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Mike J. Nichols
Mike J. Nichols is a producer, director, writer, and an American film editor originally from Illinois currently living and working in Los Angeles. Early career Mike J. Nichols created a re-cut of George Lucas' ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' known as ''The Phantom Edit''. According to the re-done scroll, the self-proclaimed "Phantom Editor" stated he had re-edited a standard VHS version of ''The Phantom Menace'' into what he believed was "a much stronger version of the film". He also did an edit of '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'', called "Attack of the Phantom," wherein he did the same, with additional commentary explaining his editing decisions. For Automat Pictures he worked as both a post-production supervisor and editor on behind the scenes documentaries and special features for DVDs/Blu-rays which include ''Snakes on a Plane'', '' The Messengers'', '' Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'', ''Fracture'', ''Hairspray'', ''RV'' (he in ...
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The Phantom Edit
''Star Wars Episode I.I: The Phantom Edit'' is a fan edit of the film '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', removing many elements of the original film. The purpose of the edit, according to creator Mike J. Nichols, was to make a much stronger version of ''The Phantom Menace'' based on the previous execution and philosophies of film storytelling and editing of George Lucas. ''The Phantom Edit'' was the first unauthorized re-edit of ''The Phantom Menace'' to receive major publicity and acclaim and is also considered the first fan-edit of a feature film ever to be shared by an online audience. History ''The Phantom Edit'' was originally circulated in Hollywood studios in 2000 and 2001, and was followed by media attention. Salon.com, NPR, PBS, and the BBC all covered the edit to various degrees. Rumor initially attributed ''The Phantom Edit'' to Kevin Smith, who admitted to having seen the re-edit but denied that he was the editor. The editor was revealed to be Mike J. ...
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The Sopranos
''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based American Mafia, Italian-American mobster, portraying his difficulties as he tries to balance family life with his role as leader of a criminal organization. These are explored during his therapy sessions with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco). The series features Tony's family members, mafia colleagues, and rivals in prominent roles—most notably his wife Carmela Soprano, Carmela (Edie Falco) and his protégé/distant cousin Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli). The pilot was ordered in 1997, and the show premiered on HBO on January 10, 1999. The series ran for six seasons totaling List of The Sopranos episodes, 86 episodes until June 10, 2007. Broadcast syndication followed in the U.S. and internationally. ''The Sopranos'' was produced by HBO, Chase Films, and Brad Grey Te ...
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Time (magazine)
''Time'' (stylized in all caps) is an American news magazine based in New York City. For nearly a century, it was published Weekly newspaper, weekly, but starting in March 2020 it transitioned to every other week. It was first published in New York City on March 3, 1923, and for many years it was run by its influential co-founder, Henry Luce. A European edition (''Time Europe'', formerly known as ''Time Atlantic'') is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa, and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (''Time Asia'') is based in Hong Kong. The South Pacific edition, which covers Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, is based in Sydney. Since 2018, ''Time'' has been published by Time USA, LLC, owned by Marc Benioff, who acquired it from Meredith Corporation. History ''Time'' has been based in New York City since its first issue published on March 3, 1923, by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce. It was the first weekly news magazine in the United St ...
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Esquire Network
Esquire Network was an American pay television network that was a 50/50 joint venture between NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation. The network carried programs aimed at a metrosexual audience centering on travel, cooking, sports and fashion, along with reruns of popular sitcoms and dramas. History Style Network The channel was originally launched as the Style Network (although on-air promotions typically referred to it as simply "Style") on October 1, 1998, serving as a spin-off of E!. It was intended to leverage E!'s coverage of fashion and to provide an expanded venue for shows such as ''Fashion Emergency''. The network focused on fashion, design, interior decoration and urban lifestyle-related programming. Style provided coverage of events like New York Fashion Week and showcased various designers. Early programming included: ''The Look for Less'', ''Shabby Chic with Rachel Ashwell'', ''Glow: The Beauty Show'', ''Vogue Takes...'', ''Stylemaker'', ''Model'', ''Runway'', ...
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Warren Littlefield
Warren W. Littlefield (born May 11, 1952) is an American television executive. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Littlefield attended Montclair High School and graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, where he was awarded a BA in Psychology. Career at NBC A protégé of Brandon Tartikoff, Littlefield developed ''Cheers'', ''Seinfeld'', ''The Cosby Show'', and ''The Golden Girls'' as senior and executive vice president of NBC Entertainment under Tartikoff. During his time as President of NBC Entertainment (1991-1998), Littlefield oversaw the creation of many shows for the network throughout the 1990s such as ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', ''Wings'', '' Blossom'', ''Mad About You'', ''Sisters'', ''Frasier'', ''Friends'', '' ER'', '' Homicide: Life on the Street'', '' Caroline in the City'', ''NewsRadio'', ''3rd Rock from the Sun'', ''Suddenly Susan'', ''Just Shoot Me!'', ''Will & Grace'' and ''The West Wing''. In 2012, he wrote a book, with T. R. Pears ...
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Dances With Films
Dances With Films is an annual independent film festival located in Los Angeles, California and was founded by Leslee Scallon and Michael Trent. Lineup Taking place every year since 1998, the festival is dedicated to representing true independent cinema stipulating that all films entered into the festival competition have no known directors, writers or producers connected to them. Programmes include a mix of feature-length films, shorts, documentaries and animations. Notable artists Dances With Films alumni include Steven Kane, Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, Dan Harris, John Putch John Putch (born July 27, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his recurring role as Bob Morton on the 1970s sitcom '' One Day at a Time'' and as Sean Brody in the film '' Jaws 3-D''. Life and career Putch was born in ... and Mike Flanagan. References External links *{{official website, http://www.danceswithfilms.com Film festivals in Los Angeles Film festiva ...
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Doc LA - Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival
DOC LA — Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival is an international documentary film festival in Hollywood, California. It is organized by Parajanov-Vartanov Institute in Los Angeles. The festival aims to present films by American and International students, emerging auteurs and established masters, especially those that the city's other important film festivals overlook. While its primary focus is documentary and short films, DocLA selects and awards films of all genres, including fiction, animation and experimental works. The festival was noted for showcasing and awarding movies by women directors, and foreign language cinema, alongside independent American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ... documentary films References {{Reflist External links Official site ...
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HollyShorts Film Festival
The HollyShorts Film Festival is an annual Academy Award®-qualifying independent short film festival located in Hollywood, California. History Founded in 2005, the yearly festival programmes feature an eclectic mixture of short films of various genres from around the world. HollyShorts inaugural Film Festival took place at The Space Theatre in Hollywood in August 2005 and featured 23 short films from the U.S., Canada, Poland, the U.K., and Thailand. The 2nd annual 2006 HollyShorts Film Festival was held at Cinespace in Hollywood, California, and also featured 53 short films from all around the world, with over thirteen different countries being represented. The third annual 2007 HollyShorts Film Festival took place from August 10-12th in 2007, and awarded goodies. The 4th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival took place on August 7–10, 2008 in Hollywood with top honors of Best Short Film going to “Bloom” directed Lance Larson. Larson was awarded $2000 VFX package courtesy of Cli ...
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
The Critics' Choice Movie Awards (formerly known as the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award) is an awards show presented annually by the American-Canadian Critics Choice Association (CCA) to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Written ballots are submitted during a week-long nominating period, and the resulting nominees are announced in December. The winners chosen by subsequent voting are revealed at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards ceremony in January. Additionally, special awards are given out at the discretion of the BFCA Board of Directors. This award is also an indicator of success at the Academy Awards. History The awards were originally named simply ''Critics' Choice Awards''. In 2010, the word ''Movie'' was added to their name, to differentiate them from the Critics' Choice Television Awards, which were first bestowed the following year by the newly created Broadcast Television Critics Association. The name ''Critics' Choice Awards'' now officially ...
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South By Southwest
South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987 and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year. In 2017, the conference lasted for 10 days with the interactive track lasting for five days, music for seven days, and film for nine days. There was no in-person event in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas; both years, there was a smaller online event instead. SXSW is run by the company SXSW, LLC, which organizes conferences, trade shows, festivals, and other events. In addition to SXSW, the company runs the conference SXSW Edu and the upcoming SXSW Sydney festival, and co-runs North by Northeast in Toronto. It has previously run or co-run the events North by Northwest (1995-2001), West by ...
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Hollywood Music In Media Awards
The Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) is an award organization honoring original music (Song and Score) in all forms visual media including film, TV, video games, trailers, commercial advertisements, documentaries, music videos and special programs. The HMMA was the first to include ''Outstanding Music Supervision'' as featured award categories. HMMA nominations and winners have historically been representative of key awards shows announced months later. The annual HMMA main event, held the week before Thanksgiving, features live music performances, celebrity presenters, tributes to music industry icons and awards for composers, songwriters and performers. The HMMA also celebrates emerging, independent artists from around the globe for creative and innovative contributions in genre categories. The 2019 winners were announced on November 20. Categories Score * Best Original Score – Feature Film * Best Original Score – Independent Film * Best Original Score – Animated ...
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Echo In The Canyon
''Echo in the Canyon'' is a 2018 film directed by Andrew Slater. The film is produced by Eric Barrett and Andrew Slater under the banner of Mirror Films. The film stars Lou Adler, Fiona Apple, the Beach Boys, Beck, Tom Petty, Jackson Browne, Buffalo Springfield, the Byrds, Jade Castrinos, Eric Clapton, David Crosby, Jakob Dylan, Norah Jones, and Michelle Phillips. It had its world premiere at the LA Film Festival on September 20, 2018. It was released in theaters May 24, 2019. An accompanying soundtrack has also been released on CD, vinyl, and digitally featuring Jakob Dylan and guests such as Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Fiona Apple, and Beck, amongst others. Plot ''Echo in the Canyon'' celebrates the popular music that came out of L.A.'s Laurel Canyon neighborhood in the mid-1960s as folk went electric and the Byrds, the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and the Mamas and the Papas cemented the California Sound. It was a moment (1965 to 1967) when bands came to L.A. to emulate ...
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