An Interview and Q&A with Director, Producer & Writer Bill Guttentag @ WESTERNIZED
Tonight I will be interviewing Bill Guttentag at 550 Bryant St San Francisco for the Producers Guild of America.
Bill Guttentag is a two-time Oscar-winning feature film and documentary writer-producer-director. His most recent film Knife Fight stars Rob Lowe, Jamie Chung, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Julie Bowen, and will be released this Autumn.
His other films include Live!, which he wrote and directed, starring Eva Mendes and Andre Braugher, and the documentary features Nanking and Soundtrack for a Revolution. He was an executive producer and creator (along with Dick Wolf) of the series Law & Order: Crime & Punishment, which ran for three seasons on NBC. He has received three additional Academy Award nominations, a Peabody Award, two WGA Award nominations, and three Emmy Awards. His first novel, Boulevard was published in 2010 by Pegasus Books/W.W. Norton.
Come join in this rare opportunity.
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WESTERNIZED Productions
550 Bryant St
San Francisco CA 94107
Hemingway & Gellhorn: Conversation with Nicole, Clive & Phil
“Hemingway & Gellhorn,” the movie I worked on for most of 2011, is premiering Monday, May 28 only on HBO. For more on HBO Films, go to http://itsh.bo/I83VP6
SENGOKU YARO – Warring Clans
1963 ninja classic by Okamoto Kihachi
The colours were actually hand tinted for display in theater lobbies
Gold
Philip Kaufman will be holding a Master Class at this years Cannes Film Festival along with a screening of his new film Hemingway & Gellhorn.
I would LOVE to be at Cannes this year to not only hear Phil speak, but see H&G in all it’s film glory. Last time I saw it was one of the early edits where it was about 3 hours long. After that, I worked on the Visual Effects over at Tippett and got to see all the VFX magic being made by the guys and gals at Tippett under the eye of VFX Sup CMO (Chris Morley).
If you are in France, do yourself a favour and listen to Phil talk. He is a pioneer with vision and a love for film and its craft. He is a true film artist. Someone I am lucky to now, thanks to H&G, know.
http://www.cinematografo.it/cinematografo_new/allegati/21763/Cannes2012_programma.pdf
BLACK SWAN Featurette: Visual Effects Reel
Filmmaker Taika Waititi (Eagle & Shark/Flight of the Concords) will appear in person at the Bridge on Friday, March 16 for a Q&A after the 8:20pm show. He will also appear on Saturday, March 17 for Q&As after the 5:45pm and 8:20pm shows and Sunday, March 18 for Q&As after the 5:45pm and 8:20pm shows
BOY, set in 1984 in a rural Maori community on the east coast of New Zealand. At the center of the story is eleven year-old “Boy” (James Rolleston), a high-spirited adolescent obsessed with American pop culture—especially Michael Jackson—and prone to particularly vivid fantasies about his long-absent father (writer/director Taika Waititi), whom he imagines as an adventurous world traveler. When his father returns, Boy discovers, instead, a lovable loser who has been serving a seven-year sentence for robbery, and inveterate schemer whose daydreams are no more grounded in reality than his son’s.
The Hemingway & Gellhorn Trailer is out!
Most of my 2011 was dedicated to this film, from previz all the way through to final comps… it is great that HBO have released the trailer. Even better, two of my shots are in it… (see the above pic… it is a greenscreen on stock footage)
Check it out here… http://youtu.be/vd7KuCFwZvo
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Google Street View stop motion animation short made as a personal project by director Tom Jenkins.
Story: A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.
All screen imagery was animated - there are no screen replacements.
Produced, animated, filmed, lit, edited & graded by Tom Jenkins (theoryfilms.co.uk / facebook.com/theoryfilms).
Shot using Canon 5d MkII, Dragonframe Stop Motion software and customised slider.
Music by Cinematic Orchestra (cinematicorchestra.com)
Knife Fight - Trailer
The trailer for the movie Knife Fight that we just wrapped at WESTERNIZED has just been released. Staring Rob Lowe, Julie Bowen and Jamie Chung.
I really love Autochrome…
