Monday, Oct. 28, 2019

Nominated for the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and then winning Audience Favorite distinction at Sundance’s London fest, The Farewell paradoxically marked a major industry hello, signaling the high-profile arrival of director Lulu Wang.

She...

Monday, Oct. 28, 2019

While two Best Short Subject Documentary Oscar nominations--in 2006 for The Death of Kevin Carter and in 2017 for Extremis--put him in rarefied industry air, Dan Krauss this year scored another two-pronged career accomplishment that is rarer still, if not unprecedented. That...

Monday, Oct. 28, 2019

Writer-director Bong Joon Ho found his film Parasite (Neon) in a unique position prior to when it hit U.S. theaters earlier this month. The movie was already a commercial and critical success--a box office hit in his native South Korea, and winning the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or...

Monday, Oct. 28, 2019

Marielle Heller has a talent and affinity for teaming with actors to help nurture tour de force performances from them. Her two last features are prime examples: Can You Ever Forgive Me? with Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant earning Oscar nominations for best lead actress and best...

Monday, Oct. 28, 2019

Director Nisha Ganatra made a major mark at this year’s Sundance Film Festival with Late Night, which earned a standing ovation, rave reviews and $13 million from Amazon, the highest price ever paid at the fest for a film by a female director. Written by Mindy Kaling and co-starring...

Monday, Oct. 28, 2019

Robert Eggers made an auspicious feature directing debut with The Witch, which earned him Film Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay in 2017. Two years earlier upon its worldwide premiere at Sundance, The Witch won the Directing Award in the...

Monday, Oct. 28, 2019

Writer-director Chinonye Chukwu became part of the Oscar season buzz when her Clemency (Neon) won the Grand Jury Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Featuring a compelling performance by Alfre Woodard as prison warden Bernadine Williams,...

Monday, Oct. 29, 2018

For director Jake Scott, coming this year for the first time to the Toronto International Film Festival was especially meaningful, He brought with him the drama American Woman starring Sienna Miller who portrays Deb, a 32-year-old mom in the throes of a parent’s worst nightmare, the...

Monday, Oct. 29, 2018

“It was a gift,” affirmed Malik Vitthal. “Back when I was a P.A., BBDO was the dream company I wanted to work for. And Procter & Gamble was a dream client with work like the ‘Thank You, Mom’ campaign, sharing these different mothers’ stories. It was the kind of work I aspired to as a...

Monday, Oct. 29, 2018

SHOOT’s fall ensemble of up-and-coming directors includes a feature filmmaker who recently wrapped her first commercial, an empowering piece for Nike.

Also in the mix is an artisan who’s meshing art and science to great effect, reflected in her work garnering a recent Grand Prix...

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