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New York Film Critics Circle Award For Best Cinematography
The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer is one of the annual awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle. List of winners Notes *≠ Oscar nominee *≈ Oscar winner See also *Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a cinematographer for work on one particular motion picture. History In its first film season, 1927–28, this award (like others such as the acting awards) ... References {{NYFCC Awards Chron New York Film Critics Circle Awards Awards for best cinematography Awards established in 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Film Critics Circle
The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) is an American film critic organization founded in 1935 by Wanda Hale from the New York ''Daily News''. Its membership includes over 30 film critics from New York-based daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, and online publications. In December of each year, the organization meets to vote on the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide of the calendar year. The NYFCC also gives special stand-alone awards to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the art of cinema, including writers, directors, producers, film critics, film restorers, historians and service organizations. The NYFCC Awards are the oldest given by film critics in the country, and one of the most prestigious. Award ceremonies Note: Dates listed are those of when the awards were actually given. Announcement dates are earlier. Award categories Current categories * Best Actor * Best Actre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings Of Desire
''Wings of Desire'' (, ; ) is a 1987 romantic fantasy film written by Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and Richard Reitinger, and directed by Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its human inhabitants, comforting the distressed. Even though the city is densely populated, many of the people are isolated or estranged from their loved ones. One of the angels, played by Bruno Ganz, falls in love with a beautiful, lonely trapeze artist, played by Solveig Dommartin. The angel chooses to become mortal so that he can experience human sensory pleasures, ranging from enjoying food to touching a loved one, and so that he can discover human love with the trapeze artist. Inspired by art depicting angels visible around West Berlin, at the time encircled by the Berlin Wall, Wenders and author Peter Handke conceived of the story and continued to develop the screenplay throughout the French and German co-production. The film was shot by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lü Yue (cinematographer)
Lü Yue (, born December 1957) is a Chinese cinematographer and film director. Early life In December 1957, Lu was born in Tianjin, China. Career Lü is today among the most important cinematographers of recent Chinese cinema, and is particularly well known for his collaborations with director Zhang Yimou with whom he served as director of photography in three films. Lü was nominated for an Academy Award for best cinematographer for Zhang's film ''Shanghai Triad''. He has also served as cinematographer for other Fifth Generation directors such as Tian Zhuangzhuang (for 1985's ''On the Hunting Ground'') as well as for older directors, such as Huang Shuqin (for 1994's ''A Soul Haunted by Painting''). More recently he served as cinematographer for actress Joan Chen's directorial effort, '' Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl'', a film in which he also played a small part as the titular character's father. Lü has also found measured success as director; his debut film, '' Mr. Zhao'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai Triad
''Shanghai Triad'' is a 1995 Chinese crime-drama film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. The script is written by Bi Feiyu based on Li Xiao's 1994 novel ''Rules of a Clan'' (门规). The film is set in the criminal underworld of 1930s Shanghai, Republic of China and spans seven days. ''Shanghai Triad's'' Chinese title reads "Row, row, row to Grandma Bridge", refers to a well known traditional Chinese lullaby. The film was the last collaboration between Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li in the 1990s, thus ending a successful partnership that had begun with Zhang's debut, '' Red Sorghum'', and had evolved into a romantic relationship as well. With the wrapping of filming for ''Shanghai Triad'' the two agreed to end their relationship both professionally and personally. Gong Li and Zhang Yimou would not work together again until 2006's ''Curse of the Golden Flower''. Plot Tang Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao) has arrived in Shanghai to work for a Triad Boss (played by Li Bao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Czapsky
Stefan Czapsky, A.S.C. (born 15 December 1950) is an American cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with director Tim Burton on films like ''Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns,'' and ''Ed Wood,'' for which he won several film critics' awards. Early life and education Born in Oldenburg in West Germany to Ukrainian parents, his family emigrated to United States while he was still an infant, and then settled in Cleveland. After studying at Case Western Reserve, he enrolled in a film studies graduate program at Columbia University, and permanently relocated to New York City. Career Early career Renowned for his “broad range of styles” working alongside directors such as Tim Burton and Boaz Yakin, Czapsky has cemented himself as a chameleon of cinematography profession. Graduating from Case Western Reserve with a BFA in the humanities and an emphasis on film history and criticism, Czapsky moved to New York where he attended a graduate program at the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Wood (film)
''Ed Wood'' is a 1994 American biographical comedy-drama film directed and produced by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Ed Wood, the eponymous cult filmmaker. The film concerns the period in Wood's life when he made his best-known films as well as his relationship with actor Bela Lugosi, played by Martin Landau. Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Lisa Marie, and Bill Murray are among the supporting cast. The film was conceived by writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski when they were students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Irritated at being thought of solely as writers for family films with their work on '' Problem Child'' (1990) and its 1991 sequel, Alexander and Karaszewski struck a deal with Burton and Denise Di Novi to produce ''Ed Wood''. Initially, Michael Lehmann was chosen to direct the project, but due to scheduling conflicts with his work on the film ''Airheads'' (1994), he had to vacate the director's position, which was taken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janusz Kamiński
Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński (; born June 27, 1959) is a Polish cinematographer and director of film and television. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his films since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Spielberg's holocaust drama ''Schindler's List'' and World War II epic ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998). He has also received Academy Award nominations for '' Amistad'' (1997), '' The Diving Bell & the Butterfly'' (2007) ''War Horse'' (2011), ''Lincoln'' (2012), and ''West Side Story'' (2021). He has also received five British Academy Film Award nominations, and six American Society of Cinematographers Award nominations. In addition to his collaborations with Spielberg, he has also worked with Cameron Crowe, James L. Brooks, and Julian Schnabel. Kamiński has also moved into the field of directing, first with the horror film ''Lost Souls'' (2000), and later television series like ''The Event'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schindler's List
''Schindler's List'' is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern. Ideas for a film about the ''Schindlerjuden'' (Schindler Jews) were proposed as early as 1963. Poldek Pfefferberg, one of the ''Schindlerjuden'', made it his life's mission to tell Schindler's story. Spielberg became interested when executive Sidney Sheinberg sent him a book review of ''Schindler's Ark''. Universal Pictures bought the rights to the novel, but Spielberg, unsure if he was ready to make a film about the Holoca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Player (1992 Film)
''The Player'' is a 1992 American satirical black comedy film directed by Robert Altman and written by Michael Tolkin, based on his own 1988 novel of the same name. The film stars Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Brion James and Cynthia Stevenson, and is the story of a Hollywood film studio executive who kills an aspiring screenwriter he believes is sending him death threats. ''The Player'' has many film references and Hollywood in-jokes, with 65 celebrities making cameo appearances in the film. Altman once stated that the film "is a very mild satire," offending no one.DVD commentary on ''The Player''. The film received three nominations at the 65th Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing. The film also won two Golden Globes, Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical and Best Actor – Comedy or Musical for Robbins. Plot Griffin Mill is a Hollywood studio executive dating story editor Bonnie Sherow. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Deakins
Sir Roger Alexander Deakins (born 24 May 1949) is an English cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes and Denis Villeneuve. Deakins has been admitted to both the British Society of Cinematographers and to the American Society of Cinematographers. He is the recipient of five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography, and two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography from fifteen nominations. His best-known works include ''The Shawshank Redemption'', '' Fargo'', ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'', '' A Beautiful Mind'', ''Skyfall'', '' Sicario'', ''Blade Runner 2049'', and '' 1917'', the last two of which earned him Academy Awards. An alumnus of the National Film and Television School, in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to ... British film" Deakins was named and serves as an Honorary Fellow of the school. Deakins received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers in 2011, and in 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barton Fink
''Barton Fink'' is a 1991 American historical drama, period black comedy psychological thriller film written, produced, edited and directed by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a film studio in Hollywood, and John Goodman as Charlie Meadows, the insurance salesman who lives next door at the run-down Hotel Earle. The Coens wrote the screenplay for ''Barton Fink'' in three weeks while experiencing writer's block during the writing of ''Miller's Crossing''. They began filming soon after ''Miller's Crossing'' was finished. The film is influenced by works of several earlier directors, particularly Roman Polanski's ''Repulsion (film), Repulsion'' (1965) and ''The Tenant'' (1976). ''Barton Fink'' had its premiere at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival in May 1991. In a rare sweep, it won the Palme d'Or as well as awards for Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sheltering Sky (film)
''The Sheltering Sky'' is a 1990 British-Italian drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. The film is based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Paul Bowles (who appears in a cameo role) about a couple who journey to North Africa in the hopes of rekindling their marriage but soon fall prey to the dangers that surround them. The story culminates with the man falling severely ill in a very remote area of the Sahara desert, from where the events turn catastrophic. Plot Three Americans from New York arrive in Oran, French Algeria in 1947. Port Moresby and his wife Kit are accompanied by their friend George Tunner on a trip that will take them deep into the Sahara Desert. Tunner observes, "We're probably the first tourists they've had since the war," to which Kit replies "We're not tourists. We're travelers." While Tunner plans to return home in a few weeks, Port and Kit plan on staying for a year or two. While awaiting transport to a hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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