Tag: The Imposter
-
Apple names producer Molly Thompson head of documentaries
Thompson founded A&E IndieFilms and has a string of documentary producing credits.Molly Thompson, the founder of A&E IndieFilms and executive producer of documentary films including Jesus Camp, Life, Animated and City of Ghosts, has joined Apple as the tech giant’s head of documentaries.Thompson founded A&E IndieFilms, feature production arm of Us cable channel company A+E…
-
‘American Animals’ Director Bart Layton Signs With CAA
Exclusive: Bart Layton, the award-winning filmmaker whose latest movie American Animals wowed at Sundance Film Festival and SXSW earlier this year, has signed with CAA. The British director made his feature debut in 2012 with the critically acclaimed doc The Imposter, about a Spanish man, Frédéric Bourdin, who claimed to be a missing Texas teenager,…
-
Exclusive ‘American Animals’ Poster Teases the Unique Heist Thriller
We at Collider are happy to exclusively debut a new poster for The Orchard’s upcoming heist film American Animals. Directed by Bart Layton, the filmmaker behind the compelling documentary The Imposter, this film is based on a true story and blends fact and fiction in a really engaging way. The story follows four friends who…
-
Harvey Weinstein doc from ‘Man On Wire’ producer heading to Cannes with Embankment
BBC co-producing feature doc.Simon Chinn, the two-time Oscar-winning producer of Man On Wire and Searching For Sugar Man, is working on a feature documentary about former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Embankment Films has boarded sales on the project and will launch it at Cannes next week.Citizen Harvey (working title) is also from Chinn’s Emmy-winning cousin…
-
Harvey Weinstein doc heading to Cannes from ‘Man On Wire’ producer, BBC
Embankment Films handling sales on feature doc.Simon Chinn, the two-time Oscar-winning producer of Man On Wire and Searching For Sugar Man, is plotting a feature documentary about the life, career and fall from grace of former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.Citizen Harvey is also from Chinn’s Emmy-winning cousin Jonathan Chinn (La 92) who produces through their…
-
Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football review – meet the Brazilian Mr Ripley
This gripping documentary tells an almost unbelievable tale about a man who conned club after club into funding his lifestyle as a football star in Rio• Sign up for Film Today and get our film team’s highlights of the dayThis is a fascinating documentary from British film-maker Louis Myles about someone who in the 80s…
-
‘American Animals’ Trailer: A Kinetic, Compelling Heist Drama
After seeing Bart Layton‘s 2012 documentary The Imposter, we were excited to learn what he would be directing next. We had to wait a few years to find out, but it was worth the wait: he’s back with American Animals, a mesmerizing heist film based on the true story of one of the boldest heists…