Renowned for his brilliant storytelling and cinematic prowess, filmmaker Steven Spielberg has encountered his fair share of critiques and box office jitters throughout his illustrious career. However, when it came to the 2022 film, The Fabelmans, he was anxious not for anticipated reviews or ticket sales, but due to the impending reaction of his family members.
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Inspired by his own life, the film follows Gabriel Labelle as Sammy Fabelman, the sixteen-year-old son of The Fabelmans family, who dreams of becoming a filmmaker. It explores the protagonist’s family dynamics, friendships, and his love for filmmaking, and the acclaimed director later admitted to being extremely nervous when it came to screening the film for his sisters.
The Fabelmans Became the Most Nervous Screening For Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans draws inspiration from his formative years as a budding filmmaker, centering around a character named Sammy who reflects...
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Inspired by his own life, the film follows Gabriel Labelle as Sammy Fabelman, the sixteen-year-old son of The Fabelmans family, who dreams of becoming a filmmaker. It explores the protagonist’s family dynamics, friendships, and his love for filmmaking, and the acclaimed director later admitted to being extremely nervous when it came to screening the film for his sisters.
The Fabelmans Became the Most Nervous Screening For Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans draws inspiration from his formative years as a budding filmmaker, centering around a character named Sammy who reflects...
- 6/3/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
Throughout his decades-long career, Steven Spielberg has worked on a variety of movies and has shared many different stories from sci-fi, thrillers, and adventure to comedies and drama. While the actor has shared that every film represents him in a way, there is one that stands out for its profound connection to the filmmaker’s own life and his love for cinema, The Fabelmans.
The Fabelmans (2022) | Credit: Universal Pictures
Released in 2022, the film follows Sammy Fabelman, a character based on Spielberg, as he navigates through family dynamics, friendships, and his passion for filmmaking. Spielberg has shared that working on the movie was deeply cathartic, likening it to a costly but invaluable form of therapy.
Steven Spielberg’s Therapeutic Venture With The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg’s 2022 film The Fabelmans is often described as a semi-autobiography of the filmmaker, reflecting on his passion for filmmaking and its impact on his formative years.
The Fabelmans (2022) | Credit: Universal Pictures
Released in 2022, the film follows Sammy Fabelman, a character based on Spielberg, as he navigates through family dynamics, friendships, and his passion for filmmaking. Spielberg has shared that working on the movie was deeply cathartic, likening it to a costly but invaluable form of therapy.
Steven Spielberg’s Therapeutic Venture With The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg’s 2022 film The Fabelmans is often described as a semi-autobiography of the filmmaker, reflecting on his passion for filmmaking and its impact on his formative years.
- 5/22/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
Clearly, Hollywood is divided when it comes to the heart-wrenching events taking place in Israel and Palestine. While everyone is entitled to their own opinions, celebrities’ stance on the tragedy is affecting both their fanbases and their work. Still, they continue to speak up about the atrocities and Jewish filmmaker Steven Spielberg has finally come out to directly address the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Steven Spielberg in an interview with BBC
Fans have been wondering for a long time why Steven Spielberg, who is so vocal about his Jewish roots, has been silent about Gaza and Israel. And now, the filmmaker has finally broken his silence and has publicly expressed where he stands on the whole situation.
Steven Spielberg Addresses Israel-Gaza Conflict A still from Schindler’s List
Director and founder of the USC Shoah Foundation, Steven Spielberg, talked about the Israel-Gaza conflict in the speech he gave during the foundation’s...
Steven Spielberg in an interview with BBC
Fans have been wondering for a long time why Steven Spielberg, who is so vocal about his Jewish roots, has been silent about Gaza and Israel. And now, the filmmaker has finally broken his silence and has publicly expressed where he stands on the whole situation.
Steven Spielberg Addresses Israel-Gaza Conflict A still from Schindler’s List
Director and founder of the USC Shoah Foundation, Steven Spielberg, talked about the Israel-Gaza conflict in the speech he gave during the foundation’s...
- 3/27/2024
- by Mishkaat Khan
- FandomWire
The 2024 Oscars were not just another star-studded night of enjoyment, rather it was used as a platform to bring the world’s current atrocities to the viewers’ attention. Whether it was the topic of the Russia-Ukraine war or the ongoing events between Israel and Gaza, celebrities, including Jonathan Glazer, appeared to be steadfast in their support.
A still from Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest
From Mark Ruffalo to Billie Eilish, many celebrities donned red pins on their clothes to subtly call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. However, the boldest statement came from director Jonathan Glazer who stepped onto the stage to accept his award for the night and in his speech, addressed the Israel-Gaza conflict. However, his speech was not well-received by everyone as over 450 Jewish creatives denounced him.
Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Acceptance Speech Jonathan Glazer in an interview with Film4
On March 10, Jonathan Glazer was...
A still from Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest
From Mark Ruffalo to Billie Eilish, many celebrities donned red pins on their clothes to subtly call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. However, the boldest statement came from director Jonathan Glazer who stepped onto the stage to accept his award for the night and in his speech, addressed the Israel-Gaza conflict. However, his speech was not well-received by everyone as over 450 Jewish creatives denounced him.
Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Acceptance Speech Jonathan Glazer in an interview with Film4
On March 10, Jonathan Glazer was...
- 3/19/2024
- by Mishkaat Khan
- FandomWire
Signatories, including Debra Messing, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Nancy Spielberg, accuse The Zone of Interest director of fuelling ‘a growing anti-Jewish hatred around the world’
Nine days after Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars acceptance speech and the controversy over his statement continues.
On Monday, more than 450 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing The Zone of Interest director’s speech, in which he renounced his “Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people”.
Nine days after Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars acceptance speech and the controversy over his statement continues.
On Monday, more than 450 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing The Zone of Interest director’s speech, in which he renounced his “Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people”.
- 3/19/2024
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Amid Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas, Jewish entertainment figures have come together to issue an open letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences criticizing their exclusion from being specified as an underrepresented group.
“An inclusion effort that excludes Jews is both steeped in and misunderstands antisemitism,” reads the letter, organized by the group Jew in the City’s Hollywood Bureau for Jewish Representation. “Jewish people being excluded from the Motion Picture Academy’s Representation and Inclusion Standards is discriminating against a protected class by invalidating their historic and genetic identity.”
The Academy’s standards, unveiled in 2020 as part of its Aperture 2025 diversity initiative, describes a number of identities that it considers “underrepresented groups”: women, LGBTQ+, having cognitive or physical difficulties or being deaf or hard of hearing, as well as underrepresented racial or ethnic groups. The standards, which ask productions to submit self-identifying demographic information...
“An inclusion effort that excludes Jews is both steeped in and misunderstands antisemitism,” reads the letter, organized by the group Jew in the City’s Hollywood Bureau for Jewish Representation. “Jewish people being excluded from the Motion Picture Academy’s Representation and Inclusion Standards is discriminating against a protected class by invalidating their historic and genetic identity.”
The Academy’s standards, unveiled in 2020 as part of its Aperture 2025 diversity initiative, describes a number of identities that it considers “underrepresented groups”: women, LGBTQ+, having cognitive or physical difficulties or being deaf or hard of hearing, as well as underrepresented racial or ethnic groups. The standards, which ask productions to submit self-identifying demographic information...
- 1/9/2024
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"I would ask him about the people in the pictures, and he would say 'these are our people.'" Abramorama has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled Vishniac, about a photographer who has been forgotten in time. Difficult and flamboyant, Roman Vishniac captured iconic images of Jewish life, from the cafes of pre-war Berlin to the shtetls of Eastern Europe. But it would be up to his daughter to preserve his legacy. American-Israeli Director Laura Bialis (Rock in the Red Zone), along with executive producer Nancy Spielberg and producer Roberta Grossman, take us on a journey through the various chapters in the life of the photographer. From the cosmopolitan streets of pre-war Berlin, to the shtetlach in Poland and Lithuania to the Princeton offices of Albert Einstein, Vishniac's achievements in art & science invited praise and controversy. Vishniac explores the person behind the photos, while illuminating the many surprising chapters of his life.
- 1/8/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Annette Bening, who recently starred in Netflix’s biopic “Nyad,” will receive a special Golden Medallion tribute award from the Telluride Film Festival on Jan. 6, 2024. Meg Ryan will present the award to her at Netflix’s Tudum Theater in Los Angeles. The event will also feature a conversation focused on her career trajectory, which Bening’s “Nyad” co-star Jodie Foster will moderate.
Due to the actors strike, Bening was unable to accept the honor at the Telluride Film Festival in September, marking the first time Telluride has presented an honor outside of the dates of the festival. Previous Golden Medallion recipients include Cate Blanchett, Anthony Hopkins and Kate Winslet.
Bening was recently nominated for a Golden Globe for portraying Diana Nyad. She has also received Oscar nominations for “The Grifters,” “American Beauty,” “Being Julia” and “The Kids Are All Right.”
Charles D. King to Receive Milestone Award at 2024 Producers Guild...
Due to the actors strike, Bening was unable to accept the honor at the Telluride Film Festival in September, marking the first time Telluride has presented an honor outside of the dates of the festival. Previous Golden Medallion recipients include Cate Blanchett, Anthony Hopkins and Kate Winslet.
Bening was recently nominated for a Golden Globe for portraying Diana Nyad. She has also received Oscar nominations for “The Grifters,” “American Beauty,” “Being Julia” and “The Kids Are All Right.”
Charles D. King to Receive Milestone Award at 2024 Producers Guild...
- 12/19/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay, Valerie Wu, Jaden Thompson and Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Abramorama founder Richard Abramowitz has elevated longtime business partner Karol Martesko-Fenster to CEO and Co-Chairman of the indie distribution company. Evan Saxon has been promoted to President, Head of International Distribution, in a move meant to double down on their continued emphasis on social impact and music-driven content for theatrical and event releases globally.
Abramowitz continues as Co-Chairman atop the company he founded in 2002.
“Karol, Evan and I have worked closely together for years, with their partnership driving unparalleled results in the event-cinema world,” Abramowitz said. “Their decades-long experience in the music and social impact film genres makes me confident that they will take the company to the next level and continue to dominate, innovate and lead the way as the industry continues to evolve.”
Martesko-Fenster will lead the company in expanding its footprint and partnerships in the filmed entertainment sector while bolstering the strategic services to filmmakers and IP owners across all platforms.
Abramowitz continues as Co-Chairman atop the company he founded in 2002.
“Karol, Evan and I have worked closely together for years, with their partnership driving unparalleled results in the event-cinema world,” Abramowitz said. “Their decades-long experience in the music and social impact film genres makes me confident that they will take the company to the next level and continue to dominate, innovate and lead the way as the industry continues to evolve.”
Martesko-Fenster will lead the company in expanding its footprint and partnerships in the filmed entertainment sector while bolstering the strategic services to filmmakers and IP owners across all platforms.
- 9/13/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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On Sunday night, Steven Spielberg debuted his highly personal new film The Fabelmans at Tcl Chinese Theatre, just steps away from where his hand and footprints are memorialized in cement. The movie, which he also co-wrote as well as directed, traces a slightly fictionalized version of his early life and his journey to becoming the world’s most famous filmmaker — and the family that helped him get there.
Michelle Williams and Paul Dano play versions of his parents, while Gabriel Labelle stars as Spielberg himself, but is named Sammy Fabelman in the film.
“It took me a minute to realize what he was asking,” Williams told The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s premiere, which doubled as the closing night of L.A.’s AFI Fest, of getting the call from Spielberg to play his mother. “It’s still taking me a minute...
On Sunday night, Steven Spielberg debuted his highly personal new film The Fabelmans at Tcl Chinese Theatre, just steps away from where his hand and footprints are memorialized in cement. The movie, which he also co-wrote as well as directed, traces a slightly fictionalized version of his early life and his journey to becoming the world’s most famous filmmaker — and the family that helped him get there.
Michelle Williams and Paul Dano play versions of his parents, while Gabriel Labelle stars as Spielberg himself, but is named Sammy Fabelman in the film.
“It took me a minute to realize what he was asking,” Williams told The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s premiere, which doubled as the closing night of L.A.’s AFI Fest, of getting the call from Spielberg to play his mother. “It’s still taking me a minute...
- 11/7/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Organisation targets $500,000 in grants to US-based feature length documentaries in first wave.
Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw’s Righteous Persons Foundation are among backers of Los Angeles-based film foundation Jewish Story Partners (Jsp), which has launched with $2m in funding to support films across the spectrum of the Jewish experience.
Filmmaker Roberta Grossman will serve as producing director and producer, veteran film festival programmer and former Sundance Catalyst director Caroline Libresco is named artistic director.
Jsp will announce its first round of grantees shortly and has earmarked $500,000 in grants to US-based feature length documentaries to be selected by jury panels.
Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw’s Righteous Persons Foundation are among backers of Los Angeles-based film foundation Jewish Story Partners (Jsp), which has launched with $2m in funding to support films across the spectrum of the Jewish experience.
Filmmaker Roberta Grossman will serve as producing director and producer, veteran film festival programmer and former Sundance Catalyst director Caroline Libresco is named artistic director.
Jsp will announce its first round of grantees shortly and has earmarked $500,000 in grants to US-based feature length documentaries to be selected by jury panels.
- 4/15/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Jewish Story Partners, a new film foundation with initial funding from Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw’s Righteous Persons Foundation, launches today aiming to “tell stories about a diverse spectrum of Jewish experiences, histories, and cultures.”
Backers also include the Maimonides Fund, which matched the Spielberg foundation grant, the Jim Joseph Foundation and others. The LA-based organization with well over $2 million in funding will, starting this year, provide $500,000 in grants to U.S.-based feature length documentaries to be selected by jury panels.
Filmmaker Roberta Grossman is Producing Director, with veteran film festival programmer, former Sundance Catalyst director and producer Caroline Libresco as Artistic Director.
The new foundation said it’s responding “to the glaring gap in funding as well as the pressing need to expand the range of stories reflecting Jewish lives.”
“There is nothing like storytelling to foster connections and help us understand life’s deepest truths. We...
Backers also include the Maimonides Fund, which matched the Spielberg foundation grant, the Jim Joseph Foundation and others. The LA-based organization with well over $2 million in funding will, starting this year, provide $500,000 in grants to U.S.-based feature length documentaries to be selected by jury panels.
Filmmaker Roberta Grossman is Producing Director, with veteran film festival programmer, former Sundance Catalyst director and producer Caroline Libresco as Artistic Director.
The new foundation said it’s responding “to the glaring gap in funding as well as the pressing need to expand the range of stories reflecting Jewish lives.”
“There is nothing like storytelling to foster connections and help us understand life’s deepest truths. We...
- 4/15/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
A new L.A.-based film foundation called Jewish Story Partners launched Thursday with the goal of expanding the range of stories reflecting Jewish lives, with Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw backing the organization.
Jewish Story Partners supports independent films that give fresh, nuanced perspectives to tell a diverse spectrum of Jewish experiences, histories and cultures, and the group was also founded with the mission of addressing the glaring gap of funding in Jewish stories. The film foundation hopes to explore untold narratives and re-cast familiar ones, preserve historical memory, surprise with new ideas, challenge established positions, confront difficult realities and breach artistic frontiers.
Filmmaker Roberta Grossman will serve as Jsp’s producing director, and veteran film festival programmer Caroline Libresco, formerly Sundance Catalyst’s director, will serve as artistic director. The foundation will soon announce its first round of grantees.
“There is nothing like storytelling to foster connections and...
Jewish Story Partners supports independent films that give fresh, nuanced perspectives to tell a diverse spectrum of Jewish experiences, histories and cultures, and the group was also founded with the mission of addressing the glaring gap of funding in Jewish stories. The film foundation hopes to explore untold narratives and re-cast familiar ones, preserve historical memory, surprise with new ideas, challenge established positions, confront difficult realities and breach artistic frontiers.
Filmmaker Roberta Grossman will serve as Jsp’s producing director, and veteran film festival programmer Caroline Libresco, formerly Sundance Catalyst’s director, will serve as artistic director. The foundation will soon announce its first round of grantees.
“There is nothing like storytelling to foster connections and...
- 4/15/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Arnold Meyer Spielberg, electrical engineer and father of film director Steven Spielberg, passed away Aug. 25 of natural causes, Steven Spielberg’s production company Amblin announced Tuesday night. He was 103.
A World War II veteran, Arnold Meyer Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 6, 1917. He became interested in electricity as a little boy and went on to work for a number of electronics companies, from RCA and General Electric, to Electronic Arrays and Sds, to Burroughs and Ibm. From his involvement with the patent on the first electronic cash register to his work in data processing, Arnold Spielberg’s career in technology and computers took him across the globe and earned him the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Pioneer Award.
Steven Spielberg credits his father, with his own love for gadgets and the sense of possibility they inspire, once saying, “When I see a PlayStation, when I look...
A World War II veteran, Arnold Meyer Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 6, 1917. He became interested in electricity as a little boy and went on to work for a number of electronics companies, from RCA and General Electric, to Electronic Arrays and Sds, to Burroughs and Ibm. From his involvement with the patent on the first electronic cash register to his work in data processing, Arnold Spielberg’s career in technology and computers took him across the globe and earned him the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Pioneer Award.
Steven Spielberg credits his father, with his own love for gadgets and the sense of possibility they inspire, once saying, “When I see a PlayStation, when I look...
- 8/26/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Arnold Spielberg, the father of filmmaker Steven Spielberg, died on Tuesday of natural causes, Variety has learned. He was 103.
Steven was with his father on the night of his death, according to a statement, telling him, “You are our hearth. You are our home.” He also said of his father, who was an engineer at General Electric, “When I see a PlayStation, when I look at a cell phone — from the smallest calculator to an iPad — I look at my dad and I say, ‘My dad and a team of geniuses started that.’”
In addition to Steven, he had three daughters, Anne, Nancy and Sue. In a joint statement, Spielberg’s children said their father taught them to “love to research, expand their mind, keep their feet on the ground, but reach for the stars [and] look up.”
“Thank you for my life. I love you, Dad, Daddy, Daddelah. And then so then,...
Steven was with his father on the night of his death, according to a statement, telling him, “You are our hearth. You are our home.” He also said of his father, who was an engineer at General Electric, “When I see a PlayStation, when I look at a cell phone — from the smallest calculator to an iPad — I look at my dad and I say, ‘My dad and a team of geniuses started that.’”
In addition to Steven, he had three daughters, Anne, Nancy and Sue. In a joint statement, Spielberg’s children said their father taught them to “love to research, expand their mind, keep their feet on the ground, but reach for the stars [and] look up.”
“Thank you for my life. I love you, Dad, Daddy, Daddelah. And then so then,...
- 8/26/2020
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Arnold Spielberg, a pioneering computer designer who encouraged his only son, Steven Spielberg, to become a filmmaker, has died. He was 103.
Spielberg died Tuesday of natural causes in Los Angeles, his family announced.
In 1960, Arnold Spielberg helped design the Ge-225 mainframe computer that enabled researchers at Dartmouth College to develop the coding tool known as Basic, which ushered in the era of personal computers.
“I remember visiting the plant when dad was working on the Ge-225,” Steven said in 2015. “I walked through rooms that were so bright, I recall it hurting my eyes. Dad explained how his computer was expected to perform, but the language of computer science in those days was like Greek to me.
“It all seemed very exciting, but it was very much out of my reach until the 1980s, when I realized what pioneers like my dad had created were now the things I could not live without.
Spielberg died Tuesday of natural causes in Los Angeles, his family announced.
In 1960, Arnold Spielberg helped design the Ge-225 mainframe computer that enabled researchers at Dartmouth College to develop the coding tool known as Basic, which ushered in the era of personal computers.
“I remember visiting the plant when dad was working on the Ge-225,” Steven said in 2015. “I walked through rooms that were so bright, I recall it hurting my eyes. Dad explained how his computer was expected to perform, but the language of computer science in those days was like Greek to me.
“It all seemed very exciting, but it was very much out of my reach until the 1980s, when I realized what pioneers like my dad had created were now the things I could not live without.
- 8/26/2020
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Discovery has acquired global television rights to Warsaw Ghetto documentary Who Will Write Our History from the film’s distributor Abramorama. The Discovery broadcast is scheduled for January 2020 in the U.S. and several territories worldwide.
Giant Pictures, Kathadin Productions, Playmount Productions and Match&Spark also are behind the film from director Roberta Grossman and executive producer Nancy Spielberg.
Featuring narration from Joan Allen and The Pianist star Adrien Brody, Who Will Write Our History is set in November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, when a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, the clandestine group vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists but with pen and paper. Who Will Write Our History mixes the writings of the Oyneg Shabes archive with new interviews,...
Giant Pictures, Kathadin Productions, Playmount Productions and Match&Spark also are behind the film from director Roberta Grossman and executive producer Nancy Spielberg.
Featuring narration from Joan Allen and The Pianist star Adrien Brody, Who Will Write Our History is set in November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, when a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, the clandestine group vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists but with pen and paper. Who Will Write Our History mixes the writings of the Oyneg Shabes archive with new interviews,...
- 11/18/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Who Will Write Our History’: Warsaw Ghetto Doc Gets Encore Screenings For Holocaust Remembrance Day
Exclusive: Warsaw Ghetto documentary Who Will Write Our History is set to have around 100 encore screenings in more than 20 countries this week to coincide with Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Abramorama, Giant Pictures, Kathadin Productions, Playmount Productions and Match&Spark are behind the film from director Roberta Grossman and executive producer Nancy Spielberg.
Featuring narration from Joan Allen and The Pianist star Adrien Brody, the film mixes archive footage, dramatization and interviews to tell the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the secret record he created and led in the Warsaw Ghetto. With 30,000 pages of writing, photographs, posters, and more, the Oyneg Shabes Archive is considered the most important cache of in-the-moment, eyewitness accounts from the Holocaust. It documents not only how the Jews of the ghetto died, but how they lived.
The film had a global event cinema release on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, and also...
Abramorama, Giant Pictures, Kathadin Productions, Playmount Productions and Match&Spark are behind the film from director Roberta Grossman and executive producer Nancy Spielberg.
Featuring narration from Joan Allen and The Pianist star Adrien Brody, the film mixes archive footage, dramatization and interviews to tell the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the secret record he created and led in the Warsaw Ghetto. With 30,000 pages of writing, photographs, posters, and more, the Oyneg Shabes Archive is considered the most important cache of in-the-moment, eyewitness accounts from the Holocaust. It documents not only how the Jews of the ghetto died, but how they lived.
The film had a global event cinema release on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, and also...
- 4/30/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The Wife star Glenn Close will be honored at the 14th annual Oscar Wilde Awards, put on by the U.S.-Ireland Alliance. Previous winner Melissa McCarthy will present the award during a ceremony February 21 at Bad Robot in Santa Monica. The alliance will also honor Aiden Gillen at the ceremony to be emceed by Bad Robot principal J.J. Abrams, also a previous winner. Close won the Golden Globe Best Actress-Drama award for Sony Pictures Classics’ The Wife, which opened in August. The six-time Oscar nominee has also scored a win for role at the Critics’ Choice Awards and noms from SAG, BAFTA and the Spirit Awards.
Who Will Write Our History, Abramorama’s Roberta Grossman documentary about a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940 who fought back against Nazi propaganda with pen and paper, will be spotlighted...
Who Will Write Our History, Abramorama’s Roberta Grossman documentary about a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940 who fought back against Nazi propaganda with pen and paper, will be spotlighted...
- 1/15/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Sony moves “Grudge” into the “Toy Story 4” slot, “Who Will Write Our History” gets distribution and 60 companies from 15 countries will be making their Afm debut as market exhibitors.
Release Date
Sony Pictures has moved “Grudge,” its reboot of the 2004 supernatural thriller “The Grudge,” forward to June 21 from Aug. 16.
The film stars Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. The 2004 film was a remake of the 2002 Japanese film “Jun-On: The Grudge,” which centers on a curse created when someone dies in rage or sorrow.
“Grudge” is directed by Nicolas Pesce for Ghost House and Good Universe. Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert will produce for Ghost House with Nathan Kahane and Erin Westerman executive producing for Good Universe alongside Schuyler Weiss, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, John Middleton, and Andrew Pfeffer.
“Grudge” becomes the second title dated for June 21, joining Pixar-Disney’s “Toy Story 4.
Release Date
Sony Pictures has moved “Grudge,” its reboot of the 2004 supernatural thriller “The Grudge,” forward to June 21 from Aug. 16.
The film stars Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver. The 2004 film was a remake of the 2002 Japanese film “Jun-On: The Grudge,” which centers on a curse created when someone dies in rage or sorrow.
“Grudge” is directed by Nicolas Pesce for Ghost House and Good Universe. Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert will produce for Ghost House with Nathan Kahane and Erin Westerman executive producing for Good Universe alongside Schuyler Weiss, Roy Lee, Doug Davison, John Middleton, and Andrew Pfeffer.
“Grudge” becomes the second title dated for June 21, joining Pixar-Disney’s “Toy Story 4.
- 10/24/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
May shoot for Who Will Write Our History about the Oyneg Shabes archive; Nancy Spielberg produces with support from Steven Spielberg-chaired fund.
Shoot will begin on May 5, 2016, on Roberta Grossman’s Who Will Write Our History, the feature documentary telling the story of the hidden ‘Oyneg Shabes’ archive of 30,000 documents buried in 1943 on the eve of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
The film is executive-produced by Nancy Spielberg and has received support from the Righteous Persons Foundation which her brother Steven Spielberg set up with proceeds from his 1994 film, Schindler’s List.
Oscar nominee Joan Allen is to provide narration for the film which is based on Samuel Kassow’s well-received 2007 book of the same name.
The Oyneg Shabes archive is the extraordinarily revealing hoard of letters, confessionals, last testaments, poems and questionnaires compiled under the guidance of Jewish historian Emanuel Ringelblum in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi occupation.
The documents...
Shoot will begin on May 5, 2016, on Roberta Grossman’s Who Will Write Our History, the feature documentary telling the story of the hidden ‘Oyneg Shabes’ archive of 30,000 documents buried in 1943 on the eve of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
The film is executive-produced by Nancy Spielberg and has received support from the Righteous Persons Foundation which her brother Steven Spielberg set up with proceeds from his 1994 film, Schindler’s List.
Oscar nominee Joan Allen is to provide narration for the film which is based on Samuel Kassow’s well-received 2007 book of the same name.
The Oyneg Shabes archive is the extraordinarily revealing hoard of letters, confessionals, last testaments, poems and questionnaires compiled under the guidance of Jewish historian Emanuel Ringelblum in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi occupation.
The documents...
- 4/25/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Congratulations to Wendy Lidell, whom we have known during her outstanding career spanning over 25 years, for being appointed as the Kino Lorber'snew Senior Vice President, Theatrical Distribution and Acquisitions.
As the head of Kino Lorber’s theatrical division, Ms. Lidell will oversee and manage all aspects of the company’s theatrical and non-theatrical slate, over 25 films per year, reporting directly to CEO Richard Lorber. Reporting to her are the company’s current team: Jonathan Hertzberg, Director of Theatrical Sales (who will continue to handle film bookings nationwide), Sylvia Savadjian, Director of Marketing, and Rodrigo Brandão, VP of Marketing and Publicity.
In addition to her new duties, Lidell will work directly with Richard Lorber to drive new business opportunities for the company, including identifying new content acquisitions and strategic growth areas.
She previously worked with Richard Lorber when he acquired International Film Circuit in 1998, to become the theatrical division of his company Fox Lorber. While at Fox Lorber, which later became Wellspring Media, Lidell released six to eight titles per year, including Alexander Sokurov’s "Russian Ark", François Ozon’s "Under the Sand", starring Charlotte Rampling, "Yi Yi“ by Edward Yang (named Best Film of the Year by the National Society of Film Critics), and "On the Ropes" (nominated for a documentary Academy Award).
After returning to International Film Circuit in 2004, Lidell released dozens of films, including "Don't Move," starring Penelope Cruz, "Darwin's Nightmare," which earned her a second documentary Academy Award nomination, and "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, "which joined the elite group of documentaries that have grossed over $1 million theatrically. Other notable successes included "My Perestroika," "The Waiting Room," Nancy Spielberg’s "Above and Beyond" and "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness."
“It’s a very happy opportunity for Kino Lorber and me, personally, to work with Wendy again,” said Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber. “She has distinguished herself as a brilliant forward thinking film executive and passionate entrepreneur in our challenging environment, regularly acquiring and bringing to screen films of exceptional quality and commercial promise. In all my earlier years working with her, she never disappointed me – while her eye for quality and intelligence of execution never failed her. We couldn’t be more pleased to have her lead our theatrical team into the future. “
“It will be an enormous pleasure to join the Kino Lorber team,” wrote Wendy Lidell. “There are few film companies that combine a passion for great cinema with the business acumen required to navigate the challenges of a rapidly changing distribution landscape. Together, I hope we can continue for many years to bring more great films to bigger and more diverse audiences.”
Current and upcoming released from Kino Lorber include Amos Gitai’s "Rabin, the Last Day, Jia Zhangke’s "Mountains May Depart," Jayro Bustamante's "Ixcanul," and "Sons My Brother Taught Me. "...
As the head of Kino Lorber’s theatrical division, Ms. Lidell will oversee and manage all aspects of the company’s theatrical and non-theatrical slate, over 25 films per year, reporting directly to CEO Richard Lorber. Reporting to her are the company’s current team: Jonathan Hertzberg, Director of Theatrical Sales (who will continue to handle film bookings nationwide), Sylvia Savadjian, Director of Marketing, and Rodrigo Brandão, VP of Marketing and Publicity.
In addition to her new duties, Lidell will work directly with Richard Lorber to drive new business opportunities for the company, including identifying new content acquisitions and strategic growth areas.
She previously worked with Richard Lorber when he acquired International Film Circuit in 1998, to become the theatrical division of his company Fox Lorber. While at Fox Lorber, which later became Wellspring Media, Lidell released six to eight titles per year, including Alexander Sokurov’s "Russian Ark", François Ozon’s "Under the Sand", starring Charlotte Rampling, "Yi Yi“ by Edward Yang (named Best Film of the Year by the National Society of Film Critics), and "On the Ropes" (nominated for a documentary Academy Award).
After returning to International Film Circuit in 2004, Lidell released dozens of films, including "Don't Move," starring Penelope Cruz, "Darwin's Nightmare," which earned her a second documentary Academy Award nomination, and "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, "which joined the elite group of documentaries that have grossed over $1 million theatrically. Other notable successes included "My Perestroika," "The Waiting Room," Nancy Spielberg’s "Above and Beyond" and "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness."
“It’s a very happy opportunity for Kino Lorber and me, personally, to work with Wendy again,” said Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber. “She has distinguished herself as a brilliant forward thinking film executive and passionate entrepreneur in our challenging environment, regularly acquiring and bringing to screen films of exceptional quality and commercial promise. In all my earlier years working with her, she never disappointed me – while her eye for quality and intelligence of execution never failed her. We couldn’t be more pleased to have her lead our theatrical team into the future. “
“It will be an enormous pleasure to join the Kino Lorber team,” wrote Wendy Lidell. “There are few film companies that combine a passion for great cinema with the business acumen required to navigate the challenges of a rapidly changing distribution landscape. Together, I hope we can continue for many years to bring more great films to bigger and more diverse audiences.”
Current and upcoming released from Kino Lorber include Amos Gitai’s "Rabin, the Last Day, Jia Zhangke’s "Mountains May Depart," Jayro Bustamante's "Ixcanul," and "Sons My Brother Taught Me. "...
- 2/24/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Read More: 11 Controversial Documentaries That Challenged the Status Quo In 1948, years after the end of World War II, Jewish American pilots smuggled planes out of the Unites States and flew for Israel during the Arab-Israeli War. Nancy Spielberg, sister of Steven, has brought their story to film in the documentary "Above and Beyond," for which Indiewire has the exclusive poster premiere above. The film's official synopsis reads: "In 1948, just three years after the liberation of Nazi death camps, a group of Jewish American pilots answered a call for help. In secret and at great personal risk, they smuggled planes out of the U.S., trained behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia and flew for Israel in its War of Independence. As members of Machal - "volunteers from abroad" - this ragtag band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war; they also embarked on personal journeys of discovery and renewed Jewish pride.
- 4/14/2015
- by Casey Cipriani
- Indiewire
I imagine this will get much more press than this, and I cannot understand why it has not received it as of this date. Opening theatrically January 30 in the Village East Cinema in New York, Roberta Grossman's "Above and Beyond," which International Film Circuit will distribute, is notably produced by Nancy Spielberg, the sister of Steven. This “untold true story” of a group of Jewish American pilots who in secret and at great personal risk smuggled planes out of the U.S. and flew them of Israel in its 1948 War of Independence was directed by.
Nancy Grossman who also directed and produced "Hava Nagila: The Movie" which played so well with the Jewish audiences in the art house theaters in 2012.
“Above and Beyond” has played in the Jerusalem Film Festival, Doc NY, and 25 other Jewish film festivals and continues to play them.
This ragtag band of soldiers not only turned the tide of the war; they also embarked on personal journeys of discovery and renewed Jewish pride. Through interviews with the pilots and stunning aerial footage “Above and Beyond" presents a fascinating, little-known tale filled with heart, heroism and high-flying chutzpah. Check it out online at www.aboveandbeyondthemovie.com and at an art house near you!
Nancy Grossman who also directed and produced "Hava Nagila: The Movie" which played so well with the Jewish audiences in the art house theaters in 2012.
“Above and Beyond” has played in the Jerusalem Film Festival, Doc NY, and 25 other Jewish film festivals and continues to play them.
This ragtag band of soldiers not only turned the tide of the war; they also embarked on personal journeys of discovery and renewed Jewish pride. Through interviews with the pilots and stunning aerial footage “Above and Beyond" presents a fascinating, little-known tale filled with heart, heroism and high-flying chutzpah. Check it out online at www.aboveandbeyondthemovie.com and at an art house near you!
- 1/27/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Director Steven Spielberg has extensively explored war in films like Saving Private Ryan (with flares of history's wars in the Indiana Jones films), but even moreso in HBO miniseries' like "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific." But now it's his sister Nancy Spielberg stepping up with a documentary that she produced called Above and Beyond. The film follows the journey of a group of skilled American pilots, many of them Jewish, who answered the call to aid Israel in its War of Independence just three years after World War II. This looks like a fantastic untapped chronicle of heroic pilots fighting for Israel. Watch below now! Here's the trailer for Roberta Grossman's Above and Beyond from THR: Above and Beyond is directed by Roberta Grossman (Blessed is the Match), written by Sophie Sartain, and produced by Nancy Spielberg. In 1948, a group of World War II pilots volunteered to fight...
- 12/30/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Nancy Spielberg, sister of Steven, is developing a feature about World War II pilots inspired by documentary Above And Beyond: The Birth Of The Israeli Air-Force.
Nancy Spielberg is readying a feature about World War II pilots who volunteered to fight for Israel in the War of Independence.
The feature is inspired by the producer’s documentary Above and Beyond: The Birth of the Israeli Air-Force, directed by Roberta Grossman, which screens this week at the Jerusalem Film Festival.
“I’ve just started talking to people about making the documentary into a [fictional feature] film,” the producer told Screen. “It would make a great feature. This may sound Spielbergian but I see it as a combination of Catch Me If You Can, Indiana Jones and Saving Private Ryan. It has adventure, heart, sex, everything – it’s very universal.”
Brother Steven could be in the frame as a potential collaborator on the feature: “Steven will get his shot just...
Nancy Spielberg is readying a feature about World War II pilots who volunteered to fight for Israel in the War of Independence.
The feature is inspired by the producer’s documentary Above and Beyond: The Birth of the Israeli Air-Force, directed by Roberta Grossman, which screens this week at the Jerusalem Film Festival.
“I’ve just started talking to people about making the documentary into a [fictional feature] film,” the producer told Screen. “It would make a great feature. This may sound Spielbergian but I see it as a combination of Catch Me If You Can, Indiana Jones and Saving Private Ryan. It has adventure, heart, sex, everything – it’s very universal.”
Brother Steven could be in the frame as a potential collaborator on the feature: “Steven will get his shot just...
- 7/17/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
While NBC's The Voice is set to introduce new coaches Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams this fall, the new season of The Voice Israel also has a big name in its midst: a Spielberg. Jessica "Jessy" Katz, the 25-year-old daughter of Playmount Productions president Nancy Spielberg-Katz, sister of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg, is one of the hopefuls vying for a spot on the singing competition show's third season, which premieres in Israel next week. Nearly identical in format to the U.S. version, Katz participated in a blind audition, taking on Swedish singer Lykke Li's
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- 6/4/2014
- by David Caspi
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The ladies at the Twilight Lexicon shared this interesting bit of news today. It appears that Brenna Lee Roth has been cast in New Moon and may already have been working on the film nbspMarketSaw...I understand that you are now able to discuss two new movies that you are attached to namely New Moon and Horrorween. What roles have you signed on for?Blr Cant talk about New Moon. So sorry! As far as Horrorween goes I play the leads daughter Nancy Spielberg. It looks like a good role and a great cast! A lot of my friends are on it so I know well have a blast.MarketSaw There must be something you can tell us about New Moon that will excite the fans yet keep you safe and that thing would be...Blr Fans of the series will really love it its spot on to the book.
- 3/5/2009
- twilightersanonymous.com
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