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James Marsh (director)
James Marsh (born 30 April 1963) is a British film and documentary director best known for his work on ''Man on Wire'', which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and '' The Theory of Everything'', the multi-award-winning biopic of physicist Stephen Hawking released in 2014. Early life Marsh was born in Truro, Cornwall and raised in Sennen, a Cornish village, and Woolwich, a district in southeast London. In Woolwich, he lived in a "miserable council flat" with his family. Marsh won a scholarship to the University of Oxford. As an undergraduate, he studied at St Catherine's College, Oxford and graduated with a degree in English. Career Marsh began his early career in directing with several documentaries made for the BBC. His first TV documentary was the 90-minute ''Troubleman – The Last Years of Marvin Gaye'', and was followed by the 26-minute 1990 documentary ''The Animator of Prague'' starring Jan Švankmajer and his works. Later came ''The Burger and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truro
Truro (; kw, Truru) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its population was 18,766 in the 2011 census. People of Truro can be called Truronians. It grew as a trade centre through its port and as a stannary town for tin mining. It became mainland Britain's southernmost city in 1876, with the founding of the Diocese of Truro. Sights include the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro Cathedral (completed 1910), the Hall for Cornwall and Cornwall's High Court of Justice, Courts of Justice. Toponymy Truro's name may derive from the Cornish language, Cornish ''tri-veru'' meaning "three rivers", but authorities such as the ''Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names'' have doubts about the "tru" meaning "three". An expert on Cornish place-names, Oliver Padel, in ''A Popular Dictionary of Cornish Place-names'', calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Petit
Philippe Petit (; born 13 August 1949) is a French high-wire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized high-wire walks between the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, as well as between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on the morning of 7 August 1974. For his unauthorized feat above the ground – which he referred to as "le coup" – he rigged a cable and used a custom-made long, balancing pole. He performed for 45 minutes, making eight passes along the wire. Since then, Petit has lived in New York, where he has been artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, also a location of other aerial performances. He has done wire walking as part of official celebrations in New York, across the United States, and in France and other countries, as well as teaching workshops on the art. In 2008, ''Man on Wire'', a documentary directed by James Marsh about Petit's walk between the towers, wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleeson (; born 12 May 1983) is an Irish actor and screenwriter. He is the son of actor Brendan Gleeson, with whom he has appeared in a number of films and theatre projects. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts from Dublin Institute of Technology. During the early stages of his career, Gleeson directed and wrote several short films, garnered a Tony Award nomination in 2006 for his role in the Broadway production ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'', and had a supporting role in '' Never Let Me Go''. He became known to a wider audience for his portrayal of Bill Weasley in the last two entries of the ''Harry Potter'' film series (2010–2011), Tim Lake in '' About Time'' (2013), and Russell Allen Phillips in the fact-based war drama '' Unbroken'' (2014). Gleeson has won three IFTA Awards for his performances in ''When Harvey Met Bob'' (2010), ''Anna Karenina'' (2012), and ''Frank'' (2014). In the following years, Gleeson received widespread recognition and praise for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillian Anderson
Gillian Leigh Anderson ( ; born August 9, 1968) is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series ''The X-Files'', ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film ''The House of Mirth'' (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series '' The Fall'', sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy drama ''Sex Education'', and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series ''The Crown''. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Born in Chicago, Anderson grew up in London, England, and Grand Rapids, Michigan. She graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, then moved to New York City to further her acting career. After beginning her career on stage, she achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci-fi dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Riseborough
Andrea Louise Riseborough (born 20 November 1981) is an English actress and producer. She made her film debut with a small part in ''Venus'' (2006), and has since appeared in more prominent roles in '' Happy-Go-Lucky'' (2008), '' Never Let Me Go'', '' Brighton Rock'', ''Made in Dagenham'' (all 2010), ''W.E.'' (2011), '' Shadow Dancer'', '' Disconnect'' (both 2012), ''Welcome to the Punch'', '' Oblivion'' (both 2013), '' Birdman'' (2014), ''Nocturnal Animals'' (2016), '' Battle of the Sexes'', ''The Death of Stalin'' (both 2017), '' Mandy'', '' Nancy'' (both 2018), ''The Grudge'' and '' Possessor'' (both 2020). Outside of film, Riseborough received a BAFTA nomination for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the television film ''The Long Walk to Finchley'' (2008), and won critical acclaim for her performances in the Channel 4 miniseries ''The Devil's Whore'' (2008) and ''National Treasure'' (2016), as well as the BBC One miniseries ''The Witness for the Prosecution'' (2016). Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Owen
Clive Owen (born 3 October 1964) is an English actor. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series '' Chancer'' from 1990 to 1991. He received critical acclaim for his work in the film '' Close My Eyes'' (1991) before earning international attention for his performance as a struggling writer in ''Croupier'' (1998). In 2005, he won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in the drama '' Closer'' (2004). Owen has played leading roles in films such as ''Sin City'' (2005), '' Derailed'' (2005), ''Inside Man'' (2006), '' Children of Men'' (2006), and '' The International'' (2009). In 2012, he earned his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his role in ''Hemingway & Gellhorn''. He played Dr. John W. Thackery on the Cinemax medical drama series ''The Knick'', for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Dancer (film)
''Shadow Dancer'' is a 2012 British-Irish drama film directed by James Marsh and scripted by Tom Bradby, based on his 1998 novel of the same name. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, and it was screened out of competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. Plot In the opening scene, set in 1973, the Troubles in Northern Ireland result in the death of Collette's younger brother when they are children. The film jumps forward to 1993 London. After a failed bombing attack in London, Collette is arrested and offered a choice by an MI5 officer, Mac, who is assigned as her handler. Either she spends 25 years in jail, thus losing everything she loves, including her young son. Or, she becomes an informant for MI5, spying on her own family. Collette agrees to inform. In return, Mac offers her a new identity after working for MI5. Soon Mac learns that his superior Kate Fletcher is using Collette to protect Fletcher's own mole inside the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Au Hasard Balthazar
''Au Hasard Balthazar'' (; meaning "Balthazar, at Random"), also known as ''Balthazar'', is a 1966 French drama film directed by Robert Bresson. Believed to be inspired by a passage from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1868–69 novel ''The Idiot'', the film follows a donkey as he is given to various owners, most of whom treat him callously. Noted for Bresson's ascetic directorial style and regarded as a work of profound emotional effect, it is frequently listed as one of the greatest films of all time. Plot In the French countryside near the Pyrenees, a baby donkey is adopted by young children - Jacques and his sisters, who live on a farm. They baptize the donkey (and christen it Balthazar) along with Marie, Jacques' childhood sweetheart, whose father is the teacher at the small school next door. When one of Jacques' sisters dies, his family vacates the farm, and Marie's family take it over in a loose arrangement. The donkey is given away to local farmhands who work it very hard. Years pass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nim Chimpsky
Neam "Nim" Chimpsky (November 19, 1973 – March 10, 2000) was a chimpanzee and the subject of an extended study of animal language acquisition at Columbia University. The project was led by Herbert S. Terrace with the linguistic analysis headed up by psycholinguist Thomas Bever. Within the context of a scientific study, Chimpsky was named as a pun on linguist Noam Chomsky, who posits that humans are "wired" to develop language. As part of a study intended to challenge Chomsky's thesis that only humans have language, beginning at two weeks old, Nim was raised by a family in a home environment by human surrogate parents. The surrogate parents already had a human child of their own. At the age of two Nim was removed from his surrogate parents, the familiar surrounding of their home and brought to Columbia University due to perceived behavioral difficulties. The project was similar to an earlier study by R. Allen and Beatrix Gardner in which another chimpanzee, Washoe, was raise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Nim (film)
''Project Nim'' is a 2011 documentary film directed by James Marsh. Summary It focuses on Project Nim, a research project that was mounted in the 1970s to determine whether a primate raised in close contact with humans could develop a limited "language" based on American Sign Language. The project was centred on a chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky. Release The film was first publicly shown during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and then released for public exhibition on 8 July 2011. Controversy In 2019, Herbert S. Terrace, who led the research on Nim, published the book ''Why Chimpanzees Can’t Learn Language and Only Humans Can''. There, he explained how he perceived the documentary ''Project Nim'' as "mainly an ad hominem attack" on himself. Terrace stated that the allegation that he had returned Nim to the primate colony as punishment for his failing to learn sign language is untrue. Besides, Terrace criticised how the documentary represented a "complete failure to present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the television licence, licence-funded BBC One and BBC Two, and a single commercial broadcasting network ITV (TV network), ITV. The network's headquarters are based in London and Leeds, with creative hubs in Glasgow and Bristol. It is publicly owned and advertising-funded; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. Until 2010, Channel 4 did not broadcast in Wales, but many of its programmes were re-broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Riding
''Red Riding'' is a British crime drama limited series written by Tony Grisoni and based on the book series of the same name by David Peace. The series comprises the novels ''Nineteen Seventy-Four'' (1999), ''Nineteen Seventy-Seven'' (2000), ''Nineteen Eighty'' (2001) and ''Nineteen Eighty-Three'' (2002), and the first, third, and fourth of these novels became three feature-length television episodes, ''Red Riding 1974'', ''Red Riding 1980'', and ''Red Riding 1983''. They aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 beginning on 5 March 2009. The three episodes were released theatrically in the United States between 5 February to 11 February 2010, by IFC Films. The context of the series uses fictionalized accounts of the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper, a serial killer that stalked the Yorkshire area of England in the 1970's and 1980's. The name of the series is a reference to the murders and to their location, the historic county of Yorkshire being traditionally divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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