Director

Oliver Stone – Legendary American Film Director and Screenwriter “Comments on Wikileaks, Julian Assange and Bradley Manning”

June 18, 2011 By Jacob Andrews 4 Comments

Oliver Stone, the legendary and controversial American film director and screenwriter, recently shared his thoughts on Wikileaks, Julian Assange and Bradley Manning while speaking to students and faculty at Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. In a series of rarely viewed YouTube videos brought to our attention by Blogger Maria Technosux, viewers will hear Stone (JFK, Natural Born Killers, Platoon) comment on an array of topics including global politics, war and freedom of speech. However in this post Wikileaks-Movie.com brings your attention to Oliver Stone’s comments on Wikileaks, Julian Assange & Bradley Manning. And while we have transcribed only these comments in this post, we encourage you to view each of these videos in their entirety. The team at Wikileaks-Movie.com hopes you find this material on Oliver Stone insightful and interesting. We extend our thanks to blogger Maria Technosux for bringing this “find” to our attention and welcome you to share “finds” like this to Wikileaks-Movie.com and we’ll do our best to review, publish and acknowledge those contributions.

Filed Under: Bradley Manning, Countries, Director, Homepage Featured, Julian Assange, Oliver Stone, Singapore, Wikileaks, Wikileaks Tagged With: Bradley Manning, Director, Julian Assange, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Oliver Stone, Singapore, Wikileaks

Charles Ferguson — HBO Director Profile : Wikileaks-Movie.com Documentary Filmmaker Series

May 8, 2011 By Jacob Andrews 6 Comments

Charles Ferguson, Wikileaks HBO Movie Producer

Charles Ferguson, who is at the helm of the HBO Wikileaks Movie project, is the next Director to be highlighted at Wikileaks-Movie.com. We have highlighted Alex Gibney, who is working with Universal on a Wikileaks Documentary film. Although information is scarce at this point, Gibney has indicated to 24 Frames that his film, produced in collaboration with former Universal co-Chairman Mark Shmuger, will highlight the role(s) of “less heralded” persons such as Bradley Manning and Birgitta Jonsdottir. But for this post we’ll focus on Ferguson, who will no-doubt be working just as hard to bring the Wikileaks story to light for HBO audiences. As evidenced by his track-record in film, technology and other arenas he seems to care a great deal about making sense of complexity for audiences and consumers without “dumbing down” the topic matter. And Charles Ferguson will no doubt bring the same care and attention to the Wikileaks Movie HBO project

Filed Under: Characters, Charles Ferguson, Director, HBO, Movie, Movie Studio, Wikileaks Tagged With: Charles Ferguson, Director, HBO, Wikileaks Movie

HBO Taps “Inside Job” Director Charles Ferguson for Wikileaks Movie & Film Biopic

April 28, 2011 By Jacob Andrews 7 Comments

Charles Ferguson will direct the HBO Wikileaks movie, film and biopic. Ferguson has two widely respected documentary films under his belt, the Academy Award-Winning Inside Job (2010) and No End In Sight: The American Occupation of Iraq (2007). This news from Variety comes amidst sensational news and impacts related to the Wikileaks Gitmo Files dump which has some commentators such as Bill Reilly calling for treason charges against Assange and Wikileaks. Additionally, Alex Gibney “leaked” to 24 Frames the status of his documentary film and movie which will focus on important lesser knowns such as Bradley Manning.

Filed Under: Characters, Charles Ferguson, Director, HBO, Movie, Movie Studio Tagged With: Charles Ferguson, Director, HBO, Wikileaks Biopic

Wikileaks Movie Producer Alex Gibney Speaking to Raise Funds for Amherst Non-Profit

February 22, 2011 By Jacob Andrews 3 Comments

Wikileaks Movie producer Alex Gibney will “share outtakes” on his work in Amherst, Massachusetts on March 11 at an annual benefit for the Pleasant Street Theater and the Amherst Cinema, both of which are non-profit organizations. Gibney, an acclaimed documentarian, has won award after award for his work on projects such as “Magic Bus” (Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters), “Client 9″ (NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer), “Casino Jack and the United States of Money” (Jack Abramoff) and “Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room.” And now, with backing from Universal Pictures, Alex Gibney is tackling the Julian Assange story and producing a Wikileaks movie. Let us hope that after Gibney’s talk, someone will “leak” an audio file or video of his remarks as it certainly takes someone almost as interesting as his subject matter to embark on a film project such as the Wikileaks movie. And as far as Gibney’s philanthropic effort for local non-profits that is something the team at wikileaks-movie.com applauds.

Filed Under: Alex Gibney, Director, Movie, Wikileaks Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Director, Wikileaks Documentary Film, Wikileaks Movie

Wikileaks Movie: From Idea to Production Soon

January 24, 2011 By Jacob Andrews Leave a Comment

The plan for a Wikileaks Movie is one cable definitely not classified as top-secret or sensitive. That’s right the news continues to brew that numerous plans are in the works for an in-depth look into the life and times of Julian Assange and his organization, Wikileaks. Who will act the part of Julian Assange, and which particular aspects of his life story and attention-grabbing activities will be the focal point remains to be seen. The Wikileaks Movie, as The Hindu reports, continue to be a major story.