Showing posts with label awards season. Show all posts
Showing posts with label awards season. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Independent Spirit Awards - UPDATED: WINNERS - 2016

It's about that time - time for my rather dead blog to get active again! I seem to have an issue keeping it going unless it's awards season. At least I don't have angry readers clamoring for more - maybe next year I can try to get into a better pattern.

This is the first announcement for awards season! I've recently moved to Kitchener, so I'm going to have to figure out a way to watch my shows without cable. Meanwhile, Independent Spirit Awards nominations!

BEST FEATURE
Anomalisa
Beasts of No Nation
Carol
Spotlight
Tangerine

BEST FIRST FEATURE
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
James White
Manos Sucias
Mediterranea
Songs My Brothers Taught Me

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Jesse Andrews - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Joseph Carpignano - Mediterranea
Emma Donoghue - Room
Marielle Heller - The Diary of a Teenage Girl
John Magary, Russell Harbaugh, Myna Joseph - The Mend

BEST DIRECTOR
Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson - Anomalisa
Cary Joji Fukunaga - Beasts of No Nation
Todd Haynes - Carol
David Robert Mitchell - It Follows
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
Sean Baker - Tangerine

BEST SCREENPLAY
Charlie Kaufman - Anamalisa
Donald Margulies - The End of the Tour
Phyllis Nagy - Carol
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer - Spotlight
S. Craig Zahler - Bone Tomahawk

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (BEST FEATURE UNDER $500,000)
Advantageous
Christmas, Again
Heaven Knows What
Krisha
Out Of My Hand

BEST MALE LEAD
Christopher Abbott - James White
Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation
Ben Mendelsohn - Mississippi Grind
Jason Segel - The End of the Tour
Koudous Seihon - Mediterranea

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Rooney Mara - Carol
Bel Powley - The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez - Tangerine

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Kevin Corrigan - Results
Paul Dano - Love & Mercy
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Richard Jenkins - Bone Tomahawk
Michael Shannon - 99 Homes

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Robin Bartlett - H.
Marin Ireland - Glass Chin
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Anomalisa
Cynthia Nixon - James White
Mya Taylor - Tangerine

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cary Joji Fukunaga - Beasts of No Nation
Ed Lachman - Carol
Michael Gioulakis - It Follows
Reed Morano - Meadowland
Joshua James Richards - Songs My Brothers Taught Me

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Embrace of the Serpent (El Abrazo De La Serpiente)
Girlhood
Mustang
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Son of Saul

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Best of Enemies
Heart of a Dog
The Look of Silence
Meru
The Russian Woodpecker
(T)ERROR

BEST EDITING
Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie - Heaven Knows What
Tom McArdle - Spotlight
Nathan Nugent - Room
Julio C. Perez IV - It Follows
Kristan Sprague - Manos Sucias

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (BEST ENSEMBLE)
Spotlight

KIEHL'S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Chloe Zhoa
Felix Thompson
Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Darren Dean
Mel Eslyn
Rebecca Green & Laura D. Smith

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Alex Sichel & Elizabeth Giamatti
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Hemal Trivedi & Mohammed Ali Naqvi

I'm loving the relative unknowns in the leading role and big nominations. It's one of the reasons I adore the Independent Spirit Awards.

Also, It Follows is an excellent film. Really creepy, but really well put together, and not B class at all.

UPDATED: Still loving the fact that the big names aren't the only ones winning! (Better than the Oscars with the diversity for sure.) And Spotlight is winning big; I still haven't seen it (I'm always later with the awards films) but I've heard it certainly deserves it! Tonight will be an interesting race. I'll be live-tweeting on Twitter from an event  here in Kitchener!

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

25th Annual Producers Guild Awards

I don't usually focus on this, but I wanted to take a look this year, not least because of the groundbreaking tie. The 25th Annual PGAs were on January 19th, and I've been hearing about that tie ever since! I'm not sure how I feel about it yet but I wanted to share the awards list. I also am so excited to see that Lizzie Bennet was nominated for Outstanding Digital Series, and wanted to share that love. Literally one of the best creations I've seen, and I love that it was all available (and is still all available) free on YouTube. As usual, the winners are bolded.

THE DARRYL F. ZANUCK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
American Hustle (Columbia Pictures) Producers: Megan Ellison, Jon Gordon, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle
Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics) Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures) Producers: Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin
Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features) Producers: Robbie Brenner, Rachel Winter
Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures) Producers: Alfonso CuarĂ³n, David Heyman - TIE
Her (Warner Bros. Pictures) Producers: Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, Vincent Landay
Nebraska (Paramount Pictures) Producers: Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa
Saving Mr Banks (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Producers: Ian Collie, Alison Owen, Philip Steuer
12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Producers: Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner - TIE
The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures) Producers: Riza Aziz, Emma Koskoff, Joey McFarland

THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
The Croods (DreamWorks Animation) Producers: Kristine Belson, Jane Hartwell
Despicable Me 2 (Universal Pictures) Producers: Janet Healy, Chris Meledandri
Epic (Twentieth Century Fox) Producers: Jerry Davis, Lori Forte
Frozen (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Producers: Peter Del Vecho
Monsters University (Pixar Animation) Producer: Kori Rae

THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF DOCUMENTARY THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
A Place At the Table (Magnolia Pictures) Producers: Julie Goldman, Ryan Harrington, Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (First Run Features) Producers: Brad Bernstein, Rick Cikowski
Life According to Sam (HBO Documentary Films) Producers: Andrea Nix Fine, Sean Fine, Miriam Weintraub
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks (Focus Features) Producers: Alexis Bloom, Alex Gibney, Marc Shmuger
Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington (HBO Documentary Films) Producers: James Brabazon, Nick Quested

THE DAVID L. WOLPER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF LONG-FORM TELEVISION
American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) Producers: Brad Buecker, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Alexis Martin Woodall, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, Chip Vucelich, James Wong
Behind the Candelabra (HBO) Producers: Susan Ekins, Gregory Jacobs, Michael Polaire, Jerry Weintraub
Killing Kennedy (National Geographic Channel) Producers: Mary Lisio, Larry Rapaport, Ridley Scott, Teri Weinberg, David W. Zucker
 Phil Spector (HBO) Producers: Michael Hausman, Barry Levinson
Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel) Producers: Philippa Campbell, Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman

THE NORMAN FELTON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF EPISODIC TELEVISION, DRAMA
Breaking Bad (AMC) Producers: Melissa Bernstein, Sam Catlin, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Mark Johnson, Stewart Lyons, Michelle MacLaren, George Mastras, Diane Mercer, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett
Downton Abbey (ITV - United Kingdom; PBS - United States) Producers: Julian Fellowes, Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge
Game of Thrones (HBO) Producers: David Benioff, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, D.B. Weiss, Christopher Newman, Greg Spence, Carolyn Strauss
Homeland (Showtime) Producers: Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Michael Cuesta, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Michael Klick, Meredith Stiehm
House of Cards (Netflix) Producers: Joshua Donen, David Fincher, Karyn McCarthy, John Melfi, Eric Roth, Kevin Spacey, Beau Willimon

THE DANNY THOMAS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF EPISODIC TELEVISION, COMEDY
30 Rock (NBC) Producers: Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Luke Del Tredici, Tina Fey, Matt Hubbard, Marci Klein, Jerry Kupfer, Colleen McGuinness, Lorne Michaels, David Miner, Dylan Morgan, Jeff Richmond, Josh Siegal, Tracey Wigfield
Arrested Development (Netflix) Producers: John Foy, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Mitchell Hurwitz, Dean Lorey, Troy Miller, Richard Rosenstock, Jim Vallely
The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Producers: Bill Prady, Chuck Lorre, Steve Molaro, Faye Oshima Belyeu
Modern Family (ABC) Producers: Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeffrey Morton, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Chris Smirnoff, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker
Veep (HBO) Producers: Simon Blackwell, Christopher Godsick, Armando Iannucci, Stephanie Laing, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Frank Rich, Tony Roche

THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF NON-FICTION TELEVISION
30 for 30 (ESPN) Producers: Bill Simmons, John Dahl, Erin Leyden, Connor Schell
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Sandra Zweig
Duck Dynasty (A&E) Producers: Deidre Gurney, Scott Gurney, Mike Odair, Hugh Peterson, Adam Saltzberg, Charlie Van Vleet
Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo) Producers: James Lipton, Shawn Tesser, Jeff Wurtz
Shark Tank (ABC) Producers: Mark Burnett, Becky Blitz, Bill Gaudsmith, Yun Lingner, Clay Newbill, Jim Roush, Laura Skowlund, Max Swedlow

THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND TALK TELEVISION
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) Producers: Meredith Bennett, Stephen T. Colbert, Richard Dahm, Paul Dinello, Barry Julien, Matt Lappin, Emily Lazar, Tanya Michnevich Bracco, Tom Purcell, Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) Producers: David Craig, Ken Crosby, Doug DeLuca, Gary Greenberg, Erin Irwin, Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Molly McNearney, Tony Romero, Jason Schrift, Jennifer Sharron, Josh Weintraub
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Producers: Hillary Hunn, Lorne Michaels, Gavin Purcell, Michael Shoemaker
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Producers: Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Dean Johnsen, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Matt Wood
Saturday Night Live (NBC) Producers: Ken Aymong, Erin Doyle, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Lorne Michaels, Lindsay Shookus

THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER OF COMPETITION TELEVISION
The Amazing Race (CBS) Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Elise Doganieri, Jonathan Littman, Bertram van Munster, Mark Vertullo
Dancing With the Stars (ABC) Producers: Ashley Edens-Shaffer, Conrad Green, Joe Sungkur
Project Runway (Lifetime) Producers: Jane Cha Cutler, Desiree Gruber, Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum, Jonathan Murray, Sara Rea, Colleen Sands
Top Chef (Bravo) Producers: Tom Colicchio, Daniel Cutforth, Casey Kriley, Jane Lipsitz, Erica Ross, Nan Strait, Andrew Wallace
The Voice (NBC) Producers: Stijn Bakkers, Mark Burnett, John de Mol, Chad Hines, Lee Metzger, Audrey Morrissey, Jim Roush, Kyra Thompson, Nicolle Yaron, Mike Yurchuk, Amanda Zucker

THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SPORTS PROGRAM
24/7 (HBO)
Hard Knocks (HBO)
Monday Night Football (ESPN)
Real Sports With Bryan Gumbel (HBO)
Sportscenter (ESPN)

THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CHILDREN'S PROGRAM
Dora the Explorer (Nickelodeon)
iCarly (Nickelodeon)
Phineas and Ferb (Disney Channel)
Sesame Street (PBS)
Spongebob Squarepants (Nickelodeon)

THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DIGITAL SERIES
Burning Love (http://screen.yahoo.com/burning-love/)
Epic Rap Battles of History (www.epicrapbattlesofhistory.com)
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (www.youtube.com/lizziebennet)
Video Game High School (http://www.rocketjump.com/category/vghs)
Wired: What's Inside (http://video.wired.com/series/what-s-inside)