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Directors Guild Of America Awards 2002
The 55th Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in films, documentary and television in 2002, were presented on March 1, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. The ceremony was hosted by Carl Reiner. The nominees in the feature film category were announced on January 21, 2003 and the other nominations were announced starting on January 30, 2003. Winners and nominees Film Television Commercials Lifetime Achievement in Feature Film * Martin Scorsese Frank Capra Achievement Award * Yudi Bennett Robert B. Aldrich Service Award * Jud Taylor Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award * Esperanza Martinez Honorary Life Member * John Rich References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild of America Awards, 55 2002 film awards 2002 television awards Directors Guild of America Awards Direct Direct Directors Direct Direct may refer to: Mathematics * Directed set, in order theory * Direct limit of (pre), sheaves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
The Fairmont Century Plaza is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel in Los Angeles. Located in Century City, the hotel forms a sweeping crescent design fronting the Avenue of the Stars, adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers and the 2000 Avenue of the Stars complex. At the time of its opening in 1966, the Century Plaza Hotel was the highest building in Century City, with views extending all the way to the Pacific Ocean. It was also the first hotel to have color televisions in all of its rooms. The hotel closed for renovations in 2016, and reopened on September 27, 2021. It is now operated by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, and it is a member of Historic Hotels of America. History In 1961, developer William Zeckendorf and Alcoa bought about from 20th Century Fox after the studio had suffered a string of expensive flops, culminating in the box-office disaster Cleopatra (1963 film), ''Cleopatra''. The new owners conceived Century City as "a city within a city" with the arc-shaped, 19-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Polanski
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a (né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, nine César Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Golden Bear and a Palme d'Or. His Polish–Jewish parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937.Paul Werner, ''Polański. Biografia'', Poznań: Rebis, 2013, p. 13. Two years later, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany started World War II, and the family found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto. After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes, surviving the Holocaust by adopting a false identity and concealing his Jewish heritage. Polanski's first feature-length film, ''Knife in the Water'' (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Attias
Daniel Attias (born December 4, 1951) is an American television director and producer. He is also director of his only feature film ''Silver Bullet'' from 1985, based on the novella by Stephen King. Attias' career has spanned four decades, during which he has directed a significant number of popular primetime television programs, including ''Miami Vice'' and ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. He frequently works on series for HBO and has directed episodes of ''The Sopranos'', ''The Wire'', '' Six Feet Under'', ''True Blood'', ''Entourage'' and '' Deadwood''. Attias has received two Emmy Award nominations for his directing of ''Entourage''. He was a regular director for the espionage drama ''Alias''. He has also directed two episodes of ''Lost''. Being of Jewish descent, in August 2015 he signed – as one of 98 members of Los Angeles' Jewish community – an open letter supporting the proposed nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers led by the United States "as being in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitecaps (The Sopranos)
"Whitecaps" is the 52nd episode of the HBO television series ''The Sopranos'', and the 13th and final episode of the show's fourth season. Written by the series creator/executive producer David Chase, and executive producers Robin Green, and Mitchell Burgess, it was directed by longtime series director John Patterson and originally aired in the United States on December 8, 2002. The episode attracted 12.5 million viewers and is regarded by many critics as one of the series' best. Starring *James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano *Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi *Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano *Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti *Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano Jr. *Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante *Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri *Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano Jr. *Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano * Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva *Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano *John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco * Vincent Curatola as Johnny Sack * Steven R. Schirripa as Bobby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sopranos
''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based American Mafia, Italian-American mobster, portraying his difficulties as he tries to balance family life with his role as leader of a criminal organization. These are explored during his therapy sessions with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco). The series features Tony's family members, mafia colleagues, and rivals in prominent roles—most notably his wife Carmela Soprano, Carmela (Edie Falco) and his protégé/distant cousin Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli). The pilot was ordered in 1997, and the show premiered on HBO on January 10, 1999. The series ran for six seasons totaling List of The Sopranos episodes, 86 episodes until June 10, 2007. Broadcast syndication followed in the U.S. and internationally. ''The Sopranos'' was produced by HBO, Chase Films, and Brad Grey Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Patterson (director)
John Tiffin Patterson (April 4, 1940 – February 7, 2005) was a television director known for his work on drama series, who also made television films. He directed thirteen episodes of ''The Sopranos'', including the first five season finales. Patterson was born in Buffalo, New York. Biography Aged 19, Patterson joined the United States Air Force where he navigated B-52 bombers for the Strategic Air Command. He resumed his college studies while a reservist and graduated from the University at Buffalo. He earned a master's degree at Stanford University in 1970, where he was a classmate of ''The Sopranos'' creator David Chase. He was nominated for the Emmy award in 2002 and 2003 for his work on ''The Sopranos'' and won The Directors Guild of America award for the show in 2002. As a director, Patterson worked for several television studios, including HBO and CBS. He directed episodes of ''The Sopranos'', ''Providence'', ''The Practice'', ''Carnivàle'', ''Family Law'', '' Six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors Guild Of America Award For Outstanding Directing – Drama Series
The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Directors Guild in 1936, the group merge .... It was first presented at the 24th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1972. The current eligibility period is the calendar year. Winners and nominees 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Programs with multiple awards ;4 awards * ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC) ;3 awards * ''ER'' (NBC) * ''Lou Grant'' (CBS) ;2 awards * ''Breaking Bad'' (AMC) * ''Game of Thrones'' (HBO) * ''Homeland'' (Showtime) * ''Kojak'' (CBS) * ''Mad Men'' (AMC) * ''Moonlighting'' (ABC) * ''NYPD Blue'' (ABC) * ''The Sopranos'' (HBO) * ''Succession'' (HBO) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prisoner Of Paradise (2002 Film)
''Prisoner of Paradise'' is a 2002 documentary film directed by Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender. The film is an international co-production of Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and tells the true story of Kurt Gerron, a German-Jewish cabaret and film actor in the 1920s and 1930s who was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia during World War II. There, Gerron was ordered to write and direct a Nazi propaganda film. ''Prisoner of Paradise'' received mostly positive reviews and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 75th Academy Awards. Clarke won an award from the Directors Guild of Canada for his work on the film, and he and Sender were together nominated for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries at the 55th Directors Guild of America Awards. Content The documentary is a chronicle of the life and career of Kurt Gerron. During the 1920s and early 1930s, Gerron was a well-known cabaret and film actor in Berlin. He sang the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Clarke (film Maker)
Malcolm Clarke is an English documentary film maker. He began his career at the BBC, directing everything from the nightly news and documentaries, to game shows and music programming. He is now working for ARTeFACT Entertainment, a media company located in Shanghai, China, founded by Chinese producer Han Yi. Background He left the BBC in 1975 and worked for Granada TV, Thames TV, and London Weekend TV. During his time at Granada TV, he worked on '' So It Goes'', a music live performance and interview show at the time where he got to work on The Sex Pistols’ first live performance in 1976. He also directed performances by XTC, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Dave Edmunds. He subsequently joined the network’s ‘World in Action’ unit, assigned to investigate the death of the South African political activist Stephen Biko. He co-produced (with Michael Ryan) and directed the television documentary ''The Life and Death of Steve Biko'' in 1978, which aired on Granada TV. The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Cammisa
Rebecca Cammisa (born 9 July 1966) is an American documentary filmmaker two-times Oscar nominated, Emmy award winner, and founder of Documentress Films. Her first film ''Sister Helen'' (2002), aired on HBO, won the 2002 Sundance Film Festival’s Documentary Directing Award. Sister Helen also received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Programming and an Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Film Award nomination by the Directors Guild of America. The documentary won the Gold Hugo Award for best documentary film at the Chicago International Film Festival, the Jury Prize for best documentary film at the Newport Film Festival, the Best Documentary Film Award at the Nashville Film Festival;, the Freddie Award for outstanding performing by the International Health & Medical Media Awards and a Grand Marnier Foundation film grant. In addition, in 2006 the Museum of Modern Art Film Library acquired Sister Helen for its permanent collection. Rebecca team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Braverman
Charles "Chuck" Dell Braverman (born March 3, 1944, in Los Angeles, California) is an American film director, collage animator, documentary filmmaker and producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject for his 2000 documentary, '' Curtain Call''; he was also nominated for three Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary (2000, 2001, 2002), winning in 2000 for ''High School Boot Camp''. He has also directed episodes of several major television series, including ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', '' Melrose Place'' and '' Northern Exposure'' as well as television films such as the '' Prince of Bel Air'' and '' Brotherhood of Justice'' starring Keanu Reeves and Kiefer Sutherland. Biography Personal life Braverman is the son of television producer, Herb Braverman, who died in 1958, and actress Kendall Carly Browne. His brother is actor Bart Braverman. Braverman graduated from the University of Southern Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors Guild Of America Award For Outstanding Directing – Documentaries
The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. It was first awarded at the 44th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1992. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations See also *Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosoph ... References External links * (official website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Documentaries Directors Guild of America Awards American documentary film awards Awards established in 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
