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Óscar Faura
Óscar Faura is a Spanish cinematographer. Career Faura graduated from ESCAC Film School and has been a cinematographer since 1999, working for both film and advertisement industry. He shot the international hit ''The Orphanage'' (2007), a nominee for the European Film Award and garnered further acclaim for ''The Impossible'' (2012), starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. Other successful films under his credits include '' Mindscape'' (2013). He is a frequent collaborator of director Juan Antonio Bayona. In November 2013, he finished shooting the historical drama film ''The Imitation Game'' (2014), starring Benedict Cumberbatch and released in the US by The Weinstein Company. Filmography Camera Operator * ''Los sin nombre'' (1999) * ''Los cuentos de tÃo Paco'' (1999) * ''REC 2'' (2007) Director of photography: Second unit * ''Fragile Fragile or The Fragile may refer to: Film and television * ''Fragile'' (film), a 2005 film by Jaume Balagueró * "Fragile" (''Sma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oriol Paulo
Oriol Paulo (born 30 July 1975) is a Spanish screenwriter and director. He is known for crime thriller movies such as '' The Body'' (2012) and ''The Invisible Guest'' (2016). Both films garnered international acclaim and were remade in several languages. Career Born in Barcelona in 1975, Oriol Paulo earned a licentiate degree in audiovisual communication from the Pompeu Fabra University in 1998. He studied film at the Los Angeles Film School. As a scriptwriter, he wrote screenplays for small screen films such as ''Ecos'' (2006) and ''Codi 60'' (2011). He worked as writer for television series such as ' and ''El cor de la ciutat'', both broadcast on the Catalan public channel TV3. In cinema, he made himself known as a co-screenwriter alongside Guillem Morales with the thriller '' Julia's Eyes'' (2010), produced by Guillermo del Toro. But he had already made some short films such as ''McGuffin ''(1998, scriptwriter and director), ''Tapes'' (2002, scriptwriter and director) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Rain (2006 Film)
''Summer Rain'' ( es, El camino de los ingleses, lit=Englishmen's Road) is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by Spanish actor Antonio Banderas from a screenplay by Antonio Soler, based on his novel of the same name. Plot The film takes place in 1978 in Málaga, Spain, and depicts the life of teenager Miguelito Dávila, who after suffering from kidney disease and spending some time at the hospital, has learned such classic poetry as Dante's ''Divine Comedy'' and dreams of leaving his job at a hardware store and pursuing his dream of becoming a poet. One summer, he hangs out with his childhood friends Babirusa, Paco Frontón and Moratalla, until he meets a girl called Luli at the swimming pool, and the two start dating. Luli would love to become a professional dancer, and is best friends with "La cuerpo", who fancies Miguelito's posh friend Paco. The two couples spend time together swimming, and they gradually experiment with other distractions. Miguelito later meets an olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fragile (film)
''Fragile'' ( es, link=no, Frágiles) is a 2005 Spanish-British horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró. Plot On the Isle of Wight, a train accident on the Island Line means that the main hospital, St. James's, is completely full and unable to take in any more patients. A smaller and older hospital, Mercy Falls, is being closed down, but some of the patients, including the children's ward, need to remain at the site until there is availability elsewhere. One of the children, Maggie, an orphan suffering from severe cystic fibrosis, tells the night nurse, Susan, that she has seen "her" again, frightening Susan. Another child, Simon, suffers a broken leg and is rushed to the X-ray department. No one knows how his leg broke but as Simon lies on the X-ray table, his femur inexplicably suffers a second fracture. Susan leaves the hospital on sick leave and Amy Nicholls replaces her. Amy bonds with Maggie as both are orphans. Maggie explains to Amy that there is a girl called Charlott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
REC 2
''Rec 2'' (stylized as '' €¢REC²'') is a 2009 Spanish found footage horror film sequel to 2007's ''Rec'' and the second installment of the ''Rec'' film series. The film was written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, both of whom returned from the previous film. The story takes place immediately after the events of the first film and follows a team of soldiers assigned to protect a scientist supposedly sent to investigate the cause of the outbreak, but who may already know more about it than he claims. Several actors from the first film reprise their roles, mostly briefly appearing as infected versions of their characters. The film was followed by '' Rec 3: Genesis''. Plot Dr. Owen (Jonathan Mellor), an official from the Ministry of Health, and a heavily armed GEO team of four (Fernandez, Martos, Rosso and Larra) equipped with video cameras are sent into a quarantined apartment building to find out what happened to its inhabitants, who have been rendered infect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Rønning
Joachim Rønning (born 30 May 1972) is a Norwegian film director who previously worked in a partnership with Espen Sandberg, both of whom came from Sandefjord, Norway. As a directing team, they went under the name of Roenberg (a portmanteau of their surnames). They co-own one of Scandinavia's largest production companies for commercials called Motion Blur. Rønning now develops and directs film and television as a solo director. Joachim married Amanda Hearst on August 2, 2019. Career In 2006, Rønning and Espen Sandberg directed their feature film debut, ''Bandidas'', starring Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek. The film was released worldwide through EuropaCorp and Twentieth Century Fox. The film was written and produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson. His 2012 film ''Kon-Tiki'' is the first Norwegian film to be nominated for a Golden Globe, and a Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. The duo directed the fifth ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film, '' Pirates of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Woman And The Sea
''Young Woman and the Sea'' is an upcoming American biographical drama film written by Jeff Nathanson and directed by Joachim Rønning, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. The film stars Daisy Ridley and centers on Gertrude Ederle, who was an American competitive swimmer and Olympic champion. ''Young Woman and the Sea'' will be released on Disney+. Premise ''Young Woman and the Sea'' tells the story of Gertrude Ederle, an American swimming champion, who first won a gold medal at the 1924 Olympic Games. In 1926, Ederle became the first woman to swim 21 miles across the English Channel. Cast * Daisy Ridley as Gertrude Ederle: An American competition swimmer and Olympic champion. * Tilda Cobham-Hervey as Margaret Ederle: Gertrude's sister. * Anton Poryazov as English Channel Swimmer * Quinn Patrick as Carnival Barker Additionally, Stephen Graham and Christopher Eccleston have been cast in undisclosed roles. Production On November 2, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Llosa
Claudia Llosa Bueno (born 15 November 1976) is a Peruvian film director, writer, producer, and author. She is recognized for her Academy-Award-nominated film ''The Milk of Sorrow''. Early life Claudia Llosa was born on November 15, 1976 in Lima, Peru. Her mother Patricia Bueno Risso is an artist from Italy and her father Alejandro Llosa Garcia worked in the engineering field. Her siblings are Patricia Llosa and Andrea Llosa. She is the niece of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and the film director Luis Llosa. She studied at Newton Collegein Lima. Her post-secondary studies were spent majoring in Film Direction at the University of Lima. Llosa moved from Peru to Madrid in the late 1990ies. From 1998 to 2001 she studied there at the film academy ''Escuela TAI''. At the end of her studies she started working on the script for ''Madeinusa''. She moved to Barcelona to work in the advertising industry. Career Claudia Llosa’s first film ''Madeinusa'' tells the story of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fever Dream (film)
''Fever Dream'' ( es, Distancia de rescate, lit=Rescue Distance) is a 2021 psychological thriller film directed by Claudia Llosa from a screenplay that she co-wrote with Samanta Schweblin, based on Schweblin's 2014 novel of the same name. The film stars MarÃa Valverde, Dolores Fonzi, German Palacios, Guillermo Pfening and Emilio Vodanovich. The film had its world premiere at the 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival on September 20, 2021. It was released in select theaters in the United States on October 6, 2021, and on Netflix on October 13, 2021. Plot A woman named Amanda arrives in a quiet rural town in Argentina with her daughter Nina to spend a few days on vacation. Next to their rented house live Carola and her son David. The two women develop a close friendship, but Amanda soon realizes that things are not as they appear to be. Cast * MarÃa Valverde as Amanda * Dolores Fonzi as Carola * German Palacios as Omar * Guillermo Pfening as Marco * Emilio Vodanovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallen Kingdom
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Fallen Kingdom may refer to: * Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, a 2018 American film * Fallen Kingdom, a 2012 parody song by CaptainSparklez Jordan Maron (born February 10, 1992), also known by his online alias CaptainSparklez, is an American YouTuber, Twitch streamer, gamer, and musician. Maron is primarily known for playing the video game ''Minecraft'', which is featured on his m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Monster Calls (film)
''A Monster Calls'' is a 2016 dark fantasy drama film directed by J. A. Bayona from a screenplay by Patrick Ness and based on Ness' 2011 novel of the same name. It stars Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Lewis MacDougall, and Liam Neeson. In the film, Conor O'Malley (MacDougall) grapples with his mother's terminal illness as he is visited by the Monster (Neeson), a giant anthropomorphic yew tree who tells him stories. The film rights to Ness' novel were acquired by Focus Features in March 2014, after which, he was hired as screenwriter and Bayona signed on as director. Jones was first hired that April and Neeson joined that May, with the rest of the main cast rounded out by that September. Principal photography began on 30 September 2014, with filming locations mainly including West Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Lancashire in England, with additional scenes filmed on location in Spain. ''A Monster Calls'' premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
