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Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 1
''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' is a 2010 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. The film is the first of two cinematic parts based on the 2007 novel ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' by J. K. Rowling. It is the sequel to '' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' (2009) and the seventh instalment in the ''Harry Potter'' film series. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, respectively, reprising roles as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The story follows Harry Potter, who has been asked by Dumbledore to find and destroy Lord Voldemort's secret to immortality – the Horcruxes. Filming began on 19 February 2009 and was completed on 12 June 2010. It was released in 2D cinemas and IMAX formats in the United Kingdom and in the United States on 19 November 2010, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received positive reviews with critics praisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Yates
David Yates (born 8 October 1963) is an English filmmaker, who has directed feature films, short films, and television productions. He is best known for directing the final four films in the Harry Potter (film series), ''Harry Potter'' series and the three films of its prequel series, ''Fantastic Beasts (film series), Fantastic Beasts''. His work on the ''Harry Potter'' series brought him critical and commercial success along with accolades, such as the Britannia Awards, British Academy Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing. Yates directed various short films and became a television director early in his career. His credits include the six-part political thriller ''State of Play (TV serial), State of Play'' (2003), for which he won the Directors Guild of Great Britain, Directors Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, the adult two-part documentary drama ''Sex Traffic'' (2004) and the Emmy Award-winning television film ''The Girl in the Café ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Rickman
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. Known for his distinctive deep, wikt:languid#Etymology 1, languid voice, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing in modern and classical theatre productions. He played the Vicomte de Valmont in the RSC stage production of ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses (play), Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' in 1985, and after the production transferred to the West End theatre, West End in 1986 and Broadway theatre, Broadway in 1987, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Tony Award. Rickman made his film debut as the German criminal mastermind Hans Gruber in ''Die Hard'' (1988). He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as the Sheriff of Nottingham in ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991). He earned critical acclaim for ''Truly, Madly, Deeply (film), Truly, Madly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Board Of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is a non-governmental organization, non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, Trailer (promotion), trailers, adverts, public information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content, etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom. It has a statutory requirement to classify all video works released on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray (including Blu-ray 3D, 3D and Ultra HD Blu-ray, 4K UHD formats), and, to a lesser extent, some video games under the Video Recordings Act 1984. The BBFC was also the designated regulator for the UK age-verification, UK age-verification scheme, which was abandoned before being implemented. History and overview The BBFC was established in 1912 as the British Board of Film Censors, under the aegis of the Incorporated Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odeon Leicester Square
The Odeon Luxe Leicester Square is a prominent cinema building in the West End of London. Built in the Art Deco style and completed in 1937, the building has been continually altered in response to developments in cinema technology, and was the first Dolby Cinema in the United Kingdom. The cinema occupies the centre of the eastern side of Leicester Square in London, featuring a black polished granite facade and high tower displaying its name. Blue neon outlines the exterior of the building at night. It was built to be the flagship of Oscar Deutsch's Odeon Cinema chain and still holds that position today. It hosts numerous European and world film premieres, including the annual Royal Film Performance. History The Odeon cinema building was completed by Sir Robert McAlpine in 1937 to the design of Harry Weedon and Andrew Mather on the site of Nevill's Victorian Turkish baths and the adjoining Alhambra Theatre a large music hall dating from the 1850s. The site cost £550,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heyday Films
Heyday Films Limited is a British film and television production company founded in 1997 by producer David Heyman. The company made its feature film debut with '' Ravenous'' (1999), and is most successful for producing the ''Harry Potter'' film series, based on the series of popular fantasy novels of the same name by J. K. Rowling. In 2025, Amazon MGM Studios Amazon MGM Studios is an American film and television production and distribution company owned by Amazon, and headquartered at the Culver Studios complex in Culver City, California. Launched on November 16, 2010, it took its current name on O ... announced that Heyman and Amy Pascal would oversee the franchise moving forward and produce future installments in the ''James Bond'' film series through their Pascal Pictures and Heyday Films banners, respectively. History Heyday Films Limited began in 1997 by producer David Heyman, after Heyman returned to England from the US. Filmography Feature films Televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFI Catalog Of Feature Films
The ''AFI Catalog of Feature Films'', also known as the ''AFI Catalog'', is an ongoing project by the American Film Institute (AFI) to catalog all commercially-made and theatrically exhibited American motion pictures from the birth of cinema in 1893 to the present. It began as a series of hardcover books known as ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures'', and subsequently became an exclusively online film database. Each entry in the catalog typically includes the film's title, physical description, production and distribution companies, production and release dates, cast and production credits, a plot summary, song titles, and notes on the film's history. The films are indexed by personal credits, production and distribution companies, year of release, and major and minor plot subjects. To qualify for the "Feature Films" volumes, a film must have been commercially produced either on American soil or by an American company. In accordance with the Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American film studio, filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Founded on April 4, 1923, by four brothers, Harry Warner, Harry, Albert Warner, Albert, Sam Warner, Sam and Jack L. Warner, Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American film industry before diversifying into animation, television, and video games. It is one of the "Major film studios, Big Five" major American film studios and a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The company is known for its film studio division, the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Castle Rock Entertainment and the Warner Bros. Television Group. Bugs Bunny, a character created for the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards. Desplat was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres both in 2016. Desplat has received two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017). He was Oscar-nominated for '' The Queen'' (2006), '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), '' Fantastic Mr. Fox'' (2009), ''The King's Speech'' (2010), ''Argo'' (2012), ''Philomena'' (2013), ''The Imitation Game'' (2014), '' Isle of Dogs'' (2018), and ''Little Women'' (2019). Desplat has composed scores for a wide range of films, including low-budget independent productions and large-scale blockbusters, such as '' The Golden Compass'' (2007), '' The Twilight Saga: New Moon'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Day (film Editor)
Mark Day (born 22 February 1961) is a British film editor. He won two BAFTA Awards for Best Editing for '' State of Play'' and '' Sex Traffic'', both directed by David Yates with whom Day also worked with on ''The Way We Live Now'', '' The Young Visiters'' and '' The Girl in the Café''; the former two projects gained Day two Royal Television Society award nominations for Best Tape and Film Editing along with two BAFTA nominations and the latter project gained Day a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing. Day also worked with Yates on '' The Sins'' and the final four ''Harry Potter'' films: '' Order of the Phoenix'', '' Half-Blood Prince'', '' Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' and '' Deathly Hallows – Part 2''. Day has edited over thirty television films and dramas. Filmography Feature films * '' The Theory of Flight'' (1998) * ''Mystics'' (2003) * '' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' (2007) * ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Serra
Eduardo Martins Serra (born 2 October 1943) is a Portuguese cinematographer who has spent most of his career working in European film productions, mostly in French, Portuguese and British films, with frequent collaborations with directors Patrice Leconte and Claude Chabrol. Serra is also known for his work on the M. Night Shyamalan film ''Unbreakable (film), Unbreakable'' and the final two Harry Potter films, ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, The Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' and ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Part 2''. Career From 1960 to 1963, Serra studied engineering at Lisbon's Instituto Superior Técnico, but he had to leave the country after his involvement in students' protests against António de Oliveira Salazar, Salazar's dictatorship. He settled in France, where he was accepted to Louis Lumière College, Vaugirard film school in Paris; he graduated in 1966. In 1970 he got his second degree from the Paris-Sorbonne University, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Walters
Dame Julia Mary Walters (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Olivier Award. Walters has been nominated for two Academy Awards across acting categories—once for Best Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2014. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2017 for services to drama. Walters rose to prominence playing the title role in '' Educating Rita'' (1983), a part she originated in the West End production of the stage play upon which the film was based. She has appeared in many other films, including '' Personal Services'' (1987), ''Prick Up Your Ears'' (1987), '' Buster'' (1988), '' Stepping Out'' (1991), '' Sister My Sister'' (1994), '' Girls' Night'' (1998), '' Titanic Town'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Thewlis
David Wheeler (born 20 March 1963), better known as David Thewlis (), is an English actor and filmmaker. He has appeared in a variety of genres in both film and television. He has received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and nominations for two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Thewlis made his film debut in '' Little Dorrit'' (1987) and had his breakthrough with roles in the Mike Leigh films '' Life Is Sweet'' (1990) and '' Naked'' (1993), winning the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for the latter. He appeared in films such as '' Black Beauty'' (1994), '' Restoration'' (1995), '' James and the Giant Peach'' (1996), ''Dragonheart'' (1996), '' Seven Years in Tibet'' (1997), '' The Big Lebowski'' (1998), '' Gangster No. 1'' (2000), and as Remus Lupin in the ''Harry Potter'' franchise (2004–2011). Other film roles include '' Kingdom of Heaven'' (2005), '' The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
