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Michael O'Connor (costume Designer)
Michael O'Connor (born 27 October 1965) is a British costume designer. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design three times, winning for ''The Duchess (film), The Duchess'' (2008). Life and career O'Connor was born in London, England. He began his training as a dresser at the Old Vic and then spent six years in a costume house before deciding to go freelance. In the 1990s, O'Connor went into the film industry. His early works as a wardrobe supervisor was on such films as ''The House of the Spirits (film), The House of the Spirits'' (1993) and ''Emma (1996 theatrical film), Emma'' (1996). Then he was elevated to an assistant costume designer and worked in this role on several notable films, these include ''Oscar and Lucinda (film), Oscar and Lucinda'' (1997), ''Topsy-Turvy'' (1999), and ''Quills (film), Quills'' (2000). In addition, he was an associate costume designer on ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film), Harry Potter and the Chamber of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brick Lane (2007 Film)
''Brick Lane'' is a 2007 British drama film directed by Sarah Gavron in her directorial debut and adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by the British writer Monica Ali. The screenplay was written by Laura Jones and Abi Morgan. The Indian actress Tannishtha Chatterjee played the lead role of Nazneen. The film had its first public screening at the Telluride Film Festival in the United States. Plot The movie largely takes place in London following the September 11 attacks on the United States by al-Qaeda, and reflects a period of heightened racial tensions in Britain as well. The film tells the story of Nazneen, who has grown up in rural Bangladesh, in the district of Mymensingh. Nazneen has a sister, but when she is still young, her mother drowns herself because she can not handle the hardship of life in the village. Their father marries Nazneen, elder of the two girls, to a middle-aged but educated man, Chanu, who lives in London. Nazneen leaves behind her sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suite Française (film)
Suite française ("French suite") may refer to: Musical compositions: * '' Suites françaises'', by Johann Sebastian Bach * '' Suite française (Poulenc)'', FP.80, by Francis Poulenc * ''Suite française'', by Jean Roger-Ducasse * ''Suite française'', Op.248 (1944), Op.254 (1945), by Darius Milhaud * ''Suite française'', by André Jolivet * ''Suite française'', album by Jacques Israelievitch Other uses: *''Suite française'', a 1943 French documentary short-film directed by René Zuber and Roger Leenhardt Roger Leenhardt (23 July 1903 – 4 December 1985) was a French writer and filmmaker. Early life Born in a bourgeois Protestant family, this brilliant student of philosophy was very soon fascinated by cinema. Through a cousin, he started worki ... * ''Suite française'' (Némirovsky), a 2004 novel by the French writer Irène Némirovsky * ''Suite française'' (film), a 2015 film based on Némirovsky's novel {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Invisible Woman (2013 Film)
''The Invisible Woman'' is a 2013 British biographical drama film directed by Ralph Fiennes and starring Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas and Tom Hollander. Written by Abi Morgan, and based on the 1990 book of the same name by Claire Tomalin, the film is about the affair between Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan, which lasted for thirteen years until his death in 1870. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on 31 August 2013, and was released in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2014. The film received a Best Costume Design nomination ( Michael O'Connor) at the 86th Academy Awards. Plot In 1857, forty-five-year-old Charles Dickens notices eighteen-year-old actress Ellen "Nelly" Ternan while she is performing at London's Haymarket Theatre. He later casts her, along with her mother and sister Maria, in a performance of Wilkie Collins's '' The Frozen Deep'' at Dickens's Free Trade Hall in Manchester. At a party following the performance, Dickens and Nell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dredd
''Dredd'' is a 2012 science fiction film, science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and written and produced by Alex Garland. It is based on the ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' comic strip ''Judge Dredd'' and its eponymous character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Karl Urban stars as Judge Dredd, a law enforcer given the power of judge, jury, and executioner in a vast, dystopia, dystopic metropolis called Mega-City One that lies in a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic wasteland. Dredd and his rookie partner, Judge Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), are forced to bring order to a 200-storey high-rise block of apartments and deal with its resident drug lord, Ma-Ma (Lena Headey). Garland began writing the script in 2006, although the development of a new ''Judge Dredd'' film adaptation, unrelated to the 1995 film ''Judge Dredd (film), Judge Dredd'', was not announced until December 2008. Produced by British studio DNA Films, ''Dredd'' began pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Eyre (2011 Film)
''Jane Eyre'' is a 2011 romantic gothic drama film directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. The screenplay is written by Moira Buffini based on Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name. The film was released on 11 March 2011 in the United States and 9 September in Great Britain and Ireland. It received positive reviews from critics. The film's costume design, led by Michael O'Connor, was nominated for an Academy Award."Hugo leads 2012 Oscar Nominations with 11" ''Oscars''. Retrieved 26 January 2012. Plot A tearful runs away from[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eagle (2011 Film)
''The Eagle'' is a 2011 epic historical drama film set in Roman Britain directed by Kevin Macdonald, and starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell and Donald Sutherland. Adapted by Jeremy Brock from Rosemary Sutcliff's historical adventure novel '' The Eagle of the Ninth'' (1954), the film tells the story of a young Roman officer attempting to recover the lost Roman eagle standard of his father's legion in Caledonia. The story is based on the Ninth Spanish Legion's supposed disappearance in Britain. Historically, the purported disappearance of the Ninth Legion in Northern Britain is a subject of debate. The film was a UK–US co-production. It was released in the United States on 11 February 2011 and in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2011. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $38 million against its $25 million budget. Plot In the year 149 AD, twenty years after the Ninth Legion disappeared in the north of Britain, Marcus Flavius Aquila, a young Roman cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Warrior
A warrior is a person engaged or experienced in warfare, or a figurative term for a person who shows or has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics or athletics. Warrior or Warriors may also refer to: Indigenous groups * Mohawk Warrior Society (Rotisken’rakéhte) (also known as Kahnawake Warrior Society), a Mohawk First Nations group * Tribal Warrior an Australian Aboriginal organisation based in Redfern, New South Wales Military Military vehicles * American privateer ''Warrior'', New York privateer in the War of 1812 * HMS ''Warrior'', name of four Royal Navy ships and one shore establishment * iRobot Warrior, robotic unmanned ground vehicle made by iRobot * MQ-1C Warrior, unmanned aerial vehicle currently being developed by the United States Army * OH-58D Kiowa Warrior * ''Warrior'' (steamboat), ship used during the Black Hawk War * Warrior tracked armoured vehicle, used by the British Army * ''Warrior''-class ironclad, a class of two iron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystic Masseur
''The Mystic Masseur'' is a 2001 Merchant Ivory film based on the novel of the same name by V. S. Naipaul. It is one of relatively few films directed by Ismail Merchant, who is better known as the producer in the Merchant Ivory partnership, and addresses issues of Hindu subculture in Trinidad and Tobago. The movie was the first film adaptation of a novel by Naipaul. It was filmed in Trinidad and Tobago and was released in 2001 to an indifferent response. The screenplay is by Caryl Phillips. The film features performances by Om Puri and Aasif Mandvi, and original music by Zakir Hussain. Synopsis The novel by V. S. Naipaul moves between farce and acerbic social commentary on Trinidad, the country of his birth. The characters are mainly members of Trinidad's Indian community. The protagonist is Ganesh Ramsumair, a frustrated writer that rises from poverty on the back of his dubious talent as a " mystic" masseur, known as Pundit Ganesh, who can cure illnesses. In the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs or BAFTA Awards, is an annual film award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The ceremony was first held at the flagship Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square in London, then the Royal Opera House from 2007 to 2016. The event was held at the Royal Albert Hall from 2017 to 2022, before moving to the Royal Festival Hall for 2023. The statue awarded to recipients depicts a theatrical mask. The first BAFTA Awards ceremony was held in 1949, and the ceremony was first broadcast on the BBC in 1956 with Vivien Leigh as the host. The ceremony was initially held in April or May; since 2001, it typically takes place in February. History The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) was founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammonite (film)
''Ammonite'' is a 2020 romantic drama film written and directed by Francis Lee (director), Francis Lee. Loosely inspired by the life of British palaeontologist Mary Anning, played by Kate Winslet, the film centres on a speculative romantic relationship between Anning and geologist Charlotte Murchison, played by Saoirse Ronan. Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Alec Secăreanu and Fiona Shaw also star. ''Ammonite'' had its world premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2020. It was released in Australia on 14 January 2021 by Transmission Films and in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2021 by Lionsgate Films, Lionsgate. Plot In the 1840s, Paleontologist Mary Anning lives with her ailing mother, Molly, who helps her daughter run a small shop in Lyme Regis, Dorset. Mary spends the early mornings on the beach at low tide in search of fossils for the shop, with tiny ammonites being her most common find. When Mary returns, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulip Fever
''Tulip Fever'' is a 2017 historical romantic drama film directed by Justin Chadwick and written by Deborah Moggach and Tom Stoppard, adapted from Moggach's 1999 novel of the same name. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Jack O'Connell, Holliday Grainger, Tom Hollander, Matthew Morrison, Kevin McKidd, Douglas Hodge, Joanna Scanlan, Zach Galifianakis, Judi Dench, and Christoph Waltz. The plot follows a 17th-century "Tulip mania" painter in Amsterdam who falls in love with a married woman whose portrait he has been commissioned to paint. Filmed in the summer of 2014, ''Tulip Fever'' was delayed numerous times before finally being released in the United States on 1 September 2017. It received generally unfavourable reviews from critics and grossed $9 million worldwide against its $25 million budget. This was also the last film to be theatrically released by The Weinstein Company, which filed for bankruptcy following a series of sexual ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
