WPA clients at 2013 Cannes Film Festival
on May 02 in AgencyBaz Luhrmann’s THE GREAT GATSBY with cinematography by SIMON DUGGAN, ACS opens the 2013 CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL!
In addition, Daniel Noah’s MAX ROSE with production design by RYAN WARREN SMITH will premiere at CANNES as an Homage to Jerry Lewis.
WPA Welcomes UPM/Producer Michael J. Malone
on Mar 22 in AgencyUPM/Producer MICHAEL J. MALONE joins the Worldwide Production Agency roster!
Director of Photography, Ottar Gudnason, IKS joins WPA
on Mar 11 in AgencyWorldwide Production Agency welcomes cinematographer OTTAR GUDNASON, IKS to the roster!
WPA Welcomes Cinematographer Pascal Lebègue, AFC!
on Feb 08 in AgencyDirector of Photography, PASCAL LEBÉGUE, AFC, joins the Worldwide Production Agency roster!
WPA clients at 2013 SXSW Film Festival
on Feb 01 in AgencyWPA Clients work at the 2013 South By South West Film Festival:
HEADLINERS:
WHEN ANGELS SING, Production Design by CHRIS STULL
Director: Tim Mccanlies, Screenwriter: Lou Berney
Michael despises Christmas. Now Christmas is getting even. Cast: Harry Connick Jr., Connie Britton, Chandler Canterbury, Fionnula Flanagan, Lyle Lovett, Dana Wheeler–Nicholson, Eloise DeJoria, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson (World Premiere)
NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT
REALITY SHOW, Cinematography by WILL BARRATT
Director/Screenwriter: Adam Rifkin
A darkly comedic satire that follows TV producer Mickey Wagner and his amoral attempt to re-invent the reality genre. Mickey’s big idea is to pick a family and put them under all encompassing surveillance…without their knowledge. Cast: Adam Rifkin, Scott Anderson, Kelly Menighan Hensley, Monika Tilling, Valerie Breiman (World Premiere)
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION:
LICKS, Cinematography by ROB WITT
Director/Screenwriter: Jonathan Singer–Vine, Screenwriter: Justin “Hongry” Robinson
The story of a young man, D, as he returns to his Oakland neighborhood after two years served in prison for a robbery gone wrong… Cast: Stanley “Doe” Hunt, Koran Jenkins, Tatiana Monet, Devon Libran, Les “DJ Upgrade” Aderibigbe (World Premiere)
VISIONS CATEGORY:
THE WAIT, Production Design by RYAN WARREN SMITH
Director/Screenwriter: M. Blash
An enigmatic phone call from a psychic, catapults a family into a state of suspended belief while waiting for their recently deceased mother to be resurrected. Cast: Jena Malone, Chloë Sevigny, Luke Grimes, Josh Hamilton, Devon Gearhart (World Premiere)
YELLOW, Cinematography by JEFF CUTTER
Director/Screenwriter: Nick Cassavetes, Screenwriter: Heather Wahlquist
A young substitute teacher escapes from her drudging everyday life by fantasizing bizarre parallel realities, in this wildly inventive and visually dazzling head–trip from director Nick Cassavetes. Cast: Heather Wahlquist, Sienna Miller, Melanie Griffith, Gena Rowlands, Ray Liotta (U.S. Premiere)
SPECIAL EVENTS:
BATES MOTEL – Line Producer JUSTIS GREENE
Story to Screen with Carlton Cuse
Combining the SXSW Film Festival and Conference in one, attendees will get an exclusive first look at the pilot of Bates Motel, the thrilling new series from A&E. Following the screening, Executive Producer Carlton Cuse (Lost) will sit down with A&E Marketing EVP Guy Slattery for an inside look and Q&A on the process for bringing this contemporary prequel to life.
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nicola Peltz (World Premiere)