Although she was one of many deserving women NOT nominated for the suddenly controversial all-male lineup of Best Director Golden Globe contenders Monday, Lulu Wang is continuing to ride a wave of praise from critics groups and other awards entities for her much acclaimed hit indie film The Farewell, which DID win her…
Marielle Heller, an actor-turned-director, has been behind the camera so far on only three films: Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) and now this year’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. In each case there has been awards recognition, critical acclaim and Rotten Tomatoes scores all in…
Last week director Todd Phillips saw his DC comic book villain origin movie, Joker surpass the $1 billion mark at the box office and become the highest grossing ‘R’ rated movie of all time , among other records. And after an earlier Venice Golden Lion win , it has now also won the prestigious Camerimage Golden Frog…
It has been 20 years since Edward Norton last directed a movie, and that was the comedy Keeping The Faith. It has also been 20 years since Norton discovered Jonathan Lethem’s novel Motherless Brooklyn and has had it in his head ever since, with the idea that someday it would make a great film.
That day is here now…
In May, South Korea’s leading filmmaker Bong Joon Ho made history at the Cannes Film Festival when his clever, entertaining and socially important Parasite made history by becoming the first Korean film to win the Palme d’Or. Now it is poised to become the film Korean film ever to be nominated in the Best…
Move over Coen Bros , here come the Safdie Bros. Actually the familial filmmaking team of Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie has been around a while , earning major praise from the indie community for such films as Daddy Longlegs, Heaven Knows What, Good TIme , along with several documentaries and video shorts in a career…
Peter Gould has a dream job for anyone who cares about kick-ass quality television. He went from being a writer/co-executive producer and so much else on one of the most iconic TV dramas of all time, Breaking Bad, into creating (with Vince Gilligan) and executive producing (as well as often writing and sometimes…
Ellen Kuras broke the glass ceiling as one of the first female cinematographers ever admitted into the American Society of Cinematographers. She is continuing to break into the top ranks of directors this season alone, helming segments of Ozark, The Umbrella Academy and joining George Clooney and Grant Heslov as one…
In 2013 and 2014, Gail Mancuso did something rarely accomplished by female directors, winning back-to-back Emmys for Outstanding Direction of a Comedy Series for her work on the long-running Modern Family. The veteran TV sitcom helmer did something even men, who have dominated the profession, rarely achieved, and now…
There can be no question Chuck Lorre now sits on top of television’s comedy mountain. No creator has had the winning streak Lorre has in the past three decades since first finding success as a showrunner and creator with Grace Under Fire. After that came more hits with Cybill, Dharma & Greg, Two And a Half Men, Mike…
How do you follow an enormous success like Mad Men, which won four consecutive Best Drama Series Emmys? Or being a key creative on The Sopranos, equally iconic? Nine-time Emmy winner Matthew Weiner did what he always does and came up with a singularly cinematic concept — The Romanoffs, an anthology series for Amazon…
