It’s been less than a year since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. 17 students and staff died in the attack, leaving both the school community and the entire country unsure of how to move forward. The new HBO documentary “Song of Parkland” shows how the school’s drama department returned to school in the wake of the tragedy to put on a production to help unite the school. In addition to chronicling the efforts of the students to finish the production, the film also follows a number of Stoneman Douglas classmates as they became prominent activists throughout the rest of 2018. In addition to working to finish the last of their rehearsals, the newly released trailer for the film shows the students marching in demonstrations.
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- 1/22/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
The 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre still lingers in the hearts and minds of the nation five years later. In the aftermath of the tragedy, a group of artists from New York traveled to Newtown, Connecticut to work with kids from the local school system to mount an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Director Lloyd Kramer decided to film the production for a documentary entitled “Midsummer in Newtown.” Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
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The film follows the young kids as they explore Shakespeare’s language for the first time and work together to connect with art and potentially emerge from the trauma. Meanwhile, Kramer also follows the lives of Jimmy Greene, an acclaimed jazz saxophonist, and Nelba Márquez-Greene, a therapist who decidates herself to crisis intervention,...
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The film follows the young kids as they explore Shakespeare’s language for the first time and work together to connect with art and potentially emerge from the trauma. Meanwhile, Kramer also follows the lives of Jimmy Greene, an acclaimed jazz saxophonist, and Nelba Márquez-Greene, a therapist who decidates herself to crisis intervention,...
- 1/26/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
As per my Thursday update, M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller Split ended up winning the weekend but with way more than anyone, including myself, predicted, with more than $40 million for its opening weekend. That’s pretty impressive, and his first movie to open at that level since 2010’s The Last Airbender. Meanwhile, Vin Diesel’s sequel xXx: The Return of Xander Cage ended up making around where I predicted, taking second place with $20.1 million, not a great sign for the continuation of that franchise. Michael Keaton’s The Founder ended up right around where I predicted with $3.4 million, ending up just outside the Top 10. Hidden Figures, La La Land and Sing continued to do well with minimal drop-offs.
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This Past Weekend:
As per my Thursday update, M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller Split ended up winning the weekend but with way more than anyone, including myself, predicted, with more than $40 million for its opening weekend. That’s pretty impressive, and his first movie to open at that level since 2010’s The Last Airbender. Meanwhile, Vin Diesel’s sequel xXx: The Return of Xander Cage ended up making around where I predicted, taking second place with $20.1 million, not a great sign for the continuation of that franchise. Michael Keaton’s The Founder ended up right around where I predicted with $3.4 million, ending up just outside the Top 10. Hidden Figures, La La Land and Sing continued to do well with minimal drop-offs.
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- 1/25/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Los Angeles, Nov 27: Singer Lady Gaga has praised Lindsay Lohan's performance in "Liz & Dick", a biographical TV film on Elizabeth Taylor.
Directed by Lloyd Kramer, "Liz & Dick" was aired here Sunday. According to contactmusic.com, Lohan, 26, has received mixed reviews for her performance in the movie, including lots of negative feedback from her Hollywood peers.
"You did a beautiful job on 'Liz & Dick'. Let no one bring you down. Liz did not. They always try to knock the greats down a few pegs," Gaga tweeted Monday.
Lohan and Gaga have been good friends for some time and enjoyed a slumber party with singer.
Directed by Lloyd Kramer, "Liz & Dick" was aired here Sunday. According to contactmusic.com, Lohan, 26, has received mixed reviews for her performance in the movie, including lots of negative feedback from her Hollywood peers.
"You did a beautiful job on 'Liz & Dick'. Let no one bring you down. Liz did not. They always try to knock the greats down a few pegs," Gaga tweeted Monday.
Lohan and Gaga have been good friends for some time and enjoyed a slumber party with singer.
- 11/27/2012
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
Lifetime’s TV movie Liz & Dick hopes to capture the storied love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, a legendary Hollywood romance fueled by fights, sex and alcohol. Lindsay Lohan plays the violet-eyed star opposite of Grant Bowler's Burton in a TV movie directed by Lloyd Kramer (2007's Mitch Albom's For One More Day) and produced by Larry A. Thompson. Before the television movie premieres on Sunday night, here are five things to know: Photos: Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) 1. No garment or accessory was previously worn or owned by Elizabeth Taylor. While there were 117 costume changes in the 88-minute TV
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- 11/22/2012
- by Stephanie Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lindsay Lohan celebrated old-Hollywood glamour at a private premiere dinner party for Lifetime's Liz & Dick at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Tuesday night. The actress, who plays the iconic Elizabeth Taylor in the TV movie, appeared on the red carpet in a long, champagne-colored slip dress by Donna Dashini, complete with three diamond-shaped cutouts accented with red jewels matching the actress' fiery red hair. Photos: Elizabeth Taylor’s Many Loves Produced by Larry A. Thompson and directed by Lloyd Kramer, Liz & Dick is based on the controversial love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and actor Richard Burton, played by
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- 11/22/2012
- by Stephanie Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ok, ok, it’s just another TV movie, but we already shared every single thing from Liz & Dick with you guys, so one last poster won’t heart! Looks pretty cool actually! You know, just Grant Bowler kissing Lindsay Lohan‘s neck and stuff like that. I mean, sensual stuff. And of course there’s also a little reminder that the movie will air this Sunday. So, in case you still have any doubts about this project, make sure you read more about the whole thing in the rest of this report…
The movie comes from director Lloyd Kramer, while Christopher Monger stands behind the script which is based on the true story of the couple’s (do I really have to repeat that we’re talking about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton?) passionate and tumultuous love affair.
Lindsay Lohan stars as the legendary Elizabeth Taylor while Grant Bowler is a celebrated actor Richard Burton.
The movie comes from director Lloyd Kramer, while Christopher Monger stands behind the script which is based on the true story of the couple’s (do I really have to repeat that we’re talking about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton?) passionate and tumultuous love affair.
Lindsay Lohan stars as the legendary Elizabeth Taylor while Grant Bowler is a celebrated actor Richard Burton.
- 11/21/2012
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Larry A. Thompson has managed a lot of talent and produced a lot of television over the years, but nothing he’s done before has attracted the kind of attention Liz & Dick has. Set to air November 25, the Lifetime TV movie about the stormy love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton was in the spotlight from the moment Lindsay Lohan was cast as Taylor. Car crashes, filming delays, exhausted crew members and the constant glare of the media hampered the production. Liz & Dick covers the couple’s two marriages, two divorces and career ups and downs. Grant Bowler plays Burton in the film. Lloyd Kramer directs from a script by Temple Grandin scribe Christopher Monger. Thompson talked with me about the trials of making Liz & Dick, hiring Lohan, and his next project on Oprah Winfrey. Deadline: With all the attention on Liz & Dick, this could not have been an easy film to make.
- 11/14/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Lindsay Lohan takes the lead in the upcoming Lifetime movie, Liz & Dick, set to air in the Us in just over a month’s time.
We saw a captivating Lohan grace the poster last month, and now a new featurette has debuted online, giving us a look behind the scenes, in which the actress talks a little about the similarities between Elizabeth Hurley and herself.
“On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood’s most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world’s greatest actors, Richard Burton – and she didn’t leave.
Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi and they became the most hunted and photographed couple on earth. Their rocky, passionate, relationship, born in front of the cameras, was captured in a series of films, including Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
The last of the great, extravagant stars, flaunting diamonds,...
We saw a captivating Lohan grace the poster last month, and now a new featurette has debuted online, giving us a look behind the scenes, in which the actress talks a little about the similarities between Elizabeth Hurley and herself.
“On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood’s most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world’s greatest actors, Richard Burton – and she didn’t leave.
Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi and they became the most hunted and photographed couple on earth. Their rocky, passionate, relationship, born in front of the cameras, was captured in a series of films, including Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
The last of the great, extravagant stars, flaunting diamonds,...
- 10/2/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There may be a lot of truth to the idea that Liz & Dick is (one of) the most talked about movie of the year, but I’m not absolutely sure it’s a claim I would feature.
Good or bad, Lindsay Lohan or no, and if you’re the right crowd, Lifetime or no, there’s no denying that the movie takes on interesting subject matter, and is potentially well worth watching just to catch some glimpse into the lives of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Of course, I don’t know that it has anything to say that isn’t well-worn material, but it’s worth finding out.
What do you think about this one, and is the movie, wherever it lands, overshadowed simply by the fact that Lohan is in it? I’d like to know where the public is coming down on this one. Will you watch?...
Good or bad, Lindsay Lohan or no, and if you’re the right crowd, Lifetime or no, there’s no denying that the movie takes on interesting subject matter, and is potentially well worth watching just to catch some glimpse into the lives of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Of course, I don’t know that it has anything to say that isn’t well-worn material, but it’s worth finding out.
What do you think about this one, and is the movie, wherever it lands, overshadowed simply by the fact that Lohan is in it? I’d like to know where the public is coming down on this one. Will you watch?...
- 10/1/2012
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Lifetime has revealed the premiere date for its upcoming Liz & Dick movie, starring Lindsay Lohan. Liz & Dick will air on Sunday, November 25 at 9pm Et on the cable network. The television movie follows Elizabeth Taylor (Lohan) and her love affair with husband Richard Burton (Grant Bowler). Liz & Dick is directed by Lloyd Kramer and written by Christopher Monger. On Sunday (September 30), (more)...
- 10/1/2012
- by By Kristina Bustos
- Digital Spy
Lifetime has set November 25 for the premiere of Liz & Dick starring Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor and Grant Bowler as Richard Burton. The story of the couple’s passionate and stormy love affair is executive produced by Larry A. Thompson (Amish Grace) and directed by Lloyd Kramer (Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet in Heaven). Christopher Monger (Temple Grandin) penned the script. A+E Networks will handle international distribution. Liz & Dick will air at 9 Pm on Lifetime. Related: ‘Liz & Dick’ Movie Poster Unveiled Hot TV Trailer: Lifetime’s ‘Liz & Dick’...
- 10/1/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
I must admit that I’m not usually a fan of movies that come on the Lifetime channel, but this time my head is hanging down as Lindsay Lohan is dripping in diamonds as Elizabeth Taylor in the first Liz & Dick trailer.
Lifetime has also revealed the official poster design that features Lohan in a typical Taylor-like pose on equal footing with bold phrases typical for the Hollywood legend’s life.
Directed by Lloyd Kramer the movie tracks the fiery romance often called ‘the marriage of the century’ between Taylor (Lohan) and Richard Burton (Grant Bowler), following their ups and downs played out entirely in front of the global press from the time they met on the set of the major motion picture Cleopatra, left their respective spouses, married and divorced, only to remarry and divorce once again.
This brief ad, however, could be here to remind us that Lohan is in it,...
Lifetime has also revealed the official poster design that features Lohan in a typical Taylor-like pose on equal footing with bold phrases typical for the Hollywood legend’s life.
Directed by Lloyd Kramer the movie tracks the fiery romance often called ‘the marriage of the century’ between Taylor (Lohan) and Richard Burton (Grant Bowler), following their ups and downs played out entirely in front of the global press from the time they met on the set of the major motion picture Cleopatra, left their respective spouses, married and divorced, only to remarry and divorce once again.
This brief ad, however, could be here to remind us that Lohan is in it,...
- 9/21/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Lindsay Lohan is dripping in diamonds as Elizabeth Taylor in the first "Liz and Dick" trailer, released Thursday by Lifetime. LiLo's got Taylor's real-life act down, too: Red lips, sultry stares, a tendency to throw wine bottles at Richard Burton (Grant Bowler). The television movie, directed by Lloyd Kramer, airs Nov. 3. Here's the trailer: Related Articles: 'SNL': Lindsay Lohan and Jimmy Fallon Recall 'Debbie Downer' Meltdown...
- 9/21/2012
- by Danielle Paquette
- The Wrap
Amid more personal troubles for Lindsay Lohan, Lifetime has dropped the poster (via AceShowBiz) for the actress' upcoming TV movie, "Liz & Dick," based on the life of Elizabeth Taylor. And, given how much of a spotlight has been put on both the late actress and Lohan over the years, the casting just might be a mark of genius on Lifetime's part.
On it, Lohan rocks a black bob, black cocktail dress and enough diamonds and rubies to make Liz a bit jealous. While, the look is a pretty spot-on take of the style of Taylor, it's the words splashed across the poster that not only speak to Liz's life, but also Lohan's.
"Controversial," "Tabloid Front Page," "Child Star," "Paparazzi" and "Scandal" are among the terms that not only define the life of Liz, but also Lohan.
The film will premiere on the TV network in November. It also stars Grant Bowler...
On it, Lohan rocks a black bob, black cocktail dress and enough diamonds and rubies to make Liz a bit jealous. While, the look is a pretty spot-on take of the style of Taylor, it's the words splashed across the poster that not only speak to Liz's life, but also Lohan's.
"Controversial," "Tabloid Front Page," "Child Star," "Paparazzi" and "Scandal" are among the terms that not only define the life of Liz, but also Lohan.
The film will premiere on the TV network in November. It also stars Grant Bowler...
- 9/20/2012
- by Jocelyn Vena
- MTV Movies Blog
It’s been a few years since Lindsay Lohan was last seen on our screens, but her return in just a matter of weeks away now, with Lifetime’s Liz & Dick due to air this coming November, telling the story of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Lohan takes the lead opposite Grant Bowler, and now the first poster for the movie has arrived, putting Lohan front and centre, with a pair of rather beautiful (albeit edited) purple eyes.
“On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood’s most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world’s greatest actors, Richard Burton – and she didn’t leave.
Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi and they became the most hunted and photographed couple on earth. Their rocky, passionate, relationship, born in front of the cameras, was captured in a series of films, including Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?...
Lohan takes the lead opposite Grant Bowler, and now the first poster for the movie has arrived, putting Lohan front and centre, with a pair of rather beautiful (albeit edited) purple eyes.
“On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood’s most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world’s greatest actors, Richard Burton – and she didn’t leave.
Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi and they became the most hunted and photographed couple on earth. Their rocky, passionate, relationship, born in front of the cameras, was captured in a series of films, including Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?...
- 9/20/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Here are several photos of the 26-year-old actress Lindsay Lohan from the Lifetime biopic, Liz & Dick, proving she can still embody old-style Hollywood glamor.
It’s not hard to guess that sometimes troubled Lohan stars as the late Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor alongside True Blood’s Grant Bowler, who plays one of Taylor’s many husbands and the man considered the love of her life, Richard Burton.
The film chronicles Taylor and Burton’s fiery romance and will show Taylor over several decades, from their brief initial encounter at a 1954 pool party to their collaboration on the set of 1963s Cleopatra all the way until Burton’s death in 1984 as evidenced by this picture of Lohan as Liz in her later years.
Lohan’s role as Taylor is her first major role since 2010s Machete.
The biopic is written by Christopher Monger (Temple Grandin) and directed by Lloyd Kramer (The Five People You Meet in Heaven...
It’s not hard to guess that sometimes troubled Lohan stars as the late Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor alongside True Blood’s Grant Bowler, who plays one of Taylor’s many husbands and the man considered the love of her life, Richard Burton.
The film chronicles Taylor and Burton’s fiery romance and will show Taylor over several decades, from their brief initial encounter at a 1954 pool party to their collaboration on the set of 1963s Cleopatra all the way until Burton’s death in 1984 as evidenced by this picture of Lohan as Liz in her later years.
Lohan’s role as Taylor is her first major role since 2010s Machete.
The biopic is written by Christopher Monger (Temple Grandin) and directed by Lloyd Kramer (The Five People You Meet in Heaven...
- 8/31/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
The Daily Beast (or rather me directly) obtained a production draft of Lifetime’s Elizabeth Taylor biopic starring Lindsay Lohan. I pick out eight especially salacious bits from the script. Over at The Daily Beast, you can read my latest feature, "Liz & Dick: 8 Crazy Scenes from Lindsay Lohan’s Elizabeth Taylor Biopic," in which I read Christopher Monger's script and pick out the eight craziest, oddest, most salacious bits of Lifetime's upcoming Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton biopic, Liz & Dick, starring Lindsay Lohan. When considering actresses to play the late, beloved Academy Award–winner Elizabeth Taylor, the first name that comes to most people’s minds likely isn’t Lindsay Lohan. And yet the troubled, talented 25-year-old actress is currently playing Taylor in Lifetime’s made-for-tv movie Liz & Dick, about the tumultuous romance between Taylor and her costar/husband Richard Burton (played here by True Blood’s Grant Bowler...
- 6/14/2012
- by Jace Lacob
- Televisionary
Grant Bowler / Richard Burton: Liz & Dick Grant Bowler as Richard Burton in Lifetime’s fall movie Liz & Dick looks less convincing than Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor. Burton met Taylor at the time the two were making Cleopatra for 20th Century Fox. A troubled production, Cleopatra was initially to have starred Taylor, Peter Finch, and Stephen Boyd, under the direction of Rouben Mamoulian. Mamoulian left, Taylor fell seriously ill, nearly died, and had to have a tracheotomy performed. The end result was a Best Actress Academy Award for her troubles (and for Butterfield 8) and brand new leading men for Cleopatra: Richard Burton as Marc Antony and Rex Harrison as Julius Caesar. By then, Cleopatra also had a new director: two-time Best Director Oscar winner Joseph L. Mankiewicz. A respected stage and screen actor in the ’60s, Richard Burton was nominated for seven Academy Awards. Best Supporting Actor...
- 6/7/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Lindsay Lohan / Elizabeth Taylor Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime movie Liz & Dick. Lohan, 26 next July 2, plays Elizabeth Taylor (apparently) at about the time she met Richard Burton in the early ’60s. (Though the Lohan/Taylor picture above looks like something out Richard Brooks’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, with Lohan as Maggie the Panther.) Grant Bowler, best known for True Blood and the box-office and critical cataclysm Atlas Shrugged: Part I, plays Richard Burton. The makeup job looks quite impressive, helping to transform Lohan into Taylor. We’ll see — or rather, hear — if Lohan is able to reproduce Taylor’s tones as well. A tabloid queen in her heyday, Elizabeth Taylor won two Best Actress Academy Awards: Daniel Mann’s Butterfield 8, 1960; Mike Nichols’ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966. Taylor was nominated three other times: Edward Dmytryk’s Raintree County, 1957; Brooks’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,...
- 6/6/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Lindsay Lohan Elizabeth Taylor movie Liz & Dick (Grant Bowler as Richard Burton) Lindsay Lohan‘s Elizabeth Taylor movie Liz & Dick, to be shown on Lifetime, has its first official photo. Lohan does look like Taylor; whether or not Atlas Shrugged: Part I‘s Grant Bowler passes for Richard Burton is unclear, as he seems to be playing Christopher Lee in the above pic. Much has been said about how absurd it was to cast Lindsay Lohan, of rehab and courtroom notoriety, to play one of the most glamorous stars Hollywood has ever produced. What those people seem to forget — or be ignorant about — is that Elizabeth Taylor, long before she became a Dame of the (now-moribund) British Empire, long before her AIDS Foundation, and not that long before her two Oscar wins, was considered by many to be a selfish, reckless "whore." True, Taylor received four back-to-back Oscar nominations in...
- 6/5/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Reflecting the shift of longform TV programming to cable, ABC was the only broadcast outlet to figure in five DGA Awards nominations for telefilms and miniseries announced Thursday.
Lloyd Kramer was nominated for directing ABC's Oprah Winfrey Presents Mitch Albom's For One More Day. Other nominees in the category included Jon Avnet for The Starter Wife (USA Network), Jeremiah Chechik for The Bronx Is Burning (ESPN), Mikael Salomon for The Company (TNT) and Yves Simoneau for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (HBO).
The DGA also announced nominees in several other television and documentary categories. Winners will be announced Jan. 26 at the 60th annual DGA Awards gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City.
A list of nominees follows:
Movies for Television/Miniseries
-- Jon Avnet, The Starter Wife (USA)
This is Mr. Avnet's second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this same category in 2001 for Uprising.
-- Jeremiah Chechik, The Bronx Is Burning (ESPN)
This is Mr. Chechik's second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in the 1986 Commercials category for Wave (AT&T), Clock Tower (Connecticut Bank), and Tonight, Tonight (Michelob).
-- Lloyd Kramer, "Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's 'For One More Day'" (ABC)
This is Mr. Kramer's third DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this same category for Mitch Albom's "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" in 2004, and in the Television Documentary/Actuality category for No One Dies Alone in 1988.
-- Mikael Salomen, The Company (TNT)
This is Mr. Salomon's first DGA Award nomination.
-- Yves Simoneau, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (HBO)
This is Mr. Simoneau's first DGA Award nomination.
Dramatic Series Night
-- Jack Bender, Lost, Through the Looking Glass (ABC)
This is Mr. Bender's first DGA Award nomination.
-- David Chase, The Sopranos, Made in America (HBO)
This is Mr. Chase's second DGA Award nomination. He won the Dramatic Series Night award for The Sopranos pilot episode in 1999. Additionally, he was a recipient of the DGA Honor in 2006 in New York.
-- Eric Laneuville, Lost, The Brig (ABC)
This is Mr. Laneuville's fourth DGA Award nomination in this category. He was previously nominated for the NYPD Blue episode From Hare to Eternity in 1993. He won the Dramatic Series Night Award for the I'll Fly Away episode All God's Children in 1991 and also won for his L.A. Law episode I'm in the Nude in 1989.
-- Alan Taylor, Mad Men, "When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (pilot)" (AMC) This is Mr. Taylor's first DGA Award nomination.
-- Tim Van Patten, The Sopranos, Sopranos Home Movies (HBO)
This is Mr. Van Patten's sixth DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series in 2004 for the Sex and the City episode "An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux," and in 2003 for the Sex and the City episode Boy Interrupted. He was nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series Night in 2006 for the Sopranos episode Members Only, in 2004 for the Sopranos episode Long Term Parking, and in 2002 for the Soprano episode Whoever Did This.
Comedy Series
-- Michael Engler, 30 Rock, Rosemary's Baby (NBC)
This is Mr. Engler's third DGA Award nomination in this category. He was previously nominated in 2003 for the Sex and the City episode "Hop, Skip & a Week," and in 2001 for the Sex and the City episode My Motherboard, Myself.
-- David Grossman, Desperate Housewives, Something's Coming (ABC)
This is Mr. Grossman's second DGA Award Nomination. He was previously nominated in the Musical/Variety category for "The Smothers Brothers 20th Year Reunion" in 1988.
-- Beth McCarthy-Miller 30 Rock, Somebody to Love (NBC)...
Lloyd Kramer was nominated for directing ABC's Oprah Winfrey Presents Mitch Albom's For One More Day. Other nominees in the category included Jon Avnet for The Starter Wife (USA Network), Jeremiah Chechik for The Bronx Is Burning (ESPN), Mikael Salomon for The Company (TNT) and Yves Simoneau for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (HBO).
The DGA also announced nominees in several other television and documentary categories. Winners will be announced Jan. 26 at the 60th annual DGA Awards gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City.
A list of nominees follows:
Movies for Television/Miniseries
-- Jon Avnet, The Starter Wife (USA)
This is Mr. Avnet's second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this same category in 2001 for Uprising.
-- Jeremiah Chechik, The Bronx Is Burning (ESPN)
This is Mr. Chechik's second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in the 1986 Commercials category for Wave (AT&T), Clock Tower (Connecticut Bank), and Tonight, Tonight (Michelob).
-- Lloyd Kramer, "Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's 'For One More Day'" (ABC)
This is Mr. Kramer's third DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this same category for Mitch Albom's "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" in 2004, and in the Television Documentary/Actuality category for No One Dies Alone in 1988.
-- Mikael Salomen, The Company (TNT)
This is Mr. Salomon's first DGA Award nomination.
-- Yves Simoneau, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (HBO)
This is Mr. Simoneau's first DGA Award nomination.
Dramatic Series Night
-- Jack Bender, Lost, Through the Looking Glass (ABC)
This is Mr. Bender's first DGA Award nomination.
-- David Chase, The Sopranos, Made in America (HBO)
This is Mr. Chase's second DGA Award nomination. He won the Dramatic Series Night award for The Sopranos pilot episode in 1999. Additionally, he was a recipient of the DGA Honor in 2006 in New York.
-- Eric Laneuville, Lost, The Brig (ABC)
This is Mr. Laneuville's fourth DGA Award nomination in this category. He was previously nominated for the NYPD Blue episode From Hare to Eternity in 1993. He won the Dramatic Series Night Award for the I'll Fly Away episode All God's Children in 1991 and also won for his L.A. Law episode I'm in the Nude in 1989.
-- Alan Taylor, Mad Men, "When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (pilot)" (AMC) This is Mr. Taylor's first DGA Award nomination.
-- Tim Van Patten, The Sopranos, Sopranos Home Movies (HBO)
This is Mr. Van Patten's sixth DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series in 2004 for the Sex and the City episode "An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux," and in 2003 for the Sex and the City episode Boy Interrupted. He was nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series Night in 2006 for the Sopranos episode Members Only, in 2004 for the Sopranos episode Long Term Parking, and in 2002 for the Soprano episode Whoever Did This.
Comedy Series
-- Michael Engler, 30 Rock, Rosemary's Baby (NBC)
This is Mr. Engler's third DGA Award nomination in this category. He was previously nominated in 2003 for the Sex and the City episode "Hop, Skip & a Week," and in 2001 for the Sex and the City episode My Motherboard, Myself.
-- David Grossman, Desperate Housewives, Something's Coming (ABC)
This is Mr. Grossman's second DGA Award Nomination. He was previously nominated in the Musical/Variety category for "The Smothers Brothers 20th Year Reunion" in 1988.
-- Beth McCarthy-Miller 30 Rock, Somebody to Love (NBC)...
- 1/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The late Christopher Reeve was among five nominees named Monday for the DGA's annual award recognizing made-for-TV films. Reeve, who died in October, was recognized for A&E's The Brooke Ellison Story. The other nominees were Joe Sargent for HBO's Something the Lord Made, Robert Altman for the Sundance Channel's Tanner on Tanner, Parts 1-4, Stephen Hopkins for HBO's The Life and Death of Peter Sellers and Lloyd Kramer for ABC's Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven. The winner will be announced Jan. 29 at the 57th annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
- 1/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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