Jd Pardo is set to make his directorial debut with the upcoming Season 5 of FX’s gritty biker drama “Mayans M.C.,” Variety can exclusively reveal.
Pardo has starred in “Mayans M.C.” since its premiere in 2018. For the fifth and final season of the series, Pardo will make his directorial debut during the show’s fourth episode, which will air on Wednesday, June 7.
Episode 4, entitled “I See the Black Light,” teases that “after a fatal error, the Mayans navigate the dangers of their new trade, forcing an unlikely alliance.” Meredith Danluck wrote the episode. Elgin James and Kurt Sutter are executive producers and creators.
“Directing has been a place, I feel, I was always destined to go,” Pardo said. “Elgin and I would speak about it often. I absolutely loved getting behind camera and understanding the relationship between the performance as an actor in the scene and the visual image needed...
Pardo has starred in “Mayans M.C.” since its premiere in 2018. For the fifth and final season of the series, Pardo will make his directorial debut during the show’s fourth episode, which will air on Wednesday, June 7.
Episode 4, entitled “I See the Black Light,” teases that “after a fatal error, the Mayans navigate the dangers of their new trade, forcing an unlikely alliance.” Meredith Danluck wrote the episode. Elgin James and Kurt Sutter are executive producers and creators.
“Directing has been a place, I feel, I was always destined to go,” Pardo said. “Elgin and I would speak about it often. I absolutely loved getting behind camera and understanding the relationship between the performance as an actor in the scene and the visual image needed...
- 5/16/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix announced the premiere date for its upcoming drama series “Away” and Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes announced their new podcast “Smartless” will premiere in July.
Dates
Netflix has announced “Away” will premiere on Sept. 4. The upcoming drama series follows American astronaut Emma Green (Hilary Swank) as she prepares to lead an international crew on the first mission to Mars, but she must first reconcile her decision to leave behind her husband (Josh Charles) and teenage daughter (Talitha Bateman) when they need her the most. “Away” is created by Andrew Hinderaker and is executive produced by showrunner Jessica Goldberg, Jason Katims, Matt Reeves, Hinderaker, Edward Zwick, Adam Kassan, Jeni Mulein and Swank. Watch the teaser below.
First Looks
Netflix has released a trailer for “Street Food Latin America.” The docuseries will explore countries including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Bolivia, highlighting...
Dates
Netflix has announced “Away” will premiere on Sept. 4. The upcoming drama series follows American astronaut Emma Green (Hilary Swank) as she prepares to lead an international crew on the first mission to Mars, but she must first reconcile her decision to leave behind her husband (Josh Charles) and teenage daughter (Talitha Bateman) when they need her the most. “Away” is created by Andrew Hinderaker and is executive produced by showrunner Jessica Goldberg, Jason Katims, Matt Reeves, Hinderaker, Edward Zwick, Adam Kassan, Jeni Mulein and Swank. Watch the teaser below.
First Looks
Netflix has released a trailer for “Street Food Latin America.” The docuseries will explore countries including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Bolivia, highlighting...
- 7/7/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros Television Group on Tuesday revealed the 12 directors selected for the 2020 Warner Bros Television Directors’ Workshop, which will be held virtually this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The redesigned program has been condensed into two weeks (from the usual nine) of online learning, with lectures led by co-teachers Bethany Rooney and Mary Lou Belli along with various showrunners, directors, cinematographers and editors. The practical directing work normally done on Warners’ sets will now be done using co-habitating actors, with the directors work with them remotely.
The program launched in 2013 with the aim to directors from other creative fields for the transition to TV, and to spur equity and inclusion by providing opportunities for female helmers and those from underrepresented groups. It has seen 100% of the graduates from the past four classes go on to direct episodes of Warner Bros–produced series. Alums include Pamela Romanowsky, Marcus Stokes, Jennifer Phang,...
The redesigned program has been condensed into two weeks (from the usual nine) of online learning, with lectures led by co-teachers Bethany Rooney and Mary Lou Belli along with various showrunners, directors, cinematographers and editors. The practical directing work normally done on Warners’ sets will now be done using co-habitating actors, with the directors work with them remotely.
The program launched in 2013 with the aim to directors from other creative fields for the transition to TV, and to spur equity and inclusion by providing opportunities for female helmers and those from underrepresented groups. It has seen 100% of the graduates from the past four classes go on to direct episodes of Warner Bros–produced series. Alums include Pamela Romanowsky, Marcus Stokes, Jennifer Phang,...
- 7/7/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Shannon is, absolutely, one of the very best actors working right now in cinema, television and theater. A versatile performer, he has been a leading man and a notable character actor as well, portraying over the years a wide variety of characters: while he’s often seen as a tough guy, he has done comedic and romantic stuff too. When the opportunity of interviewing this two-time Oscar nominee (for Revolutionary Road and Nocturnal Animals) appeared, it was a no-brainer...
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- 5/4/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Visit Films also launching sales on Slamdance selection Lost Holiday.
Visit Films has added a handful of new titles in time for Efm and arrives in Berlin to launch sales on Sundance winner The Sharks and Rotterdam and Slamdance selection Lost Holiday.
Ryan Kampe and his team will screen neo-noir State Like Sleep starring Katherine Waterston and Michael Shannon, Toronto selections Jirga and Helmet Heads, La Film Festival selections This Teacher and Spell, and Merce Cunningham documentary If the Dancer Dances.
The Sharks earned Lucía Garibaldi the best director prize in World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance and stars newcomer...
Visit Films has added a handful of new titles in time for Efm and arrives in Berlin to launch sales on Sundance winner The Sharks and Rotterdam and Slamdance selection Lost Holiday.
Ryan Kampe and his team will screen neo-noir State Like Sleep starring Katherine Waterston and Michael Shannon, Toronto selections Jirga and Helmet Heads, La Film Festival selections This Teacher and Spell, and Merce Cunningham documentary If the Dancer Dances.
The Sharks earned Lucía Garibaldi the best director prize in World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance and stars newcomer...
- 2/7/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The new thriller State Like Sleep, released on Jan. 4, came into being after its writer-director experienced an unprecedented personal tragedy.
"I had a friend who took their own life, and that was really a traumatic experience and reverberated in this way where I saw not only myself but a lot of other people in that friend group searching for some kind of answers or creating different narratives to explain the situation. It dawned on me that those feelings lined up with this idea of the mystery," director Meredith Danluck said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter: ...
"I had a friend who took their own life, and that was really a traumatic experience and reverberated in this way where I saw not only myself but a lot of other people in that friend group searching for some kind of answers or creating different narratives to explain the situation. It dawned on me that those feelings lined up with this idea of the mystery," director Meredith Danluck said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter: ...
- 1/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The new thriller State Like Sleep, released on Jan. 4, came into being after its writer-director experienced an unprecedented personal tragedy.
"I had a friend who took their own life, and that was really a traumatic experience and reverberated in this way where I saw not only myself but a lot of other people in that friend group searching for some kind of answers or creating different narratives to explain the situation. It dawned on me that those feelings lined up with this idea of the mystery," director Meredith Danluck said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter: ...
"I had a friend who took their own life, and that was really a traumatic experience and reverberated in this way where I saw not only myself but a lot of other people in that friend group searching for some kind of answers or creating different narratives to explain the situation. It dawned on me that those feelings lined up with this idea of the mystery," director Meredith Danluck said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter: ...
- 1/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Typical to the start of a new year, specialty newcomers are rather few this weekend. Holiday and awards holdovers are still at center stage, while the Sundance Film Festival looms toward the end of the month. This weekend, Katherine Waterston, Michiel Huisman, Michael Shannon and Luke Evans star in Tribeca premiere State Like Sleep, opening Friday day-and-date via the Orchard. The film is the second narrative feature by Meredith Danluck. Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson and Micah Hauptman star in IFC Midnight’s thriller Rust Creek by Jen McGowan, which also will roll out day-and-date. And Well Go USA is releasing Chinese action title Mojin: The Worm Valley, the follow-up to Mojin: The Lost Legend, which the company released stateside in 2015.
State Like Sleep
Director-writer: Meredith Danluck
Cast: Katherine Waterston, Michiel Huisman, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans
Distributor: The Orchard
State Like Sleep debuted at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where...
State Like Sleep
Director-writer: Meredith Danluck
Cast: Katherine Waterston, Michiel Huisman, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans
Distributor: The Orchard
State Like Sleep debuted at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where...
- 1/4/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
As hazy and amorphous as a rain cloud, Meredith Danluck’s “State Like Sleep” does a fine job of recreating the dream-like fog of grief. But it doesn’t go much further, and “somnolence” isn’t an ideal quality around which to build an entire film.
As played by Katherine Waterston (“Fantastic Beasts”), American photographer Katherine has been floating dully since her Belgian movie star husband, Stefan, was mysteriously killed a year earlier. But when her mom (Mary Kay Place) winds up in a Brussels hospital, Katherine is jolted into action. She wants to know what really happened to Stefan, and the more she looks, the less she finds to like.
Stefan’s severe mother, Anneke, appears to be an open book: she bluntly hates her daughter-in-law, whom she blames for stealing her beloved son. A series of effective flashbacks also suggests that she was the Momager from Hell, though...
As played by Katherine Waterston (“Fantastic Beasts”), American photographer Katherine has been floating dully since her Belgian movie star husband, Stefan, was mysteriously killed a year earlier. But when her mom (Mary Kay Place) winds up in a Brussels hospital, Katherine is jolted into action. She wants to know what really happened to Stefan, and the more she looks, the less she finds to like.
Stefan’s severe mother, Anneke, appears to be an open book: she bluntly hates her daughter-in-law, whom she blames for stealing her beloved son. A series of effective flashbacks also suggests that she was the Momager from Hell, though...
- 1/4/2019
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
In the first exclusive clip from the new film “State Like Sleep,” Katherine Waterston, who plays Katherine Grand, nervously and awkwardly seduces Michael Shannon in a hotel room.
“State Like Sleep” is the first narrative feature film from documentary filmmaker Meredith Danluck.
The film follows Waterston’s character who, one year after the sudden death of her celebrity husband, receives a phone call that pulls her back to Brussels and the life there that she’s tried to forget. Once back, she discovers a web of secrets that compel her to unravel the mysteries surrounding Stefan’s (Michiel Huisman) last days alive.
Also Read: Katherine Waterston, Michael Shannon Drama 'State Like Sleep' Sells to The Orchard
Her investigation leads her to the high-class underground club scene where she discovers a mysterious woman and a strange group of friends, but she also meets a new man (Shannon), a fellow American.
“State Like Sleep,...
“State Like Sleep” is the first narrative feature film from documentary filmmaker Meredith Danluck.
The film follows Waterston’s character who, one year after the sudden death of her celebrity husband, receives a phone call that pulls her back to Brussels and the life there that she’s tried to forget. Once back, she discovers a web of secrets that compel her to unravel the mysteries surrounding Stefan’s (Michiel Huisman) last days alive.
Also Read: Katherine Waterston, Michael Shannon Drama 'State Like Sleep' Sells to The Orchard
Her investigation leads her to the high-class underground club scene where she discovers a mysterious woman and a strange group of friends, but she also meets a new man (Shannon), a fellow American.
“State Like Sleep,...
- 1/2/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Written and directed by Meredith Danluck, State Like Sleep centers on Katherine (Katherine Waterston), a widow who returns to Belgium to pick up her belongings and ultimately close a tragic chapter. Katherine’s husband Stefan (Michiel Huisman) was a popular actor, and his suicide was absolutely unexpected. Stefan and Katherine’s relationship may have been going south [...]
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- 1/2/2019
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
While you catch up on the best films of 2018, it’s time to turn to the handful of highlights as we enter the first month of the new year. Along with a handful of festival favorites finally getting U.S. releases, there are a few promising studio features amongst Hollywood’s dumping ground.
Matinees to See: Communion (1/4), Rust Creek (1/4), Buffalo Boys (1/11), The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (1/18), Girl (1/18), Adult Life Skills (1/18)
10. State Like Sleep (Meredith Danluck; Jan. 1)
Starring Katherine Waterston and Michael Shannon, State Like Sleep follows a widow who must dig up a dark past a year after her husband died. A premiere at Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year where it received favorable reviews, it looks like a strong showcase for the Inherent Vice star as she goes down the rabbit hole of a criminal underworld.
9. Touch Me Not (Adina Pintilie; Jan. 11)
After winning Berlinale nearly a year ago,...
Matinees to See: Communion (1/4), Rust Creek (1/4), Buffalo Boys (1/11), The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (1/18), Girl (1/18), Adult Life Skills (1/18)
10. State Like Sleep (Meredith Danluck; Jan. 1)
Starring Katherine Waterston and Michael Shannon, State Like Sleep follows a widow who must dig up a dark past a year after her husband died. A premiere at Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year where it received favorable reviews, it looks like a strong showcase for the Inherent Vice star as she goes down the rabbit hole of a criminal underworld.
9. Touch Me Not (Adina Pintilie; Jan. 11)
After winning Berlinale nearly a year ago,...
- 1/2/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
There’s no wrong way to grieve. How one deals with the loss of a loved one is a deeply unique situation. Whatever path someone takes, that’s what is right for them. Unfortunately, the same can not be said about films dealing with grief. When done right, they’re devastatingly powerful. When done wrong, you just can’t feel for the protagonist’s plight and have no connection. In the case of State Like Sleep, the movie wavers back and forth between both sides of the coin. In the end, poor pacing and too slow a buildup ultimately sabotage a potentially affecting piece of work. The movie is a drama laden with mystery/noir elements. Set a year after the death of her actor husband Stefan Delvoe (Michiel Huisman), Katherine (Katherine Waterston) is still trying to make sense of it all. When she gets a phone call that sends...
- 1/2/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Sometimes creative people are compelled to draw from their own personal experiences in order to find the vital answers to life’s most important dilemmas and questions. That’s certainly the case for writer-director Meredith Danluck, who reflected on her own past living in Brussels, particularly her process of grieving, to craft the story for her new […]
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- 1/1/2019
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Meredith Danluck is best known for her work directing documentaries but for her feature film debut, the thriller State Like Sleep, she's coming out swinging.
A year after her husband's suicide, Katherine (Katherine Waterston) is plagued by the unanswered questions surrounding his death. She can't recall what happened on the night of his death and when she begins to dig, it quickly becomes apparent that he was leading a double life and she seems to have wiped much of that from her memory.
In addition to Waterston, the movie also stars Michiel Huisman, Rachel Wilson, Luke Evans and Michael Shannon.
I love a good thriller and the combination of cast and this trailer certainly has piqued my interest. It'll also be interesting to see how Danluck's experience a...
A year after her husband's suicide, Katherine (Katherine Waterston) is plagued by the unanswered questions surrounding his death. She can't recall what happened on the night of his death and when she begins to dig, it quickly becomes apparent that he was leading a double life and she seems to have wiped much of that from her memory.
In addition to Waterston, the movie also stars Michiel Huisman, Rachel Wilson, Luke Evans and Michael Shannon.
I love a good thriller and the combination of cast and this trailer certainly has piqued my interest. It'll also be interesting to see how Danluck's experience a...
- 12/1/2018
- QuietEarth.us
We've been seeing quite a lot of Katherine Waterston over the past several years, with the actress taking on major roles in Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Alien: Covenant, Logan Lucky, MID90S, and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald, and it seems that we'll be ringing in the new year with her as well. [Seemore] Written and directed by Meredith Danluck,…...
- 11/29/2018
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
If you enjoy a good murder mystery thriller, I’ve got a trailer for a film called State Like Sleep that you might be interested in checking out.
The film has a great cast that includes Katherine Waterston (Fantastic Beasts, Alien: Covenant), Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals, The Shape of Water), Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast, Dracula Untold), and Michiel Huisman (The Haunting of Hill House, Game of Thrones).
The movie was written and directed by Meredith Danluck (North of South, West of East), and the story is set one year after the untimely death of Waterston’s husband (Huisman). After his death, the young widow receives an unsettling phone call that forces her to revisit the past as she embarks on a journey to find out the truth behind her husband’s death.
State Like Sleep will hit theaters on January 4th, 2019. It will also be getting a VOD release on January 1st.
The film has a great cast that includes Katherine Waterston (Fantastic Beasts, Alien: Covenant), Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals, The Shape of Water), Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast, Dracula Untold), and Michiel Huisman (The Haunting of Hill House, Game of Thrones).
The movie was written and directed by Meredith Danluck (North of South, West of East), and the story is set one year after the untimely death of Waterston’s husband (Huisman). After his death, the young widow receives an unsettling phone call that forces her to revisit the past as she embarks on a journey to find out the truth behind her husband’s death.
State Like Sleep will hit theaters on January 4th, 2019. It will also be getting a VOD release on January 1st.
- 11/29/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
A new trailer has emerged for Meredith Danluck’s noir thriller ‘State Like Sleep’ starring Katherine Waterston, a woman on the path of truth to find out what really happened to her husband.
Directed by Meredith Danluck, the film stars Katherine Waterston, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman and Mary Kay Place.
Also in trailers – Gerard Butler faces more than he bargained for in trailer for The Vanishing
The film will see a Us release firstly on VOD from January 1st 2019 and then a limited cinema release from January 4th.
State Like Sleep Official Synopsis
One year after her husband’s (Michiel Huisman) untimely death, a young widow (Katherine Waterston) receives an unsettling phone call that forces her to revisit the past.
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Directed by Meredith Danluck, the film stars Katherine Waterston, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman and Mary Kay Place.
Also in trailers – Gerard Butler faces more than he bargained for in trailer for The Vanishing
The film will see a Us release firstly on VOD from January 1st 2019 and then a limited cinema release from January 4th.
State Like Sleep Official Synopsis
One year after her husband’s (Michiel Huisman) untimely death, a young widow (Katherine Waterston) receives an unsettling phone call that forces her to revisit the past.
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- 11/29/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Orchard will release Meredith Danluck's thriller State Like Sleep On Digital and On Demand on January 1, 2018 and in theaters on January 4, 2018. The trailer for the pic released today. You will find it below. One year after her husband's (Michiel Huisman) untimely death, a young widow (Katherine Waterston) receives an unsettling phone call that forces her to revisit the past. State Like Sleep stars Katherine Waterston, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman and Mary Kay Place. The film was directed and written...
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- 11/29/2018
- Screen Anarchy
The new trailer for The Orchard’s State Like Sleep is filled with death, thrills, mystery, sexiness, fancy accents and lots of different hairstyles for star Katherine Waterston.
The noir thriller follows a young widow (Waterston) who receives an unsettling phone call one year after her husband’s (Michiel Huisman) untimely death. The phone call turns her world upside down and forces her to revisit the past.
The film, written and directed by up and comer Meredith Danluck, features an all-star cast that includes Waterston, Huisman, Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals, The Shape of Water) and Luke Evans.
The film is produced by Angel Lopez and Sight Unseen Pictures’ Julia Lebedev and Eddie Vaisman.
State Like Sleep debuted in April at the Tribeca Film Festival. It...
The noir thriller follows a young widow (Waterston) who receives an unsettling phone call one year after her husband’s (Michiel Huisman) untimely death. The phone call turns her world upside down and forces her to revisit the past.
The film, written and directed by up and comer Meredith Danluck, features an all-star cast that includes Waterston, Huisman, Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals, The Shape of Water) and Luke Evans.
The film is produced by Angel Lopez and Sight Unseen Pictures’ Julia Lebedev and Eddie Vaisman.
State Like Sleep debuted in April at the Tribeca Film Festival. It...
- 11/28/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
"Funny - peel back a layer, and no one's where the seem to be..." The Orchard has debuted an official trailer for an indie psychological thriller film titled State Like Sleep, which first premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. The dark, moody, mysterious drama is about a woman named Katherine, played by the very talented Katherine Waterston, who is still struggling to grapple with her husband's surprising death a year before. After a phone call, she goes out to try and figure out what really happened to him. The full cast includes Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Mary Kay Place, Mark O'Brien, Rachel Wilson, and Bo Martyn. There's a lot of weird, fascinating, peculiar footage in this trailer - hard to make sense of it, but it's certainly appealing. I'm surprised we haven't heard much about this film before today. Have a look. Here's the first official trailer...
- 11/28/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
While much of the current discussion in the filmsphere is surrounding 2018 releases, the very first release of 2019 just received its debut trailer. State Like Sleep is a noir thriller coming from director Meredith Danluck, who has much experience in the documentary field. Starring Katherine Waterston and Michael Shannon, it follows a widow who must dig up a dark past a year after her husband died.
A premiere at Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year where it received favorable reviews, it looks like a strong showcase for the Inherent Vice star as she goes down the rabbit hole of a criminal underworld. State Like Sleep hits VOD and digital on January 1 and theaters on January 4. Also starring Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman, and Mary Kay Place, see the trailer and poster below.
A premiere at Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year where it received favorable reviews, it looks like a strong showcase for the Inherent Vice star as she goes down the rabbit hole of a criminal underworld. State Like Sleep hits VOD and digital on January 1 and theaters on January 4. Also starring Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman, and Mary Kay Place, see the trailer and poster below.
- 11/28/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Roster includes previously announced Jirga, A Land Imagined.
Visit Films will kick off international sales at Afm this week on the Michael Shannon noir State Like Sleep.
The feature from Sight Unseen Pictures and Scythia Films premiered at Tribeca last spring and stars Katherine Waterston as a photographer who returns to Brussels to unravel the mystery surrounding the final days of her celebrity husband.
Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman, and Mary Kay Place round out the key cast and Eddie Vasiman, Julia Lebedev, and Angel Lopez served as producers. Writer-director Meredith Danluck makes her narrative debut and The Orchard will distribute in the Us.
Visit Films will kick off international sales at Afm this week on the Michael Shannon noir State Like Sleep.
The feature from Sight Unseen Pictures and Scythia Films premiered at Tribeca last spring and stars Katherine Waterston as a photographer who returns to Brussels to unravel the mystery surrounding the final days of her celebrity husband.
Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman, and Mary Kay Place round out the key cast and Eddie Vasiman, Julia Lebedev, and Angel Lopez served as producers. Writer-director Meredith Danluck makes her narrative debut and The Orchard will distribute in the Us.
- 10/29/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Orchard has acquired the North American rights to “State Like Sleep,” starring Michael Shannon and Katherine Waterston, the distributor announced Thursday.
Meredith Danluck wrote and directed the hypnotic drama, her first narrative feature, and Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev and Angel Lopez produced.
Luke Evans and Michiel Huisman also star, and The Orchard is planning a theatrical release as well as a digital release this winter. It first premiered in April at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Also Read: Michael Shannon Bigfoot Dramedy 'Pottersville' Headed to Netflix for Streaming Rights (Exclusive)
“State Like Sleep” follows American photographer Katherine (Waterston), one year after the mysterious death of her Belgian actor husband. She returns to Brussels to pack up the house they once shared, where she uncovers secrets that make her question her husband’s last days. In the underground club scene, she discovers a mysterious woman and a strange group of friends,...
Meredith Danluck wrote and directed the hypnotic drama, her first narrative feature, and Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev and Angel Lopez produced.
Luke Evans and Michiel Huisman also star, and The Orchard is planning a theatrical release as well as a digital release this winter. It first premiered in April at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Also Read: Michael Shannon Bigfoot Dramedy 'Pottersville' Headed to Netflix for Streaming Rights (Exclusive)
“State Like Sleep” follows American photographer Katherine (Waterston), one year after the mysterious death of her Belgian actor husband. She returns to Brussels to pack up the house they once shared, where she uncovers secrets that make her question her husband’s last days. In the underground club scene, she discovers a mysterious woman and a strange group of friends,...
- 9/13/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The Orchard has nabbed North American rights to “State Like Sleep,” a dreamlike thriller that turned heads with its premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
“State Like Sleep” is the feature directing debut of Meredith Danluck, who also wrote the script. It stars Katherine Waterston of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” fame, as well as Oscar-nominee Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Michael Huisman, and Mary Kay Place. The Orchard will release “State Like Sleep” theatrically and across digital platforms this winter.
The film centers on an American photographer (Waterston) who returns to Brussels a year after her husband’s death. While trying to come to terms with her grief, she unearths troubling information about her husband’s final days. To solve the mystery she plunges into the city’s underground club scene.
“’State Like Sleep’ is a compelling, visually-engaging mystery that takes audiences down a rabbit hole of self-discovery,...
“State Like Sleep” is the feature directing debut of Meredith Danluck, who also wrote the script. It stars Katherine Waterston of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” fame, as well as Oscar-nominee Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Michael Huisman, and Mary Kay Place. The Orchard will release “State Like Sleep” theatrically and across digital platforms this winter.
The film centers on an American photographer (Waterston) who returns to Brussels a year after her husband’s death. While trying to come to terms with her grief, she unearths troubling information about her husband’s final days. To solve the mystery she plunges into the city’s underground club scene.
“’State Like Sleep’ is a compelling, visually-engaging mystery that takes audiences down a rabbit hole of self-discovery,...
- 9/13/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
In the throes of grief, a thick haze can descend on one’s life, making what was familiar seem strange and what was certain seem questionable. Yet as the film “State Like Sleep” shows, this painful state of detachment from ordinary life can push someone to travel outside their normal routine and seek answers in places and people that might never have been encountered otherwise.
The debut feature from director Meredith Danluck, making her feature film debut, “State Like Sleep” channels some autobiographical elements from Danluck’s life into the story of Katherine Grand (Katherine Waterston), an American photographer whose celebrity husband Stefan (Michiel Huisman) dies suddenly in his native Brussels.
The debut feature from director Meredith Danluck, making her feature film debut, “State Like Sleep” channels some autobiographical elements from Danluck’s life into the story of Katherine Grand (Katherine Waterston), an American photographer whose celebrity husband Stefan (Michiel Huisman) dies suddenly in his native Brussels.
- 4/30/2018
- by Joe Blessing
- The Playlist
A narcotized neo-noir that unfolds with the diverting purposelessness of a forgettable dream, Meredith Danluck’s “State Like Sleep” doesn’t really go anywhere, but it lulls you into enough of a stupor to enjoy the time it takes to get there. Much of the credit for that belongs to “The Bling Ring” cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt, who coats the (supposedly) Belgian locations of this dead-end story with a shimmer that makes every beat feel a little more beguiling than it should. The rest might have to go to Katherine Waterston, whose “Alien: Covenant” bowl-cut gets the rousing curtain call it deserves (this film was shot back in the summer of 2016).
The basic details of the story are simple, though Danluck presents them in a pleasantly disorienting fashion. It starts with a Belgian movie star named Stefan Delvoe (“Game of Thrones” actor Michiel Huisman) giving a television interview to promote the...
The basic details of the story are simple, though Danluck presents them in a pleasantly disorienting fashion. It starts with a Belgian movie star named Stefan Delvoe (“Game of Thrones” actor Michiel Huisman) giving a television interview to promote the...
- 4/25/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The aftershocks of trauma can take many forms, as Katherine (Katherine Waterston) learns following the death of her famous husband in “State Like Sleep,” writer-director Meredith Danluck’s unsettling first feature. Aided by Christopher Blauvelt’s sumptuous cinematography, this consistently surprising film slinks along with melancholic dreaminess, matching the fugue state that plagues its grief-stricken protagonist. With Michael Shannon and Luke Evans also upending expectations in supporting roles, it’s a confident debut that should reap considerable attention from distributors, and opportunities for Danluck, following its premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
“Without stories, the truth is too random,” opines Danish actor Stefan (Michiel Huisman) during a TV interview at the start of “State Like Sleep.” Though the thespian comes off as full of himself (and also something decidedly odorous), it’s an insight that defines Danluck’s tale. Via eerie shots through Stefan and wife Katherine’s messy Brussels flat,...
“Without stories, the truth is too random,” opines Danish actor Stefan (Michiel Huisman) during a TV interview at the start of “State Like Sleep.” Though the thespian comes off as full of himself (and also something decidedly odorous), it’s an insight that defines Danluck’s tale. Via eerie shots through Stefan and wife Katherine’s messy Brussels flat,...
- 4/24/2018
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
A documentarian and multidisciplinary artist, writer/director Meredith Danluck contemplated and processed grief with her latest Tribeca-premiering narrative feature, State Like Sleep.
Inspired by a very personal loss on the part of the film’s director, the feature centers on a photographer (Katherine Waterston) who grapples with the consequences of her celebrity husband’s double life after he abruptly commits suicide. Returning to Brussels to pack up the flat she once shared with her husband, Waterston’s character stumbles upon a web of secrets, descending into Brussels’ underground scene to get to the bottom of her husband’s death.
“The biggest mystery in life is death, and when someone close to you dies, there’s always this sense of investigation, even if it’s someone who is elderly. Like, my grandmother died—who was she with? Who was the last person to talk to her?” Danluck reflected on the film...
Inspired by a very personal loss on the part of the film’s director, the feature centers on a photographer (Katherine Waterston) who grapples with the consequences of her celebrity husband’s double life after he abruptly commits suicide. Returning to Brussels to pack up the flat she once shared with her husband, Waterston’s character stumbles upon a web of secrets, descending into Brussels’ underground scene to get to the bottom of her husband’s death.
“The biggest mystery in life is death, and when someone close to you dies, there’s always this sense of investigation, even if it’s someone who is elderly. Like, my grandmother died—who was she with? Who was the last person to talk to her?” Danluck reflected on the film...
- 4/21/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Mysterious Horror: Elizabeth Banks will star in an untitled horror movie, to be produced by James Gunn. The two previously worked together on the creature feature Slither (above). Brian and Mark Gunn wrote the original screenplay; David Yarovesky will direct. No plot details have been revealed about the movie so far. [The Wrap] Tribeca Fest: The 2018 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival has unveiled its lineup; 46% of the titles were directed by women. That includes Liz Garbus' journalism documentary The Fourth Estate; Eva Vives' comedy All About Nina (above), starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead; Nia DaCosta's thriller Little Woods, starring Tessa Thompson; and Meredith Danluck's mystery State Like Sleep, starring Katherine Waterston. The festival will...
- 3/8/2018
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
The Tribeca Film Festival has just unveiled the feature film lineup for its 2018 edition. The closing night film is Liz Garbus’s The Fourth Estate, about the New York Times’s coverage of President Trump’s first year in office, the centerpiece is Drake Doremus’s sci-fi romance Zoe, and among the others are a slew of films we’ve been tracking here at Filmmaker. Work by former 25 New Faces like Eva Vives, John Maringouin, Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, new movies by Miguel Arteta and Mads Brugger, the first feature by interactive superstar Meredith Danluck, Nancy Schwartzman’s campus rape doc Roll Red […]...
- 3/7/2018
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Katherine Waterston isn’t a believer in big breaks. The “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” star has been working steadily on stage and screen since the early aughts, but had long ago given up the idea that she was suddenly going to become some big star.
“I basically never believed that I was a commercial actor, Waterston recently told IndieWire. “Just because of the outcome of many auditions over time. No one hired me.”
That’s changed, and with the J.K. Rowling-penned series now set to span a whopping five films (all the better to keep still-rabid “Harry Potter” fans happy), Waterston seems to have the kind of job security that any actor would kill to get.
Read More: ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ Review: The ‘Harry Potter’ Prequel Is One of the Best Blockbusters of the Year
In the film, she plays Porpentina “Tina” Goldstein,...
“I basically never believed that I was a commercial actor, Waterston recently told IndieWire. “Just because of the outcome of many auditions over time. No one hired me.”
That’s changed, and with the J.K. Rowling-penned series now set to span a whopping five films (all the better to keep still-rabid “Harry Potter” fans happy), Waterston seems to have the kind of job security that any actor would kill to get.
Read More: ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ Review: The ‘Harry Potter’ Prequel Is One of the Best Blockbusters of the Year
In the film, she plays Porpentina “Tina” Goldstein,...
- 11/18/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for September 2016, including "American Gods", "Flatliners", "Taken" and a whole lot more:
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Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle / Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Dir.: David Slade & Various
Anon
Feature
Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.
Prod.: Dan Bekerman
Dir.: Andrew Niccol
Jul 11 - Aug 26/16
Baroness Von Sketch Show
Season 2
TV Series
Bvss 2 Productions Ontario Inc. / Frantic Films
Prod.: Graham Ludlow, Jeff Peeler
Exec.Prod.: Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen
Dir.: Yael Staav
Sep 12 - Oct 28/16
Bruno & Boots II And III
TV Movie (2)
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen
Dir.: Vivieno Caldinelli
Jul 22 -...
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Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle / Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Dir.: David Slade & Various
Anon
Feature
Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.
Prod.: Dan Bekerman
Dir.: Andrew Niccol
Jul 11 - Aug 26/16
Baroness Von Sketch Show
Season 2
TV Series
Bvss 2 Productions Ontario Inc. / Frantic Films
Prod.: Graham Ludlow, Jeff Peeler
Exec.Prod.: Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen
Dir.: Yael Staav
Sep 12 - Oct 28/16
Bruno & Boots II And III
TV Movie (2)
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen
Dir.: Vivieno Caldinelli
Jul 22 -...
- 8/24/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
After displaying his particular vision with his directorial debut The Childhood of a Leader, Brady Corbet has found his next project with the music drama Vox Lux. The Wrap reports that the film, which is also penned by Corbet, follows a pop star who gains success through “unusual circumstances.” After the 10-year process of Childhood, Corbet is excited to have a project with a “faster turnaround,” which hopefully will not sacrifice quality with its shorter page-to-screen window of time. Casting is currently underway before its planned January start in New York.
Coming off this summer’s High-Rise, Luke Evans will next play a sleazy club owner in Meredith Danluck‘s sophomore narrative feature, State Like Sleep, according to Variety. The film, which also stars Michael Shannon and Katherine Waterston, “revolves around the basic need for human connection and love.” More specifically, it deals partially with the club that Evans runs,...
Coming off this summer’s High-Rise, Luke Evans will next play a sleazy club owner in Meredith Danluck‘s sophomore narrative feature, State Like Sleep, according to Variety. The film, which also stars Michael Shannon and Katherine Waterston, “revolves around the basic need for human connection and love.” More specifically, it deals partially with the club that Evans runs,...
- 8/8/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for August 2016, including "Taken", "Flatliners", "People Of Earth" and a whole lot more:
Click Here To List With A Toronto Agent
Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle / Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Dir.: David Slade & Various
Mar. 14 – Sep 30/16
Anon
Feature
Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.
Prod.: Dan Bekerman
Dir.: Andrew Niccol
Backstage
Season 2
TV Series
Fresh TV
Prod.: Brian Campbell
Exec. Prod.: Brian Irving,
Lara Azzopardi
Dir.: Mario Azzopardi,
Wendy Morgan, Director X, Rt!,
Warren P. Sonoda, Lara Azzopardi
Jul 5 - Aug 19/16
Bruno & Boots II And III
TV Movie (2)
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen
Dir.: Vivieno Caldinelli
Jul 22 - Sep 2
Buckout Road
Feature
Buckout Productions Ltd
Prod.
Click Here To List With A Toronto Agent
Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle / Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Dir.: David Slade & Various
Mar. 14 – Sep 30/16
Anon
Feature
Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.
Prod.: Dan Bekerman
Dir.: Andrew Niccol
Backstage
Season 2
TV Series
Fresh TV
Prod.: Brian Campbell
Exec. Prod.: Brian Irving,
Lara Azzopardi
Dir.: Mario Azzopardi,
Wendy Morgan, Director X, Rt!,
Warren P. Sonoda, Lara Azzopardi
Jul 5 - Aug 19/16
Bruno & Boots II And III
TV Movie (2)
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen
Dir.: Vivieno Caldinelli
Jul 22 - Sep 2
Buckout Road
Feature
Buckout Productions Ltd
Prod.
- 7/25/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
As you've probably noticed while visiting this site over the past week, the Cannes Film Festival has seen dozens and dozens of new projects announced. For instance, Michael Shannon has a couple of new films gearing up. First up, the actor will join Rebecca Hall and Ben Foster in "State Like Sleep." Meredith Danluck is writing and directing the movie that will follow Katherine, who struggles to find the truth about her celebrity husband's double life after he commits suicide. Pretty good cast and a pretty good premise for this project, which starts shooting in July. After that, Shannon will join Matthias Schweighöfer and Noomi Rapace in "The Price." Siofra Campbell is directing this thriller that centers on a frantic mother of a kidnapped child who realizes that her ex-partner is the instigator and must deal with the fallout when he is double-crossed. Cameras roll in September. So, suicide and kidnapping.
- 5/18/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Rebecca Hall, Michael Shannon and Ben Foster will star in the mystery that Fortitude International is selling in Cannes.
Meredith Danluck will direct from her screenplay and Eddie Vaisman produces the drama, scheduled to start shooting in July.
State Like Sleep follows a woman who grapples with the consequences of her celebrity husband’s double life after he commits suicide.
ICM Partners represents Danluck, packaged the film and will represent Us rights.
Fortitude co-founder Nadine De Barros is introducing the project to buyers, supported by vice-president of international Katie Irwin and director of international sales and marketing Samantha Peel.
Fortitude’s Cannes slate includes Henry-Alex Rubin’s upcoming football biopic Robin Friday to star Sam Claflin; The Runner with Nicolas Cage that gets its market premiere screening here; Barton & Charlie, to be directed by and star Rupert Friend opposite Emily Blunt; and This Man, This Woman from Isabel Coixet starring Penelope Cruz and Diane Kruger.
Meredith Danluck will direct from her screenplay and Eddie Vaisman produces the drama, scheduled to start shooting in July.
State Like Sleep follows a woman who grapples with the consequences of her celebrity husband’s double life after he commits suicide.
ICM Partners represents Danluck, packaged the film and will represent Us rights.
Fortitude co-founder Nadine De Barros is introducing the project to buyers, supported by vice-president of international Katie Irwin and director of international sales and marketing Samantha Peel.
Fortitude’s Cannes slate includes Henry-Alex Rubin’s upcoming football biopic Robin Friday to star Sam Claflin; The Runner with Nicolas Cage that gets its market premiere screening here; Barton & Charlie, to be directed by and star Rupert Friend opposite Emily Blunt; and This Man, This Woman from Isabel Coixet starring Penelope Cruz and Diane Kruger.
- 5/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Rebecca Hall (Iron Man 3), Michael Shannon (Man Of Steel) and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) have boarded Meredith Danluck’s State Like Sleep. The film follows Hall’s character struggling to come to terms with the suicide of her celebrity husband. Eddie Vaisman (In A World …) is producing. Filming is set to start in July. The project was announced today by Fortitude International co-founders Nadine de Barros, Robert Ogden Barnum and Daniel Wagner. Fortitude is handling…...
- 5/13/2015
- Deadline
Sundance is always on the move. Skywalker and George Lucas himself are refocusing on the indies and choosing sound design as their point of entry.
Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound recently announced that the Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound will take place at Skywalker Ranch in 2013 and 2014 and also listed the artists that will participate in the 2013 Labs. This is the first time the two organizations will collaborate to support independent filmmakers and film composers and marks a significant expansion of the Institute’s existing Composers Labs to include sound design.
The Institute has hosted its Composers Labs at Sundance Resort for fiction feature films since 1999 and documentaries since 2005, allowing composers and independent filmmakers to collaboratively explore the process of writing music for film. Fellows also participate in workshops and creative exercises under the guidance of leading film composers and film music professionals acting as Creative Advisors.
Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute, said, “Hosting the Composers Labs at Skywalker Ranch allows an expansion of the program to include sound design, giving further insight into the powerful ways that sound and music can impact independent films. We are deeply grateful to the Skywalker team for working with us to provide our Fellows with the tremendous benefit of accessing this legendary facility”
Josh Lowden, General Manager of Skywalker Sound, said, “We’re very excited to formalize this relationship. Sundance Institute is virtually synonymous with independent film, and Keri and her team have done an amazing job to honor the Institute’s legacy. Twenty-five years ago Skywalker was founded by a filmmaker for filmmakers, and we have never forgotten our roots. We continue to believe in independent filmmaking, and are thrilled to deepen our relationship with the Institute by hosting these Labs at Skywalker.”
The Composers Lab for fiction feature films is a joint initiative of the Institute’s Film Music Program and Feature Film Program, and the Composers Lab for documentaries is hosted by the Film Music Program and Documentary Film Program and Fund.
Peter Golub, Director of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program, said, “Skywalker Sound is a leader in the field of post-production and sound design, and their world-class facilities offer the ideal environment for our Composers Labs. Lab fellows will have access to Skywalker’s sound designers and mixers for ongoing collaboration, as well as the state-of-the-art facility during their stay.”
Artists and projects selected for the 2013 Sundance Music And Sound Design Lab – Documentary (June 3-10) are:
Filmmakers
Director: Kirsten Johnson
A Blind Eye (U.S.) — The voice of an American camerawoman explores the nature of cinematography and what she has failed to see while filming in Afghanistan through her encounters with two Afghan teenagers. Najeeb, a one-eyed boy, struggles to hide what really haunts him, while a bold teenage girl must decide how much she will risk to be visible. A U.S. Military surveillance blimp in the sky over Kabul tracks their every move.
Director: Judith Ehrlich
Open (U.S.) — The fight for free speech in the 21st century is being fought in cyberspace, and its most dramatic story may be unfolding in Iceland. Open follows trailblazing Internet revolutionary Birgitta Jónsdóttir and three generations of digital “hacktivists” as their stories converge in the tiny island nation now poised to become the world’s first haven for freedom of information and transparency online and off.
Director: Thomas Allen Harris
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (U.S.) — A 90-minute documentary film with an innovative companion transmedia project that explores the ways black communities have used the medium of photography to construct political, aesthetic and cultural representations of themselves and their world. This will be the first film to vividly bring to life the individual photographers, photographic collectives, and anonymous and celebrated subjects, whose work has transformed the lives of African Americans through the magic and power of the camera lens.
Director: Mark Grieco
Marmato (Canada/Colombia) — A peaceful gold-mining town in rural Colombia confronts destruction by a Canadian multinational mining company.
Composers
Kathryn Bostic
Kathryn Bostic is a prolific composer, pianist and singer-songwriter. She is a recipient of several awards and fellowships including the Sundance Fellowship for Feature Film Scoring, Bmi Conducting Fellowship and the Ascap Musical Theatre Workshop. She has written for both off-Broadway and Broadway productions. Currently her score can be heard in the Mark Taper production of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.
Omar Fadel
Los Angeles-based composer Omar Fadel has carved out a niche fusing an eclectic palette of musical instruments and styles. He has scored numerous features films, documentaries and television shows, including Walt Disney Studios’ first ever Arabic language feature film, The United.
Miles Jay
Miles Jay is a composer, contrabassist, and multi-instrumentalist with many traditional and cross over artists around the world. Supporting himself as a musician around the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa for much of the last decade, Miles has re-imagined the contrabass, adapting a wide range of melodic ornamentation to his own technique, as well as having invented and hand-built a new type of contrabass utilizing rawhide for a soundboard. Miles has performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi, Ted, and the United Nations.
Todd Reynolds
Todd Reynolds is a long-time New York violinist for Bang on a Can, Steve Reich, Broadway, and founder of the string quartet known as Ethel. His double CD set, Outerborough, rose to "best in classical" on the Amazon classical charts of 2011. A classical violinist 'gone horribly wrong', his genre-defying and technologically savvy music and performances have been called "a charming, multi-mood extravaganza, playful like Milhaud, but hard-edged like Hendrix."
Artists and projects selected for the 2013 Sundance Music And Sound Design Lab – Feature Film (July 10-25) are:
Filmmakers
Writer/director: Miguel Calderón
Zeus (Mexico) — Sporadically employed and still living with his mother, Joel finds his only joy in falconry in the flatlands outside Mexico City, until an encounter with a down-to-earth secretary forces him to face reality.
Writer/director: Meredith Danluck
State Like Sleep (U.S.A.) — Under the surreal cloud cover of northern Europe, a young American widow reluctantly revisits her past when her mother is hospitalized in Brussels. While coping with the bleak reality of parental loss, Katherine explores her deceased husband's secret life of underground sex clubs and finds comfort in a relationship with a stranger as equally broken as she is.
Co-writer/co-director: Ian Hendrie
Co-writer/co-director: Jyson McLean
Mercy Road (U.S.A.) — Based on true events, Mercy Road traces the spiritual odyssey of a small town housewife and mother, as she becomes willing to commit violence and murder in the name of God.
Writer/director: K’naan
Maanokoobiyo (Somalia/U.S.A.) — In war-torn Somalia, an artistic orphan named Maano joins the mercenary killing squad of a notorious warlord, only to discover his adoptive father and gang leader is responsible for wiping out his family.
Writer/director: Pamela Romanowsky
The Adderall Diaries (U.S.A.) — Writer Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his work. Adrift in the precarious grey area of memory, Stephen has to navigate the unstable terrain of truth and identity, led by two sources of inspiration: a new romance, and a murder trial that reminds him more than a little of his own story. Based on the memoir by Stephen Elliott.
Co-writer/director: Eva Weber
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name (UK/Germany/U.S.A.) — Twenty-eight-year-old Clarissa discovers on the day of her father's funeral that everything she believed about her life was a lie. She flees San Francisco and travels to the Arctic Circle to uncover the secrets of her mother, who mysteriously vanished when Clarissa was fourteen. Based on the novel by Vendela Vida.
Composers
Jongnic Bontemps
Jongnic Bontemps has had the pleasure to score numerous films, including award-winning Daughter of Fortune, A Different Tree, Soaring on Invisible Wings and Saudade. Jongnic's scores incorporate ethnic instruments with organic and synthetic textures to create a unique musical world for a film. This skill has been honed through his music education at Yale University, Berklee School of Music and the University of Southern California and his collaborations with some of the top film composers. Jongnic's scores have been heard at film festivals around the world including Cannes, The Pan African Film Festival, American Black Film Festival and Run & Shoot Martha's Vineyard
Larry Goldings
Larry Goldings is a Grammy-nominated pianist, organist, composer, and arranger, whose talents have been sought-after by an impressive range of artists including James Taylor, Norah Jones, John Mayer, Sia Furler, Madeleine Peyroux, Maceo Parker, Michael Brecker, and John Scofield.
Lucas Lechowski
Based in Los Angeles, Polish born Lucas Lechowski is a violinist/guitarist who creates music, experiments with sounds, improvises and performs. His recent film scoring credits include a 2013 Student Academy Award winner “Un mundo para Raúl” (dir. Mauro Mueller). Currently he is composing music for a two-hour NBC News television special commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of President Kennedy, entitled "Where Were You?"
Heather McIntosh
Heather McIntosh is a cellist, bassist and composer who got her musical start playing with the Elephant 6 collective in Athens, Georgia and continued on to perform with artists such as Gnarls Barkley and Lil Wayne. Recently relocated to Los Angeles, her film credits include Compliance by Craig Zobel and The Rambler by Calvin Lee Reeder.
Vladimir Podgoretsky
Vladimir Podgoretsky started his professional career as a musical theater composer. His 2007 ballet Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) was a huge success and continues to be regularly performed in theaters throughout Moscow. Vladimir moved to the Us to become a film composer and after graduating from the UCLA film scoring program has been working with leading composers on films such as Rise of the Guardians, A Single Shot, The Eagle, Season Of the Witch and Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. He has also worked on the acclaimed video game World of Warcraft and the ABC TV series Revenge.
Mac Quayle
A resident of Topanga Canyon, California, Mac Quayle has written music for over 20 films and television shows and accumulated a long list of credits as a music producer, dance remixer and multi-instrumentalist, including a Grammy nomination for producing Donna Summer. His music is heard in films such as the Indian documentary Beyond Grace and the Irish drama A Belfast Story and some of his collaborations as an additional composer appear in Drive, Spring Breakers and Only God Forgives.
The Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound are made possible by Bmi, Time Warner Foundation, and the Film Music Foundation.
Sundance Institute
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a global, nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to nurturing artistic expression in film and theater, and to supporting intercultural dialogue between artists and audiences. The Institute promotes independent storytelling to unite, inform and inspire, regardless of geo-political, social, religious or cultural differences. Internationally recognized for its annual Sundance Film Festival and its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, film composers, playwrights and theatre artists, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Born into Brothels, Trouble the Water, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Amreeka, An Inconvenient Truth, Spring Awakening, Light in the Piazza and Angels in America. Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
Skywalker Sound
Skywalker Sound, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd, is one of the largest, most versatile full-service audio post-production companies in the industry. Skywalker Sound offers comprehensive post-production services and utilizes the talents of Academy Award®-winning sound professionals working on sound design, editorial, Foley and re-recording mixes as a team. This provides filmmakers the most efficient model available for the audio post-production process. More information is available at www.skysound.com.
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Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound recently announced that the Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound will take place at Skywalker Ranch in 2013 and 2014 and also listed the artists that will participate in the 2013 Labs. This is the first time the two organizations will collaborate to support independent filmmakers and film composers and marks a significant expansion of the Institute’s existing Composers Labs to include sound design.
The Institute has hosted its Composers Labs at Sundance Resort for fiction feature films since 1999 and documentaries since 2005, allowing composers and independent filmmakers to collaboratively explore the process of writing music for film. Fellows also participate in workshops and creative exercises under the guidance of leading film composers and film music professionals acting as Creative Advisors.
Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute, said, “Hosting the Composers Labs at Skywalker Ranch allows an expansion of the program to include sound design, giving further insight into the powerful ways that sound and music can impact independent films. We are deeply grateful to the Skywalker team for working with us to provide our Fellows with the tremendous benefit of accessing this legendary facility”
Josh Lowden, General Manager of Skywalker Sound, said, “We’re very excited to formalize this relationship. Sundance Institute is virtually synonymous with independent film, and Keri and her team have done an amazing job to honor the Institute’s legacy. Twenty-five years ago Skywalker was founded by a filmmaker for filmmakers, and we have never forgotten our roots. We continue to believe in independent filmmaking, and are thrilled to deepen our relationship with the Institute by hosting these Labs at Skywalker.”
The Composers Lab for fiction feature films is a joint initiative of the Institute’s Film Music Program and Feature Film Program, and the Composers Lab for documentaries is hosted by the Film Music Program and Documentary Film Program and Fund.
Peter Golub, Director of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program, said, “Skywalker Sound is a leader in the field of post-production and sound design, and their world-class facilities offer the ideal environment for our Composers Labs. Lab fellows will have access to Skywalker’s sound designers and mixers for ongoing collaboration, as well as the state-of-the-art facility during their stay.”
Artists and projects selected for the 2013 Sundance Music And Sound Design Lab – Documentary (June 3-10) are:
Filmmakers
Director: Kirsten Johnson
A Blind Eye (U.S.) — The voice of an American camerawoman explores the nature of cinematography and what she has failed to see while filming in Afghanistan through her encounters with two Afghan teenagers. Najeeb, a one-eyed boy, struggles to hide what really haunts him, while a bold teenage girl must decide how much she will risk to be visible. A U.S. Military surveillance blimp in the sky over Kabul tracks their every move.
Director: Judith Ehrlich
Open (U.S.) — The fight for free speech in the 21st century is being fought in cyberspace, and its most dramatic story may be unfolding in Iceland. Open follows trailblazing Internet revolutionary Birgitta Jónsdóttir and three generations of digital “hacktivists” as their stories converge in the tiny island nation now poised to become the world’s first haven for freedom of information and transparency online and off.
Director: Thomas Allen Harris
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (U.S.) — A 90-minute documentary film with an innovative companion transmedia project that explores the ways black communities have used the medium of photography to construct political, aesthetic and cultural representations of themselves and their world. This will be the first film to vividly bring to life the individual photographers, photographic collectives, and anonymous and celebrated subjects, whose work has transformed the lives of African Americans through the magic and power of the camera lens.
Director: Mark Grieco
Marmato (Canada/Colombia) — A peaceful gold-mining town in rural Colombia confronts destruction by a Canadian multinational mining company.
Composers
Kathryn Bostic
Kathryn Bostic is a prolific composer, pianist and singer-songwriter. She is a recipient of several awards and fellowships including the Sundance Fellowship for Feature Film Scoring, Bmi Conducting Fellowship and the Ascap Musical Theatre Workshop. She has written for both off-Broadway and Broadway productions. Currently her score can be heard in the Mark Taper production of August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.
Omar Fadel
Los Angeles-based composer Omar Fadel has carved out a niche fusing an eclectic palette of musical instruments and styles. He has scored numerous features films, documentaries and television shows, including Walt Disney Studios’ first ever Arabic language feature film, The United.
Miles Jay
Miles Jay is a composer, contrabassist, and multi-instrumentalist with many traditional and cross over artists around the world. Supporting himself as a musician around the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa for much of the last decade, Miles has re-imagined the contrabass, adapting a wide range of melodic ornamentation to his own technique, as well as having invented and hand-built a new type of contrabass utilizing rawhide for a soundboard. Miles has performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi, Ted, and the United Nations.
Todd Reynolds
Todd Reynolds is a long-time New York violinist for Bang on a Can, Steve Reich, Broadway, and founder of the string quartet known as Ethel. His double CD set, Outerborough, rose to "best in classical" on the Amazon classical charts of 2011. A classical violinist 'gone horribly wrong', his genre-defying and technologically savvy music and performances have been called "a charming, multi-mood extravaganza, playful like Milhaud, but hard-edged like Hendrix."
Artists and projects selected for the 2013 Sundance Music And Sound Design Lab – Feature Film (July 10-25) are:
Filmmakers
Writer/director: Miguel Calderón
Zeus (Mexico) — Sporadically employed and still living with his mother, Joel finds his only joy in falconry in the flatlands outside Mexico City, until an encounter with a down-to-earth secretary forces him to face reality.
Writer/director: Meredith Danluck
State Like Sleep (U.S.A.) — Under the surreal cloud cover of northern Europe, a young American widow reluctantly revisits her past when her mother is hospitalized in Brussels. While coping with the bleak reality of parental loss, Katherine explores her deceased husband's secret life of underground sex clubs and finds comfort in a relationship with a stranger as equally broken as she is.
Co-writer/co-director: Ian Hendrie
Co-writer/co-director: Jyson McLean
Mercy Road (U.S.A.) — Based on true events, Mercy Road traces the spiritual odyssey of a small town housewife and mother, as she becomes willing to commit violence and murder in the name of God.
Writer/director: K’naan
Maanokoobiyo (Somalia/U.S.A.) — In war-torn Somalia, an artistic orphan named Maano joins the mercenary killing squad of a notorious warlord, only to discover his adoptive father and gang leader is responsible for wiping out his family.
Writer/director: Pamela Romanowsky
The Adderall Diaries (U.S.A.) — Writer Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his work. Adrift in the precarious grey area of memory, Stephen has to navigate the unstable terrain of truth and identity, led by two sources of inspiration: a new romance, and a murder trial that reminds him more than a little of his own story. Based on the memoir by Stephen Elliott.
Co-writer/director: Eva Weber
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name (UK/Germany/U.S.A.) — Twenty-eight-year-old Clarissa discovers on the day of her father's funeral that everything she believed about her life was a lie. She flees San Francisco and travels to the Arctic Circle to uncover the secrets of her mother, who mysteriously vanished when Clarissa was fourteen. Based on the novel by Vendela Vida.
Composers
Jongnic Bontemps
Jongnic Bontemps has had the pleasure to score numerous films, including award-winning Daughter of Fortune, A Different Tree, Soaring on Invisible Wings and Saudade. Jongnic's scores incorporate ethnic instruments with organic and synthetic textures to create a unique musical world for a film. This skill has been honed through his music education at Yale University, Berklee School of Music and the University of Southern California and his collaborations with some of the top film composers. Jongnic's scores have been heard at film festivals around the world including Cannes, The Pan African Film Festival, American Black Film Festival and Run & Shoot Martha's Vineyard
Larry Goldings
Larry Goldings is a Grammy-nominated pianist, organist, composer, and arranger, whose talents have been sought-after by an impressive range of artists including James Taylor, Norah Jones, John Mayer, Sia Furler, Madeleine Peyroux, Maceo Parker, Michael Brecker, and John Scofield.
Lucas Lechowski
Based in Los Angeles, Polish born Lucas Lechowski is a violinist/guitarist who creates music, experiments with sounds, improvises and performs. His recent film scoring credits include a 2013 Student Academy Award winner “Un mundo para Raúl” (dir. Mauro Mueller). Currently he is composing music for a two-hour NBC News television special commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of President Kennedy, entitled "Where Were You?"
Heather McIntosh
Heather McIntosh is a cellist, bassist and composer who got her musical start playing with the Elephant 6 collective in Athens, Georgia and continued on to perform with artists such as Gnarls Barkley and Lil Wayne. Recently relocated to Los Angeles, her film credits include Compliance by Craig Zobel and The Rambler by Calvin Lee Reeder.
Vladimir Podgoretsky
Vladimir Podgoretsky started his professional career as a musical theater composer. His 2007 ballet Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) was a huge success and continues to be regularly performed in theaters throughout Moscow. Vladimir moved to the Us to become a film composer and after graduating from the UCLA film scoring program has been working with leading composers on films such as Rise of the Guardians, A Single Shot, The Eagle, Season Of the Witch and Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. He has also worked on the acclaimed video game World of Warcraft and the ABC TV series Revenge.
Mac Quayle
A resident of Topanga Canyon, California, Mac Quayle has written music for over 20 films and television shows and accumulated a long list of credits as a music producer, dance remixer and multi-instrumentalist, including a Grammy nomination for producing Donna Summer. His music is heard in films such as the Indian documentary Beyond Grace and the Irish drama A Belfast Story and some of his collaborations as an additional composer appear in Drive, Spring Breakers and Only God Forgives.
The Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound are made possible by Bmi, Time Warner Foundation, and the Film Music Foundation.
Sundance Institute
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a global, nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to nurturing artistic expression in film and theater, and to supporting intercultural dialogue between artists and audiences. The Institute promotes independent storytelling to unite, inform and inspire, regardless of geo-political, social, religious or cultural differences. Internationally recognized for its annual Sundance Film Festival and its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, film composers, playwrights and theatre artists, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Born into Brothels, Trouble the Water, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Amreeka, An Inconvenient Truth, Spring Awakening, Light in the Piazza and Angels in America. Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
Skywalker Sound
Skywalker Sound, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd, is one of the largest, most versatile full-service audio post-production companies in the industry. Skywalker Sound offers comprehensive post-production services and utilizes the talents of Academy Award®-winning sound professionals working on sound design, editorial, Foley and re-recording mixes as a team. This provides filmmakers the most efficient model available for the audio post-production process. More information is available at www.skysound.com.
Lucasfilm Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Skywalker Sound, the Skywalker Sound logo, Star Wars and related properties are trademarks in the United States and/or in other countries of Lucasfilm Ltd. and/or its affiliates. © 2013 Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. or Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved.
- 6/6/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
photo by Cinema Blend's Katey Rich, from her Twitter.
Saturday was the last day of the film festival part of South by Southwest, though there hasn't been much movie-related excitement since the music section began on Wednesday. Thank you very much, Hole. Anyway, now that the film bloggers have had their last supper of BBQ (see above) and are heading home, it's time for a final look at all our coverage since Monika's mid-way roundup and some of our favorite stuff from friends around the web. However, reviews from our writers will continue to be posted for the next few days.
See you next year, Austin and SXSW!
Celebrity Sightings: The Runaways star Kristen Stewart spotted in a red leather dress! Cinema Blend also has a ton of photos from the film's post-screening Q&A, where there was apparently a wardrobe malfunction. I also hear Courtney Love is in town with some band.
Saturday was the last day of the film festival part of South by Southwest, though there hasn't been much movie-related excitement since the music section began on Wednesday. Thank you very much, Hole. Anyway, now that the film bloggers have had their last supper of BBQ (see above) and are heading home, it's time for a final look at all our coverage since Monika's mid-way roundup and some of our favorite stuff from friends around the web. However, reviews from our writers will continue to be posted for the next few days.
See you next year, Austin and SXSW!
Celebrity Sightings: The Runaways star Kristen Stewart spotted in a red leather dress! Cinema Blend also has a ton of photos from the film's post-screening Q&A, where there was apparently a wardrobe malfunction. I also hear Courtney Love is in town with some band.
- 3/22/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
Any rodeo fans out there? Having been exposed to the culture a little during my trips to Vegas while the Professional Bull Riding circuit was in town. So I was curious to learn a bit more about it from Meredith Danluck who has made a documentary about it having its world premiere at this year's South by Southwest Film Festival,
Cinematical: The mythos of the cowboy is something suggested during the opening monologue. But what is the idea of the modern cowboy that all these guys are chasing that is either in sync or contradicts the Old West paradigm that we fall in love with as little boys?
Meredith: I think these guys arent necessarily "chasing" the idea of the cowboy, but rather are cowboys. Growing up outside of the ranching community, the mythology of the cowboy was propped up mainly by whatever Hollywood dictated; courtesy, pride, strength etc. These...
Cinematical: The mythos of the cowboy is something suggested during the opening monologue. But what is the idea of the modern cowboy that all these guys are chasing that is either in sync or contradicts the Old West paradigm that we fall in love with as little boys?
Meredith: I think these guys arent necessarily "chasing" the idea of the cowboy, but rather are cowboys. Growing up outside of the ranching community, the mythology of the cowboy was propped up mainly by whatever Hollywood dictated; courtesy, pride, strength etc. These...
- 3/21/2010
- by Erik Childress
- Cinematical
Celebrity Sightings: SXSW gives off the vibe that chatting with the random star about town is a lot more likely than hordes of flashy celeb pictures. However, IMDb has a decent gallery going with the star-studded photos broken down by day, like the shot of Kristen Wiig above. Just Jared, meanwhile, shares pictures of the round-faced Val Kilmer, and Twilight's Ashley Greene joins a group hug while at SXSW for Skateland.
Our Coverage: Rather than list it all here, you should check out our SXSW Mid-Way Roundup, which outlines our killer, 30+ lineup of interviews, reviews, and SXSW buzz. Also, be sure to stay tuned for an interview with The Ride director Meredith Danluck and a review of The Canal Street Madam at Cinematical, a review of Amer at Horror Squad, and a review of Life 2.0 at SciFi Squad, plus more goodies in the days to come.
Deals: Magnet Releasing was...
Our Coverage: Rather than list it all here, you should check out our SXSW Mid-Way Roundup, which outlines our killer, 30+ lineup of interviews, reviews, and SXSW buzz. Also, be sure to stay tuned for an interview with The Ride director Meredith Danluck and a review of The Canal Street Madam at Cinematical, a review of Amer at Horror Squad, and a review of Life 2.0 at SciFi Squad, plus more goodies in the days to come.
Deals: Magnet Releasing was...
- 3/18/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
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