Tony Kaye

Tony Kaye

  • Born: 1952-0-0
  • Birthplace: Leicester, Leicestershire, UK
  • Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
  • Profession: Director, screenwriter, producer
  • Nationality: U.K
  • Representative Works: American History X, Snow Blindness, Inferno, Detachment
  • John Selvidge (Tony Kaye), born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England in 1952, is a British director, screenwriter and producer.
    In 1986, filmed a short music film "9012 Live". In 1992, he shot a short music film "What God Wants", which was nominated for the Best Music Video Short Film at the 35th Grammy Awards [1]  . In 1993, he shot the music short film "runaway train", which was shortlisted for the 36th Grammy Awards for Best Music Video Short Film [1]  . In 1998, directed his first film " American History X " [2]  . In 2004, the crime film "Snow Blindness" directed by him was released. In 2006, he shot the music short film "Dani California", which was shortlisted for the 49th Grammy Awards for Best Short Film Video [1]  ; in the same year, directed the documentary " Inferno " [3]  . In 2009, he served as the director of the crime movie "Black Water Channel" [4]  . In 2011, directed the feature film " Detachment " [5]  , which was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival-Tokyo Film Festival Grand Prix [6]  and won the main competition unit of the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival-Best Art Contribution Award [7]  . In 2016, directed the short film "Pure McCartney VR" [8]  .

    Performing Experience

    In 1986, filmed a short music film "9012 Live". In 1992, he shot the music short film "What God Wants", which was nominated for the best music video short film at the 35th Grammy Awards   . In 1993, he shot the music short film "runaway train", which was shortlisted for the 36th Grammy Awards for Best Music Video Short Film   . In 1998, directed his first film " American History X "   .
    In 2004, the crime film "Snow Blindness" directed by him was released. In 2006, he shot the music short film "Dani California", which was nominated for the 49th Grammy Awards for Best Short Film Video   ; in the same year, directed the documentary " Inferno " starring Avram Noam Chomsky , which was nominated for the Best Independence Spirit Award Documentary Award. In 2009, directed the crime film "Black Water Passage" co-starring Karl Urban , Laurence Fishburne and Britt .  
    In 2011, directed the drama film Detachment co-starred by Adrien Brody and Christina Hendricks . The film tells the story of the lonely substitute teacher Henry Bacht who came to teach in a sloppy high school. He saw the beautiful world in his dealings with students. The story of life and humanity was shortlisted for the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival Main Competition Unit-Tokyo Film Festival Grand Prix , and won the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival Main Competition Unit-Best Artistic Contribution Award .   
    In 2013, directed the short film "Made for You"   . In 2014, he served as the director of the short film "Co-operative Bank: Tattoo"   . In 2016, directed the short film "Pure McCartney VR"   .

    Character Evaluation

    The careful selection of actors may be the crux of director John Selvidge's not "prolific", it is his "harshness" that formed his unique style of film art   . In the movie "Detachment", director John Selvidge innovatively used hand-held documentary shooting and flashback techniques to express the storyline, creating a textured picture and fragmented collages, leading the audience into the heart of the film characters and showing a Really repressed emotional world   . At the same time, he also showed a variety of fragmented lives and a desperate and indifferent social environment, reflecting director Kaye's thinking and feelings related to existentialism. The story of the film itself is not complicated, and the lens language used by the director Kaye is not obscure, but the film can give people a shock and depression that is difficult to relax . 
    Extended Reading
    • Deondre 2022-04-21 09:01:03

      Notes

      1/ Didn't get an answer, probably because the question wasn't asked right. The right questions have to be asked, like, have you ever tried to make your life better? I blame everybody, blame society, blame god, I didn't get no answers because I was asking The wrong questions. You have to ask the...

    • Summer 2022-03-19 09:01:02

      Black and white films can not only express memories

      As a film describing racism, it has done its due diligence. The end of the story arranges Danny's death instead of his brother, which is a bit unexpected to me, but it seems to move me more than the ending I imagined. The biggest problem with the story is that Nick's transformation process in...

    • Johathan 2021-10-20 18:58:14

      Hollywood movies are not consistent with the central embodiment very compact, but I still feel that there is no new idea, maybe there is too much talk about racial discrimination in the United States, and the complexity of this film on racial issues is completely less than that of "Crash "Of course, this film is mainly about unnecessary hatred rather than real social issues.

    • Danny 2021-10-20 18:58:09

      There is an id and a superego in our thoughts. The id is our desire, our true face. The superego is our rationality, what we use to restrain our desires. Under the control of the id, we are all beasts, and the superego makes us suppress ourselves and become good people.

    American History X quotes

    • Derek Vinyard: One in every three black males is in some phase of the correctional system. Is that a coincidence or do these people have, you know, like a racial commitment to crime?

    • Doris Vinyard: [Yelling to Derek through small holes in the Plexiglas, during visiting hours at the prison] You think you're the only one doin' time, Derek? You think you're here all alone? You think I'm not in here with you?