Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes( born January 2, 1961) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, and producer.
He is considered a pioneer of the New Queer Cinema movement of filmmaking that emerged in the early 1990s.
Haynes first gained public attention with his controversial short film( 1987), which chronicles singer Karen Carpenter's tragic life and death, using Barbie dolls as actors.
Haynes had not obtained proper licensing to use the Carpenters' music, prompting a lawsuit from Richard Carpenter, whom the film portrayed in an unflattering light, banning the film's distribution.
" Superstar" became a cult classic.
Haynes' feature directorial debut," Poison"( 1991), a provocative, three- part exploration of AIDS- era queer perceptions and subversions, established him as a formidable talent and figure of a new transgressive cinema.
" Poison" won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and is regarded as a seminal work of New Queer Cinema.
Haynes received further acclaim for his second feature film" Safe"( 1995), a symbolic portrait of a housewife who develops extreme allergic reactions to her suburban life.
" Safe" was later voted the best film of the 1990s by" The Village Voice" Film Poll.
Haynes' next feature," Velvet Goldmine"( 1998), is a tribute to the 1970s glam rock era, drawing heavily on the rock histories and mythologies of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed.
The film received the Special Jury Prize for Best Artistic Contribution at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.
Haynes gained critical acclaim and a measure of mainstream success with his 2002 feature," Far from Heaven".
Inspired by the cinematic language of the films of Douglas Sirk," Far from Heaven" is a 1950s- set melodrama about a Connecticut housewife who discovers that her husband is gay and falls in love with her African- American gardener.
The film received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Screenplay for Haynes.
His fifth feature," I'm Not There"( 2007), marked another shift in direction.
A nonlinear biopic," I'm Not There" depicts various facets of Bob Dylan through seven fictionalized characters played by five actors and an actress.
" I'm Not There" received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett.
In 2011, Haynes directed and co-wrote" Mildred Pierce", a five- hour mini-series for HBO, which garnered 21 Emmy Award nominations, winning five, as well as four Golden Globe Award nominations and a win for lead actress Kate Winslet.
In 2015, Haynes returned to the big screen with" Carol", his sixth feature film and the first film not written by him.
Based on Patricia Highsmith's seminal romance novel" The Price of SaltCarol" is the story of a forbidden love affair between two women from different classes and backgrounds in early 1950s New York City.
The film received critical acclaim and many accolades including a nomination for the Palme d' Or, six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe Award nominations, and nine BAFTA Award nominations.
Carol (film)
Carol is a 2015 romantic melodrama film directed by Todd Haynes.
The screenplay by Phyllis Nagy is based on the 1952 romance novel" The Price of Salt" by Patricia Highsmith( republished as" Carol" in 1990).
The film stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, and Kyle Chandler.
Set in New York City during the early 1950s," Carol" tells the story of a forbidden affair between an aspiring female photographer and an older woman going through a difficult divorce.
" Carol" had been in development since 1997, when Nagy wrote the first draft of the screenplay.
British company Film4 Productions and its then- chief executive Tessa Ross financed development.
The film had a troubled development period, facing problems with financing, rights, scheduling conflicts, and accessibility.
Number 9 Films came on board as a producer in 2011, when Elizabeth Karlsen secured the rights to the novel.
The film is co-produced by New York- based Killer Films, which joined the project in 2013 after Haynes's collaborator Christine Vachon approached him to direct.
Principal photography on the British- American production began in March 2014, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and lasted 34 days.
Cinematographer Edward Lachman shot" Carol" on Super 16 mm film.
" Carol" competed for the Palme d' Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where Mara tied for the Best Actress award.
The film received many accolades, including five Golden Globe Award nominations, six Oscar nominations, and nine BAFTA Award nominations; as well as five Dorian Awards and awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and National Society of Film Critics.
It became the best reviewed film of 2015, as calculated by Metacritic.
It featured prominently in several" best of" film lists.
" Carol" premiered in the United Kingdom on October 14, 2015, followed by theatrical release on November 27, 2015.
It opened in limited release in the United States on November 20, 2015, and wide release on January 15, 2016.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
William Henry (actor)
William Albert Henry( November 10, 1914 – August 10, 1982) was an American actor who worked in both films and television.
Satan Town
Satan Town is a 1926 American Western film featuring Harry Carey.
Prints of the film have survived.
C. J. Obasi
C.J. Obasi (also known as "Fiery" or “The Fiery One”) is a Nigerian film director, screenwriter and editor.
His debut feature – a zero budget film Ojuju premiered at the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) in November 2014, and won the award for “Best Nigerian Film”.
It also got him the Trailblazer of the Year award in March 2015, at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA).
Eriko Kitagawa
In 2009, Kitagawa made her directorial debut in the coming- of- age film" Halfway", which she also wrote and co-edited.
She then wrote and directed the 2012 film" I Have to Buy New Shoes", a contemporary romantic comedy set in Paris.
Both films were produced by her friend Shunji Iwai, and Kitagawa appeared in his 2011 documentary" Friends after 3.11", which explores the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Jack Shea (director)
Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director.
He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.
O-Town (film)
O- Town is a Nigerian crime gangster film written and directed by C.J. Obasi.
The film stars Paul Utomi as Peace, a hustler at the center of various issues in the small town of Owerri, also known as O- Town.
The film's music was composed by Beatoven and Wache Pollen and filming took place in Owerri.
Of the film, Obasi has described as a" crime- gangster thriller.
It ’s a semi-autobiographical tale because it draws from some of the crime stories I knew and heard; growing up in a small town called Owerri in Imo State.
It ’s also my exploration into genre Film- making, where I explore basically my love for film."
I Want Your Love (film)
I Want Your
Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film.
Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews.
The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons.
The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes.
The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword.
This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively.

Question: Do both films O-Town (film) and Carol (film) have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no