Movies and TvShows featuring "film-maker" theme.

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four is a documentary film that explores the production and subsequent shelving of the unreleased 1994 superhero film, The Fantastic Four, directed by Roger Corman. The documentary delves into the behind-the-scenes drama and the impact it had on the cast and crew involved.

In pre-war Paris, two sisters who work as mediums are hired by a film director to investigate a case of paranormal activity. As they delve deeper into the investigation, they uncover dark secrets and face personal challenges that test their bond and beliefs. The film explores themes of loss, sisterhood, and the blurred line between reality and illusion.

Returning to Paris after exile from Hollywood, Judith is intent of making a comeback with a new movie. However, her 16-year-old daughter falls in love with her much older dance teacher and Judith is forced to deal with personal ambition, maternal anxiety and the demons of her past with humor and disillusion.

Seduced and Abandoned is a documentary that delves into the world of film-making, specifically focusing on the challenges and realities faced by filmmakers at the Cannes Film Festival. It explores the struggles of financing, casting, and the overall seductive nature of the industry.

This documentary explores the life and career of Albert Brooks, featuring interviews with Sharon Stone, Larry David, James L Brooks, Conan O'Brien, Sarah Silverman, and Jonah Hill.

Godard's Passion follows a filmmaker's journey through the process of creating a film, delving into themes of purity, disillusionment, and human behavior. It explores the dynamics between the director, actors, and technicians as they work on a project without a script. Along the way, the filmmaker encounters a German actress, a factory owner, and a couple with contrasting personalities. Through this exploration, Godard's Passion raises questions about communication, memory, and the culture of filmmaking.

Explore David Lynch's enduring obsession with The Wizard of Oz through this documentary that delves into the Technicolor through-line in Lynch's work.

Francesca and her husband, Martin, are dreamers. They live a carefree existence oblivious to the increasingly hostile world closing in on them. Their huge Parisian apartment is a refuge for an array of colorful characters in need of a roof over their heads and in particular for Adrien, a filmmaker who turns their home into his office, studio and love-nest. When their mean landlady tries to evict them all and Martin succumbs to the charms of a beautiful vamp, Francesca comes up with some original and entertaining solutions in the defense of her and everybody else's happiness.

A week-long glimpse into the wretched existence of Ripa, a long-haired, hard-drinking lug. He is also a filmmaker-wannabee, whose last two projects were condemned for their sex and violence. A Parasite Deluxe, who barely recalls his previous night, Ripa cruises the bars and meets bank-teller Tiina.

King of Horror, legendary actor, scriptwriter and director, Paul Naschy is regarded as the Spanish Lon Chaney and the most prolific filmmaker dedicated to the fantastic cinema in Spain.

Documentary taking a look at the making of the controversial 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave.

A Paris Education follows a young film student who moves to Paris to attend film school. As he enters a new world of parties, relationships, and filmmaking, he must navigate the complexities of love, friendship, and self-discovery. Along the way, he experiences a long-distance relationship, cheating, and the loss of a friend, ultimately shaping his coming-of-age journey.

Shock Value is a thrilling horror-comedy that follows a young filmmaker as he embarks on making a movie about a serial killer. However, things take a dark turn when he becomes the prime suspect in a series of real-life murders. As he desperately tries to clear his name, he discovers a web of deception and a psychopathic killer lurking in the shadows.

An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film contains excerpts and commentary on several Herzog films, including Signs of Life, Heart of Glass, Fata Morgana, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, Fitzcarraldo, and the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams. Notable is footage of a conversation between Herzog and his mentor Lotte Eisner, a photographer. In another section, he talks with mountaineer Reinhold Messner, in which they discuss a potential film project in the Himalayas to star Klaus Kinski.

2020 marks 100 years since the birth of Federico Fellini, the most prominent Italian director and one of the symbols of the insuperable cinematic heyday of mid-20th century. Fellini had always been a mysterious director, not only in his cryptic symbolism but also in his idiosyncratic, excessive mixture of psychoanalysis, Catholicism and faith in the mysterious. In this documentary, his relationship with the paranormal, luck and fate, alongside the coexistence of organized discourse and transcendence to the imaginary, is examined via friends, collaborators and distinguished fans (Friedkin, Gilliam, Chazelle). A great testimony to why rationalists and ideologists have a hard time with his work, ‘Fellini and the Spirits’ is an appropriate yet unexpected tribute.

The White City tells the story of an emotionally charged love triangle set in the hot political climate of modern Tel Aviv. A young couple take a winter break in Tel Aviv as an opportunity to exercise their creativity. But while Eva writes poetry and parties with friends, Kyle works on a film which expresses his own confused sexuality with Avi, a young ex-soldier; drawing Avi further into the couple’s complex relationship. The White City presents a new slant on the love triangle genre, with the backdrop of Tel Aviv as a cultural counterpoint to the American couple’s life. Cambridge Film Festival 2014 (http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/films/2014/the-white-city)

During a bizarre chapter of WWII, Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels decided to make a movie based on the sinking of the Titanic. This epic film was so large in scale that the Nazis were forced to divert men, material and ships from the war effort in order to complete it. Titanic was filmed aboard cruise ship SS Cap Arcona in the Baltic Sea. The movie’s director Herbert Selpin was arrested by the Gestapo over comments he made about the ship’s crew and he was questioned by Goebbels. Selpin was found dead the next day in his cell. The Gestapo’s verdict was suicide. Titanic never received the impressive premiere that Goebbels intended, being first shown in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1943. We reveal this little known but fascinating story by looking at the making of the film, as well as the fate of the German ship Cap Arcona.

Lorenzo is a seemingly ordinary man who records everything with his camera. His recordings show his life and his addiction to the most horrendous violence. Is Lorenzo just a man? A monster? Both? This film is an analysis of human evil through the eyes of a monstrous being.

Curtiz (2018) is a biographical drama film that portrays the life of the acclaimed filmmaker Michael Curtiz. Set in the 1940s during World War II, the movie delves into his struggles in the movie business, his complicated love triangle, and the impact of war propaganda on his filmmaking. The film offers a captivating portrayal of Curtiz as a director and artist, exploring his relationships with his co-workers and his daughter.

THE WILD WORLD OF TED V. MIKELS, a new documentary by Kevin Sean Michaels (no blood relation to Ted, but the same spirit), is a rollicking look at the independent cinema and film pioneering of Ted V. Mikels, who has been producing films for over 60 years. Way before limited-budget action films became termed as "grindhouse," Ted was wowing audiences with his own special brand of guts, gore, humor, violence and most of all -- style. THE CORPSE GRINDERS 1 + 2, THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES, 10 VIOLENT WOMEN, MISSION: KILLFAST, THE BLACK KLANSMAN, THE DOLL SQUAD, THE WORM EATERS and GIRL IN GOLD BOOTS are some of Ted's films that have made their cinematic mark.