Director Profiles
There was no way to predict what would come from the documentary that was percolating in Matthew Heineman’s mind and heart. For one, who would have thought that Cartel Land would end up landing him the DGA Award in February for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary. ...
One DP has captured a story of solidarity and survival with a movie—set to bow in November—that shows us the resolve and miraculous rescue of 33 men trapped in a gold and copper mine in Chile.
Another cinematographer brings a new meaning to the word “prolific” with her lensing of two...
Peter Steinzeig
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“Bring Him Home.” That marketing line for The Martian (20th Century Fox) pretty much encapsulates the movie’s plotline as astronaut/botanist Mark Watney (portrayed by Mark Damon) is inadvertently stranded on Mars...
Earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, the independently sponsored 2015 Queer Palm award—recognizing the best in LGBT-themed films and other broadly defined unconventional work—was bestowed upon the Todd Haynes-directed Carol (...
Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield of production house Chelsea Pictures recalled the storyboards she received from Leo Burnett for the social media experiment “#LikeAGirl” presented by Procter & Gamble’s feminine hygiene brand Always. “It’s the first time I’ve seen a photograph of me on a...
Director Brendan Gibbons of Station Film could hardly be accused of resting on his comedy laurels which span such brands as ESPN, Nintendo, Snickers, Sprint, DirecTV, CNN and ongoing work for insurance company Progressive as well as notable endeavors that include the wry re-creation of the...
With his feature directorial debut Sin Nombre, which he also wrote, Cary Joji Fukunaga won the Dramatic Directing Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Shortly thereafter, he made his first major mark in commercials, directing Levi’s “America,” part of Wieden+Kennedy’s pioneering “...
Filmmaker Scott Cooper felt both trepidation and a profound sense of responsibility when he took on the feature Black Mass which tells the story of James “Whitey” Bulger, a real-life gangland killer who reigned over the...
Perhaps the biggest challenge for director Lenny Abrahamson relative to his critically acclaimed Room (A24) was getting the opportunity to make the film to begin with.
Room tells the story of a woman (portrayed by...