Carroll Ballard
Nacimiento : 1937-10-14, Los Angeles, California, USA
Historia
Director norteamericano nacido en Los Ángeles. Estudió cine en la Universidad de su ciudad natal. Tuvo un memorable debut como director con El corcel negro (1979), un cuento exquisito sobre las aventuras de un niño y un caballo, basado en una novela para niños de Walter Farley, con la producción ejecutiva de Francis Ford Coppola. Su siguiente film, Los lobos no lloran (1983), muestra a Charles Martin Smith, en un raro papel como un investigador en biología. Es una producción de dos años en Yukon y Alaska que configura una obra poética que trasciende las cualidades estándar de las películas de Disney sobre la naturaleza. Su producción posterior ha sido muy espaciada. La fuerza del viento (1992) presenta una filmografía sobresaliente de John Toll. Aparecen en esta obra muchos elementos de su niñez a orillas del Lago Tahoe, donde su padre construía botes y él mismo utilizó un año, después de su graduación, construyendo un catamarán. Posteriormente se alistó en el ejército donde sirvió como camarógrafo en América del Sur. Volando libre (2006) y Duma (2005), fueron sus últimos films.
Self
The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has played host to an international who’s who of directors and each day begins with a two-hour discussion. To mark the festival’s silver anniversary, festival director Peter von Bagh edited together highlights from these dialogues to create an epic four-part choral history of cinema drawn from the anecdotes, insights, and wisdom of his all-star cast: Coppola, Fuller, Forman, Chabrol, Corman, Demy, Kieslowski, Kiarostami, Varda, Oliveira, Erice, Rouch, Gilliam, Jancso — and 64 more. Ranging across innumerable topics (war, censorship, movie stars, formative influences, America, neorealism) these voices, many now passed away, engage in a personal dialogue across the years that’s by turns charming, profound, hilarious and moving.
Himself
Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home including George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Chris Columbus and producer Saul Zaentz. The special weaves interviews, commentaries and unforgettable moments from some of the most visionary movies ever created such as American Graffiti, the Star Wars film series, the Indiana Jones film series, The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Toy Story, The Incredibles, Lost in Translation, Flags of Our Fathers and many others. It also features interviews with those who have worked with Bay Area mavericks: Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Anthony Minghella, Milos Forman and Frank Darabont.
Director
Xan es un niño que vive con sus padres en un rancho de Kenya. Un día, encuentran una cría de guepardo cuya madre ha muerto y deciden hacerse cargo de ella. Con el nombre de Duma, el pequeño felino pasa a formar parte de la familia. Pero cuando crece, el padre decide que lo mejor es llevarlo a su hábitat natural antes de que sea demasiado tarde.
Self
Una fascinante crónica del nacimiento y ascenso del radicalmente diferente estudio independiente fundado por el director Francis Ford Coppola.
Self
The Making of feature for the George Lucas movie 'THX 1138'.
Director
Amy y su padre viven en una pequeña granja en Canadá. En un bosque cercano, Amy descubre un nido de gansos abandonado y decide criarlos. Ambos inician una divertida aventura: enseñan a los gansos a volar y los guían hacia tierras cálidas.
Director
Un ambicioso joven es designado para representar a los Estados Unidos en la Copa América, la regata de veleros más famosa del mundo.
Director
Este ballet de Chaikovski, que se inspira en el cuento de E.T.A. Hoffman "El cascanueces y el rey de los ratones", se estrenó el 5 de diciembre de 1892 con un libreto de Marius Petipa. Es la primera vez que se lleva al cine gracias a la inestimable colaboración del Pacific Northwest Ballet y la London Symphony Orchestra dirigida por Sir Charles Mackerras. (FILMAFFINITY)
Director
Tyler, un experto biólogo, viaja a los desolados parajes del Norte de Canadá que lindan con el Ártico, para investigar las extrañas muertes de caribús, una especie de renos, que se están produciendo en la región y de las que todo el mundo culpa a los lobos. Una vez allí, con la ayuda de Osket, un enigmático esquimal, elabora un plan para localizar a los lobos, cosa que consigue sin dificultad. Sin embargo, pronto descubrirá que no son los lobos, sino cazadores furtivos los que diezman las manadas de renos.
Self
The various trials and errors in creating films at Disney, including aspects of "Something Wicked This Way Comes".
Director
El joven Alec queda fascinado por un misterioso caballo árabe que es embarcado y encerrado en un establo del mismo barco en el que viaja con su padre. Cuando el barco naufraga, Alec y el caballo, los únicos supervivientes, van a parar a una isla desierta.
Director
Award-winning filmmaker Carroll Ballard’s cinematic science excursion into microcinematography and electronic music.
Cinematography
Oscar Winning short film from 1972
Director
Interviews with a dozen California centenarians against a montage of present day media reportage.
Director
Shot in four days during the 1968 National Rodeo Finals in Oklahoma City, this lyrical documentary takes you inside the arena atop a 2800 lb bull. Watch Freckles Brown, a legendary cowboy, conferring with a young Larry Mahan, the previous year's champion and see crowd favorite Myrtis Dightman trying to hold his own in a dramatic ride. "Rodeo" shows the classic struggle of man against beast, a matter of life and death. Dick Rosmini's hypnotizing folk-fusion soundtrack and an intricate sound mix add to the climatic result.
Director
The adventures of a cat who endures the indignation of a busy family and the dangers of being lost in a big city.
Writer
A beautifully photographed record of the yearly cycle of planting and growth which culminates in bountiful harvests across the farmlands of the United States. Panoramic in its treatment, the film shows something of the diversity of farming and harvesting techniques, rapid transport to the distant consumer, university research to increase crop yields and industrial ingenuity in devising improved machinery to lighten the farmer's task and increase the productivity of the land.
Director
A beautifully photographed record of the yearly cycle of planting and growth which culminates in bountiful harvests across the farmlands of the United States. Panoramic in its treatment, the film shows something of the diversity of farming and harvesting techniques, rapid transport to the distant consumer, university research to increase crop yields and industrial ingenuity in devising improved machinery to lighten the farmer's task and increase the productivity of the land.
Director of Photography
A beautifully photographed record of the yearly cycle of planting and growth which culminates in bountiful harvests across the farmlands of the United States. Panoramic in its treatment, the film shows something of the diversity of farming and harvesting techniques, rapid transport to the distant consumer, university research to increase crop yields and industrial ingenuity in devising improved machinery to lighten the farmer's task and increase the productivity of the land.
Producer
A beautifully photographed record of the yearly cycle of planting and growth which culminates in bountiful harvests across the farmlands of the United States. Panoramic in its treatment, the film shows something of the diversity of farming and harvesting techniques, rapid transport to the distant consumer, university research to increase crop yields and industrial ingenuity in devising improved machinery to lighten the farmer's task and increase the productivity of the land.
Additional Photography
The film tells a story with no dialogue. The group of boy skaters are suddenly at a point when one of the boys sees a young girl, and becomes interested in her. This causes a rift with the other boys, who challenges him to a skating duel that goes down a hilly street. The young boy loses. However, he gets the girl, and shortly, a few other girls are seen and become interested in the boys, too. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Director
This eleven-minute documentary from 1965 follows the daily lives of pigs on a farm.
Production Design
An out of work Method actor is hired by a male model, an ecdysiast, and a car salesman who live together to save money. They want the actor to listen to their problems and go see a psychiatrist so they can get counseling for cheap. The psychiatrist is intrigued by the split personalities indicated by the three separate sets of problems presented by the actor, and soon producers are climbing out of the woodwork trying to buy the rights to the film, while the actor is having trouble keeping his act together.
