Archive for May, 2007
Jim William’s score for Kill List much praised
Kill List, the new Ben Wheatley film opened nationwide on September 2 and is garnering lavish praise – as is Jim Williams’terrific score:
” …Jim Williams’ eminently unsettling score – the film’s saturine heartbeat – pulses underneath…” (Financial Times).
“‘Britain has rarely seemed so eerie, the sound and score playing with an expert handle on tension, tension…release” (Sunday Times).
“…there’s also a superbly conceived soundtrack from Jim Williams that effectively heightens the tension and makes brilliant use of some genuinely disturbing sounds.” (Film Review).
“Jim Williams’ abrasively oppressive score”. (Independent on Sunday).
Michael Radford Joins SMA
We are very pleased to announced that the acclaimed Oscar Nominated and double BAFTA Award winning writer/director Michael Radford has joined SMA Talent Limited for management/agency, excluding North America, where he is represented by David Guillod of Intellectual Artists Management.
Says Olav Wyper, CEO of SMA Talent, “I have long been an admirer of Michael’s work right back to ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE and IL POSTINO was a landmark movie both for him and the industry – remaining the top grossing foreign language film from 1996 until very recently. NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR and Al Pacino’s THE MERCHANT OF VENICE are also among his more celebrated achievements as writer and director. He is an immense talent and we are very excited about working with him and further developing his international career.“
He is currently writing a comedy, THE PERFECT EQUATION, for Gaumont, which he will direct; he is attached to direct WODEHOUSE’S WAR for Corona Pictures/SMA; and planning KING LEAR, the second of his Al Pacino Shakespeare projects.
Phil Stagg’s ‘Wodehouse’s War’ to be directed by Michael Radford
Phil Stagg’s screenplay,Wodehouse’s War, is to be directed by Michael Radford, the award winning director of Il Postino.
The film will shoot next year in Germany, France and the UK and is produced by Richard Johns and Rupert Jeremy for Corona Pictures and Olav Wyper for SMA Talent.
Meanwhile Phil is working on the screenplay of The Club 1948, a thriller set during the Berlin airlift, for the Munich based ART-OKO Film GmbH.
RADFORD, Michael
The acclaimed Oscar Nominated British writer/director Michael Radford established his international reputation as the writer and director of Nineteen Eight-Four (Umbrella-Rosenblum Films/Virgin Films), starring John Hurt and Richard Burton in his final role. He went on to write and direct the Oscar winning Il Postino (Cecchi Gori Films) for which Michael was Nominated for Best Director and Best Screenwriter and the film was Nominated for Best Picture – altogether the film was Nominated in five categories. He also won the BAFTA for Best Director and Best Film not in the English Language, as well another 35 international awards. His films have won over 60 major international festival prizes.
RADFORD, Michael Writer/Director
The acclaimed Oscar Nominated British writer/director Michael Radford established his international reputation as the writer and director of Nineteen Eight-Four (Umbrella-Rosenblum Films/Virgin Films), starring John Hurt and Richard Burton in his final role. He went on to write and direct the Oscar winning Il Postino (Cecchi Gori Films) for which Michael was Nominated for Best Director and Best Screenwriter and the film was Nominated for Best Picture – altogether the film was Nominated in five categories. He also won the BAFTA for Best Director and Best Film not in the English Language, as well another 35 international awards. His films have won over 60 major international festival prizes.