The 84th Academy Awards take place tonight in Los Angeles and this year all of us in the Global Greek World are proud to see one of our Global Greeks amongst the nominees once again !
Alexander Payne
We will all be hoping to see Alexander Payne, Greek American Director and Screenwriter and one of our Global Greek of the Year Nominees, get his 2nd Oscar, this time for The Descendants with the inimitable George Clooney and a very talented Shailene Woodley.
The Descendants has been
nominated for 5 Oscars and is, like all Payne's films, about the
complexities of life, death and family relations. In this case they
challenge a man
faced with losing his wife. When Elizabeth King is left comatose
following an accident, her husband Matt finds himself thrust into the
unfamiliar role of caregiver to their two daughters, while at the same
time facing a difficult financial decision that may put him at odds with
other family members....
Alexander Payne's success at the
Golden Globes for The Descendants started the ball rolling for his 6th
Oscar nomination. It was wonderfu to see Alexander Payne and the rest
of his Global Greek Dream Team, Jim Gianopulos and
Phedon Papamichael, present when
The Descendants
opened Greece's Thessaloniki Film Festival in 2011. All three are board members of the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival
(LAGFF).
Jim Gianopulos
Source: LAGFF
Phedon Papamichael
Source: LAGFF
Payne's Ad Hominem
Enterprises and
Gianopulos' Fox
Searchlight Pictures have already won the Golden Globe for Best
Motion Picture (Drama) for THE DESCENDANTS while Phedon
Papamichael served as Director of Photography.
The Descendants also won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) for George Clooney, whilst Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash recently won Best Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards for the film!
The Descendants also won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) for George Clooney, whilst Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash recently won Best Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards for the film!
We'll all be keeping our fingers
crossed tonight! From all of us at Global Greek World we wish your
latest film all the very best!
Καλή
Επιτυχία, Αλέξανδρε!
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