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Independent Spirit Award For Best First Feature
The Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards. It is usually given to the director (or directors) and producer (or producers). The "first feature" designation is applied to the director not the producer(s). Therefore, producers have been nominated multiple times. It was first presented in 1986 with Spike Lee's ''She's Gotta Have It'' being the first recipient of the award. In 2000, this category was split into two separate categories: one for films with budgets over $500,000 and a new category, the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award The Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award is presented to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $500,000 by the Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It is named after ac ..., which was restricted to films with budgets under $500,000. In 2001, films could be eligible regardless of their budget as long as it was feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Spirit Awards
The Independent Spirit Awards (abbreviated Spirit Awards and originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with Poly(methyl methacrylate), acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the bare budgets of independent films. Since 2006, winners have received a metal trophy depicting a bird with its wings spread sitting atop of a pole with the shoestrings from the previous design wrapped around the pole. In 1986, the event was renamed the Independent Spirit Awards. Now called the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the show is produced by Film Independent, a not-for-profit arts organization that used to produce the LA Film Festival. Film Independent members vote to determine the winners of the Spirit Awards. The awards show is held inside a tent in a parking lot at the beach in Santa Monica, California, usually on the day before the Academy Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Stories (film)
''True Stories'' (full onscreen title: ''True Stories: A Film About a Bunch of People in Virgil Texas.'') is a 1986 American musical film, musical satirical film, satirical comedy film directed by David Byrne, who stars alongside John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, and Spalding Gray. The majority of the film's music is supplied by Talking Heads. A soundtrack album, titled ''Sounds from True Stories'', featured songs by Byrne, Talking Heads, Terry Allen (country singer), Terry Allen & The Panhandle Mystery Band, and others. Around the same time, Talking Heads released an album titled ''True Stories (Talking Heads album), True Stories'', composed of studio recordings of songs featured in the film. ''True Stories'' was released by Warner Bros. in the United States, Canada, Italy, and Sweden in 1986, with limited release elsewhere the following year. Byrne was given much creative control over the motion picture's direction, largely due to the mainstream success of Talking Heads' 1984 concer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Independent Spirit Awards
The 4th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1988, were announced on March 25, 1989 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Buck Henry. Winners and nominees Films with multiple nominations and awards Films that received multiple nominations Films that won multiple awards Special awards Friends of Independence Award * The National Coalition of Independent Public Broadcasting Producers References External links1988 Spirit Awards at IMDb {{IS Awards Chron 1988
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Jill Godmilow
Jill Godmilow (November 23, 1943) is an American independent filmmaker, primarily of non-fiction works, and an advocate for Post-Realism in documentary. She is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. Godmilow is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Early life She was born outside Philadelphia and now resides in New York City. Godmilow studied Russian literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Career Godmilow"s 1974 film with collaborator Judy Collins, '' Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman'', about the pioneering female conductor Antonia Brico, received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and in 2003 was selected for the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. In 1984, she made '' Far From Poland'', a non-fiction, post-realist feature about the Polish Solidarity movement, filmed entirely in the U.S. Her 1987 feature film '' Waiting for the Moon'' is a biography of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waiting For The Moon (film)
''Waiting for the Moon'' is a 1987 internationally co-produced drama film starring Linda Hunt, Linda Bassett, Bernadette Lafont, Bruce McGill, Jacques Boudet and Andrew McCarthy. The film was written by Mark Magill and directed by Jill Godmilow. Plot Set in the 1930s, the film depicts Gertrude Stein and her lover and assistant Alice B. Toklas meeting Pablo Picasso and his lover Fernande Olivier, as well as the authors Ernest Hemingway and Guillaume Apollinaire. Cast * Linda Hunt as Alice B. Toklas * Linda Bassett as Gertrude Stein * Bernadette Lafont as Fernande Olivier * Bruce McGill as Ernest Hemingway * Jacques Boudet as Guillaume Apollinaire * Andrew McCarthy as Henry Hopper Reception On Rotten Tomatoes it has a rating of 43% based on reviews from 7 critics. References External links * ''Waiting for the Moon'' Facets Multimedia, YouTube YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lambert (director)
Mary Lambert Gary (born October 13, 1951) is an American director. She has directed music videos, television episodes and feature films, mainly in the horror genre. Life and career Lambert was born in Helena, Arkansas, the daughter of Martha Kelly and Jordan Bennett Lambert III, a rice and cotton farmer. Her younger sister is former U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas. Lambert graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a B.F.A. Lambert directed Chris Isaak's first music video "Dancin'" and Janet Jackson's " Nasty" and "Control" music videos. She also directed videos for Annie Lennox, Mick Jagger, The Go-Go's, Whitney Houston, Alison Krauss, Live, Mötley Crüe, Queensrÿche, Sting, Debbie Harry, Tom Tom Club and others. She directed many of Madonna's early videos including " Borderline", " Like a Virgin", "Material Girl", "La Isla Bonita", and " Like a Prayer". In 1987, she released her first feature film, the stylish and controversial ''Siesta'', starr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siesta (film)
''Siesta'' is a 1987 film directed by Mary Lambert and starring Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne and Jodie Foster. According to a 1987 article in ''The Los Angeles Times'', the film "follows a daredevil through her final days leading up to a potentially fatal leap. Rife with Jungian imagery, the film is a post-modern fable of destiny and change, peopled with a gallery of lost souls including a guardian angel (played by British heartthrob Julian Sands), a sorceress (played by pop star Grace Jones) and the angel of death (Alexei Sayle)." It also stars Martin Sheen and Isabella Rossellini. Cast * Ellen Barkin as Claire *Gabriel Byrne as Augustine *Julian Sands as Kit *Isabella Rossellini as Marie *Martin Sheen as Del *Alexei Sayle as Cabbie * Grace Jones as Conchita *Jodie Foster as Nancy *Anastassia Stakis as Desdra *Gary Cady as Roger Production The screenplay was written by Patricia Louisianna Knop, based on a novel by Patrice Chaplin. The film was shot on location in Spain, relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Townsend (actor)
Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an American actor, director, comedian, and writer. Townsend is best known for directing the films ''Hollywood Shuffle'' (1987), ''Eddie Murphy Raw'' (1987), '' The Meteor Man'' (1993), ''The Five Heartbeats'' (1991) and various other films and stand-up specials. He is especially known for his eponymous self-titled character, Robert Peterson as the starring role as on The WB sitcom ''The Parent 'Hood'' (1995–1999), a series which he created and of which directed select episodes. Townsend is also known for his role as Donald "Duck" Matthews in his 1991 film ''The Five Heartbeats.'' He later wrote, directed and produced Making The Five Heartbeats (2018), a documentary film about the production process and behind the scenes insight into creating the film. Townsend is also known for his production company Townsend Entertainment which has produced films ''Playin' for Love'', ''In the Hive'' and more. During the 1980s and early–1990s, Townse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Shuffle
''Hollywood Shuffle'' is a 1987 American satirical comedy film about the racial stereotypes of African Americans in film and television. The film tracks the attempts of Bobby Taylor to become a successful actor and the mental and external roadblocks he encounters, represented through a series of interspersed vignettes and fantasies. Produced, directed, and co-written by Robert Townsend, the film is semi-autobiographical, reflecting Townsend's experiences as a black actor when he was told he was not "black enough" for certain roles. Plot Bobby Taylor is a young black man aspiring to become an actor. His younger brother Stevie watches him prepare to audition for a part in ''Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge'', a movie about street gangs which is so full of stereotypes that the light-skinned black actors who audition are cast as Latino gang members and have to speak with cartoonish Spanish accents. Bobby's grandmother overhears the "jive talk" of Bobby's lines and expresses disapproval. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yurek Bogayevicz
Yurek Bogajevicz (born Jerzy Bogajewicz in Poznań, 2 June 1949) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, actor and producer. He directed, among others, ''Anna'' (1987), ''Three of Hearts'' (1993) and ''Exit in Red'' (1996). Filmography Director * ''Anna'' (1987) * '' Trzy serca'' (''Three of Hearts'', 1993) * '' Osaczony'' (''Exit in red'', 1996) * '' Boże skrawki'' (''Edges of the Lord'', 2001) * ''Kasia i Tomek'' (TV series, 2002–2003) * '' Camera Café'' (TV series, 2004) * ''Niania'' (TV series, 2005–2006) * '' Stacja'' (TV series, 2010) Producer * ''Anna'' (1987) Screenplay * ''Anna'' (1987) * '' Boże skrawki'' (''Edges of the Lord'', 2001) Actor * ''Pies'' – as Jerzy Mazurek (1973) * '' Pozwólcie nam do woli fruwać nad ogrodem'' – as Staszek (1974) * '' Polskie drogi'' (1976) * ''Pora na czarownice'' – as Passer-by on the station (1993) * ''Kasia i Tomek ''Un gars, une fille'' (, ''A Guy, A Girl'') is a Canadian comedy television series created by and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna (1987 Film)
''Anna'' is a 1987 American film directed by Yurek Bogayevicz and starring Sally Kirkland, Robert Fields, Paulina Porizkova, Steven Gilborn and Larry Pine. It was adapted by Agnieszka Holland from an unauthorized story by Holland and Bogayevicz, based on the real life of Polish actresses Elżbieta Czyżewska and Joanna Pacuła. Kirkland was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, and she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Plot A Czech actress, looking for work in New York City, sees her protégée shine while she herself struggles. Cast * Sally Kirkland – Anna * Robert Fields – Daniel * Paulina Porizkova – Krystyna * Gibby Brand – Director #1 * John Robert Tillotson – Director #2 * Joe Aufiery - Stage Manager * Lance Davis – Assistant #1 * Deirdre O'Connell – Assistant #2 * Larry Pine – Baskin * David R. Ellis – Daniel's Father * Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile Ardolino
Emile Ardolino (May 9, 1943 – November 20, 1993) was an American television and film director and producer, best known for his work on the films ''Dirty Dancing'' (1987) and ''Sister Act'' (1992). He has won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film ''He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin''' (1983). Life and career Ardolino was born in Maspeth, a neighborhood of Queens, the son of Italian immigrants Ester (nee Pesiri) and Emilio Ardolino. He began his career as an actor in Off-Broadway productions, and then moved to the production side of the business. In 1967, he founded Compton-Ardolino Films with Gardner Compton. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ardolino worked for PBS. He profiled dancers and choreographers for their '' Dance in America'' and ''Live from Lincoln Center'' series. Ardolino won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the 1983 film ''He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'''. He found commercial success with the Academy Award-winning 1987 hit ''Dirty Dancing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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