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Menno Meyjes
Menno Meyjes (born 1954) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award nominee, and a Goya Award and Hugo Award winner. Biography Meyjes was born in Bloemendaal, North Holland in 1954. He moved to the United States in 1972 and studied at San Francisco Art Institute, graduating with a master's degree in 1980. In 1984, he founded the graphic design magazine Emigre, with fellow Dutchmen Marc Susan and Rudy VanderLans.https://www.emigre.com/assets/file/pdfMagazine/Emigre3Meyjes.pdf Meyjes first gained attention for his spec script ''The Children's Crusade'', which was later produced in 1987 by Francis Ford Coppola as ''Lionheart''. His first produced screenplay was the 1985 film '' The Color Purple,'' directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel of the same name. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Meyjes worked with Steven Spielberg again, when he was a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloemendaal
Bloemendaal () is a municipality and town in the Western Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland. Bloemendaal is, together with Wassenaar, the wealthiest place in the Netherlands. It is located just west of Haarlem, on the North Sea. In October 2015, after persistent problems with the local governance in Bloemendaal, the King's Commissioner of North Holland, Johan Remkes, threatened to disband the municipality if the problems were not resolved within a year. Bernt Schneiders, the mayor of Haarlem, was appointed acting mayor of Bloemendaal. Population centres The municipality of Bloemendaal consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Gem-Bloemendaal-OpenTopo.jpg, Municipality map, February 2024 Bloemendaalseweg 108.JPG, Bloemendaal Bloemendaalseweg Overveen P1140233.jpg, Overveen Local government The Municipal council (Netherlands), municipal council of Bloemendaal consists of 19 seats, which after 2022 Dutch muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Walker
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel '' The Color Purple''."National Book Awards – 1983" National Book Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2012. (With essays by Anna Clark and Tarayi Jones from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.) Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry. Walker, born in rural Georgia, overcame challenges such as childhood injury and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Directorial Debuts
This is a list of film directorial debuts in chronological order. The films and dates referred to are a director's first commercial cinematic release. Many filmmakers have directed works which were not commercially released, for example early works by Orson Welles such as his filming of his stage production of ''Twelfth Night (1933 film), Twelfth Night'' in 1933 or his experimental short film ''The Hearts of Age'' in 1934. Often, these early works were not intended for commercial release by intent, such as film school projects or inability to find distribution. Subsequently, many directors learned their trade in the medium of television as it became popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Notable directors who did their first directorial work in this medium include Robert Altman, Sidney Lumet, and Alfonso Cuarón. As commercial television advertising became more cinematic in the 1960s and 1970s, many directors early work was in this medium, including directors such as Alan Parker and Ridle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Siege
''The Siege'' is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by Edward Zwick. The film is about a situation in which terrorist cells have made several attacks in New York City. The film stars Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, and Bruce Willis. Plot FBI Special Agent Anthony Hubbard and his Lebanese American partner Frank Haddad intervene at the hijacking of a bus fully loaded with passengers, which contains an explosive device. The bomb turns out to be a paint bomb and the terrorists escape. The FBI receives demands to release Sheikh Ahmed Bin Talal, a suspect in an earlier bombing. Hubbard eventually comes into conflict with Central Intelligence Agency operative Elise Kraft as he takes a terrorist suspect into custody and arrests Kraft. Later, another terrorist threat is made and a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus is suicide bombed, killing 25 people. The FBI captures a man named Samir Nazhde, who admits to signing the visa application of one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Student
International students or exchange students, also known as foreign students, are students who undertake all or part of their secondary or tertiary education in a country other than their own. In 2022, there were over 6.9 million international students, up from 5.12 million in 2016. The most popular destinations were in the Anglosphere. Three countries in particular received 39% of international students: the United States (with 1,126,690 international students), Canada (842,760 students), and the United Kingdom (758,855 students). National definitions Definitions of "foreign student" and "international student" vary from country to country. In the US, international students are " dividuals studying in the United States on a non-immigrant, temporary visa that allows for academic study at the post-secondary level." Most international students in the US hold an F1 Visa. In Europe, students from countries who are a part of the European Union can take part in a student exchange pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricochet (1991 Film)
''Ricochet'' is a 1991 American action crime thriller film, directed by Russell Mulcahy, written by Steven E. de Souza, and starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, and Lindsay Wagner, with Mary Ellen Trainor reprising her role as Gail Wallens from ''Die Hard''. The film details a struggle between a Los Angeles district attorney (Washington) and a vengeful criminal (Lithgow) whom he arrested when he was a cop. Plot In 1983, rookie LAPD officer and law student Nick Styles meets Alice and drifts away from childhood friend Odessa, who has become a drug dealer in South Central Los Angeles. Styles and his partner Larry Doyle patrol a carnival, where they encounter hitman Earl Talbot Blake and his accomplice, Kim. Styles is forced into an armed standoff when Blake takes a hostage after killing several drug dealers. After stripping off his equipment and uniform, Styles uses a gun hidden in his athletic supporter, shooting Blake in the knee and subduing him. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazing Stories (1985 TV Series)
''Amazing Stories'' is an American anthology television series created by Steven Spielberg, that originally ran on NBC in the United States from September 29, 1985, to April 10, 1987. The series was nominated for 12 Emmy Awards and won five. The first-season episode "The Amazing Falsworth" earned writer Mick Garris an Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series. It was not a ratings hit (ranking 40th in Season 1 and 52nd in Season 2), however, and the network did not renew it after the two-year contract expired. The 1987 science fiction film '' Batteries Not Included'' was originally intended as a story for ''Amazing Stories'', but Spielberg liked the idea so much that he decided to make it a theatrical release. The series title licensed the name of '' Amazing Stories'', the first dedicated science fiction magazine created by Hugo Gernsback in April 1926. The title sequence was made by computer-generated imagery (CGI) firm Robert Abel and Associates. On March 6, 2020, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dinner (novel)
''The Dinner'' (Dutch: ''Het Diner'') is a novel by the Dutch author Herman Koch. The book was first published by Ambo Anthos in 2009. It was translated into English by Sam Garrett, published in Great Britain in 2012, and the United States in 2013. The book became an international bestseller with many translations and has been adapted into four films. Plot The story is narrated by Paul Lohman, a former history teacher. He and his wife Claire meet at a fancy restaurant in Amsterdam with his elder brother Serge, a prominent politician and contender for the position of Prime Minister of the Netherlands, and his wife Babette. The plan is to discuss over dinner how to handle a crime committed by their teenage sons, Michel and Rick, respectively. The violent act of the two boys had been filmed by a security camera and shown on TV, but, so far, they have not been identified. The parents have to decide on what to do. They debate over dinner causing tension throughout the evening. Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max (2002 Film)
''Max'' is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Menno Meyjes in his directorial debut. The film stars John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, and Molly Parker. Its plot depicts a fictional friendship between Jewish art dealer Max Rothman and a young Austrian painter, Adolf Hitler; more of which explores Hitler's views that begin to take shape as the Nazi ideology while also studying the artistic and design implications of the Third Reich and how their visual appeal helped hypnotize the German people. It goes on to study the question of what could have been had Hitler been accepted as an artist. Plot In 1918, Max Rothman (John Cusack), a Munich art dealer, is a World War I veteran who lost his right arm in the Third Battle of Ypres, effectively ending his career as a painter. He returns to Germany and opens a modern art gallery. He is married to Nina ( Molly Parker), but also has a mistress, Liselore von Peltz ( Leelee Sobieski). Through a chance encounter, Rothman is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twisted Obsession
''Twisted Obsession'' (; ) is a 1989 Spanish-French erotic thriller directed by Fernando Trueba and starring Jeff Goldblum and Miranda Richardson. It consists of an adaptation of the 1976 novel ''The Dream of the Mad Monkey'' () by Christopher Frank. Plot Screenwriter Dan Gillis becomes involved with a young incestuous brother and sister. Cast Production The screenplay was penned by Trueba, and Menno Meyjes. Shot in English, the film is a Spanish-French co-production, produced by Iberoamericana in association with French Production, International Production and Sofica Valor. Shooting took place in Paris and Madrid. Release The film screened at the 46th Venice International Film Festival in September 1989. Accolades , - , align = "center" rowspan = "11" , 1990 , , rowspan = "11" , 4th Goya Awards , , colspan = "2" , Goya Award for Best Film, Best Film , , , , rowspan = "11" , , - , Goya Award for Best Director, Best Director , , Fernando Trueba , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is a 1989 American action adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Jeffrey Boam, based on a story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes. It is the third installment in the Indiana Jones, ''Indiana Jones'' film series and the sequel to ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981). Harrison Ford returned in Indiana Jones (character), the title role, while Henry Jones, Sr., his father is portrayed by Sean Connery. Other cast members featured include Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, River Phoenix, and John Rhys-Davies. In the film, set in 1938, Indiana Jones searches for his father, a Holy Grail scholar, who has been kidnapped and held hostage by the Nazis while on a journey to find the Holy Grail. After the criticism that ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984) received, Spielberg chose to make a more lighthearted film for the next installment, as well as bringing back several elements from ''Raiders of the Lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Of The Sun (film)
''Empire of the Sun'' is a 1987 American epic coming-of-age war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tom Stoppard, based on J. G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical 1984 novel of the same name. The film tells the story of Jamie "Jim" Graham ( Christian Bale), a young boy who goes from living with his wealthy British family in Shanghai to becoming a prisoner of war in an internment camp operated by the Japanese during World War II. The film also stars John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Masatō Ibu, Leslie Phillips, Ben Stiller, and Robert Stephens. Harold Becker and David Lean were originally to direct before Spielberg came on board, initially as a producer for Lean. Spielberg was attracted to directing the film because of a personal connection to Lean's films and World War II topics. He considers it to be his most profound work on "the loss of innocence".Forsberg, Myra"Spielberg at 40: The Man and the Child". ''The New York Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
