Last Days is a 2014 animated short documentary film about the decline of African elephant populations and the illegal ivory trade, Director Kathryn Bigelow's other films include which 2012 American political action-thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal?
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Last Days (2014 film) Last Days is a 2014 animated short documentary film about the decline of African elephant populations and the illegal ivory trade. Director Kathryn Bigelow's other films include "The Hurt Locker" (2009), "Point Break" (1991), and "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012). The film makes the claim that terrorist networks derive much of their income from poached ivory. Featured in the film is footage of the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, which has been attributed to militant organization Al-Shabaab.
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Zero Dark Thirty Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American political action-thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. Billed as "the greatest manhunt in history," the film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks in the United States. This search eventually leads to the discovery of his compound in Pakistan and the military raid that resulted in bin Laden's death on May 2, 2011.
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Tusk (1980 film) Tusk (French title: "Poo Lorn L'Elephant") is a 1980 French drama film directed by cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky and written by Nicholas Niciphor, about a young English girl and an Indian elephant who share a common destiny. It is based on the novel "Poo Lorn L'Elephant" by Reginald Campbell.
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And While We Were Here "And While We Were Here" is a 2012 drama film directed by Kat Coiro and filmed on the island of Ischia. The film stars Kate Bosworth, Jamie Blackley and Iddo Goldberg. The film was the official selection of the Tribeca Film festival and the Locarno International film festival.
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The Fifth Season (film) The Fifth Season (French: "La Cinquième Saison" ) is a 2012 Belgian drama film directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. The film received four nominations at the 4th Magritte Awards.
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Bad Company (2002 film) Bad Company is a 2002 American-Czech action-comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock. The film became somewhat famous for its connections to the September 11th terrorist attacks; amongst other things, it was the last major production to film inside the former World Trade Center. The film plot, written years before the attacks, involved a variety of Serbo-Balkan extremists (including a man from Afghanistan) planning a huge attack in New York City. The movie's release date was moved out of its late 2001 spot and into a summer 2002 release, similar to several other films with terrorism or violent crime-related stories, including "Collateral Damage" and "Training Day".
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Kathryn Bigelow Kathryn Ann Bigelow ( ; born November 27, 1951) is an American director, producer, and writer. Her films include the vampire Western horror film "Near Dark" (1987), the action crime film "Point Break" (1991), the science fiction action thriller "Strange Days" (1995), the mystery thriller "The Weight of Water" (2000), the submarine thriller "" (2002), the war film "The Hurt Locker" (2008), the action thriller war film "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012), the short film "Last Days" (2014), and the period crime drama "Detroit" (2017). "The Hurt Locker" won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Picture and the BAFTA Award for Best Film, and was nominated for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Drama. She has also acted as producer and writer for many of her films.
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Girls Against Boys (film) Girls Against Boys is a 2012 American thriller film written and directed by Austin Chick and starring Danielle Panabaker and Nicole LaLiberte.
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Bad Ass (film) Bad Ass is a 2012 American action film written and directed by Craig Moss. The film stars Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton, and Ron Perlman. It is loosely based on the viral AC Transit Bus fight internet video and the films "Gran Torino" and "Harry Brown".
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Before I Disappear Before I Disappear is a 2014 American drama film directed by Shawn Christensen. The film is a feature-length adaptation of his 2012 Oscar-winning short film, "Curfew". The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest Film on March 10, 2014. The film was acquired for distribution by IFC Films on August 5, 2014 and released on November 28, 2014.
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Decline of an Empire Decline of an Empire is a 2014 British biographical historical drama film produced and directed by Michael Redwood about the life of Catherine of Alexandria. It is one of the last film roles of Peter O'Toole, who died before the film was released. The film originally carried the working title "Katherine of Alexandria".
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Battleship (film) Battleship is a 2012 American military science fiction action film loosely based on the board game of the same name. The film was directed by Peter Berg and starred Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Tadanobu Asano, Alexander Skarsgård, and Liam Neeson. Filming took place in Hawaii and on the USS "Missouri". In the film, a fleet of ships are forced to do battle with an armada of extraterrestrial origin in order to thwart their destructive goals.
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List of accolades received by Argo (2012 film) "Argo" is a 2012 political thriller directed by Ben Affleck, and produced by Grant Heslov, Affleck and George Clooney. The screenplay by Chris Terrio was adapted from sections of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative Tony Mendez's memoir "The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA", and the 2007 "Wired" article "The Great Escape" by Joshuah Bearman on the Canadian Caper. The film stars Affleck as Mendez, who attempts to rescue six United States diplomats from Tehran, Iran, during the 1979–81 Iran hostage crisis by pretending that they are part of a film crew scouting the country for the filming of a fictitious science-fiction film, "Argo". Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and John Goodman feature in supporting roles.
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Big Men (film) Big Men is a 2014 documentary film produced and directed by Rachel Boynton. It examines corruption in the oil industries of Africa. The film was released on March 14, 2014, to critical acclaim.
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Boxing Day (2012 film) Boxing Day is a 2012 British film directed by Bernard Rose. The film is roughly based on the Leo Tolstoy short story, "Master and Man", and depicts the interactions between an arrogant real estate developer and his unreliable hired chauffeur as they battle the elements during a Boxing Day blizzard in Denver, Colorado.
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The Apparition The Apparition is a 2012 American supernatural horror film, written and directed by Todd Lincoln, making his directorial debut, and starring Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Julianna Guill and Rick Gomez. The plot follows three college students who, after the death of their friend, must battle a supernatural force they summoned themselves. The film was loosely inspired by the Philip experiment conducted in 1972. The film was a box office bomb and was cited by critics as one of the worst horror movies of 2012. It was also the last Warner Bros. Pictures horror film to be released under its own label before resorting to New Line Cinema to release all future horror movies made by Warner Bros.
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Promised Land (2012 film) Promised Land is a 2012 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand and Hal Holbrook. The screenplay is written by Damon and Krasinski based on a story by Dave Eggers. "Promised Land" follows two corporate salespeople who visit a rural town in an attempt to buy drilling rights from the local residents.
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Big Miracle Big Miracle is a 2012 British-American drama film directed by Ken Kwapis, and stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. The film is based on Tom Rose's 1989 book "Freeing the Whales", which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.
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Night Moves (2013 film) Night Moves is a 2013 American drama film directed by Kelly Reichardt and written by Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard, Alia Shawkat, and James LeGros. The film follows three radical environmentalists who plot to blow up a dam. It was shown in the main competition section of the 70th Venice International Film Festival, at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and at 2013 Deauville American Film Festival, where it won Grand Prix of the festival.
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The Battery (2012 film) The Battery is a 2012 American independent drama horror film and the directorial debut of Jeremy Gardner. The film stars Gardner and co-producer Adam Cronheim as two former baseball players trying to survive a zombie apocalypse. The film premiered at the Telluride Horror Show in October 2012 and received a video-on-demand release June 4, 2013. It has won audience awards at several international film festivals.
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Caldera (film) Caldera is an 11-minute computer animated short film released in 2012. It was directed by Evan Viera, co-written by Chris Bishop, co-produced by Chris Perry, and created in conjunction with Bit Films, the computer animation incubator program at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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The Hurt Locker The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war thriller film about an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are being targeted by insurgents with booby traps, remote control detonations and ambushes. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, it stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The film shows soldiers' varying psychological reactions to the stress of combat, which though intolerable to some, is addictive to others. The story unfolds after a staff sergeant is killed by an insurgent trap and an apparently calm veteran is brought in to head the squad. His comrades suspect that their new team leader is being driven to take terrifying risks. Writer Mark Boal drew on his experience during embedded access to provide an authentic background for the production, although certain army procedures were portrayed with artistic licence.