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Lili Zanuck is a Director and Producer American born on 2 april 1954

Lili Zanuck

Lili Zanuck
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Birth name Lili Fini Zanuck
Nationality USA
Birth 2 april 1954 (69 years)

Lili Fini Zanuck est une productrice et réalisatrice américaine née le 2 avril 1957 à Leominster dans le Massachusetts.

Biography

C'est l'épouse du producteur Richard D. Zanuck qui a notamment produit plusieurs films de Tim Burton. De son mariage, elle est la mère de Harrison Zanuck et Dean Zanuck, respectivement producteur et technicien des effets spéciaux.

Lili Zanuck est seulement la seconde femme de l'histoire du cinéma à recevoir l’Oscar du meilleur film pour Driving Miss Daisy en 1989. La première était Julia Phillips pour The Sting en 1973.

Best films

Driving Miss Daisy (1990)
(Producer)
Cocoon (1985)
(Producer)

Usually with

David Brown
David Brown
(4 films)
Gary Rydstrom
Gary Rydstrom
(3 films)
Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lili Zanuck (11 films)

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Director

Rush
Rush (1991)
, 2h
Directed by Lili Zanuck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich, William Sadler, Tony Frank
Rating66% 3.3494053.3494053.3494053.3494053.349405
In Texas, seasoned undercover narcotics police officer, Jim Raynor (Jason Patric), is told by his superior Lt. Dodd (Sam Elliott) to choose a partner from a group of recent police academy graduates for his undercover investigation, which has been ongoing for two years. His choice of Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh) surprises Dodd, but Raynor is confident she is the right fit for what he needs.

Production

Bessie
Bessie (2015)
, 2h12
Directed by Dee Rees
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Le blues
Actors Queen Latifah, Mo'Nique, Mike Epps, Tika Sumpter, Michael K.Williams, Charles Dutton
Roles Executive Producer
Rating66% 3.3449453.3449453.3449453.3449453.344945
Bessie Smith est une jeune chanteuse de Chattanooga, dans le Tennessee. À la mort de leurs parents, William et Laura, elle et ses frères et sœurs deviennent orphelins. Leur sœur aînée, Viola, va les élever. Viola est sévère avec eux et l'enfance de Bessie est malheureuse. Elle et son frère Clarence cherchent à travailler pour des spectacles de vaudeville locaux. Ses ambitions scéniques sont frustrées par les producteurs qui ne veulent pas en vedette des femmes noires à la peau foncée dans leurs spectacles. Bessie se faufile dans le train de l'interprète Ma Rainey et lui demande de se joindre à son spectacle. Ma Rainey prend Bessie sous son aile et l'aide à développer ses capacités jusqu'à ce que la popularité de Bessie provoque la séparation des deux femmes. Bessie laisse aussi Clarence pour lancer sa propre carrière.
Reign of Fire, 1h41
Directed by Rob S. Bowman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Films about dragons, Giant monster films, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, Izabella Dorota Skorupko, Gerard Butler, Alexander Siddig, Alice Krige
Roles Producer
Rating61% 3.099993.099993.099993.099993.09999
Shortly after the dawn of the new millennium, during construction on the London Underground, workers penetrate an underground cave. A huge dragon emerges from hibernation, incinerating the workers with its flaming breath. The only survivor is a boy, Quinn Abercromby (Ben Thornton), whose mother Karen (Alice Krige) is the construction crew chief; Karen is crushed to death while protecting Quinn as the dragon climbs to the surface. It flies out of the Underground and more dragons appear, multiplying rapidly. Shown in newspaper clippings and a voiceover, scientists discover that dragons are a lost species responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs by incinerating them and eating their ash, as well as ice ages. The dragons are speculated to hibernate after destroying most of the Earth's creatures until the planet repopulates. After the dragons' awakening humanity resists militarily, including a 2010 use of nuclear weapons; this, however, hastens the destruction and within a few years humans are nearly extinct.
True Crime
True Crime (1999)
, 2h7
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Denis Leary, James Woods, Francesca Eastwood
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.298993.298993.298993.298993.29899
Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood), an Oakland journalist recovering from alcoholism, is assigned to cover the execution of convicted murderer Frank Beechum (Isaiah Washington) following the death in a car wreck of Everett's colleague, Michelle Ziegler (Mary McCormack), who had originally been assigned to the story.
Mulholland Falls, 1h47
Directed by Lee Tamahori
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Jennifer Connelly
Roles Producer
Rating62% 3.14753.14753.14753.14753.1475
In the early 1950s, a four-man squad of unorthodox Los Angeles Police Department detectives begins throwing its weight around by tossing Jack Flynn (William L. Petersen), an organized crime figure from Chicago, off a cliff on Mulholland Drive, nicknamed "Mulholland Falls" for all the men they have thrown off it.
Wild Bill
Wild Bill (1995)
, 1h38
Directed by Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Action, Western
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane, Keith Carradine, Christina Applegate
Roles Producer
Rating57% 2.8996052.8996052.8996052.8996052.899605
A well-known lawman and scout of the 19th Century's western frontier, Wild Bill Hickok (Jeff Bridges) has drifted to Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Jack McCall (David Arquette) is a young man whose mother and family have been slighted by Bill in the past, and is out for revenge.
Clean Slate, 1h47
Directed by Mick Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Michael Gambon, Dana Carvey, Valeria Golino, Michael Murphy, Jayne Brook, James Earl Jones
Roles Producer
Rating57% 2.8514752.8514752.8514752.8514752.851475
Maurice Pogue (Carvey) has retrograde amnesia, a form of amnesia that prevents him from remembering anything that happened to him the day before. He realizes from a recording he made for himself the previous night (Sunday) – to keep himself in the know – that he's a private investigator in Los Angeles, and acquired the condition after being injured during a case. Pogue tells himself not to reveal his condition to anyone, as he's the key witness in the case against the man responsible for his amnesia. Appearing on the recording is a strange woman, Sarah Novak (Golino), who informs him she has been living under the alias Beth Holly in San Francisco, and she has come to L.A. because she is being blackmailed. The police then come to Pogue's office, and take him to what turns out to be his birthday party. He tells his friend Dolby (Jones) that he's seen Sarah, and learns from Dolby that Sarah is dead. While at the party, Pogue also meets Anthony Doover (Michael Murphy), his doctor – the only person who knows of Pogue's condition.
Rich in Love, 1h45
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Genres Drama
Actors Albert Finney, Kathryn Erbe, Jill Clayburgh, Kyle MacLachlan, Suzy Amis, Ethan Hawke
Roles Producer
Rating62% 3.101483.101483.101483.101483.10148
The Odom family lives in a large, white, Southern house in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, just off Pitt Street, looking out onto Charleston Harbor. Lucille Odom (Erbe) is nearing the end of her last year of high school when her mother, Helen Odom (Clayburgh), leaves the family, breaking all ties. Lucille is left to care for her recently retired father, Warren Odom (Finney).
Driving Miss Daisy, 1h39
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Esther Elizabeth Rolle, Patti LuPone, William Hall, Jr.
Roles Producer
Rating72% 3.6495353.6495353.6495353.6495353.649535
In 1948, Mrs. ("Miss") Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy), a 72-year-old wealthy, white, Jewish, widowed, retired school teacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for a black housemaid named Idella (Esther Rolle). When Miss Daisy wrecks her car, her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), hires Hoke Coleburn (Morgan Freeman), a black chauffeur who drove for a local judge until he recently died. Miss Daisy at first refuses to let Hoke drive her, but gradually starts to accept him.
Cocoon: The Return, 1h56
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Charles Lampkin, Jack Gilford, Maureen Stapleton
Roles Producer
Rating54% 2.72972.72972.72972.72972.7297
Five years after they left, the Antareans return to Earth to rescue the cocoons that were left behind. Before they can be retrieved, one of the cocoons is discovered by a science research team and taken to a secure laboratory for testing. The aliens and their human allies must find a way to retrieve the cocoon in time for their rendezvous with the rescue ship, while the humans travelling with them must decide whether to return to Antarea or stay on Earth and become mortal again.
Cocoon
Cocoon (1985)
, 1h53
Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Vieillesse, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films set in Atlantis
Actors Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.349223.349223.349223.349223.34922
About 10,000 years ago, peaceful aliens from the planet Antarea set up an outpost on the planet Earth, on an island later known to mankind as Atlantis. When Atlantis sank, twenty aliens were left behind, kept alive in large rock-like cocoons at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Now a group of Antareans have returned to Earth to collect them. Disguising themselves as humans, they rent a house with a swimming pool, and charge the water with "life force" to give the cocooned Antareans energy to survive the trip home. They charter a boat from a local captain named Jack (Steve Guttenberg) who helps them retrieve the cocoons. Jack likes Kitty (Tahnee Welch), a beautiful woman from the team who chartered his boat. When he spies on her while she undresses in her cabin, Jack is shocked when he discovers she is an alien. After the aliens reveal themselves to him and explain what's going on, he decides to help them.