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St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2016
13th SLGFCA Awards December 18, 2016 ---- Best Film: '' La La Land'' ---- Best Director: Damien Chazelle''La La Land'' The nominees for the 13th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 11, 2016. The winners announced on December 18, 2016. Winners, runners-up and nominees Best Film * '' La La Land'' ** Runner-up (tie): '' Hell or High Water'' ** Runner-up (tie): '' Manchester by the Sea'' * ''Arrival'' * ''Moonlight'' Best Actor * Casey Affleck - '' Manchester by the Sea'' ** Runner-up: Joel Edgerton - ''Loving'' * Ryan Gosling - '' La La Land'' * Tom Hanks - '' Sully'' * Viggo Mortensen - '' Captain Fantastic'' Best Supporting Actor * Mahershala Ali - ''Moonlight'' ** Runner-up: Lucas Hedges - '' Manchester by the Sea'' * Jeff Bridges - '' Hell or High Water'' * Dev Patel - ''Lion'' * Michael Shannon - '' Nocturnal Animals'' Best Original Screenplay * '' Hell or High Water'' - Taylor Sheridan ** Runner-up: '' Manchester by the Sea' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La La Land
''La La Land'' is a 2016 American romantic musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a struggling jazz pianist and an aspiring actress, respectively, who meet and fall in love while pursuing their dreams in Los Angeles. John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Wittrock, and J. K. Simmons appear in supporting roles. Having been fond of musicals during his time as a drummer, Chazelle first conceptualized the film alongside Justin Hurwitz while attending Harvard University together. After moving to Los Angeles in 2010, Chazelle penned the script but did not find a studio willing to finance the production without changes to his design. After the success of his film ''Whiplash (2014 film), Whiplash'' (2014), the project was picked up by Summit Entertainment. Miles Teller and Emma Watson were originally slated to star, but after both dropped out Gosling and Stone were cast. Filming took place in Los Angeles between August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning over seven decades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Bridges comes from a prominent acting family and appeared on the television series ''Sea Hunt'' (1958–1960) alongside his father, Lloyd Bridges, and brother, Beau Bridges. He received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as an alcoholic singer in the 2009 film ''Crazy Heart''. Other Oscar-nominated roles include ''The Last Picture Show'' (1971), ''Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'' (1974), ''Starman'' (1984), '' The Contender'' (2000), ''True Grit'' (2010), and '' Hell or High Water'' (2016). Bridges has also starred in other roles such as ''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' (1989), ''The Fisher King'' (1991), ''The Big Lebowski'' (1998) and ''Bad Times at the El Royale'' (2018), along with the commercially successful films ''King Kong'' (1976), ''Tron'' (1982), '' I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Café Society (2016 Film)
''Café Society'' is a 2016 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Jeannie Berlin, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Corey Stoll, and Ken Stott. The plot follows a young man who moves to Hollywood in the 1930s, where he falls in love with the assistant to his uncle, a powerful talent agent. The film had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 11, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 15, 2016, by Amazon Studios and Lionsgate. It received generally positive reviews and grossed $43 million. It received nomination at the Golden Eagle Award in 2017 for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot Bobby Dorfman is the youngest son of a Jewish family in New York City in the 1930s. His elder sister Evelyn is a married school teacher, while his elder brother Ben is a gangster. Discontented with working for his father, a jeweler, Bobby decides to move to Hollywood, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradford Young
Bradford Marcel Young, A.S.C (born July 6, 1977) is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on ''Selma'', ''When They See Us'', '' A Most Violent Year'', '' Solo: A Star Wars Story'' and ''Arrival'', which earned him a nomination for an Academy Award. Early life and background Young spent his early years in Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended The Brown School and Central High School. He moved to Chicago at age 15 to live with his father. He received early artistic inspiration by the works of Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and Aaron Douglas. Although he intended to study writing, he studied film at Howard University, where he was influenced by Haile Gerima. His first film project at Howard was a group project, a black and white silent film shot on a Canon Super 8. Working on set with filmmaking colleagues at Howard was his introduction to film. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C. for college, Young says "the only reason I cared about movies was how most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Laxton
James Laxton is an American cinematographer best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Barry Jenkins, specifically his work on Jenkins' 2016 film '' Moonlight'', for which he won an Independent Spirit Award The Independent Spirit Awards (abbreviated Spirit Awards and originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glas ... and received his first Academy Award nomination. Laxton started his career at Florida State University where he met his often collaborator, Barry Jenkins. The relationship built in college has led them to shoot countless films including the 2016 film ''Moonlight'' which was the recipient of multiple awards and nominations since the film's release. After graduating from University, Laxton began his work in the industry by assisting the camera department on features and shorts while also taking on other projects from directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linus Sandgren
Linus Sandgren (born 5 December 1972) is a Swedish cinematographer, known for his collaborations with directors Damien Chazelle, David O. Russell, Gus Van Sant, and the duo of Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein. He is known for his use of unique and unconventional formats, shooting Van Sant's ''Promised Land'' in 4-perf Super 35mm 1.3x anamorphic for a 1.85:1 aspect ratio. For his work on ''La La Land'' (2016), which he shot in the classic Cinemascope ratio 2.55:1, he won the Academy Award, BAFTA, Critics Choice among other awards for his cinematography. He is additionally the recipient of a Guldbagge Award, Sweden's highest film honor. He is a member of both the American and Swedish Society of Cinematographers. He also shot ''No Time to Die'', directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, the 25th James Bond film. Filmography Film Short films Television Accolades Won * 2017: Academy Award for Best Cinematography – ''La La Land'' * 2017: BAFTA Award for Best Cinemato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film ''My Josephine'' (2003), he directed his first feature film ''Medicine for Melancholy'' (2008) for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature. He is also a member of The Chopstars collective as a creative collaborator. Following an eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking, Jenkins directed and co-wrote the LGBT-themed independent drama ''Moonlight'' (2016), which won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Jenkins received an Oscar nomination for Best Director and jointly won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with Tarell Alvin McCraney. He became the fourth black person to be nominated for Best Director and the second black person to direct a Best Picture winner. He released his third directorial feature ''If Beale Street Could Talk'' in 2018 to critical praise, and earned nominations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Nichols
Jeff Nichols (born December 7, 1978) is an American film director and screenwriter from Little Rock, Arkansas. He studied filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Nichols is most known for his films ''Take Shelter'' (2011), ''Mud'' (2012), and '' Loving'' (2016), which have been critically acclaimed. Career Nichols studied filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He wrote his first screenplay, ''Shotgun Stories'', with actor Michael Shannon in mind to play the lead, and contacted the actor through a former teacher. The film was shot on a budget of only $250,000, and released in 2007. Later, Nichols moved into larger independent productions with 2011's ''Take Shelter'', also starring Shannon, and 2012's ''Mud'', starring Matthew McConaughey, which competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. In 2012, Nichols acted as President of the Jury of the 7th Rome Film Festival. His 2016 sci-fi drama film '' Midnight Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American film director, playwright, and screenwriter. He is the co-writer of the film ''Gangs of New York'' (2002), and wrote and directed '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), ''Margaret'' (2011), and '' Manchester by the Sea'' (2016). Lonergan is also known for his work as a playwright. His most noted plays include ''This Is Our Youth'', ''Lobby Hero'' and ''The Waverly Gallery''. Each also had a successful revival engagement on Broadway, which resulted in each play receiving a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. Lonergan won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''Manchester by the Sea'', for which he was also nominated for Best Director; he also earned Academy Award nominations for his screenplays for ''You Can Count on Me'' and ''Gangs of New York.'' He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''Manchester by the Sea'' at the 70th British Academy Film Awards. Early life and educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Sheridan
Taylor Sheridan (born May 21, 1970) is an American filmmaker and actor. Sheridan portrayed David Hale (Sons of Anarchy), David Hale in the FX (TV channel), FX television series ''Sons of Anarchy'' and Danny Boyd in ''Veronica Mars'' (2005–2007). Sheridan has written several films, including the screenplay for ''Sicario (2015 film), Sicario'' (2015), for which he was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''Hell or High Water (2016 film), Hell or High Water'' (2016), which was nominated for three other Academy Awards, Oscars, including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture. Sheridan also wrote and directed the 2017 Western (genre)#Contemporary Western, neo-Western crime film ''Wind River (film), Wind River'' and wrote Sicario: Day of the Soldado, the 2018 sequel to ''Sicario''. He is a co-creator of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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