"Who directed the films 'Picnic at Hanging Rock"" and ""Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'?"
"The Plumber (1979 film) The Plumber is a 1979 Australian psychological thriller film about a psychotic plumber who befriends a woman. Written and directed by Peter Weir, ""The Plumber"" was originally made and broadcast as a television film in Australia in 1979 but was subsequently released to theatres in several countries beginning with the United States in 1981. The film was made shortly after Weir's critically acclaimed ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" became one of the first Australian films to appeal to an international audience. The film stars Judy Morris, Ivar Kants, and Robert Coleby, all of them being most notable"
"period of her career, to work as a negative cutter on such films as ""Mad Max"" (1979), ""My Brilliant Career"" (1979) and ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" (1975). Margaret Cardin Margaret Cardin (1906–1998), more commonly known as Maggie Cardin, was an Australian film editor and negative cutter, who worked on films such as ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" (1975), the original ""Mad Max"" (1979) and the sequel, """"(1981) Cardin was born in 1906 in London, to French parents. She attended school in England, being educated at a convent in London and she finished her schooling in France. Her mother died whilst on"
"Margaret Cardin Margaret Cardin (1906–1998), more commonly known as Maggie Cardin, was an Australian film editor and negative cutter, who worked on films such as ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" (1975), the original ""Mad Max"" (1979) and the sequel, """"(1981) Cardin was born in 1906 in London, to French parents. She attended school in England, being educated at a convent in London and she finished her schooling in France. Her mother died whilst on the ""RMS Titanic"", the cruise ship that struck a large iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage in 1912. Cardin worked in the technical area"
"to the reason for the stops. Chris Rock Christopher Julius Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. After working as a standup comic and appearing in small film roles, Rock came to wider prominence as a cast member of ""Saturday Night Live"" in the early 1990s. He went on to more prominent film appearances, with starring roles in ""Down to Earth"" (2001), ""Head of State"" (2003), ""The Longest Yard"" (2005), the ""Madagascar"" film series (2005–2012), ""Grown Ups"" (2010), its sequel ""Grown Ups 2"" (2013), ""Top Five"" (2014), and a series of acclaimed"
"Chris Rock Christopher Julius Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. After working as a standup comic and appearing in small film roles, Rock came to wider prominence as a cast member of ""Saturday Night Live"" in the early 1990s. He went on to more prominent film appearances, with starring roles in ""Down to Earth"" (2001), ""Head of State"" (2003), ""The Longest Yard"" (2005), the ""Madagascar"" film series (2005–2012), ""Grown Ups"" (2010), its sequel ""Grown Ups 2"" (2013), ""Top Five"" (2014), and a series of acclaimed comedy specials for HBO. He developed,"
"of a year."" Japanese film director Kiyoshi Kurosawa expresses admiration for Fleischer. Source: Wins Nominations Notes Richard Fleischer Richard O. Fleischer (; December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director known for such movies as ""The Narrow Margin"" (1952), ""Fantastic Voyage"" (1966) and ""Soylent Green"" (1973). Richard Fleischer was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the son of Essie (née Goldstein) and animator/producer Max Fleischer, a native of Kraków, Poland. After graduating from Brown University, he went to Yale School of Drama, where he met his future wife, Mary Dickson. His film career began in"
"were period films, ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"", ""The Getting of Wisdom"", ""Between Wars"". I felt this reflected a society that was unable to come to terms with where it was at. I know you have to look into the past and find your heroes but it seemed to me that it was reflective of a desire not to face up to where we were at. That also coincided with where I was at personally in my relationship to women and to Haydn [former collaborator Haydn Keenan], so I thought I should make a film about leaving the past behind and"
"film by a first-time director, the FIPRESCI European Critics Prize, Best Canadian Film Prize at the Atlantic Film Festival, Best Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Festival, Best Screenplay at the Mar del Plata Festival, and a number of other awards. The film made its U.S. debut at the Sundance Film Festival. His second project, which was actually in progress prior to ""The Hanging Garden"", was the muscle magazine docu-comedy ""Beefcake"" (1999). The story of fitness photographer Bob Mizer (played by Daniel MacIvor) and the wave of fitness magazines in the 1950s, it was commissioned for television by Channel 4"
"said Boyd was so quiet during filming that he mostly used only three words: ""Yeah, right and sure."" Russell Boyd Russell Boyd ACS ASC (born 21 April 1944) is an Australian cinematographer. He rose to prominence with his highly praised work on ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" (1975), the first of several collaborations with director Peter Weir. He is also a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Boyd served as cinematographer for ""Tender Mercies"", a 1983 film about an alcoholic country singer played by Robert Duvall. Boyd largely utilized available light to give"
"Terrence Malick Terrence Frederick Malick (; born November 30, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Malick began his career as part of the New Hollywood film-making wave with the films ""Badlands"" (1973), about a murderous couple on the run in the American badlands, and ""Days of Heaven"" (1978), which detailed the love-triangle between two labourers and a wealthy farmer, before a lengthy hiatus. He returned to directing with films such as ""The Thin Red Line"" (1998), ""The New World"" (2005), and ""The Tree of Life"" (2011), being awarded the Golden Bear at the 49th Berlin International Film"
"Kevin Reynolds (director) Kevin Hal Reynolds (born January 17, 1952) is an American film director and screenwriter. He directed """", ""Waterworld"", ""The Count of Monte Cristo"", the cult classic ""Fandango"", and the 2016 film ""Risen"". He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the History miniseries ""Hatfields & McCoys"". Reynolds was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of former Baylor University President Herbert H. Reynolds. Reynolds enjoyed initial successes co-writing the Cold War hit ""Red Dawn"" in 1984 and writing and directing the Steven Spielberg-produced ""Fandango"" in 1985. He began a long friendship with Kevin Costner after hiring"
"Cliff Green Cliff Green (born 6 Dec 1934, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian screen writer, whose best known work is ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" (1975). He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 2009. This award was for services to the Australian film and television industry as a screenwriter and educator. His TV writing is used as an example of economy, wit and minimal formal camera directions in at least one screenwriting textbook. He also served on the board of the Victorian Film Corporation from 1977 to 1984. His screenplay 'Boy Soldiers'"
"America Awards. Peter Crane (director) Peter Crane (born December 22, 1948 in London, England) is a British film director, film producer and television director. He directed the feature films ""Assassin"" (1973) and ""Moments"" (1974). He also directed episodes of the American television series ""B. J. and the Bear"", ""Darkroom"", ""The Fall Guy"", ""Knight Rider"", ""Masquerade"". ""Moonlighting"", ""Murder, She Wrote"", ""Guns of Paradise"", ""Hunter"" and """", his last directing credit. He also produced numerous films including ""The Passion of Ayn Rand"" (1999), in which he was nominated for the Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform at the 2000 Producers"
"with people who face some form of crisis after finding themselves isolated from society in some way – either physically (""Witness"", ""Mosquito Coast"", ""The Truman Show"", ""Master and Commander""), socially/culturally (""Picnic at Hanging Rock"", ""The Last Wave"", ""Dead Poets Society"", ""Green Card"") or psychologically (""Fearless""). Weir's major breakthrough in Australia and internationally was the lush, atmospheric period mystery ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" (1975), made with substantial backing from the state-funded South Australian Film Corporation and filmed on location in South Australia and rural Victoria. Based on the novel by Joan Lindsay, the film relates the purportedly ""true"" story of a"
"Peter Crane (director) Peter Crane (born December 22, 1948 in London, England) is a British film director, film producer and television director. He directed the feature films ""Assassin"" (1973) and ""Moments"" (1974). He also directed episodes of the American television series ""B. J. and the Bear"", ""Darkroom"", ""The Fall Guy"", ""Knight Rider"", ""Masquerade"". ""Moonlighting"", ""Murder, She Wrote"", ""Guns of Paradise"", ""Hunter"" and """", his last directing credit. He also produced numerous films including ""The Passion of Ayn Rand"" (1999), in which he was nominated for the Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform at the 2000 Producers Guild of"
"Richard Fleischer Richard O. Fleischer (; December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director known for such movies as ""The Narrow Margin"" (1952), ""Fantastic Voyage"" (1966) and ""Soylent Green"" (1973). Richard Fleischer was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the son of Essie (née Goldstein) and animator/producer Max Fleischer, a native of Kraków, Poland. After graduating from Brown University, he went to Yale School of Drama, where he met his future wife, Mary Dickson. His film career began in 1942 at the RKO studio, directing shorts, documentaries, and compilations of forgotten silent features, which he"
"married to Iranian-born film director Ramin Niami and has two children. Karen Robson Karen Robson (born 19 March 1957) is an Australian film financier, producer and actress, best known for her portrayal of the mysterious brunette Irma in the Peter Weir cult classic ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"". She was born in Malacca, Malaysia. After ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"", Robson moved into film production which she has now worked in since 1986. She is now a partner at the Los Angeles branch of the entertainment law firm Pryor Cashman, where she opened an LA office, and specializes in film finance. Robson"
"was the first Australian drama to receive an Emmy nomination. In 1981 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation produced ""I Can Jump Puddles"", a mini-series written by Cliff Green based on Alan Marshall's autobiographical stories. 1976 - AWGIE (Best Screenplay) 1979 - 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' Nominated for a Saturn Award (Best Writing) 1990 - AWG Richard Lane Award 1991 - International Emmy nomination for the screenplay of 'Boy Soldiers' 2009 - Order Of Australia Medal Cliff Green Cliff Green (born 6 Dec 1934, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian screen writer, whose best known work is ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" (1975). He"
"Garth Jennings Garth Jennings (born March 4, 1972) is a British film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is best known for directing the films ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"", ""Son of Rambow"" and ""Sing"". Jennings co-founded the production company Hammer & Tongs. In 1993, Jennings co-founded the production company Hammer & Tongs alongside Dominic Leung and Nick Goldsmith. The production company was primarily responsible for directing and writing music videos. Their music video for Radiohead's song ""Lotus Flower"" earned Jennings a nomination at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. As a member of Hammer & Tongs, Jennings directed a"
"Jack Fisk Jack Fisk (born December 19, 1946 in Canton, Illinois) is an American production designer and director. As a production designer, he is known for his collaborations with Terrence Malick, designing all of his eight films including; ""Badlands"" (1973), ""Days of Heaven"" (1978), ""The Thin Red Line"" (1998) and ""The Tree of Life"" (2011). His other credits include films like; ""Phantom of the Paradise"" (1974), ""Carrie"" (1976), ""Eraserhead"" (1977), ""Heart Beat"" (1980), ""The Straight Story"" (1999), ""Mulholland Drive"" (2001), ""Water for Elephants"" (2011), ""The Master"" (2012) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design for ""There"
"Peyton Reed Peyton Tucker Reed (born July 3, 1964) is an American television and film director. He is best known for directing the comedy films ""Bring It On"" (2000), ""Down with Love"" (2003), ""The Break-Up"" (2006) and ""Yes Man"" (2008), as well as the superhero films ""Ant-Man"" (2015) and its sequel, ""Ant-Man and the Wasp"" (2018). Reed was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Reed directed the motion pictures ""Bring It On"", ""Down with Love"", and ""The Break-Up""; all comedy films. He has also acted in small roles in some films"
"Larysa Kondracki Larysa Kondracki is a Canadian producer, director and screenwriter. Her debut feature film, ""The Whistleblower"", was released in 2011 and received nominations for six Genies at the 32nd Genie Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Kondracki was originally from Toronto, Kondracki studied English literature and theatre at McGill University, and later completed an MFA in film directing at Columbia University. She is also a director on the AMC series ""The Walking Dead"" and ""Better Call Saul"". She was chosen to direct episodes of the iconic Australian story of Picnic at Hanging Rock (TV series) and this proved"
"Ronald F. Maxwell Ronald “Ron” F. Maxwell is an independent film director and writer from Clifton, New Jersey. He is most famous for writing and directing the American Civil War epics ""Gettysburg"" (1993), ""Gods and Generals"" (2003), and ""Copperhead"" (2013). In 2007, Maxwell optioned the film rights to novelist Speer Morgan's 1979 book ""Belle Starr"" about the legendary female outlaw of the Old West. A native of New Jersey, Maxwell attended Clifton High School. He graduated from New York University (NYU) Institute of Film 1970. Maxwell is a member of the Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America and"
"Steve Miner Stephen C. ""Steve"" Miner (born June 18, 1951) is an American director of film and television, film producer, and a member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is notable for his work in the horror genre, including ""Friday the 13th Part 2"", ""Friday the 13th Part III"", ""House"", ""Warlock"", """" and ""Lake Placid."" He has also directed numerous comedy and drama films, as well as episodes of notable television series including ""The Wonder Years, Dawson's Creek"", and ""Smallville."" Miner was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began work in the film industry as a recurring"
"Russell Boyd Russell Boyd ACS ASC (born 21 April 1944) is an Australian cinematographer. He rose to prominence with his highly praised work on ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" (1975), the first of several collaborations with director Peter Weir. He is also a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Boyd served as cinematographer for ""Tender Mercies"", a 1983 film about an alcoholic country singer played by Robert Duvall. Boyd largely utilized available light to give the film a natural feeling which director Bruce Beresford said was crucial to the movie. Actress Tess Harper"
"here is a selection of works for which Smeaton composed music. Bruce Smeaton Bruce Smeaton (born 5 March 1938) is an Australian composer who is well known for a variety of Australian film and television scores in all genres, including features, shorts, television, documentaries and advertisements. His scores include ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"", ""Seven Little Australians"", ""Roxanne"", ""Iceman"", and ""Circle of Iron"". He has won the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Best Original Music Score award for ""The Cars That Ate Paris"" (1974), ""The Great Macarthy"" (1975), ""The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith"" (1978) and ""Street Hero"" (1984, shared with Garth Porter"
"""South Pacific"", ""Guys and Dolls"", ""The King and I"", ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", ""Death of a Salesman"", ""Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"", """", and ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"", as well as the film ""Picnic"" and the ballet ""Who Cares?"". He won the Academy Award for best color art direction for his work on ""Picnic."" During World War II, Mielziner worked as a camouflage specialist with the United States Air Force, until he was transferred to the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the CIA, where he served under General William J. ""Wild Bill"" Donovan. In the"
"tone. Influential and popular directors from the 1980s to 2000s include James Cameron (for the first two ""Terminator"" films, ""Aliens"", ""True Lies""); Andrew Davis (""Code of Silence"", ""Above the Law"", ""Under Siege"", ""The Fugitive""); John Woo (Hong Kong action films such as ""Hard Boiled"" and US-made English-language films such as ""Hard Target"", ""Broken Arrow"" and ""Face/Off""); John McTiernan (the first and third ""Die Hard"" films, ""Predator"", ""The Last Action Hero""); Ridley Scott (""Black Rain"", ""Black Hawk Down""); The Wachowskis (""The Matrix"" trilogy), Andrzej Bartkowiak (""Romeo Must Die"", ""Exit Wounds"", ""Cradle 2 the Grave"", """"), Robert Rodriguez (""Mexico"" trilogy, ""From Dusk"
"twice for a Directors Guild of America Award in 1997 and 2004. Robert Harmon Robert Harmon is an American film and television director. He is best known for the 1986 horror film ""The Hitcher"", starring Rutger Hauer, as well as for films like ""They"" and ""Nowhere to Run"". His television work is distinguished by the series of made-for-TV movies featuring fictional Paradise (Mass.) Police Chief Jesse Stone, which began in 2005 with ""Stone Cold"", starring Tom Selleck, as well as the Emmy-nominated biopics """" (also starring Selleck) and ""Gotti"", starring Armand Assante. He has directed a few episodes of the"
"Richard Brick Richard Michael Brick (September 20, 1945 – April 2, 2014) was an American film producer, professor of film at Columbia University, and former Commissioner of New York City’s Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting. He was born in New York City, United States. As a producer, Brick is best known for his three pictures with Woody Allen: ""Deconstructing Harry"", ""Celebrity"" and ""Sweet and Lowdown"". He also was the Co-Producer of Emir Kusturica’s only picture in the U.S., ""Arizona Dream""; Producer of Robert M. Young’s ""Caught"" and Joseph Vasquez’ ""Hangin' with the Homeboys"". In television Brick was senior"
"and the subsequent effect on the local community. ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" was a commercial and critical success. At Appleyard College, a girls' private school, near the town of Woodend, Victoria, Australia, the students are dressing on the morning of Valentine's Day, 1900. Miranda (Anne-Louise Lambert), Irma (Karen Robson), Marion (Jane Vallis), Rosamund (Ingrid Mason), waifish Sara (Margaret Nelson), and outsider Edith (Christine Schuler) read poetry and Valentine's Day cards. The group prepares for a picnic to a local geological formation known as Hanging Rock, accompanied by the mathematics mistress Miss Greta McCraw (Vivean Gray) and the young and beautiful"
"Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, California. Edward Bernds was a prolific director with experience in both television and cinema, and worked in many different genres. In 1956, he also helmed the comedy ""Navy Wife"" and crime thriller ""Calling Homicide"". In directing ""World Without End"", Bernds ""crammed"" in order to make a science fiction film. He studied Albert Einstein's theory of relativity to give his space and time travellers a plausible way to go into the future. ""World Without End"" was partly made in order to reuse footage and costumes from the earlier Allied Artists science fiction film ""Flight to Mars"" (1951)."
"Jon Favreau Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for roles in films such as ""Rudy"" (1993), ""Swingers"" (1996) (which he also wrote), ""Very Bad Things"" (1998), ""The Break-Up"" (2006), ""Friends"" (1994-2004), ""Couples Retreat"" (2009), and ""Chef"" (2014) (which he also directed). He has additionally directed the films ""Elf"" (2003), """" (2005), ""Iron Man"" (2008), ""Iron Man 2"" (2010), ""Cowboys & Aliens"" (2011), and ""The Jungle Book"" (2016), and served as an executive producer on ""The Avengers"" (2012), ""Iron Man 3"" (2013), """" (2015), """""