presented by the Critics Choice Association to honour the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. They were established in 2016, and the first ceremony was held on November 3, 2016. Categories Current categories For the latest ceremony, the following categories were presented: * Best Documentary Feature * Best Director * Best First Documentary Feature * Best Narration * Best Archival Documentary * Best Short Documentary * Best Political Documentary * Best Sports Documentary * Best Historical/Biographical Documentary * Best Science/Nature Documentary * Best Music Documentary * Best Score * Best Editing * Best Cinematography * Most Compelling Living Subjects of a Documentary Discontinued categories Other categories previously presented include: * Best Limited Documentary Series * Best Ongoing Documentary Series * Best Song in a Documentary * Most Innovative Documentary * Landmark Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
The 2nd Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were presented on November 2, 2017, in Brooklyn, New York, honoring the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. The nominees were announced on October 11, 2017. Winners and nominees Films by multiple nominations and wins The following films received multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards: See also *90th Academy Awards *70th Primetime Emmy Awards The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in U.S. prime time television programming from June 1, 2017, until May 31, 2018, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was held live on September 17, 2018, at the Mi ... References {{reflist 2017 film awards Critics' Choice Documentary Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faces Places (film)
''Faces Places'' (french: Visages Villages) is a 2017 French documentary film directed by Agnès Varda and JR. It was screened out of competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival where it won the L'Œil d'or award. The film follows Varda and JR traveling around rural France, creating portraits of the people they come across. It was released on 28 June 2017 in France and 6 October 2017 in the United States. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 90th Academy Awards. The film was Varda's second-to-last work, preceding ''Varda by Agnès'' in 2019. Synopsis Varda and JR visit villages, small towns, and factories throughout France to meet communities of people and create large portraits of them to plaster on the surroundings. The process brings the two artists together as friends. Varda repeatedly refers to ''Les fiancés du pont MacDonald'', a short film she made with Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina in 1961. The film revolves around a young man, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JR (artist)
JR (; born 22 February 1983) is the pseudonym of a French photographer and street artist. JR stands for the initials of JR's first name, which is Jean-René. Describing himself as a ''photograffeur'' (a portmanteau of "photographer" and " graffeur"French for "graffiti artist"), he flyposts large black-and-white photographic images in public locations.Elizabeth Day"The street art of JR" ''The Observer'', 7 March 2010. He states that the street is "the largest art gallery in the world." He started out on the streets of Paris.Unattributed,Street Art" Tate Modern, accessed, 6 June 2016. JR's work "often challenges widely held preconceptions and the reductive images propagated by advertising and the media." JR's work combines art and action, and deals with commitment, freedom, identity and limits.Excerpts from the book ''Women Are Heroes'' published by Alternatives, 2009. He has been introduced by Fabrice Bousteau as: "the one we already call the Cartier-Bresson of the 21st centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kedi (2016 Film)
''Kedi'' (, Turkish for "Cat") is a 2016 Turkish documentary film directed by Ceyda Torun about the many stray cats that live in Istanbul. It premiered at the !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival on 21 February 2016 before being given a North American theatrical release on 10 February 2017. It debuted on the YouTube Red streaming service on 10 May 2017. It was released on DVD in the U.S. on 14 November 2017. The film received critical acclaim, and grossed over $5 million. ''Time'' magazine listed it as one of its top ten films of 2017. Synopsis Thousands of street cats live in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, as they have for centuries. Some are wild and fend for themselves, while others are tamer and are cared for by people. ''Kedi'' depicts these cats, and includes many interviews of the people who interact with them. It focuses on seven of the cats, who are named Sarı, Duman, Bengü, Aslan Parçası, Gamsız, Psikopat, and Deniz. Production The cinematographers c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beware The Slenderman
''Beware the Slenderman'' (stylized as ''_beware the slenderman'') is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky about the Slender Man stabbing. It premiered at South by Southwest in March 2016 and was broadcast on HBO on January 23, 2017. Synopsis ''Beware the Slenderman'' discusses the incident in which two girls attempted to murder one of their friends in an attempt to appease Slender Man, a fictional monster who originated from an Internet phenomenon called "creepypasta". The documentary was shot over eighteen months and contains interviews with the families of the two would-be murderers. The film makes use of various YouTube videos to do with Slender Man, in particular footage from ''Marble Hornets'' and ''Tribe Twelve''. It also makes use of footage from the games '' Slender: The Eight Pages'' and ''Minecraft''. References External links ''Beware the Slenderman''on HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chasing Coral
''Chasing Coral'' is a 2017 American documentary film about a team of divers, scientists and photographers around the world who document the disappearance of coral reefs. ''Chasing Coral'' was produced by Exposure Labs and directed by Jeff Orlowski. It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released globally on Netflix as a Netflix Original Documentary in July 2017. Jeff Orlowski has previously directed the movie Chasing Ice in 2012 which share a similar plot to Chasing Coral. Soundtrack Saul Simon MacWilliams and Dan Romer composed the score for the film. Romer also co-wrote an original song, "Tell Me How Long", featuring Kristen Bell Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress. Beginning her acting career by starring in stage productions while attending the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, she made her Broadway stage debut as Becky That .... Reception The film won the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary at the 2017 Sundan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Typewriter
''California Typewriter'' is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Doug Nichol, that explores the mythology attached to the typewriter, as various obsessives (including Tom Hanks, John Mayer, David McCullough and Sam Shepard) celebrate the physicality of the typewriter both as object and means of summoning the creative spirit. It also documents the struggles of California Typewriter, one of the last standing repair shops in America dedicated to keeping the aging machines clicking. Cast The following people appeared in ''California Typewriter'': *Silvi Alcivar *Ken Alexander *Tom Hanks *Martin Howard * Jeremy Mayer *John Mayer *David McCullough *Herbert Permillion *Richard Polt *Anthony Rocco *Sam Shepard *Darren Wershler *Mason Williams Reception The film premiered at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival and was released theatrically to critical acclaim. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 40 reviews, with an average ratin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frozen Time
''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly titled the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'', produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. The main audio series currently feature the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and have since developed the pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December. In May 2020, Big Finish announced that the Main Range would conclude with its 275th release in March 2021, to be replaced with regular releases of each Doctor in their own boxsets throughout the year from January 2022. With 275 releases over 22 years, in 2021 the series received the Guinness World Record for longest running science fiction audio play series. Big Finish Productions began producing audio dramas featuring the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Morrison (director)
Bill Morrison (born November 17, 1965) is an American, New York–based filmmaker and artist. His films often combine rare archival material set to contemporary music, and have been screened in theaters, cinemas, museums, galleries, and concert halls around the world. Early life and career Morrison was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Reed College from 1983 to 1985, and graduated with a BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art in 1989. He received the President's Citation from Cooper Union in 2016. Morrison had a mid-career retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art, October 2014 – March 2015. He is a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and has received the Alpert Awards in the Arts, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Creative Capital, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2003). His theatrical projection design with Ridge Theater has been recognized with two Bessie Awards, and an Obie Award. Morrison ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Ghosts (2017 Film)
''City of Ghosts'' is a 2017 Arabic-language American documentary film about the Syrian media activist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile after their homeland is taken over by ISIS in 2014. The film was directed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman (''Cartel Land''). Heineman won the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Award from the Directors Guild of America for the film, becoming one of only three people to win the prestigious honor twice. ''City of Ghosts'' also won the Courage Under Fire Award from the International Documentary Association "in recognition of conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth" and was listed on over 20 critic and year-end lists for Best Documentary of 2017. ''City of Ghosts'' was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking, BAFTA Award, PGA Award, IDA Award for Best Documentary Featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Strange Trip
''Long Strange Trip'' is a 2017 American documentary film about the rock band the Grateful Dead. It premiered on January 23, 2017, at the Sundance Film Festival. It had a one-night only nationwide screening on May 25, 2017, and a week-long limited theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles starting on May 26. The film was split into a six-part miniseries, which became available on Amazon Prime Video on June 2, 2017. ''Long Strange Trip'' was directed by Amir Bar-Lev, and has a running time of almost four hours. Martin Scorsese was one of the executive producers. Justin Kreutzmann, the son of Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, was one of the producers. The film features newly conducted interviews with living band members and friends including Bob Weir and his wife Natascha, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, John Perry Barlow, Donna Godchaux, Dennis McNally, Barbara "Brigid" Meier, Nick Paumgarten, Steve Silberman, and Alan Trist. A soundtrack album was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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