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Peter Teschner
Peter Teschner is an American film editor. He is best known as the editor of comedy films such as ''Road Trip'', '' Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'', '' Borat'', and '' Going the Distance''. Teschner is a 1980 graduate of Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago is a private art college in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, it has 5,928https://about.colum.edu/effectiveness/pdf/spring-2021-student-profile.pdf students pursuing degrees in more than 60 undergraduate and gradua ... and in 2006 he was honored with the school's Alumni of the Year award for his ''Outstanding Contribution to a Field of Motion Picture Editing''. Filmography ;Editorial department ;Production manager ;Producer References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Teschner, Peter Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American film editors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Editor
Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film editor works with raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences which create a finished motion picture. Film editing is described as an art or skill, the only art that is unique to cinema, separating filmmaking from other art forms that preceded it, although there are close parallels to the editing process in other art forms such as poetry and novel writing. Film editing is often referred to as the "invisible art" because when it is well-practiced, the viewer can become so engaged that they are not aware of the editor's work. On its most fundamental level, film editing is the art, technique and practice of assembling shots into a coherent sequence. The job of an editor is not simply to mechanically put pieces of a film tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puppet Master II
''Puppet Master II'' is a 1990 direct-to-video horror film written by David Pabian and directed by Dave Allen. It is the second film in the ''Puppet Master'' franchise, the sequel to 1989's '' Puppet Master'', and stars Elizabeth Maclellan, Gregory Webb, Charlie Spradling, Jeff Weston and Nita Talbot as paranormal investigators who are terrorized by the animate creations of an undead puppeteer, played by Steve Welles. ''Puppet Master II'', as well as the third, fourth and fifth installments of the series, were only available in DVD format through a Full Moon Features box set that was briefly discontinued, until in 2007 when Full Moon Features reacquired the rights to the first five films. A remastered edition Blu-ray and DVD of the film was released on September 18, 2012. Plot André Toulon's grave is being excavated in Shady Oaks cemetery behind the Bodega Bay Inn. Pinhead dusts off and opens André Toulon's casket, then climbs out and pours a vial of neon liquid on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salomé Breziner
Salomé Breziner or Salome Breziner is a film director, screenwriter, and script supervisor, known for directing '' Helicopter Mom'' and ''The Secret Lives of Dorks''. starring Nia Vardalos in 2014. Born in Belgium and raised in Miami Beach, Florida, by Holocaust survivor parents, Salomé is a multi-lingual director and writer and producer of award-winning shorts, music videos, and feature films - both narrative and documentary. Based in Los Angeles and Edinburgh, she is in development with Screen Scotland, on her first Created By TV series, LANDED. LANDED is an ecological thriller and drama set in Scotland and LA that she will direct from a screenplay she wrote based on the novel LANDED by Louise Ramsay. She developed the series with Steven J Wolfe (500 Days Of Summer) and Kim DeVenne (101 Productions) to cement her message of rewilding and stopping damaging ecological practices, and bring it to the screen with magical realism elements to begin her foray into international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Spheeris
Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1945 or 1946; sources differ) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. She has directed both documentary and scripted films. Her best-known works include the trilogy titled '' The Decline of Western Civilization'', each covering an aspect of Los Angeles underground culture, and ''Wayne's World'', her highest-grossing film. Early life Spheeris was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her Greek-immigrant father owned the ''Magic Empire Shows'' carnival and was a side-show strong man. Her mother, of Irish heritage, was raised in Kansas and later worked as a ticket taker for the carnival. Her father was 40 years old and her mother was 19 when they began a relationship. Spheeris has three full siblings, plus a number of older half-siblings from her father's first marriage. She is a sister of singer Jimmie Spheeris and a first cousin of musician Chris Spheeris, and Greek-French director Costa Gavras, which she says has made her cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Rascals (film)
''The Little Rascals'' is a 1994 American family comedy film produced by Amblin Entertainment, and released by Universal Pictures on August 5, 1994. The film is an adaptation of Hal Roach's '' Our Gang'', a series of short films of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s (many of which were broadcast on television as ''The Little Rascals'') which centered on the adventures of a group of neighborhood children. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, who co-wrote the screenplay with Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur, the film presents several of the ''Our Gang'' characters in an updated setting, featuring re-interpretations of several of the original shorts. It is the first collaboration by Guay and Mazur, whose subsequent comedies were ''Liar Liar'' and '' Heartbreakers''. Another film based on '' Our Gang'', ''The Little Rascals Save the Day'', was released as a direct-to-video feature in 2014. Plot Spanky is the president of the "He-Man Woman ('woman' is misspelled as 'womun') Haters Club" with many scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Wiederhorn
Ken Wiederhorn is a former news and documentary editor at CBS and a film and television director, known mainly for the horror films '' Shock Waves'' and ''Return of the Living Dead Part II''. Other features include '' Eyes of a Stranger'', '' Meatballs II'', and ''A House in the Hills''. He also directed multiple episodes of '' 21 Jump Street'', '' Dark Justice'', and '' Freddy's Nightmares''. Documentaries include, "Mission In Mississippi", "Breaking Vegas", "US Marshals; The Real Story", "Hunt for Amazing Treasure" and "Fugitive Task Force". He and fellow Columbia School of the Arts student, Reuben Trane, won the first Student Academy Award in the Drama category for their thesis film, "Manhattan Melody." Career According to a 2013 interview, Ken Wiederhorn was working as a film editor at CBS, the news and documentary unit. His career ambition was to become a documentary producer. When there happened to be a break in his work schedule, he took an offer from his fellow Colu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A House In The Hills
''A House in the Hills'' is a 1993 film directed by Ken Wiederhorn. It stars Michael Madsen and Helen Slater. Plot Alex is an aspiring actress, working as a waitress to make ends meet while she prepares to audition for a TV soap opera. To earn some extra money, she agrees to house-sit the home of friends for the weekend. The friends feel obligated to let Alex know that a robbery and murder has recently taken place at the house next door. Although she pretends to be unconcerned, Alex is understandably on edge when a stranger, Mickey, turns up at the house. He is a thief who holds her captive, but has a way about him that attracts Alex as well. Cast *Michael Madsen as Mickey *Helen Slater as Alex Weaver *Jeffrey Tambor as Willie *James Laurenson as Ronald Rankin *Elyssa Davalos Elyssa Davalos (born May 30, 1959, in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California) is a former American television and movie actress. Her father was actor Richard Davalos and her sister is musician Dominique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Tied Up
''All Tied Up'' is a 1994 comedy film directed by John Mark Robinson and starring Zach Galligan, Teri Hatcher, and Lara Harris. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California, United States. Plot Brian (Zach Galligan) buys an engagement ring for Linda (Teri Hatcher), his girlfriend who is out of town. She returns early and catches him in bed with another woman, the latest in a series of infidelities. She dumps him. He forces his way into the house she shares with roommates Kim and Sharon, hoping to reconcile with Linda. He knocks himself out and the women tie him to a bed for several days, "Home Shopping Network" blaring. They dress him in a skirt, shave him with a rusty razor, feed him only squash, buy jewelry on his credit card, and nearly cost him his job by preventing him from going to an important interview. Linda ultimately releases him. Brian remains smitten and returns to the house after a few days, kidnaps Linda and brings her to his own house where he ties her to a chair. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Engler
Michael Engler is an American theater director, and a Directors Guild of America and Emmy nominated television director and producer. Theater His Broadway credits include '' Eastern Standard'', starring Dylan Baker, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Conroy, and Anne Meara, as well as ''Mastergate'', written by Larry Gelbart, and '' I Hate Hamlet'', written by Paul Rudnick and starring Evan Handler and Alan Arkin. His direction of the 2003 off-Broadway production of the Alan Bennett play ''Talking Heads'' garnered him a nomination for the Outer Critics Circle Award. Film and television 1990s Engler began his career in television with the TV movie ''Mastergate'' (1992) based on the play he directed by Larry Gelbart. The following year he worked on the television series ''Bakersfield P.D.'', starring Ron Eldard, Giancarlo Esposito, and Brian Doyle Murray, as well as the series ''Sisters'', starring Swoosie Kurtz and Sela Ward. In 1993 and 1994 Engler directed two episodes of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mastergate
''Mastergate'' is a play by Larry Gelbart, which he describes as "A Play On Words". The title refers to a fictional political scandal enacted on "Master Pictures Studios", a fictional movie company that is actually a cover for arms trading. The title of the play also references other real-life political scandals, such as Watergate and others subsequently given the suffix -gate. Plot summary The play is set in the Sherman Adams Room at the John Mitchell Building in Washington, D.C. The "Select Joint Congressional Committee Investigating Alleged Covert Arms Assistance to Alleged Other Americas" investigates the CIA's attempt to divert arms to Central American guerrillas through a motion picture company's high-budget action film, entitled "Tet." (a reference to the Tet Offensive) ''Mastergate'' is a satire on congressional investigative committee hearings that took place during the McCarthy Era, on the Watergate investigation, and on the Iran-Contra affair. In his opening address ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Thomas
Betty Thomas (born Betty Lucille Nienhauser; July 21, 1948) is an American actress, director, and producer. She is known for her Emmy Award-winning role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series '' Hill Street Blues''. As of March 2018, Thomas is one of just two directors (and the only solo director) to have multiple films on the list of seventeen highest-US-grossing female-directed films. Additionally, two of her films are in the top twenty-five highest-US-grossing female-directed films. Early life Thomas was born Betty Lucille Nienhauser in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1947 to Nancy (née Brown) and William H. Nienhauser, Sr. She graduated from Willoughby South High School, Willoughby, Ohio, in 1965. After high school Thomas attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Upon graduating Thomas worked as an artist and taught high school before becoming a part of The Second City, the premiere venue for improvisational theater i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only You (1992 Film)
''Only You'' is a 1992 comedy film starring Andrew McCarthy, Kelly Preston and Helen Hunt and was directed by Betty Thomas, in her film directing debut. Plot Clifford Godfrey is a doll's house designer who is dumped by his fiancée a few hours before they are to depart for a vacation in Mexico. Clare Enfield, a travel agent, informs Cliff that his tickets are non-refundable. Upset, Cliff goes to a bar where he meets Amanda Hughes, a woman recently dumped by her rich boyfriend Max after he reunited with his estranged wife: she agrees to travel along with Cliff to Mexico. When Amanda sobers the following morning, she has no recollection of sleeping with or traveling with Cliff to Mexico. Despite her initial reservations, he convinces Amanda to stay with him for the duration of the getaway. During their vacation, she continually flirts with and then rejects Cliff, manipulating him and having him take her on a shopping spree at the resort as well as an expensive dinner, where s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
