Screenwriters Carl Binder, Susannah Grant, and Philip LaZebnik took creative liberties with history in an attempt to make the film palatable to audiences.
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Pocahontas (1995 film)
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Introduction
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Screenwriters Carl Binder, Susannah Grant, and Philip LaZebnik took creative liberties with history in an attempt to make the film palatable to audiences.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Introduction
Pocahontas is a 1995 American animated musical historical romantic drama film loosely based on the life of the Native American woman Pocahontas. It portrays a fictionalized account of her historical encounter with Englishman John Smith and the Jamestown settlers that arrived from the Virginia Company. The film was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 16, 1995. It is the 33rd Disney animated feature film and the sixth film produced and released during the period known as the Disney Renaissance. The film was directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg (in Goldberg's feature directorial debut).
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Introduction
It does everything a children's film should do except send little viewers home humming its theme song."
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Critical response
"Pocahontas" is a 1995 American animated musical romance-drama film and is the 33rd Disney animated feature film. It was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and had a limited release to theaters on June 23, 1995 by Walt Disney Pictures. It belongs to the era known as the Disney Renaissance, from 1989 to 1999
Pocahontas (franchise) | "Pocahontas"
While working on the movie, Susannah Grant wrote to a specific story outline, and no scene was rewritten less than thirty-five times until she felt it was perfect. Story supervisor Tom Sito, who became the project's unofficial historical consultant, did extensive research into the early colonial era and the story of John Smith and Pocahontas, and was confronted over the historical inaccuracies from historians. Already knowing that in reality Pocahontas married John Rolfe, Gabriel explained it was felt that "the story of Pocahontas and Rolfe was too complicated and violent for a youthful audience" so instead, they would focus on Pocahontas's meeting with John Smith.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Writing
When we decided he couldn't talk, and, having no hands, he couldn't mime ...". Joe Grant would later draw a concept sketch of a hair-braiding raccoon, in which Glen Keane animated and claimed the directors "loved the idea and got rid of the turkey character." Likewise, according to Sito, Meeko was created because they were "naturally enigmatic, because they have little hands and a little mask over their face like a thief." Gabriel described the inspiration for Flit the hummingbird where "I have hummingbirds all over my backyard, [and] I thought, 'That's a great animal to animate.'" According to the directors, Governor Ratcliffe's pampered pet, Percy, was based on history as the royalty of the time often carried small pugs wherever they went.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Writing
The story was adapted from Lydia Sigourney's "Pocahontas" poem by Lloyd Lonergan. Originally published in 1841 as part of "Pocahontas and Other Poems". Film historian Q. David Bowers states that while the story of Pocahontas was well-known, few people had ever read Sigourney's poem. Lonergan an experienced newspaperman employed by "The New York Evening World" while writing scripts for the Thanhouser productions. The film director is unknown, but it may have been Barry O'Neil. Bowers does not attribute a cameraman for this production, but at least two possible candidates exist. Blair Smith was the first cameraman of the Thanhouser company, but he was soon joined by Carl Louis Gregory who had years of experience as a still and motion picture photographer.
Pocahontas (1910 film) | Production
For the villain, they chose John Ratcliffe, whose portrayal was based on actual English captains, including John Martin, Christopher Newport and Edward Maria Wingfield. In reality, it was Wingfield who despised John Smith, but the filmmakers preferred the sinister sound of "Ratcliffe". The writers would continue to adapt actual events into the film such as Pocahontas warning Smith that the Indians were after him so he could escape in the middle of the night, Powhatan ordering the captured Smith to make bead necklaces to humiliate him, and Pocahontas being captured by Ratcliffe instead of Samuel Argall, though none of them worked with the story.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Writing
The voice cast stars Irene Bedard and Mel Gibson as Pocahontas and Smith, respectively, with David Ogden Stiers, Russell Means, Christian Bale, Billy Connolly and Linda Hunt providing other voices. The score was written by Alan Menken, who also wrote the film's songs along with Stephen Schwartz. After making his directorial debut with "The Rescuers Down Under" (1990), Gabriel conceived the film during a Thanksgiving weekend. The project went into development concurrently with "The Lion King" (1994) and attracted most of Disney's top animators. Meanwhile, Disney studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg decided the film should be a serious romantic epic in the vein of "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), in hope that, like "Beauty", it would also be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Introduction
Sito mentioned that Joe Grant contributed heavily towards the film, as he was the creator of Redfeather, Meeko, and Flit. Redfeather was a wise-cracking turkey who was intended to be voiced by John Candy, and Percy, who was to be voiced by Richard E. Grant, was revised to become mute. Following the death of John Candy in March 1994, co-screenwriter Susannah Grant decided the turkey was inappropriate for the script she co-wrote for "Pocahontas", and a more realistic approach would have the animals pantomime instead of talking. Joe Grant stated Redfeather "had comic potential–he thought he was handsome, a lady's man.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Writing
After "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) was unprecedentedly nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture at the 64th Academy Awards, then-studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg opted to produce another animated romance film in the hopes of achieving a similar feat. While "Aladdin" (1992) and "The Lion King" (1994) were considered to be too far into development, Katzenberg deemed "Pocahontas" a promising candidate, and thus pushed for the heroine to be older, the romance between her and Smith to be more mature, and the animals to be mute. Head of Story Tom Sito went on the record stating he wanted to include "broader" jokes, but the "higher-ups wanted it more winsome, more gentle.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Development
Some of the folks were so concerned about political correctness, they didn't want to be cuckoo-wacky about it." Eric Goldberg—following his contributions to "Aladdin" as the supervising animator of the Genie and with all animation units for "The Lion King" already occupied—was asked to co-direct "Pocahontas" alongside Gabriel, to which he agreed. Likewise, he had originally expected the film to be more comedic and cartoonish like "Aladdin", but Schneider informed him that the film would be produced in a vein more similar to that of "Beauty and the Beast"; the then-ongoing 1992 Los Angeles riots further convinced Goldberg to commit to the film due to its racial themes.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Development
There were an estimated three to four songs at this point, including "In the Middle of the River", "First to Dance", which was deemed too silly as it took place before Kocoum's death, and "Powerful Magic", which was another attempt at a happy song. A love song, titled "If I Never Knew You", had been finished by the animators, but following a test screening where younger audiences were not interested in it and the teenagers felt giddy as it played, Menken suggested that the song be removed from the film. It was, although its melody remained in the orchestral underscoring.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Music
Composer Stephen Schwartz explains the concept in regard to the 1995 Disney film "Pocahontas":
&quot;I Want&quot; song | Purpose
This occurs at the very beginning and gives the film a stamp of reality that seldom has been obtained in any historical subject." One flaw in the production was the scene in which Pocahontas appears in the court of King James and the setting draws attention over the action itself. The lack of a throne and unusual shaped windows, likened to those of a conservatory or enclosed veranda by the reviewer, diminishing the effect of the short scene.
Pocahontas (1910 film) | Production
Executive interference would eventually grow so much that Goldberg himself decided to work for Chuck Jones Productions under the pseudonym "Claude Raynes" during production. It eventually reached a peak when Joe Grant drew Percy wearing an Indian feather, by which the animators took the concept one step further by placing a Spanish ruff on Meeko. One executive exclaimed, "Animals don't have the intelligence to switch their clothes! They don't even have opposing thumbs." The animators would retain their concept for the film. Under Katzenberg, Frank Wells, and Michael Eisner, the Disney studios had begun a correlation of hiring Broadway personnel to manage the Disney animation staff on their feature films that brought such producers as Amy Pell to "Aladdin" and Sarah McArthur and Thomas Schumacher to "The Lion King".
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Development
The film was followed by a direct-to-video sequel, titled "", released on August 25, 1998. Bedard and Kuhn reprised their roles as Pocahontas' speaking and singing voices, respectively, while John Smith was voiced by Donal Gibson.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Sequel
The filmmakers discovered that Pocahontas was around twelve years old and Smith was "not a very likeable character", in which producer James Pentecost confessed that dramatic license was needed to be taken. Likewise, when searching for an appropriate age for Pocahontas to begin her relationship with Smith, Glen Keane explained, "We had the choice of being historically accurate or socially responsible, so we chose the socially responsible side" by increasing Pocahontas's age from a girl into a young woman. One of Gabriel's early ideas was for Pocahontas's mother to be embodied in a certain star in the sky that by the end of the film, she would help Pocahontas find her path to Smith.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Writing
Howard Ashman and Alan Menken were planning to write songs for this film once they were finished working on "Aladdin", but Ashman died in 1991. Following the death of his longtime collaborator, Menken wrote the remaining songs for "Aladdin" with Tim Rice at his home in London, which the New York-based composer found to be difficult. When work on "Aladdin" was finished, Menken was planning to write songs for the film with Rice. Kevin Bannerman, the film's director of development, stated Rice "was always gallivanting around the world and it was difficult to get him and Alan together ... And so here was Stephen [Schwartz], who had written scores that we all loved and we were huge fans of, and he lived in the New York area." Disney immediately contacted Stephen Schwartz, who, after working on "Working", "Rags", and "Children of Eden", had quit theater and was taking psychology courses at New York University; he was brought on board to write the lyrics.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Music
"Pocahontas" received generally mixed reviews from film critics. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 55% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 56 reviews, with an average score of 5.91/10. The site's consensus states ""Pocahontas" means well, and has moments of startling beauty, but it's largely a bland, uninspired effort, with uneven plotting and an unfortunate lack of fun." Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 58 based on 23 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Critical response
In 1995, Disney partnered with Pixar to create "Toy Story", the first fully computer-animated film. The next Disney animated film, 1995's "Pocahontas", opened to mixed reviews, though it still earned $346 million worldwide and garnered two Academy Awards for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score and Best Original Song for "Colors of the Wind". The following year, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996), Disney's first animated film produced at a budget over $100 million, opened to better reviews than "Pocahontas", but a lower total box office of $325 million. Both films feature composer (now serving only as lyricist to Menken's music) Stephen Schwartz.
Disney Renaissance | 1995–97: "Pocahontas", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", and "Hercules"
Having worked on "Pocahontas" for a year, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz were offered multiple film projects to work on when they more or less chose to work on "Hunchback" being attracted to underlying themes of social outcast and Quasimodo's struggle to break free of the psychological dominance of Frollo, according to Schwartz. The film has many musical motifs that carry throughout the film, weaving their way in and out of various pieces of music, and having varying timbres depending on the action in the story at that point. The film's soundtrack includes a musical score written by Alan Menken and songs written by Menken and Stephen Schwartz.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film) | Music
Pocahontas: The Legend is a 1995 drama film that fictionalizes the young life of the historical figure of Chief Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas and her relationship with Captain John Smith. This film was directed by Danièle J. Suissa and stars Sandrine Holt as the titular heroine. It was entirely shot around Toronto and Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario, Canada. This is the third live-action feature film based on the life of Pocahontas and John Smith, the others being "Pocahontas and John Smith" (1924) and "Captain John Smith and Pocahontas" (1953). John Rolfe, the second husband of Pocahontas, does not appear in this motion picture.
Pocahontas: The Legend | Introduction
This would mark the first time Menken had collaborated without Ashman for a Disney animated film. Menken commented that their work included moments of tension because Schwartz was also capable of writing music and Menken had experience with lyrics. Due to corporate interest in the film surrounding its theme of promoting understanding between different groups, and its inclusion of violence and threats of greater conflict, Schwartz became heavily involved in the storytelling. Bannerman estimated that he spent a week with one of the screenwriters and helped work out the overall themes of tolerance and cooperation. In June 1992, Schwartz researched Jamestown, Virginia where he absorbed the atmosphere and bought tapes of Native American music and English sea shanties, as well as other music from the early seventeenth century that helped inspire numbers in the film.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Music
In January 1993, Carl Binder joined the project, having previous expertise as a television writer on shows such as "Punky Brewster", "War of the Worlds", "", and "Top Cops". Four months later, Susannah Grant and Philip LaZebnik joined the writing team. Susannah Grant was selected by Disney as a screenwriter on "Pocahontas" after winning the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences the year before while still attending film school. On board as a screenwriter, she was only one of the many who was contributing the specific vision the upper management at Disney had in mind, and collaborated with Native American consultants.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Writing
The film's soundtrack was successful, reaching number-one on the "Billboard" 200 charts during the week of July 22, 1995. It received a triple platinum certification.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Music
Roger Ebert, writing for the "Chicago Sun-Times", gave the film 3 out of 4 stars writing the film was "the best-looking of the modern Disney animated features, and one of the more thoughtful" though he was more critical of the story and portrayal of the villain, ultimately summarizing that "on a list including "Mermaid," "Beauty," "Aladdin" and "Lion King," I'd rank it fifth. It has a lot of good intentions, but a severe scoundrel shortage." On the television program "Siskel & Ebert", Ebert repeated the same sentiment, while his partner Gene Siskel was more praising of the film. Both critics gave the film a "Thumbs Up".
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Critical response
Before making his producing debut on "Pocahontas", James Pentecost had earlier worked as a production stage manager on several Broadway productions including "La Cage aux Folles" and "Crimes of the Heart". In June 1992, the filmmakers embarked on a research trip to the Jamestown Settlement where Pentecost first met Shirley "Little Dove" Custalow-McGowan and Debbie "White Dove" Custalow, both descendants of the Powhatan Indians. The trip also included a visit to the Pamunkey Indian Reservation, and conducted interviews with historians at Old Dominion University. Following the research trip, Custalow-McGowan served as a consultant traveling to the Disney studios three times, and while Custalow-McGowan offered her services for free, Disney paid her a $500 daily consulting fee plus expenses.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Development
Disney officials estimated the crowd at 100,000. The premiere's attendees included then-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Caroline Kennedy, Mariah Carey and Michael Eisner.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Marketing
Following the release of "The Rescuers Down Under" (1990), director Mike Gabriel was eager to collaborate with veteran Disney story artist Joe Grant on a follow-up project that was vastly different from the animated adventure film. During Thanksgiving weekend, 1990, Gabriel considered adapting Western legends such as Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill, and Pecos Bill into animated films before conceiving of "Pocahontas". Pitching his idea at the Gong Show meeting, Gabriel wrote the title "Walt Disney's Pocahontas" on an image of Tiger Lily from "Peter Pan" (1953), to the back of which he taped a brief pitch that read "an Indian princess who is torn between her father's wishes to destroy the English settlers and her wishes to help them – a girl caught between her father and her people, and her love for the enemy." Coincidentally, Feature Animation president Peter Schneider had been developing an animated version of William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet", and observed several similarities between his idea and Gabriel's "Pocahontas" pitch; Schneider recalled, "We were particularly interested in exploring the theme of 'If we don't learn to live with one another, we will destroy ourselves.'" Gabriel's pitch was quickly accepted, becoming the quickest story turnaround in Disney studio history.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Development
It featured brand-new cover art, and, for the first time, a digital copy download of the film alongside the physical release.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Home media
As a fairy-tale confection, a kind of "West Side Story" in Jamestown, "Pocahontas" is pleasant to look at, and it will probably satisfy very small kiddies, but it's the first of the new-era Disney cartoons that feels less than animated." Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" bemoaned that there were "no funny, fast-talking animals – Meeko the raccoon and Flit the hummingbird remain silent pals to Pocahontas and make you miss the verbal fun that Nathan Lane's wisecracking meerkat brought to "The Lion King"." Desson Howe, reviewing for "The Washington Post", likewise criticized the writing as recycling "elements from "Snow White" to "The Lion King," with a father-child clash, a heroine's saintly pureness that transforms an entire people, a forbidden love, consultations with an oracle/shaman (in this case a tree spirit, voiced by Linda Hunt) and the usual sideshow of funny, fuzzy animals." While calling the screenplay the "film's weakest element", Janet Maslin of "The New York Times" summarized that "Gloriously colorful, cleverly conceived and set in motion with the usual Disney vigor, "Pocahontas" is one more landmark feat of animation.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Critical response
In his print review for the "Chicago Tribune", Siskel awarded the film 3½ stars out of 4 commenting that the film is a "surprisingly serious, thoughtful and beautifully drawn Disney animated feature about the American birthright of exploitation and racism". He praised it for "sending powerful images to children about threats to the natural order", restoring "a certain majesty to the Indian culture", and for having "the courage that leads to the life-goes-on ending." The film's writing and lack of humor received mixed reviews. Owen Gleiberman of "Entertainment Weekly" stated "With dismay, I realize that virtually everything in the movie – every character, every story twist, every song – is as generic as the two hygienic lovers.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Critical response
Ultimately, when it came to light that historical accuracy was not being pursued to the extent she had hoped, McGowan has voiced her feelings of shame she felt in conjunction with her work on the film, saying, "[she] wish[ed her] name wasn't on it". Additional Native American consultants were brought in to authenticate the clothing and war dance choreography. That same month, Katzenberg held a meeting with the Feature Animation staff in which he predicted that "Pocahontas" would be a commercial hit, while deeming "The Lion King" experimental and less likely to succeed. As a result, most of the animators of Walt Disney Feature Animation decided to work on "Pocahontas" instead, believing it would be the more prestigious and successful of the two.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Development
Henry Codman Potter (sometimes II or Jr.; November 13, 1904 – August 31, 1977) was an American theatrical producer and director as well as movie director.
H. C. Potter | Introduction
W. Marshall), "Iran Man" (based on "Persa" by Plautus, directed by Mary-Kay Gamel), "Thespis" (by W. S. Gilbert and A. S. Sullivan, with new music by Alan Riley Jones, directed by John Starks, produced by John Given), "The Birds" (by Aristophanes, directed by Thomas Talboy), "Cyclops" (by Euripides, directed by Laura Lippman and Mike Lippman), "Thersites" (perhaps by Nicholas Udall, directed by C. W. Marshall), "Thesmophoriazusae" (by Aristophanes, directed by Bella Vivante), "The Jurymen" (by Katherine Janson, directed by Amy R. Cohen) and "Alcestis" (by Euripides, translated by Mary-Kay Gamel, directed by Gamel and Mark Damen).
Society for Classical Studies | Convention
The film is directed by Tomoki Kyoda, who had directed six episodes of the TV series (1, 8, 11, 16, 22 & 26) and acted as assistant director with Soichi Masui. Izubuchi acted as Chief Director on this movie, but was not heavily involved in its production. Most of the staff members involved with the TV series worked on the movie, and it was distributed by Shochiku. The producers were Masahiko Minami, Shiro Sasaki, Maki Horiuchi, Kenji Shimizu and Tatsuji Yamazaki. The movie quickly reveals mysteries that were developed slowly in the TV series and makes changes to the plot.
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio | Production
Though the film is presumed lost, a synopsis survives in "The Moving Picture World" from October 15, 1910. It states: "Captain John Smith comes to America as the head of a band of English colonists and settles in Jamestown, Virginia. While at the head of the colony Smith makes a trip of exploration into the interior and is captured there by King Powhatan, the acknowledged head of all of the red men in Virginia. Powhatan orders his prisoner's execution. Just as the fatal club is about to descend, Pocahontas, the favorite daughter of the King, throws herself before her father.
Pocahontas (1910 film) | Plot
The picture, therefore, falls short of the mark aimed at, although it is not unworthy of some praise. ... There are a number of flaws in the costuming that should not go unnoticed - the cloth trousers worn by some of the Indians, the iron hatchets carried by at least two of them, the corsets and tailor-made fancy Indian costume worn by Pocahontas." The "Mirror" however was not impartial and was seen as an organ of the Licensed films. Despite this, the reviews were perceptive and were usually favorable to Thanhouser productions.
Pocahontas (1910 film) | Release and reception
Three actors in the film have been involved in other Pocahontas-related projects. Gordon Tootoosis acted as Chief Powhatan in "" (1995). Christian Bale and Irene Bedard would portray John Rolfe and Pocahontas's mother, respectively, in Terrence Malick's "The New World" (2005).
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Voice cast
Due to the lower limit budget, the film proved to be unsuccessful both by critics and at the box office. Hal Erickson of AllMovie gave the film his lowest star rating.
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | Reception
David José Kohon (18 October 1929; Buenos Aires – 30 October 2004; "ibid.") was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote for Argentine films between 1958 and 1982 directing films such as "Así o de otra manera" (1964), "Breve cielo" (1969), "Con alma y vida" (1970) and "El Agujero en la pared" (1982). "Breve cielo" was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.
David José Kohon | Introduction
load of old codswallop... These sorts of movies are hard to pull off for directors – Henry King and John Ford could do it, but it’s beyond Norman McLeod here. Lake seems awkward. Maybe with color and more elaborate musical numbers it might have gone over. But it doesn’t."
Isn't It Romantic? (1948 film) | Reception
Powhatan gives Pocahontas her mother's necklace as a present. Pocahontas, along with her friends, the raccoon Meeko and hummingbird Flit, visit Grandmother Willow, a spiritual talking willow tree and speaks of a dream involving a spinning arrow and her confusion regarding what her path in life should be. Grandmother Willow then alerts Pocahontas to the arriving English. The voyage's greedy leader Governor Ratcliffe, who seeks gold as part of his plan to bring him wealth and status, has Jamestown built in a wooded clearing and immediately has the crewmen dig for gold. John departs to explore the wilderness and encounters Pocahontas.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Plot
In December 1994, the Animation Building in Burbank was completed for the animation division. In contrast to the early 1990s productions, the mid-1990s Disney animated features presented a trend of diminishing returns. "Pocahontas", released in summer 1995, was a critical and commercial disappointment compared to its predecessors, earning $346 million worldwide while still winning two Academy Awards for its music by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. The next film, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996), partially produced at the Paris studio, performed better critically and grossed $325 million worldwide. The following summer, "Hercules", grossed $252 million worldwide and received positive reviews, but it was responsible for beginning the decline of traditional animated films.
Walt Disney Animation Studios | 1994–1999: End of the Disney Renaissance, declining returns
Orestis Laskos (; 11 November 1907 – 17 October 1992) was a Greek film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 55 films between 1931 and 1971. He also wrote scripts for 24 films between 1929 and 1971.
Orestis Laskos | Introduction
The Native American woman Pocahontas is buried at St George's Church, Gravesend in Kent and was the inspiration for the popular Disney animated film of the same name. The first multiplex cinema in the UK was in Milton Keynes, in the mid-1980s.
South East England | Literature, TV Puppetry & Animation, Cinema, Music and Cuisine
de Kerblay. Lucio Fulci was 2nd unit director on the film.
The Last Days of Pompeii (1950 film) | Production
The director of each film is indicated within the parentheses.
Peter Taylor (editor) | Selected filmography
After which he directed television (i.e. "Tales from the Crypt") and various films.
William Malone (director) | History
The director and release year for each film are indicated in parenthesis.
Frank J. Urioste | Filmography
Pocahontas is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The scenario was written by Lloyd Lonergan based on Lydia Sigourney's "Pocahontas" poem. The film is a retelling of the well-known story of Pocahontas, played by Anna Rosemond who saves the life of Captain John Smith, played by George Barnes. Pocahontas is captured and held hostage by the English. She is converted to Christianity and marries Rolfe, played by Frank H. Crane. Pocahontas then sickens and dies, spending her last hours wishing to return to her native home. Released on October 11, 1910, the film was met with praise by most reviewers.
Pocahontas (1910 film) | Introduction
The director for each film is indicated in parentheses.
Robert C. Jones | Filmography
Pocahontas is a Disney media franchise that commenced in 1995 with the theatrical release of "Pocahontas". The franchise is based on the real-life early 17th-century indigenous woman, Pocahontas.
Pocahontas (franchise) | Introduction
Russell Means was cast as Chief Powhatan, though he initially expressed displeasure with the script in that Native Americans addressed each other using proper names rather than the traditional "my father" or "my friend". Aboriginal Canadian actor Gordon Tootoosis was also cast as the tribal shaman Kekata. Throughout most of the production, the cast members performed their dialogue in separate recording sessions.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Casting
At first announced to be released on March 6, 1996, "Pocahontas" was first released on VHS and Laserdisc in the United States on February 28, 1996, under the "Masterpiece Collection" lineup. A deluxe VHS edition included the film and a documentary on the making of the film alongside a special edition of "The Art of Pocahontas" book and Disney-certified lithograph prints. Released on November 13, 1996, the CAV laserdisc Deluxe Edition contained the film, a historical documentary on Pocahontas, and "The Making of Pocahontas", along with added storyboards, character design artwork, concept art, rough animation, publicity and promotional trailers, the deleted "If I Never Knew You" musical sequence, and an audio commentary on a total of four double sided discs.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Home media
Many praised the director's focus on sound and visual composition. Others focused on the lack of typical iconography of the time (such as the Statue of Liberty). Martin Scorsese was involved in the marketing, and introduced the film at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
Nuovomondo | Introduction
The Director is a theatrical play by Nancy Hasty that debuted in 2000 at the Arclight Theatre. It ran from February 15 to July 1, 2000.
The Director (play) | Introduction
The single reel drama, approximately 1,000 feet long, was released on October 11, 1910. The film likely had a wide national release, with known showings in North Carolina, Indiana, Montana, and Kansas. The film was widely praised by supporters of the Independents and minimally praised by the reviewer for "The New York Dramatic Mirror" which was chiefly loyal to the Licensed companies. A review in "The Moving Picture News" stated, "Never did any Licensed manufacturer turn out a better picture, and seldom have they turned out one that's equal. The details, the settings, the staging and the acting, not neglecting the photography, put this picture way above par." Walton, also of "The Moving Picture News" affirmed that the quality of the film, but acknowledged some minor historical accuracy points in the production itself.
Pocahontas (1910 film) | Release and reception
It has equalled "Beauty and the Beast"s box office numbers domestically, and now it has taken Europe by storm and is playing well in every country in which it is being shown. Sales of "Pocahontas" merchandise have been phenomenal."
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Box office
The directors for some of these films are indicated in parenthesis.
Jay Rabinowitz (editor) | Filmography
When "Hercules", released in 1997, earned $252 million—$73 million less than "Hunchback"—at the box office, news media began to openly suggest that Disney animation was on a downward trend of their animated film releases. Although it gained more positive criticism than "Pocahontas" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", it was still vulnerable to competition from companies such as DreamWorks and Pixar. All three films featured songs by Alan Menken.
Disney Renaissance | 1995–97: "Pocahontas", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", and "Hercules"
Director () is a 1969 Soviet drama film directed by Alexey Saltykov.
Director (1969 film) | Introduction
Story supervisor Tom Sito, who became the project's unofficial historical consultant, did extensive research into the early colonial era and the story of John Smith and Pocahontas, and was confronted over the historical inaccuracies from historians. Already knowing that in reality Pocahontas married John Rolfe, Gabriel explained it was felt that "the story of Pocahontas and Rolfe was too complicated and violent for a youthful audience" so instead, they would focus on Pocahontas's meeting with John Smith. While the real Pocahontas was eleven or twelve years old upon meeting John Smith, she is depicted as being around eighteen or nineteen years of age in the film, according to her supervising animator Glen Keane.
Pocahontas (character) | Conception and writing
James Adam Ponsoldt (born 1978) is an American film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed the drama films "Off the Black" (2006) and "Smashed" (2012), the romantic comedy-drama "The Spectacular Now" (2013), and the dramas "The End of the Tour" (2015) and "The Circle" (2017).
James Ponsoldt | Introduction
In 1607, the "Susan Constant" sails from London to the New World, carrying English settlers from the Virginia Company. Along the way, the "Susan Constant" is caught in a North Atlantic storm and Captain John Smith, who dreams about adventure, saves young, inexperienced crewmate Thomas from drowning. As they approach the New World, the settlers, including John, talk of adventure, finding gold, fighting "Injuns" and potentially settling in the new land. In the Powhatan tribe in Tsenacommacah, North America, Pocahontas, the beautiful daughter of Chief Powhatan, fears being possibly wed to Kocoum, a brave warrior whom she sees as too serious for her own free-spirited personality.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Plot
A television movie version of "RahXephon" called "Pluralitas Concentio" was directed by Tomoki Kyoda, who had directed three episodes of the TV series and acted as assistant director with Soichi Masui. Izubuchi acted as Chief Director on this movie, but was not heavily involved in its production. Most of the staff members involved with the TV series worked on the movie, and it was distributed by Shochiku. The producers were Masahiko Minami, Shiro Sasaki, Maki Horiuchi, Kenji Shimizu, and Tatsuji Yamazaki. The movie quickly reveals mysteries that were developed slowly in the TV series and makes changes to the plot.
RahXephon | Movie
The asterisk (*) means that some characters are either mentioned or made cameos.
Pocahontas (franchise) | Characters
The screenwriters were Bella and Samuel Spewack and the director was Harry Beaumont.
The Vinegar Tree | Introduction
1. Steven Spielberg – "Schindler's List" 2. Jane Campion – "The Piano" 3. Robert Altman – "Short Cuts"
1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Director
Zondag joined Walt Disney Feature Animation during the early 1990s and co-wrote "Pocahontas" in 1995. In 2000, he and Eric Leighton directed "Dinosaur" as a part of the Disney Computer Graphics Unit. Zondag was nominated for Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production.
Ralph Zondag | Life and career
He directed films such as "Sthreehridayam" (1960) and "Karinizhal" (1971).
J. D. Thottan | Films
The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis.
Ralph Rosenblum | Selected filmography
In September 1992, Disney began casting actors for "Pocahontas" telling talent agents that they were particularly interested in Native American actors for the project. For the role of Pocahontas, Broadway actress-singer Judy Kuhn was hired to provide the singing voice for the eponymous character before Irene Bedard was cast. Kuhn explained, "They said, 'You are going to do the dialogue unless we find a Native American actress whose singing voice matched yours.' I was cast before Irene, so it actually went backwards." Bedard herself was filming "" (1994) where she was informed by the casting director that they were looking for someone to voice the title role.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Casting
Following his directorial debut with "The Rescuers Down Under" (1990), Mike Gabriel happened upon an image of Pocahontas in a history book and decided that he wanted to pitch a film about her to Disney executives. Feeling that he was not adept at drawing women, he went to the pitch meeting with a Xeroxed image of Tiger Lily from "Peter Pan" (1953) which he added animals to. His one sentence pitch for the film was: "An Indian princess falls in love with an English settler, then is torn between her father's wish to destroy the settlers and her need to help them." When Disney executives asked Gabriel to summarize Pocahontas' character, he replied: "She's a girl with a problem." Inspired by William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet", the film's directors Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg wanted the story of "Pocahontas" to feature two characters of very different backgrounds falling in love.
Pocahontas (character) | Conception and writing
1. Martin Scorsese – "Goodfellas" 2. Stephen Frears – "The Grifters" 3. Jane Campion – "Sweetie"
1990 National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Director
Kostas Karagiannis (; 1932 – 17 February 1993) was a Greek film director. He directed more than a hundred films from 1960 to 1991.
Kostas Karagiannis | Introduction
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas is a 1953 American historical film directed by Lew Landers. The distributor was United Artists. It stars Anthony Dexter, Jody Lawrance and Alan Hale. While most scenes were filmed in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains region, exteriors were shot around Bronson Canyon. It depicts the foundation of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia by English settlers and the relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas. She married John Rolfe in real life. It is also known by the alternative title Burning Arrows. Regarded as a B movie, the film has gained a cult following.
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | Introduction
These productions are an extension of Nekrošius's directing career which began in the 1970s.
Meno Fortas | Introduction
The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis.
Martin Walsh (film editor) | Selected filmography
At the 2000 Kraków Film Festival, Depardon received the Dragon of Dragons, a lifetime achievement award.
Raymond Depardon | Director
Ponsoldt has written and directed three short films: "Coming Down the Mountain" (2003), "Rush Tickets" (2003), and "Junebug and Hurricane" (2004). He also co-directed (and served as a co-directory of photography and an editor on) a documentary short called "We Saw Such Things" (2008), about the mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida.
James Ponsoldt | Short films
The following listing includes directors also known for artistic, adult-oriented films: Related directors
The World of Henry Paris | See also
Vytautas Žalakevičius (14 April 1930 – 12 November 1996) was a Lithuanian film director and writer. His 1973 film "" won the Golden Prize at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.
Vytautas Žalakevičius | Introduction
Including: Norman Ayrton (1924 - 2017), John Percy Burrell (1910 - 1972), Hugh Hunt (1911 - 1993), John Moody (1906 - 1993), David Phethean (1918 - 2001), Alex Reeve, and Jules Wright (1948 - 2015).
University of Bristol Theatre Collection | Directors
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World is a 1998 American direct-to-video sequel to the 1995 Disney film "Pocahontas". While the first film dealt with her meeting with John Smith and the arrival of the British settlers in Jamestown, the sequel focuses on Pocahontas's journey to England with John Rolfe to negotiate for peace between the two nations, although her death is omitted from the film's ending.
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | Introduction
Columbus declined to direct "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", only acting as producer. Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón took over the job, and after shooting in 2003, the film was released on 4 June 2004. Due to the fourth film beginning its production before the third's release, Mike Newell was chosen as the director for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", released on 18 November 2005. Newell became the first British director of the series, with television director David Yates following suit after he was chosen to helm "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". Production began in January 2006 and the film was released the following year in July 2007.
Harry Potter | Films
Films directed by Ron Howard Films with other directors
Daniel P. Hanley | Selected filmography
This is a list of notable directors in motion picture and television arts.
List of film and television directors | Introduction
Renowned for animating female characters such as Ariel, supervising animator Glen Keane was immediately tapped to draw the titular Indian princess. Following the demands of Jeffrey Katzenberg to make the title character "the most idealized and finest woman ever made", Keane first sought his inspirations for his depictions of Pocahontas from Shirley 'Little Dove' Custalow-McGowan and Devi White Dove, women he had met during the research trip to Virginia. Keane recalled meeting the women: So I turned around and there's this beautiful Indian woman walking up; a Native American. She said 'Are you Glen Keane? The animator that's going to do Pocahontas?' I said 'Well, yeah.' And then from behind another tree another woman came up and she said, 'Well, my name is Shirley Little Dove, and this is my sister Devi White Dove, and we are descended from Pocahontas.' And as they stood there, I mean I took a picture of both of them, and between their faces was Pocahontas' face in my mind – I could see her.
Pocahontas (1995 film) | Design and animation
Thomas Oikonomou (Greek: Θωμάς Οικονόμου, 1864–1927) was a Greek actor and one of the first modern Greek directors.
Thomas Oikonomou | Introduction
Director Editor Title designer
Kevin Greutert | Filmography
Upon seeing the initial storyboard reels in 1989, Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg ordered that the film be scrapped and started over from scratch. A few months after starting anew, Purdum resigned as director. The studio had approached John Musker and Ron Clements to direct the film, but they turned down the offer, saying they were "tired" after just having finished directing Disney's recent success "The Little Mermaid". Disney then hired first-time feature directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale. Wise and Trousdale had previously directed the animated sections of "Cranium Command", a short film for a Disney EPCOT theme park attraction.
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) | Script rewrite and musicalization
In the area of the feature films they started directing "Enciclopedia" (1998) and "Yo Presidente" (2006); a feature documentary film coproduced with journalist and Patagonik (Disney Films) that obtained the First Prize in the International Festival of Independent Cinema from Mexico and the Best Prize for Documentary Film at the Malaga Film Festival. Two years later they directed "El artista" (2008) aka "The Artist", an art-house film composed entirely by long tracking shots that questions where the limits are established between an artist and his work in the ambiguous world of contemporary art. coproduced between Aleph Media (Argentina), Cinecittá and Istituto Luce (Italy), and received the Ibermedia (Spain) grant for film production.
Gastón Duprat &amp; Mariano Cohn | Film
The scene where he is examining Pelagius's image is removed.
King Arthur (2004 film) | Director's cut
During this period one of his major works was "The Crusaders", an epic romantic miniseries about the Christian crusaders in the 11th century. He continued producing film for television, for RTS.
Dominique Othenin-Girard | Film director
Ralph Thomas (1915–2001) was an English film director. Ralph Thomas may also refer to:
Ralph Thomas (disambiguation) | Introduction
Hilyard M. Brown (February 16, 1910 – October 12, 2002) was an American art director. He won an Oscar in the category Best Art Direction for the film "Cleopatra".
Hilyard M. Brown | Introduction
Shendopen Productions
Michael Williams (film director) | References
As film director: As screenwriter:
David E. Durston | Filmography