Bill Cunningham, the renowned chronicler of fashion, once wrote of himself, “I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women…That’s all there is to it.”
That fascination abided over a long lifetime as he roamed the streets of New York on bicycle, stopping to snap candid photos of the city’s most fashionably dressed. At night he kept at it, capturing the fashion choices of New York’s elite at glittering events. His astonishing career comes into focus in the Oscar-contending documentary The Times of Bill Cunningham, directed by Mark Bozek.
“He documented everything,” Bozek tells Deadline. “He never left his place without a camera since 1966, when he covered Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball at The Plaza.”
Cunningham was deeply self-effacing. Despite himself, he became a kind of New York institution, most notably through his work for the New York Times, where he was employed from 1978 until...
That fascination abided over a long lifetime as he roamed the streets of New York on bicycle, stopping to snap candid photos of the city’s most fashionably dressed. At night he kept at it, capturing the fashion choices of New York’s elite at glittering events. His astonishing career comes into focus in the Oscar-contending documentary The Times of Bill Cunningham, directed by Mark Bozek.
“He documented everything,” Bozek tells Deadline. “He never left his place without a camera since 1966, when he covered Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball at The Plaza.”
Cunningham was deeply self-effacing. Despite himself, he became a kind of New York institution, most notably through his work for the New York Times, where he was employed from 1978 until...
- 2/4/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The indie distributor Neon is becoming the cool, popular kid in Hollywood and on the box office playground since they dominated the Oscars with the multiple Parasite wins. This weekend, the distributor, founded by Tim League and Tom Quinn, saw the return of Portrait of a Lady on Fire in theaters, while Parasite took a victory lap after winning four Oscars, upping its theater count to 2001 for the President’s Day holiday weekend.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire was previously released in New York in Los Angeles at the end of last year for a one-week awards season qualifying run. Céline Sciamma’s French period romantic drama starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel opened on 22 screens across six markets, with an estimated $440,907. It is on track for an estimated 4-day weekend cume of $633,310.
This is a strong start for the pic, which had an estimated gross of $67K in its exclusive one-week run,...
Portrait of a Lady on Fire was previously released in New York in Los Angeles at the end of last year for a one-week awards season qualifying run. Céline Sciamma’s French period romantic drama starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel opened on 22 screens across six markets, with an estimated $440,907. It is on track for an estimated 4-day weekend cume of $633,310.
This is a strong start for the pic, which had an estimated gross of $67K in its exclusive one-week run,...
- 2/16/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Cunningham on the move at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology press preview. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The last time I encountered Bill Cunningham was on the first Monday in May of 2016 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology press preview. The exhibition, organised by Andrew Bolton, Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, included the work of Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garçons), Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel), Yves Saint Laurent, Raf Simons (Christian Dior), Miuccia Prada, Pierre Cardin, Gabrielle Chanel, and Yohji Yamamoto.
Mark Bozek on Bill Cunningham: “I'd point him in one direction and suddenly he'd go 20 minutes on Diana Vreeland.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
James Crump's documentary Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco, Richard Press’s Bill Cunningham New York and Kate Novack's The Gospel According To...
The last time I encountered Bill Cunningham was on the first Monday in May of 2016 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology press preview. The exhibition, organised by Andrew Bolton, Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, included the work of Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garçons), Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel), Yves Saint Laurent, Raf Simons (Christian Dior), Miuccia Prada, Pierre Cardin, Gabrielle Chanel, and Yohji Yamamoto.
Mark Bozek on Bill Cunningham: “I'd point him in one direction and suddenly he'd go 20 minutes on Diana Vreeland.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
James Crump's documentary Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco, Richard Press’s Bill Cunningham New York and Kate Novack's The Gospel According To...
- 2/15/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The memory of Bill Cunningham will likely loom large during 2020 Fashion Month, or at least generate buzz among some of his beloved front-row fixtures, due to a new documentary about the late New York Times photographer set to open Friday (through Greenwich Entertainment). Director Mark Bozek’s film, The Times of Bill Cunningham, is the second film about the Boston-born lensman, following on from Bill Cunningham New York, the thoughtful 2010 portrait directed by Richard Press.
When Bozek set out to produce his own take on the tenacious photojournalist (who was famous for crossing Manhattan on a bicycle while clad in a ...
When Bozek set out to produce his own take on the tenacious photojournalist (who was famous for crossing Manhattan on a bicycle while clad in a ...
- 2/13/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The memory of Bill Cunningham will likely loom large during 2020 Fashion Month, or at least generate buzz among some of his beloved front-row fixtures, due to a new documentary about the late New York Times photographer set to open Friday (through Greenwich Entertainment). Director Mark Bozek’s film, The Times of Bill Cunningham, is the second film about the Boston-born lensman, following on from Bill Cunningham New York, the thoughtful 2010 portrait directed by Richard Press.
When Bozek set out to produce his own take on the tenacious photojournalist (who was famous for crossing Manhattan on a bicycle while clad in a ...
When Bozek set out to produce his own take on the tenacious photojournalist (who was famous for crossing Manhattan on a bicycle while clad in a ...
- 2/13/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The only way to last is never to let anyone really know you,” photographer Bill Cunningham wrote at the end of his memoir “Fashion Climbing,” published posthumously after his death in 2016. There was a documentary made about Cunningham in 2010 called “Bill Cunningham New York,” which followed him as he took street fashion photos for The New York Times, and now we get this new film from director Mark Bozek, which is centered on an interview Bozek did with Cunningham in 1994. Cunningham remains elusive in both of these films and in his book, and the reason for that feels fairly obvious.
Asked about romantic relationships in “Bill Cunningham New York,” Cunningham replied, “Do you want to know if I’m gay?” He deflected this question, saying it “never occurred to me.” In “The Times of Bill Cunningham,” he speaks briefly about his conservative upbringing in Boston and how his parents disapproved...
Asked about romantic relationships in “Bill Cunningham New York,” Cunningham replied, “Do you want to know if I’m gay?” He deflected this question, saying it “never occurred to me.” In “The Times of Bill Cunningham,” he speaks briefly about his conservative upbringing in Boston and how his parents disapproved...
- 2/12/2020
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
"Suddenly all the doors open, and everything I'd known I could record." Greenwich Ent. has unveiled an official trailer for a documentary called The Times of Bill Cunningham, which first premiered at the New York Film Festival last year. This is yet another great documentary about an iconic photographer - Bill Cunningham. He sadly passed away in 2016 at the age 87, but this film is based on an extensive interview he gave in 1994 discussing his entire life history and multitude of remarkable experiences around the world. Not to mention his work as a photographer and his eye as an observer of humanity. This doc is described in reviews as, "a snapshot of a life that leaves you grateful for having encountered it." There was also a biopic doc film from 2011 about him, Bill Cunningham: New York, which is a bit different from this. Have a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster...
- 12/5/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to The Times of Bill Cunningham, a documentary about the famed street and fashion photographer that is narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker. The Mark Bozek-directed film, which premiered at last year’s New York Film Festival, will now hit theaters in February 2020.
The movie features photographs chosen from more than 3 million previously unpublicized images and is told in Cunningham’s own words, culled from an unearthed 1994 interview, about a life that included living in France during the Korean War, his unique relationship with Jackie Kennedy and his four decades at the New York Times.
Cunningham was also the subject of the 2010 documentary Bill Cunningham: New York, directed by Richard Press.
“There are not many people whose lives and personality can sustain two very different but both thoroughly compelling documentaries,” said Greenwich’s Ed Arentz. “Bill Cunningham is one of those rare individuals.
The movie features photographs chosen from more than 3 million previously unpublicized images and is told in Cunningham’s own words, culled from an unearthed 1994 interview, about a life that included living in France during the Korean War, his unique relationship with Jackie Kennedy and his four decades at the New York Times.
Cunningham was also the subject of the 2010 documentary Bill Cunningham: New York, directed by Richard Press.
“There are not many people whose lives and personality can sustain two very different but both thoroughly compelling documentaries,” said Greenwich’s Ed Arentz. “Bill Cunningham is one of those rare individuals.
- 8/27/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
With Live Rocket New York, home-shopping pioneer Mark Bozek says he is creating the world’s first retail destination/TV studio that will duplicate the frenzy of product “drops” — the fashion nirvana of recent years for everybody from streetwear brands Supreme and Kith to high rollers like Louis Vuitton and Dior — for an audience tuned in on their mobile devices instead of just lined up around the block.
“I still believe very much in live television, as it relates to content, and certainly as it relates to commerce,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. “But the way ...
“I still believe very much in live television, as it relates to content, and certainly as it relates to commerce,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. “But the way ...
- 7/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The following essay was produced as part of the 2018 Nyff Critics Academy, a workshop for aspiring film critics that took place during the 56th edition of the New York Film Festival.
Photographers Richard Billingham and Bill Cunningham, across decades and continents, made themselves invisible as they captured people with their cameras. They constantly played with distances — and ideas of distancing — and that allowed their photos to develop into historical documents of their times, capable of collapsing the personal and the social, the indoor and outdoor, and — most startlingly — the private and the public.
Both artists set out on a journey of self-exploration and self-determination that is determined through a long process of photographing others, and both artists created biographies for thousands of nameless people by focusing on the intersections of history, politics, and geography. And now, both artists have inspired films that turn the camera around and do the same for them.
Photographers Richard Billingham and Bill Cunningham, across decades and continents, made themselves invisible as they captured people with their cameras. They constantly played with distances — and ideas of distancing — and that allowed their photos to develop into historical documents of their times, capable of collapsing the personal and the social, the indoor and outdoor, and — most startlingly — the private and the public.
Both artists set out on a journey of self-exploration and self-determination that is determined through a long process of photographing others, and both artists created biographies for thousands of nameless people by focusing on the intersections of history, politics, and geography. And now, both artists have inspired films that turn the camera around and do the same for them.
- 11/10/2018
- by Bedatri Datta Choudhury
- Indiewire
In “The Times of Bill Cunningham,” the late New York Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham appears before us as a blissed-out aging choirboy. He sits in his small apartment, surrounded by file cabinets jammed with his work, a geek in his element, with a shock of gray hair and two jutting front teeth that give him a big rabbity smile so eager it’s giddy — and the thing is, he means it. That antic grin lights up the room.
“The Times of Bill Cunningham” is the second documentary to be made about the Times’ legendary on-the-street photographer and shutterbug of society, and it contains a revealing story about the first, “Bill Cunningham New York.” That film was released in 2011, when Cunningham was in his early eighties (he died in 2016), and it was a profile made with his ardent approval and cooperation. So you’d assume that he might have wanted...
“The Times of Bill Cunningham” is the second documentary to be made about the Times’ legendary on-the-street photographer and shutterbug of society, and it contains a revealing story about the first, “Bill Cunningham New York.” That film was released in 2011, when Cunningham was in his early eighties (he died in 2016), and it was a profile made with his ardent approval and cooperation. So you’d assume that he might have wanted...
- 10/13/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
I was skeptical about another Bill Cunningham documentary. I mean, Richard Press’s Bill Cunningham: New York (2010) was so good, why would you even bother? Cunningham’s pretty charming, but he is, after all, a fairly insignificant figure—he was just a staff photographer for the Times, right? And indeed, the film does cover mostly the same ground as its predecessor. As an aesthetic object, admittedly, it’s not particularly imaginative. Director Mark Bozek presents us mostly with Cunningham’s voice and Cunningham’s images. And yet, surprisingly, I enjoyed and was moved by this movie more than by almost any of the other films I saw at the festival because it gave us the portrait of a vibrant human intelligence. And what should art be, other than that?The movie’s structure is simple: Bozek had interviewed Cunningham on video once back in 1994. Originally planned as just a simple ten-minute talk,...
- 10/13/2018
- MUBI
A number of great artists found their start in fashion photography, the glamor and fastidiousness of the industry attracting all sorts of imagistic visionaries. Man Ray, Stanley Kubrick, and Bruce Weber, to name a few, began there while serving as an additional creative outlet for others such as Robert Bresson and Spike Jonze. However, not all fashion photographers aspire to make moving pictures, content with the capability for the still image to, as the cliche goes, tell a thousand words. Bill Cunningham approached the craft differently, finding a modest, philosophically altruistic method to capturing his subjects. “I’m really doing this for myself. I’m stealing people’s shadows, so I don’t feel as guilty when I don’t sell them,” Cunningham attests when asked about his dislike for being paid for his photos. In Mark Bozek’s solid documentary The Times of Bill Cunningham the eponymous photographer provides intimate insight into his background,...
- 10/12/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Friday, August 24
– The Camden International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 14th edition, including opening-night selection “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead.” Morgan Neville’s documentary on Orson Welles kicks off the fest, which takes place September 13–16 and concludes with the Us premiere of the sailing drama “Maiden.”
The full slate is comprised of 37 features, 43 shorts, one episodic series, and 20 virtual-reality and immersive experiences; half of the lineup was directed or co-directed by women. Other standouts include Kahlil Hudson and Alex Jablonski’s “Young Men and Fire,” Lana Wilson’s series “The Cure for Fear,” Jane Gillooly’s “Where the Pavement Ends,” “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes,” “What Is Democracy,” “The Truth About Killer Robots,” Locarno winner “Fausto,” and Karlovy Vary winners “Walden” and “Putin’s Witnesses.” Take a look at the full slate at https://pointsnorthinstitute.org.
Wednesday, August 22
– Today Sffilm announced...
– The Camden International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 14th edition, including opening-night selection “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead.” Morgan Neville’s documentary on Orson Welles kicks off the fest, which takes place September 13–16 and concludes with the Us premiere of the sailing drama “Maiden.”
The full slate is comprised of 37 features, 43 shorts, one episodic series, and 20 virtual-reality and immersive experiences; half of the lineup was directed or co-directed by women. Other standouts include Kahlil Hudson and Alex Jablonski’s “Young Men and Fire,” Lana Wilson’s series “The Cure for Fear,” Jane Gillooly’s “Where the Pavement Ends,” “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes,” “What Is Democracy,” “The Truth About Killer Robots,” Locarno winner “Fausto,” and Karlovy Vary winners “Walden” and “Putin’s Witnesses.” Take a look at the full slate at https://pointsnorthinstitute.org.
Wednesday, August 22
– Today Sffilm announced...
- 8/24/2018
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
Jim Jarmusch, Eszter Balint, Lenny Kaye, Bill Frisell, Charlie Sexton and Marc Ribot appear in Ron Mann's Carmine Street Guitars Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the 56th New York Film Festival Spotlight on Documentary selections this afternoon. The programme includes Tom Volf's Maria By Callas; Mark Bozek's The Times Of Bill Cunningham, narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker; Charles Ferguson's Watergate with interviews of Lesley Stahl, Dan Rather, Pat Buchanan, and John Dean; Alexis Bloom's Divide And Conquer: The Story Of Roger Ailes At Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, and American Dharma directed by Errol Morris.
There are 14 documentaries in all chosen by Festival Director and Selection Committee Chair Kent Jones, Dennis Lim, Film Society of Lincoln Center Director of Programming, and Florence Almozini, Film Society of Lincoln Center Associate Director of Programming.
Tickets for the 56th New York Film...
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the 56th New York Film Festival Spotlight on Documentary selections this afternoon. The programme includes Tom Volf's Maria By Callas; Mark Bozek's The Times Of Bill Cunningham, narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker; Charles Ferguson's Watergate with interviews of Lesley Stahl, Dan Rather, Pat Buchanan, and John Dean; Alexis Bloom's Divide And Conquer: The Story Of Roger Ailes At Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, and American Dharma directed by Errol Morris.
There are 14 documentaries in all chosen by Festival Director and Selection Committee Chair Kent Jones, Dennis Lim, Film Society of Lincoln Center Director of Programming, and Florence Almozini, Film Society of Lincoln Center Associate Director of Programming.
Tickets for the 56th New York Film...
- 8/22/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Errol Morris’ look at Steve Bannon, Alexis Bloom’s dissection of Roger Ailes, and James Longley’s unflinching portrait of life in war-torn Afghanistan are just a few of the politically charged documentaries that will screen as part of this year’s New York Film Festival.
The annual gathering for cinephiles and Oscar hopefuls has unveiled the complete lineup for its Spotlight on Documentary section, and it’s filled with some of the biggest names in non-fiction filmmaking. These directors are turning their cameras not just on agitprop masters and geopolitical hotspots, they’re also highlighting artistic giants, social justice champions, and off-beat fashion photographers.
The festival, which is presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, appears to be leaning into the polarized present. The selections include “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes,” which is directed by Bloom, the filmmaker behind “Bright Lights;” “The Waldheim Waltz,” director...
The annual gathering for cinephiles and Oscar hopefuls has unveiled the complete lineup for its Spotlight on Documentary section, and it’s filled with some of the biggest names in non-fiction filmmaking. These directors are turning their cameras not just on agitprop masters and geopolitical hotspots, they’re also highlighting artistic giants, social justice champions, and off-beat fashion photographers.
The festival, which is presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, appears to be leaning into the polarized present. The selections include “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes,” which is directed by Bloom, the filmmaker behind “Bright Lights;” “The Waldheim Waltz,” director...
- 8/22/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Kat Coiro has been set to direct Here Lies Bridget, an adaptation of the Paige Harbison novel. Galgos Entertainment is putting the project together. Coiro directed Life Happens, which stars Kate Bosworth, Rachel Bilson and Krysten Ritter. That film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and opens in theaters March 30, 2012. Coiro is currently finishing up post on her second feature, While We Were Here. After narcissistic mean girl Bridget Duke crashes her car and ends up in limbo, she must confront the people she has bullied, degraded and belittled, all of whom must decide if she goes to heaven or hell. The book offers insight into the wild thoughts and actions of privileged teens. “Here Lies Bridget is a profound coming of age story wrapped in the glossy packaging of a teen comedy–think an edgy It’s A Wonderful Life meets Mean Girls,” Coiro said. “The film is deceptively deep,...
- 12/14/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Galgos Entertainment partners Russell Nuce and Mark Bozek have acquired screen rights to Here Lies Bridget, the debut novel by 21-year old author Paige Harbison. The book's being published on January 25 by Harlequin Teen. The heroine, Bridget Duke, rules her high school but when she crashes her car and ends up in limbo, she must confront the people she has wronged, all of whom want her to go to hell. The outcome of these meetings will decide her final destination. The producers are going into production on the Halle Berry-starrer Shoe Addicts Anonymous, which is based on the novel by Beth Harbison -- Paige's mother. Deal was made by the Jane Rotrosen Agency.
- 10/27/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Stepping out for a relaxing afternoon, Halle Berry was spotted grabbing lunch in West Hollywood yesterday (July 22).
The “Monster’s Ball” actress was joined by two assistants as she hit up Toast for a delicious lunch appointment.
In related news, Halle is gearing up to begin shooting a new film called “Shoe Addicts Anonymous,” an adaptation of the Beth Harbison novel.
Producer Mark Bozek told press, “Halle related to it. She gets all these serious parts and said, ‘Nobody thinks of me as a comedic actress’ but she’s really funny. She also loves shoes.”...
The “Monster’s Ball” actress was joined by two assistants as she hit up Toast for a delicious lunch appointment.
In related news, Halle is gearing up to begin shooting a new film called “Shoe Addicts Anonymous,” an adaptation of the Beth Harbison novel.
Producer Mark Bozek told press, “Halle related to it. She gets all these serious parts and said, ‘Nobody thinks of me as a comedic actress’ but she’s really funny. She also loves shoes.”...
- 7/23/2010
- GossipCenter
Halle Berry has joined the ensemble comedy "Shoe Addicts Anonymous" for Galgos Entertainment and Parallel Media reports Deadline.
An adaptation of Beth Harbison's bestselling novel, the story looks at the lives of four Chicago women from different ethnic backgrounds, bonded by their shoe addiction and the fact they wear the same size.
The quartet form a support group, a bond that eventually goes beyond footwear. Berry will play an agoraphobe who feeds her addiction with online footwear purchases.
Paul Weiland ("Made of Honor," "Mr. Bean") directs from a script by Kristen Buckley & Brian Regan ("How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days"). Russell Nuce, Mark Bozek, Raymond Markovich and Arcadiy Golubovich will produce.
An adaptation of Beth Harbison's bestselling novel, the story looks at the lives of four Chicago women from different ethnic backgrounds, bonded by their shoe addiction and the fact they wear the same size.
The quartet form a support group, a bond that eventually goes beyond footwear. Berry will play an agoraphobe who feeds her addiction with online footwear purchases.
Paul Weiland ("Made of Honor," "Mr. Bean") directs from a script by Kristen Buckley & Brian Regan ("How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days"). Russell Nuce, Mark Bozek, Raymond Markovich and Arcadiy Golubovich will produce.
- 7/22/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer have teamed up to adapt Augusten Burroughs novel SelleVision for NBC. The Pushing Daisies creator is to write the project, while the X-Men filmmaker will direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The one-hour comedy programme will centre on the behind-the-scenes happenings at a home shopping network. The pair will executive produce the show with Galgos Entertainment's Russell Nuce and Mark Bozek. The latter was the former CEO of Home Shopping Network, prior to starting the production company. "It's a very insular, highly competitive world with people living in it 24/7 (more)...
- 9/11/2009
- by By Tim Parks
- Digital Spy
Welcome to your Thursday morning television briefing. Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello is reporting that Ed Norton will guest star on an upcoming episode of ABC's new comedy series Modern Family. Norton will play "the bassist of a famous band whom Claire (Julie Bowen) hires as an anniversary surprise for husband Phil (Ty Burrell)," writes Ausiello. His episode is slated to air in November. (Entertainment Weekly's Ausiello Files) Pushing Daisies' Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer are teaming up to develop SelleVision, a comedic one-hour adaptation of Augusten Burrough's novel, which is set behind the scenes at a home shopping network. Fuller will write the pilot script while Singer is attached to direct; both will executive produce with Mark Bozek and Russell Nuce. Universal Media Studio is behind the adaptation. "We were all big fans of Augusten and the book, and we all got along great," Fuller told Variety. "So we...
- 9/10/2009
- by Jace
- Televisionary
NBC is sold on a pair of Bryans: The Peacock has partnered with Bryan Singer and Pushing Daisies' Bryan Fuller to adapt Augusten Burroughs' Sellevision into a series.
The one-hour dramedy, to be written by Fuller and directed by Singer, will focus on the inner workings of a fictional home shopping network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Singer and Fuller will executive-produce the project with Galgos Entertainment's Russell Nuce and Mark Bozek. A former CEO of the Home Shopping Network and QVC, Bozek had originally planned ...
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The one-hour dramedy, to be written by Fuller and directed by Singer, will focus on the inner workings of a fictional home shopping network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Singer and Fuller will executive-produce the project with Galgos Entertainment's Russell Nuce and Mark Bozek. A former CEO of the Home Shopping Network and QVC, Bozek had originally planned ...
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- 9/10/2009
- by Joyce Eng
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Heroes producer Bryan Fuller and X-Men/Superman Returns director Bryan Singer are working on a one-hour comedy series for NBC to consider picking up. The show is called SelleVision and is being adapted from a novel written by Augusten Burroughs. Fuller is writing the pilot script and Singer is attached to direct it.
The show follows the on-air and off-air employees of a fictional 24/7 home shopping channel like QVC. The characters are high strung, type A people who live, breathe and sleep personality driven sales.
Fuller found out that the rights to Burroughs novel were available after his ABC series Pushing Daisies got the axe last season. He has a deal at NBC and SelleVision is the second of two concepts the network is considering; the other is a half-hour comedy show called No-Kill set at an animal shelter.
Singer is a producer on Fox's House so this TV land adventure isn't new for him.
The show follows the on-air and off-air employees of a fictional 24/7 home shopping channel like QVC. The characters are high strung, type A people who live, breathe and sleep personality driven sales.
Fuller found out that the rights to Burroughs novel were available after his ABC series Pushing Daisies got the axe last season. He has a deal at NBC and SelleVision is the second of two concepts the network is considering; the other is a half-hour comedy show called No-Kill set at an animal shelter.
Singer is a producer on Fox's House so this TV land adventure isn't new for him.
- 9/10/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
NBC is teaming with Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer for "SelleVision," a comedic one-hour set behind the scenes of a home-shopping cable channel.
Fuller is writing the project, based on Augusten Burroughs' novel. Singer is on board to direct. The two will executive produce with Galgos Entertainment's Mark Bozek and Russell Nuce.
Jason Taylor at Singer's Bad Hat Harry banner will produce.
For Fuller, "SelleVision" is one of two scripts he has set up at NBC through his two-year overall deal at Universal Media Studios. He also has "No Kill," a workplace comedy set in a no-kill animal shelter, that he is exec producing with Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun.
Before forming Galgos with wife Susan and Nuce four years ago, Bozek was CEO for the Home Shopping Network as part of a 10-year stint at Hsn and rival home-shopping giant QVC. He always felt the arena of...
Fuller is writing the project, based on Augusten Burroughs' novel. Singer is on board to direct. The two will executive produce with Galgos Entertainment's Mark Bozek and Russell Nuce.
Jason Taylor at Singer's Bad Hat Harry banner will produce.
For Fuller, "SelleVision" is one of two scripts he has set up at NBC through his two-year overall deal at Universal Media Studios. He also has "No Kill," a workplace comedy set in a no-kill animal shelter, that he is exec producing with Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun.
Before forming Galgos with wife Susan and Nuce four years ago, Bozek was CEO for the Home Shopping Network as part of a 10-year stint at Hsn and rival home-shopping giant QVC. He always felt the arena of...
- 9/9/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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