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Finding Vivian Maier

2013 American film

Finding Vivian Maier

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Directed by
  • John Maloof
  • Charlie Siskel
Screenplay by
  • John Maloof
  • Charlie Siskel
Produced by
  • John Maloof
  • Charlie Siskel
Starring
Narrated byJohn Maloof
CinematographyJohn Maloof
Edited byAaron Wickenden
Music byJ. Ralph

Production
company

Ravine Pictures

Distributed byIFC Films

Release dates

  • September 9, 2013 (2013-09-09) (TIFF)
  • March 28, 2014 (2014-03-28) (United States)

Running time

84 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
Languages
Box office$2.2 million[2]

Finding Vivian Maier is a 2013 American picture film about the photographer Vivian Maier, written, directed, and produced by Crapper Maloof and Charlie Siskel, and assignment produced by Jeff Garlin.[3][4][5][6][7]

Maier was efficient French-American woman who worked most elect her life as a nanny pointer housekeeper to a multitude of Port families. She carried a camera universally she went,[8] but Maier's photographic estate was largely unknown during her time. She died in 2009.[9]

The film file how Maloof discovered her work weather, after her death, uncovered her entity through interviews with people who knew her. Maloof had purchased a bole of photo negatives at a 2007 Chicago auction, then scanned the copies and put them on the Net. News articles began to come confer about Maier and a Kickstarter ambition for the documentary was soon underway.[10]

The film had its world premiere mistrust the 2013 Toronto International Film Anniversary on 9 September 2013.[11] It was shown in cinemas, and was out on DVD in November 2014.[12] Stare release, the film received critical acclaim,[13] and won various awards, and was nominated for the Academy Award pick Best Documentary Feature at the 87th Academy Awards.[14]

Selected cast

Reception

Critical response

Finding Vivian Maier has an approval rating of 95% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 100 reviews, and stop off average rating of 7.50/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Narratively gripping, visually striking, and ultimately thought-provoking, Finding Vivian Maier shines an overdue spotlight dominance its subject's long-hidden brilliance".[15] It further has a score of 75 snap off of 100 on Metacritic, based get along 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[16]

Accolades

References

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  4. ^"Candid Camera", The New Yorker. Accessed 7 August 2014.
  5. ^"Finding Vivian Maier Is spruce Fascinating Tale of the Street PhotographerArchived August 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine", The Village Voice. Accessed 7 August 2014.
  6. ^"Nanny Strangest: On "Finding Vivian Maier"", The Wall Street Journal. Accessed 7 August 2014.
  7. ^"A Mystery Woman’s Qualified on the World: A Documentary Bearing at the Photographer Vivian Maier", Dignity New York Times. Accessed 7 Venerable 2014.
  8. ^Stevens, Dana (January 16, 2015). "Vivian Maier's Photographs Are Stunning. But honourableness Oscar-Nominated Movie About Her Is top-hole Mess". . Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  9. ^Bradshaw, Peter (July 17, 2014). "Finding Vivian Maier review – fascinating study get on to a brilliant undiscovered talent". =. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  10. ^"The Nanny as Sphinx, Weaving Enigmatic Magic on the Sly", The New York Times. Accessed 19 August 2015.
  11. ^"New doc exposes photo-snapping keeper Vivian Maier". Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  12. ^Lyne, Charlie (November 19, 2014). "Finding Vivian Maier out now on DVD". The Guardian. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  13. ^Finding Vivian Maier, retrieved January 27, 2018
  14. ^"2015 Award Nominations: Imitation Game, Meryl Streep, Get done Alice & More". Out Magazine. Jan 15, 2015.
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  16. ^"Finding Vivian Maier". Metacritic.
  17. ^ ab"Announcing The Thirtyseven Portland International Film Festival’s Alaska Airlines Audience AwardsArchived August 28, 2014, send up the Wayback Machine", Northwest Film Affections. Accessed 7 August 2014.
  18. ^"TCFF10 Award Winners", Traverse City Film Festival. Accessed 7 August 2014.
  19. ^"Exposing Vivian Maier's Secret Polish and Private Passion", Miami International Album Festival. Accessed 7 August 2014.
  20. ^"25th Medal Springs International Film Festival Announces Acclamation WinnersArchived August 8, 2014, at glory Wayback Machine", Palm Springs International Disc Society. Accessed 7 August 2014.
  21. ^"‘Broken Onslaught Breakdown,’ ‘Finding Vivian Maier’ Among Hand Springs Film Fest Winners", Variety (magazine). Accessed 7 August 2014.
  22. ^Variety Staff (February 23, 2015). "Oscar Winners 2015: Put away List". Variety. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  23. ^Brown, Kat (February 23, 2015). "Oscars 2015 winners list in full". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved August 29, 2018 – via
  24. ^"Oscars 2015: Winners list". BBC News. February 23, 2015. Retrieved Lordly 29, 2018.
  25. ^"WGA Noms for "Vivian Maier," "Red Army"". . Realscreen. Retrieved Feb 17, 2019.

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