Andrew Dominik
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| Born | 1967 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Spouse(s) | Robin Tunney (2007-present) |
Andrew Dominik (born 1967) is a New Zealand-born Australian film director and screenwriter. He has lived in Australia since he was 2 years old and graduated from Melbourne's Swinburne Film School in 1988.[1]
His career in films began in 2000 when he directed Chopper based on notorious Australian criminal Mark Brandon Read, starring Eric Bana and Vince Colosimo.[2] Chopper received generally positive reviews[3], and Bana was praised for his portrayal of Chopper.
In 2003, Paramount Pictures approached Dominik and offered him to direct an adaptation of Alfred Bester's 1953 novel The Demolished Man, but as time passed, the project eventually became stuck in development hell when there were disagreements with the screenplay.[4][5]
His next film was The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck. Despite being completed in 2005, The Assassination was delayed from its 2006 release and was released in 2007.[6]
Dominik had also written an adapted screenplay for The Killer Inside Me, an acclaimed noir novel by Jim Thompson, and was at one point considered to direct it, but dropped out.[7] Michael Winterbottom is now directing the film.
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[edit] Future Projects
In a recent 2008 interview, Dominik stated that he has several screenplays written, ready to be directed, but is having a difficult time putting them into production.[8] Dominik plans to resurrect one of these scripts in the near-future:[9]
"I adapted a Jim Thompson novel called Pop. 1280, and I always knew I wanted Woody Harrelson to play the part. And then the one that I came closest on was a Cormac McCarthy book called Cities of the Plain, which is the third part of the Border Trilogy, which had strikes against it for that reason. All the Pretty Horses was not a beloved movie [laughs], and making a sequel to a film that had flopped was not one that was hugely appealing. And then the fact that I did not want to cast any movie stars in the film just made it all fall apart."
"It was impossible to make a film without a movie star, but it's very difficult to find a part you can cast one in that doesn't seem like miscasting. [...] I'm exhausted. I'd like to make another movie, but I'm in no hurry to do so. It all depends on how this film (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) goes over, because it's not up to me, it's up to some guy who's got to pay for it."
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Writer |
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| 2000 | Chopper |
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| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford |
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[edit] Awards
| Year | Group | Award | Won? | Film |
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| 2000 | AFI Awards | Best Director | Yes | Chopper |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | No | |||
| IF Awards | Best Independent New Filmmaker | Yes | ||
| Stockholm Film Festival | Bronze Horse | No | ||
| 2001 | Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema | Best Film | No | |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Director | Yes | ||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | No | |||
| 2007 | Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion | No | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford |
| 2008 | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Foreign Film - English Language | No | |
| Western Writers of America | Best Western Drama | Yes |
[edit] References
- ^ "Stage: 10 to Watch". Variety. http://stage.variety.com/index.asp?layout=10_to_watch2&content=director&type=story&articleID=VR1117792063.
- ^ McGregor, Lisa (2000-07-27). "'Chopper' the film to be released next week". The World Today. http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s156517.htm.
- ^ "Chopper". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chopper/.
- ^ http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4887527-1.html
- ^ http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/webexclusives/2007/09/last-man-standing-by-nick-dawson.php
- ^ Salisbury, Mark (November 2007). "Andrew Dominik: interview". Time Out London. http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/3798/andrew-dominik-interview.html.
- ^ http://movies.ign.com/articles/446/446681p1.html
- ^ Dawson, Nick (2008-01-28). "Filmmaker Magazine: Web Exclusives". LAST MAN STANDING. http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/webexclusives/2007/09/last-man-standing-by-nick-dawson.php.
- ^ Levy, Emmanuel (2008). "Interview - Assassination of Jesse James: Andrew Dominik". http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=7539.
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