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Martin Moszkowicz
Martin Moszkowicz (born 25 April 1958) is a German film producer. He is the chairman of the executive board at Constantin Film. On 6 March 2019, he was appointed honorary professor at University of Television and Film Munich. In Las Vegas, April 25, 2022, Moszkowicz received CinemaCon “Career Achievement in Film Award” for his work and continuing success at the global box office. As producer, executive producer, and co-producer Moszkowicz has been involved in well over 300 nationally and internationally successful feature films and numerous television shows. Recent projects include '' Resident Evil: The Final Chapter'', ''Fack ju Göhte 3'', ''This Crazy Heart'', ''How About Adolf?'', ''Polar'', ''The Collini Case'', '' The Silence'', ''Das perfekte Geheimnis'', '' Dragon Rider'', and ''Monster Hunter''. Filmography * 1980: ''Inflation im Paradies'' (directed by Nikolai Müllerschön) - Producer * 1982: '' Der Fan'' (directed by Eckhart Schmidt) - Producer * 1983: ''Rot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imre Gyöngyössy
Imre Gyöngyössy (25 February 1930 – 1 May 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His film ''The Revolt of Job'' (1983), which he co-directed with Barna Kabay, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Gyöngyössy said that he intended the film "as a message not only between generations but between nations". Selected filmography * ''Job's Revolt'' (1983) * ''Yerma ''Yerma'' is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1934 and first performed that same year. García Lorca describes the play as "a tragic poem." The play tells the story of a childless woman living in rural S ...'' (1984) References External links * Hungarian film directors Male screenwriters Hungarian male writers People educated at the Benedictine High School of Pannonhalma 1930 births 1994 deaths 20th-century Hungarian screenwriters {{Hungary-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uli Edel
Ulrich "Uli" Edel (; born 11 April 1947) is a German film and television director, best known for his work on films such as Last Exit to Brooklyn (film), ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' and ''Body of Evidence (1993 film), Body of Evidence.'' His ''Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny'' won a Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for TV. Alan Rickman in the titular role won an Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy and a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe for Best Actor. Ian McKellen, playing Tsar Nicholas II, won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. Life and career Edel was born in Neuenburg am Rhein, South Baden. He attended Jesuit Boarding School ''Kolleg Sankt Blasien'' from 1957 to 1966. After studying theatre science in Munich, he was accepted into Munich Film School alongside Bernd Eichinger. Uli befriended him and they started working together on their exercise movies, sharing a love for the French New Wave, nouvelle vague and Italian neorealism as well as popular U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Body Of Evidence (1993 Film)
''Body of Evidence'' is a 1993 erotic thriller film directed by Uli Edel, written by Brad Mirman, and starring Madonna and Willem Dafoe, with Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Julianne Moore, and Jürgen Prochnow in supporting roles. Madonna's performance in the film was panned by film critics and it marked her fourth film acting performance to be panned, following ''Shanghai Surprise'', '' Who's That Girl,'' and '' Bloodhounds of Broadway''. In France and Japan, the film was released under the name ''Body''. In Japan, Madonna's other 1993 film '' Dangerous Game'' was released there as ''Body II'' even though the films have nothing in common nor are related to each other in narrative. Plot The elderly and wealthy Andrew Marsh dies from complications stemming from an erotic incident involving bondage and homemade pornography. The main suspect is his lover Rebecca Carlson (Madonna) who proclaims her innocence to lawyer Frank Dulaney (Willem Dafoe). Initially believing her, Dulaney ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sönke Wortmann
Sönke Wortmann (; 25 August 1959 in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German film director and producer. Biography Wortmann's father was a miner. After Wortmann's A-Levels he wanted to become a professional football player and started playing with Westfalia Herne and later SpVgg Erkenschwick in the German 3rd division. After three years he gave up the idea of becoming a professional football player. One semester he studied sociology before entering the University of Television and Film Munich to study film directing. After spending some time at the London Royal College of Art he finished his career successfully. While studying, he worked as a taxi driver and actor, for example in the TV series ''Die glückliche Familie''. His debut feature film ''Der bewegte Mann'' was released in 1994. It became one of the most successful German film of the post-war era. ''The Superwife'' (1996) was filmed, as he himself said, to prove that it is possible to make "a successful film out of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cement Garden (film)
''The Cement Garden'' is a 1993 British drama film written and directed by Andrew Birkin. It is based on the 1978 novel of the same name written by Ian McEwan. It was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival, where Birkin won the Silver Bear for Best Director. Plot In late 1970s England, Jack is a narcissistic 15-year-old boy living in a post-war era prefab house with his parents, his 17-year-old sister Julie, 13-year-old sister Sue, and 6-year-old brother Tom. One day, while unloading large bags of cement to resurface the garden path of their home, the father collapses from a heart attack and dies. Only a few months after this tragedy, Jack’s mother takes ill and becomes bedridden and frail, prompting Jack and Julie to take control of the household. Though Jack and Julie initially clash due to Jack’s immaturity and selfishness, the pair’s tension gradually shifts to a romantic one as Jack develops an incestuous crush on Julie. In their new roles as the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Birkin
Andrew Timothy Birkin (born 9 December 1945) is an English screenwriter and director. He was born the only son of Lieutenant-Commander David Birkin and his wife, actress Judy Campbell. One of his sisters is the actress and singer Jane Birkin. Work Birkin was educated at Elstree School and Harrow School. At the former he was remembered by a teacher as being "one of the naughtiest boys ever to have passed through Elstree" and his record at Harrow was no better. He left school at the age of 17 to work as a mail boy at 20th Century Fox's London office, graduating to Elstree Studios as a production runner in 1963 on Man in the Middle (film), ''Man in the Middle'' and The Third Secret (film), ''The Third Secret''. After hitch-hiking and freight-jumping across America in 1964, he returned to England in 1965 and began work as a runner on Stanley Kubrick's ''2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 2001: A Space Odyssey'', but soon became Kubrick's location scout.Dan Richter, ''Moonwatcher's Memoir: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt On Our Skin
'' Salt on Our Skin'' is a 1992 erotic romantic drama film, directed by Andrew Birkin, starring Greta Scacchi and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film is based on Benoîte Groult’s novel ''Les vaisseaux du coeur'' published in 1988. The plot follows the passionate relationship between mismatched lovers, a Parisian intellectual woman and a Scottish fisherman, brought together by lust. Their passionate encounters over 30 years make both their lives worth living. Scacchi and D'Onofrio were a real life couple at that time. Plot On the death of her lover, George McEwan, a half French/half Scottish woman, recounts in flashback her passionate relationship with Gavin McCall, a humble fisherman. Their romance goes back in time more than thirty years. In the 1950s, George, then a vivacious young woman living in France, comes to Scotland to spend her long summer vacation with her younger sister, Frédérique. While helping the locals take in the straw, she meets an attractive and simple man Gavin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manta, Manta
''Manta, Manta'' is a 1991 German language action comedy film directed by Wolfgang Büld. The film features Til Schweiger, Tina Ruland, Stefan Gebelhoff, Lena Sabine Berg and Michael Kessler in the lead roles. Singer/songwriter Sylkie Monoff makes a small appearance. It was released in Germany on October 3, 1991 and in Hungary on April 17, 1992. The English title of the film was ''Racin' in the Street''. Four weeks before the film was released '' Manta – Der Film'' was shown in theaters, which also focused on Opel Manta in a comedic way, see "Manta jokes". Actors Til Schweiger, Tina Ruland and Michael Kessler started their film acting career with ''Manta, Manta''. Plot In the Ruhr area: Bertie (Til Schweiger) is the proud owner of a well-tuned Manta. Together with his friends Gerd (Stefan Gebelhoff), Klausi (Michael Kessler) and Hakan (Ömer Simsek) he enjoys driving in his Opel Manta as a hobby. One day, while Bertie was driving his car in a peace race against a VW Golf GTI, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egon Günther
Egon Günther (30 March 1927 – 31 August 2017) in: , 31 August 2017. was a German film director and writer. His film '' Lotte in Weimar'' was nominated for the at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. In 1985, his film '' Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Van Ackeren
Robert van Ackeren (born 22 December 1946) is a German movie director, actor, producer, writer and cinematographer. Filmography (director) * ''Blondie's Number One'' (1971) * ''The Sensuous Three'' (1972) * '' The Last Word'' (1975) * ''Belcanto oder Darf eine Nutte schluchzen?'' (1977) * ' (1978, TV film) * ' (1980) * ' (1980) * ''A Woman in Flames ''A Woman in Flames'' (Die flambierte Frau, literally "The Flambéed Woman") is a German Drama (film and television), drama film from 1983, directed by Robert van Ackeren, starring Gudrun Landgrebe, Mathieu Carrière, and Hanns Zischler. The film ...'' (1983) * ' (1988) * ''The True Story About Men and Women'' (1992) * ' (2007) External links imdb page* http://www.deutsches-filmhaus.de/bio_reg/a_bio_regiss/ackeren_bio.htm (in German) Living people 1946 births Film people from Berlin {{Germany-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Goretta
Claude Goretta (23 June 1929 – 20 February 2019) was a Swiss television producer and film director. Life and Career His 1973 film '' L'Invitation'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1981 film '' La provinciale'' was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. Goretta is buried at the Cimetière des Rois (Cemetery of Kings), which is considered the Genevan Panthéon. Selected filmography * ''Nice Time'' (1957), with Alain Tanner * '' The Invitation'' (1973) * ' (also known as, ''Not As Bad As All That'', 1974) with Gérard Depardieu * ''The Lacemaker'' (1977) * '' La provinciale'' (1981) * ''The Death of Mario Ricci ''The Death of Mario Ricci'' (french: La mort de Mario Ricci) is a 1983 Swiss-French drama film directed by Claude Goretta. It was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival where Gian Maria Volonté won the award for Best Actor. Cast * Gian M ...'' (1983) * '' Si le soleil ne revenait pas'' (1987) Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
