Steve Starkey

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Stupid Is as Stupid Does - The Unlikely Journey of a Producer on Forrest Gump

Beschreibung

In 1993, visionary director Robert Zemeckis and the extraordinary Tom Hanks, began work on the groundbreaking film Forrest Gump. Producer Steve Starkey takes you behind the scenes during the making of the film.

Autor

Academy Award-winning producer Steve Starkey is a longtime collaborator with legendary filmmaker Robert Zemeckis. After producing Death Becomes Her, his first film with Zemeckis, Starkey went on to produce and win the Academy Award for Best Picture on the film Forrest Gump. Following their film Contact, Zemeckis and Starkey formed the company ImageMovers with agent Jack Rapke. The first of their distinctive films with the new company included What Lies Beneath and Cast Away. After producing The Polar Express, Beowulf, and Monster House, the first feature-length films using motion-capture technology, Zemeckis, Rapke, and Starkey launched a company at Disney, Imagemovers Digital, to make feature films using that technology. A Christmas Carol and Mars Needs Moms were made under their new banner. During this time, Starkey produced films for a number of other directors, including Matchstick Men with Ridley Scott and The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio with Jane Anderson. Returning to live-action filmmaking, Zemeckis and Starkey continued their collaboration on Flight, The Walk, Allied, and Welcome to Marwen.Starkey is also the author of Breaking & Entering: The Education of a Film Producer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sand Point Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9798218975159
• Artikelnr.: 71309709