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...churches in 20 U.S. states. A pupil of Wright's in the 1950s, he became an advocate of organic architecture?designing buildings to blend in with their natural surroundings. DIED. DAVID MYERS, 90, cinematographer best known for his idiosyncratic camera work on concert documentaries such as the 1970 Oscar-winning Woodstock; in San Francisco. He also worked on such feature films as George Lucas' 1971 futuristic debut THX 1138 and Alan Rudolph's 1977 drama Welcome to L.A. Before moving into the rock 'n' roll genre, the New York native was a leader of the 1960s cinema-verit? movement...
...DIED. DAVID MYERS, 90, cinematographer best known for his idiosyncratic camera work on concert documentaries such as 1970's Oscar-winning Woodstock; in San Francisco. Myers also worked on such feature films as George Lucas' 1971 futuristic debut THX 1138 and Alan Rudolph's 1977 drama Welcome to L.A. Before moving into the rock 'n' roll genre, the New York native was a leader of the 1960s cinema v?rit? documentary movement and traversed the globe for United Nations and National Geographic documentaries...
...Even as a director, Nair has had enough triumphs and troughs for a couple of lifetimes. She made her debut in 1988 with Salaam Bombay!, a story of street kids that earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign-Language Film. In 1991 came Mississippi Masala, a critically acclaimed interracial love story starring Denzel Washington. But that was followed in 1995 by The Perez Family. Despite a cast of Anjelica Huston, Alfred Molina and Marisa Tomei, critics panned the film, with The New Yorker deriding it as "almost unwatchable." Her next movie Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love was universally...
...Workshop, from which Somersault is the first feature to be made, these characters might have turned out differently. Shortland had originally envisaged a Scarlett O'Hara femme fatale hooking up with a working-class road worker who lives on the shores of Lake George. Then Aurora introduced her to Oscar-nominated screenwriter Rob Festinger (In the Bedroom) and The Piano producer Jan Chapman. "They just said, Throw out the script and start again," Shortland recalls...
...films as The Man with the Golden Arm and Sweet Smell of Success; worked in a more delicate, bluer key for films like To Kill a Mockingbird and Far From Heaven; and created the familiar, oft heard themes for The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape. His only Oscar came for his score (but not the songs) for Thoroughly Modern Millie...