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Mark Orton
Mark Orton is an American composer and musician. An alumnus of the Peabody Conservatory and the Hartt School of Music, he is a founding member of the San Francisco-based Tin Hat chamber music group, and is best known for his score for the Academy Award-nominated film ''Nebraska'' (2013). A recipient of a Sundance Composer Fellowship and nominee for Best New Composer by The International Film Music Critics Association, some of his other film credits as a composer include ''The Good Girl'' (2002), '' My Old Lady'' (2014) and Sweet Land (2006), while he has written or performed songs in films including ''Everything Is Illuminated'' (2005) and ''The Boxtrolls'' (2014). Orton lives in Portland, Oregon. Filmography *'' The Last Shift'' (2020, dir Andrew Cohn) *''The 11th Green'' (2020, dir. Christopher Münch) *'' The Lears'' (2017, dir. Carl Bessai) *People Places Things' (2015, dir. James C. Strouse) *'' My Old Lady'' (2014, dir. Israel Horowitz) *Joan' (2015, dir. Matt Schulte) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand. A plectrum or individual finger picks may also be used to strike the strings. The sound of the guitar is projected either acoustically, by means of a resonant chamber on the instrument, or amplified by an electronic pickup and an amplifier. The guitar is classified as a chordophone – meaning the sound is produced by a vibrating string stretched between two fixed points. Historically, a guitar was constructed from wood with its strings made of catgut. Steel guitar strings were introduced near the end of the nineteenth century in the United States; nylon strings came in the 1940s. The guitar's ancestors include the gittern, the vihuela, the four- course Renaissance guitar, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lears
''The Lears'' is a 2017 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Carl Bessai, and starring Bruce Dern, Anthony Michael Hall and Sean Astin. It is a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''King Lear''. Plot On a family weekend, the father explodes a bombshell for his children that he will marry his assistant and everything gets complicated. Cast * Bruce Dern as Davenport Lear *Anthony Michael Hall as Glenn Lear *Sean Astin as Tom Cornwall *Aly Michalka as Regan Lear *Victoria Smurfit as Diana *Nicholas Bishop as Kent Lear *James Hoare as Rory Lear Production The film was shot in Malibu and Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, sec .... References External links * American comedy-drama films Films directed by Carl Bessai Films scored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Austria!
Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain * St. Felix, Prince Edward Island, a rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. * Felix, Ontario, an unincorporated place and railway point in Northeastern Ontario, Canada * St. Felix, South Tyrol, a village in South Tyrol, in northern Italy. * Felix, California, an unincorporated community in Calaveras County Music * Felix (band), a British band * Felix (musician), British DJ * Félix Award, a Quebec music award named after Félix Leclerc Business * Felix (pet food), a brand of cat food sold in most European countries * AB Felix, a Swedish food company * Felix Bus Services of Derbyshire, England * Felix Airways, an airline based in Yemen Science and technology * Apache Felix, an open source OSGi framew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Payne
Constantine Alexander Payne (; born February 10, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for the films ''Citizen Ruth'' (1996), ''Election'' (1999), ''About Schmidt'' (2002), ''Sideways'' (2004), ''The Descendants'' (2011), ''Nebraska'' (2013) and '' Downsizing'' (2017). He is noted for his dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society. Payne is a two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and a three-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director. In 2017, Metacritic ranked Payne 2nd on its list of the 25 best film directors of the 21st century. Early life Payne was born in Omaha, Nebraska, to Peggy and George Payne, restaurant owners. He is the youngest of three sons and grew up in the Dundee neighborhood. He is of Greek ancestry. Payne's paternal grandfather, Nicholas "Nick" Payne, anglicized the last name from "Papadopoulos". His family comes from three areas in Greece: the island of Sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Mazzacurati
Carlo Mazzacurati (2 March 1956 – 22 January 2014) was an Italian film director and screenwriter born in Padua. He started his cinema career in 1980. His better known films include ''Il Toro'' (1994) and ''La lingua del santo'' (2000). He was educated and graduated from University of Bologna. Mazzacurati died in Padua. He was an atheist. He was married to Marina Zangirolami until his death. Partial filmography Director * '' Notte italiana'' (1987) * ''Il prete bello'' (1989) * '' Un'altra vita'' (1992) * '' Il toro'' (1994) * ''L'estate di Davide'' (1998) * ''La lingua del santo'' (2000) * ' (2002) * '' An Italian Romance'' (''L'amore ritrovato'') (2004) * '' La giusta distanza'' (2007) * '' La passione'' (2010) * ''Medici con l'Africa'' (2012) * ' (2013) Screenwriter * ''Marrakesh Express "Marrakesh Express" is a song written by Graham Nash and performed by the band Crosby, Stills and Nash (CSN). It was first released in May 1969 on the self-titled album, ''Crosby, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chair Of Happiness
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Significant Things
''Big Significant Things'' is a 2014 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Bryan Reisberg and starring Harry Lloyd and Krista Kosonen. It is Reisberg's directorial debut. Cast *Harry Lloyd as Craig Harrison *Krista Kosonen as Ella *Sylvia Grace Crim as Grace *James Ricker II as Travis *Travis Koop as Grant *Elisabeth Gray as Allison (voice) *Bess Baria as Sam *Kaitlynn Alford as Nicky *Samuel Foreman as Constantine *William Foreman as John *Peter Cameron as Joel (voice) Reception The film has a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Glenn Kenny Glenn Kenny (born August 8, 1959) is an American film critic and journalist. He writes for ''The New York Times'' and '' RogerEbert.com''. Biography Kenny attended William Paterson University, where he majored in English literature.RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars. Carson Lund of '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Burns
Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary film, documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle United States, American History of the United States, history and Culture of the United States, culture. His work is often produced in association with WETA-TV and/or the National Endowment for the Humanities and distributed by PBS. His widely known documentary series include ''The Civil War (miniseries), The Civil War'' (1990), ''Baseball (TV series), Baseball'' (1994), ''Jazz (TV series), Jazz'' (2001), ''The War (miniseries), The War'' (2007), ''The National Parks: America's Best Idea'' (2009), ''Prohibition (miniseries), Prohibition'' (2011), ''The Roosevelts (miniseries), The Roosevelts'' (2014), ''The Vietnam War (TV series), The Vietnam War'' (2017), and ''Country Music (miniseries), Country Music'' (2019). He was also executive producer of both ''The West (miniseries), The West'' (1996), and ''Cancer (film), C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Intimate History
An, AN, aN, or an may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Airlinair (IATA airline code AN) * Alleanza Nazionale, a former political party in Italy * AnimeNEXT, an annual anime convention located in New Jersey * Anime North, a Canadian anime convention * Ansett Australia, a major Australian airline group that is now defunct (IATA designator AN) * Apalachicola Northern Railroad (reporting mark AN) 1903–2002 ** AN Railway, a successor company, 2002– * Aryan Nations, a white supremacist religious organization * Australian National Railways Commission, an Australian rail operator from 1975 until 1987 * Antonov, a Ukrainian (formerly Soviet) aircraft manufacturing and services company, as a model prefix Entertainment and media * Antv, an Indonesian television network * ''Astronomische Nachrichten'', or ''Astronomical Notes'', an international astronomy journal * ''Avisa Nordland'', a Norwegian newspaper * '' Sweet Bean'' (あん), a 2015 Japanese film also known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drunktown's Finest
''Drunktown's Finest'' is an American drama film directed by Sydney Freeland. The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014. The film later screened at the Sundance London Film Festival on April 25, 2014. The film was acquired by Sundance Channel after its premiere at Sundance Film Festival and was scheduled to broadcast in 2014. Plot Three young Navajo Native Americans - an adopted Native girl, a young father-to-be, and a trans woman who dreams of being a model - strive to escape the hardships of life on an Indian reservation. Nizhoni seeks out her past, well after being adopted by a white Christian family, Felixia, a trans woman, pursues a spot in the "women of the tribe" calendar, and Sickboy is headed to basic training so he can take care of his soon-to-be-born child. Cast *Jeremiah Bitsui as Luther SickBoy Maryboy *Carmen Moore as Felixia *Morningstar Angeline as Nizhoni Smiles *Kiowa Gordon as Julius *Shauna Baker as Karah *Elizabe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Annable
Graham Annable (born June 1, 1970) is a Canadian cartoonist and animator. He is the creator of ''Grickle'', published by Alternative Comics, and one of the founders of the ''Hickee'' humor anthology (also published by Alternative Comics). Annable has created works for the television, film, video game, and comic book industries. Life and career Annable was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. After graduating from Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, where he was classically trained as an animator, Annable ended up at LucasArts. He worked there for ten years, starting in 1994 on '' Full Throttle'' and ultimately as a lead animator on the cancelled '' Sam & Max: Freelance Police''. In addition, Annable has done illustration and cartoon work for (among others) Chuck Jones, Nickelodeon, and Walt Disney Productions. His self-produced short animated films are also popular among YouTube watchers. Annable was employed as creative director at Telltale Games during their first year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Stacchi
Anthony Francis Stacchi (born August 21, 1961) is an American effects animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and film director. Stacchi graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a BFA in Film then went on to be an Animator and Commercial Director at San Francisco's Colossal Pictures and an effects animator at Industrial Light and Magic on ''Back to the Future'', ''Hook'', ''The Rocketeer'' and ''Ghost'', and ''James and the Giant Peach''. He was a storyboard artist for ''Antz'', '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' and ''Curious George'' and was the head of story for ILM's aborted computer animated feature ''Frankenstien'', and a short film, ''Work in Progress''. He made his directorial debut as co-director of Sony Pictures Animation's first film '' Open Season''. He co-directed the 3D stop-motion animated feature film ''The Boxtrolls'', at Laika. It was released in 2014. Stacchi currently serves as director for ''The Monkey King'', a Netflix Netflix, Inc. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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