Director Profiles
The depth and breadth of filmmaker Rory Kennedy’s documentaries span such topics as the global AIDS crisis, human rights, domestic abuse, poverty, drug addiction and political corruption. At the same time her body of work connects personal stories to these and other issues, casting illumination...
In 2011, the Debra Granik-directed Winter’s Bone earned four Oscar nominations--Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Jennifer Lawrence), Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (John Hawkes) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Granik and...
When a cinematographer extends his filmmaking reach to the director’s chair, he or she typically attracts visually driven projects. But remarkably Lance Acord of Park Pictures--who made his first industry mark years back as a DP of high-profile...
In the world of box office results, director Jeff Tremaine ranks high—albeit for what some might regard as lowbrow humor. He has helmed four features—jackass: the movie, jackass number 2, jackass 3D, and Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. Each debuted at the top of the box office...
Director Tim Piper has a track record of breaking new ground, dating back to his days as a creative at Ogilvy Toronto, which included his co-helming with Yael Staav in 2006 the landmark Dove viral video “Evolution” which took the “Real Beauty” campaign to a whole new level.
“Evolution”...
In 2010, feature filmmaker John Hillcoat (The Proposition, The Road) made his spot directing debut with Levi’s “To Work” for Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. The commercial captured the perseverance of the people in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a blue collar town emerging from a brutal...
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity) wasn’t the only first-time nominee to win a Directors Guild of America Award during the DGA’s gala evening ceremony back in January. Also garnering the coveted honor with his initial career nomination was Martin De Thurah of Epoch Films who earned Best...
It’s been a whirlwind awards season for Blackfish, director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s revealing, emotionally wrenching investigation of what being kept in captivity does to killer whales and the devastating results on their human interactions.
Yet for a stretch during which ...
A pioneering 3-D filmmaker active in varied disciplines, James Stewart--who heads the Toronto-based Geneva Film Co.--has in recent time made his biggest splash on the short film circuit. Back in February he was at the renowned TED conference to screen his immersive 3-D short, Beatrice Coron’s...
It's fitting that creative director Will McGinness of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, has been named jury chairman of the 2008 One Show Interactive awards in that he comes from a shop that's undergone what he...