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National Board Of Review Award For Best Documentary Film
The National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Feature is one of the annual awards given (since 1940) to the producer of the film by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Notes *≠ Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature nominee *≈ Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature winner *± Nominated in other Oscar categories *° Emmy winner *× Sundance winner *÷ Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) winner/nominee *§ National Film Registry inductee List of winners * 1940: ''The Fight for Life'' * 1941: ''Target for Tonight''; ''The Forgotten Village''; ''Ku Kan''; ''The Land'' * 1942: ''Moscow Strikes Back''≈; '' Native Land''; ''Anzacs in Action'' * 1943: ''Desert Victory''≈; '' The Battle of Russia''≠; ''Prelude to War''≈; ''Saludos Amigos''±; ''The Silent Village'' * 1944: '' Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress''§; ''Attack! The Battle for New Britain''; '' With the Marines at Tarawa''÷; ''Battle for the Marianas''; '' Tuni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, directing, editing, and arranging financing. The producer is responsible for finding and selecting promising material for development. Unless the film is based on an existing script, the producer hires a screenwriter and oversees the script's development. These activities culminate with the pitch, led by the producer, to secure the financial backing that enables production to begin. If all succeeds, the project is "greenlighted". The producer also supervises the pre-production, principal photography and post-production stages of filmmaking. A producer is also responsible for hiring a director for the film, as well as other key crew members. Whereas the director makes the creative decisions during the production, the producer typically ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Board Of Review Awards 1987
59th National Board of Review Awards ---- Best Picture: Empire of the Sun The 59th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 15, 1987, and given on 16 February, 1988. Top 10 films #''Empire of the Sun'' #''The Last Emperor'' #'' Broadcast News'' #''The Untouchables'' #'' Gaby: A True Story'' #''Cry Freedom'' #''Fatal Attraction'' #'' Hope and Glory'' #''Wall Street'' #''Full Metal Jacket'' Top Foreign Films #''Jean de Florette'' and '' Manon des Sources'' #''My Life as a Dog'' #''Au revoir les enfants'' #''Tampopo'' #'' Dark Eyes'' Winners *Best Picture: **''Empire of the Sun'' *Best Foreign Language Film (tie): **''Jean de Florette'', France **'' Manon des sources (Manon of the Spring)'', France *Best Actor: **Michael Douglas - ''Wall Street'' *Best Actress (tie): **Lillian Gish - ''The Whales of August'' **Holly Hunter - '' Broadcast News'' *Best Supporting Actor: **Sean Connery - ''The Untouchables'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Olympia Dukakis - ''Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Board Of Review Awards 1992
64th National Board of Review Awards ---- Best Picture: Howards End The 64th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1992, were announced by the National Board of Review on 16 December 1992 and given on 22 February 1993. Top 10 films #''Howards End'' #''The Crying Game'' #''Glengarry Glen Ross'' #''A Few Good Men'' #'' The Player'' #''Unforgiven'' #''One False Move'' #''Peter's Friends'' #''Bob Roberts'' #''Malcolm X'' Top foreign Films #'' Indochine'' #''Raise the Red Lantern'' #'' Tous les matins du monde'' #''Mediterraneo'' #'' Like Water for Chocolate'' Winners *Best Actor: **Jack Lemmon - ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' *Best Actress: **Emma Thompson - ''Howards End'' *Best Director: **James Ivory - ''Howards End'' *Best Documentary Feature: **'' Brother's Keeper'' *Best Film: **''Howards End'' *Best Foreign Film: **'' Indochine'', France *Best Supporting Actor: **Jack Nicholson - ''A Few Good Men'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Judy Davis - ''Husbands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hickenlooper
George Loening Hickenlooper III (May 25, 1963 – October 29, 2010) was an American narrative and documentary filmmaker. Early life Hickenlooper was born in St. Louis, the son of Barbara Jo Wenger, a social worker and stage actress, and George Loening Hickenlooper, Jr., a teacher and playwright. He was also the grand nephew of British-born conductor Leopold Stokowski through marriage to his great aunt, pianist Olga Samaroff (whose birth name was Lucy Mary Agnes Hickenlooper). He attended high school at St. Louis University High, where he was part of a group of teenage filmmakers he informally called the "Splicers". After graduating from Yale University with a B.A. in History and Film Studies in 1986, Hickenlooper interned for the producer Roger Corman, and launched his directing career with ''Art, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper'' in 1988. Career His first feature-length documentary, ''Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse'', explored the making of ''Apocaly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Board Of Review Awards 1991
63rd National Board of Review Awards ---- Best Picture: The Silence of the Lambs The 63rd National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1991, were announced on 16 December 1991 and given on 24 February 1992. Top 10 films #'' The Silence of the Lambs'' #''Bugsy'' #''Grand Canyon'' #''Thelma & Louise'' #''Homicide'' #''Dead Again'' #''Boyz N the Hood'' #'' Rambling Rose'' #'' Frankie and Johnny'' #''Jungle Fever'' Top Foreign Films #''Europa Europa'' #'' The Vanishing'' #'' La Femme Nikita'' #''My Father's Glory'' and ''My Mother's Castle'' #''Toto le Héros'' Winners *Best Picture: **'' The Silence of the Lambs'' *Best Foreign Language Film: **''Europa Europa'', Germany/France *Best Actor: **Warren Beatty - ''Bugsy'' *Best Actress: **Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon - ''Thelma & Louise'' *Best Supporting Actor: **Anthony Hopkins - '' The Silence of the Lambs'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Kate Nelligan - '' Frankie and Johnny'' *Best Director: **Jonathan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Board Of Review Awards 1990
62nd National Board of Review Awards ---- Best Picture: Dances with Wolves The 62nd National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1990, were announced on 16 December 1990 and given on 4 March 1991. Top 10 films #''Dances with Wolves'' #''Hamlet'' #''Goodfellas'' #''Awakenings'' #''Reversal of Fortune'' #''Miller's Crossing'' #'' Metropolitan'' #''Mr. and Mrs. Bridge'' #''Avalon'' #'' The Grifters'' Top Foreign Films #''Cyrano de Bergerac'' #''Jesus of Montreal'' #''The Nasty Girl'' #''Monsieur Hire'' #''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'' Winners *Best Picture: **''Dances with Wolves'' *Best Foreign Language Film: **''Cyrano de Bergerac'', France *Best Actor: **Robert De Niro and Robin Williams - ''Awakenings'' *Best Actress: **Mia Farrow - '' Alice'' *Best Supporting Actor: **Joe Pesci - ''Goodfellas'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Winona Ryder - ''Mermaids'' *Best Director: **Kevin Costner - ''Dances with Wolves'' *Career Achievement Award **James Stewart Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author and left-wing activist. His works frequently address the topics of globalization and capitalism. Moore won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ''Bowling for Columbine'', which examined the causes of the Columbine High School massacre and the overall gun culture of the United States. He also directed and produced '' Fahrenheit 9/11'', a critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush and the War on Terror, which earned $119,194,771 to become the highest-grossing documentary at the American box office of all time. The film also won the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes film festival, and was subject to intense controversy. His documentary ''Sicko'', which examines health care in the United States, is one of the top ten highest-grossing documentaries . In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the internet, '' Slacker Uprising'', which documented his personal quest to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger & Me
''Roger & Me'' is a 1989 American documentary film written, produced, directed by, and starring Michael Moore, in his directorial debut. Moore portrays the regional economic impact of General Motors CEO Roger Smith's action of closing several auto plants in his hometown of Flint, Michigan, reducing GM's employees in that area from 80,000 in 1978 to about 50,000 in 1992. As of August 2015, GM employs approximately 7,200 workers in the Flint area, according to ''The Detroit News'', and 5,000 workers according to MSNBC. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". Synopsis Moore begins by introducing himself and his family through 8 mm archival home movies; he describes himself as the Irish American Catholic middle-class son of a General Motors employee assembling AC spark plugs. Moore chronicles how GM had previously defined his childh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Board Of Review Awards 1989
61st National Board of Review Awards ---- Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy The 61st National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1989, were announced on 13 December 1989 and given on 26 February 1990. Top 10 films #''Driving Miss Daisy'' #''Henry V'' #''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' #''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' #''My Left Foot'' #''Dead Poets Society'' #''Crimes and Misdemeanors'' #''Born on the Fourth of July'' #'' Glory'' #''Field of Dreams'' Top Foreign Films #''Story of Women'' #''Camille Claudel'' #'' La Lectrice'' #'' Chocolat'' #''The Little Thief'' Winners *Best Picture: **''Driving Miss Daisy'' *Best Foreign Film: **''Story of Women'' *Best Actor: **Morgan Freeman - ''Driving Miss Daisy'' *Best Actress: **Michelle Pfeiffer - ''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' *Best Supporting Actor: **Alan Alda - ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Mary Stuart Masterson - ''Immediate Family'' *Best Director: **Kenneth Branagh - ''Henry V'' *Best Docu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Errol Morris
Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American film director known for documentaries that interrogate the epistemology of its subjects. In 2003, his documentary film '' The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara'' won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. His film '' The Thin Blue Line'' placed fifth on a ''Sight & Sound'' poll of the greatest documentaries ever made. Morris is known for making films about unusual subjects; ''Fast, Cheap & Out of Control'' interweaves the stories of a wild animal trainer, a topiary gardener, a robot scientist and a naked mole rat specialist. Early life and education Morris was born on February 5, 1948, into a Jewish family in Hewlett, New York. His father died when he was two and he was raised by his mother, a piano teacher. He had one older brother, Noel, who was a computer programmer. After being treated for strabismus in childhood, Morris refused to wear an eye patch. As a consequence, he has limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thin Blue Line (1988 Film)
''The Thin Blue Line'' is a 1988 American documentary film by Errol Morris, about the trial and conviction of Randall Dale Adams for the 1976 shooting of Dallas police officer Robert W. Wood. Morris became interested in the case while doing research for a film about Dr. James Grigson, a psychiatrist known in Texas as "Dr. Death" for testifying with "100 percent certainty" of a defendant's recidivism in many trials, including that of Randall Adams. The film centered around the "inconsistencies, incongruities and loose ends" of the case, and through his investigation, not only comes to a different conclusion, actually obtained an admission of Adams' innocence by the original suspect of the case, David Harris. The "thin blue line" in the title "refers to what Mr. Morris feels is an ironic, mythical image of a protective policeman on the other side of anarchy". The film won many awards, but was a controversial film among documentary film critics, who felt the use of reenactment had n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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