"screenplay and the performances of the cast, while the film grossed $25 million domestically, on a $10 million budget. Dede Tate (Jodie Foster) is a single mother, a working-class woman of average intelligence raising her seven-year-old son, Fred (Adam Hann-Byrd). Fred shows every indication of being a genius. Fred's reading and mathematics abilities are remarkable, and he plays the piano ""at competition level,"" but his intellect has isolated him from his public school classmates. Fred's abilities come to the attention of Jane Grierson (Dianne Wiest), a former music prodigy and now a psychologist running a school for gifted children. She"
"film and television casting jobs were the film ""Jaws 3-D"" (1983), the made-for-TV movie ""The Ryan White Story"" (1989), Cameron Crowe's directorial film debut ""Say Anything..."" (1989), the made-for-TV movie ""The Incident"" (1990) and the television series ""Space: Above and Beyond"". In later years, he also produced several films. He was executive producer for the film ""Little Man Tate"", Jodie Foster's directorial debut motion picture. (During the 2007 Academy Awards, Foster referred to his death, and called him her ""best friend."") He and co-producer/director Peggy Rajski won an Oscar for the 1994 short film ""Trevor"", a comedy-drama about a gay"
"as well as ""Carny"" (1980) and ""Foxes"" (1980). After attending college at Yale, Foster struggled to transition into adult roles until she gained critical acclaim for playing a rape survivor in the legal drama ""The Accused"" (1988), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won her second Academy Award three years later for the psychological horror ""The Silence of the Lambs"" (1991), in which she portrayed Clarice Starling. Foster made her debut as a film director the same year with ""Little Man Tate"", and founded her own production company, Egg Pictures, in 1992. The company's first"
"""The Morning After"", and as a writer/producer for Participant Media's ""Brain Food Daily"". Hann-Byrd resides in Los Angeles, California. In 2017, he married Dara Epstein. Adam Hann-Byrd Adam Hann-Byrd (born February 23, 1982) is an American actor and screenwriter most recognized for his roles in the films ""Jumanji"", ""The Ice Storm"", """", and as the title character in ""Little Man Tate"". Hann-Byrd was born in New York City, the son of Jacquie Hann, a children's book illustrator and author, and Jeff Byrd, a television cameraman. In 2004, Hann-Byrd graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut with degrees in psychology and film"
"Man Tate"" (1991), ""The Birdcage"" (1996), ""Practical Magic"" (1998), ""Dan in Real Life"" (2007), ""Synecdoche, New York"" (2008), ""Rabbit Hole"" (2010), and ""Sisters"" (2015). She won the 1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for ""Road to Avonlea"", and the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ""In Treatment"" (2008–09). Her other television credits include ""Law & Order"" (2000–02), and the CBS comedy series ""Life in Pieces"" (2015–present). Wiest was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Her mother, Anne Stewart (""née"" Keddie), was a nurse. Her father, Bernard John Wiest,"
"her in ""The Big Town"" (1987), recalls working with her: ""Lee Grant is a fabulous actress. Anytime she works it's a blessing you have her in your movie."" She directed several documentary films, including ""Down and Out in America"" (1986) which won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature. That same year, she directed ""Nobody's Child"", a television movie starring Marlo Thomas about a woman confined to a mental institution for twenty years. For her direction, Grant became the first female director to win the Directors Guild of America Award. In 1988, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award"
"film as a director, ""Little Man Tate"", a drama about a child prodigy who struggles to come to terms with being different. The main role was played by previously unknown actor Adam Hann-Byrd, and Foster co-starred as his working-class single mother. She had found the script from the ""slush pile"" at Orion Pictures, and explained that for her debut film she ""wanted a piece that was not autobiographical, but that had to do with the 10 philosophies I've accumulated in the past 25 years. Every single one of them, if they weren't in the script from the beginning, they're there"
"office. Her subsequent directing credits included ""Awakenings"" (1990), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, ""A League of Their Own"" (1992), ""Renaissance Man"" (1994), ""The Preacher's Wife"" (1996), and ""Riding in Cars with Boys"" (2001). She also produced ""Cinderella Man"" (2005) and ""Bewitched"" (2005) and directed episodes of the TV series ""According to Jim"" and ""United States of Tara"". Carole Penny Marshall was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York, on October 15, 1943, to Marjorie Irene (née Ward; 1908–1983), a tap dance teacher who ran the Marjorie Marshall Dance School, and Anthony ""Tony"" Masciarelli"
"★ ""Home Improvement"" - Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra, David McFadzean ★ Walt Disney Pictures - ""Aladdin"" & ""Beauty and the Beast"" ★ Beverly Hills, 90210 ★ Lisa Marie Nelson - ""Karate for Kids""<br> ★ Ann Eldridge, Mark Warshaw - ""Read Now"" ★ & Jason Weaver - """" ★ Adam Hann-Byrd - ""Little Man Tate""<br> ★ Anna Chlumsky - ""My Girl"" ★ Immature ★ TLC 14th Youth in Film Awards The 14th Youth in Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Awards), presented by the Youth in Film Association, honored outstanding youth performers under the age of 21 in"
"Mary-Louise Parker Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress and writer. After making her stage debut as Rita in a Broadway production of Craig Lucas's ""Prelude to a Kiss"" in 1990 (for which she received a Tony Award nomination), Parker came to prominence for film roles in ""Grand Canyon"" (1991), ""Fried Green Tomatoes"" (1991), ""The Client"" (1994), ""Bullets over Broadway"" (1994), ""Boys on the Side"" (1995), ""The Portrait of a Lady"" (1996), and ""The Maker"" (1997). Among stage and independent film appearances thereafter, Parker received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal"
"Janne Mortil Janne Mortil is a Vancouver-based Canadian-American actress probably best known for playing Madeleine Astor on ""Titanic"" (1996). Janne Mortil began her career in 1980 in ""Huckleberry Finn and His Friends"" TV Series. Later, she played Sally Moffat in ""Little Women"" movie. Her television credits includes TV Series ""21 Jump Street"", ""The X-Files"", """" and ""Cold Squad"". She played also Det. Tricia Kelsey on ""Street Justice"" (1991-1992) and Michelle Dupont in ""Side Effects"" (1994-1996). For the latter role, she was nominated for a 1996 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Dramatic"
"Sharon Tate"", with Hilary Duff playing the titular character. Notes Bibliography Sharon Tate Sharon Marie Tate Polanski (January 24, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she played small television roles before appearing in films and was regularly featured in fashion magazines as a model and cover girl. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic and dramatic acting performances, Tate was hailed as one of Hollywood's most promising newcomers. She made her film debut in 1961 in ""Barabbas"" with Anthony Quinn. She was seen next in 1966 with the occult-themed ""Eye of the"
"Award in 1991. In a year of recognition, he was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Performance in a Variety Special for his PBS special ""Swingin' Out Live"", which was also released as a video. In October 1991, he released his third consecutive multi-platinum album, ""Blue Light, Red Light"", on which he wrote and arranged the songs. Also in October 1991, he starred in ""Little Man Tate"", directed by Jodie Foster, playing the friend of a child prodigy who goes to college. In November 1992, Connick released ""25"", a solo piano collection of standards that again went platinum."
"Tatum O'Neal Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963) is an American actress and author. She is the youngest person ever to win a competitive Academy Award, which she won in 1974 at age 10 for her performance as Addie Loggins in ""Paper Moon"" (1973) opposite her father, Ryan O'Neal. She also starred in ""The Bad News Bears"" (1976), followed by ""Nickelodeon"" (1976), and ""Little Darlings"" (1980). O'Neal later appeared in guest roles in ""Sex and the City"", ""8 Simple Rules"" and """". From 2006 to 2007, she portrayed Blythe Hunter in the My Network TV drama series ""Wicked Wicked"
"JoBeth Williams Margaret JoBeth Williams (born December 6, 1948) is an American actress and television director. Her directorial debut with the 1994 short film ""On Hope"" earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. Since 2009, she has served as president of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Williams rose to prominence appearing in such films as ""Stir Crazy"" (1980), ""Poltergeist"" (1982), ""The Big Chill"" (1983), ""The Day After"" (1983), ""Teachers"" (1984), and """" (1986). A three-time Emmy Award nominee, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her work in"
"Piper Laurie Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs; January 22, 1932) is an American stage and screen actress known for her roles in the films ""The Hustler"" (1961), ""Carrie"" (1976), and ""Children of a Lesser God"" (1986), all of which brought her Academy Award nominations. She is also known for her performances as Kirsten Arnesen in the original TV production of ""Days of Wine and Roses"" and as Catherine Martell in the cult television series ""Twin Peaks"", for which she won a Golden Globe Award in 1991. In 2018, she appeared in the film ""White Boy Rick"". Piper Laurie was born"
"Reese Witherspoon Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Critics' Choice Awards. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Tennessee, she began her career as a teenager, making her professional screen debut in ""The Man in the Moon"" (1991), for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award. Following roles in """" (1992), ""Jack the Bear"" (1993), ""Freeway"" (1996), and ""Pleasantville"""
"Tin Man and a Cowardly Lion, she travels through the city to seek an audience with the mysterious Wiz, who they say is the only one powerful enough to send her home. Produced by Rob Cohen and directed by Sidney Lumet, the film stars Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Lena Horne and Richard Pryor. Its story was reworked from William F. Brown's Broadway libretto by Joel Schumacher, and Quincy Jones supervised the adaptation of Charlie Smalls and Luther Vandross' songs for it. A handful of new songs, written by Jones and"
"Jamie Babbit Jamie Merill Babbit (born November 16, 1970) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. She directed the films ""But I'm a Cheerleader"", ""The Quiet"" and ""Itty Bitty Titty Committee"". She has also directed episodes of television programs including ""Gilmore Girls"", ""Malcolm in the Middle"", ""United States of Tara"", ""Looking"", ""Nip/Tuck"", ""The L Word"", and ""Silicon Valley"". Babbit was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio. She grew up in Cleveland with her father, a lawyer and law school professor, and her mother who ran a treatment program for teenagers with drug and alcohol problems, before her death in 2006."
"Thelma & Louise Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American road film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri. It stars Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise, two friends who embark on a road trip with unforeseen consequences. The supporting cast include Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, and Brad Pitt in his first major film role. The film became a critical and commercial success, receiving six Academy Award nominations and winning for Best Original Screenplay. Scott was nominated for Best Director, and both Sarandon and Davis were nominated for Best Actress. At its release, the film"
"she received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Actress in a Continuing Dramatic Role in 1989. In 1991, she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Children's Special in ""Maggie's Secret"", and in 1994 she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film ""Love and Human Remains"". She has also appeared in films and television series such as ""Common Ground,"" ""Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce"", ""Rookie Blue"", ""Slasher"", """", ""Stardom"", ""Betrayal of Silence"", ""The Ultimate Betrayal"", ""Relic Hunter"", ""Mutant X"", """", ""Night Heat"" and ""Derby"". She received an ACTRA Award nomination for"
"as ""Ticket to Heaven"" (1981), ""Police Academy"" (1984), ""City Limits"" (1985), ""Big Trouble in Little China"" (1986), ""Mannequin"" (1987), ""Masquerade"" (1988), ""Midnight Crossing"" (1988), and ""The Return of the Musketeers"" (1989). She worked on several occasions with director Bob Clark, appearing in four of his films: ""Tribute"" (1980), ""Porky's"" (1982), ""Turk 182!"" (1984), and ""Baby Geniuses"" (1999). Her other film credits include ""The Bonfire of the Vanities"" (1990), """" (1991), ""Split Second"" (1992), ""Above Suspicion"" (1995), ""15 Minutes"" (2001), ""Crossroads"" (2002), ""Ice Princess"" (2005), ""My Boy Jack"" (2007), ""The Ghost Writer"" (2010), and ""Meet Monica Velour"" (2010). On stage, Cattrall"
"– ""Barton Fink"" Jonathan Demme – ""The Silence of the Lambs"" The Silence of the Lambs ""An Angel at My Table"" Ted Tally – ""The Silence of the Lambs"" Harvey Keitel – ""Bugsy"" Mercedes Ruehl – ""The Fisher King"" Ice Cube – ""Boyz n the Hood"" Juliette Lewis – ""Cape Fear"" Irv and Essie Kupcinet Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1991 The 4th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards were announced on March 5, 1992 during a ceremony at The Pump Room. They honored the finest achievements in 1991 filmmaking. The nominees were revealed in January 1992. ""Thelma & Louise"" and"
"Jane Anderson Jane Anderson (born ""c."" 1954 in California) is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and director. She wrote and directed the feature film ""The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio"" (2005), and wrote the Nicolas Cage film ""It Could Happen to You"" (1994). She won an Emmy Award for writing the screenplay for the miniseries ""Olive Kitteridge"" (2014). Prior to film directing, Anderson wrote and directed several critically acclaimed television movies, notably ""Normal"" (2003), starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson; ""The Baby Dance"" (1998), starring Stockard Channing and Laura Dern; ""The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom"""
"""Thelma & Louise"" (1991), ""Lorenzo's Oil"" (1992), and ""The Client"" (1994), finally winning in 1995 for ""Dead Man Walking"". She was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award in 1994. Additionally, she has received eight Golden Globe nominations, including for ""White Palace"" (1990), ""Stepmom"" (1998), ""Igby Goes Down"" (2002), and ""Bernard and Doris"" (2007). Her other movies include ""Little Women"" (1994), ""Anywhere but Here"" (1999), ""Cradle Will Rock"" (1999), ""The Banger Sisters"" (2002), ""Shall We Dance"" (2004), ""Alfie"" (2004), ""Romance & Cigarettes"" (2005), ""Elizabethtown"" (2005), and ""Enchanted"" (2007). Sarandon has appeared in two episodes of ""The Simpsons"", once as herself"
"Audio Theatre Festival. P. J. Ochlan P. J. Ochlan is an American actor and voice actor best known for his roles as Damon Wells in the feature film ""Little Man Tate"" (directed by and starring Jodie Foster) and Lester Shane in the television show """". He has narrated hundreds of audiobooks and has won the Audie Award and several ""AudioFile"" Earphones Awards. Ochlan appeared on Broadway in ""Abe Lincoln in Illinois"" and in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of ""Love's Labour's Lost"" for Joseph Papp. Ochlan currently resides in Los Angeles, California. P.J. Ochlan was born and raised on"
"P. J. Ochlan P. J. Ochlan is an American actor and voice actor best known for his roles as Damon Wells in the feature film ""Little Man Tate"" (directed by and starring Jodie Foster) and Lester Shane in the television show """". He has narrated hundreds of audiobooks and has won the Audie Award and several ""AudioFile"" Earphones Awards. Ochlan appeared on Broadway in ""Abe Lincoln in Illinois"" and in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of ""Love's Labour's Lost"" for Joseph Papp. Ochlan currently resides in Los Angeles, California. P.J. Ochlan was born and raised on Long Island in"
"has won and been nominated for a number of awards: Sarah Watt Sarah Ann Watt (30 August 19584 November 2011) was an Australian film director, writer and animator. Born in Sydney, Watt completed a Graduate Diploma of Film and Television (Animation) at the Swinburne Film and Television School (now Victorian College of the Arts), Melbourne in 1990. Her student film ""Catch of the Day"" was to reflect the style of future work. In 1995, she directed a short film, ""Small Treasures"", which won Best Short Film at the Venice Film Festival. In 2000, she made a program for the SBS"
"to make both documentaries and feature films. She earned great recognition for ""High Tide"" (1987) and ""The Last Days of Chez Nous"" (1992), for which she was nominated for Best Director at the 1987 and 1992 Australian Film Institute Awards (AFIs). ""The Last Days of Chez Nous"" also earned her a nomination at the Berlin Film Festival. Despite this, both films were largely unrecognised internationally Armstrong discusses the making of ""High Tide"" in the 2003 Canadian documentary ""Complete Unknown"" co-directed by Griffin Ondaatje and Craig Proctor. In 1994, Armstrong achieved her greatest Hollywood success with the adaptation of ""Little Women"","
"making feature films. Babbit lives in Los Angeles with her wife, Karey Dornetto. She has two daughters, Finley and Ryder, with her former partner, producer Andrea Sperling. Jamie Babbit Jamie Merill Babbit (born November 16, 1970) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. She directed the films ""But I'm a Cheerleader"", ""The Quiet"" and ""Itty Bitty Titty Committee"". She has also directed episodes of television programs including ""Gilmore Girls"", ""Malcolm in the Middle"", ""United States of Tara"", ""Looking"", ""Nip/Tuck"", ""The L Word"", and ""Silicon Valley"". Babbit was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio. She grew up in Cleveland with her"
"and lived in the United States for a year and a half. She played opposite Academy-award nominee Chris Sarandon in the Holocaust-themed movie ""Forced March"" (1989), and the title character in ""Eve of Destruction"" (1991), in which she portrayed an android opposite Gregory Hines. In the late 1990s she played in another Dutch film (""De Flat"") . She also acted in German television movies (and series, including ""Tatort"") in which, she said, she was rarely typecast and played more interesting characters. In 1996, she gave birth to her son, Jaïr. The films ""Dial 9"" and ""Met grote blijdschap"" (""With Great"
"""Atonement"" – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer ""'2008: ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"" – Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo ""'2009: ""Avatar"" – Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair 2010: ""Inception"" – Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat 2011: ""Hugo"" – Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo 2012: ""Les Misérables"" – Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson 2013: ""The Great Gatsby"" – Catherine Martin and Beverly Dunn 2014: ""The Grand Budapest Hotel"" – Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock 2015: """" – Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson 2016: ""Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"" – Stuart"
"Gemini Awards for her performances in Canadian television mini-series and films and won twice, both in 1993. In 1996 she played the wife of James Mink in the CBS television film ""Captive Heart: The James Mink Story"". Kate Nelligan Patricia Colleen Nelligan (born March 16, 1950), known professionally as Kate Nelligan, is a Canadian stage, film and television actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1991 film ""The Prince of Tides"", and the same year won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ""Frankie and Johnny"". She is also"