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Movies That Feature Stories About New Year.
While there are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of films that have been made with plots that involve New Year’s Eve, we’ve whittled our list down to 10 movies in honor of the traditional pre midnight countdown. Also, in the interest of keeping our movie list as diverse as possible, we have tried to include films from multiple genres, including horror, comedy, and drama. Here are 10 movies to help you ring in the New Year, in order of their critical ranking on Rotten Tomatoes.
10. End of Days (1999)
Any problems you may have at your New Year’s Eve celebration will seem trivial in comparison to the problems that the protagonist in End of Days must overcome. In this horror film, Jericho Cane (Arnold Schwarzenegger) must prevent Satan from conceiving a child and precipitating the end of the world on New Year’s Eve 1999. Fortunately, Satan only gets a shot at this every thousand years so it will be a while before we see a sequel. The critics at Rotten Tomatoes gave End of Days a devilishly low aporoval.
9. Four Rooms (1996)
Directors Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino each helmed one of the four intertwining stories in this anthology comedy film that takes place on New Year’s Eve. In the film, a bellhop (Tim Roth) has various strange encounters with bizarre guests at a hotel in Los Angeles. The film’s eclectic ensemble cast includes Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Beals, Paul Calderón, Sammi Davis, Valeria Golino, and Madonna. Four Rooms received mixed reviews from the critics.
8. Ocean’s 11 (1960)
What better way to ring in the New Year than with a film featuring members of “The Rat Pack”? In the film, Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra) and Jimmy Foster (Peter Lawford) assemble a team that includes Anthony Bergdorf (Richard Conte), “Mushy” O’Connors (Joey Bishop), and Josh Howard (Sammy Davis, Jr.) for a robbery of several casinos in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve. Ocean’s 11 was later remade by director Steven Soderbergh with an ensemble cast featuring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, and other contemporary stars. However, the New Year’s Eve setting was replaced with a boxing match in the remake. Ocean’s 11 currently has a 48% rating.
7. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
This Coen brothers-directed comedy about a naïve toy inventor who gets installed as the president of a large company has a memorable time-warping scene set on New Year’s Eve. The Hudsucker Proxy stars Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman, and Charles Durning. It currently has a 58% rating.
6. Strange Days (1995)
Like End of Days, Strange Days takes place in the final days of 1999 as people are celebrating the arrival of a new millennium, as well as a new year. In the film, ex-cop Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes) sells content for an illegal entertainment system that allows users to directly experience other people’s memories and feelings. However, Nero’s illicit business soon gets him involved in a conspiracy that could get him killed. Strange Days was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and co-written by James Cameron and currently has a 63% rating.
5. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Before you decide to host your New Year’s Eve party on a boat, you may want to watch The Poseidon Adventure. In the film, New Year’s Eve revelers on a massive ocean liner called the SS Poseidon are unexpectedly forced to fight for their survival when the ship is capsized by a rogue wave. Directed by Ronald Neame, this big-budget disaster film features multiple stars, including Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Shelley Winters, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O’Connell, Eric Shea, and Leslie Nielsen. The Poseidon Adventure was a commercial and critical success and went on to earn two Academy Awards in 1973, including a Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects. The film currently has a 79% rating.
4. Trading Places (1983)
Wealthy commodities broker Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) is forced to switch places with homeless street hustler Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) as part of a social experiment being conducted by Winthorpe’s bosses. However, after discovering that they are subjects in an experiment, Winthorpe and Valentine devise a plan to get revenge that kicks off during a New Year’s Eve party on a train. Directed by John Landis (of Animal House fame), the classic ’80s comedy also stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, and Denholm Elliott. Trading Places currently has an 88% rating.
3. When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
As a holiday that includes a tradition of kissing a loved one at the stroke of midnight, it should come as no surprise that there are many romance films that feature scenes set during New Year’s Eve parties. However, the Rob Reiner directed romantic comedy film When Harry Met Sally… features some of the genre’s most memorable New Year’s Eve scenes, including a climactic scene between Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) at the end of the film. When Harry Met Sally… currently has an 88% rating.
2. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
This critically acclaimed film from renowned director Billy Wilder tells the tragic story of an aging silent-film star’s decline into insanity. In the film, deluded former movie star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) enlists the help of failed screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) in order to stage her comeback. In one of the film’s creepiest scenes, Norma throws a lavish New Year’s Eve party where Joe soon realizes that he’s the only guest. Sunset Boulevard is widely regarded as a masterpiece and won three Academy Awards in 1951, including one for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay. The film currently has a 98% rating
1. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Besides being almost unanimously acclaimed by the critics with a 99% at Rotten Tomatoes, director Francis Ford Coppola’s follow-up to The Godfather also features one of the most memorable New Year’s Eve kisses ever shown onscreen. In the film, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) comes to realize that his brother Fredo Corleone (John Cazale) has betrayed him. During a New Year’s Eve party in Havana, Cuba, Michael gives his brother a kiss and tells him, “I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart.” Yikes. Hopefully no one gives you the kiss of death at your New Year’s Eve party.
Story Board is Essential For FilmMaking?
Storyboarding may seem like some mundane, pointless task that will end up in your trash following completion especially if you’re not an artist, right? But in reality, storyboarding is a crucial part of the pre-production planning that visually maps out your entire project which greatly benefits you and members of your crew.
Filmmaking requires a lot of intricate planning. Every shot, scene, and sequence in a film typically demands several well rehearsed crew members executing their roles in a specific manner such as lighting techniques, camera movements, framing, ques, timing, special effects, etc.
Of course, not every film will require as much man-power and organizing to create, but it’s important to understand the significance of prepping and pre-production planning. The way you plan and prepare for your shoot will ultimately affect the outcome of your film.
Below, we’ll go over some of the reasons why you should create storyboards and how they will benefit your production, how to craft them, and how professional filmmakers utilize them for their films.
What Is A Storyboard?
Before we jump into the reasons why you should create storyboards, let’s look at an actual definition to get a better understanding of what they are.
Studiobinder defines a storyboard as a visual representation of a film sequence and breaks down the action into individual panels. It is a series of ordered drawings, with camera direction, dialogue, or other pertinent details. It sketches out how a video will unfold, shot by shot.
Although sketching and drawing out individual panels is the traditional way of storyboarding, there really is no definitive way to create and define a storyboard.
A storyboard can include photographs, reference images, have little-to-no description, or a ton of description involving framing, camera movements, character action, etc. This is entirely up to you as long as it helps you and your film crew visualize and plan out the film better.
So don’t be discouraged from storyboarding your film. You don’t need to be a world-class storyboard artist to sketch out your film. Draw stick figures if you have to. The only thing that matters is communicating the film’s vision, and you can do this with stick figures or even photographs.
Should I Create A Storyboard?
Filmmaking is all about planning ahead so that when it comes time to shoot, everyone is on the same page and production goes as efficiently as possible.
Creating storyboards is a great way to plan and organize your film. It allows you to pull all your ideas and thoughts out of your head and onto the paper. This gives important crew members such as the director of photography an idea of the types of shots, lighting, and composition you’d like for your film.
It also gives the art department and production designer a much better idea of how you’d like your film to look.
Oftentimes, depending on the film’s budget, people like to hire a storyboard artist to create well drawn panels that illustrate the director’s vision in the best possible way.
Take a look at some professional story board used for larger productions. These are typically created by experienced storyboard artists that are able to articulate the look of certain shots, scenes, and sequences effectively on the page.
If you have the necessary funds and/or connections, you may want to pick up a storyboard artist. Take a look at our previous blog on ways to assemble a film crew if you’re having trouble finding a storyboard artist.
How To Assemble Your Film Crew
However, you may be someone who’s working on a smaller budget feature or short film, and may not have the funds for an experienced storyboard artist or top of the line story board
That’s okay! If you’re working on a smaller budget film, you really don’t need to hire a storyboard artist when you could easily do it yourself as long as you’re able to properly communicate your vision with each shot.
You can also download and use free templates offered by online services, such as Studiobinder. With these free templates, you can easily download them, print them, and get to drawing.
If you’re a beginner filmmaker learning how to properly budget smaller productions, check out our New blogs for tips on budgeting during pre-production.
Also, it’s important to know that it’s okay if you need to stray from your storyboards at times during a shoot. Things change all the time when you’re on set and as a director, it’s your job to adapt to change and solve problems.
Examples may include an issue with your location preventing a certain shot setup you had drawn on your storyboard, or if you wanted to switch things up while on set after getting a new idea.
You don’t need to mimic every panel and sketch on your storyboard to the bone. So don’t feel like if you make yourself a storyboard, you are required to stick with it.
How Successful Filmmakers Use Storyboards
As we mentioned storyboarding your film or idea is one of the best ways to visualize and plan out the look and feel of your film. If you’re still feeling unsure about using storyboards, take a look at how some of the greats use storyboards.
Filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese are two prime examples of professionals using storyboards as a crucial step in their pre-production process. Hitchcock was known for his intricate and heavily detailed storyboard drawings. His boards were so well-made, they resembled a comic-book.
These filmmakers, and many others — such as Christopher Nolan, James Cameron, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Sam Raimi, etc, have shown much emphasis on the storyboard making process and how it can greatly improve their films.
Sometimes, storyboards are simply created to enhance a concept or an idea in someone’s head. This can happen before the writing process even starts. This all depends on the director and how they prefer to map out and tell a story.
Conclusion
Storyboards, especially for lower-budget indie projects, do not have to be as detailed and colorful as the most renowned filmmakers in the business. The examples we showed you are meant to inspire beginner filmmakers unfamiliar with the storyboarding process.
Creating storyboards will only improve the production of your film, as it will act as a roadmap to your finished product. Its purpose is to guide and inspire you and your team to create the shots you dream of in your head.
Sometimes having a visual representation of your ideas instead of words can spark new ideas or give you a better understanding of the film you’re trying to create.
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All About Actor/Director Mel Gibson
Early Life
Mel Gibson was born on January 3, 1956, in Peekskill, New York to Anne Patricia and Hutton Gibson. He was raised in a large Irish Catholic family. In fact, he was the sixth of eleven children to be born to his parents. Gibson has avoided the spiritual wasteland component of Hollywood, and has remained a devout Catholic to this day.
During the earlier years of his life, he received an education by the Congregation of Christian Brothers at a Catholic college in New South Wales. In 2004, he directed the film The Passion of the Christ, which is a tribute and a testimony to both his religious upbringing and his current belief system.
Acting Career
Early on in his life, Gibson dove into the world of acting, as he studied at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. He was known in Australia before he was really well known in the United States for his acting career. However, in 1984, he appeared in the Mark Rydell film entitled The River. After this performance, Gibson became very well accepted and received in the acting atmosphere.
He has starred in a laundry list of films; however, some of the most famous titles include:
Hamlet
Tequila Sunrise
Lethal Weapon 2
Bird on a Wire
Forever Young
Maverick
Braveheart
Ransom
Conspiracy Theory
What Women Want
The Patriot
Edge of Darkness
The Year of Living Dangerously
Lethal Weapon
Mel Gibson is not just an actor. He has had his fair share of time in both the producing and directing world, where he achieved particular acclaim and recognition for The Passion of the Christ starring Jim Cavaziel, in which the final hours of Jesus Christ’s life are recounted according to the scriptures. As with any religiously or politically charged film, he received both great praise and great criticism.
Mel Gibson as a Controversial Figure
People who have intense religious or political views often become the topic of chatter and buzz, particularly in Hollywood. Gibson has often become the center of controversial issues, whether they are related to his political views or just because he is not afraid to put himself out there.
Examples of the controversy in his life include:
Gibson was accused of domestic violence charges by his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.
In 1991, Gibson was accused of making anti-homosexual comments. However, he has since recanted these statements and said that it was a mistake.
Gibson has been accused of making various cruel racial comments from time to time.
It has been widely reported in the media that Gibson has struggled with alcohol problems throughout the years.
Whatever Gibson’s motivation is for how he acts in his personal life, it does seem that he appears in the news quite frequently for his comments, remarks, and actions
Personal Life of Mel Gibson
Gibson’s biography also includes a relationship with Oksana Griogrieva. However, before that, he had been married to Robyn Denise Moore for 26 years. They were divorced in 2006. Together, the couple had six sons and one daughter. Gibson later had another daughter with Oksana Grigorieva.
Top Ten Cinematographers in World Cinema
1. Sven Nykvist (1922 – 2006)
Swedish cinematographer Sven Nykvist is mostly known for his collaboration with the director Ingmar Bergman, which lasted twenty-five years. He pioneered the use of natural light in film, and is heavily acclaimed for his ability to give it a naturalistic look; and as well for his close-up shots that emphasized the psychological movements of the characters, to which Bergman gave priority.
Sven first worked with Bergman when he shot the interior scenes of Sawdust and Tinsel (1953). Bergman is rumored to have said he wanted Sven to photograph all his following films after an impressive 180-degree pan shot he made. That was when Sven replaced the also splendid Gunnar Fischer as Bergman’s main cinematographer.
They worked together in some of the most outstanding films in history, such as the Faith Trilogy,Through a Glass Darkly (1961), The Silence (1963) and Winter Light (1963),Persona (1966), Cries and Whispers (1973) and Fanny and Alexander (1982).
When Bergman stopped directing theatrical full-length movies, Sven went to the United States. There he worked with Woody Allen an assumed Bergman fan in Another Woman (1988), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and in his hilarious segment from New York Stories (1989).
Sven also worked with Roman Polanski and Andrei Tarkovsky. He died in 2006, after having devoted half a century of his life for filmmaking and having won uncountable prizes, including two Academy Awards (for Cries and Whispers and Fanny and Alexander).
2. Robert Richardson
Throughout the thirty-three years he has worked as a cinematographer, Robert Richardson made remarkable partnerships with very important directors, such as Oliver Stone (Platoon, JFK, Natural Born Killers), Martin Scorsese (The Aviator, Shutter Island, Hugo) and Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained). He has won uncountable significant prizes, among them three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography: in 1991 with JFK; in 2005 with The Aviator; and in 2012 with Hugo.
The first masterpiece he shot was Platoon (1986), still considered one of the best war movies of all times. Thirty years later, he is still working greatly and introducing new technologies to his productions, and therefore it is fascinating to realize that the same man shot a phantasy 3D movie three years ago and worked with Tarantino in his most recent films. Richardson’s capacity to adapt and renew himself has certainly guaranteed his name among the most important ones in film’s history.
3. Vittorio Storaro (1940)
Storaro describes his own life as an equilibrium between the passion of red and the reason of blue, and therefore he is certain that the cinematographer should write with light and darkness; white and black; the sun and the moon. Having won three Academy Awards and many other prizes for Best Cinematography, the italian cinematographer has until this year signed fifty-eight movies.
His most impressive productions are from the time he partnered up with Bernardo Bertolucci (1970-1993), aside Coppola’s Apocalypse Now! (1979)for which he won his first oscar. The opposing elements he talks about can be observed overall in his photography. Conflict between natural and artificial energy sources, the use of opposing colors and its correspondence to emotions of the characters create a subtle contrast that reveals the differences and similarities between reality and film.
Since the nineties, he also partnered up with Carlos Saura and Alfonso Arau. In 2013, he was considered to be among the ten most influential cinematographers of all times by the International Cinematographers Guild, and it is certainly a title he deserves.
4. Gregg Toland (1904 – 1948)
Citizen Kane (1941) has always been among the top five in all the respected Best Films of All Time lists, and usually in the first position. Toland is partly responsible for that in the credits, Orson Welles’ own card is shared with him due to the magnificent and innovative visual he created.
His geniality, however, dates from before Citizen Kane and transcends it. During the early 30s, he was the youngest cameraman in Hollywood, and between 1936 and 1942 he was nominated for six Academy Awards for Best Cinematography (Les Misérables [1935], Dead End [1937], Intermezzo: A Love Story [1939], Wuthering Heights [1939], The Long Voyage Home [1940] and Citizen Kane). He won it in 1940 for Wuthering Heights.
He was among the first cinematographers to use the deep-focus technique, in which the front and the background are all in focus. The focus is usually what guides the viewer’s eyes through the image, and when this technique is used composition and movement will be responsible to determine where the eye looks first.
Toland is the cinematographer in this list who died at a youngest age, only forty-four, but his skills perpetuated his name among the best cinematographers of all time.
5. Sergey Urusevsky (1908 – 1974)
Sergey Urusevsky was one of the most influential soviet filmmakers. His interest for graphic design and photography started very early in his life, and before WWII he studied under many constructivism artists in Moscow. During the war, he was a combat photographer. Characteristics of constructivism would later have an important place in his production as a cinematographer.
In his first years as a Director of Photography, he worked with Yuli Raizman, Vsevolod Pudovkin and Grigoriy Chukhrai, among others. His most known picture from that time is Chukhrai’s The Forty-First (1956). In that same period he worked in his first collaboration with director Mikhail Kalatozov, The First Echelon (1955).
This partnership would enrich the cinematographers style and bring him international recognition. His admiration for the cinematic form would find its highest expression. In that time, he created a very innovative technique in which the camera narrates the film, which was widely used in Russian Cinematography, having its highest point in Sokurov’s The Russian Ark (2002).
The two most remarkable films from his collaboration with Kalatozov are The Letter Never Sent (1959)―which is known to have influenced Apocalypse Now! cinematography― and I am Cuba (1964), his last and probably most important work as a cinematographer.
6. Haskell Wexler (1922)
The american Haskell Wexler was another one of the ten most influential cinematographers of all time judged by the International Cinematographers Guild. Although his most well known films are from the seventies, at the impressive age of ninety-three, he is still working as cinematographer, director, producer and writer.
His first big-budget production as a cinematographer was in Elia Kazan’s America, America (1963). Only three years after he would win his first Academy Award for Best Cinematography the last one in Black&White with the masterpiece Who’s Afraid of Virgnia Woolf? (1966). Thereafter he would be responsible for acclaimed and innovative films of the New Hollywood era, such as the first one to use the newly invented Steadicam for which he won his second oscar Bound for Glory (1976).
Among other important films he photographed are One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) and George Lucas’ American Graffiti (1973). His important production was not delimited to film, but also television, for which he founded a commercial production company with Conrad L. Hall, Wexler-Hall. In the 21st century, he has already photographed more than twenty documentaries (a few directed by him), being one of them yet to be released in 2015.
7. Gordon Willis (1931 – 2014)
Exactly one year ago, the film world lost one of its most important and influential people. Gordon Willis died of cancer in May, 2014.
Having born inside Hollywood his father was a makeup man Willis’ interests were always related to film. At first he wanted to be an actor. His actings in theatre led him backstage, where he learnt a lot about lighting. This would later help him become one of the responsible filmmakers for the aesthetics created on film during the 70s. What the directors from the era that immediately pop-up to mind (Francis Coppola, Woody Allen, Alan Pakula) had in common was this outstanding cinematographer behind them.
In his filmography, one will find many remarkable movies, among them The Godfather trilogy (1972, 1974 and 1990) and All the President’s Men (1976). However, his long-lasting partnership was with Woody Allen, and started with Annie Hall (1977). They would then release one film each year until 1985.
Among these are some of those considered Allen’s best films: Manhattan (1979), Zelig (1983) and The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985). The director always says that “Gordie” taught him a lot, and that he was a true artist. A quick glance at Gordon Willis’ films’ list will confirm this assumption.
8. Freddie Young (1902 – 1998)
Freddie Young’s career as a cinematographer started in the late twenties and lasted until the eighties. During these sixty years, he worked in more than a hundred pictures and therefore achieved a huge recognition in the film area.
His most remarkable films are the ones he worked with director David Lean: Lawrence of Arabia (1963), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Ryan’s Daughter (1970), all three of which guaranteed him an Academy Awards. He was also responsible for the cinematography of Lord Jim (1965) an outstanding adaptation from Joseph Conrad’s books and Nicholas and Alexandra (1971).
Freddie was the first British cinematographer to shoot in CinemaScope anamorphic lenses spreadly used in the fifties and sixties to create a widescreen image. He was another one of the ten chosen by the International Cinematographers Guild as most influential cinematographers of all time. He died in 1998, with ninety-six years old.
9. Vadim Yusov (1929 – 2013)
Soviet Vadim Yusov might be the most poetic cinematographer of all time. He was the Director of Photography of four out of the most remarkable Tarkovsky’s films and is known to have had a big influence in the director’s style.
Yusov’s partnership with Tarkovsky started when he was only thirty years old. Twenty-nine years old Tarkovsky, still a student in the Russian leading film school (All-Union State Institute of Cinematography), approached him to shoot The Steamroller and the Violin (1960), his diploma film.
They would then collaborate in the director’s next three movies: Ivan’s Childhood (1962), Andrei Rublev (1966) and Solaris (1972). They would spend a couple of days preparing for a long shot that would usually be shot in only one take.
After style disagreements brought his collaboration with Tarkovsky to an end, Yusov started another fruitful partnership with Russian director and actor Sergey Bondarchuk.
Having already shot the successful film adaptation (1966) of Tolstoy’s War and Peace, the director’s style was epic and objective, which diverged from the world Yusov had emerged in with Tarkovsky. He once declared that “Tarkovsky and Bondarchuk were worlds apart and it was [his] job to enter both their worlds.” Among his productions with Bondarchuk are the great They Fought Their Country (1975) and Boris Godunov (1986).
10. Vilmos Zsigmond (1930)
With more than one hundred films in his filmography, the hungarian Vilmos Zsigmond was also considered by the International Cinematographers Guild to be one of the ten most influential cinematographers of all time.
When the Hungarian Revolution took place in 1956, Vilmos and his friend Lázlo Kovács also an incredible cinematographer recorded images of it in thirty thousand feet of film and ran away to Austria (part of this footage is used in the documentary No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos). This story of Vilmos’ youth reveals how important it was to that young passionate filmmaker to produce something meaningful.
And so he did. Vilmos arrived in the USA in the early 60s, right before the “American New Wave” started, and he would be one of its main representative figures. Some of his most significant productions of that time were The Sugarland Express (1974), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), The Deer Hunter (1978) and Blow Out (1981).
Today, at eighty-five years old, Vilmos is still going. Since the 00s, he partnered up with Woody Allen in Melinda, Melinda (2004), Cassandra’s Dream (2007) and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010). 2015 will bring four movies by this outstanding cinematographer as he makes his way into being one of the filmmakers who more produced in film’s history.
Father of Indian Cinematography And Best Cinematographers In Indian Cinema.
C.SREERAM
We can entitle him as “Father of Cinematographers”, mainly as he made an ardent dynamism to the spectators. For example, “Kuruthipunal” was a stunning success and was also preferred for Oscar Awards as the authorized entrance from India in the year 1996. Not only in Kuruthipunal, he had also overwhelmed the addressees with Geethanjali and Mounaragam. His flair made him a reputable cinematographer in Bollywood as well.
RAVI.K.CHANDRAN
He is a famous cinematographer and is one of the favorites of Priyadharshan (Director). He has recurrently teamed up with major Indian filmmakers like Mani Ratnam, Rajiv Menon, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Priyadarshan. Ravi K. Chandranhas bagged 1 Southern Filmfare Award and 2 Filmfare Awards during his career.
ANIL MEHTA
Anil Mehta is a cinematographer, director and writer of Indian films. He studied cinematography at Film and Television Institute of India. He has shot many hits such as Khamoshi: The Musical, Lagaan, Veer-Zaara and Saathiya. His 1st feature film was Aaja Nachle. It was produced by the Yash Raj banner. It was released on November 9, 2007; the movie stars were Madhuri Dixit, Akshaye Khanna, Kunal Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma. He bagged National Film Award for the Best Cinematography for his piece of work in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
BALU MAHENDRA
Balu Mahendra is an Indian filmmaker, cinematographer and screenwriter broadly considered as part of the milieu in a beckon of screenwriters and directors from Chennai film industry who invigorated Tamil cinema. He primarily developed an early interest in the field of photography. Balu Mahendra is a cinematography graduate and a gold medalist from FTII. He began his film profession as a cameraman for Malayalam movie Nellu in the year 1974, which made him earn the best cinematographer award from Kerala Government. He has been chosen as the best cinematographer for as many as 10 films. He led the way for inventive camera approach for colour in Southern India. He has won 5 National Film Awards and 3 Filmfare Awards South for the Best Director.
S. RAVI VARMAN
S. Ravi Varman is Cinematographer, Producer, Film Maker and Writer. He has shot many esteemed movies in Indian languages of Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, English and Malayalam. Recognized for his pragmatic picturization and elegiac framing intellect, Ravi Varman commenced his career in Malayalam movies. A renowned writer in Tamil fiction and non-fiction, he had also directed a romantic movie in Tamil named Moscowin Kavery. He had also filmed the music record for the song named “Bird Flu” by a British Tamil song writer M.I.A.
S. TIRRU
S. Tirru is a cinematographer of Indian Tamil film industry, focusing in advertising and documentaries. His movies are in the Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil languages. He has worked for the experienced cinematographer P. C. Sriram & for Kamal Hassan. He became fascinated towards photography during his study in college. He supported his cousin who was a dentist by profession in his fervor for nature photography. He got married to an architect who was based in Chennai and had 2 children. He also co – wrote the screen play of Malayalam film Mission, Ninety Days together with the director Major Ravi.
SANTOSH SIVAN
Santosh Sivan was born in Trivandrum, Kerala in India. He is an Indian cinematographer, actor, producer and film director recognized for his all-embracing work in Indian cinema. He graduated from FTII and went on to carrying out 41 documentaries and 45 features. He was a founder member of the ISC (Indian Society of Cinematographers) and is the highly prized director of photography in India. The optimum cinematographer in India, Santosh Sivan has turned out to be the 1st Director of photography in Asia Pacific to be honored the esteemed American Society of Cinematographer’s membership. He was honored the National Film Awards for the Best Cinematography 4 times, for the movies Kaalapani, Perumthachan, Dil Se and Iruvar.
KAMAL BOSE
Kamal Bose was a cinematographer from India who shot multiple Bimal Roy classics, counting Do Bigha Zamin, Parineeta, Devdas, Sujata and Bandini. He successfully evolved into the colored film period and shot Janbaaz, Dayavan and Qurbani. All through his career, he bagged Filmfare Award for the Best Cinematographer record 5 times for Anokhi Raat, Bandini, Khamoshi, Dharmatma and Dastak
PRAKASH VELAYUDHAN
A Cinematographer From South India.Only Cinematographer Mentioned In American Cinematography Magazine.He Worked in Telugu ,Malayalam Films as well.He Achieved Many International Film Festival From His Short Movies “OPPORTUNITY,BREATH HERE And RING”Directed By Jazeer Thekke kara.
List Of Top Ranked 50 Screenplays Ever in World Cinema
1.CASABLANCA
Screenplay by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch. Based on the play “Everybody Comes to Rick’s” by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison
2.THE GODFATHER
Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo
3.CHINATOWN
Written by Robert Towne
4.CITIZEN KANE
Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles
5.ALL ABOUT EVE
Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based on “The Wisdom of Eve,” a short story and radio play by Mary Orr
6.ANNIE HALL
Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
7.SUNSET BLVD.
Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr.
8.NETWORK
Written by Paddy Chayefsky
9.SOME LIKE IT HOT
Screenplay by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond. Based on “Fanfare of Love,” a German film written by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan
10.THE GODFATHER II
Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on Mario Puzo’s novel “The Godfather”
11.BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Written by William Goldman
12.DR. STRANGELOVE
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern. Based on novel “Red Alert” by Peter George
13.THE GRADUATE
Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Based on the novel by Charles Webb
14.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based on the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence
15.THE APARTMENT
Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond
16.PULP FICTION
Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary
17.TOOTSIE
Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart
18.ON THE WATERFRONT
Screen Story and Screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Based on “Crime on the Waterfront” articles by Malcolm Johnson
19.TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee
20.IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Screenplay by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett & Frank Capra. Based on short story “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern. Contributions to screenplay Michael Wilson and Jo Swerling
21.NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Written by Ernest Lehman
22.THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the short story “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” by Stephen King
23.GONE WITH THE WIND
Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell
24.ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
25.THE WIZARD OF OZ
Screenplay by Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf Adaptation by Noel Langley. Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum
26.DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain
27.GROUNDHOG DAY
Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin
28.SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
29.SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS
Written by Preston Sturges
30.UNFORGIVEN
Written by David Webb Peoples
31.HIS GIRL FRIDAY
Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play “The Front Page” by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur
32.FARGO
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
33.THE THIRD MAN
Screenplay by Graham Greene. Story by Graham Greene. Based on the short story by Graham Greene
34.THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman
35.THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Written by Christopher McQuarrie
36.MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy
37.THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry
38.AMERICAN BEAUTY
Written by Alan Ball
39.THE STING
Written by David S. Ward
40.WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
Written by Nora Ephron
41.GOODFELLAS
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese. Based on book “Wise Guy” by Nicholas Pileggi
42.RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
43.TAXI DRIVER
Written by Paul Schrader
44.THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood. Based on novel “Glory For Me” by MacKinley Kantor
45.ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey
46.THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven
47.THE MALTESE FALCON
Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
48.THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle
49.SCHINDLER’S LIST
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally
50.THE SIXTH SENSE
Written by M. Night Shyamalan
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