Nisha Ganatra, a Golden Globe winner and an Emmy nominee for her work as a director/producer on “Transparent,” has topped the list of directors working in advertising, ranked by advertising industry festival Cannes Lions. Ganatra previously won a Cannes Lions Grand Prix for Film Craft: Directing for her work on “#wombstories” for feminine hygiene brand Bodyform, known as Libresse outside the U.K. Variety spoke to Ganatra about the film.
Second in the Cannes Lions list was Markus Ahlm for Burger King’s “The Moldy Whopper,” and third was Similar But Different (Charlotte Fassler/Dani Girdwood) for Diesel’s “Enjoy Before Returning.” Fourth was Danielle Rizkallah, fifth was Karena Evans and sixth was Santi Dulce. Seven female directors are ranked in the top 10, the highest in the festival’s history.
The rankings, which are based on performance at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival for the 2020/2021 period, were released...
Second in the Cannes Lions list was Markus Ahlm for Burger King’s “The Moldy Whopper,” and third was Similar But Different (Charlotte Fassler/Dani Girdwood) for Diesel’s “Enjoy Before Returning.” Fourth was Danielle Rizkallah, fifth was Karena Evans and sixth was Santi Dulce. Seven female directors are ranked in the top 10, the highest in the festival’s history.
The rankings, which are based on performance at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival for the 2020/2021 period, were released...
- 9/17/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
If you identify as a minority, you know and are often followed by two terms: “affirmative action” and “diversity hire.”
In school, being seen as the affirmative-action student meant being perceived as not as intelligent or capable as the white students, and when you enter the working world, being the diversity hire brands you as being the one who was taken on for a quota, not for your skills or talents. Neither of these is true or remotely accurate, of course, but it’s something that sticks with you even as you climb up the ladder in your career.
It’s with this in mind that writer-producer-star Mindy Kaling wrote “Late Night,” a witty, intelligent, and entertaining view behind the scenes of a late-night talk show; the film isn’t autobiographical, but it does stem from her real-life experience getting hired as a writer on the hit TV show “The Office.
In school, being seen as the affirmative-action student meant being perceived as not as intelligent or capable as the white students, and when you enter the working world, being the diversity hire brands you as being the one who was taken on for a quota, not for your skills or talents. Neither of these is true or remotely accurate, of course, but it’s something that sticks with you even as you climb up the ladder in your career.
It’s with this in mind that writer-producer-star Mindy Kaling wrote “Late Night,” a witty, intelligent, and entertaining view behind the scenes of a late-night talk show; the film isn’t autobiographical, but it does stem from her real-life experience getting hired as a writer on the hit TV show “The Office.
- 6/7/2019
- by Yolanda Machado
- The Wrap
Om Puri (b. 1950), the prolific and internationally renowned Indian actor will appear at Museum of the Moving Image on Sunday, August 3, for a conversation about his career moderated by actress and writer Madhur Jaffrey. The tribute program, presented with clips of Puri’s finest performances, will be followed by a preview screening of The Hundred-Hoot Journey, in which he co-stars with Helen Mirren.
Om Puri is one of India’s most celebrated actors. He won his first Indian National Film Award for his performance in Ardh Satya. Since then, he has starred in both mainstream and arthouse Indian films including Ardh Satya (1982), Mirch Masala (1987), Dharavi (1992), Maachis (1996), and A.K. 47 (2004), as well as international projects such as the critically acclaimed Gandhi (1982), City of Joy (1992), Wolf (1994), Brothers in Trouble (1995), The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), East is East (1999), Charlie Wilson’s War (2007), and West is West (2010). He recently starred in Don 2 (2011), Farhan Akhtar’s record-breaking Bollywood epic.
Om Puri is one of India’s most celebrated actors. He won his first Indian National Film Award for his performance in Ardh Satya. Since then, he has starred in both mainstream and arthouse Indian films including Ardh Satya (1982), Mirch Masala (1987), Dharavi (1992), Maachis (1996), and A.K. 47 (2004), as well as international projects such as the critically acclaimed Gandhi (1982), City of Joy (1992), Wolf (1994), Brothers in Trouble (1995), The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), East is East (1999), Charlie Wilson’s War (2007), and West is West (2010). He recently starred in Don 2 (2011), Farhan Akhtar’s record-breaking Bollywood epic.
- 7/25/2014
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
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Congratulations to Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow! Bigelow has been nominated for the Directors Guild of America's top award for feature-film directing. You go girl!
Fantasia Barrino set the the record straight on her Instragram controversy. In an interview with Starpulse, Barrino said, “I am not a judgmental person and never will be. I like to see people do what they enjoy and be with the person they enjoy being with. The Lgbt community has been, and still are to date, my biggest supporters. I am happy that the people in the Lgbt community are now becoming legally respected and allowed to marry who they love. You should be able to spend your life with the person you want to, protect them and be protected as well…...
Good afternoon everyone!
Happy birthday to Sarah Polley and Amber Benson!
Amber Benson
Photo by Paul Archuleta/Getty Images
Congratulations to Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow! Bigelow has been nominated for the Directors Guild of America's top award for feature-film directing. You go girl!
Fantasia Barrino set the the record straight on her Instragram controversy. In an interview with Starpulse, Barrino said, “I am not a judgmental person and never will be. I like to see people do what they enjoy and be with the person they enjoy being with. The Lgbt community has been, and still are to date, my biggest supporters. I am happy that the people in the Lgbt community are now becoming legally respected and allowed to marry who they love. You should be able to spend your life with the person you want to, protect them and be protected as well…...
- 1/8/2013
- by Bridget McManus
- AfterEllen.com
Mumbai, Nov 30: "Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom," American musician Charlie Parker once said. But that holds no meaning when you compose for films, feels Indian American musician Karsh Kale, the man behind the music for films like "Pyaar Impossible", "Karthik Calling Karthik" and "Chutney Popcorn".
A musician or a band loses out on identity while composing music for movies, he says.
"I think any time you are making music for a film, you are not making your own music any more. You are making music, which a director or a producer is asking you to make. Even if you put your stamp on it, it is someone.
A musician or a band loses out on identity while composing music for movies, he says.
"I think any time you are making music for a film, you are not making your own music any more. You are making music, which a director or a producer is asking you to make. Even if you put your stamp on it, it is someone.
- 11/30/2012
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
On March 16, out director Nisha Ganatra's new film, Beholder, will premiere as part of the Itvs/ PBS series FutureStates. FutureStates is a modern day Twilight Zone series for which ten filmmakers were selected to each make an episode that takes place in the future and explores a political idea in the realm of a fictional film. Beholder stars Jessica Paré (of Mad Men and Lost and Delirious) Elaine Hendrix (from Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion and Superstar) and Michael McMillian (True Blood), with Rupak Ginn (Royal Pains and Private Practice). In this article, the second in a series (read the first in the series here) that takes readers behind the scenes in the making of the film, Ganatra writes about developing the screenplay for her episode and the obstacles faced when predicting an anti-gay future for a publicly-funded channel based in San Francisco.
So now that we have our super awesome sci-fi story,...
So now that we have our super awesome sci-fi story,...
- 3/9/2011
- by Nisha Ganatra
- AfterEllen.com
On March 16, out director Nisha Ganatra's new film, Beholder, will premiere as part of the Itvs/ PBS series FutureStates. FutureStates is a modern day Twilight Zone series for which ten filmmakers were selected to each make an episode that takes place in the future and explores a political idea in the realm of a fictional film. Beholder stars Jessica Paré (of Mad Men and Lost and Delirious) Elaine Hendrix (from Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion and Superstar) and Michael McMillian (True Blood), with Rupak Ginn (Royal Pains and Private Practice). In this article, the first in a series that takes readers behind the scenes in the making of the film, Ganatra writes about developing the screenplay for her episode and the obstacles faced when predicting an anti-gay future for a publicly-funded channel based in San Francisco.
It’s been awhile since I’ve had the fortune to direct...
It’s been awhile since I’ve had the fortune to direct...
- 3/3/2011
- by Nisha Ganatra
- AfterEllen.com
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