Independent Spirit Award for Best Director

asks the question of: “What exactly makes a great director?”. The truth is that it can be an array of different factors, from the director having a distinctive or original way of shooting scene, to him or her having a well-written script. But what separates a great director from an iconic one, is how their films inspires not only the current, but also the new generation of filmmakers. The well-known Quentin Tarantino is one of those iconic directors. Born Quentin Jerome Tarantino on 27 March, 1963

The New York Times best selling coming-of-age novel ‘ The perks of being a wallflower’ was published in 1999 by Pocket Books. The writer of the book is Stephen Chbosky. He was born on the 25th of January in 1970 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Stephen Chbosky grew up in a Catholic family together with his parents and a little sisters. After having graduated from University of Southern California's Filmic Writing Program, he started his first film ‘The Four Corners of Nowhere’

Steven Soderbergh is a famous director that began his career at age 26 with the film Sex, Lies, and Videotapes. Soderbergh received many awards including one of cinema's highest accolades in The Legend of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, and an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. (Interview: Steven Soderbergh…). Soderbergh’ father had a great influence on his life at a young age and helped him begin taking animation classes at

quite as distinguished and relatable to myself as a young black aspiring creator. Early Life: Although not born in France, Raoul Peck has become a notable director and screenwriter and has left a memorable impact in the film industry with his cinematic adaptations of reality. From taxi driver, to Minister of culture, to honorary award winning director, Raoul Peck has experienced the world in ways few will ever have the chance to. Just as he thought his life would revolve around international affairs

Whale Rider Essay ‘Whale Rider’ directed by Nicki Caro has won many awards such as Critic’s Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film. The award-winning film explores the many privileges, obligations and duties of the leaders and potential leaders in protagonist Pai’s Maori community. Caro does this through characterisations of Pai, and her supporting characters, such as Koro, her grandfather. He believes that his duty was to establish

People magazine viewed Kudrow as being one of the “Most Beautiful People in the World” in 1997. Just to recap just a few of her credits, Kudrow received many professional honors including awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor (Screen Actors Guild), Best Supporting Female, an Independent Spirit Award nomination and Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series. Kudrow has six Emmy nominations for Friends alone and awarded

updated retro looks that oozed sex appeal (2). He introduced the company into new ventures such as men’s and women’s sportswear, eveningwear and home furnishings. Ford also led Gucci to acquire Yves Saint Laurent where he was also named the creative director. Ford was working eighteen hour days and designing sixteen collections per year (3). Ford resigned from the Gucci in 2004 after Pinault Printemps Redoute bought it. Over the course of a decade, Ford took an almost bankrupt company and increased

inception. Throughout his career, Bagchi has been highly acclaimed for his visionary leadership. Awards and Recognition 1. Mindtree was declared the Gold category award winner of the LearningElite awards 2015 by the Chief Learning Officer Magazine, for its innovative learning and development practices. 2. Mindtree earned a special recognition in the Sustained Excellence Category of BML Munjal Awards -2015, organized by the Hero Group for demonstrating business excellence through its learning and

Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci (1). The film uses time and space staggered dramatic structure, with flashback, narrative, narrative way of telling stories. Respectively, is part of the memory and reality, the two space-time continuous switching, the formation of the rhythm-sharp story. Bernardo Bertolucci, with his unique shooting style, conquered all the audience. In 1988, sixtieth Oscar won the award for best film, best director, best-adapted screenplay, best photography, best art, best costume

Courtney Cox 5-4-10 THEA 1334 Final Paper Costume Design THE ROLE OF COSTUME DESIGN IN MUSICAL THEATER Imagine a classic Shakespearian play or Italian opera performed in hip-hugging jeans or baggy t-shirts; or imagine the period musical 1776, produced by the wonderful Stuart Ostrow, performed in the groovy attire of the 1970s. These performances would seem completely out of place and confusing. One would not be able to grasp the completeness of the story or have any understanding of the time