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Meredith Ostrom is a Actor and Executive producer American born on 18 february 1977 at New York City (USA)
Meredith Joy Ostrom (born 18 February 1977) American actress. She is graduate of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts where she got her BFA degree with a double major in Drama and Fine arts with a minor in Cinema Studies from the Tisch program. After graduation she moved to London where she was immersed into the music film and art world. She was linked for many years to Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes.
She has donated art to causes close to her heart, such as in her first solo exhibition in March 2009 which was a successful sell-out show in which the majority of the proceeds went to the Youth for Youth international children's charity, the space was kindly donated by Philips de Pury. Donating works to the Gilda Radner cancer research Centre for recovering patients in the New York area, the World Childhood foundation's annual auction and gala, whose patron is Queen Silvia and Princess Madeline of Sweden. As well as England's Prince's Trust she donated work through Opera gallery in London.
In December 2008 her work was exhibited at the Stanton Barrett Gallery in New York which was a pop up space created by formula one driver Stanton Barret and supported by fellow drivers such as formula one's Brian Vickers.
On April 27, 2009 she demonstrated her body painting to an audience of over 500 at Sketch in London's Mayfair. Appearing in silhouette behind a screen she used her body and various painting techniques to produce a painting which was then revealed to the assembled crowd. The painting was then acquired by Opera Gallery.
In March 2010 her work was included at Vegas Gallery in London's east end, in Keith Coventry's curated, Peep Show a group show of paintings and photography alongside Tracy Emin, Keith Tyson, Alison Jackson, Dan Macmillan, Henry Hudson, Matt Collishaw, Emer O'Brien and George Condo.
In London, Meredith's paintings are now exhibited and sold in New Bond Street's Opera Gallery, in the company of her favorite modern artist such as Warhol, Picasso, Hirst, Mr. Brainwash, Banksy, Dali and Chagall. She also admits she is influenced by conceptual artist Yoko Ono of whom she shares a birthday with, February 18.
Her work is also currently in One Hyde Park, the Candy and Candy building.
Meredith's works are related to the dialogue of the tension between the female physical form and the idea of colour which represents emotional and intellectual movement.
Many of her paintings focus on her own female physical form impressed onto vividly painted canvas.
She played herself in collaborative and photography art projects and was the face to launch Sky T.v.'s Arts channel, photographed and curated by Rankin which was shown as well on Billboards across London calling it Rankin's Sky TV Street Gallery as well collaborative photographic art projects with Ellen Von Unwerth for Italian Vogue, Alison Jackson for GQ and Simon Emmet for the arts and culture magazine, Volt.
As an actress she recently played the character Joany, muse to a conceptual artist, in the 2009 film (Boogie Woogie, based on the novel written by Danny Moynehan, a satire on the NY and London art worlds, for which Damien Hirst curated the art work in the film. She also appeared in the 2006 films Played and Factory Girl (playing the role of iconic German songbird/ muse of Andy Warhol Nico). She starred in the 2005 short film Bizarre Love Triangle, written and directed by George Hickenlooper. She appeared in a 2000 episode of Sex and the City.
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Meredith Ostrom
Birth name Meredith Joy Ostrom
Nationality USA
Birth 18 february 1977 (47 years) at New York City (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 18 february 1977 (47 years) at New York City (USA)
She has donated art to causes close to her heart, such as in her first solo exhibition in March 2009 which was a successful sell-out show in which the majority of the proceeds went to the Youth for Youth international children's charity, the space was kindly donated by Philips de Pury. Donating works to the Gilda Radner cancer research Centre for recovering patients in the New York area, the World Childhood foundation's annual auction and gala, whose patron is Queen Silvia and Princess Madeline of Sweden. As well as England's Prince's Trust she donated work through Opera gallery in London.
In December 2008 her work was exhibited at the Stanton Barrett Gallery in New York which was a pop up space created by formula one driver Stanton Barret and supported by fellow drivers such as formula one's Brian Vickers.
On April 27, 2009 she demonstrated her body painting to an audience of over 500 at Sketch in London's Mayfair. Appearing in silhouette behind a screen she used her body and various painting techniques to produce a painting which was then revealed to the assembled crowd. The painting was then acquired by Opera Gallery.
In March 2010 her work was included at Vegas Gallery in London's east end, in Keith Coventry's curated, Peep Show a group show of paintings and photography alongside Tracy Emin, Keith Tyson, Alison Jackson, Dan Macmillan, Henry Hudson, Matt Collishaw, Emer O'Brien and George Condo.
In London, Meredith's paintings are now exhibited and sold in New Bond Street's Opera Gallery, in the company of her favorite modern artist such as Warhol, Picasso, Hirst, Mr. Brainwash, Banksy, Dali and Chagall. She also admits she is influenced by conceptual artist Yoko Ono of whom she shares a birthday with, February 18.
Her work is also currently in One Hyde Park, the Candy and Candy building.
Meredith's works are related to the dialogue of the tension between the female physical form and the idea of colour which represents emotional and intellectual movement.
Many of her paintings focus on her own female physical form impressed onto vividly painted canvas.
She played herself in collaborative and photography art projects and was the face to launch Sky T.v.'s Arts channel, photographed and curated by Rankin which was shown as well on Billboards across London calling it Rankin's Sky TV Street Gallery as well collaborative photographic art projects with Ellen Von Unwerth for Italian Vogue, Alison Jackson for GQ and Simon Emmet for the arts and culture magazine, Volt.
As an actress she recently played the character Joany, muse to a conceptual artist, in the 2009 film (Boogie Woogie, based on the novel written by Danny Moynehan, a satire on the NY and London art worlds, for which Damien Hirst curated the art work in the film. She also appeared in the 2006 films Played and Factory Girl (playing the role of iconic German songbird/ muse of Andy Warhol Nico). She starred in the 2005 short film Bizarre Love Triangle, written and directed by George Hickenlooper. She appeared in a 2000 episode of Sex and the City.
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The Ninth Cloud (2014)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Michael Madsen, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Meredith Ostrom, Josh Feinman
Roles Miriam
Rating62%
Zara is a beautiful vulnerable young London woman that goes through her life in a dream-like haze. She falls in love with an American expatriate aspiring theatre director, whom she idolizes as perfect.
Moving Target (2011)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Steven Berkoff, Paul McGann, Lou Doillon, Meredith Ostrom, Colin Salmon, Francesca Annis
Roles Callas
Rating72%
On the hottest day of a sweltering London summer, Steve Lynch must repay a £1,000,000 loan by 5pm, or lose everything he has ever worked for. An outrageous wager offers him a solution: run from North to South West London in less than two hours. But the events and people he encounters along the way will change his life forever.
The Heavy (2010)
, 1h42Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Vinnie Jones, Christopher Lee, Stephen Rea, Shannyn Sossamon, Sadie Frost, Lee Ryan
Roles Amanda Mason
Rating49%
The film is about rivalry and betrayal between two brothers. One is a candidate for Prime Minister and the other is a henchman for a businessman. When one is given the opportunity to take revenge against the other, he must come to terms with the truth and face a world where trust doesn't exist and loyalty is rare.
Boogie Woogie (2009)
, 1h34Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Peinture, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Heather Graham, Danny Huston, Christopher Lee, Joanna Lumley
Roles Joany
Rating51%
Boogie Woogie is a comedy of manners, its cast of characters devouring each other in a small world awash with big money. Set against the backdrop of contemporary London and the international art scene, it casts an eye over the appetites and morality of some of its major players. Dealers, collectors, artists, and wannabes vie with each other in a world in which success and downfall rest on a thin edge.
Nine Miles Down (2009)
Directed by Anthony Waller
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Adrian Paul, Kate Nauta, Meredith Ostrom, Amanda Douge, Anthony Waller, Adrian Lukis
Roles Susan
Rating53%
In the Sahara desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. Thomas "Jack" Jackman a security patrolman, battles through the high winds to find out why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken over by a multi-national research team intent on drilling deeper into the earth's crust than ever before.
Feel The Noise (2007)
Directed by Alejandro Chomski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Omarion, Giancarlo Esposito, Victor Rasuk, James McCaffrey, Melonie Diaz, Meredith Ostrom
Roles Noelia
Rating30%
After a run-in with local thugs to raise money for a chance at a record deal, a Harlem born aspiring rapper of an African American Mother and Puerto Rican father..Rob (Omarion) flees to Puerto Rico and to a Puerto Rican father (Giancarlo Esposito) he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob and his step-brother Javi (Victor Rasuk) to pursue their dream of becoming Reggaeton stars. Together with a dancer named C.C., they learn what it means to stay true to themselves and each other, while overcoming obstacles in love, greed and pride, all culminating in an explosive performance at New York's Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Factory Girl (2006)
Directed by George Hickenlooper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Hayden Christensen, Mena Suvari, Jimmy Fallon, Shawn Hatosy
Roles Nico
Rating62%
Edie Sedgwick (Sienna Miller) is a young heiress studying art in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She moves to New York City, where she is introduced to pop art painter and film-maker Andy Warhol (Guy Pearce). Intrigued by the beautiful socialite, he asks her to perform in one of his underground movies. Soon she is spending time with him at the Factory, his studio and also the hangout of a group of eccentrics, some of them drug addicts. Her status as Warhol superstar and success as a fashion model earn her popularity and international attention.
Played (2006)
, 1h27Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Gabriel Byrne, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Bergin, Patsy Kensit, Roy Dotrice
Roles Nikki
Rating43%
The story opens in Los Angeles with Dillon (Val Kilmer) who receives a phone call from Ray Burns (Mick Rossi) who has just been shot and desperately needs help. Dillon is a cleaner for a gangster named Eddie (Gabriel Byrne) and has been sent to assist Ray should he require it. After a colorful opening title sequence which follows Dillon's drive to the house, he finds Ray almost bleeding to death on a sofa. Removing all of the evidence, Dillon leaves carrying Ray to his car but not before he torches the house, destroying any evidence of Ray's presence. As Dillon and Ray drive away, Dillon struggles to keep Ray conscious and relates to him a story of a humorous encounter with a Mexican auto mechanic, which coins one of the catchphrases of the film: "I'm not gonna taco".
Love Actually (2003)
, 2h15Directed by Richard Curtis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Christmas films, La provence, Films about marriage
Actors Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rory MacGregor, Laura Linney
Roles Billy's Video Vixen
Rating75%
The film begins with a voiceover from David (Hugh Grant) commenting that whenever he gets gloomy with the state of the world he thinks about the arrivals terminal at Heathrow Airport, and the pure uncomplicated love felt as friends and families welcome their arriving loved ones. David's voiceover also relates that all the messages left by the people who died on the 9/11 planes were messages of love and not hate. The film then tells the 'love stories' of many people:
My Name Is Tanino (2003)
, 2h4Directed by Paolo Virzì
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Rachel McAdams, Corrado Fortuna, Frank Crudele, Don Francks, Beau Starr, Lori Hallier
Roles Melissa
Rating63%
Gaetano Mendollia, said Tanino, is a boy born in Castelluzzo del Golfo (really Castellammare del Golfo small town in the province of Trapani), a seaside resort in Sicily. But he is also a student of cinematography in Rome, with the ambition to become a director.
'R Xmas (2001)
, 1h25Directed by Abel Ferrara
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Christmas films
Actors Drea de Matteo, Lillo Brancato, Ice-T, Victor Argo, Andrew Fiscella, Meredith Ostrom
Roles Elf 1
Rating57%
A New York drug dealer is kidnapped and his wife must come up with the money and drugs to free him from his kidnappers before Christmas.
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Boogie Woogie (2009)
, 1h34Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Peinture, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Heather Graham, Danny Huston, Christopher Lee, Joanna Lumley
Roles Associate Producer
Rating51%
Boogie Woogie is a comedy of manners, its cast of characters devouring each other in a small world awash with big money. Set against the backdrop of contemporary London and the international art scene, it casts an eye over the appetites and morality of some of its major players. Dealers, collectors, artists, and wannabes vie with each other in a world in which success and downfall rest on a thin edge.