SHOOTonline will publish a Special Directors >e.dition on Monday, October 21, that will contain the entire Directors Series section from SHOOT‘s October 18th print issue.
The lineup of Director Profiles includes several Oscar contenders, including Paul Greengrass for Captain Phillips, Brian Percival for The Book Thief, J.C. Chandor for All Is Lost, Scott Cooper for Out of the Furnace, and Ben Stiller for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Also in the Profile mix are: Drake Doremus of B-Reel, a lauded feature filmmaker (Like Crazy, the 2011 Sundance Grand Jury Dramatic Prize winner) whose The Beauty Inside for Intel/Toshiba went on to earn three Grand Prix honors (Film, Branded Content & Entertainment, and Cyber) at the 2013 Cannes International Festival of Creativity; Nicolai Fuglsig of MJZ who directed this year’s primetime commercial Emmy Award winner, Canon’s “Inspired” for Grey NY; and John X. Carey, who recently joined Tool of North America, scoring impressively at Cannes this year with Dove’s “Real Beauty Sketches” which garnered the Titanium Grand Prix and an Integrated Gold Lion for Ogilvy Brazil, as well as more than 56 million views on YouTube.
Our Directors section also includes the latest installment of our Cinematographers & Cameras Series which this time around features Barry Ackroyd, BSC, who shot Captain Phillips; Anthony Dod Mantle, ASC, BSC, who lensed Rush, the Ron Howard-directed feature generating early Oscar buzz; and Adam Arkapaw who won the primetime Emmy for Best Cinematography in a Miniseries or Movie on the strength of BBC/Sundance TV’s Top Of The Lake.
And our featured Up-and-Coming Directors rundown includes: an actress/writer who has successfully diversified into filmmaking; a SHOOT New Directors Showcase helmer who just landed his first production company roost; another director who just missed the Showcase cut but has seen his career continue to progress; a music video director who shows promise as a commercialmaker; a spot director Down Under who has moved stateside; a production company principal who initially served as a DP to his shop’s roster of directors only to later gain momentum as a director himself; a comedian, radio show host and former producer of the TV series Monk who recently gained his first commercial production house representation; and an artisan from Spain who’s extending her creative reach into the U.S. market.
Plus we have two sponsored content profiles in which directors Jay Patton of Dictionary Films and James Lipetzky of Foundation Content reflect on their most significant, creative challenging work this year, as well as lessons learned about the business and/or themselves based on their experience/projects in 2013.
Also appearing in the 10/21 >e.dition will be the Street Talk, Flash Back, and Rep Report columns.
How The Hollywood Awards Calendar Has Been Affected By The Wildfires
Hollywood's awards season has all but come to a rare halt as the wildfires continue to disrupt life and work in the Los Angeles area. There are near daily updates from the Hollywood guilds and organizations that put on awards shows as the industry navigates the ongoing crisis.
Here's an overview of the major upcoming awards shows, from the Oscars to the Grammys, including updated dates for nominations.
Producers Guild and Writers Guild award nominations
Postponed, no new dates announced
The Writers Guild of America nominations were to be announced Jan. 8, a date that was pushed to Jan. 13 and then postponed indefinitely. The Producers Guild of America nominations for feature films were to be announced on Jan. 10, which was pushed to Jan. 12 and then postponed to an unspecified date this week.
Academy Award nominations
Jan. 23
The Oscar nominations have been twice-delayed — they were initially slated for Jan. 17, then Jan. 19, before being delayed again. The delay in the announcement accommodates an extended voting deadline, as many Academy members have been affected by the wildfires.
The nominations will be announced via a "virtual presentation," eschewing press on site.
Critics Choice Awards
Jan. 26
Originally slated for Jan. 12, the awards were set to take place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, only miles from the Pacific Palisades neighborhood where fire was raging.
The awards will be broadcast live on E!, hosted by Chelsea Handler.
Grammy Awards
Feb. 2
By virtue of announcing their nominations back in November, the Grammys' schedule has largely been unaffected by the wildfires. Some... Read More