Who directed the film 'The Aviator'?
"The Aviator (2004 film) The Aviator is a 2004 American epic biographical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by John Logan. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn, and Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner. The supporting cast features Ian Holm, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law as Errol Flynn, Gwen Stefani as Jean Harlow, Kelli Garner as Faith Domergue, Matt Ross, Willem Dafoe, Alan Alda, and Edward Herrmann. Based on the 1993 non-fiction book ""Howard Hughes: The Secret Life"" by Charles Higham, the film depicts the life of Howard Hughes, an aviation"
"The Aviator (1985 film) The Aviator is a 1985 American aviation adventure drama film starring Christopher Reeve and Rosanna Arquette, directed by George T. Miller. Edgar Anscombe (Christopher Reeve) is an instructor at a US Army Air Corps flying school in 1918. While he is teaching a young pilot, the aircraft crashes during a landing attempt and bursts into flames. The student is killed, though Edgar survives. Ten years later, Edgar is a Contract Air Mail pilot flying the rugged CAM-5 route between Elko, Nevada and Pasco, Washington. When asked to take a passenger, Edgar reluctantly agrees, revealing that the"
"pioneer and director of ""Hell's Angels"". The film portrays his life from 1927–1947 during which time Hughes became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). ""The Aviator"" was released in the United States on December 25, 2004. The film grossed $214 million at the box office. It was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role for DiCaprio, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Alda, winning five: Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design,"
"himself each contributed a 90-minute film (Scorsese's entry was titled ""Feel Like Going Home""). Scorsese's film ""The Aviator"" (2004) is a lavish, large-scale biopic of eccentric aviation pioneer and film mogul Howard Hughes and reunited Scorsese with actor Leonardo DiCaprio. The film received highly positive reviews. The film also met with widespread box office success and gained Academy recognition. ""The Aviator"" was nominated for six Golden Globe awards, including Best Motion Picture—Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor—Motion Picture Drama for Leonardo DiCaprio. It won three, including Best Motion Picture—Drama and Best Actor—Motion Picture Drama. In January 2005 ""The"
"The Aviator (soundtrack) The Aviator: Music from the Motion Picture the original soundtrack album of the 2004 film ""The Aviator"" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Alan Alda. The original score and songs were composed and conducted by Howard Shore and performed by Brussels Philharmonic (former Flemish Radio Orchestra). The album won the Golden Globe Award for ""Best Original Score"" and was nominated for a Grammy Award: ""Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media"". There is also use of orchestral works, such as Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor and Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)."
"The Lost Aviator The Lost Aviator is a feature documentary written and directed by Andrew Lancaster starring Ewen Leslie as the voice of Bill Lancaster and Yael Stone as the voice of Chubbie Miller. The film was premiered at the 58th BFI London Film Festival, and was distributed theatrically by Transmission Films in Australia. Director Andrew Lancaster opens up a 1932 case about his uncle Bill Lancaster (aviator), an aviator was on trial for murder in Miami. In the process he unravels more information about the illustrious life of Bill, which spans multiple continents. ""The Lost Aviator"" was produced by"
"The Aviator (1929 film) The Aviator is a 1929 American Pre-Code Vitaphone comedy film produced and released by Warner Bros. Directed by Roy Del Ruth, the film was based on the play of the same name by James Montgomery and starred Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. ""The Aviator"" is similar to the silent comedy ""The Hottentot"" (1922), where a hapless individual has to pretend to be a famous steeplehorse jockey. ""The Aviator"" today is considered a lost film. Brooks (William Norton Bailey), a publisher and his publicist (Lee Moran) decide to boost the sales of a wartime book"
"the late 1920s to 1947, DiCaprio initially developed the project with Michael Mann, who decided against directing it after working on back-to-back biopics; ""Ali"" and ""The Insider"". The actor eventually pitched John Logan's script to Scorsese, who quickly signed on to direct. ""The Aviator"" became a critical and financial success. DiCaprio received rave reviews for his performance and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, also receiving another Academy Award nomination. In 2005, DiCaprio was made a commander of the ""Ordre des Arts et des Lettres"" by the French Minister of Culture for his contributions to the arts. The"
"President of Worldwide Business Development of MCA/Universal Studios. In 1999, he founded Entertainment Media Ventures, which provides media investment and strategic advisory work for the media and entertainment industry. From 2002-03, he was the Co-Executive Producer and Producer on the CBS primetime series ""Robbery Homicide Division"". In 2004, he produced Martin Scorcese's biographical drama film ""The Aviator"", starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett, for which he won the 2005 BAFTA Award for Best Film and the 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture. The film was also nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Film, a Broadcast Film Critics"
"The Aviary The Aviary is a 2005 independent film about the ups and downs in the personal life of a flight attendant, coping with a transfer to a new city, finding a new love, and everything in between. It was written and produced by Abe Levy and Silver Tree, who was a flight attendant herself for many years. Summer Pozzi (Lara Phillips), a Chicago-based flight attendant for an unnamed airline, is mentally preparing to quit her job and marry Jim, her soon-to-be airline pilot boyfriend. During a layover, she gets a phone call asking her to transfer to San Francisco."
"worldwide total of $158.2 million. A few foreign markets were particularly successful, such as Japan, where the film's ¥4.20 billion ($35 million) gross stood as the 6th most successful foreign film and 9th overall of the year. The United Kingdom and South Korea both had over $10 million in receipts, with $17.5 million and $11.9 million, respectively. Anthony Pratt and Celia Bobak were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, as was John Mathieson for Best Cinematography. However, both categories were awarded to ""The Aviator"". Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Charles Hart were nominated for the Academy Award"
"and ""the director probes his relatives’ memories with delicacy and good humor."" ""Hollywood Reporter"" critic Johnathan Holland wrote the Lost Aviator is ""a great globe spanning story"", ""intriguing and thought provoking."" The Lost Aviator The Lost Aviator is a feature documentary written and directed by Andrew Lancaster starring Ewen Leslie as the voice of Bill Lancaster and Yael Stone as the voice of Chubbie Miller. The film was premiered at the 58th BFI London Film Festival, and was distributed theatrically by Transmission Films in Australia. Director Andrew Lancaster opens up a 1932 case about his uncle Bill Lancaster (aviator), an"
"at a time"". The Pilot (film) The Pilot (also known as Danger in the Skies) is a 1980 American action-drama film by director and star Cliff Robertson and is based on the novel of the same name by Robert P. Davis. Mike Hagan is an airline pilot of nineteen years experience. He started off in the open cockpit as a crop duster. A cool, capable aviator, he is being considered by his airline for its pilot of the year award. However, this façade conceals a troubled man with a failing marriage who is an alcoholic. The film opens as he"
"The Pilot (film) The Pilot (also known as Danger in the Skies) is a 1980 American action-drama film by director and star Cliff Robertson and is based on the novel of the same name by Robert P. Davis. Mike Hagan is an airline pilot of nineteen years experience. He started off in the open cockpit as a crop duster. A cool, capable aviator, he is being considered by his airline for its pilot of the year award. However, this façade conceals a troubled man with a failing marriage who is an alcoholic. The film opens as he awakens hungover and"
"The Aviator's Wife The Aviator's Wife () is a 1981 French film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. The film stars Phillippe Marlaud, Marie Rivière and Anne-Laure Meury. Like many of his films, it deals with the ever-evolving love lives of a group of young Parisians. This was the first in Rohmer's ""Comedies & Proverbs"" series — a collection of six films the director made during the 1980s. Each of these films begins with a proverb, in the case of ""The Aviator's Wife"" this is: ""On ne saurait penser à rien"" or ""It is impossible to think about nothing"". A"
"his pre-1950 films to Associated Artists Productions. It does not appear to have been shown on television or reissued. Notes Bibliography The Aviator (1929 film) The Aviator is a 1929 American Pre-Code Vitaphone comedy film produced and released by Warner Bros. Directed by Roy Del Ruth, the film was based on the play of the same name by James Montgomery and starred Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. ""The Aviator"" is similar to the silent comedy ""The Hottentot"" (1922), where a hapless individual has to pretend to be a famous steeplehorse jockey. ""The Aviator"" today is considered a lost"
"Cannes Film Festival. The company's next film was the 2004 biopic ""The Aviator"", produced in association with Forward Pass, Intermedia, and Initial Entertainment Group. Based on the 1993 non-fiction book ""Howard Hughes: The Secret Life"" by Charles Higham, the film depicted the life of Howard Hughes (DiCaprio), an aviation pioneer who became a successful film producer between the late 1920s and late 1940s while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive–compulsive disorder. Writing for ""The Daily Telegraph"", Sukhdev Sandhu described the film as ""a gorgeous tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood"" even though it ""tips the balance of"
"The Air Circus The Air Circus is a 1928 American feature film directed by Howard Hawks and the first of his aviation films. The film is notable as the first aviation oriented film with dialogue. Two young men, ""Speed"" Doolittle (Arthur Lake) and Buddy Blake (David Rollins) go out west to become pilots. The pair encounter an accomplished aviator (Sue Carol) in flight school at a local airport. Once at the school, the boys set about learning to fly. On his first solo flight, however, Buddy has a sudden attack of fear and almost kills himself and his instructor. Buddy"
"The Air Legion The Air Legion is a 1929 aviation silent film about airmail produced and distributed by Film Booking Offices of America(FBO) and was released just as FBO was being turned into RKO Pictures. In Canada, the film was distributed by the Alliance Communications Corporation. Aviation historian Michael Paris considered the film as ""virtually the last silent film"" on the topic of airmail flying. Bert Glennon, a director and cinematographer, directed the film. ""The Air Legion"" stars Antonio Moreno, Ben Lyon and Martha Sleeper. Airmail pilot Steve Rogers (Antonio Moreno) mentors young Dave Grayson (Ben Lyon), the son of"
"The Military Air-Scout The Military Air-Scout (1911) is considered by some aviation film historians as one of the first aviation films recorded worldwide. William J. Humphrey directed the two-reeler in 1911, with the cooperation of the U.S. Army authorities who allowed Lt. Henry Arnold, a pioneer military pilot to carry out stunt flying for the film. In 1914, the commanding officer of the U.S. Army (Alec B. Francis), with his daughter, Marie (Edith Storey), and Lieutenant Wentworth (Earle Williams), are watching the flight of the latest military aircraft. Wentworth studies aviation and after becoming a pilot, makes his first flight,"
"he is no pilot, but still winning Grace's heart. ""The Aviator"" appeared at a time when aviation films were extremely popular, with only western films being made in larger numbers. It was typical to even have aircraft show up in a western. Blending comedy in ""The Aviator"" with aerial thrills seemed to be an ideal way to satisfy the public's appetite for aviation subjects. ""The Aviator"" was well received as both a comedy and an aviation film. Hal Erickson wrote, ""The ensuing wild ride through the air is the best part of the picture, with Robert trying to maintain his"
"Airplane! Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American satirical disaster film written and directed by David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams, and produced by Jon Davison. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Lorna Patterson. The film is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film ""Zero Hour!"", from which it borrows the plot and the central characters, as well as many elements from ""Airport 1975"" and other films in the ""Airport"" film series. The film is known for its"
"The Haunted Airman The Haunted Airman is a psychological thriller film first aired on BBC Four on 31 October 2006. Adapted from Dennis Wheatley's 1948 novel ""The Haunting of Toby Jugg"", it was directed by Chris Durlacher and starred Robert Pattinson in the title role, with Rachael Stirling and Julian Sands in supporting roles. During the Second World War, young pilot RAF Flight Lieutenant Toby Jugg (Robert Pattinson) suffers a serious spinal wound during a bombing raid on the city of Dresden. This injury consigns him to a wheelchair, facing a life as a paralysed recluse. In the hope that"
"Air Mail (film) Air Mail is a 1932 American pre-Code adventure film directed by John Ford, based on a story by Dale Van Every and Frank ""Spig"" Wead. The film stars Ralph Bellamy, Pat O'Brien and Gloria Stuart. A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress. Pilot Mike Miller (Ralph Bellamy) owns and operates Desert Airport, an air mail base at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. He leads a group of young pilots who risk their lives flying through dangerous weather and over treacherous terrain to deliver air mail. When Joe Barnes (Ward Bond) crashes at the base,"
"Congress in Washington, D.C. The Air Mail The Air Mail is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Warner Baxter, Billie Dove, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Filmed in Death Valley National Park and the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, it was released in the United States on March 16, 1925. Russ Kane (Warner Baxter) gets a job as a pilot in order to steal cargo. After making a forced landing, however, at a ""Ghost City"" in the desert, he falls in love with Alice"
"flight. The film that became a continuation of his stories and adventures in the mid-1960s, brought together many of his friends, including Hugh Downs, who acted as executive producer and narrator. Most of the pilots were American, but Canadian author and pilot Glenn Norman was asked to participate, although he did not have a U.S. commercial license. His role became that of a barker/ticket taker and the ""voice"" of the Great American Flying Circus. Filming took place in 1973 in Midwestern locales, with a documentary-style of ""as it happened"" that incorporated spectators with actors to recreate the era. The aircraft"
"The Air Mail The Air Mail is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Warner Baxter, Billie Dove, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Filmed in Death Valley National Park and the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, it was released in the United States on March 16, 1925. Russ Kane (Warner Baxter) gets a job as a pilot in order to steal cargo. After making a forced landing, however, at a ""Ghost City"" in the desert, he falls in love with Alice Rendon (Billie Dove) and"
"Air Force (film) Air Force is a 1943 American World War II aviation film from Warner Bros., produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner, directed by Howard Hawks, starring John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, and Harry Carey. Made in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, it was one of the first of the patriotic films of the war, often characterized as a propaganda film. The story revolves around an actual incident that occurred on December 7, 1941. An aircrew is ferrying an unarmed Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber named the ""Mary-Ann"" across the"
"Producers Guild of America ruled that neither Evans nor Climan deserved a producer's credit. ""The Aviator"" won the award for best motion picture, with King and Mann accepting the honor. During the after-show picture-taking, King and Mann invited Climan and Scorsese to stand on the stage with them, but Evans was not. Evans pushed his way past security, and stood with the other producers. The photograph shows Climan, King, Mann, and Scorsese facing one way, while Evans stands slightly apart and facing another direction. Evans subsequently demanded that he be included as one of the three producers nominated to receive"
"Airport (1970 film) Airport is a 1970 American air disaster-drama film starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin, directed and written by George Seaton, and based on Arthur Hailey's 1968 novel of the same name. It originated the 1970s disaster film genre. It is also the first in the ""Airport"" film series. Produced on a $10 million budget, it earned over $100 million. The film is about an airport manager trying to keep his airport open during a snowstorm, while a suicidal bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight. It takes place at fictional Lincoln International Airport"
"The Aviation Cocktail The Aviation Cocktail is a 2012 independent American drama film about the entangled lives of three World War II veterans living in the Midwestern United States in the 1950s. The film's title refers to a famous drink, the aviation. The film follows the lives of 3 three World War II veterans living in a rural midwestern town in 1958. It opens on pilot Jack Fisher (Michael Haskins), who gets a call from his sheriff brother Henry (Beau Kiger) with word about a suspected serial killer he has been tracking. They arrive to find the brothers' longtime friend"
"featured actor in a play for Eddie Redmayne. Redmayne and Alfred Molina had originated their roles in London and also performed on Broadway, for a limited run ending in late June. Logan wrote ""Any Given Sunday"" and the television film ""RKO 281"", before gaining an Academy Award nomination for co-writing (with David Franzoni and William Nicholson) the Best Picture winner ""Gladiator"" in 2000. He received another nomination for writing ""The Aviator"" (2004), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese. Other notable films written by Logan include """", ""The Time Machine"", ""The Last Samurai"", and the Tim Burton-directed musical """","
"According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $2,252,000 domestically and $834,000 foreign. Informational notes Citations Bibliography Fighter Squadron Fighter Squadron is a 1948 American World War II aviation war film in Technicolor from Warner Bros., produced by Seton I. Miller, directed by Raoul Walsh, that stars Edmond O'Brien, Robert Stack, and John Rodney. At an American air base in England in 1943, conniving, womanizing Sergeant Dolan (Tom D'Andrea) manipulates everyone, while insubordinate, maverick pilot fighter ace Major Ed Hardin (Edmund O'Brien) gives his commanding officer and close friend, Colonel Brickley (John Rodney), headaches by ignoring the out-of-date rules of"