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Thomas Edward Ackerman ASC (born September 14, 1948) is an American cinematographer. Teaching at UNCSA's School of Filmmaking since 2009. Shot for multi-Oscar-winning documentarian Charles Guggenheim (1970-1973). Among his films to remember: Frankenweenie (1984), Beetlejuice (1988), Christmas Vacation (1989), Jumanji (1996), Rat Race (2001), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007).
Thomas Edward Ackerman ASC (nato il 14 settembre 1948) è un cinematographer americano. Insegna alla School of Filmmaking dell'UNCSA dal 2009. Ha collaborato con il documentarista pluripremiato con l’Oscar Charles Guggenheim (1970-1973). Tra i suoi film, da ricordare: Frankenweenie (1984), Beetlejuice (1988), Christmas Vacation (1989), Jumanji (1996), Rat Race (2001), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007).
Eleanor Coppola è una regista americana, artista e autrice di documentari. È sposata con il regista Francis Ford Coppola (la trilogia de Il Padrino, La conversazione, Apocalypse Now) e madre di Sofia (Il giardino delle vergini suicide, Lost in Translation, On the Rocks) e Roman (A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III), entrambi registi. Aveva conosciuto Francis nel 1962, mentre lavorava sul set del film horror Dementia 13 nel ruolo di assistente dell’art director. Eleanor è assai nota per il suo film documentario del 1991 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse e per altri documentari che svelano la lavorazione dei film di suo marito e dei suoi figli. E’ stata infatti una presenza costante sui set dei suoi familiari. Il suo contributo cinematografico consiste principalmente in documentari in cui ha lavorato come regista, cinematographer e sceneggiatrice. Tra i suoi lavori, oltre al documentario su Apocalypse Now, da ricordare Making of The Virgin Suicides (1998), Francis Ford Coppola Directs John Grisham's The Rainmaker (2007) e The Making of Marie Antoinette (2007). Ha quindi diretto due lungometraggi: Paris Can Wait (2016) e Love Is Love Is Love (2020).
Love Is Love Is Love è stato presentato in anteprima mondiale al Deauville Film Festival in Francia il 7 settembre 2020. Il film è un’antologia di tre diverse storie: Two For Dinner, interpretato da Chris Messina e Joanne Whalley, rende gli ostacoli di ogni relazione con un tocco leggero e naturalezza; Sailing Lesson, che vede protagonisti Kathy Baker e Marshall Bell nei panni di una coppia sposata da molto tempo che trascorre una giornata su una barca a vela sperando di riaccendere il romanticismo, tra eventi inaspettati; Late Lunch, in cui una tragica perdita riunisce un gruppo di amici variegato (tra cui Cybill Shepherd, Rosanna Arquette e Rita Wilson) per un pranzo commemorativo ospitato dalla figlia del loro comune amico (Maya Kazan, nipote del regista Elia). Il titolo del film unisce le tre storie che esplorano temi di amore, impegno e lealtà all’interno della coppia e tra amici.
Eleanor Coppola is an American documentary filmmaker, artist, and writer. She is married to director Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Trilogy, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now) and the mother of Sofia (The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, On the Rocks) and Roman (A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III), both directors. She met Francis while working on the set of the 1962 horror film Dementia 13, where her position was assistant art director. Eleanor is most known for her 1991 documentary film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as well as other documentaries chronicling the films of her husband and sons. Her film contribution consists mainly of documentaries in which she is director, cinematographer and screenwriter. Among her works to remember, in addition to the documentary on Apocalypse Now: Making of The Virgin Suicides (1998), Francis Ford Coppola Directs John Grisham's The Rainmaker (2007) and The Making of Marie Antoinette (2007). She then directed two feature films: Paris Can Wait (2016) and Love Is Love Is Love (2020).
Love Is Love Is Love just world premiered at the Deauville Film Festival in France on September 7, 2020. The film is an anthology of three stories: Two For Dinner, stars Chris Messina and Joanne Whalley, renders each relationship's obstacles with a light touch and naturalistic ease; Sailing Lesson, stars Kathy Baker and Marshall Bell as a long time married couple that spend a day on a sailboat hoping to rekindle romance, and well, unexpected events arise; Late Lunch a tragic loss brings together a disparate group (including Cybill Shepherd, Rosanna Arquette, and Rita Wilson) for a memorial meal hosted by their mutual friend's daughter (Maya Kazan, granddaughter of film director Elia). The title of the film combines the three stories that explore themes of love, commitment and loyalty within the couple and between friends.
Hiro Narita è un cinematographer, membro della American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) e dell'Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences. Nasce il 26 giugno 1941 a Seoul (Corea del Sud) da genitori giapponesi. Nel 1945 lui e la sua famiglia si trasferirono a Nara, in Giappone, e successivamente a Tokyo. Dopo la morte prematura di suo padre e il nuovo matrimonio di sua madre con un giapponese americano, emigra a Honolulu, Hawaii, nel 1957, dove si diploma alla Kaimuki High School. Frequenta il San Francisco Art Institute dove riceve un BFA in Graphic Design nel 1964. Ottiene rapidamente una buona posizione presso un'importante azienda di design locale, ma dopo appena sei mesi viene arruolato nell'esercito degli Stati Uniti. Per due anni lavora come designer e fotografo al Pentagono. Quando si congeda dall'esercito degli Stati Uniti, John Korty, regista di The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman e del documentario Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (Premio Oscar per il miglior documentario) lo prende sotto la sua ala protettrice. Con Korty, per più di tre anni, collabora come assistente cameraman, gaffer, proiezionista, disegnatore di poster cinematografici, e altro. Dopo l’esperienza come operatore di ripresa aggiuntivo in Zabriskie Point (1970) di Antonioni, John Korty gli regala il primo film della sua carriera, un film tv intitolato Farewell to Manzanar (1976), per il quale riceve una nomination agli Emmy Award. Narita ha quindi lavorato in diverse mansioni in film come: The Last Waltz, More American Graffiti, Never Cry Wolf (per questo film vince il Boston Society of Film Critics Award e il National Society of Film Critics Award), Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple di Doom, Always, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Dirty Pictures, The Rocketeer, Hocus Pocus, The Time Machine, The Arrival.
Hiro Narita is a cinematographer, member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences. He was born on June 26 1941, in Seoul (South Korea) to Japanese parents. In 1945, he and his family moved to Nara, Japan, and later to Tokyo. Following his father's early death and his mother's remarriage to a Japanese American, the family emigrated in 1957 to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he graduated from Kaimuki High School. He went on to the San Francisco Art Institute where he received a BFA in Graphic Design in 1964. He soon landed a good position at a prominent local design firm, but the job lasted barely six months before he was drafted into the U.S. Army. For two years, he served as a designer and photographer at the Pentagon. When he was discharged from the U.S. Army, John Korty, director of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and the documentary Who Are the De Bolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature) took him under his wing. With Korty, for more than three years, he collaborated as an assistant cameraman, gaffer, projectionist, film-poster designer, etc. After his experience as additional camera operator on Antonioni's Zabriskie Point (1970), John Korty gave him his first substantial film, a TV movie called Farewell to Manzanar (1976) for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. Then Narita worked in movies: The Last Waltz, More American Graffiti, Never Cry Wolf (for this movie he won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award), Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Always, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Dirty Pictures, The Rocketeer, Hocus Pocus, The Time Machine, The Arrival.
