Vulcan Productions
Encyclopedia
Vulcan Productions is a production company headquartered in Seattle, Washington
, led by Paul Allen
and Jody Allen. Vulcan Productions produces feature films, educational films, and documentaries. Their documentaries have won a number of Peabody Award
s, including the 2007 award for Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
.
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
Hard Candy (film)
Coastlines
Far from Heaven
The Safety of Objects
The Luzhin Defence
Titus
Men with Guns
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
, led by Paul Allen
Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allen is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates...
and Jody Allen. Vulcan Productions produces feature films, educational films, and documentaries. Their documentaries have won a number of Peabody Award
Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. In 1939, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize outstanding achievement in radio broadcasting...
s, including the 2007 award for Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial is an award-winning NOVA documentary on the case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, which concentrated on the question of whether or not intelligent design could be viewed as science and taught in school science class...
.
Feature films
Where God Left His ShoesWhere God Left His Shoes
Where God Left His Shoes is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Salvatore Stabile and starring John Leguizamo, Leonor Varela, Samantha Rose, Jerry Ferrara, and Adriane Lenox. It was first distributed through a limited release by IFC Films on 12 December 2008...
- Winner – The Humanitas Prize: 2008 Best Sundance Feature Film
- 2008 Imagen Awards
- Nominated - Best Film
- Nominated - Best Actor - John Leguizamo
- Nominated - Best Supporting Actor - David Castro
- Winner - Best Supporting Actress - Leonor Varela
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas is a 2006 film directed by Scott Lew, starring Patrick Fugit and Olivia Wilde.-Plot:Bickford Shmeckler is a lonely college student who keeps a journal of his philosophical ideas and theories. One night, during a party, his book is stolen by an inebriated Sarah Witt ...
- 2006 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival
- Best Actress - Olivia Wilde
Hard Candy (film)
Hard Candy (film)
Hard Candy is a 2005 psychological thriller film focusing on the confrontation between an assumed sexual predator and a not-so-innocent 14-year-old girl....
- 2006 Malaga Film Festival
- Best Film
- Best Director - David Slade
- Best Actress - Ellen Page
- Best Cinematographer - Jo Willems
- 2005 Sitges Film Festival
- Best Motion Picture
- Best Screenplay
- Audience Award for Best Motion Picture
Coastlines
Coastlines
Coastlines is an independent 2002 dramatic film written and directed by Victor Nunez.-Cast:* Timothy Olyphant as Sonny Mann* Josh Brolin as Dave Lockhart* Sarah Wynter as Ann Lockhart* Scott Wilson as Pa Mann* Angela Bettis as Effie Bender...
Far from Heaven
Far from Heaven
Far from Heaven is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, and Patricia Clarkson....
- 75th Annual Academy Award nominations
- Best Actress in a Leading Role - Julianne MooreJulianne MooreJulianne Moore is an American actress and a children's book author. Throughout her career, she has been nominated for four Oscars, six Golden Globes, three BAFTAs and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards....
- Best Cinematography - Edward LachmanEdward LachmanEdward Lachman A.S.C. is an American cinematographer. Lachman is mostly associated with the American independent film movement, and has served as director of photography on films by Todd Haynes and I'm Not There in 2007 and Steven Soderbergh such as Erin Brockovich ...
- Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Todd HaynesTodd HaynesTodd Haynes is an American independent film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his feature films Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Poison, Velvet Goldmine, Safe, and the Academy Award-nominated Far from Heaven and I'm Not There.- Style and themes :The writes that "Haynes is...
- Best Music (Score) - Elmer BernsteinElmer BernsteinElmer Bernstein was an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of film and television productions...
- Best Actress in a Leading Role - Julianne Moore
- Independent Spirit Awards winner:
- Best Picture
- Best Director - Todd HaynesTodd HaynesTodd Haynes is an American independent film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his feature films Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Poison, Velvet Goldmine, Safe, and the Academy Award-nominated Far from Heaven and I'm Not There.- Style and themes :The writes that "Haynes is...
- Best Female Lead - Julianne Moore
- Best Supporting Male - Dennis Quaid
- Best Cinematography - Edward Lachman, A.S.C.
- Golden Globe Award nominations:
- Best Actress - Julianne Moore (Drama)
- Best Supporting Actor - Dennis Quaid
- Best Screenplay - Todd Haynes
- Best Music Score - Elmer Bernstein
The Safety of Objects
The Safety of Objects
The Safety of Objects is a 2001 independent film based upon a series of short stories written by A. M. Homes about four suburban families who find that their lives become intertwined. The film was directed by Rose Troche, and has many characters. It is often considered an "intellectual film" in the...
- Deauville Festival of American Film
- International Critics Prize
- Best Performance: Patricia Clarkson,
- Ralph Lauren Fragrances Prize
- Seattle Women in Cinema Film Festival
- Third-place prize
- San Sebastian International Film Festival
- Nominated: Golden Seashell Award
The Luzhin Defence
The Luzhin Defence
The Luzhin Defence is a 2000 film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring John Turturro and Emily Watson. The film centres on a mentally tormented chess grandmaster and the young woman he meets while competing at a world-class tournament in Italy...
Titus
Titus (film)
Titus is a 1999 film adaptation of Shakespeare's revenge tragedy Titus Andronicus, about the downfall of a Roman general. It was the first film of the play . The film was made by Overseas Filmgroup and Clear Blue Sky Productions and released by Fox Searchlight Pictures...
- 2000 Academy Awards
- Nominated: Best Costume Design
- 2000 Art Directors Guild
- Nominated: Excellence in Production Design Award
- 2000 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
- Winner: Silver Ribbon Award – Best Production Design
- 2000 Edgar Allen Poe Awards
- Nominated: Best Motion Picture
- 2000 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
- Nominated: Sierra Award – Best Costume Design
- Best Screenplay – Adapted
- 2000 Satellite Awards
- Winner: Gold Satellite – Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama
- Nominated: Best Art Direction, Production Design
- Best Costume Design
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
- Best Screenplay – Adapted
- Best Visual Effects
- 2001 London Critics Circle Film Awards
- Nominated: Best British Actor of the Year
- 2001 Chlotrudis Awards
- Nominated: Best Cinematography
- Best Director
- Best Screenplay
- Best Supporting Actor
Men with Guns
Men with Guns
Men with Guns is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by John Sayles. The executive producers were Lou Gonda and Jody Patton, and the cast included Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado and Mandy Patinkin....