Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Ridley Scott in the second of a five part feature… read part one. Influenced by 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Dark Star (1974), and Star Wars (1977), British filmmaker Ridley Scott set about designing a science fiction tale called Alien (1979). Nostromo, a commercial-towing spaceship, intercepts a transmission […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Ridley Scott in the first of a five part feature… “I spent three fantastic years at the Royal College [of Art],” reminisced British filmmaker Ridley Scott of his student days in London. “I went in specifically as a graphic designer. But what was particularly good about the RCA […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in the fourth of a four part feature… read parts one, two and three. Venturing into a different medium of storytelling, Akira Kurosawa published serially Something Like an Autobiography (1978) in his homeland of Japan which covered his life up until the release of Rashomon (1950). […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in the third of a four part feature… read parts one and two. “Since the time I was a young man I have always kept a notebook handy when I read a book,” stated filmmaker Akira Kurosawa who has a great appreciation for literature. “I write […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in the second of a four part feature… read part one. “After the Pacific War, a great deal of noise began to be made about freedom of speech, and almost immediately abuses and loss of self-control ensued,” recollected acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa of life in Post-WWII […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in the first of a four part feature… “I was a struggling young painter,” recalled legendary moviemaker Akira Kurosawa, “I saw a newspaper advertisement, PCL [Photo Chemical Laboratories], which later became Toho Studios, wanted an assistant director. They asked applicants to write essays on the basic […]

Trevor Hogg celebrates the centenary of internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa… Born a century ago on March 23, 1910 was an artist who had the ability to cinematically blend Japanese culture with Western storytelling, allowing him to craft an enduring legend. “I am a man who likes Sotatsu, Gyokudo, and Tessai in the same way […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Tim Burton in the second of a four part feature… read part one. As a high school student, Tim Burton came up with a story concept which would serve as the basis for Edward Scissorhands (1990). A creator (Vincent Price) dies before he can complete Edward (Johnny Depp), […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Tim Burton in the first of a four part feature… Growing up in Burbank, California, Tim Burton found himself living in a suffocating environment. “There’s something about suburbia,” stated the American filmmaker of his childhood home, “it’s really a place to hide. Or people use it as a […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the careers of filmmaking siblings the Coen brothers in the fourth of a four part feature… read parts one, two and three. Working once again with celebrity actor George Clooney, Joel and Ethan Coen found themselves being accused of having “gone Hollywood” with the release of Intolerable Cruelty in 2003. Morally compromised […]