directors
'We Picked Up John Waters Hitchhiking' And You Can, Too
Maureen O'Connor · 05/16/12 02:44PMLars Von Trier Says He's a Nazi
Richard Lawson · 05/18/11 10:54AMStephen Frears Doesn't Care About the Oscars
Matthew Shepatin · 02/17/11 01:35PMSteven Soderbergh Is Going to Retire from Filmmaking in Three Years
Richard Lawson · 12/22/10 05:03PMClaude Chabrol, French New-Wave Film Director, Dies at 80
Max Read · 09/12/10 09:21PMGuillermo del Toro Quits The Hobbit
Adrian Chen · 05/31/10 12:37PMTopher Grace and Kate Bosworth Clash WIth a Director On Subtext
Mike Byhoff · 02/19/10 03:30PMThe neverending power-struggle between actors and directors dates back to ancient Rome, when Zeus killed the actor Cyclops in a traveling production of The Odyssey over improper stage blocking... or something. That struggle resonates today, as proven by this video.
Team Michael Bay's Megan Fox Diss Letter: Censored!
Foster Kamer · 09/13/09 11:15AM'Office Berserker' Is Unfortunately Not Real
Hamilton Nolan · 06/10/08 03:30PMSo that "Office Berserker" video we linked to last week—security camera footage purportedly showing a man going crazy at work and destroying his entire office, along with many of his coworkers—has been confirmed as another freaking viral marketing video (as suspected). This time the prankster was a Russian director trying to build buzz for a film called Wanted. Damn you, Timur Bekmambetov! It's getting to where you just can't trust online footage of unprovoked violence any more. If you care to, watch the clip again with a more jaundiced eye, after the jump.
Me: A Real Hollywood Director; You: Hot, Smart, Willing To Believe I'm A Real Director
mark · 06/19/07 03:25PMDefamer is committed to bringing together real directors of real movies with real celebrities hard up for fake dates on the biggest nights of their lives, and so in the interest of furthering our mission of faux-romantic mercy, we spotlight this anonymous plea for companionship from Craigslist, the internet's leading escort service for industry professionals desperately seeking non-embarrassing arm-candy. Posts our seeker:
LA Times Reminds Us Made-For-TV Movies Don't Direct Themselves
mark · 09/20/06 01:28PMFully embracing a recent mission to champion the unsung, trench-digging heroes of Hollywood kicked off by last week's introduction of their scribecentric Scriptland feature, the LAT today presents the first installment of Made-for-TV-Movie Directorville, which will explore the lives and work of the small-screen auteurs behind projects as wide-ranging as AMC's celebrated Broken Trail and less-appreciated masterpieces like Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?. The Times kicks off the new column by illustrating the MFTVM director's uphill battle for respect and recognition: