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David Valdes is a Actor, Producer and First Assistant Director American born on 12 august 1950
David Valdes, né le 12 août 1950 à Los Angeles, est un producteur de cinéma américain.
Valdes commence à évoluer dans le domaine du cinéma comme assistant réalisateur sur plusieurs films où évolue l'acteur Clint Eastwoodcomme Ça va cogner, Le Retour de l'inspecteur Harry ou encore Haut les flingues !. Il se lance dans la production avec la série Le Cavalier solitaire en 1985 comme producteur associé avant d'être producteur d'un film, en 1987, avec Mon Père c'est moi.
Dans les années 1990, il continue de travailler avec Eastwood au niveau de la production de ses films comme L'inspecteur Harry est la dernière cible, Impitoyable et Dans la ligne de mire. En 1999, il produit La Ligne verte. Le film sera nommé lors de la 72e cérémonie des Oscars, pour l'Oscar du meilleur film, mais ne remporte pas la précieuse statuette.
Il continue de produire diverses productions comme La Machine à explorer le temps, L'Assassinat de Jesse James par le lâche Robert Ford et Babylon A.D..
(2019)
(Executive Producer)
(1999)
(Producer)
(1993)
(Executive Producer)
(1992)
(Production Manager)
(2010)
(Producer)
(2011)
(Executive Producer)
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David Valdes, né le 12 août 1950 à Los Angeles, est un producteur de cinéma américain.
Valdes commence à évoluer dans le domaine du cinéma comme assistant réalisateur sur plusieurs films où évolue l'acteur Clint Eastwoodcomme Ça va cogner, Le Retour de l'inspecteur Harry ou encore Haut les flingues !. Il se lance dans la production avec la série Le Cavalier solitaire en 1985 comme producteur associé avant d'être producteur d'un film, en 1987, avec Mon Père c'est moi.
Dans les années 1990, il continue de travailler avec Eastwood au niveau de la production de ses films comme L'inspecteur Harry est la dernière cible, Impitoyable et Dans la ligne de mire. En 1999, il produit La Ligne verte. Le film sera nommé lors de la 72e cérémonie des Oscars, pour l'Oscar du meilleur film, mais ne remporte pas la précieuse statuette.
Il continue de produire diverses productions comme La Machine à explorer le temps, L'Assassinat de Jesse James par le lâche Robert Ford et Babylon A.D..
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(2019)(Executive Producer)
(1999)(Producer)
(1993)(Executive Producer)
(1992)(Production Manager)
(2010)(Producer)
(2011)(Executive Producer)
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Tightrope (1984)
, 1h55Directed by Clint Eastwood, Richard Tuggle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime, Erotic thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Films about psychiatry, Erotic thriller films
Actors Geneviève Bujold, Clint Eastwood, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood, Jenny Beck, Rod Masterson
Roles Manes
Rating62%
A young woman walking home from her birthday party is stalked by a man in distinctive sneakers. After she drops one of her presents, a police officer offers to escort her to her front door. The camera reveals that the policeman is wearing the same sneakers as the stalker.
Producer
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Directed by James Cameron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, CCH Pounder, Sigourney Weaver
Roles Unit Production Manager
Rating75%
L'intrigue se déroulera dix ans après la destruction de l'arbre-maison.
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
, 2h2Directed by Robert Rodríguez
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Cyberpunk films, Children's films, Anticipation
Actors Rosa Bianca Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Ed Skrein, Mahershala Ali, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley
Roles Executive Producer
Rating72%
L'an 2563, 300 ans après que la Terre a connu une catastrophe appelée "l'effondrement" consécutive à une guerre contre Mars. Dans la ville d'Iron City infestée par le crime, le Dr Dyson Ido, médecin spécialisé dans les augmentations biomécaniques, cherche des pièces détachées dans une décharge à ciel ouvert venant de Zalem, dernière cité céleste de la planète, surplombant Iron City, et où chacun rêve d'aller. Ido trouve le corps d'une cyborg en piteux état. Il va alors la ramener dans sa clinique pour la réparer. La jeune cyborg se réveille, réparée mais amnésique. Le docteur Ido la rebaptise Alita (du prénom de sa fille décédée) et lui fait découvrir le monde dans lequel ils survivent. Mais Alita se découvre des réflexes combatifs et une force surhumaine, veut toujours en savoir plus et aller plus loin. Elle fait la connaissance d'Hugo, un jeune revendeur de pièces détachées auquel elle se lie rapidement. Alita va tenter de comprendre qui elle est réellement et d'où elle vient. Elle croise la route du terrible Vector, qui contrôle les matches du sport ultra-populaire de la ville, le Motorball.
Point Break (2015)
, 1h54Origin Chine
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Surfing films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escalade, Escroquerie
Actors Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Ray Winstone, Judah Lewis, Tobias Santelmann
Roles Producer
Rating53%
Johnny « Utah » est un athlète de l'extrême. Lors d'un run à moto-cross pour l'un de ses sponsors, son meilleur ami Jeff décède après une cascade ratée. Johnny s'en veut terriblement et quitte tout cet univers. Sept ans plus tard, Johnny postule au sein du FBI pour devenir agent fédéral. Il entend alors parler d'une équipe de braqueurs bien particuliers. Ces derniers ont dévalisé un stock de diamants à Bombay en s'échappant en parachute. Au Mexique, ils dérobent dans un avion un stock de billets qu'is relâchent dans le ciel au Mexique, avant de disparaitre en chute libre directement dans le gouffre des Hirondelles. Johnny sent qu'il peut les appréhender, même s'il n'est alors toujours pas officiellement un agent fédéral. Johnny va alors tenter d'en savoir plus sur ces braqueurs de l'extrême. Il va alors rencontrer le mystérieux et charismatique Bodhi.
Transcendence (2014)
, 1h59Directed by Wally Pfister
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about computing, Films set in the future, Sécurité informatique, Cyberpunk films
Actors Rebecca Hall, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy
Roles Producer
Rating61%
Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is a scientist who researches the nature of death and sentience, including artificial intelligence. He and his team work to create a sentient computer; he predicts that such a computer will create a technological singularity, or in his words "Transcendence". His wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) is also a scientist and helps him with his work.
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
, 2h4Directed by Richard LaGravenese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, Emmy Rossum, Thomas Mann
Roles Producer
Rating60%
In Gatlin, South Carolina, Ethan Wate awakens from a recurring dream of a girl he does not know. In voice-over narration, he describes his enjoyment of reading banned books, his despair of his small-town existence, and his dreams of leaving for college. Arriving for his first day of junior year, Ethan notices newcomer Lena Duchannes, who resembles the girl he has been dreaming about. The other students do not take kindly to her and spread gossip regarding Lena's reclusive uncle, Macon Ravenwood, and suggest that her family includes devil worshippers. Overhearing these whispers, Lena tenses, and the classroom windows shatter, amplifying the fears and suspicions of the class and the townspeople at large that she is a witch.
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
, 1h49Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen, Madeline Carroll, Kenan Thompson, Emma Fuhrmann, Kevin Pollak
Roles Producer
Rating69%
Monte Wildhorn (Freeman) is a famous Western novelist whose struggle with alcoholism has sapped his passion for writing. He takes a lakeside cabin for the summer in picturesque Belle Isle, and befriends the family next door—an attractive single mother (Madsen) and her young daughters who help him find inspiration again.
I Am Number Four (2011)
, 1h49Directed by D.J. Caruso
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films based on science fiction novels, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about school violence
Actors Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Callan McAuliffe, Kevin Durand
Roles Executive Producer
Rating61%
John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) is an alien from the planet Lorien. He was sent to Earth as a child with eight others to escape the invading Mogadorians, who destroyed Lorien. Here, John is protected by a Cepan, or guardian, Henri (Timothy Olyphant). Together, they live in a beach-side bungalow in Florida.
The Book of Eli (2010)
, 1h58Directed by Albert et Allen Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Films about disabilities, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, La cécité, Disaster films
Actors Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Frances de la Tour
Roles Producer
Rating67%
Thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, Eli (Denzel Washington) travels on foot toward the west coast of the former United States. Along the way he demonstrates uncanny survival and fighting skills, hunting wildlife and swiftly defeating a group of desert bandits who try to ambush him. Searching for water, he arrives in a ramshackle town rebuilt and overseen by Carnegie (Gary Oldman). Carnegie dreams of building more towns and of controlling the people by using the power of a certain book. His henchmen scour the desolate landscape daily in search of it, but to no avail.
Babylon A.D. (2008)
, 1h41Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Transport films, Motocyclette, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Children's films
Actors Vin Diesel, Mélanie Thierry, Michelle Yeoh, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong, Charlotte Rampling
Roles Executive producer
Rating55%
In the near future, a mercenary named Toorop (Vin Diesel) accepts a contract from a Russian mobster, Gorsky (Gérard Depardieu), who instructs him to bring a young woman known only as Aurora (Mélanie Thierry) to New York City. In order to reach this goal, Gorsky gives Toorop a variety of weapons as well as a UN passport that has to be injected under the skin of the neck. Toorop, along with the girl and her guardian nun Sister Rebeka (Michelle Yeoh), travels from the Noelite Convent in Mongolia to reach New York via Russia.
, 2h39Directed by Andrew Dominik
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Western
Themes Assassinat, Films about families, Jesse James, Gangster films
Actors Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Shepard, Jeremy Lee Renner, Ted Levine
Roles Unit Production Manager
Rating74%
Young, starstruck Robert Ford (Casey Affleck) seeks out Jesse James (Brad Pitt) when the James gang is planning a train robbery in Blue Cut, Missouri, making unsuccessful attempts to join the gang with the help of his older brother Charley (Sam Rockwell), already a member. The train turns out to be carrying only a fraction of the money originally thought, and Frank James (Sam Shepard) tells Charley Ford that this robbery would be the last the James brothers would commit, and that the gang "gave up their nightridin' for good." Jesse returns home to Kansas City, bringing the Fords, Dick Liddil (Paul Schneider) and his cousin, Wood Hite (Jeremy Renner). Jesse sends Charley, Wood and Dick away, but insists that Bob stay. He wanted the younger man just for his help in moving furniture to a new home in St. Joseph. Bob becomes more admiring of James before being sent back to his sister's farmhouse, where he rejoins his brother Charley, Hite, and Liddil.
Open Range (2003)
, 2h19Directed by Kevin Costner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Robert Duvall, Annette Bening, Kevin Costner, Michael Gambon, Michael Jeter, Diego Luna
Roles Producer
Rating73%
The film is set in 1882. "Boss" Spearman (Duvall) is an open range cattleman, who, with hired hands Charley (Costner), Mose (Benrubi) and Button (Luna), is driving a herd cross country. Charley is a former soldier who fought in the Civil War and feels guilty over his past as a killer.
The Time Machine (2002)
, 1h36Directed by Gore Verbinski, Simon Wells
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Steampunk films, Alternate history films, Impact events in fiction, Disaster films
Actors Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Mark Addy, Sienna Guillory, Phyllida Law, Alan Young
Roles Producer
Rating60%
In the year 1899, Dr. Alexander Hartdegen (Guy Pearce) is a moderately young inventor teaching at Columbia University in New York City. Unlike his conservative friend David Philby (Mark Addy), Alexander would rather do pure research than work in the world of business. After a mugger kills his fiancée, Emma, he devotes himself to building a time machine that will allow him to travel back in time and save her. When he completes the machine four years later, he travels back to 1899 and prevents her murder, only to see her killed by a horse and buggy.
The Green Mile (1999)
, 3h8Directed by Frank Darabont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Prison films, Films about psychiatry, Films about capital punishment
Actors Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell, Graham Greene
Roles Producer
Rating85%
In a Louisiana nursing home in 1999, Paul Edgecomb becomes nervous while watching the 1935 film Top Hat. He is with his elderly friend Elaine, who becomes concerned, and Paul tells her that the film reminded him of his past, when he was a prison officer in charge of death row inmates at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary during the summer of 1935. The scene shifts to 1935, where Paul works with fellow guards Brutus "Brutal" Howell, Harry Terwilliger, and Dean Stanton. Unlike the other guards, Paul is a very calm guard and is sympathetic with some inmates.
Turbulence (1997)
, 1h40Directed by Robert Butler
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes La fin du monde, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Héctor Elizondo, Rachel Ticotin, Catherine Hicks, Jeffrey DeMunn
Roles Producer
Rating50%
After Ryan Weaver is arrested for a murder that he says he did not commit, he must be transported to Los Angeles to face trial. He and another prisoner are escorted by four air marshals on a Boeing 747 on a commercial flight. Even though it is Christmas Eve, the 747 is nearly empty, with only 11 people on board. The entire cabin is highly decorated with Christmas trees and other decorations.