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Nisha Ganatra
Nisha Ganatra (born June 25, 1974) is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actress of Indian descent. She wrote, directed, and produced the independent comedy drama ''Chutney Popcorn'' (1999) and later directed the independent film ''Cosmopolitan'' (2003) and the romantic-comedy ''Cake'' (2005). Ganatra has directed for numerous television shows, including '' The Real World, Transparent , You Me Her, Better Things,'' and '' Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. She also directed the comedy-dramas ''Late Night'' (2019) and ''The High Note'' (2020). Ganatra served as a consulting producer on the first season of ''Transparent,'' for which she was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series. Early life and education Ganatra explored her interest in film through acting and then decided to make the switch to pursue film-making as she wanted to effect cultural change. Ganatra began her film-making journey by studying at The University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Greater Vancouver, Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada#List, third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley Regional District, Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3 million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,700 people per square kilometre, and fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most Ethnic origins of people in Canada, ethnically and Languages of Canada, linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tisch School Of The Arts
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the arts, and filmmakers. The school is divided into three Institutes: Performing Arts, Emerging Media, and Film & Television. Many undergraduate and graduate disciplines are available for students, including: acting, dance, drama, performance studies, design for stage and film, musical theatre writing, photography, record producing, game design and development, and film and television studies. The school also offers an inter-disciplinary "collaborative arts" program, high school programs, continuing education in the arts for the general public, as well as the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, which teaches entrepreneurial strategies in the music recording industry. A dual MFA/MBA graduate program is also offered, allowing students ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haven (TV Series)
''Haven'' is an American-Canadian supernatural drama television series loosely based on the Stephen King novel ''The Colorado Kid'' (2005). The show, which dealt with strange events in a fictional town in Maine named Haven, was filmed on the Southern Nova Scotia, South Shore of Nova Scotia, and was an American/Canadian co-production. It starred Emily Rose (actress), Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, Nicholas Campbell and Eric Balfour, whose characters struggle to help townspeople with supernatural afflictions and protect the town from the effects of those afflictions. The show was the creation of writers Jim Dunn (writer), Jim Dunn and Sam Ernst. The one-hour drama premiered on July 9, 2010, on Syfy, and concluded on December 17, 2015. In August 2015, Syfy cancelled the series after five seasons. Premise When FBI Special Agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose (actress), Emily Rose) is dispatched to the small town of Haven, Maine, on a routine case, she finds herself becoming increasingly invo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Seasons
''Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons'' is the fifth season of the MTV reality game show, '' The Challenge'' (at the time known as ''Real World/Road Rules Challenge''). The season is directly subsequent to ''Extreme Challenge''. ''Battle of the Seasons'' premiered in early 2002 and took place in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In each episode, the cast competed in a challenge, and the top three ''Real World'' and top three ''Road Rules'' teams would become the "Inner Circle" and have the power to vote off teams. The "Inner Circle" was determined by a cumulative score that would be tallied on a leader board. The final six teams would compete for a final prize worth $300,000. This is the first edition of ''Battle of the Seasons'' series, with the second '' Battle of the Seasons'', following in 2012 with a completely different format. Format Separated into teams of ''Real World'' and ''Road Rules'', each cast member is paired off with a castmate from their original seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Rules
''Road Rules'' is an MTV reality show that was a sister show of the network's flagship reality show, ''The Real World''. The series debuted on July 19, 1995, and ended on May 9, 2007. This allowed ''Road Rules'' a total of 14 seasons and 12 years on the air. The series followed five to six strangers, between the ages of 18 and 24, stripped of their money and restricted to a life in an RV, traveling from location to location. The strangers were guided by a set of clues and missions to complete at each location. It was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2001. The series was a pioneer in travel/adventure/reward reality television (together with Mark Burnett's ''Eco-Challenge'' productions). ''Road Rules'' was created by Jonathan Murray and Mary-Ellis Bunim of Bunim/Murray Productions. After Bunim died of cancer in early 2004, the show went into hiatus for three years. The idea of ''Road Rules'' came to mind when ''Real World'' castmates Jon Brennan, Tami Akbar and Dominic Griffin tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Real World (TV Series)
''The Real World'' (known as ''Real World'' from 2014 to 2017) is an American reality television series produced through MTV and Bunim/Murray Productions that most recently aired on Facebook Watch after airing on MTV from 1992 to 2017 and was originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. It is in development for future seasons on Paramount+. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series ''An American Family'', is the longest-running program in MTV history, one of the longest-running reality series in history, and is credited with launching the modern reality TV genre. Seven to eight young adults are picked to temporarily live in a new city together in one residence while being filmed non-stop. The series was hailed in its early years for depicting issues of contemporary young-adulthood relevant to its core audience, such as sex, prejudice, religion, abortion, illness, sexuality, AIDS, death, politics, and substance ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To New York
''The Real World: Back to New York'' is the tenth season of MTV's reality television series ''The Real World'', which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. It is the second season of ''The Real World'' to be filmed in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States, specifically in New York after '' The Real World: New York''. The season featured seven people who lived in a four-floor loft at 632 Hudson Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. As its title indicates, ''Back to New York'' is the first season to take place in a city that had hosted a previous season, as the show's first season was set in New York in 1992. The ''Back to New York'' season was filmed January 9 to June 2, 2001. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Pointe
''On Pointe'' is a children's novel about an aspiring ballet dancer by Lorie Ann Grover, first published in 2004. It was nominated for the 2006 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. Plot summary This story is told in free verse. The novel centers on 16-year-old Clare, who has dreamed of becoming a dancer all her life and has worked hard to achieve her dreams. She hopes to be selected for City Ballet, a program for very skilled dancers, although there are only sixteen positions available. After a growth spurt, she is judged too tall for professional ballet and advised to take a dance class for adult amateurs. It seems her dream is crushed, but when her grandfather has a stroke, losing the ability to talk and move his right side, her perspective alters. Reception ''School Library Journal'' said that the novel was "finely written", and commented of the main character that "the teen's voice rings true". ''Publishers Weekly'' described it as "well-wrought" with "an air of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hunters (2013 Film)
''The Hunters'' is a 2013 American science fantasy adventure television film directed by Nisha Ganatra from a screenplay by Matthew Huffman and Jeffrey Schechter, based on the graphic novel ''Mirror Mirror'' by Joshua Williamson. The film stars Robbie Amell and Alexa Vega. It premiered on the Hallmark Channel on October 25, 2013. Synopsis Carter and Jordyn Flynn are not the average mother and father. For them, a typical workday can take place anywhere in the world, raiding ornate museums and evading pursuing authorities as Hunters, protectors of powerful fairytale artifacts that are anything but make-believe. While the Flynns take their jobs seriously, they're just as concerned about the welfare of their two sons, 21-year-old Paxton and 16-year-old Tripp, who are unaware of their parents' true line of work. When Carter and Jordyn disappear after being intercepted by the mysterious Mai during one of their missions, the boys learn the truth about their parents and their lineage from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One World
One World may refer to: Music * ''One World'' (John Denver album), 1986 * ''One World'' (The Feelers album) * ''One World'' (John Martyn album), 1977 * ''One World'' (John Tesh album), 1999 * ''One World'' (Uniting Nations album), 2005 * ''One World'' (Rare Earth album), 1971 * ''Peace Pipe'' (Redbone album), 2005; originally titled ''One World'' * "One World" (RedOne song), 2018, RedOne featuring Adelina and Now United * "One World Project", a musical supergroup formed to record a song for the 2004 Asian tsunami relief effort * "One World", a song by the band Anthrax on their album ''Among the Living'' * "One World", a song by the band ''Celtic Woman'' * "One World", a song from '' The Cheetah Girls: One World'' * "One World", a song by the band Dire Straits on their album '' Brothers in Arms'' * "One World (Not Three)", a song by The Police on their album ''Ghost in the Machine'' * "One World", a song by the singer TobyMac on his album ''Portable Sounds'' * "One World", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bam Bam And Celeste
''Bam Bam and Celeste'' is a 2005 comedy film starring Margaret Cho and Bruce Daniels Bruce Daniels is an American hydroclimatologist, business executive and computer programmer. He is known in Silicon Valley as one of the pioneers of the personal computer and user-friendly interfaces. Daniels earned his Ph.D. from the Universi .... Plot Two friends, Bam Bam and Celeste, embark on a cross country road trip to try their luck on a New York City reality television show. Cast References External links * * 2005 films Asian-American comedy films 2000s English-language films 2005 comedy films 2000s American films {{2000s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Acting Class
''The Acting Class'' is a 2000 American independent film directed by and starring Jill Hennessy and Elizabeth Holder. The film's supporting cast includes many of Hennessy's former ''Law & Order'' castmates, including Chris Noth, Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt and Alec Baldwin Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. In his early career, Baldwin played both leading and supporting roles in a variety of films such as Tim Burton's ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), Mike Nichol ... as himself. External links * 2000 films American comedy films Films about actors 2000 comedy films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
