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Gotham Independent Film Awards 2015
The 25th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on November 30, 2015. The nominees were announced on October 22, 2015. The ceremony was hosted by Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer. Winners and nominees Film Television Special awards Special Jury Award – Ensemble Performance * ''Spotlight'' – Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d'Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, and Billy Crudup Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant * Chanelle Aponte Pearson – '' 195 Lewis'' ** Claire Carré – ''Embers'' ** Deb Shoval – ''AWOL'' Gotham Appreciation Award * Ellen Cotter of Angelika Film Center Theaters Gotham Tributes * Steve Golin * Todd Haynes Todd Haynes (; born January 2, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films span four decades with themes examining the personalities of well-known musicians, dysfunctional and dystopian societies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbi Jacobson
Abbi Jacobson is an American comedian, writer, actress, illustrator and producer. She co-created and co-starred in the Comedy Central series ''Broad City'' (2014–2019) with Ilana Glazer, based on the web series of the same name. Her other roles include voicing Katie Mitchell in '' The Mitchells vs. the Machines'' (2021), Nya in ''The Lego Ninjago Movie'' (2017), and Princess Bean in the series ''Disenchantment'' (2018–present), in addition to appearing in the live-action films ''Person to Person'' (2017) and '' 6 Balloons'' (2018). She is a writer and co-creator of the Amazon Prime series ''A League of Their Own'' (2022), in which she also stars as Carson Shaw, an aspiring baseball player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Early life Abbi Jacobson is the daughter of Susan Komm, an artist, and Alan Jacobson, a graphic designer. She is Jewish. She was raised in Wayne, Pennsylvania, where she attended Valley Forge Middle School and Conestoga Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartel Land
''Cartel Land'' is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Matthew Heineman about the Mexican Drug War, especially vigilante groups fighting Mexican drug cartels. The film focuses on Tim "Nailer" Foley, the leader of Arizona Border Recon, and Dr. José Mireles, a Michoacán-based physician who leads the Autodefensas. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2016. Synopsis The film focuses on two vigilante groups who fight drug cartels from different sides of the United States–Mexico border. In Mexico, the film focuses on José Manuel Mireles Valverde, known locally as "El Doctor". Mireles becomes fed up with the local Knights Templar Cartel. He gathers a group of citizens from the state of Michoacán and leads an uprising, driving the cartel out of the region. In the US, the film follows an American veteran named Tim "Nailer" Foley, who is forming a small paramilitary group called the Arizona Border Recon. His goal is to sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Culkin
Rory Hugh Culkin (born July 21, 1989) is an American actor who is known for his roles in ''Scream 4'', ''Lords of Chaos (film), Lords of Chaos'', ''You Can Count on Me'', ''Columbus (2017 film), Columbus'', and M. Night Shyamalan's ''Signs (2002 film), Signs''. He is the younger brother of actors Macaulay Culkin and Kieran Culkin. Early life Rory Hugh Culkin was born July 21, 1989 in New York City, the youngest of seven children born to Kit Culkin, Christopher Cornelius "Kit" Culkin, a former Broadway theatre, Broadway stage actor, and Patricia Brentrup, a native of North Dakota who met Kit in 1974 while working as a road traffic controller in Sundance, Wyoming. Culkin's siblings include Shane ( 1976), Dakota (1979–2008), Macaulay Culkin, Macaulay ( 1980), Kieran Culkin, Kieran ( 1982), Quinn ( 1984), and Christian ( 1987). He also had a paternal half-sister, Jennifer (born 1970), who died in 2000. Culkin's paternal aunt is actress Bonnie Bedelia. Career Culkin began acting by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mya Taylor
Mya Taylor (born March 28, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Alexandra in the 2015 film ''Tangerine'' for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. Early life Mya Taylor was born on March 28, 1991, in Houston, Texas. She was raised by her Christian grandparents, who at first did not know that she had come out as gay (pre-transition) in school. In 2009, she came out to them, which led to a lot of tension in the home. Taylor left and moved to California in May 2009 to live with another relative, but her gender identity led that relative to kick her out on the street. Unable to secure legal employment at the age of 18, she worked as a sex worker in Hollywood. She began going to therapy, and it was in her talks with her therapist that she decided that she was going to be true to herself. In January 2013, she came out as transgender. She has since reconnected with her mother, who coined her name, Mya. She lived in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotham Independent Film Award For Breakthrough Performer
The Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer is one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. It was first awarded in 1998, with Sonja Sohn and Saul Williams being the first recipients of the award for their roles as Lauren Bell and Ray Joshua in ''Slam Slam, SLAM or SLAMS may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional elements * S.L.A.M. (Strategic Long-Range Artillery Machine), a fictional weapon in the ''G.I. Joe'' universe * SLAMS (Space-Land-Air Missile Shield), a fictional anti-ball ...'', respectively. The category was called Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor until 2021. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Notes References {{Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor Breakthrough Performer Awards for young actors Awards established in 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James White (film)
''James White'' is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Josh Mond. The film stars Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Ron Livingston, Makenzie Leigh and David Call. James, a twenty-something New Yorker, struggles to take control of his self-destructive behavior in the face of momentous family challenges. ''James White'' premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival where it won the ''NEXT'' Audience Award. The film received a limited release on November 13, 2015, by The Film Arcade. Plot James White is a 20-something unemployed man who lives with his divorced, terminally ill mother, Gail, in New York. He attends his father's funeral and meets his dad's new wife Karen at the service. His friend Nick, who works at a resort in Mexico, is in attendance. His father's friend, Ben, who works for a magazine, offers James his condolences and says maybe he could find him a job. Jim considers himself a writer. James tells his mom he really needs to get away and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Mond
Josh Mond (born c. 1983) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for producing the feature films ''Martha Marcy May Marlene'' (2011) and ''Simon Killer'' (2012), and for writing and directing '' James White'' (2015). Career In 2003, Mond and his longtime friends and fellow Tisch School of the Arts alums Antonio Campos and Sean Durkin formed the production company, ''Borderline Films''. The trio of filmmakers rotate the roles of writer, director and producer and help each other during the making of their films. Borderline's first feature film drama ''Afterschool'' (2008), starring Ezra Miller. It was written and directed by Campos and produced by Durkin and Mond. The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in the program Un Certain Regard. ''AFTERSCHOOL'' was released theatrically by IFC Films and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature and Breakthrough Director for Campos by the Gotham Awards. In 2009 production b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mend (film)
''The Mend'' is an American comedy-drama film written and directed by John Magary. The film stars Josh Lucas, Stephen Plunkett, Mickey Sumner and Lucy Owen. It premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2014,SXSW Film Announces 2014 Features Lineup IndieWire, January 30, 2014"The Mend: SXSW Review" ''The Hollywood Reporter'', March 15, 2014 and opened in selected theaters on August 21, 2015. Plot The film opens to a seemingly domestic scene involving Mat ( |
John Magary
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marielle Heller
Marielle Stiles Heller (born October 1, 1979) is an American writer, director, and actress. She is best known for directing the films ''The Diary of a Teenage Girl'' (2015), ''Can You Ever Forgive Me?'' (2018), and ''A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'' (2019), as well as acting in '' The Queen’s Gambit'' (2020). Early life Marielle Stiles Heller was born in Marin County, California, to Steve Heller, a chiropractor, and Annie Stiles-Heller, an artist and art teacher. She grew up in nearby Alameda, along with her younger brother and sister, Nate and Emily. Her father hails from a Jewish family in New York. Heller started off as an actor, calling acting her "first love." She was part of the Alameda Children's Musical Theater, where she participated in as many as four plays a year, including the roles of Rabbit in ''Winnie the Pooh'', Templeton the rat in '' Charlotte’s Web'', and Polly in ''The Magician's Nephew''. With time, she graduated to community theater, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appropriate Behavior
''Appropriate Behavior'' is a British-produced comedy film set in New York City, which premiered on 18 January 2014 at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Desiree Akhavan, the film—Akhavan's feature directorial debut—stars Akhavan as Shirin, a bisexual Persian American woman in Brooklyn struggling to rebuild her life after breaking up with her girlfriend Maxine ( Rebecca Henderson). The film's cast also includes Scott Adsit, Halley Feiffer, Anh Duong, Hooman Majd, Arian Moayed and Aimee Mullins. The film had a theatrical release on 16 January 2015 in the US and was released on 6 March 2015 in the UK. Plot Brooklynite Shirin, the daughter of well-off Persian immigrants, is left homeless and jobless after her girlfriend Maxine breaks up with her. With the encouragement of her friend Crystal she moves in with strange roommates and gets a new job teaching 5 year old Park Slope children the art of movie making. Shirin's parents are confused as to why Shiri ... [...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" '''', January 18, 2014. and her 2018 film '' The Miseducation of Cameron Post''. She appeared in the found footage horror film '' |
