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Melissa Mathison is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Co-Producer American born on 3 june 1950 at Los Angeles (USA)
Melissa Marie Mathison (born June 3, 1950) is an American film and television screenwriter.
Le père de Mélissa Mathison (née Melissa Marie Mathison) est le journaliste Richard Randolph Mathison, sa mère était Margaret Jean "Pegeen" (née Kieffer).
Mélissa Mathison étudie les sciences politiques à l'université de Californie à Berkeley mais abandonne en cours de route pour travailler comme assistante du réalisateur Francis Ford Coppola, un ami de sa famille. Sur les conseils de Coppola, elle rédige son premier scénario, celui du film The Black Stallion.
Vie privée
Le 14 mars 1983, elle épouse l'acteur Harrison Ford avec lequel elle a un fils, Malcolm, né le 10 mars 1987, et une fille, Georgia, née le 30 juin 1990. Ils divorcent après plus de 20 ans de mariage, le 6 janvier 2004. Ce divorce est l'un des plus coûteux de Hollywood.
Rencontres avec le dalaï-lama
En 1990, à Santa Barbara, alors qu'elle écrit le scénario de Kundun, elle rencontre pour la première fois le dalaï-lama et le revoit ultérieurement à plusieurs reprises lors d'autres visites à Santa Barbara et en Inde pour bénéficier de ses conseils sur le film et se lie avec lui d'une amitié durable. La lecture du scénario par le réalisateur Martin Scorsese, jointe à sa rencontre avec Richard Gere en 1992, convainquent Scorsese d'accepter la proposition de son agent Jay Maloney de réaliser ce film sur la vie du dalaï-lama, qu'il rencontrera plusieurs fois, après lui avoir été présenté par Mathison.
Séjour au Tibet et engagement militant
En 1992, avec Harrison Ford, elle visite le Tibet sous la conduite du guide Gendun Rinchen. Un an plus tard, celui-ci est arrêté et détenu pour avoir tenté de fournir des informations sur les droits de l'homme au Tibet à une délégation étrangère. Harrison Ford et Melissa Mathison jouent un rôle dans la campagne pour sa libération (il est relâché au bout de huit mois), notamment en appelant à sa libération sur la BBC World Service en juin 1993 et en publiant en septembre la même année dans le New York Times un article d'opinion intitulé Where is Gendun Rinchen? et signé par Melissa Mathison.
Continuant à militer pour ce qu'elle appelle l'autonomie tibétaine, Melissa Mathison devient membre en 1995 du conseil d'administration de l'International Campaign for Tibet.
Après qu'Harrison Ford et Melissa Mathison aient témoigné devant le Comité des affaires étrangères du Sénat des États-Unis et le Sous-comité pour l'Asie et le Pacifique le 7 septembre 1997 pour attirer l'attention sur la situation au Tibet, ils se voient tous deux interdits d'entrer en Chine indéfiniment à l'instar d'autres célébrités d'Hollywood dont Richard Gere.
Décès
Melissa Mathison est morte le 4 novembre 2015 à la suite de complications dues à un cancer neuroendocrinien.
(1982)
(Scriptwriter)
(2008)
(Scriptwriter)
(1979)
(Executive Assistant)
(1979)
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Birth name Melissa Marie Mathison
Nationality USA
Birth 3 june 1950 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 4 november 2015 (at 65 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 3 june 1950 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 4 november 2015 (at 65 years)
Biography
Jeunesse et formationLe père de Mélissa Mathison (née Melissa Marie Mathison) est le journaliste Richard Randolph Mathison, sa mère était Margaret Jean "Pegeen" (née Kieffer).
Mélissa Mathison étudie les sciences politiques à l'université de Californie à Berkeley mais abandonne en cours de route pour travailler comme assistante du réalisateur Francis Ford Coppola, un ami de sa famille. Sur les conseils de Coppola, elle rédige son premier scénario, celui du film The Black Stallion.
Vie privée
Le 14 mars 1983, elle épouse l'acteur Harrison Ford avec lequel elle a un fils, Malcolm, né le 10 mars 1987, et une fille, Georgia, née le 30 juin 1990. Ils divorcent après plus de 20 ans de mariage, le 6 janvier 2004. Ce divorce est l'un des plus coûteux de Hollywood.
Rencontres avec le dalaï-lama
En 1990, à Santa Barbara, alors qu'elle écrit le scénario de Kundun, elle rencontre pour la première fois le dalaï-lama et le revoit ultérieurement à plusieurs reprises lors d'autres visites à Santa Barbara et en Inde pour bénéficier de ses conseils sur le film et se lie avec lui d'une amitié durable. La lecture du scénario par le réalisateur Martin Scorsese, jointe à sa rencontre avec Richard Gere en 1992, convainquent Scorsese d'accepter la proposition de son agent Jay Maloney de réaliser ce film sur la vie du dalaï-lama, qu'il rencontrera plusieurs fois, après lui avoir été présenté par Mathison.
Séjour au Tibet et engagement militant
En 1992, avec Harrison Ford, elle visite le Tibet sous la conduite du guide Gendun Rinchen. Un an plus tard, celui-ci est arrêté et détenu pour avoir tenté de fournir des informations sur les droits de l'homme au Tibet à une délégation étrangère. Harrison Ford et Melissa Mathison jouent un rôle dans la campagne pour sa libération (il est relâché au bout de huit mois), notamment en appelant à sa libération sur la BBC World Service en juin 1993 et en publiant en septembre la même année dans le New York Times un article d'opinion intitulé Where is Gendun Rinchen? et signé par Melissa Mathison.
Continuant à militer pour ce qu'elle appelle l'autonomie tibétaine, Melissa Mathison devient membre en 1995 du conseil d'administration de l'International Campaign for Tibet.
Après qu'Harrison Ford et Melissa Mathison aient témoigné devant le Comité des affaires étrangères du Sénat des États-Unis et le Sous-comité pour l'Asie et le Pacifique le 7 septembre 1997 pour attirer l'attention sur la situation au Tibet, ils se voient tous deux interdits d'entrer en Chine indéfiniment à l'instar d'autres célébrités d'Hollywood dont Richard Gere.
Décès
Melissa Mathison est morte le 4 novembre 2015 à la suite de complications dues à un cancer neuroendocrinien.
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Spielberg (2017)
, 2h20Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Richard Dreyfuss, Francis Ford Coppola, Tom Hanks, J. J. Abrams
Roles Self
Rating76%
Ce documentaire, qui comprend des entretiens avec Steven Spielberg, nous raconte la carrière longue de 50 ans du réalisateur et nous donne un aperçu de la part de ses proches notamment J.J. Abrams, Christian Bale, Drew Barrymore, Cate Blanchett, Francis Ford Coppola, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Brian de Palma, Laura Dern, Leonardo DiCaprio, Richard Dreyfuss, Ralph Fiennes, Harrison Ford, David Geffen, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Holly Hunter, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Ben Kingsley, Kathleen Kennedy, George Lucas, Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese, Oprah Winfrey et Robert Zemeckis
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
, 1h55Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Erika Eleniak, Debra Winger
Roles Elliot's School Nurse (uncredited)
Rating78%
In a California forest, a group of alien botanists collect flora samples. When government agents appear on the scene, they flee in their spaceship, leaving one of their own behind in their haste. The scene shifts to a suburban home, where a 10-year-old boy named Elliott is trying to spend time with his 15-year-old brother, Michael, and his friends. As he returns from picking up a pizza, he discovers that something is hiding in their tool shed. The creature promptly flees upon being discovered. Despite his family's disbelief, he leaves Reese's Pieces candy to lure it to his bedroom. Before he goes to sleep, he realizes it is imitating his movements. He feigns illness the next morning to stay home from school and play with it. Later that day, Michael and their five-year-old sister, Gertie, meet it. They decide to keep it hidden from their mother, Mary. When they ask it about its origin, it levitates several balls to represent its solar system and then demonstrates its powers by reviving a dead chrysanthemum.
Scriptwriter
The BFG (2016)
, 1h57Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Rebecca Hall, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement
Rating62%
Tells the story of Sophie (Ruby Barnhill), the Queen of England (Penelope Wilton) and The Big Friendly Giant (Mark Rylance) who set out on an adventure to capture the evil, man-eating giants who have been invading the human world.
Ponyo (2008)
, 1h40Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Mermaids in film, Political films, Children's films
Actors Tomoko Yamaguchis, Yūki Amami, George Tokoro, Rumi Hiiragi, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tomoko Naraoka
Rating76%
Brunhilde is a fish-girl who lives with her father Fujimoto, a once-human wizard/scientist who now lives underwater, along with her numerous smaller sisters. One day, while she and her siblings are on an outing with their father in his four-flippered submarine, Brunhilde sneaks off and floats away on the back of a jellyfish. After an encounter with a fishing trawler (the net of which is scraping the trash-strewn bottom of the harbor), she ends up stuck in a glass jar. She drifts to the shore of a small fishing town and is found and rescued by a small boy named Sōsuke. Shattering the jar open with a nearby rock, Sōsuke cuts his finger in the process. Brunhilde licks his wound when he picks her up and the wound heals almost instantly, much to his surprise. After taking a great liking to her, and thinking her merely a goldfish, Sōsuke renames her Ponyo and promises to protect her forever. Meanwhile, a distraught Fujimoto searches frantically for his taken daughter. Because of his own bad memories of the human world, he believes that Sōsuke has kidnapped her and is in great danger, he calls his wave spirits to recover her. After the wave spirits retrieve Ponyo from Sōsuke, he is heartbroken. He goes home with his mother, Lisa, who tries to cheer him up, to no avail.
Young Black Stallion (2003)
, 48minutesDirected by Simon Wincer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Richard Romanus, Gérard Rudolf
Rating54%
The film follows the adventures of Shetan, a young black Arabian colt. After a band of robbers separates a young Arabian girl named Neera (Biana Tamini) from her father, she finds herself alone in the desert. Before too long, a mysterious black colt comes to her rescue. The two quickly form a special bond, and the horse returns Neera to her grandfather. Once Neera is back home, the stallion disappears.
Kundun (1998)
, 2h14Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about children, Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Films about Buddhism
Actors Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Kim Chan, Ken Leung
Rating69%
The film has a straightforward chronology with events spanning from 1937 to 1959; the setting is Tibet, except for brief sequences in China and India. It begins with the search for the 14th mindstream emanation of the Dalai Lama. After a vision by Reting Rinpoche (the regent of Tibet) several lamas disguised as servants discover a promising candidate: a child born to a farming family in the province of Amdo, near the Chinese border.
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
, 1h32Directed by Frank Oz
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Jeu, Films about toys, Children's films
Actors Hal Scardino, Litefoot, David Keith, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Jenkins, Rishi Bhat
Rating60%
On his ninth birthday, Omri (Hal Scardino) receives an old cupboard from his brother Gillon (Vincent Kartheiser) and a little Indian figure made of plastic from his best friend Patrick (Rishi Bhat). That night, Omri goes through his mom's box of old keys and finds that a gold colored key with a red ribbon tied to it (given to his mother by her grandmother) actually fits the keyhole of his cupboard. He then looks for an object to lock in the cupboard and settles for the Indian figurine.
Son of the Morning Star (1991)
, 3h7Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Western
Actors Gary Cole, Rosanna Arquette, Stanley Anderson, Edward Blatchford, Rodney Arnold Grant, George Dickerson
Roles Teleplay
Rating72%
The film, in two parts, begins in 1876 when the Terry-Gibbon column relieves the remnants of the 7th Cavalry that had survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn. They discover Custer's battalion has been annihilated, and the film 'flashes back' and tells Custer's story from the point of view/narrative of his wife, Elizabeth, beginning with the Kansas campaign of the mid-1860s.
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
, 1h41Directed by Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller, John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion
Actors Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Burgess Meredith, Scatman Crothers, John Larroquette, John Lithgow
Rating64%
Une route déserte, au beau milieu de la nuit. Dans une voiture, deux hommes jouent à se faire peur.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
, 1h55Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Erika Eleniak, Debra Winger
Rating78%
In a California forest, a group of alien botanists collect flora samples. When government agents appear on the scene, they flee in their spaceship, leaving one of their own behind in their haste. The scene shifts to a suburban home, where a 10-year-old boy named Elliott is trying to spend time with his 15-year-old brother, Michael, and his friends. As he returns from picking up a pizza, he discovers that something is hiding in their tool shed. The creature promptly flees upon being discovered. Despite his family's disbelief, he leaves Reese's Pieces candy to lure it to his bedroom. Before he goes to sleep, he realizes it is imitating his movements. He feigns illness the next morning to stay home from school and play with it. Later that day, Michael and their five-year-old sister, Gertie, meet it. They decide to keep it hidden from their mother, Mary. When they ask it about its origin, it levitates several balls to represent its solar system and then demonstrates its powers by reviving a dead chrysanthemum.
The Escape Artist (1982)
, 1h34Directed by Caleb Deschanel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Raúl Juliá, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz, Teri Garr, Joan Hackett, John P. Ryan
Roles Ecrivain
Rating60%
Young and self-confident Danny Masters (Griffin O'Neal) is the teen-aged son of the late Harry Masters, the "greatest escape artist except for Houdini". Danny himself is an accomplished magician and escape artist. He leaves home to join Uncle Burke and Aunt Sibyl in their magic/mentalist act; Sibyl welcomes him but Burke is unenthusiastic.
The Black Stallion (1979)
, 1h54Directed by Carroll Ballard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film
Actors Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Hoyt Axton, Clarence Muse, Michael Higgins
Rating73%
Alec Ramsey is aboard the steamer Drake off the coast of North Africa, where he sees a wild black stallion being forced into a makeshift stable and heavily restrained by ropes leading to his halter. Captivated by the horse, Alec later sneaks to the horse to feed him some sugar cubes, but he is caught by the horse's supposed owner, who tells him in Arabic to stay away from Shetan and shoves the boy away.
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The BFG (2016)
, 1h57Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Rebecca Hall, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement
Roles Associate Producer
Rating62%
Tells the story of Sophie (Ruby Barnhill), the Queen of England (Penelope Wilton) and The Big Friendly Giant (Mark Rylance) who set out on an adventure to capture the evil, man-eating giants who have been invading the human world.
Kundun (1998)
, 2h14Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about children, Films about religion, Films about Tibet, Films about Buddhism
Actors Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Kim Chan, Ken Leung
Roles Co-Producer
Rating69%
The film has a straightforward chronology with events spanning from 1937 to 1959; the setting is Tibet, except for brief sequences in China and India. It begins with the search for the 14th mindstream emanation of the Dalai Lama. After a vision by Reting Rinpoche (the regent of Tibet) several lamas disguised as servants discover a promising candidate: a child born to a farming family in the province of Amdo, near the Chinese border.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
, 1h55Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Erika Eleniak, Debra Winger
Roles Associate Producer
Rating78%
In a California forest, a group of alien botanists collect flora samples. When government agents appear on the scene, they flee in their spaceship, leaving one of their own behind in their haste. The scene shifts to a suburban home, where a 10-year-old boy named Elliott is trying to spend time with his 15-year-old brother, Michael, and his friends. As he returns from picking up a pizza, he discovers that something is hiding in their tool shed. The creature promptly flees upon being discovered. Despite his family's disbelief, he leaves Reese's Pieces candy to lure it to his bedroom. Before he goes to sleep, he realizes it is imitating his movements. He feigns illness the next morning to stay home from school and play with it. Later that day, Michael and their five-year-old sister, Gertie, meet it. They decide to keep it hidden from their mother, Mary. When they ask it about its origin, it levitates several balls to represent its solar system and then demonstrates its powers by reviving a dead chrysanthemum.