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Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:41 pm Post subject: JOHN LASSETER

JOHN LASSETER
Masterpieces: Toy Story, Toy Story 2
The Crown Jewels: A Bug’s Life
Upcoming Project: Cars
Oscars: Special Achievement Award (Toy Story)
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:02 pm Post subject: BRIAN DePALMA

BRIAN DePALMA
Masterpieces: The Untouchables
The Crown Jewels: Scarface (1983), Blow Out, Carlito’s Way
Honorable Mentions: Carrie, Sisters, Phantom of the Paradise, Casualties of War, Mission: Impossible, Dressed To Kill, Wise Guys
Underrated: Body Double
Nobody’s Perfect: Mission To Mars, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Femme Fatale
Upcoming Project: Toyer
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:11 pm Post subject: PEDRO ALMODOVAR

PEDRO ALMODOVAR
The Crown Jewels: All About My Mother, Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Talk To Her
Honorable Mentions: Live Flesh, High Heels, Law of Desire, What Have I Done To Deserve This?, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!,
Upcoming Project: Bad Education
Oscars: 1 Nomination (Talk To Her)
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:17 pm Post subject: CAMERON CROWE

CAMERON CROWE
Masterpieces: Almost Famous
The Crown Jewels: Say Anything, Jerry Maguire
Honorable Mentions: Singles, Vanilla Sky
Upcoming Project: Elizabethtown
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: 2 Nominations (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous)

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:18 pm Post subject: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
The Crown Jewels: Boogie Nights, Hard Eight, Magnolia
Honorable Mentions: Punch-Drunk Love
Upcoming Project: n/a
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:20 pm Post subject: ATOM EGOYAN

ATOM EGOYAN
The Crown Jewels: The Sweet Hereafter
Honorable Mentions: Exotica, Calendar, Speaking Parts, The Adjuster, Ararat
Underrated: Felicia’s Journey
Upcoming Project: Where The Truth Lies
Oscars: 1 Nomination (The Sweet Hereafter)
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:21 pm Post subject: GEORGE A. ROMERO

GEORGE A. ROMERO
The Crown Jewels: Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead
Honorable Mentions: Martin, Knightriders, Day of the Dead, The Crazies, Creepshow
Underrated: Monkey Shines
Nobody’s Perfect: The Dark Half
Upcoming Project: The Ill
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:22 pm Post subject: ANDY & LARRY WACHOWSKI

ANDY & LARRY WACHOWSKI
The Crown Jewels: The Matrix, Bound
Honorable Mentions: The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions
Upcoming Project: n/a
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:31 pm Post subject: RON HOWARD

RON HOWARD
The Crown Jewels: A Beautiful Mind, Night Shift, Parenthood
Honorable Mentions: Splash, Apollo 13, Cocoon, Ransom, The Missing
Underrated: The Paper, Gung Ho
Nobody’s Perfect: How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Far and Away
Upcoming Project: The Cinderella Man
Oscars: 1 Win (A Beautiful Mind)
Director’s Guild: 2 Wins (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind), 3 Nominations (Cocoon)

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:33 pm Post subject: JIM SHERIDAN

JIM SHERIDAN
The Crown Jewels: My Left Foot
Honorable Mentions: In The Name of the Father, In America, The Boxer, The Field
Upcoming Project: n/a
Oscars: 2 Nominations (My Left Foot, In The Name of the Father)
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:34 pm Post subject: ERROL MORRIS

ERROL MORRIS
The Crown Jewels: Gates of Heaven, Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, The Thin Blue Line, Fast Cheap and Out of Control
Honorable Mentions: The Fog of War, A Brief History of Time
Nobody’s Perfect: The Dark Wind
Upcoming Project: n/a
Oscars: 1 Win (The Fog of War – Best Documentary)
Director’s Guild: 2 Nominations (Documentaries – Mr. Death, The Fog of War)

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:36 pm Post subject: WOODY ALLEN

WOODY ALLEN
Masterpieces: Annie Hall, Manhattan
The Crown Jewels: Love and Death, Sleeper, Hannah and Her Sisters
Honorable Mentions: The Purple Rose of Cairo, Bananas, Take The Money And Run, Radio Days, What’s Up Tigerlily?, Broadway Danny Rose, Zelig, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Sweet and Lowdown, Manhattan Murder Mystery
Nobody’s Perfect: Anything Else, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, September, Hollywood Ending, Another Woman, Celebrity, New York Stories (Oedipus Wrecks), Alice
Upcoming Project: Melinda and Melinda
Oscars: 1 Win (Annie Hall), 6 Nominations (Interiors, Broadway Danny Rose, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Bullets Over Broadway)
Director’s Guild: 1 Win (Annie Hall), 4 Nominations (Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors), Lifetime Achievement Award (1996)

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:37 pm Post subject: STEPHEN FREARS

STEPHEN FREARS
The Crown Jewels: The Grifters, Dirty Pretty Things, High Fidelity
Honorable Mentions: The Van, The Snapper, Prick Up Your Ears, The Hit, Fail Safe (2000), Dangerous Liaisons
Nobody’s Perfect: Mary Reilly
Upcoming Project
Oscars: 1 Nomination (The Grifters)
Director’s Guild: 1 Nomination (TV Movie – Fail Safe)

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:38 pm Post subject: PETER WEIR

PETER WEIR
The Crown Jewels: Witness, Gallipoli, Picnic At Hanging Rock
Honorable Mentions: The Year of Living Dangerously, The Truman Show, Fearless,
Underrated: The Mosquito Coast
Nobody’s Perfect: The Cars That Ate Paris, Green Card
Upcoming Project: War Magician
Oscars: 4 Nominations (Witness, Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World)
Director’s Guild: 4 Nominations (Witness, Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World)

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:39 pm Post subject: WES ANDERSON

WES ANDERSON
Masterpieces: The Royal Tenenbaums
The Crown Jewels: Rushmore
Honorable Mentions: Bottle Rocket
Upcoming Project: The Life Aquatic
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject: FRANK OZ

FRANK OZ
The Crown Jewels: Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Honorable Mentions: In & Out, The Score, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Dark Crystal, What About Bob?
Underrated: Bowfinger
Upcoming Project: The Stepford Wives
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:33 pm Post subject: WALTER HILL

WALTER HILL
The Crown Jewels: 48 Hrs., The Driver, Southern Comfort
Honorable Mentions: The Warriors, Extreme Prejudice, The Long Riders, Streets of Fire, Trespass, Undisputed
Underrated: Johnny Handsome
Nobody’s Perfect: Supernova, Another 48 Hrs., Red Heat, Brewster’s Millions
Upcoming Project: Walk On
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:34 pm Post subject: JOHN BOORMAN

JOHN BOORMAN
Masterpieces: Hope and Glory
The Crown Jewels: Deliverance, Excalibur
Honorable Mentions: Point Blank, The Tailor of Panama, The General (1998),
Underrated: The Emerald Forest, Where The Heart Is
Nobody’s Perfect: Exorcist II: The Heretic
Upcoming Project: Country Of My Skull
Oscars: 2 Nominations (Deliverance, Hope and Glory)
Director’s Guild: 1 Nomination (Deliverance)

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:36 pm Post subject: ALEXANDER PAYNE

ALEXANDER PAYNE
The Crown Jewels: Election, About Schmidt
Underrated: Citizen Ruth
Upcoming Project: Sideways
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:37 pm Post subject: PATRICE LECONTE

PATRICE LECONTE
The Crown Jewels: Monsieur Hire, The Hairdresser’s Husband, The Girl On The Bridge
Honorable Mentions: Man On The Train, The Widow of St. Pierre, Tango, Les Spécialistes
Upcoming Project: Intimate Strangers
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:38 pm Post subject: HAYAO MIYAZAKI

HAYAO MIYAZAKI
The Crown Jewels: Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Kiki’s Delivery Service
Honorable Mentions: Castle In The Sky
Underrated: My Neighbor Totoro
Upcoming Project: Howl’s Moving Castle
Oscars: 1 Win (Best Animated Feature – Spirited Away)
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:39 pm Post subject: DAVID O. RUSSELL

DAVID O. RUSSELL
The Crown Jewels: Flirting With Disaster, Three Kings
Honorable Mentions: Spanking The Monkey
Upcoming Project: I Heart Huckabee’s
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:39 pm Post subject: ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU

ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU
The Crown Jewels: Amores Perros, 11'09''01 - September 11 (segment "Mexico")
Honorable Mentions: 21 Grams
Upcoming Project: n/a
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:41 pm Post subject: KEVIN REYNOLDS

KEVIN REYNOLDS
The Crown Jewels: Fandango
Honorable Mentions: The Beast, The Count of Monte Cristo (2003), 187
Underrated: Waterworld
Upcoming Project: Tristan & Isolde
Oscars: ZERO Nominations
Director’s Guild: ZERO Nominations

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago

Erik The Movieman · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:42 pm Post subject: ALAN PARKER

ALAN PARKER
The Crown Jewels: The Commitments, Birdy, Pink Floyd The Wall
Honorable Mentions: Midnight Express, Shoot The Moon, Bugsy Malone, Mississippi Burning, Come See The Paradise, Angela’s Ashes
Underrated: Angel Heart
Nobody’s Perfect: The Life of David Gale
Upcoming Project: n/a
Oscars: 2 Nominations (Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning)
Director’s Guild: 2 Nominations (Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning)

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Erik Childress
Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics Association
Nick Digilio - WGN Radio Chicago