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Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Valdís Óskarsdóttir (born 6 May 1949) is an Icelandic film editor, whose work includes ''The Celebration'', ''Les Misérables'', ''Finding Forrester'' and ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind''. She received multiple awards in early 2005 for her work on ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind''. In addition, she has twice won the Danish Film Academy's Robert Award for Best Editing. '' Sveitabrúðkaup'' (), her directorial debut, premiered in Iceland in August 2008. Filmography Valdís was the primary editor on the following films, unless noted otherwise. *''Remote Control (Sódóma Reykjavík)'' (1992) *''The Biggest Heroes (De største helte)'' (1996) *''Dream Hunters (Draumadísir)'' (1996) *''The Last Viking (Den sidste viking)'' (1997) *''The Dance (Dansinn)'' (1998) *''The Celebration (Festen)'' (1998) *''Les Misérables'' (1998) (additional editor) *''Julien Donkey-Boy'' (1999) *''Mifune's Last Song (Mifunes sidste sang)'' (1999) *''Finding Forrester'' (2000) *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akureyri
Akureyri (, ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous Municipalities of Iceland, municipality (under the official name of Akureyrarbær , 'town of Akureyri') and the largest outside the Capital Region (Iceland), Capital Region. The municipality includes the town's neighbourhood at the head of Eyjafjörður and two farther islands: Hrísey at the mouth of Eyjafjörður and Grímsey off the coast. Nicknamed the "Capital of North Iceland", Akureyri is an important port and fishing centre. The area where Akureyri is located was settled in the 9th century, but did not receive a municipal charter until 1786. Allies of World War II, Allied units were based in the town during World War II. Further growth occurred after the war as the Icelandic population increasingly moved to urban areas. The area has a relatively mild climate because of geographical factors, and the town's ice-free harbour has played a significant role in its history. History The Norsemen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's All About Love
''It's All About Love'' is a 2003 English-language Danish romance-drama film written and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Its narrative can be classified as apocalyptic science fiction, but Vinterberg prefers to call it "a dream". Unlike the director's earlier Danish-language films, ''It's All About Love'' is entirely in English, and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes and Sean Penn. The production was led by Denmark's Nimbus Film, but the film was largely an international co-production, with involvement of companies from nine countries. It was very poorly received by film critics. Plot In the year 2021, when the earth is devastated by continuous climate changes, with sudden waves of frost (it snows in the middle of summer even in Venice), John, a university lecturer, traveling from Poland to Calgary, stops in New York, to sign divorce papers for his wife Elena. A much beloved figure skating champion, Elena is followed by a very large entourage that takes care of her numerous com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Day (film)
''Flag Day'' is a 2021 American drama film directed by and starring Sean Penn based on Jennifer Vogel's 2004 memoir, ''Flim-Flam Man: A True Family History''. It premiered in competition at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and was released in cinemas on August 20, 2021 by United Artists Releasing. The film has received mixed reviews from critics. Premise The daughter of a con artist struggles to come to terms with her father's past, involving the fourth-largest seizure of counterfeit bills in U.S. history, nearly $20 million. Cast Production In March 2012, Penn expressed interest in joining the cast of a ''Flim-Flam Man'' film adaptation directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. It was announced in March 2019 that a casting call for the film had been issued, with filming for the project due to commence in Winnipeg, Canada. Filming began in June with the cast including Penn and his children Dylan Penn and Hopper Penn. Josh Brolin, Miles Teller and Katheryn Winnick wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kursk (film)
''Kursk'' (UK: ''Kursk: The Last Mission'', US: ''The Command'') is a 2018 disaster drama-thriller film directed by Thomas Vinterberg, based on Robert Moore's book ''A Time to Die'', about the true story of the 2000 ''Kursk'' submarine disaster. It stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl, Max von Sydow, and Colin Firth. It was the last of von Sydow's films to be released during his lifetime. Plot The Russian Navy's Northern Fleet begins an exercise in the Barents Sea. The fleet deployed includes ''Kursk'', an Oscar-class submarine. At sea, weapons officer Pavel Sonin reports that the interior temperature of a HTP torpedo is increasing rapidly, indicating a potential hydrogen peroxide leak. The captain however ignores Pavel's concerns and moments later the torpedo prematurely explodes, killing the weapons room crew. A secondary explosion of the remaining torpedoes rips a hole through the submarine's forward hull, sending the ship to the sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumn Lights
''Autumn Lights'' is an American–Icelandic international drama film written and directed by Angad Aulakh. The film stars Guy Kent, Marta Gastini, and Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson. Set in Iceland, the film is a meditative story of morality, virtue, and relationships as seen through the eyes of a foreigner in a strange land. The film was honored as a Peter Travers New York Film Critics Series (NYFCS) pick before it opened in limited theatrical release in North America on October 21, 2016, from Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media. The film opened in theaters in Northern Europe on November 4, 2016, and was nominated for Best Picture at the Riviera International Film Festival. The film is produced by Angad Aulakh and Guy Kent, alongside Ashley M. Kent, Davíd Óskar Ólafsson and Árni Filippusson. Plot The story follows David ( Guy Kent), an introverted American photographer adrift in remote Iceland while on assignment. When he gets caught in a local investigati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Beautiful Now
''A Beautiful Now'' is a 2015 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Daniela Amavia and starring Abigail Spencer. It is Amavia's directorial debut. Plot Summary A beautiful dancer balances on the razor's edge between reality and fantasy as she asks her friends to help her figure out the passions and relationship that have shaped who they are and who they will become. Cast * Abigail Spencer as Romy ** Hana Hayes as Young Romy * Cheyenne Jackson as David * Collette Wolfe as Ella * Elena Satine as Jaki * Sonja Kinski as Jessica * Patrick Heusinger as Aaron * Guy Burnet as Steve * John Patrick Amedori as Chris * Deborah Geffner as David's mother * Ali Cobrin as Tracey * Assaf Cohen as Ali * Bobby Slayton as Mr. Rich * Jordan Black as Cody * Victor Turpin as Ricardo Reception Keith Watson of ''Slant Magazine ''Slant Magazine'' is an American online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost River (film)
''Lost River'' is a 2014 American fantasy thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Ryan Gosling, in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Iain De Caestecker, Matt Smith, Ben Mendelsohn, Barbara Steele, and Eva Mendes. Principal photography began in Detroit on May 6, 2013. The film premiered in competition in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, and was released in the United States on April 10, 2015. Plot Single mother Billy lives in a rapidly crumbling Detroit neighborhood with her sons: teenager Bones and toddler Franky. Franky is adored by both but they are distant from each other. Bones spends his time salvaging copper piping from nearby abandoned houses while avoiding the vicious local criminal Bully, who wants to monopolise it. When Bully catches him taking piping, he abandons it and flees. Later, Bones reclaims it from Bully's hiding place and escapes from his sidekick, Face. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metalhead (film)
''Metalhead'' () is a 2013 Icelandic drama film written and directed by Ragnar Bragason. Starring Thora Bjorg Helga, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, and Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, the film follows Hera Karlsdóttir (Helga), an aspiring black metal musician who returns to her family farm as she and her estranged parents struggle coming to terms with the death of her older brother Baldur in a tractor accident nine years prior. ''Metalhead'' premiered in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2013, and was theatrically released in Iceland on 11 October 2013. Plot In the summer of 1983, twelve-year-old Hera Karlsdóttir lives a normal life on her family farm in a close-knit community. One afternoon, Hera witnesses her older brother Baldur fall off a tractor before his long hair is scalped by its blades. Baldur's parents drive him in their pickup truck to hospital, but he dies from his injury. At his funeral, Hera glares at a portra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Baird
Stuart Baird (born 14 January 1947) is an English film editor, producer, and director who is mainly associated with action films. He has edited over thirty major motion pictures. Life and career Baird has had an List of film director and editor collaborations, extended collaboration with director Richard Donner. For Baird's work on ''Superman (1978 film), Superman'' in 1978, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing#1970s, Academy Award for Film Editing. He received another nomination for editing ''Gorillas in the Mist'' (1988). Prior to his working relationship with Richard Donner, Baird worked as assistant director and assistant editor on different projects before editing Ken Russell's ''Tommy (1975 film), Tommy''. Baird worked with Russell on five major motion pictures. He edited ''Tommy (1975 film), Tommy'', ''Lisztomania (film) , Lisztomania'', and Valentino (1977 film), ''Valentino'' and served as associate producer on Russell's ''Altered States''. He also w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vantage Point (film)
''Vantage Point'' is a 2008 American political action thriller film directed by Pete Travis and written by Barry L. Levy. The story focuses on an assassination attempt on the President of the United States in Salamanca, Spain, as seen from the various vantage points of different characters. Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver star. The film is often compared unfavorably to Akira Kurosawa's '' Rashomon'', which also employed storytelling through multiple perspectives. ''Rashomon'' used the multiple perspectives to question the possibility of truth, in a process called the Rashomon effect; in contrast, ''Vantage Point'' recounts a series of events which are re-enacted from several different perspectives and viewpoints to reveal a truthful account of what happened. ''Vantage Point'' also explores kidnapping, assassination and terrorism. Travis, Pete (Director). (2008). ''Vantage Point'' otion picture United States: Columbia Pictur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role in choosing the Casting (performing arts), cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the Film producer, producer. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, Film producer, producers, Film editing, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some Outline (list), outline a general plotline and let the actors impro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Staenberg
Zach S. Staenberg, A.C.E. (born August 1951) is an American film editor and producer, best known for his work on action films and the ''Matrix Trilogy''. Staenberg won an Academy Award and two ACE Eddie Award for the editing of ''The Matrix'' (1999) and for HBO's '' Gotti'' (1996) for which he was also nominated for an Emmy. The ''Matrix'' films were written and directed by the Wachowskis, with whom Staenberg has had an extended collaboration dating from 1996. He also works with directors Andrew Niccol, Robert Harmon, Edgar Wright, and John Woo. Staenberg has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. Filmography Feature films Short films Television Awards and nominations In 2012, ''The Matrix'' was listed as the 25th best-edited film of all time in a 2012 survey of members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild The Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG; IATSE Local 700) is the guild that represents freelance and staff motion picture and televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
