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Mark Ordesky
Mark Lowell Ordesky (born April 22, 1963) is an American film producer, television producer and studio executive. He is best known for executive producing the Oscar winning ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy. Career New Line Cinema During 20 years at New Line Cinema (and prior to that Republic Pictures), Ordesky acquired or executive produced over 60 films, including New Line's first Best Picture Oscar nominee ('' Shine''), its first major category Oscar winner (Geoffrey Rush, Academy Award for Best Actor, '' Shine''), and its first Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival (Lars von Trier's ''Dancer In The Dark''). The Lord of the Rings trilogy While at New Line, Ordesky executive produced the entire ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy. The final film of the trilogy, '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'', made history by winning every Oscar for which it was nominated, including the Academy Award for Best Picture and Academy Award for Best Director. Collecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Director
The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Director winner. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with the award being split into "Dramatic" and "Comedy" categories; Frank Borzage and Lewis Milestone won for '' 7th Heaven'' and ''Two Arabian Knights'', respectively. However, these categories were merged for all subsequent ceremonies. Nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the directors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy. For the first eleven years of the Academy Awards, directors were allowed to be nominated for multiple films in the same year. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Fleming (producer)
Jane Harvey Fleming is an American film producer and television producer. She was born in New York City, the youngest daughter of Jane (1933–1990), a philanthropist, and Peter E. Fleming Jr. (1929–2009), a criminal-defense lawyer. A graduate of Princeton University in 1989, Fleming's screen credits include Lovely Molly, The Frozen Ground, Exists (film) and the Disney+ television series The Quest (2022 TV series). While at Princeton, Fleming won the 1988 National Championship for lightweight crew Fleming began her career as a financial analyst in Mergers and Acquisitions at the investment banks Drexel Burnham Lambert and James D. Wolfensohn Incorporated. She later joined New Line Cinema, where she ultimately rose to the position of Senior Vice President, Business Development. A long-time and passionate advocate for women's rights, Fleming is a former two-term president of Women in Film, Los Angeles (2006–2010). She currently serves as its President Emeritus and co-CFO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumble In The Bronx
''Rumble in the Bronx'' (Chinese title: 紅番區, ''Hong Faan Kui'' (transl. ''Red Turn District'') is a 1995 American-Hong Kong martial arts film starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui and Françoise Yip. It was directed by Stanley Tong, with action choreographed by Chan and Tong. Released in Hong Kong in 1995, ''Rumble in the Bronx'' had a successful worldwide theatrical run, and brought Chan into the North American mainstream. The film is set in the Bronx area of New York City, but was filmed in and around Vancouver, Canada. The film grossed worldwide against a budget, making it the most profitable film of 1996. Plot Ma Hon Keung (馬漢強, Mǎ Hànqiáng), a Hong Kong cop, comes to New York to attend the wedding of his Uncle Bill, who introduces him to his American wife Whitney at his supermarket, which he has sold to Elaine. Uncle Bill's friend, Steven Lo, loans him a vintage automobile for the wedding. That night, a street gang starts a motorcycle race near Uncle Bill's apart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Chan
Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for his slapstick acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself. Chan has been acting since the 1960s, performing in more than 150 films. He is one of the most popular action film stars of all time. Chan is one of the most recognisable and influential film personalities in the world, with a widespread global following in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres. He has received fame stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Chan has been referenced in various pop songs, cartoons, films, and video games. He is an operatically trained vocalist and is also a Cantopop and Mandopop star, having released a number of music albums and sung many of the theme songs for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Splendor (film)
''American Splendor'' is a 2003 American biographical comedy-drama film about Harvey Pekar, the author of the American Splendor, ''American Splendor'' comic book series. The film, which is a hybrid production featuring live actors, documentary, and animation, is in part an Film adaptation, adaptation of the comics, which dramatize Pekar's life. ''American Splendor'' was written and directed by documentarians Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The film stars Paul Giamatti as Pekar and Hope Davis as Joyce Brabner. It also features appearances from Pekar and Brabner themselves (along with Pekar's long-time co-worker Toby Radloff), who discuss their lives, the comic books, and how it feels to be depicted onscreen by actors. It was filmed entirely on location in Cleveland and Lakewood, Ohio, Lakewood in Ohio. Plot The film opens in the year 1950. It's Halloween and an 11-year-old Harvey Pekar refuses to dress up as a superhero while trick-or-treating. The scene shifts to an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sweet Hereafter (film)
''The Sweet Hereafter'' is a 1997 Canadian drama film written and directed by Atom Egoyan, adapted from the 1991 novel by Russell Banks. It tells the story of a school bus accident in a small town that kills 14 children. A class-action lawsuit ensues, proving divisive in the community and becoming tied with personal and family issues. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Maury Chaykin, Bruce Greenwood, Tom McCamus, Gabrielle Rose, Arsinée Khanjian and Alberta Watson. The film, inspired by the 1989 Alton, Texas, bus crash, was filmed in British Columbia and Ontario, incorporating a film score with medieval music influences and references to the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Although ''The Sweet Hereafter'' was not a box office success, it was critically acclaimed and won three awards, including the Grand Prix, at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, along with seven Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture. It also received two Academy Award no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tumbleweeds (1999 Film)
''Tumbleweeds'' is a 1999 American comedy-drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor. O'Connor co-wrote the screenplay with his then-wife Angela Shelton, based on Shelton's childhood memories spent on the road with her serial-marrying mother. It stars Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown and Jay O. Sanders. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where O'Connor won the Filmmaker Trophy award. McTeer won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Brown won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance and the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film. Plot The story revolves around Mary Jo Walker, a single mother whose usual reaction to trouble is to pack her car with her belongings and take her pre-teen daughter Ava in search of greener pastures. The film commences with a strong-willed Mary Jo in an altercation with a man. As this is somethin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before Night Falls (film)
''Before Night Falls'' is a 2000 American biographical drama directed by Julian Schnabel. The film is based on both the autobiography of the same name by Reinaldo Arenas—published in English in 1993—as well as Jana Boková's 1990 documentary ''Havana''. The screenplay was co-written by Schnabel, Lázaro Gómez Carriles and Cunningham O'Keefe. The film stars Javier Bardem (his international film debut, and who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor), Johnny Depp, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Santiago Magill and Michael Wincott. The film had its world premiere at the 2000 Venice International Film Festival. Plot In the film, Arenas is born in Oriente in 1943 and raised by his single mother and her parents, who soon move the entire family to Holguín. After moving to Havana in the 1960s to continue his studies, Reinaldo begins to explore his ambitions, as well as his sexuality. After receiving an honorary mention in a writing contest, Arenas is offered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ripley's Game (film)
''Ripley's Game'' is a 2002 thriller film directed by Liliana Cavani. It is adapted from the 1974 novel ''Ripley's Game'', the third in Patricia Highsmith's series about the murderous adventures of the anti-hero Tom Ripley. John Malkovich stars as Ripley, opposite Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone. It received positive reviews. Highsmith's novel was previously adapted in 1977 as ''The American Friend'' by director Wim Wenders, starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz. Plot Tom Ripley is involved in an art forgery scheme in Berlin, in partnership with British gangster Reeves. Upon finding out that Reeves has attempted to cheat him, Ripley forces Reeves' customer at gunpoint to give him the money intended for the forgeries, and kills the man’s bodyguard. He also steals back the artwork for himself, and curtly tells Reeves that their partnership is over. Three years later, Ripley is living in a lush villa in Veneto with his wife Luisa, a harpsichordist. Invited by a neighbour to a part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State And Main
''State and Main'' is a 2000 comedy film written and directed by David Mamet and starring William H. Macy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alec Baldwin, Julia Stiles, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rebecca Pidgeon, David Paymer, Patti LuPone, Clark Gregg, and Charles Durning. Plot Havoc is wrought on the inhabitants of a small New England town by a troubled film production. After the leading man's penchant for underage girls gets them banished from their New Hampshire location, the crew moves to the small town of Waterford, Vermont to finish shooting ''The Old Mill''. As its title suggests, the film depends on the presence of a genuine mill, something the town is reported to possess. Unfortunately, with only days before principal photography begins, it becomes apparent that the mill in fact burned down decades ago. Unfazed, the film's director, Walt Price (William H. Macy), places his faith in the ability of first-time screenwriter Joseph Turner White (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to alter the scrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trick (1999 Film)
Trick(s) may refer to: People * Trick McSorley (1852–1936), American professional baseball player * Armon Trick (born 1978), retired German international rugby union player * David Trick (born 1955), former Ontario civil servant and university administrator * Marcus Trick (born 1977), retired German international rugby union player * Stanley Arthur Trick (1884–1958), English cricketer for Essex * Stephanie Trick (born 1987), American stride, ragtime and jazz pianist * Trick Daddy (born 1973), American rapper and producer * Trick-Trick (born 1973), Detroit rapper Arts, entertainment, and media Films * Trick (1999 film), ''Trick'' (1999 film), American film * Trick (2019 film), ''Trick'' (2019 film), American Halloween-themed horror film * Tricks (1925 film), ''Tricks'' (1925 film), American silent film * Tricks (1997 film), ''Tricks'' (1997 film), TV movie; see Jay Friedkin * Tricks (2007 film), ''Tricks'' (2007 film), Polish film by Andrzej Jakimowski * The Trick (2021 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
