Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, the Polish composer who won a Oscar for his score of the 2004 film Finding Neverland, died today in Krakow following a years-long battle with Multiple System Atrophy. He was 71.
His death was announced bythe Polish Music Foundation.
A prolific composer for film and television, Kaczmarek’s credits beginning in the 1980s and building momentum in the 1990s and 2000s. Among the titles: Total Eclipse, Washington Square, Aimee and Jaguar, Unfaithful, Soldier’s Girl, The Visitor, City Island, Get Low and Paul, Apostle of Christ.
But it was his score for Finding Neverland that he’ll perhaps be most remembered for. Nominated for both BAFTA and Golden Globe awards, the score for Marc Forster’s J.M. Barrie 2004 biopic won the Oscar for Best Original Score the following year. The win made Kaczmarek an international presence in cinema.
Born in Konin in 1953, Kaczmarek abandoned his legal training in the 1970s...
His death was announced bythe Polish Music Foundation.
A prolific composer for film and television, Kaczmarek’s credits beginning in the 1980s and building momentum in the 1990s and 2000s. Among the titles: Total Eclipse, Washington Square, Aimee and Jaguar, Unfaithful, Soldier’s Girl, The Visitor, City Island, Get Low and Paul, Apostle of Christ.
But it was his score for Finding Neverland that he’ll perhaps be most remembered for. Nominated for both BAFTA and Golden Globe awards, the score for Marc Forster’s J.M. Barrie 2004 biopic won the Oscar for Best Original Score the following year. The win made Kaczmarek an international presence in cinema.
Born in Konin in 1953, Kaczmarek abandoned his legal training in the 1970s...
- 5/21/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Ron Nyswaner will soon be traveling to New York to reunite with his Writers Guild of America East fellows for a grand occasion. The Oscar-nominated screenwriter, producer and showrunner has been selected to receive the Walter Bernstein Award at the 76th Writers Guild Awards at New York’s Edison Ballroom on April 14.
The honor — named after the late screenwriter who was blacklisted for his political views only to persevere and get his career back on track with such credits as Fail-Safe, Semi-Tough and Yanks — is presented to writers “who have demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity,” per the organization.
Nyswaner has been doing that for pretty much his entire career. A prime example is Jonathan Demme’s 1993 film Philadelphia. Penned by Nyswaner, the Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington-starrer was the first major Hollywood film to dramatize the real-world...
The honor — named after the late screenwriter who was blacklisted for his political views only to persevere and get his career back on track with such credits as Fail-Safe, Semi-Tough and Yanks — is presented to writers “who have demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity,” per the organization.
Nyswaner has been doing that for pretty much his entire career. A prime example is Jonathan Demme’s 1993 film Philadelphia. Penned by Nyswaner, the Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington-starrer was the first major Hollywood film to dramatize the real-world...
- 3/14/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ron Nyswaner, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind films including Philadelphia and The Painted Veil and most recently the Matt Bomer-starring Showtime miniseries Fellow Travelers, is receiving this year’s Walter Bernstein Award from the Writers Guild of America East.
The honor will be bestowed April 14 at the WGA Awards’ East Coast ceremony in New York, which takes place concurrently with the WGA’s West Coast ceremony in Los Angeles.
The Bernstein award goes to writers “who have demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity.” Nyswaner becomes the second person to win the award, after Jelani Cobb won in 2017 for his Frontline documentary Policing the Police.
Nyswaner penned the original screenplay for Philadelphia, which was groundbreaking when the Jonathan Demme-directed film starring Tom Hanks debuted in 1993; it was the first major motion picture to focus on the discrimination suffered by people with AIDS,...
The honor will be bestowed April 14 at the WGA Awards’ East Coast ceremony in New York, which takes place concurrently with the WGA’s West Coast ceremony in Los Angeles.
The Bernstein award goes to writers “who have demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity.” Nyswaner becomes the second person to win the award, after Jelani Cobb won in 2017 for his Frontline documentary Policing the Police.
Nyswaner penned the original screenplay for Philadelphia, which was groundbreaking when the Jonathan Demme-directed film starring Tom Hanks debuted in 1993; it was the first major motion picture to focus on the discrimination suffered by people with AIDS,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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Oscar-nominated filmmaker David France has signed with CAA.
The New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist most recently directed the HBO documentary How to Survive a Pandemic, which he also wrote. The film charts the development and distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine, in the U.S. and abroad.
France’s directorial debut, How to Survive a Plague, about AIDS activist group Act Up, was nominated for an Oscar, two Emmys, and a Directors Guild Award. The former Newsweek senior editor went from print journalist to award-winning filmmaker with a documentary that was eventually followed by the book How to Survive a Plague.
France’s credits include The Death & Life of Marsha P. Johnson and Welcome to Chechnya, which earned a Peabody Award for best documentary as the film portrayed a courageous effort to save Chechnya’s queer community from state-sanctioned persecution.
His...
Oscar-nominated filmmaker David France has signed with CAA.
The New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist most recently directed the HBO documentary How to Survive a Pandemic, which he also wrote. The film charts the development and distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine, in the U.S. and abroad.
France’s directorial debut, How to Survive a Plague, about AIDS activist group Act Up, was nominated for an Oscar, two Emmys, and a Directors Guild Award. The former Newsweek senior editor went from print journalist to award-winning filmmaker with a documentary that was eventually followed by the book How to Survive a Plague.
France’s credits include The Death & Life of Marsha P. Johnson and Welcome to Chechnya, which earned a Peabody Award for best documentary as the film portrayed a courageous effort to save Chechnya’s queer community from state-sanctioned persecution.
His...
- 8/2/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
David France, a contributing editor to New York magazine, has had three of his published pieces of work (they've appeared everywhere from GQ and Vanity to Rolling Stone and Glamour, where he served as national affairs editor) turned into films for Showtime Network ("Thanks for a Grateful Nation," "Soldier's Girl" and "Our Fathers" - for which he helped develop the script and co-executive produced). Now "How To Survive A Plague" marks his debut as a director, and the story -- about how activists helped find drugs that stopped AIDS from being death sentence -- will be published in book form in 2013. France notes the timing coincidence of the appearance of HIV and the birth of the camcorder, saying "AIDS activism became the first social movement to film itself. And the images that were captured from back then immediately transport the viewer to a challenging and almost forgotten time in our history.
- 1/11/2012
- Indiewire
[1] It feels like James Franco is attached to pretty much everything these days, but now there's one less Franco project we have to look forward to. According to JustJared.com [2], the star has pulled out of The Iceman, a biopic of Mafia hitman Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski. Franco was lined up to play Robert "Mr. Softee" Pronge, the "mentor assassin" to Kuklinski (Michael Shannon); Ray Liotta and Maggie Gyllenhaal were also set to star in the picture, by director Ariel Vroman. However, with Franco gone, "it looks like this project might fall apart," a source told the site. Details of Franco's exit have not been revealed, although the same source blames "key contractual issues that didn't involve financial terms." The rest of the cast sounds too interesting to waste, so I'm hoping the movie can still come together out even without Franco's involvement. If not, well, there's always The Ice...
- 10/19/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
The Expendables 2
Mickey Rourke's commitment to "In Bruges" writer/director Martin McDonagh's new project "Seven Psychopaths" may mean he won't be involved in the currently shooting "Expendables" sequel. [Source: Deadline]
Gangster Squad
Troy Garity ("Soldier's Girl," "Sunshine") has joined the cast of Ruben Fleischer's period crime pic "The Gangster Squad" at Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow.
Garity will play a one-eyed hitman dispatched by Sean Penn's gangster character to kill cops played by Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin. Shooting is currently under way in Los Angeles. [Source: Variety]
The Corrections
Dianne Wiest is has booked the female lead and Chris Cooper is in talks to join HBO's adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's 2001 best-seller "The Corrections". The story follows an elderly Midwestern couple and their three adult children who all lead complicated lives.
Noah Baumbach (Greenberg) and Scott Rudin (The Social Network) are executive producing the project which Baumbach and Franzen will pen.
Mickey Rourke's commitment to "In Bruges" writer/director Martin McDonagh's new project "Seven Psychopaths" may mean he won't be involved in the currently shooting "Expendables" sequel. [Source: Deadline]
Gangster Squad
Troy Garity ("Soldier's Girl," "Sunshine") has joined the cast of Ruben Fleischer's period crime pic "The Gangster Squad" at Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow.
Garity will play a one-eyed hitman dispatched by Sean Penn's gangster character to kill cops played by Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin. Shooting is currently under way in Los Angeles. [Source: Variety]
The Corrections
Dianne Wiest is has booked the female lead and Chris Cooper is in talks to join HBO's adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's 2001 best-seller "The Corrections". The story follows an elderly Midwestern couple and their three adult children who all lead complicated lives.
Noah Baumbach (Greenberg) and Scott Rudin (The Social Network) are executive producing the project which Baumbach and Franzen will pen.
- 10/19/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Kurt here from Your Movie Buddy. In my attempt to tone up and shed a few (as I feared, the life of a writer can be waistline-hazardous), I've found new inspiration. The gym I attend has a theater in the back where, instead of watching The View with headphones, you can do your cardio in the dark with a daily film that plays on a loop. It's surely not the place to go if you're looking to catch up on your Bergman or Powell & Pressburger, but, by god, at least it's something. Even with a trainer who kicks my ass and drafts a new routine each month, I'll take all the incentives I can get.
On that note, I've opted to use this extra motivator as a writing opportunity – a chance to chime in on the gym's staff picks and voice the opinions that brew while I'm huffing it on the elliptical.
On that note, I've opted to use this extra motivator as a writing opportunity – a chance to chime in on the gym's staff picks and voice the opinions that brew while I'm huffing it on the elliptical.
- 5/27/2011
- by Kurtis O
- FilmExperience
This week is the final airing of the syndicated movie review program At The Movies, marking a true end-of-an-era for those of us who grew up eagerly anticipating the weekly thumb wrestling of critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.
In September of 1975 Chicago Tribune writer Gene and Chicago Sun-Times writer Roger were reluctantly paired for the monthly PBS show Opening Soon at A Theater Near You, which ran for two seasons before being renamed Sneak Previews.
The show became a huge hit for PBS, which decided to syndicate it with Gene and Roger remaining as hosts until 1982, when contract negotiations fell through. They were replaced by liberal commentator Neal Gabler and human block of wood Jeffrey Lyons, who would become best known for siring a quote whore (more on that later.)
Gabler left after three years, unhappy with the direction of the show, and was replaced by Michael Medved, who...
In September of 1975 Chicago Tribune writer Gene and Chicago Sun-Times writer Roger were reluctantly paired for the monthly PBS show Opening Soon at A Theater Near You, which ran for two seasons before being renamed Sneak Previews.
The show became a huge hit for PBS, which decided to syndicate it with Gene and Roger remaining as hosts until 1982, when contract negotiations fell through. They were replaced by liberal commentator Neal Gabler and human block of wood Jeffrey Lyons, who would become best known for siring a quote whore (more on that later.)
Gabler left after three years, unhappy with the direction of the show, and was replaced by Michael Medved, who...
- 8/23/2010
- by michael
- The Backlot
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Send it to aftereltonflyingmonkey@yahoo.com! (Please include your city and state and/or country.)
Q: Can you please help us get more details on Luke Macfarlane's involvement in a Canadian movie Iron Road? He plays a straight guy who falls in love with a woman who was disguised as a boy and has a total nude scene which is gorgeous and sexy. -- Bclee
A: Who is this, the publicist for Iron Road? You’re a smart one. By getting me to publish your email on AfterElton.com, you should sell at least a few thousand extra copies of the movie.
Charlotte Sullivan and Luke Macfarlane in Iron Road
Iron Road, a $10 million Canada/Chinese production, tells the sad story of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and of the many Chinese workers who were tricked into slavery and lost...
Q: Can you please help us get more details on Luke Macfarlane's involvement in a Canadian movie Iron Road? He plays a straight guy who falls in love with a woman who was disguised as a boy and has a total nude scene which is gorgeous and sexy. -- Bclee
A: Who is this, the publicist for Iron Road? You’re a smart one. By getting me to publish your email on AfterElton.com, you should sell at least a few thousand extra copies of the movie.
Charlotte Sullivan and Luke Macfarlane in Iron Road
Iron Road, a $10 million Canada/Chinese production, tells the sad story of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and of the many Chinese workers who were tricked into slavery and lost...
- 10/12/2009
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
Calling out sick never quite works for me...confessions of a blogaholic, I guess. Here are today's new DVDs. (Links go to Netflix for your ease of queue'ing)
The Must See
Ashes of Time Redux I once tried to watch a copy of Ashes of Time before the "reworking" and the image quality was so bad that I gave up after five minutes. Who wants a Wong Kar Wai movie with its visuals compromised? Nobody who knows how ravishing his imagery is, that's who. I'm thrilled to have a real go at this swordsmen drama starring the unbeatable Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and his two greatest screen lovers: Happy Together's Leslie Cheung and In the Mood for Love's Maggie Cheung. Plus there's Tony's frequent co-star and offscreen wife Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and the legendary Brigitte Lin (The Bride With White Hair). Yes please sextupled.
Your Other Options
I've Loved You So Long...
The Must See
Ashes of Time Redux I once tried to watch a copy of Ashes of Time before the "reworking" and the image quality was so bad that I gave up after five minutes. Who wants a Wong Kar Wai movie with its visuals compromised? Nobody who knows how ravishing his imagery is, that's who. I'm thrilled to have a real go at this swordsmen drama starring the unbeatable Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and his two greatest screen lovers: Happy Together's Leslie Cheung and In the Mood for Love's Maggie Cheung. Plus there's Tony's frequent co-star and offscreen wife Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and the legendary Brigitte Lin (The Bride With White Hair). Yes please sextupled.
Your Other Options
I've Loved You So Long...
- 3/8/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Lake City, stars Oscar-winner Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity (Soldier's Girl), Rebecca Romijn (X-men), Dave Matthews (You Don't Mess With The Zohan), Keith Carradine (Dexter), Drea De Matteo (The Sopranos), Allison Sarofim (The Nanny Diaries) and newcomer Colin Ford. The film, which had its world premiere at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, is an intense Southern drama about a mother (Spacek) and son (Garity) who reunite under desperate circumstances; years after a family tragedy drove them apart. Once together, they are forced to sort out their past and escape a dangerous situation in the present. It's opening in San Francisco and Austin this week from Screen Media Films. Go here for release schedule.
- 12/4/2008
- by underdog
- GreenCine
David Frank knows more than you. Care to disagree? News broke last Friday that the suit-bots at ABC cancelled "Pushing Daisies." Oh excuse me, they "didn't order new episodes." Which is like saying, "I didn't shoot you in the head. I just injected it with a large deposit of lead." Note to ABC suit-bots, if you're going to cancel the best show on your Disney-fried network, please have the decency to be blunt about it. Yes, "Pushing Daisies" was the best show ABC had (okay, I don't watch "Lost," but if I wanted constant, painful cock teasing every week I'd visit Mistress Alexis on the corner of Wilson and J street). In fact, "Pushing Daisies" was arguably the finest hour-long show debuted in the last several years. To sum it up in a lazy chain of descriptions: It was charming, funny, heartfelt, inventive, and visually brilliant. And I loved every minute of it.
- 11/26/2008
- by David Frank
- Rope of Silicon
Hollywood's Ball-less Decision: Kidman as a Transsexual Male And you thought it was a gutsy choice... David Frank knows more than you. Care to disagree? Gasp! Nicole Kidman plans to marry Charlize Theron and go faux-tranny in The Danish Girl. Yep, nut-less Kidman will jump in the role of Einar Wegener, the first man who underwent a sex-change operation. Hurry, someone grab James Lipton and his 10-foot tall stack of note cards. What a courageous, novel choice on the filmmaker.s part! And how titillating! Ooo-la-la. Kidman and Theron and the more than likely artsy-fartsy sex scene. I hope MrSkin.com is adding some more bandwidth. Yep, those are the two main strains of opinions bellowed across the web when news of Kidman's casting broke. Either shock and fawning or pure meat-head mentality. What you didn't hear was many people calling bullsh*t on the casting. Well, bullsh*t, bullsh*t and bullsh*t.
- 11/12/2008
- by David Frank
- Rope of Silicon
HBO's gritty cop show The Wire, BBC America's cheeky comedy The Office, Nickelodeon's bilingual preschooler favorite Dora the Explorer and the Showtime telefilm Soldier's Girl were among the recipients of the 63rd annual Peabody Awards, announced Wednesday in Atlanta. The Peabodys, administered by the University of George's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, aim to put the spotlight on "excellence in electronic media." Winners in 29 categories were selected from more than 1,100 entries of programs that aired last year, Peabody officials said. The awards will be presented May 17 at a luncheon ceremony hosted by NBC's Katie Couric at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The list of this year's winners includes the first Web site to earn a Peabody, which went to the Transom.org site maintained by Atlanta Public Media. The site was recognized by Peabody judges for providing "clear guidance -- both technical and conceptual -- on how to create original radio productions."...
NEW YORK -- Continuing their winning ways after nabbing top honors at the Sundance Film Festival this year, American Splendor helmers Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman took home the IFP/New York's 13th annual Open Palm Award at the annual Gotham Awards on Monday evening. The Open Palm celebrates outstanding directorial debut. The Splendor helmers beat out Alfredo De Villa (Washington Heights), Peter Hedges (Pieces of April), Dylan Kidd (Roger Dodger), Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent) and Peter Sollet (Raising Victor Vargas). Splendor is in release through Fine Line Features. Lee Pace picked up a Gotham for breakthrough acting for his role in another Sundance standout, Soldier's Girl, a Showtime original directed by Frank Pierson. In Girl, Pace plays a transgender nightclub performer who begins a romance with a military man. The actor's fellow nominees included Bobby Cannavale (The Station Agent), Jesse Eisenberg (Roger Dodger), Paul Schneider (All the Real Girls) and Judy Marte and Victor Rasuk (Raising Victor Vargas). The Gothams, which salute those who have made significant contributions to the New York filmmaking community, were held at Manhattan's Chelsea Piers.
- 9/24/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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