Blogs Posts on "Filmmaker Profiles"

Animated Storytellers: A Pixar Animation Studios Profile (Part 3) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Nov 18, 2009In the final instalment of a three-part article on the phenomenally successful animation studio, Trevor Hogg details Pixar's merger with entertainment powerhouse Disney and continued critical and commercial success... be sure to read part 1 and part...

Animated Storytellers: A Pixar Animation Studios Profile (Part 2) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Nov 11, 2009In the second of a three-part article on the phenomenally successful animation studio, Trevor Hogg details Pixar's incredible transition to feature-length movies... be sure to read part 1.On July 12, 1991, The Hollywood Reporter published an article...

Animated Storytellers: A Pixar Profile (Part 2) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Nov 11, 2009In the second of a three-part article on the phenomenally successful animation studio, Trevor Hogg details Pixar's incredible transition to feature-length movies... be sure to read part 1.On July 12, 1991, The Hollywood Reporter published an article...

Animated Storytellers: A Pixar Animation Studios Profile (Part 1) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Nov 4, 2009Trevor Hogg details the early days of Pixar in the first of a three-part feature on the phenomenally successful animation studio...Realizing that he could not draw, aspiring animator Ed Catmull decided to change his academic focus to physics and comp...

A Great Reed: A Carol Reed Profile (Part 2) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 28, 2009Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary British filmmaker Carol Reed in the second of a two-part feature... read the first part here.“I don’t think people care what sort of curtains I have,” stated the British filmmaker. “I don’t thin...

A Great Reed: A Carol Reed Profile (Part 1) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 21, 2009Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary British filmmaker Carol Reed in the first of a two-part feature...Following in the footsteps of his father Sir Herbert Beerholm Tree, who founded the Royal School of Dramatic Arts, Carol Reed decided to pu...

Cinematic Adventurer: A Peter Jackson Profile (Part 2) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 14, 2009Trevor Hogg profiles the career of director Peter Jackson in the second of a two-part feature... read the first part here.Peter Jackson decided to pursue his dream of producing a fantasy film as his follow-up project. Lacking major studio support to...

Cinematic Adventurer: A Peter Jackson Profile (Part 1) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Oct 7, 2009Trevor Hogg profiles the career of director Peter Jackson in the first of a two-part feature...“I grew up in a little town in New Zealand at the bottom of the North Island called Pukerua Bay,” revealed Peter Jackson when reflecting upon the coast...

Heartfelt Laughter: A Jason Reitman Profile by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Sep 30, 2009Trevor Hogg profiles the career of director Jason Reitman...Trading the doctor’s stethoscope for the director’s chair, Jason Reitman found his accomplishments being weighed against those of a famous Hollywood filmmaker. “Recently, I’ve been...

Capturing Kubrick: A Stanley Kubrick Profile (Part 2) by Flickering Myth Movie Blog on Sep 23, 2009Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary director Stanley Kubrick in the second of a two-part feature... read the first part here!“It's not a question of my own satisfaction or lack of it,” answered Stanley Kurbrick when questioned on why he...