Who directed the films The Graduate, Silkwood and Primary Colours?
"The Graduate (novel) The Graduate is a 1963 novella by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. It tells the story of Benjamin Braddock, who, while pondering his future after his graduation, has an affair with the older Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner. It was adapted into the highly successful 1967 movie ""The Graduate"", directed by Mike Nichols and with Dustin Hoffman in the title role. Webb has stated he never felt comfortable with the attention the movie brought him because he felt it distracted from his status as a serious artist."
"Primary Colors (film) Primary Colors is a 1998 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Elaine May was adapted from the novel ""Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics"", a ""roman à clef"" about Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in 1992, which was originally published anonymously, but in 1996 was revealed to have been written by journalist Joe Klein, who had been covering Clinton's campaign for ""Newsweek"". The film starred John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman and Adrian Lester. It was critically acclaimed but was a box office bomb, earning $52"
"served as an officer in Actor's Equity. Walter Brooke died from emphysema in Los Angeles on August 20, 1986, aged 71. He was survived by his wife, Yvonne Brooke, and their two children, a son and a daughter. Walter Brooke Walter Brooke (born Gustav William Tweer Jr.; October 23, 1914 – August 20, 1986) was an American actor. Brooke is best known for playing Mr. McGuire in the 1967 hit film ""The Graduate"", where his character famously said ""Plastics"". Brooke was born in New York City. Brooke portrayed district attorney Frank Scanlon in the television series ""The Green Hornet"". He"
"film was ""The Graduate"" (1967), starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross. It became the highest-grossing film of 1967 and one of the biggest grossing films in history up to that date. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, with Nichols winning as Best Director. In 2007, it was ranked #17 in ""AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)"". However, getting the film made was difficult for Nichols, who, while noted for being a successful Broadway director, was still an unknown in Hollywood. Producer Lawrence Turman, who wanted only Nichols to direct it, was continually"
"film was ""The Graduate"" in 1967, starring then unknown actor Dustin Hoffman, alongside Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross. The film was another critical and financial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1967 and receiving seven Academy Award nominations, winning Nichols the Academy Award for Best Director. Among the other films he directed were ""Catch-22"" (1970), ""Carnal Knowledge"" (1971), ""Silkwood"" (1983), ""Working Girl"" (1988), ""Wolf"" (1994), ""The Birdcage"" (1996), ""Closer"" (2004), and ""Charlie Wilson's War"" (2007). Along with an Academy Award, Nichols won a Grammy Award (the first for a comedian born outside the United States), four Emmy Awards and nine"
"is used three times in the film. The Graduate (soundtrack) The Graduate is an album of songs from the soundtrack of Mike Nichols' movie ""The Graduate"", featuring many songs from the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel as well as several instrumental pieces by Dave Grusin. Released on January 21, 1968, the album was produced by Teo Macero. Although the album features two versions of the acclaimed ""Mrs. Robinson"", neither is the full version as featured on ""Bookends"". The first is an instrumental, while the second is abbreviated, tapering off as it does in the film. However, the other major song"
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"Patrick Keiller Patrick Keiller (born 1950) is a British film-maker, writer and lecturer. Keiller was born in 1950, in Blackpool and studied at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. In 1979 he joined the Royal College of Art's Department of Environmental Media as a postgraduate student. For a time he taught architecture at the University of East London and fine art at Middlesex University. His first film was ""Stonebridge Park"" (1981) followed by ""Norwood"" (1983), ""The End"" (1986), ""Valtos"" (1987) and ""The Clouds"" (1989). These films are typified by their use of subjective camera and voice-over, a technique"
"Hearts Club Band"" album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of his lifetime. Danny Boyle Daniel Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director, producer, screenwriter and theatre director, known for his work on films including ""Shallow Grave"", ""Trainspotting"" with its 2017 sequel, ""The Beach"", ""28 Days Later"", ""Sunshine"", ""Slumdog Millionaire"", ""127 Hours"", and ""Steve Jobs"". His debut film ""Shallow Grave"" won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The British Film Institute ranked ""Trainspotting"" the 10th greatest British film of the 20th century. Boyle's 2008 film ""Slumdog Millionaire"", the most successful British film of the decade,"
"for Best Direction (Nichols), BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles (Hoffman), the BAFTA Award for Best Editing (Sam O'Steen). Bancroft was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. In 1996, ""The Graduate"" was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"", and placed #21 on the list of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada, adjusted for inflation. Years later in interviews, Bancroft conceded that, much to her surprise, Mrs. Robinson was the role with which she"
"The Graduate (soundtrack) The Graduate is an album of songs from the soundtrack of Mike Nichols' movie ""The Graduate"", featuring many songs from the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel as well as several instrumental pieces by Dave Grusin. Released on January 21, 1968, the album was produced by Teo Macero. Although the album features two versions of the acclaimed ""Mrs. Robinson"", neither is the full version as featured on ""Bookends"". The first is an instrumental, while the second is abbreviated, tapering off as it does in the film. However, the other major song of the album, ""The Sound of Silence"""
"The Principal The Principal is a 1987 crime thriller action film starring Jim Belushi and Louis Gossett, Jr. It was written by Frank Deese and directed by Christopher Cain. It was filmed in Oakland, California and distributed by TriStar Pictures on Panavision. Belushi reprised his role as Rick Latimer in the 1990 film ""Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe"". Rick Latimer (Jim Belushi) is a high-school teacher with a drinking problem. Spotting his ex-wife Kimberly (Sharon Thomas Cain) in a bar one night, Rick gets into a fight with the man she is with, culminating in his beating the hapless man's"
"based on 21 reviews. The First Grader The First Grader is a 2010 biographical drama film directed by Justin Chadwick. It stars Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, and Tony Kgoroge. The film is based on the true story of Kimani Maruge, a Kenyan farmer who enrolled in elementary school at the age of 84 following the Kenyan government's announcement of free universal primary education in 2003. In 2003, a disc jockey announces over a Kenyan radio station that the government is offering free primary school education to all natives who can prove citizenship with a birth certificate. Kimani Maruge (Litondo), an"
"Tracey Seaward Tracey Seaward (born 1965) is an English film producer. Seaward was educated at Wolfreton School and Hull College, before studying film and cultural studies at Trinity College, Leeds. She has produced the Stephen Frears-directed films ""Dirty Pretty Things"" (2002), ""Mrs Henderson Presents"" (2005), ""The Queen"" (2006), ""Cheri"" (2009) and ""Tamara Drewe"" (2010). ""The Queen"" was awarded the BAFTA Award for Best Film in 2007, which Seaward shared with the other two producers. In 2008 Seaward was presented with an honorary degree from the University of Hull. In 2012 Seaward was the Producer of the Summer Olympics opening ceremony"
"Sedgwick and Vincent D'Onofrio. Jay Alaimo Jay Alaimo (born James Joseph Alaimo III; 1972 in Suffield, Connecticut) is an American film director, writer and producer. He graduated from Roanoke College where he was a member of Alpha Psi Omega National Theatre Honor Society. Alaimo's first film, ""Pretzel"", was made in 2001 which he wrote, directed, produced and appeared in as ""Pierre Alexander"". He then co-wrote, directed and co-produced ""Slingshot"", which had its world premiere at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival. In 2006, he directed episodes of the television series ""Scrubs"". Starting in 2011 and through 2012, he directed the independent"
"decided to enroll in film school. He received his master's degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2002. At age 26, he directed the feature film ""Heights"" (Sony Pictures Classics, 2005), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It follows a pivotal twenty-four hours in the interconnected lives of five New Yorkers. It stars Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden and Jesse Bradford, and features Isabella Rossellini, George Segal and Rufus Wainwright in small roles. It was one of the final films produced by Ismail Merchant. The film won a ""Best Independent Feature Film Casting"" award from the"
"- and few prospects of passing the Baccalauréat, the final set of exams French students take before embarking into the world...to do what? Marking the last work of Pialat's turbulent cycle of 1970s films, this is the sequel to the filmmaker's feature debut ""L'Enfance Nue"" (1969) - picked up again from a vantage point ten years on from the lives of the earlier film's protagonists."" Graduate First Graduate First () is a 1978 French drama film directed by Maurice Pialat and starring Sabine Haudepin. The film is set in the north of France, in Lens, in a region profoundly affected"
"The First Grader The First Grader is a 2010 biographical drama film directed by Justin Chadwick. It stars Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, and Tony Kgoroge. The film is based on the true story of Kimani Maruge, a Kenyan farmer who enrolled in elementary school at the age of 84 following the Kenyan government's announcement of free universal primary education in 2003. In 2003, a disc jockey announces over a Kenyan radio station that the government is offering free primary school education to all natives who can prove citizenship with a birth certificate. Kimani Maruge (Litondo), an 84-year-old villager, hears this"
"in London. Tracey Seaward Tracey Seaward (born 1965) is an English film producer. Seaward was educated at Wolfreton School and Hull College, before studying film and cultural studies at Trinity College, Leeds. She has produced the Stephen Frears-directed films ""Dirty Pretty Things"" (2002), ""Mrs Henderson Presents"" (2005), ""The Queen"" (2006), ""Cheri"" (2009) and ""Tamara Drewe"" (2010). ""The Queen"" was awarded the BAFTA Award for Best Film in 2007, which Seaward shared with the other two producers. In 2008 Seaward was presented with an honorary degree from the University of Hull. In 2012 Seaward was the Producer of the Summer Olympics"
"2015, aboard the Midnight Rambler, a sailboat, off the coast of Montauk, N.Y. Michael Sucsy Michael Sucsy (born February 14, 1973) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for creating the HBO film ""Grey Gardens"". Sucsy was raised in Connecticut and New York City and is a graduate of Deerfield Academy, Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (where he earned a degree in International Relations, Law & Organization), and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA (Masters in Fine Arts). Sucsy segued from studying international relations to film production via"
"Walter Brooke Walter Brooke (born Gustav William Tweer Jr.; October 23, 1914 – August 20, 1986) was an American actor. Brooke is best known for playing Mr. McGuire in the 1967 hit film ""The Graduate"", where his character famously said ""Plastics"". Brooke was born in New York City. Brooke portrayed district attorney Frank Scanlon in the television series ""The Green Hornet"". He also played Clarence Johnson in ""The Waltons"", Walter Montgomery in ""Paradise Bay"", Billy Herbert in ""One Man's Family"", and Judge Howe in """". He played several naval officers a few times in the series ""McHale's Navy"" and an"
"University School of the Arts, Barnard College, The New School and the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema. Christina Kallas Christina Kallas is a director, writer and producer. She is best known for her feature films ""The Rainbow Experiment"", ""42 Seconds of Happiness"", ""The Commissioner"" and more. Christina was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and graduated from Free University Berlin with a double master’s degree in film and music studies, and a PhD in film studies. She lives in New York City. She produced and penned the screenplay for ""The Commissioner"" directed by George Sluizer starring John Hurt, nominated for the Golden"
"for the award (three others, Lee Daniels, Barry Jenkins and Jordan Peele, have been nominated since). The film has since attained classic status and, in 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film ""culturally significant"" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. His directing ability led to the VFX-driven ""Remember the Time"" music video for Michael Jackson, which featured Eddie Murphy, Iman and Magic Johnson. His next films were ""Poetic Justice"" (1993) and ""Higher Learning"" (1995), which were similarly socially conscious and received mixed to positive reviews. In 1997, his film ""Rosewood"", a historical drama"
"Sarah Greenwood Sarah Greenwood is a British production designer. She has been nominated six times for an Academy Award – in 2006 for ""Pride & Prejudice"", in 2008 for ""Atonement"", in 2010 for ""Sherlock Holmes"", in 2013 for ""Anna Karenina"" and in 2018 for both ""Beauty and the Beast"", and ""Darkest Hour"". In 2013, she was elected best production designer for ""Anna Karenina"" at the 66th British Academy Film Awards, the 26th European Film Awards, and won the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Period Film for the same film. She studied at the Wimbledon College of Art and"
"reunite with Garfunkel. The duo recorded four more influential albums: ""Sounds of Silence""; ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme""; ""Bookends""; and the hugely successful ""Bridge over Troubled Water"". They contributed to the soundtrack of the 1967 Mike Nichols film ""The Graduate"" (starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft). While writing ""Mrs. Robinson"", Simon originally considered the title ""Mrs. Roosevelt"". When Garfunkel reported this indecision over the song's name to the director, Nichols replied, ""Don't be ridiculous! We're making a movie here! It's Mrs. Robinson!"" Simon & Garfunkel traveled together to England in the fall of 1968. They made a concert appearance at"
"6 features independently, including ""Cinnamon Rain"" (2001), ""The Babyslitter"" (2003) and ""Lunar"" (2005). Glenn Triggs Glenn Triggs (born April 1, 1983) is an Australian film writer, director, producer, editor and music composer who has directed such films as ""The Comet Kids"" (2017), ""41"" (2012), ""Apocalyptic"" (2014) and ""Cinemaphobia"" (2009). Triggs grew up in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. In his final year of high school, Triggs's first attempt at a feature film, ""No One"", was selected for the Top Arts awards. Triggs studied film and television at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2003 at the age of 19"
"Gregory Hoblit Gregory King Hoblit (born November 27, 1944) is an American film director, television director and television producer. He is known for directing the critically acclaimed films ""Primal Fear"", ‘’Fallen’’ , ""Frequency"", ‘‘Hart's War’’ , ""Fracture"". He has won nine Primetime Emmy Awards for directing and producing ""Hill Street Blues"", ""NYPD Blue"", ""L.A. Law"", ""Hooperman"" and the television film ""Roe vs. Wade"". Hoblit was born in Abilene, Texas, the son of Elizabeth Hubbard King and Harold Foster Hoblit, an FBI agent. Much of Hoblit's work is oriented towards police, attorneys and legal cases. Hoblit has directed and produced the"
"Graduate First Graduate First () is a 1978 French drama film directed by Maurice Pialat and starring Sabine Haudepin. The film is set in the north of France, in Lens, in a region profoundly affected by unemployment - the students, from modest backgrounds, try to forget their fears of what tomorrow will bring. The film is an ""unsparing portrait of teenage life in the French suburbs [that] sees a group of schoolfriends adrift at the end of the 1970s. There's drama, violence, and pot-induced laughs, group holidays, indiscriminate sex, advances from teachers twenty-five years their seniors, attempted moves to Paris"
"The Graduates (2008 film) The Graduates is a 2008 American coming-of-age teen comedy film directed and written by Ryan Gielen. The film is produced by Ryan Gielen, Matthew Gielen, Josh Davis and Caitlin Marshall. The film tells the story of Ben (played by Rob Bradford), Andy (played by Blake Merriman), Mattie (played by Nick Vergara), and Nickie (played by Michael Pennacchio) recent highschool graduates who go to Ocean City, Maryland for Senior Week or Beach Week. The film explores the life of 18-year-old Ben, shortly after earning his degree from an unnamed high school in Maryland. Ben is heading to"
"the Edge"" (1990) starring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine; ""Primary Colors"" (1998) starring John Travolta and Emma Thompson; and ""The Birdcage"" (1996), an American remake of the 1978 French film ""La Cage aux Folles"" starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest. Both ""The Birdcage"" and ""Primary Colors"" were written by Elaine May, Nichols' comedy partner earlier in his career. Other films directed by Nichols include ""Regarding Henry"" (1991) starring Harrison Ford and ""Wolf"" (1994) starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer. When he was honored by Lincoln Center in 1999 for his life's work, Elaine May—speaking once again"
"South Carolina in 1972. He attended Stephen F. Austin State University as a Mathematics major. Before becoming a filmmaker, he worked as a developer of flight-simulation software. For his independent film ""Primer"", Carruth wrote, directed, produced, and performed one of the two main roles; he also composed the score. The film was honored at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival with the Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P. Sloan Award. Carruth, a former software engineer with an undergraduate degree in mathematics, used his technical knowledge extensively on the project. On January 21, 2013, Carruth premiered his film ""Upstream Color"" at"
"consensus reads, ""The music, the performances, the precision in capturing the post-college malaise—""The Graduate""s coming-of-age story is indeed one for the ages."" On the similar website Metacritic, the film holds a score of 77 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture (Lawrence Turman), Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Best Actress (Anne Bancroft), Best Supporting Actress (Katharine Ross), Best Adapted Screenplay (Buck Henry and Calder Willingham), and Best Cinematography (Robert L. Surtees). Mike Nichols won the Academy Award for Best Director. The film also received Golden Globe Award nominations"
"alongside Marilyn Monroe. They also recorded a series of short sketches for the radio program ""Monitor"", which were aired over several years in the 1960s. The duo discontinued the act in 1961, with each pursuing different careers. Nichols worked as a film director, and directed such films as ""Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"" and ""The Graduate"", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. May appeares in an uncredited cameo in ""The Graduate."" May primarily worked as a screenwriter, writing such films as ""A New Leaf"", which she also directed and played the lead role, and ""Heaven Can"