Monday, Oct. 20, 2014

When Theodore Melfi’s oldest brother passed away at the age of 38, he left behind an 11-year-old daughter. Theodore and his wife adopted the girl, enrolled her in a parochial school and one day she got a homework assignment asking her to find a Catholic saint who inspired her--and a person she...

Monday, Oct. 20, 2014

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...

Monday, Oct. 20, 2014

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...

Monday, Oct. 20, 2014

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...

Monday, Oct. 20, 2014

Welcome to the Special Fall 2014 Edition of SHOOT’s Directors Series. Our mix of profiles includes: Bennett Miller, this year’s Best Director winner at the Cannes Film Festival for Foxcatcher, a feature generating Oscar buzz; Theodore Melfi, whose theatrical motion picture...

Friday, Mar. 25, 2011

Among the directors profiled in this spring Directors Extravaganza, for example, are Oscar-nominated documentarian Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) whose soon-to-be-released film about product placement and brand integration in theatrical features, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold,...

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