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Chernobyl (miniseries)
''Chernobyl'' is a 2019 historical drama television miniseries that revolves around the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 and the Effects of the Chernobyl disaster, cleanup efforts that followed. The series was created and written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck. It features an ensemble cast led by Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, and Paul Ritter. The series was produced by HBO in the United States and Sky UK in the United Kingdom. The five-part series premiered simultaneously in the United States on May 6, 2019, and in the United Kingdom on May 7. It received widespread critical acclaim for its performances, historical accuracy, atmosphere, tone, screenplay, cinematography, and musical score. At the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, it received nineteen nominations and won for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Limited Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special, Outstanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents history, historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as artistic license, creative dialogue or scenes which compress separate events. The biographical film is a type of historical drama which generally focuses on a single individual or well-defined group. Historical dramas can include romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. Historical drama can be differentiated from historical fiction, which generally present fictional characters and events against a backdrop of historical events. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Lewis Jones
Mark Lewis Jones (born 31 August 1964) is a Welsh actor, whose roles include that of a First Order Captain Moden Canady in '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'', a police inspector in BBC drama series '' 55 Degrees North'', a whaler in the film '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'', soldier Tecton in ''Troy'' and Rob Morgan in the series '' Stella''. He is known for being the voice of Letho of Gulet in '' The Witcher 2'' and '' 3''. Early life Mark Lewis Jones was born in Rhosllannerchrugog near Wrexham, Wales. He began acting as a teenager with the Clwyd Youth Theatre and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Career Jones has acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. His television roles include appearances in '' This Life'', ''Holby City'', '' Spooks'', '' Murphy's Law'', '' Waking the Dead'' and '' Torchwood.'' Perhaps his most significant role for BBC television was as Detective Inspector Russell Bing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic is a British pay television channel owned by Sky Group, Sky Group Limited that launched in 2011 and broadcasts in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel airs original British-produced dramas like ''Fortitude (TV series), Fortitude'', ''Tin Star (TV series), Tin Star'', and ''Gangs of London (TV series), Gangs of London'' but is primarily dedicated to imported programmes from the United States. It has held the domestic rights to HBO programming since 2011, which is set to expire in early 2026, and has previously held the domestic rights to Showtime (TV network), Showtime programming from 2016 to 2021. It is exclusively available on the Sky UK, Sky satellite TV platform (including Sky Go and Now (streaming service), Now). Sky Deutschland broadcasts a Sky Atlantic (German TV channel), German-language version of the channel in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, while Sky Italia broadcasts an Sky Atlantic (Italy), Italian-language version of the channel in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky UK
Sky UK Limited (formerly British Sky Broadcasting Limited (BSkyB)), Trade name, trading as Sky, is a British broadcasting, broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television, broadband internet, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of Sky Group (currently owned by Comcast) and is headquartered at the Sky Campus, Sky Studios in Isleworth. Sky is a major media company and the largest British broadcaster by revenue. It operates the Sky News news media organisation, Sky Sports which is the largest sports TV broadcaster in the UK, and the Sky Studios film and TV production company. Sky is also the country's leading provider of Pay television, pay-TV services (12.7 million customers as of the end of 2019) through its satellite television, satellite TV platform Sky Q as well as the IPTV-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream products. Its flagship channels include Sky Showcase, Sky Max, Sky Witness, Sky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-camera Setup
In filmmaking, television production and video production, the single-camera setup or single-camera mode of production (also known as portable single crew, portable single camera or single-cam) is a method in which all of the various shots and camera angles are taken using the same camera. The single-camera setup originally developed during the birth of the Classical Hollywood cinema in the 1910s and has remained the standard mode of production for cinema. In television production, both single-camera and multiple-camera setup, multiple-camera methods are commonly used. Description In this setup, all of the various shots and camera angles are taken using the same camera, or multiple cameras pointed in one direction, which are moved and reset to get a new angle. If a scene cuts back and forth between actor A and actor B, the director will first point the camera toward A and run part or all of the scene from this angle, then move the camera to point at B, relight, and then run the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanne Wohlenberg
Sanne Wohlenberg (sometimes known as Sanne Craddick) is a German-born television producer working primarily in the United Kingdom. She has produced or co-produced episodes of television including ''Wallander'' and the revived series of ''Doctor Who''. In 2019, she won an Emmy Award for her production of the mini-series ''Chernobyl''. Early life Wohlenberg grew up in Wolfsburg and studied in Hamburg before moving to the United Kingdom. Career For ''Doctor Who'', Wohlenberg produced the stories ''A Christmas Carol, The Doctor's Wife'', and ''Night Terrors''. In 2019, she produced the HBO mini-series ''Chernobyl'' which covered the nuclear disaster in Ukraine (at the time part of the Soviet Union), and was filmed in Lithuania. In 2022, she was announced as a producer for the TV series ''Andor'', a prequel to '' Rogue One''. In 2019, she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series, as the producer of ''Chernobyl''. In 2020, she received the Producers Guild of America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Featherstone
Jane Elizabeth Featherstone (born March 1969) is an English television producer and founder of Sister Pictures, a global TV and film production and development company. Prior to that, she was the chief executive of Kudos and co-chairman of Shine UK, now part of Endemol Shine Group. Biography Featherstone was educated at Old Palace School and the University of Leeds. Prior to joining Kudos, Featherstone produced the first two series of '' Touching Evil'' and the BBC2 film ''Sex ‘n’ Death''. She worked at Hat Trick Productions where she worked on '' Whose Line Is It Anyway?'', '' Have I Got News For You'', and '' Drop The Dead Donkey''. Featherstone joined Kudos in 2000 as Head of Drama. She became Creative Director in 2008 and the company's Chief Executive in 2011. Whilst at Kudos, she executive produced '' Spooks'', ''Life on Mars'', '' Ashes to Ashes'', ''Utopia'', '' The Tunnel'', and ''The Smoke''. Most recently she has executive produced ''River'' by Abi Morgan for BB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Strauss
Carolyn Strauss (born July 13, 1963) is an American television producer and executive. She was promoted to HBO's head of original programming in 1990 and commissioned widely successful HBO series such as ''The Sopranos'', ''The Wire'', '' Six Feet Under'', ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', and ''Sex and the City''. After 10 months as president of HBO's entertainment division, she left the position to focus on her producing career in 2008; she was given a production deal with HBO and has since served as an executive producer on the series '' Treme'', ''Game of Thrones'', ''Luck'', and '' The Last of Us''. Early life Carolyn Strauss was born into a Jewish family in Scarsdale, New York, on July 13, 1963. She graduated from Harvard University with a BA in History. Career Although she had no intentions of working in television, Strauss started her career as a temp in the documentaries department of HBO's New York City branch in 1986. Within 10 months, she had secured a full-time job there a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir (born 4 September 1982) is an Icelandic musician and composer. A classically trained cellist, she has played and recorded with the bands Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, Múm, and Stórsveit Nix Noltes, and has toured with Animal Collective and Sunn O))). She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Grammy Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Hildur has gained international recognition for her film and television scores, including '' Journey's End'' (2017), ''Mary Magdalene'' (2018), '' Sicario: Day of the Soldado'' (2018), Todd Field's '' Tár'' and Sarah Polley's '' Women Talking'' (both 2022). For her score for Todd Phillips' psychological thriller film '' Joker'' (2019), she won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, making her the first solo female composer to win in all three. She is also known for her work on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McElhatton
Michael McElhatton (born 12 September 1963) is an Irish actor and writer. He is best known for playing the role of Roose Bolton in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' from the second to the sixth season (2012–2016). Other credits include '' I Went Down'' (1997), '' Paths to Freedom'' (2000), '' Saltwater'' (2000), '' Blow Dry'' (2001), '' The Actors'' (2003), '' Spin the Bottle'' (2003), '' Perrier's Bounty'' (2009), '' Albert Nobbs'' (2011), '' Death of a Superhero'' (2011), ''Pentecost'' (2012), '' The Fall'' (2013), '' The Hallow'' (2015), '' The Zookeeper's Wife'' (2017), '' Chernobyl'' (2019), ''Das Boot'' (2020), '' The Alienist: Angel of Darkness'' (2020), ''The Wheel of Time'' (2021), '' Jack Ryan'' (2022) and '' The Long Shadow'' (2023). Early life McElhatton was born on 12 September 1963 in Terenure, a suburb in the south of Dublin. He began studying acting at Terenure College, a school known for its drama tradition, and afterward spent eight years in London where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fares Fares
Fares Fares (; ; born 29 April 1973) is a Swedish actor, producer, and director. He is known for his collaborations with director Tarik Saleh, as well as his roles in notable shows such as Chernobyl (miniseries), ''Chernobyl'' ''and The Wheel of Time (TV series), The Wheel of Time''. Fares has received various accolades, including a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and two Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Robert Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Early life Fares was born on 29 April 1973 in Beirut, Lebanon to a family of Assyrian people, Assyrian origin. His younger brother is director Josef Fares, and he has four sisters. In 1987, when Fares was 14 years old, his family moved to Sweden, residing in Örebro. They moved to escape the Lebanese Civil War and chose Sweden because they had relatives who had already lived there. Fares says he learned Swedish within three months of living in Sweden. From the age of 15, Fares acted in a local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Keoghan
Barry Keoghan ( ; born 18 October 1992) is an Irish actor. His accolades include a BAFTA Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was listed at number 27 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Keoghan began acting in 2011 and gained recognition in 2017 for his roles in Christopher Nolan's ''Dunkirk'' and Yorgos Lanthimos's '' The Killing of a Sacred Deer''. He gained praise for his performances in the Irish crime film '' Calm with Horses'' (2019) and in the fantasy film '' The Green Knight'' (2021). He expanded to big-budget films with his role as Druig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Eternals'' (2021). In 2022, he appeared in Martin McDonagh's '' The Banshees of Inisherin'', for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and received nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Keoghan then starred in the psychological drama '' Saltburn' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
