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An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction.[citation needed] He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization. The artistic director of a theatre company is the individual with the over-arching artistic control of the theatre's production choices, directorial choices, and overall artistic vision. In smaller theatres, the artistic director may be the founder of the theatre and the primary director of its plays. In larger non-profit theatres (often known in Canada and the United States as regional theatres) the artistic director may be appointed by the board of directors.
The artistic director of a theatre is similar to the music director of a symphony, the primary person responsible for planning a theatre's season. The artistic director's responsibilities can include but are not limited to choosing the material staged in a season, the hiring of creative/production personnel (such as directors), and other theatre management tasks. He or she may also direct productions for the company. Artistic directors work closely with the general manager of the theatre, and contribute the artistic evaluation of projects and productions to be included in promotional, funding, and press materials. An artistic director also functions as a resource for the directors who are working to mount productions at the theatre and can provide support, counsel, and/or artistic input where requested. The artistic director may be called to assume the production should the director become unable to complete his/her duties. Artistic directors are frequently regarded as the artistic representatives of theatre companies and are often required to speak about their theatre to the press. In the United States, artistic directors often have fundraising responsibilities as well.
Kevin Spacey, CBE (born Kevin Spacey Fowler; July 26, 1959) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s, culminating in his first Academy Award for The Usual Suspects (Best Supporting Actor), followed by a Best Actor Academy Award win for American Beauty (1999). His other starring roles in Hollywood include Seven, L.A. Confidential, Pay It Forward, K-PAX, and Superman Returns in a career which has earned him several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Since 2003, he has been artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London.
Spacey was born in South Orange, New Jersey, the son of Kathleen Ann (née Knutson; December 5, 1931 – March 19, 2003), a secretary, and Thomas Geoffrey Fowler (June 4, 1924 – December 24, 1992), a technical writer and data consultant. He has two older siblings: a sister, Julie, and a brother, Randy. He attended Northridge Military Academy, Canoga Park High School (in tenth and eleventh grades), and then Chatsworth High School in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, where he graduated valedictorian of his class. At Chatsworth High, he starred in the school's senior production of The Sound of Music, playing the part of Captain Georg von Trapp, opposite Mare Winningham's character, Maria.
Actors: Matthew Prinzing (editor), Anna Halprin (actress), Debbie Margolis-Horwitz (producer), Isabel Sadurni (producer), Janet Carrus (producer), Dohee Lee (actress), Renée Peperone (producer), Mia Thompson (producer), Renée Peperone (director), Dohee Lee (actress), Stephanie Earle (miscellaneous crew), Lynn Moody (miscellaneous crew), Jim Cave (actor), Dana Iova-Koga (actor), Shinichi Iova-Koga (actor),
Plot: In the Fever of Love is the first in a trilogy by post-modern dance pioneer Anna Halprin in memory of her late husband, landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, celebrating their 70-years of marriage and collaboration. Remembering Lawrence, a film for Anna Halprin invites the viewer to share in the process and performance of this provocative dance. Halprin draws on powerful sources: a live participatory audience; sacred text from the Biblical "Song of Songs;" the treasured outdoor dance deck designed for her by Lawrence nestled in a redwood grove adjacent to their home; intensely affectionate energy danced by Dana and Shinichi Iova-Koga; the mystical presence and vocalizations of Dohee Lee; the sharing of Lawrence's wartime love letters read by Jim Cave; and, most importantly, a gallery of erotic drawings sketched by Lawrence for Anna some 60 years previous found only after his death.
Genres: Documentary,Actors: James Hong (actor), Christina DeRosa (actress), Lynn Shelton (actress), Ward Roberts (actor), Blayne Weaver (actor), Marcus Dunstan (actor), Russell Hodgkinson (actor), Jake Johnson (actor), Tom Ricciardelli (actor), Kieran Mulroney (actor), Semih Tareen (composer), Basil Harris (actor), Andrew McAllister (editor), Brett Davern (actor), Sean Nelson (actor),
Plot: Kaveh and Raul are two b-movie co-writers who have suffered a bitter falling out. Kaveh's lost his girlfriend, and spends his days getting high in his apartment, while Raul is off studying at Columbia University. But when one of their films ("Islama-rama 2") is accepted by a film festival, the two ex-friends are forced to tentatively re-connect in order to pitch their script to the mysterious producer, Yukio Tai (James Hong). Along the way, they will have to brave brutish bodyguards, cutthroat colleagues, inept agents, romantic entanglements, prima donna actors, and the trials of their own bitter friendship.
Keywords: film-director, one-word-title, written-and-directed-by-cast-memberActors: Forest Whitaker (actor), Russell Simmons (actor), Isaiah Washington (actor), Louis Gossett Jr. (actor), Prince (actor), Terrence Howard (actor), Tyler Perry (actor), Randy Jackson (actor), LL Cool J (actor), Bernie Mac (actor), Hill Harper (actor), Bill Cosby (actor), Dennis Haysbert (actor), Smokey Robinson (actor), Tyra Banks (actress),
Genres: Family,Actors: Tony Cammarata (writer), Tony Cammarata (director), Tony Cammarata (editor), Tony Cammarata (producer), McKay Stewart (actor), Jessica Graves (miscellaneous crew), Jessica Graves (actress), Verity Butler (actress), Rebecca Rainboldt (actress), Meagan Kittridge (actress), Konstantina Mallios (actress), Stream Gardner (actress), Linnea Liu Dakin (actress), Denise Figueroa (actor), Seth Sultan (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Sasha Montenegro (actress), Fred Fuchs (producer), Anita Doron (director), Anita Doron (writer), Farah Merani (actor), Tarah Burke (costume designer), Michale Raske (miscellaneous crew), Duncan Christie (editor), Erin Faith Young (producer), Shelley Niro (actress), Ryna Schickler (actress), Sarah Harmer (actress), Jennifer St. John (producer), John Tokatlidis (actor), Jonathan Orson (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jonathan Gray (miscellaneous crew), Rebecca Breckel (producer), Maureen Tuohy (miscellaneous crew), Peggy Sutton (director), Peggy Sutton (producer), Jawad Metni (editor), Tom Diamond (actor), Jackie Dempsey (actress), Casi Pacilio (actress), Steve O'Hearn (actor), Steve O'Hearn (actor), Jackie Dempsey (actress), Jana Losey (actress), Kevin Kornicki (actor), William Repicci (actor),
Plot: "SQUONKumentary" tells the story of an unlikely Broadway transplant. A funky troupe of Pittsburgh musicians prepare their hit show for a Broadway run. But the Squonkers' uplifting musical score and lush bizarre imagery quickly collides, often humorously, with realities of the show's survival. In true underdog fashion, inspiring efforts are launched by show producers, performers, their families and friends to help save "Squonk." Edited and shot with dashes of the show's playful surrealism, the film offers its own take on the "Squonk" aesthetic and attempts to answer the most ticklish question of all: What the heck is Squonk?
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Josef d'Bache-Kane (producer), Josef d'Bache-Kane (director), Colin Wilson (producer), Valery Gergiev (actor), Reiner Moritz (actor),
Plot: Maestro Valery Gergiev, Conductor and Artistic Director of The Kirov Opera is interviewed by Dr. Reiner Moritz, Arts Patron, giving an indepth insight into the historic recording of the operatic masterpiece "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by the acknowledged "Father of Russian Opera" the composer Mikhail Glinka. Valery discusses the casting, music and staging of the opera, recorded at The Mariinsky Theatre in 1996. This Introduction accompanies the DVD Recording as an Extra Feature.
Genres: Documentary, Music, Short,