Welcome to the Special Fall 2013 Edition of SHOOT’s Directors Series. Since our fall Directors Series coincides with the first installment of our annual multi-part The Road To Oscar Series, there’s a bit of crossover between the two features in this issue as we have directors who are scoring early season Oscar buzz among the talent profiled–from filmmakers Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips) to Brian Percival (The Book Thief), Ben Stiller (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), Scott Cooper (Out Of The Furnace) and J.C. Chandor (All Is Lost).
And in our Cinematographers & Cameras feature within this Directors Series are two DPs who also have been deemed worthy of Oscar contention this awards season: Barry Ackroyd, BSC (Captain Phillips), and Anthony Dod Mantle, ASC, BSC (for Rush directed by Ron Howard).
The third DP profiled is Adam Arkapaw who earned this year’s primetime Emmy Award for Best Cinematography in a Miniseries or Movie on the basis of BBC/Sundance TV’s Top Of The Lake.
Rounding out our lineup of Director Series profiles are: Drake Doremus, a lauded feature filmmaker (Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Like Crazy) who made a major splash in the ad arena with Intel/Toshiba’s The Beauty Inside, which scored three Grand Prix honors at the 2013 Cannes International Festival of Creativity; John X. Carey, who’s landed at a new production house roost after his “Real Beauty Sketches” for Dove drew more than 56 million YouTube views on its way to netting the Titanium Grand Prix at Cannes; and Nicolai Fuglsig, the director behind this year’s primetime Emmy Award-winning commercial, Canon’s “Inspired.”
We also have our separate feature on Up-and-Coming Directors, spotlighting eight individual filmmakers: an actress/writer who has successfully diversified into filmmaking; 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; an artisan from Spain who’s extending her creative reach into the U.S. market; a 2013 SHOOT New Directors Showcase helmer who just joined his first production house; and a director who just missed the Showcase cut earlier this year but has since made major strides.
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.
So read on and enjoy. As always, we very much welcome your feedback.
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