Camerimage Film Festival, which is devoted to the art of cinematography, is to pay tribute to Peter Biziou. The British cinematographer, who won an Oscar for “Mississippi Burning,” and was BAFTA nominated for “The Truman Show,” will receive the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Biziou, the son of cinematographer-animator Leon Bijou, started his career at an animation company in London. In the mid-sixties, he started to light film sets for commercials and shorts, which helped foster “his innate intuition and his courage to implement innovation,” the festival said. He worked with the likes of Len Fulford, Bob Brooks, Terence Donovan, John Swannell and Frank Budgen.
His work with fashion photographer Robert Freeman brought an invitation for Biziou to be in charge of the visuals on Freeman’s fiction film debut, 1969’s “Secret World,” starring Jacqueline Bisset, which was well-received.
He then worked on Alan Parker’s “Bugsy Malone” (1976), Terry Jones...
Biziou, the son of cinematographer-animator Leon Bijou, started his career at an animation company in London. In the mid-sixties, he started to light film sets for commercials and shorts, which helped foster “his innate intuition and his courage to implement innovation,” the festival said. He worked with the likes of Len Fulford, Bob Brooks, Terence Donovan, John Swannell and Frank Budgen.
His work with fashion photographer Robert Freeman brought an invitation for Biziou to be in charge of the visuals on Freeman’s fiction film debut, 1969’s “Secret World,” starring Jacqueline Bisset, which was well-received.
He then worked on Alan Parker’s “Bugsy Malone” (1976), Terry Jones...
- 7/19/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Looking to stay in and watch horror this summer? Scream Factory has you covered with five new Blu-ray announcements for July: Graveyard Shift (based on Stephen King's short story of the same name), the Bruce Dern-starring Tattoo, 1976's The Tenant, the massive monster movie War of the Colossal Beast, and a Collector's Edition of the Hammer horror film Kiss of the Vampire.
Special features for all five releases will be announced in the future, but in the meantime you can check out the announcements and cover art (via Scream Factory's Facebook page) for the upcoming Blu-rays below. Which ones are you planning on adding to your collection?
Graveyard Shift Blu-ray: "A creepy combination of Stephen King and underground terror comes to life in 1990’s horror show Graveyard Shift, clocking in on Blu-ray for the first time in North America.
When an abandoned textile mill is reopened, several employees meet mysterious deaths.
Special features for all five releases will be announced in the future, but in the meantime you can check out the announcements and cover art (via Scream Factory's Facebook page) for the upcoming Blu-rays below. Which ones are you planning on adding to your collection?
Graveyard Shift Blu-ray: "A creepy combination of Stephen King and underground terror comes to life in 1990’s horror show Graveyard Shift, clocking in on Blu-ray for the first time in North America.
When an abandoned textile mill is reopened, several employees meet mysterious deaths.
- 4/2/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
He breathed livid life into a ’58 Plymouth Fury in Christine, but Stephen King also gives voice to a mean machine on the tracks with Charlie the Choo-Choo, a children's story once read by Jake Chambers in The Dark Tower book series. Featuring train conductor Bob Brooks and his talking locomotive Charlie, the full-length picture book from Mid-World crosses over into our realm with the hardcover release of Charlie the Choo-Choo on November 22nd from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Penned by Stephen King under the pseudonym Beryl Evans, Charlie the Choo-Choo tells the story of how Bob first became aware that his train could talk, and the tight-knit friendship that followed, even when Charlie was forced off the tracks and into retirement amongst the weeds.
Writing for a younger audience as Evans, King keeps his believable dialogue and vivid descriptions enjoyable for all ages, taking readers on a journey...
Penned by Stephen King under the pseudonym Beryl Evans, Charlie the Choo-Choo tells the story of how Bob first became aware that his train could talk, and the tight-knit friendship that followed, even when Charlie was forced off the tracks and into retirement amongst the weeds.
Writing for a younger audience as Evans, King keeps his believable dialogue and vivid descriptions enjoyable for all ages, taking readers on a journey...
- 11/22/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Bob Brooks, who died last week, was behind some of our most iconic ads. Sam Delaney salutes a testy genius
In February this year, I met Bob Brooks for dinner near his home in Monaco and he was, as ever, charming, funny, thoughtful and softly spoken. I found myself wondering what had happened to the brash, fearsome American exile I had heard about, who terrorised London film sets in the 1970s and 80s. For decades, Brooks possessed the most fiery reputation in advertising. "Yes, I had a reputation when I came over from New York in the 60s," he admitted. "I was angry and would shout and scream. But that's because I took the work so seriously."
It was this intense seriousness that made Brooks the most prolific and influential director of his generation. From the Smash Martians (voted the best ad of all time by Campaign magazine) to the...
In February this year, I met Bob Brooks for dinner near his home in Monaco and he was, as ever, charming, funny, thoughtful and softly spoken. I found myself wondering what had happened to the brash, fearsome American exile I had heard about, who terrorised London film sets in the 1970s and 80s. For decades, Brooks possessed the most fiery reputation in advertising. "Yes, I had a reputation when I came over from New York in the 60s," he admitted. "I was angry and would shout and scream. But that's because I took the work so seriously."
It was this intense seriousness that made Brooks the most prolific and influential director of his generation. From the Smash Martians (voted the best ad of all time by Campaign magazine) to the...
- 10/4/2012
- by Sam Delaney
- The Guardian - Film News
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