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The Movies That Made Us
''The Movies That Made Us'' is an American documentary streaming television series created by Brian Volk-Weiss Brian Volk-Weiss (born May 28, 1976) is an American film and television producer and director. He is the founder and current chief executive officer (CEO) of The Nacelle Company and its subsidiary company, Comedy Dynamics. Volk-Weiss is the c ..., and a spin-off to '' The Toys That Made Us''. The four episode debut season of the new series is dedicated to popular movies from the 1980s and 1990s, and tells the stories behind them. Episodes Series overview Season 1 (2019) Season 2 (2021) Season 3 (2021) Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Movies That Made Us American television spin-offs 2019 American television series debuts 2021 American television series endings 2010s American documentary television series 2020s American documentary television series English-language Netflix original programming Netflix original documentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Volk-Weiss
Brian Volk-Weiss (born May 28, 1976) is an American film and television producer and director. He is the founder and current chief executive officer (CEO) of The Nacelle Company and its subsidiary company, Comedy Dynamics. Volk-Weiss is the creator, producer, and occasional director of the current Netflix series, '' The Toys That Made Us'' and ''The Movies That Made Us'', along with the television specials, ''Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History'' and ''Discontinued'' (originally on The CW). Through Comedy Dynamics, he has produced and directed numerous stand-up specials and comedy albums for comedians like Kevin Hart, Jim Gaffigan, Ali Wong, Tiffany Haddish, Ilana Glazer, and many others. Volk-Weiss has also produced several television shows including ''Join or Die with Craig Ferguson'', ''Behind the Attraction'' on Disney+, ''A Toy Store Near You'', ''The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek'', and ''Down to Earth with Zac Efron''. He also serves as executive producer on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Columbus (filmmaker)
Chris Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, he made his directorial debut with a teen adventure, '' Adventures in Babysitting'' (1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy ''Home Alone'' (1990) and its sequel '' Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' (1992). The comedy '' Mrs. Doubtfire'' (1993), starring Robin Williams, was another box office success for Columbus. He went on to direct several other films throughout the 1990s, which were mostly met with lukewarm reception. However, he found commercial success again for directing the film adaptations of J. K. Rowling's novels, ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' (2001) and its sequel, '' Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' (2002), which are his high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Price
Frank Price (born May 17, 1930) is a television writer and executive during the 1950s to 1970s, and a Hollywood studio chief in the 1980s. He held a number of executive positions including head of Universal TV in the 1970s; president, and later chairman and CEO, of Columbia Pictures; and president of Universal Pictures. In the 1960s, he is credited with helping to develop the "made-for-TV movie" and the 90-minute miniseries television formats, including '' The Virginian'' (1962–1970). As studio president, Price oversaw the production of and/or greenlit famous films of the 1980s including ''Out of Africa'' which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1985, as well as '' Tootsie'' (1982), ''Gandhi'' (1982) and '' The Karate Kid'' (1984). He greenlit ''Howard the Duck'' (1986) which became one of the worst flops in film history, causing him to resign from Universal. Price saved from obscurity the script for ''Back to the Future'' (1985), and made the decision to film other l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Ramis
Harold Allen Ramis (; November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, comedian, director and writer. His best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in ''Ghostbusters'' (1984) and ''Ghostbusters II'' (1989), and as Russell Ziskey in ''Stripes'' (1981); he also co-wrote those films. As a director, his films include the comedies ''Caddyshack'' (1980), ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' (1983), ''Groundhog Day'' (1993), ''Analyze This'' (1999) and '' Analyze That'' (2002). Ramis was the original head writer of the television series '' SCTV'', on which he also performed, as well as a co-writer of ''Groundhog Day'' and '' National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978). The final film that he wrote, produced, directed, and acted in was '' Year One'' (2009). Ramis's films influenced subsequent generations of comedians, comedy writers and actors. Filmmakers and actors including Jay Roach, Jake Kasdan, Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow, and Peter and Bobby Farrelly have cited his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Medjuck
Joseph Medjuck (born February 17, 1943) is a Canadian film producer in Hollywood. Life and career Medjuck was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He received his BA in Honours English from McGill University and his MA and PhD from the University of Toronto where he taught for 12 years and founded the Cinema Studies Program at Innis College. While teaching at University of Toronto Medjuck also worked as a journalist for the film magazine Take One, Canadian Forum, ''The Times Literary Supplement'', The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and TVOntario. Often working with Ivan Reitman, his producing credits include the films ''Stripes'', '' Heavy Metal'', ''Ghostbusters'', ''Legal Eagles'', ''Twins'', ''Beethoven'', ''Kindergarten Cop'', ''Dave'', '' Junior'', ''Commandments'', '' Father’s Day'', '' Private Parts'', ''Space Jam'', ''Six Days, Seven Nights'', ''Road Trip'', '' Old School'', '' Eurotrip'', '' Disturbia'', ''Chloe'', '' Up in the Air'', '' No Strings Attach ... [...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] |
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd ( ; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, musician and writer. He was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on ''Saturday Night Live'' (1975–1979). During his tenure on ''SNL'', Aykroyd appeared in a recurring series of sketches about the Coneheads, and the Blues Brothers. For his work on the show he received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1977. After his departure, he has since returned in guest roles. Aykroyd gained prominence for writing, and starring as Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz in '' Ghostbusters'' (1984), which spawned an entire media franchise, reprising the role in '' Ghostbusters II'' (1989), ''Casper'' (1995), '' Ghostbusters: Afterlife'' (2021), and an upcoming sequel (2023), cameoing as a different character in '' Ghostbusters: Answer the Call'' (2016). He also is known for his comedic roles in '' Trading Places'' (1983), ''Spies Lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghostbusters
''Ghostbusters'' is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, three eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. It also stars Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis, and features Annie Potts, William Atherton, and Ernie Hudson in supporting roles. Based on his own fascination with spirituality, Aykroyd conceived ''Ghostbusters'' as a project starring himself and John Belushi, in which they would venture through time and space battling supernatural threats. Following Belushi's death in 1982, and with Aykroyd's concept deemed financially impractical, Ramis was hired to help rewrite the script to set it in New York City and make it more realistic. It was the first comedy film to employ expensive special effects, and Columbia Pictures, concerned about its relatively hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin (born Macaulay Carson Culkin; ) is an American actor. Often regarded as one of the most successful child actors of the 1990s, he was placed 2nd on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid-Stars". Culkin rose to prominence as a child actor starring as Kevin McCallister in the first two films of the ''Home Alone'' film series (1990 and 1992), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He also starred in the films '' My Girl'' (1991), '' The Good Son'' (1993), ''The Nutcracker'' (1993), ''Getting Even with Dad'' (1994), ''The Pagemaster'' (1994), and '' Richie Rich'' (1994). Culkin took a break from acting in 1994. He returned in 2003 with a guest appearance on the television show '' Will & Grace'' and a role in the film '' Party Monster''. He wrote an autobiography, '' Junior'', which was published in 2006. In 2021, he starred in '' American Horror Story: Double Feature'', the tenth sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Pesci
Joseph Frank Pesci ( , ; born February 9, 1943) is an American actor and musician. He is known for portraying tough, volatile characters in a variety of genres and for his collaborations with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese in the films ''Raging Bull'' (1980), ''Goodfellas'' (1990), ''Casino'' (1995), and ''The Irishman'' (2019). He also appeared in ''Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984), ''Moonwalker'' (1988), '' JFK'' (1991), ''A Bronx Tale'' (1993), and '' The Good Shepherd'' (2006). His comedy roles include such films as the first two installments in the ''Home Alone'' franchise (1990–1992), ''My Cousin Vinny'' (1992), and the ''Lethal Weapon'' franchise (1989–1998). Pesci won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the gangster character Tommy DeVito in ''Goodfellas'' and received two other nominations in the same category for his portrayals of Joey LaMotta and Russell Bufalino in ''Raging Bull'' and ''The Irishman'', respectively. He announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Macat
Julio Macat, American Society of Cinematographers, A.S.C. (born June 20, 1957) is an Argentine-American cinematographer. Early life and career Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, Macat started his career off as a camera operator, under the guidance of director Andrei Konchalovsky, and worked on four of his movies including ''Runaway Train (film), Runaway Train'' and ''Tango & Cash''. Macat served as cinematographer on the 1990 Christmas comedy ''Home Alone'' and its sequels ''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' and ''Home Alone 3''. Macat would frequently work on productions helmed by Tom Shadyac and Adam Shankman, such as ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', ''The Nutty Professor (1996 film), The Nutty Professor'', ''The Wedding Planner'', ''A Walk to Remember (film), A Walk to Remember'' and ''Bringing Down the House (film), Bringing Down the House''. Personal life Macat has been married to actress Elizabeth Perkins since 2000, having met during production of ''Miracle on 34th Stree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Stern (actor)
Daniel Jacob Stern (born August 28, 1957) is an American actor, artist, director, and screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Marv Murchins in ''Home Alone'' (1990) and '' Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' (1992), Phil Berquist in '' City Slickers'' (1991) and '' City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold'' (1994), the voice of adult Kevin Arnold on the television series ''The Wonder Years'', and the voice of Dilbert on the animated series of the same name. Other notable films of his include '' Breaking Away'' (1979), ''Stardust Memories'' (1980), ''Diner'' (1982), ''Blue Thunder'' (1983), ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' (1986), ''The Milagro Beanfield War'' (1988), ''Coupe de Ville'' (1990), and ''Very Bad Things'' (1998). He made his feature-film directorial debut with '' Rookie of the Year'' (1993). Early life Stern was raised in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Bethesda, Maryland to a social worker Leonard and Cynthia who managed a day care center. He is Jewish. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
