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Shelly Johnson (cinematographer)
Shelly Johnson, American Society of Cinematographers, A.S.C (born April 28, 1960) is an American cinematographer. He is a frequent collaborator with director Joe Johnston, working with him on films such as ''Jurassic Park III'', ''The Wolfman (2010 film), The Wolfman'' and ''Captain America: The First Avenger''. Life and career Johnson grew up in Pasadena, California, where he attended Blair International Baccalaureate School, Blair High School and graduated from Pasadena's Art Center College of Design in 1980. His career started with 1987's ''Maid to Order''. He worked on many TV movies such as ''Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure'', in which he was nominated for an ASC award, before landing his first major motion picture job on ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze''. Johnson returned to TV movies and mini series, most notably ''The Shining (TV miniseries), The Shining'', a remake of the The Shining (film), 1980 Stanley Kubrick film. Johnson's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa (Spanish language, Spanish for "Rose of Lima, Saint Rose") is a city and the county seat of Sonoma County, California, Sonoma County, in the North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, Bay Area in California. Its estimated 2019 population was 178,127. It is the largest city in California's Wine Country and Redwood Empire, Redwood Coast. It is the fifth most populous city in the Bay Area after San Jose, California, San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, California, Oakland, and Fremont, California, Fremont; and the List of largest California cities by population, 25th most populous city in California. History Early history Before the arrival of Europeans, what became known as the Santa Rosa Plain was occupied by a strong and populous tribe of Pomo natives known as the Bitakomtara. The Bitakomtara controlled the area closely, barring passage to others until permission was arranged. Those who entered without permission were subject t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of novels or short stories, cover a wide range of genres and are noted for their innovative cinematography, Black comedy, dark humor, realistic attention to detail and extensive set designs. Kubrick was raised in the Bronx, New York City, and attended William Howard Taft High School (New York City), William Howard Taft High School from 1941 to 1945. He received average grades but displayed a keen interest in literature, photography, and film from a young age, and taught himself all aspects of film production and directing after graduating from high school. After working as a photographer for ''Look (American magazine), Look'' magazine in the late 1940s and early 1950s, he began making short films on shoestring budgets, and made his first major Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Lurie
Rod Lurie ( he, רוד לוריא; born May 15, 1962) is an Israeli-American director, screenwriter, and former film critic. Early life and career The son of internationally syndicated cartoonist Ranan Lurie, he was born in Israel but moved to the United States at a young age, growing up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Honolulu, Hawaii. Graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1984, he served in the U.S. Army as an air defense artillery officer, then became an entertainment reporter and film critic, including stints at News12 in Norwalk, Connecticut, the ''New York Daily News'', ''Premiere'', ''Movieline'', ''Entertainment Weekly'', ''Los Angeles'', and talk radio shows at KMPC and KABC, where his tactical on-air bets with Martin Landau, Mel Gibson and James Cameron that they would win the Oscar resulted in them having to pay up at the Academy Awards ceremony by publicly thanking him in their acceptance speeches. As an investigative reporter in the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sachs
William Sachs is an American film director/producer and writer. Besides his work as a writer and director, since working on ''Joe'', Sachs has been particularly noted for successfully doctoring others' films prior to release in order to conform them to the producers' wishes for broader commercial appeal. His films have screened and received more than 25 awards at various festivals. Life and career Originally, Sachs studied business and accounting, but disliked it. After enlisting in the United States Air Force and serving in England, he went to college again, majoring in sociology. After talking a film course, he found his passion and decided to study film at London Film School where he directed three short films that won awards during his studies. In addition, he studied acting with Michael Gough in London, and with various teachers in the US. Following his studies, he started working in the US, first re-working films deemed problematic by producers, including ''Joe'', for whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judgement (1992 Film)
''Judgement'' (also known under the title ''Hitz'') is a 1992 drama film written and directed by William Sachs. Beside many known actors (including Cuba Gooding Jr. in his first feature film role), it also features appearances by actual gang members from Los Angeles. Due to its realism, Father Greg Boyle has used the film to show at-risk youths the dangers of gang life. Production To research the film, William Sachs spent three months riding with the LAPD gang unit at night, and going to the juvenile court during the day. He originally intended the film to be a surrealistic satire on the justice system, but due to interference by the producers, the final film is partially a satire, partially a straight drama. Originally, for example, Sachs intended the film to start with a scene of the judge using a taser on himself, but the producers re-edited it for a more serious tone. Sachs himself therefore calls the final film "patchy and uneven". The film was shot in 1988, but, due to leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Pressman
Michael Pressman is an American film and television producer and director. Early life A native of Manhattan, Pressman was born into a theatrical family. His mother, Sasha, a modern dancer, was an original member of Martha Graham's renowned first dance troupe. His father, David Pressman, was a well-known theatrical and television director who helped launch Boston University’s distinguished school of theater and helmed Broadway plays, including ''The Disenchanted'', Jason Robards' first Broadway appearance; and the original '' Actor’s Studio'' Anthology Series in the late 1940’s, for which he discovered and cast an unknown Grace Kelly. David Pressman’s pioneer career in live television in the early 1950’s was suddenly derailed when he was targeted by Senator Joseph McCarthy during his blacklisting of alleged communist sympathizers. Unable to work in television for close to 15 years, he survived the blacklist by teaching. When the Blacklist itself derailed in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowdy Herrington
Rowdy L. Herrington (born 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a Hollywood director and writer currently residing in Livingston, Montana. He is married and has no children. Career Rowdy attended Penn State from 1969 to 1973 and majored in television production. After college, Rowdy worked at WQED (TV) WQED (channel 13) is a PBS member television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Owned by WQED Multimedia, it is sister to public radio station WQED-FM (89.3). The two outlets share studios on Fifth Avenue near the Carnegie Me ... for two years in a number of production roles. He has, in total, worked fourteen years in television. Filmography References External links * 1951 births Living people American film directors People from Pittsburgh People from Livingston, Montana Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications alumni Pennsylvania State University alumni {{US-film-director-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack's Back
''Jack's Back'' is a 1988 crime thriller horror film written and directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring James Spader and Cynthia Gibb. Plot A young doctor in Los Angeles named John Wesford becomes a suspect when a series of Jack the Ripper copycat killings is committed. He and another young doctor (Jack Pendler) are at the scene of the final crime in the series; they know each other because they both work for the same medical unit, reporting to the abusive Dr. Sidney Tannerson. Pendler seems to realize that John Wesford's testimony will likely lead to his being arrested as the killer, and in an ambiguously staged scene, murders him, staging the scene to resemble a suicide. The police quickly name John Wesford as the copycat killer and hypothesize that he killed himself out of guilt. To the surprise of everybody involved, John Wesford's identical twin brother, Rick, arrives and claims to know his brother did not kill himself because he has seen visions of the true killer. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightflyers (film)
''Nightflyers'' is a 1987 American science fiction horror film based on ''Nightflyers'', a 1980 novella by George R. R. Martin. Plot The film is about a group of scientists who begin a space voyage to find a mysterious alien being, and in the process are victimized by the ship's malevolent computer. Cast * Catherine Mary Stewart as Miranda Dorlac * Michael Praed as Royd Eris * John Standing as Michael D'Brannin * Lisa Blount as Audrey * Glenn Withrow as Keelor * James Avery as Darryl * Annabel Brooks as Eliza * Michael Des Barres as Jon Winderman Production Development The film is based on a novella that appears in George R. R. Martin's 1985 short story collection. Originally written in 1980, the 23,000-word novella was published by ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact''. In 1981, at the request of his editor at the time, James Frenkel, Martin expanded the story into a 30,000-word piece, which was published by Dell Publishing, together with Vernor Vinge's ''True Names'', as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Holden Jones
Amy Holden Jones is an American screenwriter and film director best known for creating the FOX medical drama '' The Resident''. She has edited various films and later began directing and writing. She currently works in television. Early life and education Jones was born on September 17, 1955 and grew up in Florida. She lived in Buffalo, New York during her high school years. She was interested in photography and wanted to study alongside Minor White who was teaching at MIT at the time. Jones attended Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, majoring in art history, so she could also take film studies courses at nearby MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Career Editor (1976–1981) Jones broke onto the festival circuit when she won first place at the American Film Institute National Student Festival, where Martin Scorsese was a judge, for her short documentary film ''A Weekend Home'' (1975). A year later Jones was struggling to make ends meet living in Boston due to a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Bunny
''The House Bunny'' is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Fred Wolf, written by Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah Lutz, and starring Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, and Emma Stone. It tells the story of a former Playboy bunny who signs up to be the " house mother" of an unpopular university sorority after finding out she must leave the Playboy Mansion. The film was released on August 22, 2008. It received mixed reviews, but was a box office success, making $70.4 million on a $25 million budget. The film and its soundtrack have gained a cult following. Plot Shelley Darlingson is an aspiring Playboy Playmate living the life of luxury in the Playboy Mansion with Hugh Hefner. The day after her 27th birthday, she awakes to find a note, seemingly from Hugh Hefner, asking her to pack up and leave. The note is later revealed to be a forgery by jealous rival Playmate Cassandra. Shelley happens to stumble upon a group of girls who remind her of herself: beautiful and fun. She follows th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky High (2005 Film)
''Sky High'' is a 2005 American superhero comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell (director), Mike Mitchell and written by Paul Hernandez and ''Kim Possible'' creators Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle. The film stars Michael Angarano, Danielle Panabaker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kelly Preston and Kurt Russell. It also features Bruce Campbell, Cloris Leachman, Jim Rash, Steven Strait, Lynda Carter, Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald. It tells the story of Will Stronghold, the son of two superheroes who is enrolled in an airborne high school for teenage superheroes where his powers kick in; he must deal with a growing distance from his old friends, a threat from a mysterious supervillain and get the girl of his dreams. The film was theatrically released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures Distribution on July 29, 2005, and grossed $86.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $35 million. While it did receive generally positive reviews from critics and au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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