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Susan Littenberg
Susan Littenberg (born 1967) is an American film editor. Littenberg graduated from Ocean Township High School in 1985 in before receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from the University of Delaware in 1990. Littenberg began her career as an assistant editor working with filmmakers such as Jim Jarmusch, Hal Hartley and Ang Lee. She began her feature editing career as the lead editor of Steven Soderbergh's ''Gray's Anatomy''. She was the editor of films such as '' Tadpole'', ''13 Going on 30'', '' A Lot Like Love'', ''Charlotte's Web'', '' Bride Wars'', and '' Easy A''. Littenberg was nominated for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical for '' Easy A'' at the 2010 American Cinema Editors Awards. She teaches at UCLA, has taught at AFI, The Edit Center in New York City, the Main International Film Workshops and the City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City Colle ... [...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 togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City College Of New York
The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, City College was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States. It is the oldest of CUNY's 25 institutions of higher learning, and is considered its flagship college. Located in Hamilton Heights overlooking Harlem in Manhattan, City College's 35-acre (14 ha) Collegiate Gothic campus spans Convent Avenue from 130th to 141st Streets. It was initially designed by renowned architect George B. Post, and many of its buildings have achieved landmark status. The college has graduated ten Nobel Prize winners, one Fields Medalist, one Turing Award winner, three Pulitzer Prize winners, and three Rhodes Scholars. Among these alumni, the latest is a Bronx native, John O'Keefe (2014 Nobel Prize in Medicine). City College' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Wein
Daryl Robert Wein (born December 23, 1983) is an American artist, filmmaker, producer and actor. Early life Born in Los Angeles, California to Jan Sparling and Mitchell Wein, he was raised in Westport, Connecticut. His father worked as a creative director in advertising. He is Jewish. Wein graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2006. Prior to his senior year of high school, he attended a summer film intensive at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he made a 16mm short film. Career In 2006, Wein co-wrote and directed '' Unlocked'', a short psychological drama starring Olivia Thirlby executive produced by Stephen Daldry. It was an official selection at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Gijon International Film Festival in Spain. Wein's debut feature-length film was ''Sex Positive'', a documentary about gay hustler and AIDS activist Richard Berkowitz. ''Sex Positive'' was winner of the 2008 OUTFEST Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary, and an officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola Versus
''Lola Versus'' is a 2012 American romantic comedy film directed by Daryl Wein, who co-wrote the screenplay with his partner Zoe Lister-Jones. The film stars Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman, Lister-Jones, Bill Pullman and Debra Winger. Plot On her 29th birthday, Ph.D. student Lola accepts a marriage proposal from her longtime artist boyfriend, Luke, and wedding preparations commence. However, weeks before the wedding, Luke decides to end the engagement, devastating Lola. In an attempt to encourage Lola to date other men, her best friend Alice takes her to a nightclub. There, the thought of having one-night stands with strangers sends Lola into a panic attack. Shortly thereafter, Lola visits Henry, a mutual friend of hers and Luke's, spending the night at his place. One day, a man named Nick flirts with Lola outside a fish market. Though she is not ready to start dating again, she agrees to give him her phone number. On her way to a meeting at university, Lola is surprised by Luke, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACE Eddie Award
Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use the post-nominal letters "ACE". The organization's "Eddie Awards" are routinely covered in trade magazines such as ''The Hollywood Reporter'' and ''Variety''. The society is not an industry union, such as the I.A.T.S.E. (specifically the Motion Picture Editors Guild or MPEG), to which an editor might also belong. The current President of ACE is Kevin Tent, who was elected in 2020. Membership Eligibility for active membership may be obtained by the following prerequisites: * Nomination or win of ACE Eddie award and/or * Desire to be a member * Sponsorship by at least two active members * Minimum of 72 months' (6 years) editing experience on Features and/or Television * Interview by the Membership Committee * Approval by the Board of Directors * Acceptanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Gluck
Will Gluck (born November 7, 1978) is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, songwriter, and composer. Life and career Gluck is the son of American academic and Japanologist Carol Gluck and architect Peter L. Gluck. He began his career as a television writer, working on such shows as ''Grosse Pointe'', ''Luis'' and ''Andy Richter Controls the Universe.'' He co-created and produced the Fox series '' The Loop'' with Pam Brady. He then became a feature director and his first effort was the film '' Fired Up'' which was released on February 20, 2009. His next film was 2010's ''Easy A'', starring Emma Stone, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Kudrow, and Penn Badgley among others, which he also rewrote and produced. It grossed $75 million worldwide and was nominated for a People's Choice Award, Golden Globe Award (for Stone), Critics Choice Award for Best Comedy (which it won), GLAAD award, A.C.E. award, among others. His project '' Frien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Everything Is Going Fine
''And Everything Is Going Fine'' is a 2010 documentary film directed by Steven Soderbergh about the life of monologist Spalding Gray. It premiered on January 23, 2010 at the Slamdance Film Festival and was screened at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival and the 2010 Maryland Film Festival. Soderbergh had earlier directed Gray's filmed monologue, ''Gray's Anatomy''. Soderbergh decided against recording narration and new interviews. The film instead consists entirely of archival footage, principally numerous excerpts from monologues by and interviews with Gray, spanning some 20 years, as well as home movies of Gray as an infant. Music for the film was composed by Gray's son Forrest. Home media On June 19, 2012, American video distribution company The Criterion Collection released ''And Everything Is Going Fine'' on Blu-ray and DVD. Both editions contain a new digital restoration of the film, the original trailer to the film, the first monologue of Gray recorded in 1982 (although first deliv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Dollars A Day
''Five Dollars a Day'' (also spelled as ''$5 a Day'') is a 2008 American comedy-drama film directed by Nigel Cole, produced by Capitol Films and starring Christopher Walken, Alessandro Nivola, Amanda Peet, and Sharon Stone. Plot Richie Flynn Parker (Alessandro Nivola) is a seemingly successful man living in Los Angeles, California who has just broken up with his girlfriend Maggie (Amanda Peet). He has also just been fired from his job as a health inspector when he discovers his father Nat ( Christopher Walken), a cheap con-man, has a terminal brain tumor and he wants to see Richie. Richie, believing it's another con, grudgingly goes to Atlantic City to see his father who explains he has been living on five dollars a day, going to extremes to do so, such as constantly calling various radio station contests with different aliases to win things, like concert tickets he can then scalp. Nat shows Ritchie an x-ray of his skull, and asks Ritchie to drive him to New Mexico to seek a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabrina Plisco
Sabrina may refer to: * Sabrina (given name), a feminine given name, including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name People * Sabrina (actress), stage name of Norma Ann Sykes (1936–2016), a British glamour model and actress * Sabrina (Filipino singer) (born 1989) * Sabrina (Greek singer) (born 1969) * Sabrina (Portuguese singer) (born 1982) * Sabrina Salerno (born 1968), Italian singer also mononymously known as Sabrina Film and television * ''Sabrina'' (1954 film), starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and William Holden * ''Sabrina'' (1995 film), a remake starring Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, and Greg Kinnear * ''Sabrina'' (2018 film), an Indonesian horror film * several media properties featuring Sabrina the Teenage Witch * ''Sabrina'' (TV series), a Mexican show on the Telehit network, circa 2005 * ''Sabrina'' (Bangladeshi TV series), a streaming series Music * ''Sabrina'' (album), an album by Sabrina * "Sabrina", a song by Einstürzend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Cole
Nigel Cole (born 1959) is an English film and television director. Career Cole began his career in the 1980s, directing current affairs shows and documentaries for Central Independent Television. Into the 1990s, Cole co-wrote the play ''Sod'' with Arthur Smith, which he also directed and presented at the Pleasance during the 1993 Edinburgh Festival. Cole has also directed episodes of ''Peak Practice'' and '' Cold Feet'' for television. He also directed many episodes of the British television show Doc Martin and is lined up to direct the coming season. He has also directed '' Saving Grace'', ''Calendar Girls'' and '' A Lot Like Love'' for cinema. ''Saving Grace'' won the World Cinema Audience Award at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival and gained him a nomination for Best Director at that year's British Independent Film Awards. ''Made in Dagenham'' received a BAFTA nomination as Best British Film and a nomination for the Satellite Award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Caliban
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easter (film)
''Easter'' is an independent film based on the play by the same name by Will Scheffer. It is directed by Richard Caliban who also wrote the screenplay with Will Scheffer, and stars Jodie Markell, Barry Del Sherman, Sean Runnette, and Max Wright in his final film role before his death in June 2019. Retrieved 2016-10-21 Plot Wilma (Jodie Markell) and Matthew (Barry Del Sherman) Ransom are a married couple trying to escape their past, but it always catches up with them. Wilma struggles with indulging in her fantasies, causing her to see Herman Warm Sean Runnette. She drives into town and stops at a local church where she buys a used wedding dress. Next she buys candles and religious supplies from an old shopkeeper named Zaddock Pratt Max Wright. Around this time, Matthew drives by the church to notice it's on fire due to arson. He quickly realizes that his wife is back to her old tricks of burning churches. Matthew confronts Wilma about the burning church, and she tells him the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
