Three Australian actors, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts and Jacki Weaver have received nominations from the Academy Awards overnight.
Hugh Jackman has received an Oscar nomination for Les Misérables, alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook, Joaquin Phoenix in The Master and Denzel Washington in Flight.
Naomi Watts was been nominated for her role in the tsunami story The Impossible. Watts has been nominated alongside Beasts of the Southern Wild’s Quvenzhané Wallis, Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook, Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty and Emmanuelle Riva in Amour.
Jacki Weaver has also picked up a nomination for Silver Linings Playbook. She is in a category with Helen Hunt in The Sessions, Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables, Sally Field in Lincoln and Amy Adams in The Master.
It follows a nomination for all three from the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards and a BAFTA nomination for Jackman.
Hugh Jackman has received an Oscar nomination for Les Misérables, alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook, Joaquin Phoenix in The Master and Denzel Washington in Flight.
Naomi Watts was been nominated for her role in the tsunami story The Impossible. Watts has been nominated alongside Beasts of the Southern Wild’s Quvenzhané Wallis, Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook, Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty and Emmanuelle Riva in Amour.
Jacki Weaver has also picked up a nomination for Silver Linings Playbook. She is in a category with Helen Hunt in The Sessions, Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables, Sally Field in Lincoln and Amy Adams in The Master.
It follows a nomination for all three from the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards and a BAFTA nomination for Jackman.
- 1/10/2013
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
A silver-haired crooner performs a lounge version of the classic Guns-n-Roses track ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ in a new ad for casino and hotel complex The Star by The Monkeys.
The ad, directed by Steve Rogers, is the first under the creative watch of Micah Walker, who joined The Monkeys in February.
Walker said: “The client and agency already had a great campaign thought with ‘There will be Stories’ before I came along. We just had to reintroduce that idea to the public in film. It’s not often you get to make something as fun as this, for something as fun as The Star.”
Iris Kleimann, general manager of marketing at The Star added: “The Star is an entertainment destination, so we believe that our communications must be engaging and entertaining also. This spot achieves this beautifully, as we hoped it would.”
The ad stars American musician and songwriter Bill Baker,...
The ad, directed by Steve Rogers, is the first under the creative watch of Micah Walker, who joined The Monkeys in February.
Walker said: “The client and agency already had a great campaign thought with ‘There will be Stories’ before I came along. We just had to reintroduce that idea to the public in film. It’s not often you get to make something as fun as this, for something as fun as The Star.”
Iris Kleimann, general manager of marketing at The Star added: “The Star is an entertainment destination, so we believe that our communications must be engaging and entertaining also. This spot achieves this beautifully, as we hoped it would.”
The ad stars American musician and songwriter Bill Baker,...
- 5/6/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Oscar-nominated Miracle Fish director and Animal Kingdom editor Luke Doolan has been appointed head of editing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
“I am delighted to welcome Luke to Aftrs. His extensive experience and creative drive will certainly prove to be a real asset for our students. His career path to date has been inspirational, and we feel his hands on experience will translate well into the practical education that Aftrs offers. He is a great addition to our roster of teachers who are all highly experienced working professionals,” said Aftrs CEO Sandra Levy.
Doolan’s editing credits include The Square, Ten Empty and New Skin, as well as the shorts Spider, Crossbow, Lucky and Fuel. He assisted Jill Bilcock on Moulin Rouge and edited previsualisation on both Australia and Baz Luhrmann’s failed project Alexander, as well as the Sydney-shot Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
“I am delighted to welcome Luke to Aftrs. His extensive experience and creative drive will certainly prove to be a real asset for our students. His career path to date has been inspirational, and we feel his hands on experience will translate well into the practical education that Aftrs offers. He is a great addition to our roster of teachers who are all highly experienced working professionals,” said Aftrs CEO Sandra Levy.
Doolan’s editing credits include The Square, Ten Empty and New Skin, as well as the shorts Spider, Crossbow, Lucky and Fuel. He assisted Jill Bilcock on Moulin Rouge and edited previsualisation on both Australia and Baz Luhrmann’s failed project Alexander, as well as the Sydney-shot Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
- 4/12/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
After watching The Square, Nash Edgerton's feature directorial debut, and before sitting down to write my review I took to YouTube to watch Nash's eight short films, or I should say seven as his 2007 short "Spider" will play in front of screenings of The Square just as it did at my press screening.
If you've read my review of The Square you were probably able to tell my impression of that film was highly influenced by not only "Spider" but also from Edgerton's seven earlier shorts, all of which I enjoyed immensely and offer here for you to enjoy as well.
If you were to watch all eight shorts it would run you approximately 80 minutes if you watched from beginning to end and it's hard to show a preference to one or another, though two stand out as my favorites. The Pitch is short and quite comical and will...
If you've read my review of The Square you were probably able to tell my impression of that film was highly influenced by not only "Spider" but also from Edgerton's seven earlier shorts, all of which I enjoyed immensely and offer here for you to enjoy as well.
If you were to watch all eight shorts it would run you approximately 80 minutes if you watched from beginning to end and it's hard to show a preference to one or another, though two stand out as my favorites. The Pitch is short and quite comical and will...
- 4/9/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Below I posted Nash Edgerton's new Bob Dylan video and a couple of people told me they didn't know much about his work. So, here's a primer: First, his bio from the The Directors Bureau: Nash Edgerton knows his craft from both sides of the camera from his work as an actor, stunt performer, editor, producer, writer, and director. Since his short Deadline, which took out the top prize at Tropfest in 1997, Nash has directed a number of award-winning short films, music videos and commercials. The action packed trailer for Tropfest called The Pitch was followed by the horror thriller Fuel, the stunt-driven Lucky and the twisted drama Spider, all shorts that screened to acclaim locally and abroad at festivals including Sundance, Berlin,...
- 6/9/2009
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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