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Stephen McEveety
Stephen Mark "Steve" McEveety (born November 4, 1954) is an American film producer, who has over 40 years experience in senior positions in the entertainment industry. McEveety is one of six children, and attended Notre Dame High School and Loyola Marymount University. He and his wife Susie have four children. As a child, Steve McEveety appeared in episodes of the TV series' ''Gunsmoke'', ''My Three Sons'', and ''Star Trek'' ("Miri", 1966). Later, he worked as an assistant director and production manager. McEveety worked many years at Mel Gibson's Icon Productions where he executive produced ''What Women Want'', ''Payback'', ''Anna Karenina'', ''Immortal Beloved'', ''The Man Without a Face'' and ''Braveheart'', the last of which gained ten Academy Award nominations and received five Oscars. McEveety produced ''The Passion of the Christ'', ''Airborne'', which he also wrote, as well as ''187'', ''Paparazzi'', and ''We Were Soldiers''. After completing an exclusive produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre Dame High School (Sherman Oaks, California)
Notre Dame High School (NDHS) in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, is a co-ed Catholic college preparatory high school founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1947. Located in the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Notre Dame was designated a United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon school for 1990–1991 and 1994–1996 . Demographics The demographic breakdown of the 1,229 students enrolled for 2017–18 was: * Native American/Alaskan = 0.6% * Asian = 6.2% * Black = 8.0% * Hispanic = 17.3% * Native Hawaiian/Pacific islander = 5.8% * White = 62.2% Notable alumni * Lily Aldridge - model * Ed Begley Jr. – actor * Rachel Bilson – actress * John S. Boskovich – artist, writer, filmmaker, and teacher * Joseph Vincent Brennan – Roman Catholic Bishop of Fresno * Nick Cassavetes – actor and director * Gordy Ceresino – football player * Dayne Crist – football player * Patrick Curtis – motion picture/TV writer producer * Chris Dickerson – Maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
187 (film)
''One Eight Seven'' (also known as ''187'') is a 1997 American crime thriller film directed by Kevin Reynolds. It was the first top-billed starring role for Samuel L. Jackson, who plays a Los Angeles teacher caught with gang trouble in an urban high school. The film's name comes from the California Penal Code Section 187, which defines murder. The original screenplay was written in 1995 by Scott Yagemann, a Los Angeles area high school substitute teacher for seven years. He wrote the screenplay after an incident when a violent transfer student had threatened to kill him and his family. Yagemann reported the threat to the authorities and the student was arrested. About a week later, he was called by the district attorney to testify against the student in a court of law, where the student was being prosecuted for stabbing a teacher's aide a year before. This annoyed Yagemann, who had not been told about it beforehand, and led to him writing the screenplay. He claimed that 90% of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machine Gun Preacher
''Machine Gun Preacher'' is a 2011 American biographical action drama film directed by Marc Forster and starring Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Shannon. It tells the story of Sam Childers, a former gang biker turned preacher, and his efforts to protect, in collaboration with the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the children of South Sudan from the atrocities of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The screenplay by Jason Keller was adapted from Childers' book '' Another Man's War'' and Ian Urbina's '' Vanity Fair'' article "Get Kony". The film' premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and opened in the United States on September 23, 2011. Plot In 2003 in southern Sudan, the LRA attack a village and force a young boy to kill his mother. A few years earlier, Sam Childers, an alcoholic drug-using biker from Pennsylvania, is released from prison and finds that his wife, Lynn, has given up her job as a stripper after accepting Christ as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowmen (film)
''Snowmen'' is an independent family comedy-drama film written and directed by Robert Kirbyson and produced by John Shepherd and Stephen McEveety. It was released at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 1, 2010.Faces of the Festival: Robert Kirbyson by McCracken, KristiFaces of the Festival 10-04-03. Accesses 2011-02-17 Plot Billy Kirkland (Bobby Coleman), is a 10-year-old boy with cancer who is convinced that he has only weeks to live. He has two misfit best friends, Lucas Lamb ( Christian Martyn) and Howard Garvey (Bobb'e J. Thompson) who he attends school with. Wanting to be remembered, Billy and his friends try to pursue fame but face a series of schemes which stand in their way, including their neighborhood bullies. Billy and his friends decide to try to create the most snowmen built in the world in one day. Their first attempt fails miserably because they don't have enough people. They begin a campaign to get more people to help by hanging out flyers and placing posters up a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Cyrus Nowrasteh (Persian: سیروس/کوروش نورسته ; ; born September 19, 1956) is an American-Iranian screenwriter, director, and producer of film and television. He has worked on numerous television series and made-for-TV movies including ''The Day Reagan Was Shot, Falcon Crest, Into the West,'' and the controversial docudrama ''The Path to 9/11.'' He has also directed the theatrical features ''The Stoning of Soraya M.'' (2009), ''The Young Messiah'' (2016), and ''Infidel'' (2020). Early life and education Nowrasteh was born on 19 September 1956, in Boulder, Colorado, and grew up in Madison, Wisconsin. He is of Iranian descent, and graduated from Madison West High School in 1974 and was a city boys high school tennis champion. Nowrasteh attended New Mexico State University on an athletic scholarship and later transferred to the University of Southern California to attend the School of Cinematic Arts, graduating in 1977. Career In 1986, Nowrasteh began his ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stoning Of Soraya M
, image = The Stoning of Soraya M. US Poster.jpg , alt = , caption = U.S. theatrical release poster , director = Cyrus Nowrasteh , producer = Stephen McEveety John ShepherdTodd BurnsDiane Hendricks , writer = Betsy Giffen NowrastehCyrus Nowrasteh , based_on = , starring = Mozhan MarnòShohreh AghdashlooJim CaviezelParviz SayyadVida GhahremaniNavid Negahban , music = John Debney , cinematography = Joel Ransom , editing = David HandmanGeoffrey Rowland , studio = Mpower Pictures , distributor = Roadside Attractions , released = , runtime = 116 minutes , country = United States , language = PersianEnglish , budget = , gross = $1.1 million ''The Stoning of Soraya M.'' ( fa, .سنگسار ثريا م, Sangsār-e Sorayā M.) is a 2009 Persian-language American drama film adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Zucker (filmmaker)
David Samuel Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized as the director and writer of the critically successful 1980 film ''Airplane!'' as well as being the creator of ''The Naked Gun'' franchise and for directing ''Scary Movie 3'' and ''Scary Movie 4''. Career Zucker's movies include ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' in 1977, ''Ruthless People'' in 1986, ''The Naked Gun'' in 1988, '' The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'' in 1991, ''BASEketball'' in 1998, ''Scary Movie 3'' in 2003, and its sequel ''Scary Movie 4'' in 2006. Out of 18 works he is associated with,'' Phone Booth'', which he produced in 2002, is the only non-comedic film. He co-directed several films including ''Airplane!'' in 1980 and ''Top Secret!'' in 1984; along with his brother, Jerry, and Jim Abrahams, the trio make up the '' ZAZ'' team of directors. He has also worked with Pat Proft (with whom he first tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An American Carol
''An American Carol'' (released as ''Big Fat Important Movie'' in other territories) is a 2008 American satire, satirical comedy film directed by David Zucker and written by Zucker, Myrna Sokoloff and Lewis Friedman. Using the framework of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'', the film follows liberal filmmaker Michael Malone (a parody of Michael Moore) as he is visited by three spirits to teach him the importance of Independence Day (United States), Independence Day. The film satirizes liberalism in the United States, with focus on Moore's documentaries. It stars Kevin Farley as Malone, alongside an ensemble cast, ensemble supporting cast that includes Kelsey Grammer, Leslie Nielsen, Trace Adkins, Robert Davi, and Jon Voight. Theatrically released on October 3, 2008, by Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment, Vivendi Entertainment, ''An American Carol'' received negative reviews from most critics, who found the film's humor and satire to be ineffective. It also was a failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella (2006 Film)
''Bella'' is a 2006 American drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, starring Eduardo Verastegui and Tammy Blanchard. Set in New York City, the film is about the events of one day and the impact on the characters' lives. Plot In New York City, José works as a cook in a Mexican restaurant owned by his stern chef brother, Manny. The establishment is getting ready Isabella 9 year-old girl the waitress, arrives late for the second day in a row and Manny fires her on the spot. As Isabella leaves, she drops her teddy bear; José retrieves it and chases her into the subway to hand it back. When asked why she was late, she tells him she is pregnant and was ill from morning sickness. José offers her a stroll around the city, which she accepts. He takes Isabella to Manny's colleague's restaurant to recommend her for a waitressing position. While they dine to wait for the response, Isabella tells him she does not intend to proceed with her pregnancy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mpower Pictures
Mpower Pictures is the production company of David Segel, Stephen McEveety, John Shepherd, and Todd Burns. Mpower Pictures was launched with ''Bella'' (2006), winner of the Toronto Film Festival People's Choice Award, produced in association with Metanoia Films. Since then, Mpower Pictures has produced a number of award-winning features for theatrical distribution including ''An American Carol'', ''The Stoning of Soraya M.'' and ''Snowmen''. Film and television productions Mpower Pictures has been actively developing and producing film content for theatrical distribution since 2007 as well as television content since early 2010. Film productions * '' Man Down'' (2016) * ''The Drop Box'' (2015) * ''Irreplaceable'' (2014) * ''Machine Gun Preacher'' (2012) (as financing production company) *''Snowmen'' (2011) *''The Stoning of Soraya M.'' (2010) *''As We Forgive'' (2009) *''An American Carol'' (2008) * ''The Star of Bethlehem'' (2007) *''Bella'' (2006) TV productions *''Vlad V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Burns
Todd Edward Burns (born July 6, 1963) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher from 1988 to 1993, most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics team that won three consecutive American League pennants and a World Series championship in . He also played for the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals. Baseball career Burns was born in Maywood, California. He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, earning first-team All-America honors before being drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 7th round of the 1984 MLB draft. He played for the A's from 1988 to 1991, and would also play for the Texas Rangers (1992–1993), and St. Louis Cardinals (1993). He was nicknamed "The Mad Hatter" because of his habit of frantically tugging at the bill of his cap and re-adjusting it prior to every pitch as well as "Third Degree" for his penchant of giving up runs near the end of his career. Burns ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Shepherd (actor)
John William Shepherd (born November 18, 1960) is an American actor and producer who has starred in film and on television since the 1980s. Career He is best known for his role in the 1985 horror film '' Friday the 13th: A New Beginning'' as Tommy Jarvis and speaks in the commentary of the deluxe edition DVD of the film in 2009. He also appeared in one episode of ''Friday the 13th'' TV series. Other movies he starred in were the 1992 movie ''Deep Cover'' and in the 1996 comedy film ''Down Periscope'' with Kelsey Grammer. His most recent role was in the 2000 movie '' Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius''. Shepherd has made guest appearances on TV shows such as ''Quantum Leap'', ''Tour of Duty'', '' Friday the 13th: The Series'', and ''T.J. Hooker''. John Shepherd is a producer of such films as ''The Ultimate Gift'', '' Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius'', ''Snowmen'', ''The Stoning of Soraya M.'', and co-executive producer of ''Bella''. Filmography * '' Friday the 13th: A New Beginn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
