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  • National Film Archive of India to pay homage to Smita Patil

    National Film Archive of India to pay homage to Smita Patil

    NEW DELHI: A two-day film festival to remember versatile actress Smita Patil on her sixtieth birth anniversary is being held by the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) in Pune.

    ‘Remembering Smita’ on 17 and 18 October will also showcase a rare poster and photo exhibition on her from the NFAI collection.

    The festival will showcase eight films including her debut short film Teevra Madhyam. Other films includeBhavni Bahvai, Akaler Sandhaney, Jait Re Jait, Bazaar, Debshishu, Tarang, and Chidambaram. Out of these films, three films – Akaler Sandhaney, Jait Re Jait and Chidambaram have been restored by NFAI.

    The Festival is a tribute to the multi-talented actress who died on 13 December, 1986 at the age of 31 due to childbirth complications.

    The festival would be inaugurated on 17 October at 11 am by actor Amol Palekar.

    A panel discussion on Patil will be held at 6 pm on 18 October with Dr Jabbar Patel, Dr Mohan Agashe and Lalita Tamhane as participants. The discussion would deliberate upon her unique style, her acting career and contribution to the film industry.

    The venue for the festival is NFAI campus, Law College road, Pune.

    A film, television and theatre personality regarded as one of the finest actresses of all time, Patil worked in around 80 Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Bengali films. She left her mark with two National film awards for best actress and Padma Shri in 1985.

    Born on 17 October, 1955, Patil graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Puneand made her film debut with Shyam Benegal’s Charandas Chor (1975). Some of the other films that sheappeared in include Manthan (1977), Bhumika (1977), Aakrosh (1980), Chakra (1981), Chidambaram (1985), Mirch Masala (1985) and Namak Halaal amongst others.

    The schedule of the festival is as below,

    Inauguration: 17 October, 2015 at 11 am

  • Box Office: ‘Jazbaa’ collects Rs 14.4 crore in opening weekend

    Box Office: ‘Jazbaa’ collects Rs 14.4 crore in opening weekend

    MUMBAI: Jazbaa, based on the Korean film, Seven Days, is a story that could have been told in a undeviating manner. However, between adhering to the original and Indianising it is ‘lost in translation.’ The film, which is being touted as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s comeback film, opened to a meek response at the box office on Friday. However, it improved a great deal on Saturday in comparison to its opening day figures but remained static on Sunday. Jazbaa ended its opening weekend with Rs 14.4 crore, though its real standing will be determined only over next four days after the weekend.

     

    While the film had the advantage of being the one and only release for the week, it had little competition from last week’s two releases,Singh Is Bliing and Talvar. While the first one started losing steam from its first Monday onwards, Talvar has a moderate following and continues to do well within its parameters it posed no threat to Jazbaa after its seven day run.

     

    Talvar, another version of the Noida murder of a 14 year old girl, Arushi Talwar, allegedly by her own parents, generated some amount of curiosity and attracted a decent amount of footfalls. Considering its limited range, the film did fairly well to close its first week with a reasonable Rs 15.5 crore. The powerful media group, one of the makers of this film, is making sure it remains in the news or, to put it fairly, in controversy, so that the film adds a crore or two everyday even in its week two! The film maintained well during its second weekend.

     

    Singh Is Bliing started off well but lost momentum from day two and even further from the first Monday after its release. This action comedy saw the female lead star, Amy Jackson, performing better action than the hero and action star Akshay Kumar, whose action scenes were lame and oft seen before. Akshay’s films have a limit till how much they can score at the box office and this one will stop short of even that limit. The film added Rs 19.75 crore in its four days after a decent weekend to show a figure of Rs 62.15 crore for its first week.

     

    Kapil Sharma’s debut movie vehicle Kis Kisko Payar Karoon maintained well in its second week by collecting Rs 5.1 crore to take its two week total to Rs 43.2 crore.

     

    On the other hand, Madhur Bhandarkar’s Calendar Girls crashes to a meagre Rs 10 lakh collections in its second week to show a tally of Rs 5.2 crore. A major loser.

  • Vaani Kapoor cast opposite Ranveer Singh in Aditya Chopra’s ‘Befikre’

    Vaani Kapoor cast opposite Ranveer Singh in Aditya Chopra’s ‘Befikre’

    MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films’ chairman Aditya Chopra, who will be directing his next film titled Befikre after a hiatus of seven years, has cast actress Vaani Kapoor as the female lead opposite Ranveer Singh.

     

    Kapoor made her film debut in YRF’s Shuddh Desi Romance in 2013, where she starred alongside Sushant Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra.

     

    Just like YRF did with Singh – the lead actor of Befikre, it released a video message wherein Kapoor shared her excitement on being part of Chopra’s next directorial venture.

     

    Chopra’s last film was Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi in 2008 starring Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma. He made the Befikre announcement on the eve of his father and veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra’s 83rd birth anniversary on 27 September. According to him, Befikre is his “riskiest” and “youngest” film. The film’s tagline is – “Those who dare to love.”

  • MVP Entertainment to release ‘Baahubali’ in seven countries

    MVP Entertainment to release ‘Baahubali’ in seven countries

    NEW DELHI: Indian blockbuster film Baahubali: The Beginning by S S Rajamouli is all set to release in seven territories across Asia.

     

    MVP Entertainment will release the film in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste.

     

    The deal was struck at the recently concluded Busan Asian Film Market between MVP president Raam Punjabi and manager Vikas Sharma and the film’s co-producer Shobu Yarlagadda and Francois da Silva from Arka Mediaworks International.

     

    Additionally, the film has already got dates for release in China and Japan in conjunction with E Stars for China and Twin Co. for Japan.

     

    The opening film of the Busan Film Festival’s Open Cinema Stand, Baahubali has grossed $92 million so far.

     

    Rajamouli’s earlier film Eega was screened at Toronto, Shanghai, and several other international film festivals, giving him a cult status.

     

    Rajamouli has shot about 40 per cent of Baahubali: The Conclusion and will commence the rest in November-end in Hyderabad’s Ramoji Film City. Some forest sequences will be shot in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

     

    The film is expected to be release by the end of next year, and will be released simultaneously in Telugu, Hindi and other languages.

     

    The film’s success lay in the final epic war scene that was filmed with a lot of ingenuity and original stunts. Owing to the grandeur, the budget of the two Baahubali films has gone up from $40 million to $50 million.

     

    The Baahubali saga is about brothers in medieval India in conflict over a rich kingdom and is rich in imagery, battles and skulduggery. It stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannah, Sathyaraj and Ramya Krishnan.

  • Eros acquires worldwide rights of Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Mukhtiar Chadha’

    Eros acquires worldwide rights of Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Mukhtiar Chadha’

    MUMBAI: Eros International is expanding its presence in the regional film market. After announcing plans to release the Malayalam filmPathemari starring Mammothy, the company has now acquired the worldwide rights of actor Diljit Dosanjh’s upcoming Punjabi film Mukhtiar Chadha.

     

    The movie will be released on 27 November, 2015.

     

    After his last movie Sardarji, Dosanjh will be seen in another comedy Mukhtiar Chadha opposite Oshin Sai.

     

    Written by Dosanjh and Chetan Parwana, the film also features Yashpal Sharma, Kiran Juneja, Jaswant, Rathor Khyali among others. It is produced by Ohri Productions & Wahid Sandhar Showbiz and the music is given by Jaspal Singh.

     

    “Punjab is a flourishing market that has immense potential to grow further. We are happy to associate with Mukhtiar Chadha that will pave the way for further broadening our presence in the regional markets,” Eros International managing director Sunil Lulla.

     

    Ohri Productions director Vivek Ohri added, “We are extremely happy we have teamed up with a leading studio like Eros that will provide the right platform to our film and take it to audiences worldwide.”

  • ‘Jazbaa’: Lacks passion

    ‘Jazbaa’: Lacks passion

    Urdu film titles, one thought, had served their utility and vanished along with the Urdu script in film scrolls. Jazbaa may need to be explained to many though they may figure out the meaning roughly, especially today’s generation. A remake of a Korean film, Seven Days, this one is a whodunit that hurriedly goes around its purpose, introducing new characters randomly, till it is time to spring the who of whodunit. That will come as a surprise to many if one is patient enough till that stage.

    Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, returning to films after a five year hiatus, is a lawyer who is reputed for never having lost a case. She can work miracles with her logic and save the accused from certain death sentences. She does not care how big a criminal is as long as she wins and as long as the criminal can afford her charges. So the poor soul is fated to save only high-profile criminals.

    Aishwarya has got a criminal acquitted of a ghastly murder but her glee is short-lived. Her daughter, Sara Arjun, has been kidnapped from under her eyes. There is no ransom demand. Instead, the deal is that she defend a criminal, Chandan Roy  Sanyal, certain to be sentenced to death for rape and murder of a girl just out of her teens, Priya Banerjee, who is the daughter of Shabana Azmi, a professor.

    Aishwarya has to accept the deal. She has just four days until the convict’s next hearing is due. When she accepts the case, it surprises a lot of people.

    Irrfan Khan is a friend of Aishwarya since college days. He secretly loved her but never managed to get it through to her. He is a super cop; all movies have them. He is charged with corruption and is awaiting suspension. His seniors would let him off the hook for Rs 1.5 crore. But, suspended cops are preferred in film stories. They have the freedom to pursue personal adventures, especially at a time when the cop’s damsel in distress needs him.

    While Aishwarya does not initially confide in Irrfan about her daughter, he catches on eventually. Both join forces as Irrfan makes it a habit to spring up wherever and whenever Aishwarya is in trouble. The film keeps serving up some red herrings in Jackie Shroff, who is a politician (they make easy negative stereotypes in films), his drug addict son, and his henchman until, after about 100 minutes of runtime, the dots start joining themselves. Voices from nowhere start talking into Irrfan’s cell phone giving him clues and directions leading him to the culprits as well as the kidnapped girl.

    The jigsaw pieces have started self-assembling. So much for an ace lawyer’s logic and a super cop’s detection skills. The case solves itself. While the climax justifies the appointment of the ace lawyer Aishwarya to save a rape-murder convict, nothing justifies all that meandering about for almost two hours with content that is not relevant.

    The writer-director team have not bothered to build any sort of bond between Aishwarya and her daughter, a mandatory requirement for the Indian audience. The situation is just thrown at you that here is this great lawyer whose daughter has been kidnapped. Bringing in new characters on the scene without introduction or ties hardly helps.

    Director Sanjay Gupta loves to fill his screens with scenic visual and towards this end, cinematographer Sameer Arya lives up to his expectation. But, it is the adaptation of the Korean film to Hindi and efforts made to make it palatable for the local audience that spoils the show. Songs, three in all, are immaterial to the film.

    Irrfan has some good lines but, otherwise, the dialogue is mundane. For a lawyer of high standing, even Aishwarya’s court arguments don’t carry an impact as they should. Editing could have avoided repeat scenes. Background score is over the tolerable decibel level.

    Irrfan has created a fan following of his own because of which there is a market for him. But, three films between May and October,Piku, Talvar and now Jazbaa, shows his limitations. In all his films, he is Irrfan, not the character he plays. Aishwarya overacts all the way. Shabana is a veteran but has little scope here; Jackie has none at all.

    Jazbaa has failed to rouse much curiosity in the moviegoer due to which the opening response is below par. The word of mouth not being in favour, the film’s box office prospects are poor.

    Producers: Sanjay Gupta, Nitin Keni

    Director: Sanjay Gupta

    Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Shabana Azmi, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Jackie Shroff, Atul Kulkarni, Siddhanth Kapoor, Priya Banerjee, Sara Arjun

  • Tata Capital opts for ‘Shaandaar’ marketing to promote loans

    Tata Capital opts for ‘Shaandaar’ marketing to promote loans

     

    MUMBAI: Tata Capital has inked a marketing tie-up with Dharma Productions’ upcoming film Shaandaar, which  is due to release on 22 October.

     

    A contest called  ‘Har Shaadi Hai Shaandaar’ has been launched wherein individuals who are looking to avail a wedding or personal loan from Tata Capital can participate in the contest. Three lucky winners will get a chance to meet the stars of the movie namely Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. The contest ends on 17 October, 2015.

     

    An extensive marketing campaign comprising TV and digital media will be used to promote the wedding loan product and the contest. The participants have to share their ‘Shaandaar’ story in not more than 3000 characters along with applying for the loan. 

     

    Tata Capital wedding loans will provide prospective brides and grooms with the ability to finance their dream wedding. Wedding expenses are one of the key reasons for taking a personal loan. After observing this need,  Tata Capital has crafted the wedding loan product, which has the added benefits of flexible EMI repayment options, quick processing and attractive interest rates, that makes it easier to finance small or large ticket wedding expenses.

     

    Tata Capital head – brand marketing corporate communication & digital vertical Veetika Deoras said, “Getting married is a key milestone in an individual’s life  and Tata Capital offers wedding loans to help fulfil all the small or big desires that an individual may have, to make his/her wedding even more special. The movie Shaandaar is based on the theme of a destination wedding and hence the fit was perfect. Tata Capital believes that every wedding, big or not, is special, is shaandaar.”

  • India’s ‘Court’ to compete with films from 80 countries at Oscars

    India’s ‘Court’ to compete with films from 80 countries at Oscars

    MUMBAI: India’s official entry to the Oscars – Court – will be competing with films from 80 countries in the Foreign Language Film category for the 88th Academy Awards.

     

    The Oscars have this year received film entries from 81 countries in this category including Paraguay, which is a first-time entrant.

     

    The Marathi language film Court is directed by Chaitanya Tamhane. Giving Court tough competition will also be renowned director Majid Majidi’s Iranian film Muhammad: The Messenger of God, which is Iran’s official entry to the Oscars this year.

     

    On the other hand, Paraguay’s maiden film entry for the Oscars is titled Cloudy Times, directed by Arami Ullón.

     

    The 2015 submissions for the Foreign Language Film category are:

     

    Afghanistan: Utopia directed by Hassan Nazer

    Albania: Bota directed by Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci

    Algeria: Twilight of Shadows directed by Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina

    Argentina: The Clan directed by Pablo Trapero

    Australia: Arrows of the Thunder Dragon directed by Greg Sneddon

    Austria: Goodnight Mommy directed by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala

    Bangladesh: Jalal’s Story directed by Abu Shahed Emon

    Belgium: The Brand New Testament directed by Jaco Van Dormael

    Bosnia and Herzegovina: Our Everyday Story directed by Ines Tanovic

    Brazil: The Second Mother directed by Anna Muylaert

    Bulgaria: The Judgment directed by Stephan Komandarev

    Cambodia: The Last Reel directed by Sotho Kulikar

    Canada: Félix and Meira directed by Maxime Giroux

    Chile: The Club directed by Pablo Larraín

    China: Go Away Mr. Tumor directed by Han Yan

    Colombia: Embrace of the Serpent directed by Ciro Guerra

    Costa Rica: Imprisoned directed by Esteban Ramírez

    Croatia: The High Sun directed by Dalibor Matanic

    Czech Republic: Home Care directed by Slavek Horak

    Denmark: A War directed by Tobias Lindholm

    Dominican Republic: Sand Dollars directed by Laura Amelia Guzman, Israel Cardenas

    Estonia: 1944 directed by Elmo Nüganen

    Ethiopia: Lamb directed by Yared Zeleke

    Finland: The Fencer directed by Klaus Haro

    France: Mustang directed by Deniz Gamze Erguven

    Georgia: Moira directed by Levan Tutberidze

    Germany: Labyrinth of Lies directed by Giulio Ricciarelli

    Greece: Xenia directed by Panos H. Koutras

    Guatemala: Ixcanul directed by Jayro Bustamante

    Hong Kong: To the Fore directed by Dante Lam

    Hungary: Son of Saul directed by Laszlo Nemes

    Iceland: Rams directed by Grímur Hákonarson

    India: Court directed by Chaitanya Tamhane

    Iran: Muhammad: The Messenger of God directed by Majid Majidi

    Iraq: Memories on Stone directed by Shawkat Amin Korki

    Ireland: Viva directed by Paddy Breathnach

    Israel: Baba Joon directed by Yuval Delshad

    Italy: Don’t Be Bad directed by Claudio Caligari

    Ivory Coast: Run directed by Philippe Lacote

    Japan: 100 Yen Love directed by Masaharu Take

    Jordan: Theeb directed by Naji Abu Nowar

    Kazakhstan: Stranger directed by Yermek Tursunov

    Kosovo: Babai directed by Visar Morina

    Kyrgyzstan: Heavenly Nomadic directed by Mirlan Abdykalykov

    Latvia: Modris directed by Juris Kursietis

    Lebanon: Void directed by Naji Bechara, Jad Beyrouthy, Zeina Makki, Tarek Korkomaz, Christelle

    Ighniades: Maria Abdel Karim directed by Salim Haber

    Lithuania: The Summer of Sangaile directed by Alante Kavaite

    Luxembourg: Baby (A)lone directed by Donato Rotunno

    Macedonia: Honey Night directed by Ivo Trajkov

    Malaysia: Men Who Save the World directed by Liew Seng Tat

    Mexico: 600 Miles directed by Gabriel Ripstein

    Montenegro: You Carry Me directed by Ivona Juka

    Morocco: Aida directed by Driss Mrini

    Nepal: Talakjung vs Tulke directed by Basnet Nischal

    Netherlands: The Paradise Suite directed by Joost van Ginkel

    Norway: The Wave directed by Roar Uthaug

    Pakistan: Moor directed by Jami

    Palestine: The Wanted 18 directed by Amer Shomali, Paul Cowan

    Paraguay: Cloudy Times directed by Arami Ullón

    Peru: NN directed by Hector Galvez

    Philippines: Heneral Luna directed by Jerrold Tarog

    Poland: 11 Minutes directed by Jerzy Skolimowski

    Portugal: Arabian Nights – Volume 2, The Desolate One directed by Miguel Gomes

    Romania: Aferim! directed by Radu Jude

    Russia: Sunstroke directed by Nikita Mikhalkov

    Serbia: Enclave directed by Goran Radovanovic

    Singapore: 7 Letters directed by Royston Tan, Kelvin Tong, Eric Khoo, Jack Neo, Tan Pin Pin, Boo Junfeng, K. Rajagopal

    Slovakia: Goat directed by Ivan Ostrochovsky

    Slovenia: The Tree directed by Sonja Prosenc

    South Africa: The Two of Us directed by Ernest Nkosi

    South Korea: The Throne directed by Lee Joon-ik

    Spain: Flowers directed by Jon Garano, Jose Mari Goenaga

    Sweden: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence directed by Roy Andersson

    Switzerland: Iraqi Odyssey directed by Samir

    Taiwan: The Assassin directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

    Thailand: How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) directed by Josh Kim

    Turkey: Sivas directed by Kaan Mujdeci

    United Kingdom: Under Milk Wood directed by Kevin Allen

    Uruguay: A Moonless Night directed by German Tejeira

    Venezuela: Gone with the River directed by Mario Crespo

    Vietnam: Jackpot directed by Dustin Nguyen

     

    The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on 14 January, 2016 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

     

    The 88th Oscars will be held on 28 February, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The Oscar presentation will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

  • Imax & Omnijoi expand revenue share partnership in China with 15-theatre deal

    Imax & Omnijoi expand revenue share partnership in China with 15-theatre deal

    MUMBAI: Imax Corporation and Omnijoi Cinema Development Co., Ltd, (erstwhile Jiangsu Eudemonia Blue Ocean Cinema Development Co., Ltd.) have expanded their revenue sharing arrangement with the addition of 15 new Imax theatre systems in China.

     

    This agreement brings Omnijoi Cinemas’ total Imax commitment to 31 theatres and positions the exhibitor as the third-largest Imax exhibitor partner in China and fifth-largest globally.

     

    “Today’s agreement will see Omnijoi Cinemas nearly double its Imax footprint – a significant commitment that underscores the success of the Imax business model and the continued demand for The Imax Experience among Chinese moviegoers. Omnijoi is a valued partner that shares our passion for innovation and quality and together we look forward to continuing to change the way audiences in China experience today’s biggest blockbusters,” said Imax CEO Richard L. Gelfond.

     

    “This partnership is a direct result of the success of our existing Imax theatres that have delighted our guests with the best Chinese and Hollywood films in the world’s most immersive cinematic format. As we continue to expand our network of cinemas, Imax will be a flagship attraction at our upcoming complexes – one we are confident will continue to support our business,” said Omnijoi Media Group vice president Yang Shu.

     

    Omnijoi Cinema Development was founded especially to develop and operate cinemas. It has over 15 locations of five star Cineplex as of 31 May, 2015. The company is planning to invest billions RMB to build 150 Cineplex with 1200 screens and become a leading exhibitor in China.

  • Martin Scorsese to receive 2015 Lumi?re Award

    Martin Scorsese to receive 2015 Lumi?re Award

    NEW DELHI: Eminent filmmaker Martin Scorsese is to receive the 2015 Lumi?re Award.

     

    The filmmaker will receive the distinction during the Lumi?re Festival to be held in Lyon and Grand Lyon (now the Metropolis of Lyon) from 12 – 18 October. The third edition of the Classic Film Market will take place from 14 – 16 October.

     

    For three days, film industry professionals (producers, distributors, cinema operators, television and VOD broadcasters, DVD-Blu-ray publishers, rights holders, institutional organizations) gather to discuss and exchange views on the present state and the future of classic cinema, its challenges and opportunities in a changing environment which will include a Market venue, roundtables, screenings, lunches and meetings.

     

    The Classic Films Market is restricted to cinema industry professionals. There will be a roundtable meets on “Conservation, digitisation, restoration of classic films: how to finance them,” and on “The future of the past: how to find right-owners (orphan works, unclaimed rights)?” and on “Sound restoration. Sharing viewpoints” co-organised by the SACD and the Institut Lumi?re.

     

    The Distributors Day will help filmmakers discover the titles and the upcoming classic films releases of Artédis, EYE International, Gaumont, LCJ Editions, Lost Films, Malavida, Mosfilm, Pathé, Shellac, Sidonis Productions, Swedish Film Institute, Tamasa Distribution and the film presentations of the ADRC and the AFCAE.

     

    The thematic breakfast meet will be on “Conservation, digitization, restoration of classic films: which technical evolutions? Issues and testimonies.” co-organized by the FICAM and the Institut Lumi?re.

     

    Born on 17 November, 1942, Scorsese is one of the most prominent American directors, producers, screenwriters, actors, and film historians, whose career spans more than 45 years.

     

    Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinema history.

     

    In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation.

     

    He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won an Academy Award, a Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award, Silver Lion, Grammy Award, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and DGA Awards.

     

    Scorsese’s body of work addresses such themes as Sicilian-American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, modern crime, and gang conflict. Many of his films are also notable for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity.

     

    He has directed landmark films such as the crime film Mean Streets (1973), the vigilante-drama Taxi Driver (1976), the biographical sports drama Raging Bull (1980), the black comedy The King of Comedy (1983), and the crime films Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995), all of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro.

     

    Scorsese has also been noted for his collaborations with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, having directed him in five films, beginning with Gangs of New York (2002). Their latest collaboration, The Wolf of Wall Street, was released in 2013.

     

    He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the crime drama The Departed (2006). With eight Best Director nominations to date, he is the most nominated living director, and is tied with Billy Wilder for the second most nominations overall.