Jorn Winther, the director on the landmark David Frost-Richard Nixon interviews that kept television and radio audiences transfixed over four consecutive nights in 1977, has died. He was 88.
Winther was identified as a man killed Nov. 9 in an automobile accident in front of Palm Desert High School outside Palm Springs, the Riverside County Coroner's Office reported.
In the 1960s, Winther directed for the ABC music showcase Shindig! and worked on variety shows hosted by the likes of Jonathan Winters, Sonny & Cher and Barbara McNair.
He later spent more than five years as an executive producer and director ...
Winther was identified as a man killed Nov. 9 in an automobile accident in front of Palm Desert High School outside Palm Springs, the Riverside County Coroner's Office reported.
In the 1960s, Winther directed for the ABC music showcase Shindig! and worked on variety shows hosted by the likes of Jonathan Winters, Sonny & Cher and Barbara McNair.
He later spent more than five years as an executive producer and director ...
- 11/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Local Palm Springs production companies — a collaboration between Made for Nothing Productions, LLC, Blue Moxie, Creative Monster and Jorn Winther Productions — are pleased to announce that “Do It Or Die” will have its world premiere at the 28th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Read More: Film Festival Roundup: MoMI and India Center Foundation Launch India Kaleidoscope Festival, Palm Springs Announces More Tributes
Directed by 86 year-old Jorn Winther, the film is based on a true story: the brutal kidnapping of Palm Springs socialite and philanthropist Elaine Chaddick (Denise DuBarry) in 1979. Elaine fights to stay alive out in the hot desert, using all her people skills to prevent her sociopathic kidnapper Bobby Ray Robbins (Andrew McGuiness) from killing her – and FBI agent Herb Clough (David Naughton) assigned to her case racing against the clock to find her and bring down her kidnapper. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below featuring...
Read More: Film Festival Roundup: MoMI and India Center Foundation Launch India Kaleidoscope Festival, Palm Springs Announces More Tributes
Directed by 86 year-old Jorn Winther, the film is based on a true story: the brutal kidnapping of Palm Springs socialite and philanthropist Elaine Chaddick (Denise DuBarry) in 1979. Elaine fights to stay alive out in the hot desert, using all her people skills to prevent her sociopathic kidnapper Bobby Ray Robbins (Andrew McGuiness) from killing her – and FBI agent Herb Clough (David Naughton) assigned to her case racing against the clock to find her and bring down her kidnapper. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below featuring...
- 1/4/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
The world premiere of Ritesh Batra’s adaptation of the Julian Barnes novel starring Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling will kick off proceedings at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 5.
The Sense Of An Ending (pictured) is Batra’s second film after The Lunchbox and will open through CBS films on March 10.
Taylor Hackford’s The Comedian starring Robert De Niro will close the event (Spc opens the film on January 13) as festival brass unveiled the full roster of Premieres, New Voices/New Visions, Modern Masters, True Stories and After Dark.
World premieres include Colin Hanks’s Eagles Of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) (Us-France); Andrew Wagner’s Breakable You (Us) starring Holly Hunter, Tony Shalhoub and Alfred Molina; Catalina Aguilar Mastretta’s Everybody Loves Somebody (Mexico); and Simon Aboud’s The Beautiful Fantastic (UK-us).
Rounding out the world premieres are: The Concessionaires Must Die! (Us) by [link...
The Sense Of An Ending (pictured) is Batra’s second film after The Lunchbox and will open through CBS films on March 10.
Taylor Hackford’s The Comedian starring Robert De Niro will close the event (Spc opens the film on January 13) as festival brass unveiled the full roster of Premieres, New Voices/New Visions, Modern Masters, True Stories and After Dark.
World premieres include Colin Hanks’s Eagles Of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) (Us-France); Andrew Wagner’s Breakable You (Us) starring Holly Hunter, Tony Shalhoub and Alfred Molina; Catalina Aguilar Mastretta’s Everybody Loves Somebody (Mexico); and Simon Aboud’s The Beautiful Fantastic (UK-us).
Rounding out the world premieres are: The Concessionaires Must Die! (Us) by [link...
- 12/15/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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