"The Artist (film) The Artist is a 2011 French comedy-drama film in the style of a black-and-white silent film. Written, directed, and co-edited by Michel Hazanavicius, and produced by Thomas Langmann, the film stars Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. The story takes place in Hollywood, between 1927 and 1932, and focuses on the relationship of an older silent film star and a rising young actress as silent cinema falls out of fashion and is replaced by the ""talkies"". ""The Artist"" received highly positive reviews from critics and won many accolades. Dujardin won Best Actor at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival,"
"""The Artist"" by saying ""I would like to thank the following three people, I would like to thank Billy Wilder, I would like to thank Billy Wilder, and I would like to thank Billy Wilder."" Wilder's 12 Academy Award nominations for screenwriting were a record until 1997 when Woody Allen received a 13th nomination for ""Deconstructing Harry"". Wilder received twenty-one Academy Award nominations; eight for Best Director, twelve for writing, and one as the producer of Best Picture. With eight nominations for Academy Award for Best Director, Wilder is, together with Martin Scorsese, the second most nominated director in the"
"Film Awards, the film won seven awards, including Best Film, Best Actor for Dujardin, Best Original Screenplay for Hazanavicius, Cinematography for Schiffman, Costume Design for Bridges and Original Score for Ludovic Bource. At the 69th Golden Globe Awards, the film was nominated for six Golden Globes to win three of them; Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Dujardin and Best Musical Score for Bource. At the 84th Academy Awards, ""The Artist"" received ten nominations, winning five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Hazanavicius, Best Actor in a Leading Role"
"Michel Hazanavicius Michel Hazanavicius (; born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, producer, screenwriter and film editor best known for his 2011 film, ""The Artist"", which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Awards. It also won him the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed spy film parodies """" (2006) and """" (2009). Hazanavicius was born in Paris. His family is Jewish, and originally from Lithuania. His grandparents settled in France in the 1920s. Before directing films, Hazanavicius worked in television, beginning with the Canal+ channel, where he started as a director"
"in 2002. Langmann married French journalist Céline Bosquet on June 21, 2013. Thomas Langmann Thomas Langmann (born 24 May 1971) is a French film producer and actor, known for producing ""The Artist"" (2011), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Picture as producer in 2012. Langmann began his career as an actor in his father's films when he was a teenager, earning Cesar Award nominations for Most Promising Newcomer for ""Les années sandwiches "" in 1988 and ""Paris s'éveille"" in 1991, as well as a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1993 for ""Le nombril du monde"". He"
"Guillaume Schiffman Guillaume Schiffman is a French cinematographer who is known for the films he has made with director Michel Hazanavicius, including """" in 2006 and """" in 2009. Schiffman is particularly known for his work on ""The Artist"" with Hazanavicius. Schiffman shot ""The Artist"" in color and then monochromed it into black-and-white in the lab. On 24 January 2012, Schiffman received his first ever Academy Award nomination for his work on the silent film, ""The Artist"". Schiffman won the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography in 2012 for ""The Artist"". He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture"
"Highland Center on November 12, 2011. On February 11, 2012, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Milla Jovovich. ""The Artist"" won five awards, including Best Actor for Jean Dujardin, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and Best Picture, the first silent feature to win an Academy Award for Best Picture since 1927's ""Wings"", the inaugural winner in 1929. Other winners included ""Hugo"" also with five awards, ""The Iron Lady"" with two awards, and ""Beginners"", ""The Descendants"", ""The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore"", ""The"
"2011, the company formed a video game division named TWC Games. TWC Games formed a strategic consultancy with Beefy Media, a video game production company, to foster relationships with publishers and create high-quality games. On February 26, 2012, after TWC's purchase of the rights to release Michel Hazanavicius' ""The Artist"" in the United States, which won the prestigious Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Jean Dujardin, ""The Artist"" won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. This is the second consecutive Oscar for Best Picture awarded to the Weinstein Company. The last independent mini-major to win back-to-back Oscars"
"Thomas Langmann Thomas Langmann (born 24 May 1971) is a French film producer and actor, known for producing ""The Artist"" (2011), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Picture as producer in 2012. Langmann began his career as an actor in his father's films when he was a teenager, earning Cesar Award nominations for Most Promising Newcomer for ""Les années sandwiches "" in 1988 and ""Paris s'éveille"" in 1991, as well as a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1993 for ""Le nombril du monde"". He became a film producer in the early 2000s. During the filming of"
"for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing. Hazanavicius said winning an Oscar would be ""like dreaming of going to the moon – you don't really believe it could ever happen."" Hazanavicius won the Academy Award for Best Director for ""The Artist"", at the 84th Academy Awards. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals. He contributed a section to the omnibus film ""The Players"" (""Les Infidèles"") starring Jean Dujardin. He then announced that his next feature film would be a remake of the 1948"
"Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals. Guillaume Schiffman is the son of the late French screenwriter and film director, Suzanne Schiffman. His father was American. Guillaume Schiffman Guillaume Schiffman is a French cinematographer who is known for the films he has made with director Michel Hazanavicius, including """" in 2006 and """" in 2009. Schiffman is particularly known for his work on ""The Artist"" with Hazanavicius. Schiffman shot ""The Artist"" in color and then monochromed it into black-and-white in the lab. On 24 January 2012, Schiffman received his first ever Academy Award nomination for his"
"Ben Kurland Benjamin David ""Ben"" Kurland (born May 1, 1984) is an American actor best known for his role in the Academy Award winning film ""The Artist"". He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents Jim and Robyne Kurland. He and his older brother Zack Kurland grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. He first started acting at age 11, performing in a local theatre production of ""Anne of Green Gables"". During the summer, he attended the prestigious Walnut Hill School. While in 7th grade at The Fessenden School, he was encouraged by a teacher to audition for a part in the"
"two films were shot back-to-back. Several musical adaptations based on material previously filmed in non-musical form have won Best Picture, including ""Gigi"", ""West Side Story"", ""My Fair Lady"", ""The Sound of Music"", ""Oliver!"", and ""Chicago"". ""The Artist"" (with the exception of a single scene of dialogue, and dream sequence with sound effects) was the first silent film since ""Wings"" to win Best Picture. It was the first silent nominee since 1928's ""The Patriot"". It was the first Best Picture winner to be shot entirely in black-and-white since 1960's ""The Apartment."" (""Schindler's List"", the 1993 winner, was predominantly black-and-white but it"
"award-winning silent movie ""The Artist"". The role won him numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor (the first for a French actor), the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor. He later appeared in Martin Scorsese's 2013 black comedy ""The Wolf of Wall Street"" and George Clooney's 2014 historical drama, ""The Monuments Men"". Jean Dujardin was born on 19 June"
"""Asterix at the Olympic Games"", he was arrested for employing prostitutes and purchasing narcotics. In 2011, Langmann produced the black and white, silent film ""The Artist"" with director Michel Hazanavicius. He was unable to attract investors to the risky project and self-financed the film. He won the Academy Award for the film at the 2012 Oscars and won the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals. Langmann was born in Paris, France, the son of Anne-Marie"
"afforded Hollywood’s first swashbuckling hero and the Academy's first president some significant media attention. Principal photography on ""The Artist"" began in November 2010, taking place over the course of thirty-five days, made in the 1.33:1 screen ratio commonly used in the silent film era. Though presented in black-and-white, it was shot in color by cinematographer Guillaume Schiffman. All the technical details, including lenses, lighting and camera moves, were calibrated to aesthetically match silent films of the period. To recreate the slightly sped-up look of 1920s silent films, the film was shot at a slightly lower frame rate of 22 fps"
"2012. While many confuse ""The Artist"" as a silent feature, it is actually a sound picture with an accompanying soundtrack. The 1927 film ""Wings"" is still the only silent film to win Best Picture, an honor received at the inaugural awards ceremony in 1929. Moreover, it was also the first black-and-white feature to win Best Picture since 1993's ""Schindler's List"". Best Actor winner Jean Dujardin became the first French actor to win an Oscar. With her latest win for Best Actress, Meryl Streep became the fifth performer to win at least three acting Oscars. At age 82, Best Supporting Actor"
"Artist"" (2012). Five actresses have received nominations for both the César Award for Best Actress and the Academy Award for Best Actress: Cotillard is the only woman to have won a Best Actress César and Oscar for the same performance. The other actress to have won both awards is Simone Signoret, but she did it with two different films. Bérénice Bejo is the only actress to have been nominated for the César Award for Best Actress and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, in 2012 for The Artist; she won the César but lost the Oscar. Juliette Binoche is"
"The Disaster Artist (film) The Disaster Artist is a 2017 American biographical comedy-drama film produced and directed by James Franco. Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, the film is an adaptation of Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell's 2013 non-fiction book of the same name, and chronicles the unlikely friendship between budding actors Tommy Wiseau and Sestero, which results in the production of Wiseau's 2003 film ""The Room"", widely considered one of the worst films ever made. The film stars brothers James and Dave Franco as Wiseau and Sestero, respectively, alongside a supporting cast featuring Seth Rogen (who also"
"""The Artist"" won seven awards out of its twelve nominations, including Best Film, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. Meryl Streep won Best Actress for ""The Iron Lady"". Christopher Plummer won Best Supporting Actor for ""Beginners"" and Octavia Spencer won Best Supporting Actress for ""The Help"". ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"", directed by Tomas Alfredson, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2011. Director Martin Scorsese was given the BAFTA Fellowship and Sir John Hurt garnered the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award. 65th British Academy Film Awards The 65th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly"
"was nominated for and won several precursor awards. He was ultimately not nominated for the award, which was speculated to have been caused by sexual misconduct allegations that came to light prior to Oscar voting. The Disaster Artist (film) The Disaster Artist is a 2017 American biographical comedy-drama film produced and directed by James Franco. Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, the film is an adaptation of Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell's 2013 non-fiction book of the same name, and chronicles the unlikely friendship between budding actors Tommy Wiseau and Sestero, which results in the production of Wiseau's"
"was nominated for ten César Awards, winning six, including Best Film, Best Director for Hazanavicius and Best Actress for Bejo. ""The Artist"" has received more awards than any other French film. In 1927, silent film star George Valentin is posing for pictures outside the premiere of his latest hit film when a young woman, Peppy Miller, accidentally bumps into him. Valentin reacts with humor to the accident and shows off with Peppy for the cameras. The next day, Peppy finds herself on the front page of ""Variety"" with the headline ""Who's That Girl?"" Later, Peppy auditions as a dancer and"
"Ludovic Bource Ludovic Bource (; born 19 August 1970 in Pontivy) is a French composer best known for his work in film scoring. He rose to international critical acclaim in 2011 for composing the Golden Globe- and Academy Award-winning score for ""The Artist"". Bource began his career composing music for commercials, but later moved on to short films, such as, ""En attendant"" (2000), ""Spartacus"" (2003), and ""Sirene Song"" (2005). After working on the Michel Hazanavicius film ""Mes amis"", Bource has become a long-time collaborator with the director. He has since scored such Hazanavicius films as """" (2006), its sequel """""
"The Master (2012 film) The Master is a 2012 American drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams. It tells the story of Freddie Quell (Phoenix), a World War II veteran struggling to adjust to a post-war society, who meets Lancaster Dodd (Hoffman), a leader of a religious movement known as ""The Cause"". Dodd sees something in Quell and accepts him into the movement. Freddie takes a liking to ""The Cause"" and begins traveling with Dodd along the East Coast to spread the teachings. It was produced by"
"movies and specifically of OSS 117, a popular character created by Jean Bruce in 1949. The $17.5 million film was a modest box office success, with $23 million worldwide receipts. A sequel, """", followed in 2009. Both films were later distributed in the United States by Music Box Films. ""The Artist"", a black and white film without dialogue which takes place in Hollywood on the eve of sound film, screened in competition at the 2011 Cannes International Film Festival. ""The Artist"" was later released to universal acclaim. On 24 January 2012 Hazanavicius received nominations for three Oscars: the Academy Awards"
"Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder, June 22, 1906March 27, 2002) was an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist whose career spanned more than five decades. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of the Hollywood Golden Age of cinema. With ""The Apartment"", Wilder became the first person to win Academy Awards as producer, director, and screenwriter for the same film. Wilder became a screenwriter in the late 1920s while living in Berlin. After the rise of the Nazi Party, he left for Paris, where he made his directorial debut. He"
"himself. Jean Dujardin refers to ""I mostri"" by Dino Risi. The original copy of the film included a scene where a man talks to a woman while a plane crashes into the World Trade Center. Reportedly, this scene has been censored to have better chances to get an Academy Award for Jean Dujardin (who went on to win the award for his leading role in ""The Artist""). The Players (film) The Players () is a 2012 omnibus comedy film starring Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche, with each of them also directing and writing a segment. Series of vignettes about the"
"common thing between the two is, ""the style of story telling and there is no comparison to Charlie Chaplin. The only thing common here is, Chaplin's style of story telling has been incorporated into various parts of the movie. So it's only a thought that has been the inspiration."" The film was originally made in colour, has been converted to Black-and-white inspired by 2011 Academy Award for Best Picture winner ""The Artist"" as it suits the mood and theme of the film. Maestro Illayaraja provided the film score for this film and the lyrics were penned by Gulzar and actor"
"competing to spot visual and musical references."" Peter Bradshaw of ""The Guardian"" described how the film ""had me on my feet cheering throughout the final credits"" and stated ""I can't wait to see it again"". Geoffrey McNab at ""The Independent"" called the film ""both a surefire crowdpleaser and a magnificent piece of film-making"" in his 5 star review from the Cannes Film Festival. Rick Groen of ""The Globe and Mail"" assessed ""The Artist"" highly, noting the film ""uses old technology to dazzling effect to illustrate the insistent conquest of a new technology."" Sukanya Verma for Rediff.com feels ""The Artist"" is"
"an extremely well-researched film and is an instant classic. David Thomson of ""The New Republic"" called ""The Artist"" an ""accomplished and witty entertainment"" and went on to write, ""Whether Hazanavicius can do more things as elegant and touching, without the gimmick of silence, remains to be seen (and heard). Meanwhile, he is to be congratulated on the grounds of pleasure alone. He may be due for much more in the way of rewards."" ""Chicago Sun-Times"" film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars, praising the performances, and calling the film ""one of the most entertaining films"
"1st AACTA International Awards The 1st Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Awards (more commonly known as the AACTA International Awards), were presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a not for profit organisation whose aim is to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television. The Academy, which normally hand out awards to Australian made films, presented awards for the best films of 2011 regardless of geography. ""The Artist"" won three awards, for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. Other winners were ""The Iron Lady"", ""The Ides of"
"Joel Hodge Joel Hodge is an American cinematographer, best known for being the Director of Photography for the independent film ""Bellflower."" Hodge was nominated for the 2012 Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography, losing to the significantly bigger budget ""The Artist"". The award was announced the day before ""The Artist"" won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Eric Kohn of IndieWire criticized the inclusion of The Artist into awards that should recognize lesser known films. He suggested Hodge should have been given the recognition. Screen Junkies also included both cinematographers among three it named Best Cinematographers for 2012. John Anderson"
"director in history to receive this award, at the age of 32 for his work on ""La La Land"". Two directing teams have shared the award; Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for ""West Side Story"" in 1961 and Joel and Ethan Coen for ""No Country for Old Men"" in 2007. The Coen brothers are the only siblings to have won the award. Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to have won the award, for 2009's ""The Hurt Locker"". As of the 2018 ceremony, Guillermo del Toro is the most recent winner in this category for his work on ""The Shape"