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Rick Heinrichs
Richard Heinrichs is an American production designer, effects artist, art director and film producer. He is well known for his work on the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series, Ang Lee's ''Hulk'' and ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''. He started his career on visual effects on the other world sequence in '' The Watcher in the Woods'', Tim Burton's ''Hansel and Gretel'' and ''Vincent'' to later work on ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' and '' Nutcracker: The Motion Picture''. He also worked on '' Frankenweenie''. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (now called the Academy Award for Best Production Design) for '' Sleepy Hollow'' (1999) and received further nominations for ''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (2004) and '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' (2006). He also contributed conceptional designs for Tim Burton's failed '' Superman Lives'' project. Biography Graduated from the California Institute of the Arts (in Valencia, California), he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Production Designer
In film and television, the production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Working directly with the director, cinematographer, and producer, production designers have a key creative role in the creation of motion pictures and television. The term ''production designer'' was coined by William Cameron Menzies while he was working on the film ''Gone with the Wind''. Production designers are commonly confused with '' art directors'' as the roles have similar responsibilities. Production designers decide the visual concept and deal with the many and varied logistics of filmmaking including, schedules, budgets, and staffing. Art directors manage the process of making the visuals, which is done by concept artists, graphic designers, set designers, costume designers, lighting designers, etc. The production designer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Man's Chest
"Dead Man's Chest" (also known as "Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest") is a fictional''Fictional sea-song'' - in this sense means a sea-song that first appeared in a work of fiction, and not an authentic sea song; however, this does not mean the song was not later sung in real life by real sailors. For a full treatment of the fictional origin of the song, "wholly original with Stevenson", see sea song,Many sources call "Dead Man's Chest" a sea chanty, however Stevenson himself never called it that, rather the novel says it's a "sea-song" and a "sailor's song". ''Sea-song'' is described in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as "A song such as is sung by sailors." (sea-song, n.; Second edition, 1989). The OED defines ''shanty'' as "A sailor's song, esp. one sung during heavy work." The OED has no entry for ''sailor's song''. Since the terms Stevenson used are oblique, it is a matter of interpretation if Stevenson meant it to be a shanty, or not. originally from Robert Louis Steven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman (; October 27, 1946February 12, 2022) was a Czechoslovak-born Canadian filmmaker. He was best known for his comedy work, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 1998. Films he directed include ''Meatballs'' (1979), '' Stripes'' (1981), '' Ghostbusters'' (1984), ''Ghostbusters II'' (1989), '' Twins'' (1988), '' Kindergarten Cop'' (1990), ''Dave'' (1993), and '' Junior'' (1994). Reitman also served as producer for such films as '' National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978), '' Space Jam'' (1996), and '' Private Parts'' (1997). Early life Ivan Reitman was born in the predominantly ethnic Hungarian town of Komárno (known as Komárom in Hungarian), Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), on October 27, 1946, the son of Klara (Raab, 1919-2000) and Ladislav "Leslie" Reitman (1914-1993). Both of Reitman's parents were Jewish; his mother survived the Auschwitz concentration camp, and his father was an underground resistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghostbusters II
''GhostbustersII'' is a 1989 American Supernatural fiction, supernatural comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The film stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts. It is the sequel to the 1984 film ''Ghostbusters'' and the second film in the Ghostbusters (franchise), ''Ghostbusters'' franchise. Set five years after the events of the first film, the Ghostbusters have been sued and put out of business after the destruction caused during their battle with the deity Gozer. When a new paranormal threat emerges, the Ghostbusters reunite to combat it and save the world. After the success of ''Ghostbusters'', Columbia Pictures wanted a sequel but struggled to overcome objections from the cast and crew. As with the first film, Aykroyd and Ramis collaborated on the script, which went through many variations. The pair wanted to convey a message about the consequences of negative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetlejuice
''Beetlejuice'' is a 1988 American fantasy horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, and Warren Skaaren, produced by The Geffen Company, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, and Michael Keaton as the titular character. The plot revolves around a recently deceased couple who, as ghosts haunting their former home, contact Betelgeuse (pronounced and occasionally spelled Beetlejuice in the film), an obnoxious and devious " bio-exorcist" from the Netherworld, to scare away the house's new inhabitants. ''Beetlejuice'' was a critical and commercial success, grossing US$74.2 million from a budget of US$15 million. It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and three Saturn Awards: Best Horror Film, Best Makeup, and Best Supporting Actress for Sylvia Sidney. The film's success spawned an animated television series, video games, and a 2018 stage musical. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carroll Ballard
Carroll Ballard (born October 14, 1937) is a retired American film director. He has directed six feature films, including ''The Black Stallion (film), The Black Stallion'' (1979), ''Never Cry Wolf (film), Never Cry Wolf'' (1983), and ''Fly Away Home'' (1996). Biography After serving in the United States Army, Ballard attended film school at UCLA School of Theater Film and Television, UCLA, where one of his classmates was Francis Ford Coppola. He made a well received student film called ''Waiting for May'' in 1964. His early credits include the documentaries ''Beyond This Winter's Wheat'' (1965) and ''Harvest (1967 film), Harvest'' (1967), which he made for the United States Information Agency, U.S. Information Agency. The latter was nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award. He directed a short subject called ''The Perils of Priscilla'' (1969), which was filmed from the point of view of a cat who escapes from home. ''Rodeo'' (1970) provided an intimate look at the 1968 N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre (also known as Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre) is an American live-action fairytale fantasy drama anthology television series of 27 episodes, that originally aired on Showtime from September 11, 1982 until November 14, 1987. It is a retelling of 26 fairy tales, particularly those written by The Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and Hans Christian Andersen, an additional episode is based on the poem "The Pied Piper of Hamelin". The 27th episode was a reunion episode of cast and crew titled "Grimm Party", in which in Fairytale style, celebrating the series they attended a gala in fancy dress. The series follow a similar style to an earlier series narrated by Shirley Temple, titled ''Shirley Temple's Storybook'', that ran from 1958 and 1961 and also featured numerous Hollywood stars in roles. Series background Actress Shelley Duvall who conceived the series, served as executive producer and host alongside associate producers Bridget Terry and Fred Fuchs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension
''The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension'', often shortened to ''Buckaroo Banzai'', is a 1984 American science fiction film produced and directed by W. D. Richter and written by Earl Mac Rauch. It stars Peter Weller in the titular role, with Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, and Christopher Lloyd. The supporting cast includes Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, Pepe Serna, Robert Ito, Vincent Schiavelli, Dan Hedaya, Jonathan Banks, John Ashton, Carl Lumbly and Ronald Lacey. The film centers upon the efforts of the polymath Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, a physicist, neurosurgeon, test pilot, and rock star, to save the world by defeating a band of inter-dimensional aliens called Red Lectroids from Planet 10. The film is a cross between the action-adventure and science fiction film genres and also includes elements of comedy and romance. After screenwriter W. D. Richter hired novelist Earl Mac Rauch to develop a screenplay of Mac Rauch's new charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent McEveety
Vincent Michael McEveety (August 10, 1929 – May 19, 2018) was an American film director, film and television director and producer. Career Vince McEveety directed numerous Emmy Award-winning television series, including ''The Untouchables (1959 TV series), The Untouchables'', ''Gunsmoke'', six ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' (episodes include "Dagger of the Mind", "Balance of Terror", "Patterns of Force" and "Spectre of the Gun"), ''Magnum, P.I.'', ''How the West Was Won (TV series), How the West Was Won'', ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''Stranger at My Door (1991 film), Stranger at My Door'', '' Murder, She Wrote'', and ''Diagnosis: Murder'', starring Dick Van Dyke. In 1991, McEveety directed the award-winning episode of the NBC television series ''In the Heat of the Night (TV series), In the Heat of the Night'', entitled "Sweet, Sweet Blues", guest-starring musician Bobby Short and veteran actor James Best. That year ''Heat'' won its first NAACP Image Award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hough (director)
John Hough (born 21 November 1941) is a British film and television director. He is primarily known for his suspense films of the 1970s and 1980s, including ''Twins of Evil'' (1971), ''The Legend of Hell House'' (1973), ''The Incubus (film), The Incubus'' (1982) and ''American Gothic (1988 film), American Gothic'' (1988), as well as the 1974 action thriller ''Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry''. Career British TV After many credits as a second unit director on ''The Baron (TV series), The Baron'', ''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'' and ''The Champions'', he took his first job as a director on the 1968 season of ''The Avengers'', directing episodes such as "Super Secret Cypher Snatch" and "Homicide and Old Lace". "ITC was a very special place to work in", he said later. "And the people cared. Instead of asking you to do it quicker and with less quality, they'd push you to excel yourself. It was creative and interesting, but very disciplined. It was like Michelangelo painting the Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names the Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to the Walt Disney Company in 1986. Early on, the company established itself as a leader in the animation industry, with the creation of the widely popular character Mickey Mouse, who is the company's mascot, and the start of animated films. After becoming a major success by the early 1940s, the company started to diversify into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. Following Walt's death in 1966, the company's profits began to decline, especially in the animation division. Once Disney's shareholders voted in Michael Eisner as the he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
