Who directed the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave?
"displays a series of graphics recounting Northup's unsuccessful suits against Brown, Hamilton, and Burch, along with the 1853 publication of Northup's slave narrative memoir, ""Twelve Years a Slave"". The memoir describes his role in the abolitionist movement and the mystery surrounding details of his death and burial. Patsey and Northup never met again. Quvenzhané Wallis and Dwight Henry have small roles as Margaret Northup and Uncle Abram, respectively. After meeting screenwriter John Ridley at a Creative Artists Agency screening of ""Hunger"" in 2008, director Steve McQueen got in touch with Ridley about his interest in making a film about ""the"
"Steve McQueen (director) Steven Rodney McQueen (born 9 October 1969) is a British film director and screenwriter. For his 2013 film, ""12 Years a Slave"", a historical drama adaptation of an 1853 slave narrative memoir, he won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award for Best Film, and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, as a producer, and he also received the award for Best Director from the New York Film Critics Circle. McQueen is the first black filmmaker to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. McQueen frequently collaborates with actor Michael Fassbender, who has starred in three"
"12 Years a Slave (film) 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 period drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir ""Twelve Years a Slave"" by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup was put to work on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before being released. The first scholarly edition of Northup's memoir, co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon, carefully retraced and validated the account and concluded it to be accurate. Other"
"a sex addict whose life is suddenly turned upside-down when his estranged sister (Carey Mulligan) reappears. McQueen's next film was ""12 Years a Slave"" (2013). Based on the 1853 autobiography of the same name by Solomon Northup, the film tells the story of a free black man who is kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery, working on plantations in the state of Louisiana for twelve years before being released. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in March 2014, becoming the first Best Picture winner to have a black director or producer. McQueen signed on to develop"
"""12 Years a Slave"" was named the best film of 2013 by several media outlets. The film holds a rating of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, indicating ""universal acclaim"". It earned over $187 million on a production budget of $22 million. The film won three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Nyong'o, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Ridley. The Best Picture win made McQueen the first black British producer to ever receive the award and the first black British director of a Best Picture winner. The film was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture"
"12 Years a Slave (score) 12 Years a Slave is the original soundtrack album to the 2013 film ""12 Years a Slave"" starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, and Lupita Nyong'o. The record contains twenty-one tracks from the original film score written and composed by Hans Zimmer. The score was widely admired and thought of as a contender for the Academy Award for Original Music Score at the 86th Academy Awards. Critical acclaim has been given to the score itself, with high praise and widespread acclaim across the film industry being bestowed upon it, despite its limited"
"films of 2013 by various ongoing critics, appearing on 100 critics' top-ten lists in which 25 had the film in their number-one spot. This is both the most of any film released in its production year. 12 Years a Slave (film) 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 period drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir ""Twelve Years a Slave"" by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup was put to work on plantations in the state of"
"d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. His most recent film, ""12 Years a Slave"" (2013), won several major international awards, and McQueen is the first black filmmaker to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. Numerous Black British actors have become successful in US television, such as Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Idris Elba, Lennie James, Marsha Thomason and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Black British actors are also increasingly found starring in major Hollywood movies, notable examples include Adrian Lester, Antonia Thomas, Ashley Walters, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Salmon, Daniel Kaluuya, David Harewood, David Oyelowo, Delroy Lindo, Eamonn Walker, Franz Drameh, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Hugh Quarshie,"
"in 1840s Louisiana. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, and Paul Giamatti. ""12 Years a Slave"" (2013) won three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Nyong'o, and Best Adapted Screenplay for John Ridley. In her acceptance speech, Nyong'o paid tribute to Walker, describing him as ""the invisible performer in the editing room."". The film was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts recognized it with the Best Film and Best Actor for Ejiofor. Walker's partnership with Denis"
"by John Ridley, the picture stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup. Much of the photography was taken in the summer of 2012 in the New Orleans area. ""Twelve Years a Slave"" won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Picture. In his acceptance speech for the honor, director McQueen thanked Eakin: ""I'd like to thank this amazing historian, Sue Eakin, whose life — she gave her life's work to preserving Solomon’s book."" Eakin discovered Northup's narrative when she was twelve years of age and again when in college; in time, she pushed the project to fruition after many years of work."
"films of 2013, each taking three top honors. The former won Best Picture, Best Screenplay (John Ridley), and Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong'o), while the latter won Best Director (Alfonso Cuarón), Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki), and Best Musical Score (Steven Price). The Best Picture win for ""12 Years a Slave"" continued a trend of critics groups across the United States giving their top prizes to the film adaptation of the autobiography by Solomon Northup, a free negro who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. Only one other film, ""Dallas Buyers Club"", earned multiple 2013 honors from the DFWFCA. Set in"
"produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actress Ellen DeGeneres hosted the show for the second time, having previously hosted the 79th ceremony held in 2007. In related events, the Academy held its 5th annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 16, 2013. On February 15, 2014, in a ceremony at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Kristen Bell and Michael B. Jordan. ""12 Years a Slave"" won three awards including Best Picture. ""Gravity"""
"major directors: Steve McQueen and Denis Villeneuve . His first collaboration with McQueen, ""Hunger"" (2008), was a portrayal of the IRA hunger strikes at Long Kesh starring Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands. It won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Joining again the team of McQueen, Fassbender and cinematographer Sean Bobbitt, Walker cut ""Shame"" (2011). This told the story of a successful Manhattanite navigating the terrain of sexual obsession on a path towards self-destruction. Their third collaboration was ""12 Years a Slave"" (2013), the true story of Solomon Northup, a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery, set"
"John Ridley John Ridley IV (born October 1965) is an American screenwriter, film director, novelist, and showrunner, known for ""12 Years a Slave"", for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also the creator and showrunner of the critically acclaimed anthology series ""American Crime"". His most recent work is the documentary film """". Ridley was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was raised from the age of seven in Mequon, Wisconsin, with an ophthalmologist father, John Ridley, III, and a mother, Terry Ridley, who was a special education teacher for Milwaukee Public Schools. He has two"
"29th Independent Spirit Awards The 29th Independent Spirit Awards announced its nominees on November 27, 2013. The winners were announced on March 1, 2014. It was hosted by Patton Oswalt. Winners are listed first and in bold. 12 Years a Slave Fruitvale Station"", Director: Ryan Coogler; Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker Steve McQueen – ""12 Years a Slave"" Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas Buyers Club"" Cate Blanchett – ""Blue Jasmine"" Jared Leto – ""Dallas Buyers Club"" Lupita Nyong'o – ""12 Years a Slave"" John Ridley – ""12 Years a Slave"" Bob Nelson – ""Nebraska"" Sean Bobbitt – ""12 Years a"
"the source material and focused his attention on the subjects of racial slavery and colonization, and the deep relationships between the two friends. He was more drawn to the project since it dealt with themes of faith in a very ""potent manner"". The studio approached him in October 2013, after he wrote the screenplay for ""12 Years a Slave"", which went on to win an Oscar the following year. The studio wanted him to make ""a production polish that deals with just honing the story and making it filmable."" Tom Hiddleston was originally considered for the title role, Judah Ben-Hur."
"12 (2003 film) 12 is an independent feature film written, directed, edited and produced over the course of 10 years by filmmaker Lawrence Bridges. Considered the longest continuous production in film's history, ""12"" is also the first film to use the aging of its actors as a practical effect. The film received acclaim from such notable publications as Variety, Shoot, and The Los Angeles Times, while playing at over 15 festivals worldwide. The film is a postmodern spoof that tells the story of Zeus' modern day illegitimate children, Filmore (Tony Griffin) and his half-sister Marie-Noel (Alison Elliott), who are forced"
"distribute ""12 Years a Slave"" to international markets. In April 2012, a few weeks before principal photography, New Regency Productions agreed to co-finance the film. Because of a distribution pact between 20th Century Fox and New Regency, Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired the film's United States distribution rights. However, instead of paying for the distribution rights, Fox Searchlight made a deal in which it would share box-office proceeds with the financiers of the independently financed film. ""12 Years a Slave"" was commercially released on , 2013 in the United States for a limited release of 19 theaters, with a wide release"
"in order to take advantage of the attention created by awards seasons. During its marketing campaign, ""12 Years a Slave"" received unpaid endorsements by celebrities such as Kanye West and P. Diddy. In a video posted by Revolt, Combs urged viewers to see ""12 Years a Slave"" by stating: ""This movie is very painful but very honest, and is a part of the healing process. I beg all of you to take your kids, everybody to see it. ... You have to see this so you can understand, so you can just start to understand."" Following its cinematic release in"
"film of the same name. The end of 2013 saw the release of ""12 Years a Slave"", which ultimately won the coveted Best Picture Award at the 2014 Oscars. In 2014 he went on to work on ""Kill the Messenger"" and Barry Levinson's ""Rock the Kasbah"", starring Bill Murray. Bobbitt won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for his work on ""12 Years a Slave"". In the same year he was also nominated for a BAFTA, American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Award, Satellite Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, amongst many others. Sean Bobbitt Sean Francis Bobbitt, B.S.C. (born"
"appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2002, he was created Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the visual arts. McQueen is a former fan of English football club Tottenham Hotspur, quitting after admitting that it affected his day too much. Steve McQueen (director) Steven Rodney McQueen (born 9 October 1969) is a British film director and screenwriter. For his 2013 film, ""12 Years a Slave"", a historical drama adaptation of an 1853 slave narrative memoir, he won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award for"
"when she was cast for Steve McQueen's historical drama ""12 Years a Slave"" (2013). The film, which met with wide critical acclaim, is based on the life of Solomon Northup (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free-born African-American man of upstate New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in Washington, DC, in 1841. Nyong'o played the role of Patsey, a slave who works alongside Northup at a Louisiana cotton plantation; her performance met with rave reviews. Ian Freer of ""Empire"" wrote that she ""gives one of the most committed big-screen debuts imaginable,"" and critic Peter Travers added that she"
"third youngest in all categories. However, she was just six during the filming. Wallis is the first African-American child actor to earn an Oscar nomination. She is also the first person born in the 21st century to be nominated for an Academy Award. Wallis had a role in the film ""12 Years a Slave"" (2013), and collaborated with Sundance for the second time on a short film called ""Boneshaker"". In 2014, she played the title character in a remake of the musical ""Annie"". For this, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture"
"ability to truly bring about a newfound racial consciousness among a national, mainstream audience ... The film also was a period piece that featured a happy ending ushered in by a 'white savior' in the form of Brad Pitt's character."" ""12 Years a Slave"" has received numerous awards and nominations. It earned three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. The film also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film, while Ejiofor received the Best Actor award. In addition, the motion picture has been named as one of the best"
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"roles by stating “only 4 out of 10 movies turn a profit, according to the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers. But because pictures with nearly all-black casts come along more infrequently, they tend to stand out more when they fail"". The then and now 2014 Academy Awards were a turning point for African-American films, with the film ""12 Years a Slave"" taking home the Oscar for Best Picture. In 2013, five African-American films were released (""12 Years a Slave"", ""Fruitvale Station"", ""Lee Daniels' The Butler"", ""Best Man Holiday"" and """"). The release of such films had a broader"
"Short Term 12 Short Term 12 is a 2013 American independent drama film written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton based on Cretton's short film of the same name, produced in 2009. The film stars Brie Larson as Grace Howard, a young supervisor of a group home for troubled teenagers. The film was the first leading performance of Larson's career. Cretton based ""Short Term 12"" on his own experience working in a group facility for teenagers. He first wrote and produced a short film based on the idea and later adapted it into a feature-length screenplay. While Larson and John"
"Outstanding British Film, Best Cinematography, Best Original Music, Best Sound, and Best Special Visual Effects. ""12 Years a Slave"" won Best Film and Best Actor in a Leading Role for Chiwetel Ejiofor. Cate Blanchett won Best Actress in a Leading Role for ""Blue Jasmine"", Barkhad Abdi won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for ""Captain Phillips"", and Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ""American Hustle"". The ceremony was broadcast on BBC One and BBC Three. It was hosted by Stephen Fry, the ninth time he's hosted the ceremony. The ceremony opened with a duet call ""Heroes"""
"Alice Baker (set decorator) Alice Baker is a set decorator best known for her work on the film ""12 Years a Slave"". With production designer Adam Stockhausen, Baker was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Production Design for her work on the period drama. Baker served as set decorator on the film ""12 Years a Slave"", Steve McQueen's 2013 adaptation of Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir. As the historical drama was shot in New Orleans, but took place in Saratoga Springs, New York and on a ship as well as in Louisiana, Baker and Stockhausen used stereoscopic images and other"
"19th Critics' Choice Awards The 19th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 16, 2014 at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, honoring the finest achievements of 2013 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Aisha Tyler. The nominees were announced on December 16, 2013. 12 Years a Slave Alfonso Cuarón – ""Gravity Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas Buyers Club"" as Ron Woodroof Cate Blanchett – ""Blue Jasmine"" as Jeanette ""Jasmine"" Francis Jared Leto – ""Dallas Buyers Club"" as Rayon Lupita Nyong'o – ""12 Years a Slave"" as Patsey Adèle Exarchopoulos – ""Blue Is the"
"very different characters, both used an interpretation of Christianity to justify their ownership of slaves. They believed the Bible sanctioned slavery, and that it was their 'Christian duty' to preach the scriptures to their slaves."" ""12 Years a Slave"" premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2013; it was later screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, the New York Film Festival on October 8, the New Orleans Film Festival on October 10, and the Philadelphia Film Festival on October 19. On November 15, 2011, Summit Entertainment announced it had secured a deal to"
"video for ""Fidelity"" by Regina Spektor, directed by McNairy's friend Marc Webb. McNairy has been married to actress Whitney Able since 2010. They initially started dating in Los Angeles about six months before co-starring in ""Monsters"". They have two children. McNairy has had one nomination and one win for ""In Search of a Midnight Kiss"". Scoot McNairy John Marcus McNairy (born November 11, 1977) known professionally as Scoot McNairy, is an American actor and producer known for his roles in films including ""Monsters"", ""Argo"", ""Killing Them Softly"", ""12 Years a Slave"", ""Frank"", ""Gone Girl"", and """". In television, he starred"