The Filmmaker Using Storytelling to Heal Trauma

Fatima Hariri grew up in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. She felt trapped. She wanted to escape.  When filmmaker Mohsin Mohi-Ud-Din first met Hariri a decade ago, the 14-year-old would barely speak or make eye contact with him. Now, she’s the subject and co-writer of a short film Mohi-Ud-Din co-directed with Rafe Scobey-Thal about … Read more

David Breashears, mountaineer and filmmaker who co-produced Mount Everest documentary, dies at 68

MARBLEHEAD, Mass. (AP) — David Breashears, a mountaineer, author and filmmaker who co-directed and co-produced a 1998 IMAX documentary about climbing Mount Everest, has died, his business manager confirmed Saturday. He was 68. Breashears was found unresponsive at his home in Marblehead, Massachusetts, on Thursday, Ellen Golbranson said. She said he died of natural causes … Read more

Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham’s Berlin film festival remarks draw backlash

An Israeli filmmaker is facing heavy backlash after he used an acceptance speech at a high-profile Berlin awards ceremony to oppose the war in Gaza. Yuval Abraham, whose speech was roundly condemned by German politicians, said he has since received death threats and that his family had fled their home in Israel for safety. Standing … Read more

Night Country Filmmaker Issa Lopez Is The Perfect Fit For The Series

Issa Lopez spent years writing for soap operas in her native Mexico before she came to prominence with 2017’s “Tigers Are Not Afraid.” The film focused on the impact of Mexico’s ongoing drug war on children, but also weaved in elements of supernatural horror and magical realism, debuting at Fantastic Fest 2017 to widespread praise. … Read more

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis is Finally Coming Out

Nearly five years ago, acclaimed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola talked about his plans to finally create a movie he’s had cooking in his head since the ‘80s. He even tried to make it during the early 2000s, but 9/11 made that impossible, since he felt it would be in bad taste. But twenty years later, … Read more

John Pilger, Australia-born journalist and filmmaker known for covering Cambodia, dies at 84

LONDON — John Pilger, an Australia-born journalist and documentary filmmaker known for his coverage of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 84. A statement from his family, posted on X, formerly Twitter, said Pilger died on Saturday in London. “His journalism and documentaries were celebrated around the world, … Read more

The Chucky Series Has Cast A Legendary Filmmaker As The Creator Of The Cursed Doll

Waters, for the uninitiated, is the writer and director behind some of the most notorious underground cult movies of the 1970s. Early in his career, he and his outsider friends — happy to call themselves perverts and freaks — made deliberately disgusting movies like “Multiple Maniacs,” “Pink Flamingos,” “Female Trouble,” and “Desperate Living.” In 1988, … Read more

Olivia Wilde Spotted Having Lunch with Filmmaker Jimmy Warden | Jimmy Warden, Olivia Wilde | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Olivia Wilde might be working on something new with filmmaker Jimmy Warden! The 39-year-old actress was dressed down in a white tank top and jeans while leaving Petit Trois restaurant on Wednesday afternoon (October 18) in Sherman Oaks, Calif. For those who don’t know, Jimmy is the writer of such movies Cocaine Bear and The … Read more

Terence Davies, filmmaker of the lyrical ‘Distant Voices, Still Lives,’ dies at the age of 77

LONDON — British filmmaker Terence Davies, best known for a pair of powerful, lyrical movies inspired by his childhood in postwar Liverpool, has died at the age of 77. Davies’ manager John Taylor said the director died “peacefully at home in his sleep” on Saturday after a short illness. Raised in a large working-class Roman … Read more