Instead of creating a parallel story for the film or embellishing the biblical account, as is the case with other biblical films such as The Ten Commandments or The Greatest Story Ever Told, the filmmakers chose to adhere as closely as possible to the Gospel of Luke.

* As originally conceived, the plot device in which Laurie had faked her death was written explicitly to account for her reported " death " in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, and the original story treatment for H20 acknowledged the events depicted in the fourth through sixth films in the series, including the existence and death of Laurie's daughter, Jamie Lloyd ; however, the filmmakers ultimately chose to ignore the continuity of the previous three sequels.

American filmmakers George Cukor and David O. Selznick saw him on a 1934 scouting trip to London, and chose him for the young title role in their MGM film David Copperfield ( 1935 ).

For the film's primary location, the Tanner household, the filmmakers chose Robert Taylor's former residence in the Mandeville Canyon section of Los Angeles, the " Robert Taylor Ranch.

As 18th century Singapore is not a well-documented era, the filmmakers chose to use an Expressionist style based on Chinese and Malaysian cities of the same period.

Although for years already Kitano's largest audience had been the foreign arthouse crowd, HANA-BI cemented his status internationally as one of Japan's foremost modern filmmakers.

The scene is significant because it introduced filming techniques that have continued to be used by modern filmmakers, and in discussion of the technical achievements of this film, tends to be seen as one of the film's key scenes.

In the modern era, notable filmmakers in Denmark include Lars von Trier, who co-created the Dogme film movement, and multiple award-winners Susanne Bier and Nicolas Winding Refn.

He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors and he epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, that includes Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Robert Altman, Woody Allen, William Friedkin, Philip Kaufman and George Lucas, who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary film-making.

His striking visual style, incorporating a detailed approach to production design and innovative, atmospheric lighting, has been influential on a subsequent generation of filmmakers — many of whom have imitated his style.

He made Gershwin ( 1992 ), an innovative TV documentary in which the American composer's life and works were reviewed through the testimonies of performers and filmmakers, juxtaposed with commissioned paintings by Guy Peellaert.

The strong and technically innovative collaboration between Eisenstein and Prokofiev in the editing process resulted in a match of music and imagery that remains a standard for filmmakers.

Since then Mabou Mines has produced scores of plays, collaborated with well-known writers, musicians, visual artists, and filmmakers, garnered heaps of critical praise and awards, and performed around the globe, cementing its reputation as an innovative force in the theater world.

These initial successes paved the way for the studio to relinquish almost complete control to these innovative young filmmakers.

The New Cinema Fund supported emerging talent and established filmmakers working outside the mainstream, focusing on the most innovative writing and the most gifted directors.

encourage cultural diversity and understanding between nations, to foster the cinema of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema, to promote filmmakers and innovative works, to discover and encourage new talents, and to promote meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.

The Library's fine architecture has made it a favourite location for filmmakers, representing either Oxford University or other locations.

AFI ScreenNation is a Web site featuring AFI-produced educational materials and tips for new filmmakers to share work, receive recognition and compete for prizes.

Other up-and-coming filmmakers allied themselves to this Oberhausen group, among them Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner Herzog, Jean-Marie Straub, Wim Wenders, Werner Schroeter and Hans-Jürgen Syberberg in their rejection of the existing German film industry and their determination to build a new industry founded on artistic excellence rather than commercial dictates.

The Vail Film Festival in Vail, Colorado, is one of the " Top 10 destination film festivals in the world " ( MovieMaker magazine ), screens over 90 films, features mostly new filmmakers and honors Rising Stars, including Jesse Esienberg, Olivia Wilde, and many more.

As involvement increased, filmmakers released fewer new productions to focus on quality.

However, the considerable box office success of Enzo Barboni's They Call Me Trinity and the pyramidal one of its follow-up Trinity Is Still My Name gave the Italian filmmakers a new model to emulate.

" Don Sumner called The Texas Chain Saw Massacre a classic that not only introduced a new villain to the horror pantheon but also influenced an entire generation of filmmakers.

This basic drive led to an increasing desire on the part of many filmmakers to create new technologies that would allow them to beat the competition by taking audiences to new heights of roller-coaster-like fantasy.

There are numerous examples of people in creative or artistic careers, such as composers, novelists and filmmakers, developing new ideas through daydreaming.

In Europe ( and, to a lesser degree, elsewhere ) the new development was treated with suspicion by many filmmakers and critics, who worried that a focus on dialogue would subvert the unique aesthetic virtues of soundless cinema.

Also, instead of writing an entirely new song for the film, Dylan simply wrote out the first verse of “ Ballad of Easy Rider ” and told the filmmakers, “ Give this to McGuinn, he ’ ll know what to do with it .” McGuinn completed the song and performed it in the film.

The Malibu International Film Festival is held every year showcasing new films and filmmakers from around the world.

The Registry said the film was " one of the most popular of a new wave of narrative feature films produced in the 1980s by Latino filmmakers " and that it " celebrates in a direct, approachable, and impactful way, values of self-betterment through hard work and power through knowledge.

According to allmovie, it is " one of the most influential movies of the 1980s ", and cast " a wide shadow over the new generation of independent American filmmakers to come.

Jayne Loader has referred to The Atomic Cafe as a compilation verite, meaning that it is a compilation film with no " Voice of God " narration and no new footage added by the filmmakers.

Around 1910, the East Coast filmmakers began to take advantage of California winters and after Nestor Studios, run by Canadian Al Christie, built the first permanent movie studio in Hollywood a number of the movie companies expanded or relocated to the new Hollywood.

She attended graduate school at the UCLA Film School, one of a new generation of African and African-American filmmakers who became known as the L. A.

While the new talent nominated each year will be a filmmaker, it is anticipated that the choices will be as varied and extraordinary as Katrin ’ s own choice of filmmakers and friends from across the arts.

However, numerous other filmmakers had complained about the X rating given to their films, and in September 1990 the MPAA dropped the X rating and replaced it with the NC-17 rating, with Henry & June the first film released with the new rating.

Also, as the 60s counter-culture came to influence more and more and younger filmmakers, and failing studios struggled to find a new audience, Harryhausen's love of the past, setting his stories in ancient fantasy worlds or previous centuries, kept him from keeping pace with changing tastes in the Sixties.

Italian filmmakers resurrected their 1920s Maciste character in a brand new 1960s sound film series ( 1960 – 1964 ), followed rapidly by Ursus, Samson, Goliath, Sandokan and various other mighty-muscled heroes.

On January 19, 2006, Gibbard stated on the band's website, " It has recently come to our attention that Apple Computers ' new television commercial for the Intel chip features a shot-for-shot recreation of our video for ' Such Great Heights ' made by the same filmmakers responsible for the original.

A pioneer in digital imaging for motion pictures, EFILM continues to develop new tools for filmmakers.

The New German Cinema movement unofficially began in 1962 with the Oberhausen Manifesto, calling new young German filmmakers to revitalize filmmaking in Germany, much like the French New Wave and British New Wave of the previous few years.

Dupuis sculpted a small-scale version of the new design to show off to the filmmakers, before finally taking mold castings of Kane Hodder.