Carroll Ballard

Carroll Ballard

Рождение : 1937-10-14, Los Angeles, California, USA

История

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carroll Ballard (born October 14, 1937, in Los Angeles) is an American film director. He started out making documentaries for the U.S. information agency, Beyond This Winter's Wheat (1965) and Harvest (1967); the latter was nominated for an Academy Award. He also made the documentaries The Perils of Priscilla (1969), and Rodeo (1970). He was second unit director on George Lucas' Star Wars for which he handled many of the outdoor desert scenes. His first solo directing job came when Francis Ford Coppola, a former UCLA classmate, offered him the job of directing The Black Stallion (1979), an adaptation from the novel of the same name by Walter Farley. He went on to direct Never Cry Wolf (1983), a film based on Farley Mowat's autobiographical book of the same name, detailing his experiences with Arctic wolves. He also directed the film Wind (1992). He later directed the film Fly Away Home (1996), which was nominated for an Academy Award for best cinematography. His most recent film is Duma (2005), about a young South African boy's friendship with an orphaned cheetah. Most of Ballard's films deal with man and his relation to nature and have a strong poetic streak. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carroll Ballard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Профиль

Carroll Ballard

Фильмы

Sodankylä Forever
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.
Fog City Mavericks
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.
Мысли о свободе
Director
Удивительная история о 12-летнем мальчике Ксане, который вырастил гепарда, а затем вернул его в родные края и отпустил на волю. Суровые южноафриканские пейзажи, львы, крокодилы, бурные реки и таинственный странник, который надеется обернуть гепарда в деньги — все это станет испытанием мужества и решимости Ксана…
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
Self
A fascinating chronicle of the birth and rise of the radically different independent studio founded by director Francis Ford Coppola.
Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138'
Self
The Making of feature for the George Lucas movie 'THX 1138'.
Летите домой
Director
Перед маленькой Энни встает сложная задача — воспитать стайку гусят, так же, как она, оставшихся без мамы. Близится зима, и если ее новые подопечные не смогут улететь на юг, то погибнут холода в суровой Канаде. Научить летать птиц — такое не легко сделать человеку. Только упорство, смелость и любовь могут помочь Энни и ее отцу — они решают построить собственный самолет, на котором Энни предстоит пролететь над всем американским континентом, чтобы увести своих птенцов туда, где тепло, где солнце, домой…
Ветер
Director
Уилл Паркер участвует в соревнованиях на Кубок Америки — крупнейших гонках на яхтах большого водоизмещения. Сначала он становится одним из главных виновников поражения американской команды, которую возглавляет опытный Морган Уэлд. Вслед за этим Уилл находит неожиданную личную и финансовую поддержку со стороны Эбигайл, дочери капитана Уэлда. И при содействии своей бывшей подружки Кейт и её нового возлюбленного, авиастроителя Джо Хелсера, он берёт реванш у австралийца Невилла и возвращает американской команде победу в гонках
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
Director
The colorful holiday classic is finally brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written for the first time to be as close as possible to the original story. A lavish, exciting and heart-warming celebration of dance, of music, and of life. Based upon the Pacific Northwest Ballet's original production.
Не кричи «Волки!»
Director
Фантастической красоты виды предстают зрителям этого фильма об ученом, который отправился на крайний север изучать повадки диких волков. Здесь есть смешное, много опасного, но главное — это величие природы, на фоне которого происходит перерождение человека.
Backstage at Disney
Self
The various trials and errors in creating films at Disney, including aspects of "Something Wicked This Way Comes".
Черный скакун
Director
Отправившись в морское путешествие со своим отцом, Алек и не подозревал, что судьба приготовила ему совсем не детское испытание. Корабль, на котором они путешествовали, помимо пассажиров перевозил великолепного, черного, как южная ночь, арабского скакуна. Внезапно корабль терпит крушение, выжить после которого удается только Алеку и жеребцу. Они попадают на необитаемый остров, где, испытав на себе все прелести жизни вдали от цивилизации, они становятся неразлучными друзьями. Когда же Алека находит поисковая команда, он забирает своего друга домой, где они начинают готовиться к участию в самых престижных скачках против лучших скакунов планеты.
Crystallization
Director
Award-winning filmmaker Carroll Ballard’s cinematic science excursion into microcinematography and electronic music.
Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream
Cinematography
Oscar Winning short film from 1972
Seems Like Only Yesterday
Director
Interviews with a dozen California centenarians against a montage of present day media reportage.
Rodeo
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.
The Perils of Priscilla
Director
The adventures of a cat who endures the indignation of a busy family and the dangers of being lost in a big city.
Harvest
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.
Harvest
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.
Harvest
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.
Harvest
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.
Skaterdater
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.
Pigs!
Director
This eleven-minute documentary from 1965 follows the daily lives of pigs on a farm.
3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt
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.