Exclusive: CBS has put in development dramas Near Death, from writer Chase creator Jennifer Johnson, and St. Bernie’s, from Instinct creator Michael Rauch. Both hail from producer Glenn Geller and CBS Television Studios.
Written by Johnson, in Near Death, following a horrible accident, a young woman’s near-death experience leads to inexplicable visions that prove surprisingly useful in helping her detective father solve crimes, and may also reveal dark secrets that threaten to permanently fracture their family.
Johnson executive produces with Geller and DeVon Franklin (Breakthrough).
Written by Rauch, St. Bernies revolves around an idealistic but immature doctor, who, when a small town’s hospital is forced to close, leads a determined group of locals who co-opt a diner-turned-veterinarian clinic into a medical practice to deliver much-needed care to their community.
Rauch, who has been under an overall deal at CBS TV Studios, and Geller executive produce.
Near Death and St.
Written by Johnson, in Near Death, following a horrible accident, a young woman’s near-death experience leads to inexplicable visions that prove surprisingly useful in helping her detective father solve crimes, and may also reveal dark secrets that threaten to permanently fracture their family.
Johnson executive produces with Geller and DeVon Franklin (Breakthrough).
Written by Rauch, St. Bernies revolves around an idealistic but immature doctor, who, when a small town’s hospital is forced to close, leads a determined group of locals who co-opt a diner-turned-veterinarian clinic into a medical practice to deliver much-needed care to their community.
Rauch, who has been under an overall deal at CBS TV Studios, and Geller executive produce.
Near Death and St.
- 11/6/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former CBS Entertainment President Glenn Geller has been named President of the production company launched several months ago by Homeland co-creators/executive producers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa as part of a big four-year overall deal at Sony Pictures Television.
Geller will shepherd development for the company and will executive produce new series projects with Gordon and Gansa.
Geller has known Gordon since the late 90s when Geller was Manager of Drama programming at 20th Century TV where Gordon was based as a writer-producer for a quarter century before moving to Sony with Gansa in May. Over the years, Geller also had crossed paths with Gansa.
Since exiting his post as President of CBS Entertainment in May 2017, Geller had been a producer with a deal at CBS TV Studios, selling a number of projects. He had previously served as a top current programming executive at both CBS and CBS TV Studios.
Geller will shepherd development for the company and will executive produce new series projects with Gordon and Gansa.
Geller has known Gordon since the late 90s when Geller was Manager of Drama programming at 20th Century TV where Gordon was based as a writer-producer for a quarter century before moving to Sony with Gansa in May. Over the years, Geller also had crossed paths with Gansa.
Since exiting his post as President of CBS Entertainment in May 2017, Geller had been a producer with a deal at CBS TV Studios, selling a number of projects. He had previously served as a top current programming executive at both CBS and CBS TV Studios.
- 11/1/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The CBS series Code Black came to an end in July, but fans of the series aren’t ready to say goodbye. Kelly Kahl, President of CBS Entertainment, addressed the possibility of bringing back the Marcia Gay Harden-fronted medical drama during the CBS executive panel at TCA Sunday morning.
“It’s a well done show,” Kahl said adding, “we’d like to figure out a way” to bring it back.
Kahl said that the third and final season was a good season and was consistent with viewers during the summer, but “economics challenged it” but it was “performing well.”
Code Black, produced by ABC Studios and CBS TV Studios, doesn’t have an off-network deal, which makes the show’s economics challenging. Additionally, the options on the entire cast have expired, so the studios will need to make new deals with them if they are available. (The majority of them are.
“It’s a well done show,” Kahl said adding, “we’d like to figure out a way” to bring it back.
Kahl said that the third and final season was a good season and was consistent with viewers during the summer, but “economics challenged it” but it was “performing well.”
Code Black, produced by ABC Studios and CBS TV Studios, doesn’t have an off-network deal, which makes the show’s economics challenging. Additionally, the options on the entire cast have expired, so the studios will need to make new deals with them if they are available. (The majority of them are.
- 8/5/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This article contains details about tonight’s series finale of Code Black.
CBS’ Code Black ended its run on CBS tonight with an action-packed Season 3 finale, which marks a series finale for the medical drama, canceled by the network in May. It gave all characters’ stories proper ending, especially lead Marcia Gay Harden’s Dr. Leanne Rorish, who reunited with her foster daughter Ariel (Emily Alyn Lind).
Created by Michael Seitzman based on Ryan McGarry’s feature documentary, Code Black defied conventions during its run, including revamping a portion of its cast every season to resemble real life at a hospital where residents graduate and move on and new ones come in every year. The series stayed true to form with an unconventional finale, in which the story was told out of order, starting with an airplane crashing into Angels Memorial then backtracking to the events leading up...
CBS’ Code Black ended its run on CBS tonight with an action-packed Season 3 finale, which marks a series finale for the medical drama, canceled by the network in May. It gave all characters’ stories proper ending, especially lead Marcia Gay Harden’s Dr. Leanne Rorish, who reunited with her foster daughter Ariel (Emily Alyn Lind).
Created by Michael Seitzman based on Ryan McGarry’s feature documentary, Code Black defied conventions during its run, including revamping a portion of its cast every season to resemble real life at a hospital where residents graduate and move on and new ones come in every year. The series stayed true to form with an unconventional finale, in which the story was told out of order, starting with an airplane crashing into Angels Memorial then backtracking to the events leading up...
- 7/19/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This article contains details about tonight’s series finale of Code Black.
If you are going to go out, go out with a bang — that seemed to be the sentiment for the Code Black series finale tonight on CBS.
The medical drama was not short on the drama as it stacked intense, near-death moments in and outside of Angels Memorial. The Season 3-ending episode, appropriately titled “The Business of Saving Lives,” also served up some emotional connections with the many struggling relationships in the series — mainly Marcia Gay Harden’s Dr. Leanne Rorish and foster daughter Ariel (Emily Alyn Lind).
The episode is told somewhat out of order, starting with an airplane crashing into Angels Memorial. It then backtracks to the events leading up to that crash — and boy oh boy is there a lot.
Through the course of the episode, Col. Ethan Willis (Rob Lowe) continues to...
If you are going to go out, go out with a bang — that seemed to be the sentiment for the Code Black series finale tonight on CBS.
The medical drama was not short on the drama as it stacked intense, near-death moments in and outside of Angels Memorial. The Season 3-ending episode, appropriately titled “The Business of Saving Lives,” also served up some emotional connections with the many struggling relationships in the series — mainly Marcia Gay Harden’s Dr. Leanne Rorish and foster daughter Ariel (Emily Alyn Lind).
The episode is told somewhat out of order, starting with an airplane crashing into Angels Memorial. It then backtracks to the events leading up to that crash — and boy oh boy is there a lot.
Through the course of the episode, Col. Ethan Willis (Rob Lowe) continues to...
- 7/19/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has pulled the plug on medical drama “Code Black” after three seasons.
Series creator and showrunner Michael Seitzman first broke the news on Twitter.
“Dear #CodeBlack fans, the sad news came today that we were cancelled,” he wrote. “It’s been a true joy to make this show and watch your response every week. Thank you for all of your passion. Truly, our best episodes have yet to air. We hope you’ll watch and enjoy them. We made them for you.”
The series takes place in the fictional Angels Memorial Hospital, where the high number often outnumbered the limited resources available to doctors and patients, creating a situation known in some hospitals as a “code black.”
It stars Marcia Gay Harden, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Emily Tyra, William Allen Young, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, Moon Bloodgood, Luis Guzmán, and Rob Lowe. Michael Seitzman, David Marshall Grant,...
Series creator and showrunner Michael Seitzman first broke the news on Twitter.
“Dear #CodeBlack fans, the sad news came today that we were cancelled,” he wrote. “It’s been a true joy to make this show and watch your response every week. Thank you for all of your passion. Truly, our best episodes have yet to air. We hope you’ll watch and enjoy them. We made them for you.”
The series takes place in the fictional Angels Memorial Hospital, where the high number often outnumbered the limited resources available to doctors and patients, creating a situation known in some hospitals as a “code black.”
It stars Marcia Gay Harden, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Emily Tyra, William Allen Young, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, Moon Bloodgood, Luis Guzmán, and Rob Lowe. Michael Seitzman, David Marshall Grant,...
- 5/24/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
CBS medical drama Code Black will not return for a fourth season. Creator/showrunner Michael Seitzman revealed the news in a note to fans early Thursday on Twitter.
“The sad news came today that we were cancelled,” Seitzman wrote. “It’s been a true joy to make this show and watch your response every week. Thank you for all of your passion. Truly, our best episodes have yet to air. We hope you’ll watch and enjoy them. We made them for you.”
Dear #CodeBlack fans, the sad news came today that we were cancelled. It's been a true joy to make this show and watch your response every week. Thank you for all of your passion. Truly, our best episodes have yet to air. We hope you'll watch and enjoy them. We made them for you.
— Michael Seitzman (@michaelseitzman) May 24, 2018
The series returned April 25 to soft numbers, with its Season 3 premiere down 33% compared with last season’s debut. It came down to the wire last year, with the show getting a last-minute Season 3 renewal, as it did for Season 2. Because of the late start, the network this year postponed the renewal decision until after the upfronts.
RelatedNetwork TV Series Cancellations For 2017-18 Season: Photo Gallery
The decision not to renew for a fourth season was not a surprise. Seitzman wrote that the season finale was written as a series ender. “We always suspected this would be the last season. We wrote it to end that way,” he tweeted.
We always suspected this would be the last season. We wrote it to end that way. https://t.co/AByfkZ5Da0
— Michael Seitzman (@michaelseitzman) May 24, 2018
Created by Seitzman, Code Black took place in the busiest, most notorious ER in the nation, where the staggering influx of patients outweighed the limited resources available to the doctors and nurses whose job is to treat them all – creating a condition known as Code Black.
Marcia Gay Harden starred along with Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind and Moon Bloodgood, along with Luis Guzmán and Rob Lowe.
The series was produced by ABC Television Studios in association with CBS Television Studios. Seitzman executive produced with David Marshall Grant, Rob Bowman, Marti Noxon, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Ryan McGarry and Mike Weiss.
“The sad news came today that we were cancelled,” Seitzman wrote. “It’s been a true joy to make this show and watch your response every week. Thank you for all of your passion. Truly, our best episodes have yet to air. We hope you’ll watch and enjoy them. We made them for you.”
Dear #CodeBlack fans, the sad news came today that we were cancelled. It's been a true joy to make this show and watch your response every week. Thank you for all of your passion. Truly, our best episodes have yet to air. We hope you'll watch and enjoy them. We made them for you.
— Michael Seitzman (@michaelseitzman) May 24, 2018
The series returned April 25 to soft numbers, with its Season 3 premiere down 33% compared with last season’s debut. It came down to the wire last year, with the show getting a last-minute Season 3 renewal, as it did for Season 2. Because of the late start, the network this year postponed the renewal decision until after the upfronts.
RelatedNetwork TV Series Cancellations For 2017-18 Season: Photo Gallery
The decision not to renew for a fourth season was not a surprise. Seitzman wrote that the season finale was written as a series ender. “We always suspected this would be the last season. We wrote it to end that way,” he tweeted.
We always suspected this would be the last season. We wrote it to end that way. https://t.co/AByfkZ5Da0
— Michael Seitzman (@michaelseitzman) May 24, 2018
Created by Seitzman, Code Black took place in the busiest, most notorious ER in the nation, where the staggering influx of patients outweighed the limited resources available to the doctors and nurses whose job is to treat them all – creating a condition known as Code Black.
Marcia Gay Harden starred along with Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind and Moon Bloodgood, along with Luis Guzmán and Rob Lowe.
The series was produced by ABC Television Studios in association with CBS Television Studios. Seitzman executive produced with David Marshall Grant, Rob Bowman, Marti Noxon, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Ryan McGarry and Mike Weiss.
- 5/24/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated May 24 at 7:31 a.m. Pt with “Code Black” canceled by CBS.
Is “Ghosted” coming back?
That’s a question on viewers’ minds as upfronts week comes to a close, with Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS and The CW all having announced their fall programming schedules as of Thursday. ‘Cause some of those slates have holes in them, meaning the statuses of almost half a dozen shows on broadcast television are still up in the air.
Look, we can accept the fact that not every series will be saved like “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” — not every show should be. But come on, networks — minus ABC and The CW, who have already killed or renewed everything they’re going to — fans need to hear one way or another whether their favorite programs will be returning this fall, especially for ones that have a crazy-devoted fanbase.
Also Read: Limbo Shows: Here's the Status of...
Is “Ghosted” coming back?
That’s a question on viewers’ minds as upfronts week comes to a close, with Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS and The CW all having announced their fall programming schedules as of Thursday. ‘Cause some of those slates have holes in them, meaning the statuses of almost half a dozen shows on broadcast television are still up in the air.
Look, we can accept the fact that not every series will be saved like “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” — not every show should be. But come on, networks — minus ABC and The CW, who have already killed or renewed everything they’re going to — fans need to hear one way or another whether their favorite programs will be returning this fall, especially for ones that have a crazy-devoted fanbase.
Also Read: Limbo Shows: Here's the Status of...
- 5/24/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Things might be getting a little meta this season.
One of the new residents introduced on Code Black Season 3 Episode 1 is filming a documentary ... something along the lines of what Ryan McGarry made about the Los Angeles County Hospital ER.
But he's not the only newbie, and boy did they have a hell of a first day.
Pepper definitely had it the worst. Who gets accidentally dosed with fentanyl on their first day?! I hope her insurance and sick time kicks in right away.
Despite her being, well, unconscious for most of the hour, we learned a surprising amount about the new female resident. In addition to being a little meek and self-doubting, her real name is Andrea and she had throat cancer as a kid.
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It's a start in getting to know her, but I...
One of the new residents introduced on Code Black Season 3 Episode 1 is filming a documentary ... something along the lines of what Ryan McGarry made about the Los Angeles County Hospital ER.
But he's not the only newbie, and boy did they have a hell of a first day.
Pepper definitely had it the worst. Who gets accidentally dosed with fentanyl on their first day?! I hope her insurance and sick time kicks in right away.
Despite her being, well, unconscious for most of the hour, we learned a surprising amount about the new female resident. In addition to being a little meek and self-doubting, her real name is Andrea and she had throat cancer as a kid.
Related: Enjoy Unlimited access to thousands of Movies & TV Shows with Amazon Prime Video!
It's a start in getting to know her, but I...
- 4/26/2018
- by Elizabeth Harlow
- TVfanatic
Code Black is going musical.
The cast of the CBS medical drama will be dusting off their pipes and putting on their dancing shoes for an elaborate early season three musical number, Et can exclusively reveal.
The majority of the ensemble -- including Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzman, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth and Boris Kodjoe -- will be performing in the number, which will open the second episode of the new season. Rob Lowe and Moon Bloodgood will not be in the routine, which is set to Hozier's "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene."
Related: Rob Lowe and the 'Code Black' Doctors Hilariously Fail at This Popular Kids' Game
Et exclusively debuts four on-set photos during production on the musical number (one of which you can see above), which was filmed Monday and marks the first time the cast will be singing and dancing.
Erik Voake/CBSErik Voake/CBSErik Voake/CBS
What's the context for the...
The cast of the CBS medical drama will be dusting off their pipes and putting on their dancing shoes for an elaborate early season three musical number, Et can exclusively reveal.
The majority of the ensemble -- including Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzman, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth and Boris Kodjoe -- will be performing in the number, which will open the second episode of the new season. Rob Lowe and Moon Bloodgood will not be in the routine, which is set to Hozier's "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene."
Related: Rob Lowe and the 'Code Black' Doctors Hilariously Fail at This Popular Kids' Game
Et exclusively debuts four on-set photos during production on the musical number (one of which you can see above), which was filmed Monday and marks the first time the cast will be singing and dancing.
Erik Voake/CBSErik Voake/CBSErik Voake/CBS
What's the context for the...
- 8/8/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
CBS has ordered three additional episodes of its Code Black TV show. The new pick-up brings the medical drama's second season episode count up to 16. The network also ordered additional episodes of new comedies, Man with a Plan and The Great Indoors.Code Black stars Marcia Gay Harden, Boris Kodjoe, Melanie Chandra, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Jillian Murray, William Allen Young, Luis Guzmán, and Rob Lowe. Michael Seitzman, David Marshall Grant, Ryan McGarry, David Von Ancken, Marti Noxon and Linda Goldstein Knowlton executive produce.Read More…...
- 11/14/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Jillian Murray (Cabin Fever: Patient Zero) has booked a heavily recurring role on CBS' Code Black. The medical drama, written by Michael Seitzman and directed by David Semel, is based on Ryan McGarry's feature documentary. It is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation and revolves around four residents who are getting their first taste of ER medicine and the medical staff who mentor, teach and terrify them. Murray, repped by Joseph Le Talent Agency and…...
- 10/15/2015
- Deadline TV
I will say this for "Code Black": it knows its TV hospital drama cliches, and when to deploy them. Adapted by Michael Seitzman from Ryan McGarry's documentary of the same name, "Code Black" (it debuts Wednesday night at 10) is set at a Los Angeles hospital that has the nation's busiest emergency room. A code black, we're told in the opening titles, is declared when the ER has "an influx of patients so great, there aren't enough resources to treat them." Where an average ER hits code black five times in a year, this place gets there 300 times. Its residents have to be able to multi-task in a way that makes all the County General doctors from "ER" look like slackers. Now, many of the executives who've run CBS for 20 years worked together at Warner Bros. when "ER" was developed, so it's not surprising either that they would order a show like this,...
- 9/28/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Based on the award-winning documentary by Ryan McGarry, CBS’ new Code Black (premieres Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 10pmET/9pmCT) is a fascinating look at the split-second, life-and-death decisions being made at the nation’s busiest and most notorious ER. A group of medical residents gets a fast introduction to this ER as it operates in a code black (when an influx of patients is so great, they can’t treat them all) about 300 times a year. Code Black is an adrenaline rush of high-stakes drama, built around strong characters (played by standouts Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzman and Bonnie Somerville) and an … Continue reading →
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- 9/25/2015
- by Barb Oates
- ChannelGuideMag
The Following executive producer Brett Mahoney has closed an overall deal with CBS TV Studios. Under the two-year pact, Mahoney is joining new CBS medical drama Code Black, from ABC Studios and CBS Studios, as executive producer alongside creator/showrunner Michael Seitzman. Mahoney also will develop new projects for the studio. Based on the award-winning documentary by Ryan McGarry, Code Black is described as a heart-pounding medical drama that takes place in the…...
- 6/4/2015
- Deadline TV
Life in Pieces
Along with all other networks on Upfronts week, CBS is unveiling the lineup for their 2015-2016 television season, just as the current one winds down. Having already announced the existing shows that will and won’t be returning next season, CBS also revealed the new shows that will be appearing on the channel, along with trailers.
Among the new series on CBS in the fall will be Supergirl.
Supergirl is an action-adventure drama based on the DC Comics character Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist), Superman’s (Kal-El) cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents’ help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew...
Along with all other networks on Upfronts week, CBS is unveiling the lineup for their 2015-2016 television season, just as the current one winds down. Having already announced the existing shows that will and won’t be returning next season, CBS also revealed the new shows that will be appearing on the channel, along with trailers.
Among the new series on CBS in the fall will be Supergirl.
Supergirl is an action-adventure drama based on the DC Comics character Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist), Superman’s (Kal-El) cousin who, after 12 years of keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents’ help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew...
- 5/13/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Fresh off its Supergirl pickup on Wednesday and ahead of its upfronts presentation next week, CBS announced orders for six new series, some of which have familiar titles.
On the drama front, CBS greenlit TV adaptations of the films Limitless and Rush Hour and picked up the Criminal Minds spinoff Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. The network also finally added a medical drama to its roster in the form of Code Black.
Based on the 2011 feature film starring Bradley Cooper, Limitless follows Brian Finch as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug Nzt and uses his drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI. It stars Jake McDorman, Jennifer Carpenter, Hill Harper, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Cooper is executive producing along with Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Heather Kadin, Todd Phillips, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Tooley, Tom Forman, Craig Sweeny, and Marc Webb.
Rush Hour is inspired by the 1990s Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker franchise.
On the drama front, CBS greenlit TV adaptations of the films Limitless and Rush Hour and picked up the Criminal Minds spinoff Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. The network also finally added a medical drama to its roster in the form of Code Black.
Based on the 2011 feature film starring Bradley Cooper, Limitless follows Brian Finch as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug Nzt and uses his drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI. It stars Jake McDorman, Jennifer Carpenter, Hill Harper, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Cooper is executive producing along with Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Heather Kadin, Todd Phillips, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Tooley, Tom Forman, Craig Sweeny, and Marc Webb.
Rush Hour is inspired by the 1990s Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker franchise.
- 5/8/2015
- by A.R. Wilson
- SoundOnSight
Upfronts week rolls on. The official unveiling hasn't been made (that'll be next week), but Vulture can confirm that CBS has ordered four dramas and two comedy pilots for the fall season (Supergirl has already made it to series). Three of the dramas, Code Black, Rush Hour, and Limitless, are based on feature films or documentaries, and the fourth is a spinoff of Criminal Minds. The Giant Eye network is also determined to get into the single-camera comedy game: Both Angel From Hell and Life in Pieces are single-cams, a slight surprise for a network that built its brand on multi-cam sitcoms.Code Black: Written by Michael Seitzman and directed by David Semel, the show is based on Ryan McGarry's feature documentary of the same title (he's also an executive producer). The cast includes Marcia Gay Harden, Bonnie Somerville, Raza Jaffrey, and Luis Guzmán (!) as medical professionals in...
- 5/8/2015
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
CBS’ latest drama series orders for the 2015-16 TV season include a spinoff, two movie adaptations and a documentary-turned-tv drama.
RelatedSupergirl Lands Series Order at CBS
Having already declared Supergirl ready for takeoff, the Eye network on Thursday ordered to series the dramas Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Rush Hour, Limitless and Code Black.
Related Fall TV: Jane Lynch’s Angel From Hell Among Comedies Ordered at CBS
Descriptions with casting are as follows:
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
Writer: Erica Messer
Other EPs: Mark Gordon, Nick Pepper
Cast: Gary Sinise, Daniel Henney and Tyler James Williams; Anna Gunn appeared...
RelatedSupergirl Lands Series Order at CBS
Having already declared Supergirl ready for takeoff, the Eye network on Thursday ordered to series the dramas Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Rush Hour, Limitless and Code Black.
Related Fall TV: Jane Lynch’s Angel From Hell Among Comedies Ordered at CBS
Descriptions with casting are as follows:
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
Writer: Erica Messer
Other EPs: Mark Gordon, Nick Pepper
Cast: Gary Sinise, Daniel Henney and Tyler James Williams; Anna Gunn appeared...
- 5/8/2015
- TVLine.com
Maggie Grace is checking out of Code Black.
The Lost grad has exited CBS’ medical drama pilot for creative reasons, TVLine has learned exclusively. The role will be recast.
RelatedPilot Season ’15: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
Based on the festival award-winning Ryan McGarry documentary, Code Black is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation — L.A. County Hospital — where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Grace was slated to play ER residency director Leanne,...
The Lost grad has exited CBS’ medical drama pilot for creative reasons, TVLine has learned exclusively. The role will be recast.
RelatedPilot Season ’15: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
Based on the festival award-winning Ryan McGarry documentary, Code Black is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation — L.A. County Hospital — where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Grace was slated to play ER residency director Leanne,...
- 3/10/2015
- TVLine.com
Coming off playing the charming Colonel Aasar Khan on Season 4 of Homeland, British actor Raza Jaffrey is taking on another heartthrob role, a lead opposite Maggie Grace in CBS pilot Code Black. The medical drama, written by Michael Seitzman and directed by David Semel, is based on Ryan McGarry's feature documentary. It is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation and revolves around four residents who are getting their first taste of ER medicine and the…...
- 3/4/2015
- Deadline TV
Veteran Luis Guzman is set as a lead opposite Maggie Grace in CBS pilot Code Black, a medical drama written by Michael Seitzman and directed by David Semel for ABC Studios. Based on Ryan McGarry's feature documentary of the same name, the show is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation and revolves around four residents who are getting their first taste of ER medicine and the medical staff who mentor, teach and terrify them. Guzman, repped by Gersh…...
- 3/4/2015
- Deadline TV
Maggie Grace has booked her next major TV role, joining CBS’ medical drama pilot Code Black, our sister site Deadline reports.
RelatedPilot Season ’15: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
Based on the festival award-winning Ryan McGarry documentary, Code Black is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation — L.A. County Hospital — where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Grace is playing ER residency director Leanne, described as “a force of nature and a force to be reckoned with.
RelatedPilot Season ’15: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
Based on the festival award-winning Ryan McGarry documentary, Code Black is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation — L.A. County Hospital — where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Grace is playing ER residency director Leanne, described as “a force of nature and a force to be reckoned with.
- 2/25/2015
- TVLine.com
Lost alumna Maggie Grace is set as the female lead in CBS pilot Code Black, a medical drama written by Michael Seitzman and directed by David Semel. Based on Ryan McGarry's feature documentary of the same name, the drama series — like the docu — is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation. The show revolves around four residents who are getting their first taste of ER medicine and the medical staff who mentor, teach and terrify them. Grace will play Leanne…...
- 2/24/2015
- Deadline TV
Melanie Kannokada has joined the cast of CBS drama pilot Code Black, a medical drama written by Intelligence creator Michael Seitzman and directed by David Semel. Based on Ryan McGarry's feature documentary of the same name, the drama series — like the docu — is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation, La County Hospital, where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most…...
- 2/24/2015
- Deadline TV
Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden is scrubbing in for CBS this pilot season, with a role on the medical drama Code Black.
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Based on the festival award-winning Ryan McGarry documentary, Code Black is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation — L.A. County Hospital — where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Harden will play Christa, a former soccer mom whose son died of cancer. Now she is a newly minted,...
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Based on the festival award-winning Ryan McGarry documentary, Code Black is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation — L.A. County Hospital — where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Harden will play Christa, a former soccer mom whose son died of cancer. Now she is a newly minted,...
- 2/17/2015
- TVLine.com
CBS is breaking out the paddles and reviving the festival award-winning documentary Code Black (pictured) as a drama pilot.
To be penned by Michael Seitzman (Intelligence), the series pilot will be set in “the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation” – L.A. County Hospital – where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Seitzman and Code Black docu producer/director Ryan McGarry will exec-produce the project alongside Marti Noxon, Linda Goldstein-Knowlton and pilot director David Semel.
CBS’ previous drama pilot orders include an adaptation...
To be penned by Michael Seitzman (Intelligence), the series pilot will be set in “the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation” – L.A. County Hospital – where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Seitzman and Code Black docu producer/director Ryan McGarry will exec-produce the project alongside Marti Noxon, Linda Goldstein-Knowlton and pilot director David Semel.
CBS’ previous drama pilot orders include an adaptation...
- 1/28/2015
- TVLine.com
Marti Noxon is checking into the hospital with CBS.
The network has ordered a pilot for the medical drama “Code Black,” which counts Noxon (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Glee”) among its executive producers.
Also Read: CBS Orders ‘Rush Hour’ Pilot, Projects From Greg Garcia, ‘Modern Family’ Ep
The drama is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation – La County Hospital – where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Michael Seitzman, who created the CBS drama “Intelligence,” is writing and serving as executive producer,...
The network has ordered a pilot for the medical drama “Code Black,” which counts Noxon (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Glee”) among its executive producers.
Also Read: CBS Orders ‘Rush Hour’ Pilot, Projects From Greg Garcia, ‘Modern Family’ Ep
The drama is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation – La County Hospital – where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Michael Seitzman, who created the CBS drama “Intelligence,” is writing and serving as executive producer,...
- 1/28/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Kino Lorber has acquired all Us and Canadian rights to Bent Hamer’s Norwegain foreign-language Oscar submission.
The distributor plans to release 1001 Grams theatrically in the first quarter of 2015, followed by a digital and home media release in the summer.
Ane Dahl Torp plays a recently divorced scientist who re-evaluates her life when she takes the place of her ailing scientist father at an international weights and measures seminar. Kino Lorber negotiated the deal with Les Films du Losange.
Music Box Films has acquired Us and Canadian home entertainment rights to Ryan McGarry’s healthcare documentary Code Black and will distribute on February 24.
The distributor plans to release 1001 Grams theatrically in the first quarter of 2015, followed by a digital and home media release in the summer.
Ane Dahl Torp plays a recently divorced scientist who re-evaluates her life when she takes the place of her ailing scientist father at an international weights and measures seminar. Kino Lorber negotiated the deal with Les Films du Losange.
Music Box Films has acquired Us and Canadian home entertainment rights to Ryan McGarry’s healthcare documentary Code Black and will distribute on February 24.
- 11/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
A buzzy title that scooped up the Best Documentary prize at both last year’s Los Angeles and Hamptons International film fests, “Code Black” has been acquired by Music Box just as we hit awards season. The eligible doc Oscar contender will be released on DVD and VOD in North America on February 24, 2015. Music Box is also releasing social issue doc contenders "Watcher of the Sky," "Happy Valley" and "We Are the Giant." And as always, the distributor has several competitive foreign Oscar submissions: Pawel Pawlikowski’s "Ida" (Poland), Dominik Graf’s "Beloved Sisters" (Germany) and Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz’s "Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem" (Israel). Watch the trailer for "Code Black" below. The film, directed by recovered lymphoma patient and resident Ryan McGarry, follows a team of young ER doctors during the hectic transition from the 1930 sprawling La County General + USC Medical Center...
- 11/6/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Code Black
Directed by: Ryan McGarry
Documentary
Running Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Rating: Ur
Release Date: September 12, 2014 (Chicago)
Plot: A look into the lives of doctors-in-training working the emergency room at the new Los Angeles County Hospital, where their speedy work is impeded by recent regulations.
Who’S It For? Code Black is crucial viewing for anyone looking to take a stance on American health care.
Overall
The front lines of the American health care debate have finally spoken. This critical documentary comes from the perspective of the medical professionals who are trying to best do the jobs that relentlessly motivate them, who are now in danger of having their true purpose in the emergency room jeopardized. The vigorous Code Black is made by someone with first-hand experience, a former doctor-in-training at Los Angeles County Hospital, one of the very few places in this country that people can hope to receive uncompensated care.
Directed by: Ryan McGarry
Documentary
Running Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Rating: Ur
Release Date: September 12, 2014 (Chicago)
Plot: A look into the lives of doctors-in-training working the emergency room at the new Los Angeles County Hospital, where their speedy work is impeded by recent regulations.
Who’S It For? Code Black is crucial viewing for anyone looking to take a stance on American health care.
Overall
The front lines of the American health care debate have finally spoken. This critical documentary comes from the perspective of the medical professionals who are trying to best do the jobs that relentlessly motivate them, who are now in danger of having their true purpose in the emergency room jeopardized. The vigorous Code Black is made by someone with first-hand experience, a former doctor-in-training at Los Angeles County Hospital, one of the very few places in this country that people can hope to receive uncompensated care.
- 9/12/2014
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
CBS is on the hunt for a new medical drama. On the heels of the news that the network is developing a Silicon Valley-set project from Jason Katims, The Hollywood Reporter has learned that CBS has given a put pilot commitment to a hospital drama from Intelligence creator Michael Seitzman. Partnering with executive producers Marti Noxon and Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Code Black is based on a feature documentary of the same name. And, like director Ryan McGarry's critically lauded film, the series would follow the inner workings of the busiest emergency room in Los Angeles. The project would focus
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- 8/22/2014
- by Michael O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Code Black
Directed by Ryan McGarry
Written by Ryan McGarry & Joshua Altman
USA, 2013
Sometimes lost in the ideological weeds of health care reform are the unintended emotional consequences on the caregivers themselves. The documentary, Code Black, goes inside Los Angeles County Hospital’s emergency room to give as a frontline view of America’s overburdened health care system. What we see is less a stinging indictment of bureaucratic red tape and more a thoughtful re-assessment of the doctor-patient relationship in modern medicine.
Writer-director-physician, Ryan McGarry, takes us deep into the guts (and blood) of one of America’s busiest public hospitals. In scenes that resemble refugee camps, hundreds of ailing patients huddle in waiting areas for upwards of 10-14 hours. As one of the young doctors puts it, “Emergency rooms are the new church… a place of sanctuary.” These poor souls range from the mentally ill to the down-on-their-luck. Indeed,...
Directed by Ryan McGarry
Written by Ryan McGarry & Joshua Altman
USA, 2013
Sometimes lost in the ideological weeds of health care reform are the unintended emotional consequences on the caregivers themselves. The documentary, Code Black, goes inside Los Angeles County Hospital’s emergency room to give as a frontline view of America’s overburdened health care system. What we see is less a stinging indictment of bureaucratic red tape and more a thoughtful re-assessment of the doctor-patient relationship in modern medicine.
Writer-director-physician, Ryan McGarry, takes us deep into the guts (and blood) of one of America’s busiest public hospitals. In scenes that resemble refugee camps, hundreds of ailing patients huddle in waiting areas for upwards of 10-14 hours. As one of the young doctors puts it, “Emergency rooms are the new church… a place of sanctuary.” These poor souls range from the mentally ill to the down-on-their-luck. Indeed,...
- 7/29/2014
- by J.R. Kinnard
- SoundOnSight
Physician Ryan McGarry's L.A. hospital documentary Code Black started its theatrical run last weekend and we have a unique companion piece to share with you. Reconnection combines dance and music to create a short film that works as a visual narrative for the film. It is really cool. Take a moment to check it out. In accompaniment of the U.S. theatrical release of the festival award-winning documentary Code Black, the creative team behind the film presents a short film featuring a stunning mix of ballet and modern dance with a non-verbal, entirely musically driven narrative of young American doctors fighting to preserve the personal, bedside humanity of medicine in the shadows of an industry driven by profit, regulation and politics. This short film places world-class dance talent into the abandoned...
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- 6/28/2014
- Screen Anarchy
A Summer’s Tale
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 54 Mins.
Originally released in 1996 in France (but never before in the U.S.), Eric Rohmer’s sun-kissed love quadrangle remains as fresh and romantically profound as it was 18 years ago. Melvil Poupaud plays Gaspard, a mopey young man who heads to a seaside resort in Brittany looking for a girl…and ends up finding three. Quelle chance! It’s obvious from the start that Amanda Langlet’s pixieish Margot is the One, especially after a series of long platonic walks and soul-searching talks. But Rohmer would rather torture the poor cad for not...
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 54 Mins.
Originally released in 1996 in France (but never before in the U.S.), Eric Rohmer’s sun-kissed love quadrangle remains as fresh and romantically profound as it was 18 years ago. Melvil Poupaud plays Gaspard, a mopey young man who heads to a seaside resort in Brittany looking for a girl…and ends up finding three. Quelle chance! It’s obvious from the start that Amanda Langlet’s pixieish Margot is the One, especially after a series of long platonic walks and soul-searching talks. But Rohmer would rather torture the poor cad for not...
- 6/20/2014
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside Movies
This is a reprint of our review from the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival.During the introduction to his documentary “Code Black” at its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival, director and ER doctor Ryan McGarry warned the audience about the graphic imagery in the film, which documents the emergency room at La County Hospital. However, McGarry justifies these images of people suffering because his film is largely about the way that the U.S. healthcare system isn’t doing enough to help alleviate this pain. And yes, there is imagery in the film that is extremely graphic, something that ER doctors and nurses have seen before, and in which they remain calm and unflappable. But it’s especially poignant that much of the carnage is obscured by the numerous hands and bodies of the doctors and nurses crowding around the patient—it seems an apt metaphor for the story of the ER itself,...
- 6/19/2014
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
There are few issues more divisive in the country than healthcare, but for those on the front lines, it's not just about which party you support or your feelings on taxpayer funded social services. For the doctors and nurses, their jobs are very much about the grim realities of life and death and director/physician Ryan McGarry dives deep into those issues with his debut "Code Black." The documentary takes viewers right into C-Booth, the famed trauma unit at Los Angeles County Hospital, where emergency medicine was first established. In this exclusive clip, we're introduced to C-Booth, the unique setting allowing the best in the medical field to do their job, in an environment that has seen more deaths and lives saved, per square footage, than any other place in the United States. It's a powerful film, one that we called "a special documentary with unprecedented access to the ER,...
- 6/18/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Working in an emergency room, where patients might be all but stacked on top of one another, the ability to zero in on crucial patient information, to extract essentials in order to make prioritizing assessments for treatment, can literally mean the difference between life or death.
Director Ryan McGarry, who was senior resident physician at L.A. County Hospital when he made this absorbing documentary about its famed emergency room, brings that same skill set to his debut film.
Nowhere is that better illustrated than in a late segment in which his camera captures a middle-age woman hobbling into a wheelchair. In a span of a minute or so, he has the story of how her personal and professional life (she's a former lawyer) imploded and she's now living out of her ca...
Director Ryan McGarry, who was senior resident physician at L.A. County Hospital when he made this absorbing documentary about its famed emergency room, brings that same skill set to his debut film.
Nowhere is that better illustrated than in a late segment in which his camera captures a middle-age woman hobbling into a wheelchair. In a span of a minute or so, he has the story of how her personal and professional life (she's a former lawyer) imploded and she's now living out of her ca...
- 6/18/2014
- Village Voice
Editor’s note: Our review of Code Black originally ran during last year’s Laff, but we’re re-posting it now as the film opens in limited theatrical release this week. What does Code Black mean? Most people think of codes in hospitals to mean someone is dying with shows like ER and Grey’s Anatomy often having their doctors yell, “He’s coding!” Which is not fictionalized medical jargon, but in this instance, Code Black refers to the volume of patients in a hospital waiting room. And for a doctor, seeing your hospital’s waiting room at Code Black makes you feel as though you have lost the battle to treat as many patients as you can before you even start your shift. The documentary Code Black from first-time filmmaker Ryan McGarry focuses on the lives of a handful of doctors coming up through the residency program in one of the busiest emergency rooms in the...
- 6/17/2014
- by Allison Loring
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Code Black Long Shot Factory Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B+ Director: Ryan McGarry Screenplay: Ryan McGarry, Joshua Altman Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 6/3/14 Opens: June 20, 2014 In making yet another excuse for avoiding governmental support for health insurance, President George W. Bush callously stated, “If they don’t have insurance, they can go to the emergency room.” True enough that everyone in America can get medical care even if they have no money, but there’s no way you can compare the treatment you get in an emergency room with that you can get from your own doctor or, at an even higher [ Read More ]
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- 6/16/2014
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Code Black – by definition, this term marks a nightmare scenario in hospitals signifying an overflowing waiting room, but Ryan McGarry’s documentary of the same name is an enlightening message in a time where politicians are constantly debating the likes of Obamacare and medicinal legalities. While you may whine about your monotonous 9-5 desk job, complaining about trivial nuisances like working an extra hour or being overlooked by bosses, why don’t you try being a doctor? Our jobs don’t hold people’s lives in the balance, they can’t cause tragedy with the simplest miscalculation, and they certainly don’t include “pronouncing death” on the job report – something Dr. McGarry offers an unprecedented taste of with his powerful, riveting documentary. These are the brave soldiers fighting on Us soil to save lives, preserve families, and defeat common enemies, yet governmental procedures are making their jobs tougher and less fulfilling.
- 6/16/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
A buzzy title that scooped up the Best Documentary prize at both last year’s Los Angeles Film Festival and Hamptons International Film Festival, “Code Black,” will now open theatrically on June 20 at New York’s IFC Center followed by Los Angeles's Landmark Theatre on June 27. Toh! has scored an exclusive poster for this intense doctor's eye view of our medical system in crisis; check it out below. (Trailer via Yahoo! Movies below as well.)The film, directed by recovered lymphoma patient and resident Ryan McGarry, follows a team of young ER doctors during the hectic transition from the 1930 sprawling La County General + USC Medical Center hospital to the fancy new upgrade. Aside from the acute stresses of the emergency room--where teams learn to function under duress to save lives--or not--once these doctors move to modern facilities, they are also swamped with paperwork, rules and regulations, all on a piece of land where,...
- 5/1/2014
- by Anne Thompson and Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Paul Potts movie ‘One Chance’ wins 2013 Starz Denver Film Festival Audience Award (photo: James Corden as ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ hit Paul Potts looking at Brad Pitt photo in ‘One Chance’) Among the winners at the 2013 Starz Denver Film Festival (Sdff), which ran November 6-17, was David Frankel’s One Chance, the story of Paul Potts, a timid shop assistant and amateur opera singer who eventually topped "Britain’s Got Talent." James Corden plays Potts, while Julie Walters and Colm Meaney are his parents. Director Frankel’s best-known movies are The Devil Wears Prada (2006), which earned Meryl Streep a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for playing Anne Hathaway’s style-conscious boss and nemesis, and the sentimental blockbuster Marley & Me (2008), toplining Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson. A 2012 reunion with Meryl Streep in Hope Springs, also featuring Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell, did only moderate business. This year’s Starz Denver...
- 11/21/2013
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
The Hamptons International Film Festival wrapped today with an awards ceremony that saw the Audience Awards for Narrative and Documentary going to Stephen Frears' Judi Dench-starring drama "Philomena" and Jennifer Steinman's "Desert Runners." For the juried awards "The Selfish Giant," directed by Clio Barnard ("The Arbor") won the Golden Starfish Narrative Feature Award, while Ryan McGarry's "Code Black" nabbed the Golden Starfish Award for Best Documentary. "We are pleased to have showcased an incredible array of films this year with the range and depth of subject matters and craft." said Artistic Director David Nugent "These winners truly reflect the festival's mission to present some of the best films of the year and we are proud to share them with our audiences." Below find the full list of winners. Audience Award Narrative Philomena, directed by Stephen Frears Audience Award Documentary Desert Runners, Jennifer Steinman Audience Award Best Short One Last Hug.
- 10/14/2013
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Title: Code Black Director: Ryan McGarry Filmmakers arrive at a life behind the camera in all sorts of manners these days. But perhaps one of the best things about the rapid decline in the cost of production is that allows relative neophytes who are perhaps experts in other fields the opportunity to shine an interesting and important light on causes and subjects in a manner that even the most dedicated and intellectually curious nonfiction filmmakers might not be able to achieve. Such is the case with Ryan McGarry, a doctor at Los Angeles County Hospital who took his camera to work during the four years of his residency. The resultant [ Read More ]
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- 6/26/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Janis Nords’ "Mother, I Love You" and Ryan McGarry’s "Code Black" led the winners of the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival, taking the jury prizes for narrative and documentary feature, respectively. The festival -- which wrapped up last night with the closing night film "The Way Way Back" -- also saw audience award prizes going to Destin Daniel Cretton’s "Short Term 12," Grace Lee’s "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs" and Haifaa Al Mansour’s "Wadjda." Full winners in the press release below. Los Angeles (June 23, 2013) – Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Spirit Awards, announced the jury and audience award winners for the 2013 Festival at the Awards Brunch, hosted by Chaya Downtown for the fourth year. Actor Mary Elizabeth Winstead was on hand to present the awards. The La Film Fest, presented by Film Independent, in conjunction...
- 6/24/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
La Film Festival has just about wrapped up its 2013 edition with the festival closing screening of The Way, Way Back coming tonight. The awards were announced today and it was Janis Nords's Latvian drama Mother, I Love You that took home the festival's top narrative honor, winning the Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature. La County ER doc Code Black, directed by Ryan McGarry took top jury prize in the documentary competition and the jury also gave a Best Performance in a Narrative Feature award to Geetanjali Thapa for her role in Kamar K.M's Mumbai-set drama I.D. You can see Alex Koehne's review of I.D. here. The audience prizes were also awarded today with the Best Narrative Feature award going to consummate crowd...
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- 6/23/2013
- Screen Anarchy
"Mother, I Love You" and "Code Black" were the big winners at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival awards. "Mother, I Love You" won Best Narrative Feature while "Code Black" took home the Best Documentary Award.
Here's the complete list of winners of the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival awards:
Directv Narrative Award (for Best Narrative Feature)
Mother, I Love You directed by Janis Nords
Directv Documentary Award (for Best Documentary Feature)
Code Black directed by Ryan McGarry
Best Performance in the Narrative Competition
Geetanjali Thapa in Kamar K.M.s I.D.
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
Short Term 12, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, directed by Grace Lee
Audience Award for Best International Feature
Wadjda, directed by Haifaa Al Mansour
Honolulu Film Office Award for Best Narrative Short Film
Walker directed by Tsai Ming-Liang
Honolulu Film...
Here's the complete list of winners of the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival awards:
Directv Narrative Award (for Best Narrative Feature)
Mother, I Love You directed by Janis Nords
Directv Documentary Award (for Best Documentary Feature)
Code Black directed by Ryan McGarry
Best Performance in the Narrative Competition
Geetanjali Thapa in Kamar K.M.s I.D.
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
Short Term 12, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, directed by Grace Lee
Audience Award for Best International Feature
Wadjda, directed by Haifaa Al Mansour
Honolulu Film Office Award for Best Narrative Short Film
Walker directed by Tsai Ming-Liang
Honolulu Film...
- 6/23/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
"Short Term 12," Destin Daniel Cretton's drama set in a foster care facility, captured the audience award for best narrative feature Sunday as the Los Angeles Film Festival handed out awards. The festival jury named Janis Nords' Latvian drama "Mother, I Love You" was named best narrative feature and Ryan McGarry's exploration of the healthcare system, "Code Black," won the documentary award. Also read: How the L.A. Film Fest Wooed Hollywood "Short Term 12" took the grand jury and audience awards at South by Southwest film festival earlier this year. Cinedigm plans to...
- 6/23/2013
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
As the last day of the Los Angeles Film Festival arrived Sunday with closing night gala "The Way, Way Back," the festival announced its winners at an awards brunch. The two top juried awards of the Los Angeles Film Festival are the Directv Narrative Award and Directv Documentary Award, each carrying an unrestricted $10,000 cash prize, funded by Directv, for the winning film’s director. The Directv Narrative Award for the finest narrative film in competition at the Festival went to Janis Nords’ "Mother, I Love You," making its U.S. premiere, and The DIRECTVDocumentary Award for the finest documentary film in competition at the Festival went to Ryan McGarry for world premiere "Code Black." Destin Daniel Cretton’s drama "Short Term 12" (Cinedigm, August 23), Grace Lee’s documentary "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs" and Haifaa Al Mansour’s Saudi Arabian drama "Wadjda" (Sony Pictures...
- 6/23/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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