What nationality is the director of the political thriller starring Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman?
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James McTeigue James McTeigue (born 29 December 1967) is an Australian film director. He has been an assistant director on many films, including "Dark City" (1998), the "Matrix trilogy" (1999–2003) and "" (2002), and made his directorial debut with the 2006 film "V for Vendetta" to critical acclaim. Since "Vendetta" he has collaborated with the Wachowskis an additional three times as director on "The Invasion" (albeit uncredited), "Ninja Assassin" and "Sense8".
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V for Vendetta (film) V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian political thriller film directed by James McTeigue and written by The Wachowskis, based on the 1988 DC/Vertigo Comics limited series of the same name by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. The film is set in an alternative future where a neo-fascist regime has subjugated the United Kingdom. Hugo Weaving portrays V, an anarchist freedom fighter who attempts to ignite a revolution through elaborate terrorist acts and Natalie Portman plays Evey, a young, working-class woman caught up in V's mission, while Stephen Rea portrays the detective leading a desperate quest to stop V.
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Spinning into Butter (film) Spinning Into Butter is a 2008 drama film written by Rebecca Gilman and loosely based on her play of the same title. It was directed by first-time director Mark Brokaw and produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, who also stars in the film. "Spinning Into Butter" was sold for distribution Cannes Film Market on May 17, 2007 and opened in the U.S. in March, 2009. The film concerns political correctness and racial identity.
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Richard Linklater Richard Stuart Linklater ( ; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor. Linklater is mostly known for his realistic and natural humanist films which mainly revolve around suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. Some notable films of his include the observational comedy film "Slacker" (1990), the coming-of-age comedy "Dazed and Confused" (1993), the romantic drama film trilogy "Before Sunrise" (1995), "Before Sunset" (2004), and "Before Midnight" (2013); the music-themed comedy "School of Rock" (2003), and the rotoscope animated "Waking Life" (2001) and "A Scanner Darkly" (2006). In 2002 he began filming "Boyhood" (2014), a passion project which took over twelve years to finish. The film was premiered in 2014 to critical acclaim. Linklater won the Golden Globe, Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and BAFTAs for Best Director and Best Picture. He also received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director, along with nominations for Original Screenplay and Picture. In 2015, "Time" magazine named Linklater one of the 100 most influential people in the world on the annual "Time 100" list.
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The Adjustment Bureau The Adjustment Bureau is a 2011 American science fiction thriller film loosely based on the Philip K. Dick short story, "Adjustment Team". The film was written and directed by George Nolfi, produced by Chris Moore and stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. The cast also includes Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Michael Kelly, and Terence Stamp. The film tells the story of a young man who discovers that what appear to be chance events in his life are controlled by a technologically advanced intelligence network. After an event not planned by these controllers occurs – a romantic encounter with a young dancer – he struggles against their manipulation despite their promise of a great future for him.
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Sebastián Lelio Sebastián Lelio (Mendoza, Argentina, March 8, 1974) is an Argentinian-born Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and editor.
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Ken Loach Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is an English director of television and independent film. He is known for his socially critical directing style and for his socialist ideals, which are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty ("Poor Cow", 1967), homelessness ("Cathy Come Home", 1966) and labour rights ("Riff-Raff", 1991, and "The Navigators", 2001).
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Sicario (2015 film) Sicario (Spanish: "Hitman") is a 2015 American crime-thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve, written by Taylor Sheridan and starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin and Victor Garber. The film follows a principled FBI agent who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel. "Sicario" was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It began a limited release in the United States on September 18, 2015, followed by a nationwide release on October 2, 2015.
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David Green (director) David Green (born 12 November 1948) is a British film director, television producer and media executive.
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Ol Parker Oliver "Ol" Parker (born 2 June 1969) is an English film writer and director.
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Prince Bagdasarian Prince Bagdasarian is an American award-winning film director, screenwriter, and editor. His directorial debut feature film "Abstraction", garnered various awards at festivals and was released in the United States by Breaking Glass Pictures in 2015.
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Oru Mexican Aparatha Oru Mexican Aparatha (English: "A Mexican enormity") is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language political action thriller film directed by Tom Emmatty. The film stars Tovino Thomas, Roopesh Peethambaran, Neeraj Madhav. It was released on 3 March 2017 in India. This movie narrates how the students established the political party SFY.
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Daniel Kleinman Daniel Kleinman (born 23 December 1955) is a British television commercial and music video director who has designed every title sequence for the "James Bond" series of films since "GoldenEye" (1995), with the exception of "Quantum of Solace" (2008) (which was designed by the filmmaking and design collective, MK12). He returned to design the titles for "Skyfall" (2012) and "Spectre" (2015).
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Russian Doll (film) Russian Doll is a 2001 film by Stavros Kazantzidis starring Hugo Weaving.
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David Schmoeller David Schmoeller (born December 8, 1947) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is notable for directing several full-length theatrical horror films including "Tourist Trap" (1979), "The Seduction" (1982), "Puppet Master" (1989), "Catacombs" (1988), "Netherworld" (1992) and "Crawlspace" (1986) starring Klaus Kinski. In May, 2012, Schmoeller was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Fantaspoa Film Festival in Porto Alegre, Brazil where his new feature film, "2 Little Monsters" (2012) was screened along with his other notable films.
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Alexander Mercury Alexander Mercury ("né" Alexander Terentyev; born 5 September 1983) is a Russian-British actor and director.
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Bob Murawski Bob Murawski (born June 14, 1964) is an American film editor as well as a film distributor of cult horror and independent films under the "Box Office Spectaculars" and "Grindhouse Releasing" labels. He was awarded the 2010 Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on "The Hurt Locker", which he shared with fellow editor and wife, Chris Innis. He often works with film director Sam Raimi, having edited the Spider-Man trilogy, "Oz the Great and Powerful", and the 2015 remake of "Poltergeist". He is an elected member of the American Cinema Editors.
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Peter Jackson Sir Peter Robert Jackson {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001–03) and "The Hobbit" trilogy (2012–14), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other notable films include the critically lauded drama "Heavenly Creatures" (1994), the mockumentary "Forgotten Silver" (1995), the horror comedy "The Frighteners" (1996), the epic monster remake film "King Kong" (2005), and the supernatural drama film "The Lovely Bones" (2009). He also produced "District 9" (2009), "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" (2011), and the documentary "West of Memphis" (2012).
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Olivier Megaton Olivier Megaton (born Olivier Fontana; 6 August 1965) is a French director, writer, and editor best known for directing "The Red Siren", "Transporter 3", "Colombiana", and "Taken 2", and "Taken 3".
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Emma Griffiths Malin Emma Bryony Griffiths Malin (born London, England 1980) is an English-born actress and film director.
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Charlie Countryman Charlie Countryman (originally known as "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman") is a 2013 American-Romanian psychological romantic comedy-drama film directed by Fredrik Bond in his directorial debut, written by Matt Drake, and starring Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood and Mads Mikkelsen.
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The Body (2001 film) The Body is a 2001 political thriller drama film based on a novel by Richard Sapir, and starring Antonio Banderas and Olivia Williams.