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Someone To Watch Award
The Someone to Watch Award, sponsored by Kiehl's, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. History The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant. The award was first given at the 1994 award ceremony. Notable winners/nominees who would soon become recognized include Kelly Reichardt (''Wendy and Lucy''), Chris Smith (''American Movie''), Tim Blake Nelson (''The Grey Zone''), Marc Forster ('' Finding Neverland''), Andrew Bujalski (''Mutual Appreciation''), Ramin Bahrani (''Fahrenheit 451'') & Barry Jenkins (''Moonlight'') Winners 1990s * 1994: Lodge Kerrigan – ''Clean, Shaven'' * 1995: Christopher Münch – '' Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day'' ** Tim McCann – ''Desolation Angels'' **Jennifer Montgomery – ''Art for Teachers of Children'' **Kelly Reichardt – ''River of Grass'' **Rafal Zielinski – ''Fun'' * 1996: Larry Fessenden – ''Habit'' **Joe Brewster – ''The Keeper'' ** Chris Smit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiehl's
Kiehl's LLC is an American cosmetics brand retailer that specializes in skin, hair, and body care products. It started as a single pharmacy in Manhattan at Third Avenue and East 13th Street in 1851. Kiehl's was purchased by the L'Oréal Group in 2000 and has 65 stores in the United States and 400 stores worldwide as of 2015, with over 1,000 points of sale supplemented by sales in department stores, select airport locations, as well as independent stockists. In contrast to its market competitors, Kiehl's is distinguished for its unorthodox marketing approach, exceptionally large male clientele base, and its products' simple and straightforward packaging. History Foundation Founded in 1851 by John Kiehl, Kiehl's began as a homoeopathic pharmacy located in New York City‘s East Village: 3rd Avenue and 13th Street. In 1921 Irving Morse, a former apprentice and Russian Jewish émigré who had studied pharmacology at Columbia University, purchased the store. Morse was involved in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Münch
Christopher Münch (born June 17, 1962) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Münch was born in 1962 in Pasadena, California and grew up with his mother in La Jolla, San Diego. When he was 15 years old, he directed a prize-winning documentary about the animals at the San Diego Zoo. In 1991 he directed ''The Hours and Times'', a fictionalised account of the relationship between John Lennon and his manager Brian Epstein. This premièred at the Toronto Festival of Festivals and won awards at the Sundance Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival and the Independent Spirit Awards. His 1996 film ''Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day'' won an Independent Spirit Award Someone to Watch Award and an award for Best Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2000, Munch received the Moving Image Creative Capital Award. Archive The moving image collection of Christopher Münch is held at the Academy Film Archive. Filmography *1991: ''The Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conceiving Ada
''Conceiving Ada'' is a 1997 film produced, written, and directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson. Henry S. Rosenthal was co-producer of the film. The cinematography was by Hiro Narita and Bill Zarchy. Synopsis Emmy Coer is a computer scientist obsessed with Countess Ada Lovelace, author of the first computer algorithm, written for Charles Babbage's "Analytical Engine". She is upset to discover that she is pregnant, believing that the pregnancy will interfere with her work. Afraid of losing her boyfriend, she decides to keep the baby. Emmy tries to work on a way of communicating with Lovelace in the past by way of "undying information waves". She eventually succeeds and is able to communicate with Ada and learn about her studies, her work and how she felt that in many ways her work was hampered by her children and by the time she lived in. Emmy wants to bring Ada into the present by allowing her to inhabit her body. A dying Ada refuses, insisting that Emmy needs to live her own life. Howe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Lynn Hershman Leeson (née Lynn Lester Hershman; born 1941) is a multimedia American artist and filmmaker. Her work combines art with social commentary, particularly on the relationship between people and technology. Leeson is a pioneer in new media, and her work with technology and in media-based practices helped legitimize digital art forms. Her interests include feminism, race, surveillance, and artificial intelligence and identity theft through algorithms and data tracking. She has been referred to as a "new media pioneer" for the prescient incorporation of new science and technologies in her work. She is based in San Francisco, California. Early life and education Lynn Hershman Leeson was born in 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio. Her father had emigrated there from Montreal. Leeson earned a bachelor's degree in Education, Museum Administration and Fine Arts from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland (1963), and a Master of Fine Arts degree from San Francisco State University (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye Of God (film)
''Eye of God'' is a 1997 crime drama film written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson and adapted from his stage play of the same name. It stars Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Nick Stahl, and Hal Holbrook. The film follows two plot lines which are revealed to be connected in a nonlinear narrative. Nelson developed the script at the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters and Directors Labs. The film won the American Independent Award at the Seattle International Film Festival in 1997 and the Bronze Award at the 1997 Tokyo International Film Festival. Nelson was nominated for the Someone to Watch Award at the 1998 Independent Spirit Awards and the Grand Jury Prize at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. The movie was filmed in the areas of Skiatook, Perry, and Tulsa of Oklahoma in early 1996. Plot In a small Oklahoma town, the local sheriff stumbles upon the traumatized teenager Tommy covered in someone else's blood. After the sheriff prods the boy, he learns that a young woman has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loved (film)
''Loved'' is a 1997 film directed by Erin Dignam and starring Robin Wright Penn and William Hurt. Plot After a husband is accused of driving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda—a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they had wronged her—is subpoenaed to testify on his abusive behavior during their marriage. Cast * Robin Wright Penn as Hedda Amerson * William Hurt as K.D. Dietrickson * Amy Madigan as Brett Amerson * Anthony Lucero as The Defendant * Paul Dooley as Leo Amerson * Lucinda Jenney as Kate Amerson * Joanna Cassidy as Elenore Amerson * Sean Penn as Michael Reception ''Radio Times'' rated it one star, saying, "No doubt all the people involved in this project had their hearts and best intentions in the right place, but this drama ultimately fumbles the sensitive subject of domestic violence." See also * List of American films of 1997 *List of drama films *List of thriller films of the 1990s A list of thriller films released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Dignam
Erin Dignam (born July 20, 1955) is an American film director, screenwriter and former professional tennis player. A native of California, Dignam qualified for the singles main draw of the 1977 Wimbledon Championships. Dignam directed and wrote the films ''Denial'' (1990) and '' Loved'' (1997), both starring actress Robin Wright. The 2021 film ''Land'', which is Wright's directorial debut, is from a screenplay co-written by Dignam. She has also written the screenplay for the films ''The Yellow Handkerchief The Yellow Handkerchief or Yellow Handkerchief may refer to: * ''The Yellow Handkerchief'' (1977 film), Japanese film *''Yellow Handkerchief'', 2003 television program broadcast by Korean Broadcasting System * ''The Yellow Handkerchief'' (2008 fil ...'' (2008) and '' Submergence'' (2017). References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dignam, Erin 1955 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis people from California American women film directors A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Job
''American Job'' is a 1996 independent film directed by Chris Smith. Shot in a satirical pseudo-documentary style, the film follows Randy, a young man living in a Midwestern US town, as he tries one mundane job after another, including monitoring a machine at a plastics factory, working as a clean-up person at a fast-food restaurant, cleaning motels, and becoming a telephone solicitor. Inspiration The film was directly inspired by the 1987 magazine "American Job" created by Randy Russell, which was a collection of job stories from low-wage workers around the United States. Synopsis ''American Job'' is a narrative film about Randy Scott (Randy Russell), a youth caught in the dismal confusion of living and working in the world of minimum wage. The film follows Randy through a number of low-paying, menial jobs including fast food dishwasher, custodian, telemarketer, and factory worker. It highlights the sheer boredom of minimum wage work and is a slightly comical and occasionall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Brewster
Joe Brewster, M.D. is an American psychiatrist and filmmaker who directs and produces fiction films, documentaries and new media focused on the experiences of communities of color. Education A native of South Central Los Angeles South Los Angeles, also known as South Central Los Angeles or simply South Central, is a region in southwestern Los Angeles County, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles, south of downtown. It is "defined on Los Angeles city maps as a ..., Joe Brewster graduated from Crenshaw High School and received a B.A. in Biology from Stanford University. Brewster went on to Harvard Medical School, where he received his medical degree in 1978 and completed his residency in psychiatry and neurology at McLean Hospital in 1982. After completion of a fellowship in Institutional analysis, the systematic study of people's collective behaviors in institutions, with Dr. Ries Vanderpol, Brewster enrolled in the documentary production program at the New School f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
