Vadim Jean
Nascimento : 1963-12-09,
História
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Vadim Jean (born Bristol, 9 December 1963) is an award-winning English film director, producer, and executive producer.
After graduating with a degree in History from Warwick University, he found work on Mike Figgis' Stormy Monday, before establishing his own production company in 1989 covering a wide variety of subjects, from sport to corporate videos.
He first came to public attention as a director when Leon the Pig Farmer, won him the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize at the 1992 Venice Film Festival, the Best Newcomer award from the London Critics' Circle, the Most Promising Newcomer at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, and the Chaplin Award for the best first feature from the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
He repeated his critical success in 1999 when One More Kiss won the Audience Award at the Atlantic Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Film at the Emden International Film Festival.
His Hollywood debut was Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Glick in Lalawood starring Martin Short as his celebrity interviewing alter-ego, produced by Gold Circle films. The film also features Steve Martin and Kurt Russell as themselves. It was selected as the closing gala at the 2004 Toronto film festival.
Most recently he directed In the Land of the Free... a feature documentary narrated by Samuel L Jackson. It tells the story of three men known as the Angola 3 who between them have spent over a Century in solitary confinement in the Louisiana State penitentiary. It was nominated best documentary at the 2011 London Evening Standard British Film Awards. (London Evening Standard 5th January 2011).
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Producer
Antes de criar a grande obra Um Conto de Natal, o autor Charles Dickens estava sem ideias e precisando de um livro genial para sustentar sua família e retomar sua carreira. Misturando inspirações da vida real com uma imaginação incomparável, ele é capaz de criar personagens inesquecíveis que mudaram o natal para sempre.
Director
"Cruel and Unusual" is the story of three men who have spent longer in solitary confinement than any other prisoners in the US because of the murder of a prison guard in 1972 at Angola, the Louisiana state penitentiary. Robert King, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox were convicted by bribed and blind eye witnesses and with no physical evidence. Targeted as members of the Black Panther party the film follows their struggle against the miscarriage of justice and their cruel and unusual treatment. Their story culminated in 2016 with the release of Albert Woodfox after 43 years in solitary confinement.
Writer
Com os implacáveis bancos de investimentos norte-americanos e japoneses circulando Tuftons, e um banco britânico familiar na disputa, pode o seu presidente trapalhão e incompetente, Sir Charles Bunbury, afastar o ataque e salvar o banco?
Director
Com os implacáveis bancos de investimentos norte-americanos e japoneses circulando Tuftons, e um banco britânico familiar na disputa, pode o seu presidente trapalhão e incompetente, Sir Charles Bunbury, afastar o ataque e salvar o banco?
Producer
Going Postal é a história do vigarista Moist Von Lipwig e da bela e vingativa Adora Belle Dearheart. Os crimes de Lipwig alcançaram na cidade de Ankh-Morpork. Prestes a enfrentar o enforcamento, Lorde Vetinari poupa Lipwig, vendo nele o homem perfeito para administrar os Correios da decrépita Ankh-Morpork. Diante de uma tarefa quase impossível, o primeiro instinto de Lipwig é correr. Isto até o momento em que ele encontra a fascinante Adora. Encantado por ela, Lipwig vai tentar de tudo para ganhar sua atenção... sem saber o papel que ele desempenhou na ruína de sua família. Será seu romance para sempre condenado?
Director
Tells the shocking and unbelievable story of Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King, three black men from rural Louisiana who were held in solitary confinement in the biggest prison in the U.S., an 18,000-acre former slave plantation known as Angola.
Writer
A young and charming employee finds himself victim of an "office intrigue" engineered by his attractive female boss.
Screenplay
It's the night before Hogswatch, usually a time of joy on Discworld, but there are suspicious going-on and the criminal underworld is abuzz. The beloved Hogfather - the jolly bearer of glee and pork-related gifts for children everywhere - has vanished. Suddenly, Discworld's entire mythical system is under threat. The fate of this magical time rests in the hands of a very motley group: A band of wizards headed up by a mystical university president named Mustrum Ridcully (Joss Ackland), a loyal manservant called Albert (David Jason), a level-headed governess called Susan Sto Heilt (Michelle Dockery), and her grandfather, who happens to be - Death (Marnix van den Broeke).
Director
It's the night before Hogswatch, usually a time of joy on Discworld, but there are suspicious going-on and the criminal underworld is abuzz. The beloved Hogfather - the jolly bearer of glee and pork-related gifts for children everywhere - has vanished. Suddenly, Discworld's entire mythical system is under threat. The fate of this magical time rests in the hands of a very motley group: A band of wizards headed up by a mystical university president named Mustrum Ridcully (Joss Ackland), a loyal manservant called Albert (David Jason), a level-headed governess called Susan Sto Heilt (Michelle Dockery), and her grandfather, who happens to be - Death (Marnix van den Broeke).
Director
"La La Wood" follows the legacy of Jiminy Glick, first introduced on "The Martin Short Show," who went on to get (non)-critical acclaim for his talk show "Primetime Glick," where Mr. Glick interviewed countless celebrities (which usually ended in verbally--sometimes physically--insulting/assaulting them). Now comes "La La Wood"--Jiminy Glick's home. This is his story (sort of).
Director
When Sarah Hopson realizes her successful high-rise New York lifestyle is devoid of meaning, she packs her bags and heads for her home town in the Scottish Borders to look for Sam, her childhood sweetheart and the only man she ever loved. Sam Murray runs a restaurant. He and Sarah grew up together and Sam hoped they'd grow old together. His world fell apart the day Sarah left and now she's back, standing on his doorstep and telling his wife she'd like to spend some time with him. Written by NybergerMeister
Director
Howard Spitz is a cranky, has-been detective novelist out of money and out of luck - until he meets eight-year-old Samantha, who convinces him he has what it takes to write children's books.
Director
When new teacher Steve Drake joins the faculty at a school for special-needs students, his unorthodox instruction methods raise eyebrows. But attitudes begin to change when he makes a connection with a particularly unruly student.
Writer
An experiment gone awry places a neurologist (Elizabeth Hurley) and a homicide detective (Craig Fairbrass) in a psychopath's (Keith Allen) nightmarish world.
Director
An experiment gone awry places a neurologist (Elizabeth Hurley) and a homicide detective (Craig Fairbrass) in a psychopath's (Keith Allen) nightmarish world.
Director
An irreverent comedy is set in motion when Leon Geller, a sensitive Jewish boy from London, accidentally learns that his is the product of artificial insemination.
Executive Producer
A devastating, life-changing experience leads to a dangerous encounter.
