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List Of Invitees For AMPAS Membership (2007)
The list of those invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as members in 2007. Actors *Jennifer Aniston *Adriana Barraza *Steve Carell *Daniel Craig *Aaron Eckhart *Chiwetel Ejiofor *William Fichtner * Ryan Gosling *Jackie Earle Haley *Jennifer Hudson *Danny Huston * Eddie Murphy *Christopher Plummer *James Rebhorn *Michael Sheen *Maribel Verdú Animators *Sharon Calahan - ''Ratatouille'', ''Finding Nemo'' *George Griffin - ''A Little Routine'', ''New Fangled'' * John Kahrs - ''Cars'', ''The Incredibles'' *Torill Kove * Marcy Page - ''The Danish Poet'', ''Ryan'' *Troy Saliba - ''Monster House'', ''Stuart Little 2'' Art directors *Hugh Bateup - ''Superman Returns'', ''The Matrix'' At-large *Sam Mercer *Lia Vollack Casting directors *Lisa Beach - ''Walk the Line'', ''Wedding Crashers'' * Leslee Feldman Cinematographers *Javier Aguirresarobe - ''The Sea Inside'', ''Talk to Her'' * Steve Gainer - ''A Dirty Shame'', ''Mysterious Skin'' *Michael Goi - ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches. As of April 2020, the organization was estimated to consist of around 9,921 motion picture professionals. The Academy is an international organization and membership is open to qualified filmmakers around the world. The Academy is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards, now officially and popularly known as "The Oscars". In addition, the Academy holds the Governors Awards annually for lifetime achievement in film; presents Scientific and Technical Awards annually; gives Student Academy Awards annually to filmmakers at the undergraduate and graduate level; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Calahan
Sharon Calahan is an American cinematographer who was director of photography on the Pixar films ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), ''Toy Story 2'' (1999), and ''Finding Nemo'' (2003), and was lighting director for ''Ratatouille'' (2007), ''Cars 2'' (2011), and ''The Good Dinosaur'' (2015). She took part in the early rise of computer animated feature filmmaking and the acceptance of that medium as cinematography. Calahan is the first member of the American Society of Cinematographers who was invited to join on the basis of a career entirely in animated film. She was nominated, with Bill Reeves, Eben Ostby, and Rick Sayre, for a 2000 BAFTA Award for Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects for ''A Bug's Life''. Early life and education Calahan is a graduate of Othello High School, in Othello, Washington, and of the art program at Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC). Her studies did not include filmmaking, computer animation or computer science, but rather illustration, graphic desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Hellman
Monte Hellman (; born Monte Jay Himmelbaum; July 12, 1929 – April 20, 2021) was an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. Hellman began his career as an editor's apprentice at ABC TV, and made his directorial debut with the horror film '' Beast from Haunted Cave'' (1959), produced by Gene Corman, Roger Corman's brother. He would later gain critical recognition for the Westerns ''The Shooting'' and ''Ride in the Whirlwind'' (both 1966) starring Jack Nicholson, and the independent road movie ''Two-Lane Blacktop'' (1971) starring James Taylor and Dennis Wilson. His later directorial work included the 1989 slasher film '' Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!'' and the independent thriller ''Road to Nowhere'' (2010). Early life Monte Hellman was born on July 12, 1929, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to Gertrude (née Edelstein) and Fred Himmelbaum, who were vacationing in New York at the time of his birth. The family ended up settling in Albany, New York, befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Greengrass
Paul Greengrass (born 13 August 1955) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film ''Bloody Sunday (film), Bloody Sunday'' (2002), about the 1972 shootings in Derry, Northern Ireland, won the Golden Bear at 52nd Berlin International Film Festival. Other films he has directed include three in the ''Bourne (film series), Bourne'' action/thriller series: ''The Bourne Supremacy (film), The Bourne Supremacy'' (2004), ''The Bourne Ultimatum (film), The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007), and ''Jason Bourne (film), Jason Bourne'' (2016); ''United 93 (film), United 93'' (2006), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction, BAFTA Award for Best Director and received an Academy Award for Best Director nomination; ''Green Zone (film), Green Zone'' (2010); and ''Captain Phillips (film), Captain Phillips'' (2013). In 2004, he co-wrote an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Fuqua
Antoine Fuqua (born May 30, 1965) is an American filmmaker, known for his work in the action and thriller genres. He was originally known as a director of music videos, and made his film debut in 1998 with ''The Replacement Killers''. His critical breakthrough was the award-winning 2001 crime thriller ''Training Day''. His subsequent films include ''Tears of the Sun'' (2003), ''King Arthur'' (2004), ''Shooter'' (2007), ''Brooklyn's Finest'' (2009), '' Olympus Has Fallen'' (2013), ''The Equalizer'' (2014) and its 2018 sequel, '' Southpaw'' (2015), the 2016 remake of ''The Magnificent Seven,'' and ''Infinite'' (2021). He often collaborates with actors Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. He also directed the critically-acclaimed documentaries '' American Dream/American Knightmare'' (2018) and '' What's My Name: Muhammad Ali'' (2019), and the 2022 Hulu documentary series ''Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers''. Early life Fuqua was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Berg
Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American director, producer, writer, and actor. His directorial film works include the black comedy ''Very Bad Things'' (1998), the action comedy ''The Rundown'' (2003), the sports drama '' Friday Night Lights'' (2004), the action thriller '' The Kingdom'' (2007), the superhero comedy-drama ''Hancock'' (2008), the military science fiction war film ''Battleship'' (2012), the war film ''Lone Survivor'' (2013), the disaster drama ''Deepwater Horizon'' (2016), the Boston Marathon bombing drama '' Patriots Day'' (2016), the action thriller ''Mile 22'' (2018), and the action comedy ''Spenser Confidential'' (2020) the latter five all starring Mark Wahlberg. In addition to cameo appearances in the last six of these titles, he has had prominent acting roles in films including ''Never on Tuesday'' (1989), '' Shocker'' (1989), ''The Last Seduction'' (1994), ''The Great White Hype'' (1996), ''Cop Land'' (1997), ''Corky Romano'' (2001), ''Collateral'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Steiner
Nancy Steiner is an American costume designer. Her credits include ''Little Miss Sunshine'', '' Lost in Translation'', ''The Lovely Bones'', ''The Good Girl'' and ''The Virgin Suicides''. Her career started in the late 1980s styling bands for music videos and assisting on films and commercials. Some of the bands Nancy worked with include Stone Temple Pilots, Filter, R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, The Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, No Doubt, Sheryl Crow, David Bowie, Air, Fat Boy Slim, Bjork, and R.E.M.. . As time went on Nancy entered the world of film by designing Todd Haynes celebrated film "SAFE", then working with directors such as Sofia Coppola, Michel Gondry, Wim Wenders Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer. He is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among many honors, he has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Docum ..., Jonathan Dayton & Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consolata Boyle
Consolata Boyle is an Irish costume designer based in Dublin. She is a frequent collaborator of English director Stephen Frears and has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work on three of his films: ''The Queen'' (2006), ''Florence Foster Jenkins'' (2016) and ''Victoria & Abdul'' (2017). Early life Consolata Boyle (born 23rd May 1949,) attended Holy Child Killiney secondary school, Co. Dublin, Ireland. She graduated from University College Dublin with BA in Archaeology and History, 1972. During that time she was involved in the university society Dramsoc, she trained in costume design at the Abbey Theatre and began her career in the early 1980s. She also did a postgraduate diploma in textiles at West Surrey College of Art & Design (now University for the Creative Arts). Main works Her many credits include ''Anne Devlin'' (1984), ''December Bride'' (1991), '' Into the West'' (1992), ''Widows' Peak'' (1994), ''Angela's Ashes'' (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Gainer
Steve Gainer, ASC ASK (born October 25, 1962) is an American cinematographer, director, and producer. He is a member and museum curator of the American Society of Cinematographers, a member of the Directors Guild of America, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His credits include: With Love (TV series), Life By Ella (TV series), On My Block (TV series), Puppy Place (TV series), Schooled (TV series), The Last Laugh (2019 film), Mayhem (film), '' American Girl'', '' Sweet/Vicious'', '' Everly'', ''Awkward'', ''Catch Hell'', '' Super'', '' Punisher: War Zone'', '' Black Cloud'', ''Mysterious Skin'', '' Bully'', '' Dirty Girl'', ''Movie 43'', and ''A Haunted House.'' From 1991 to 1994 he was the manager of the Paramount Pictures Corporation film lab. While at the Paramount lab, Gainer met future director Dave Meyers. With Dave Meyers Gainer shot over thirty music videos and the feature film Foolish. Since 1994, he has been director of photography on dozens of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslee Feldman
Leslee Feldman is the Head of Casting at Amblin Partners and is the former Head of Casting at DreamWorks, the studio which produced such films as ''Shrek'', ''The Prince of Egypt'', ''Road to Perdition'', ''Old School (film), Old School'', and ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'', among others. Feldman's old DreamWorks position is currently held by her former colleague Christi Soper Hilt. This change came soon after NBCUniversal acquired DreamWorks in 2016. She was Casting Director for the following movies: *''The Turning (2020 film), The Turning'' (2020) *''Trolls Holiday'' (2017) *''Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie'' (2017) *''The Boss Baby'' (2017) *''Trolls (film), Trolls'' (2016) *''Kung Fu Panda 3'' (2016) *''Home (2015 film), Home'' (2015) *''Penguins of Madagascar'' (2014) *''How to Train Your Dragon 2'' (2014) *''Mr. Peabody & Sherman'' (2014) *''Turbo (film), Turbo'' (2013) *''Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy (Documentary)'' (2013) *''The Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lia Vollack
Lia Vollack (born c. 1965) is an American record executive. Vollack graduated from high school at 15, and the year after worked as a roadie for Johnnie Thunders and the Ramones. In 1974 she moved to New York City, where she would find work as a sound designer for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows such as ''On the Waterfront'' and ''The Heidi Chronicles''; she continued working as a sound effects freelancer and music editor until 1997, when she was hired by Sony. In 2000 she became executive director of the Worldwide Music division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, in which role she was in charge of releasing successful soundtracks to films such as ''Charlie's Angels''. She has since become the main force behind the release of soundtracks and film scores for films released by Sony Pictures. She is creator of the record label Madison Gate, dedicated to publishing film music that might otherwise go unreleased, and has been named to the ''Billboard'' Power 100 list on multiple occasions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Mercer
Sam Mercer is a film producer, producer of many films directed by M. Night Shyamalan such as ''The Sixth Sense'', ''Unbreakable (film), Unbreakable'', and ''Signs (2002 film), Signs'', as well as other films like ''Van Helsing (film), Van Helsing'' and ''Things We Lost in the Fire (film), Things We Lost in the Fire''. His career started during the early 1980s as a location manager and later advanced to a producer and executive producer. He also produced Shyamalan's films ''The Happening (2008 film), The Happening'' and ''The Last Airbender (2010 film), The Last Airbender''. Filmography Producer Executive producer References External links * American film producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-producer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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