Steven Ungerleider, the author, sports psychologist and co-founder of Sidewinder Films, the label behind documentaries about the USA Gymnastics scandal, the 1972 Munich Olympics and Arthur Ashe, has died. He was 73.
Ungerleider died Saturday in Healdsburg, California, after an eight-month battle with pancreatic cancer, The Foundation for Global Sports Development announced. He founded the organization in 1996 to promote “accessible, fair and abuse-free sport for youth through grants, awards and educational projects.”
Ungerleider produced HBO’s At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal (2019), the Erin Lee Carr-directed film that focused on the sexual-abuse victims of convicted USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
“Steven always fought for what was right, no matter what, especially advocating for those who had been wronged and silenced by institutional failures,” Foundation for Global Sports Development executive board member David Ulich said in a statement.
Ungerleider was nominated for an Emmy for his research on 2016’s Munich ’72 and Beyond,...
Ungerleider died Saturday in Healdsburg, California, after an eight-month battle with pancreatic cancer, The Foundation for Global Sports Development announced. He founded the organization in 1996 to promote “accessible, fair and abuse-free sport for youth through grants, awards and educational projects.”
Ungerleider produced HBO’s At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal (2019), the Erin Lee Carr-directed film that focused on the sexual-abuse victims of convicted USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
“Steven always fought for what was right, no matter what, especially advocating for those who had been wronged and silenced by institutional failures,” Foundation for Global Sports Development executive board member David Ulich said in a statement.
Ungerleider was nominated for an Emmy for his research on 2016’s Munich ’72 and Beyond,...
- 3/20/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix © 2020
Premiering this Wednesday, August 26, is the NetFlix documentary Rising Phoenix.
Rising Phoenix tells the extraordinary story of the Paralympic Games. From the rubble of World War II to the third biggest sporting event on the planet, the Paralympics sparked a global movement which continues to change the way the world thinks about disability, diversity & human potential.
Athletes featured in the film include Bebe Vio (Italy), Ellie Cole (Australia), Jean-Baptiste Alaize (France), Matt Stutzman (USA), Jonnie Peacock (UK), Cui Zhe (China), Ryley Batt (Australia), Ntando Mahlangu (South Africa) and Tatyana McFadden (US).
Rising Phoenix is from filmmakers of McQueen Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui.
Additional featured interviews include The Duke of Sussex, Founder of The Invictus Games; Sir Philip Craven, MBE Former President of the International Paralympics Committee (Ipc); Andrew Parsons President of the Ipc.
Watch Rising Phoenix, only on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81122408
A caucasian woman is suspended underwater,...
Premiering this Wednesday, August 26, is the NetFlix documentary Rising Phoenix.
Rising Phoenix tells the extraordinary story of the Paralympic Games. From the rubble of World War II to the third biggest sporting event on the planet, the Paralympics sparked a global movement which continues to change the way the world thinks about disability, diversity & human potential.
Athletes featured in the film include Bebe Vio (Italy), Ellie Cole (Australia), Jean-Baptiste Alaize (France), Matt Stutzman (USA), Jonnie Peacock (UK), Cui Zhe (China), Ryley Batt (Australia), Ntando Mahlangu (South Africa) and Tatyana McFadden (US).
Rising Phoenix is from filmmakers of McQueen Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui.
Additional featured interviews include The Duke of Sussex, Founder of The Invictus Games; Sir Philip Craven, MBE Former President of the International Paralympics Committee (Ipc); Andrew Parsons President of the Ipc.
Watch Rising Phoenix, only on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81122408
A caucasian woman is suspended underwater,...
- 8/24/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
While the crowd at the Rio Olympics Aquatics Stadium is usually filled with cheers and applause, boos rang out when Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova entered the arena on Sunday for her preliminary heat of the 100-meter breaststroke. Efimova, a 24-year-old first-time Olympian, was among the 118 Russian athletes barred from the 2016 Games due to a state-sponsored doping program at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, but she was quietly reinstated and allowed to compete. The swimmer previously served a 16-month suspension for doping and earlier this year failed a test for meldonium, a banned substance that resulted in the two-year suspension of tennis star Maria Sharapova earlier this year,...
- 8/8/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
As punishment over the country’s Olympic doping scandal, Russia has been banned from Sunday’s 2016 Paralympics, which celebrates athletes with a range of physical disabilities. “The anti-doping system in Russia is broken, corrupted and entirely compromised,” said International Paralympic Committee (Ipc) president Philip Craven at a press conference in Rio on Sunday. The move to ban the entire Russian Paralympics team stands in stark contrast to the International Olympic Committee’s ruling to allow each sport to make a decision over whether to allow Russians to compete. Also Read: Rio Olympics Competition Ratings Open 32 Percent Lower Than London “I believe the Russian government has.
- 8/7/2016
- by Meriah Doty
- The Wrap
London — Farewell, London. Good luck matching that, Rio.
Coldplay, Rihanna and Jay-z rocked the Olympic Stadium on Sunday night to give the biggest-ever Paralympic Games a rousing send-off, wrapping up an unforgettable summer of sports in Britain.
The three-hour party at the packed 80,000-seat arena in east London gave the world a chance to celebrate 11 days of Paralympic competition that have shifted perceptions and shattered stereotypes about the disabled.
"In this country, we will never think of sport the same way and we will never think of disability the same way," said Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London organizing committee. "The Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation."
Central to the closing ceremony – called the "Festival of the Flame" – were the 4,200 Paralympians from 164 nations who encircled the field of play from the start, waving flags and taking in the extraordinary atmosphere. By the end of the extravaganza, they created an...
Coldplay, Rihanna and Jay-z rocked the Olympic Stadium on Sunday night to give the biggest-ever Paralympic Games a rousing send-off, wrapping up an unforgettable summer of sports in Britain.
The three-hour party at the packed 80,000-seat arena in east London gave the world a chance to celebrate 11 days of Paralympic competition that have shifted perceptions and shattered stereotypes about the disabled.
"In this country, we will never think of sport the same way and we will never think of disability the same way," said Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London organizing committee. "The Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation."
Central to the closing ceremony – called the "Festival of the Flame" – were the 4,200 Paralympians from 164 nations who encircled the field of play from the start, waving flags and taking in the extraordinary atmosphere. By the end of the extravaganza, they created an...
- 9/10/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Kate Middleton paired a Pucci blazer with a scarf for a sharp look at a Paralympic medals ceremony yesterday. She joined President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven to deliver silver, gold, and bronze to men's discus throw victors. Kate's been a regular at the Paralympic games and spent the morning checking out Paralympic rowing. After making frequent appearances at both the Paralympics and Olympics, Kate can look forward to a getaway with her husband, Prince William. They're heading to the Asia Pacific region in one week for a trip that will likely be jam-packed with engagements honoring the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. View Slideshow ›...
- 9/3/2012
- by Allie Merriam
- Popsugar.com
Britain's Queen Elizabeth opened the London 2012 Paralympics tonight (29.08.12). The British monarch sent the 80,000-strong crowd at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London, into a frenzy as she officially marked the start of the sporting spectacle at the opening ceremony, and her words were followed by a stunning fireworks display and rapturous applause. Speaking to the crowd, she said: ''I declare open the London 2012 Paralympic Games.'' The queen cracked a rare smile when she entered the stadium earlier in the night alongside British sports official and former wheelchair basketball athlete Sir Philip Craven, and the pair were...
- 8/29/2012
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Britain's Queen Elizabeth opened the London 2012 Paralympics tonight (29.08.12). The British monarch sent the 80,000-strong crowd at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London, into a frenzy as she officially marked the start of the sporting spectacle at the opening ceremony, and her words were followed by a stunning fireworks display and rapturous applause. Speaking to the crowd, she said: 'I declare open the London 2012 Paralympic Games.' The queen cracked a rare smile when she entered the stadium earlier in the night alongside British sports official and former wheelchair basketball athlete Sir Philip Craven, and the pair were greeted by huge cheers from fans inside the venue. Elizabeth sat nearby Prince Edward and Sophie, the...
- 8/29/2012
- Monsters and Critics
Directors say ceremony is about challenging perceptions and will be very different from Danny Boyle's
Those behind the Paralympic opening ceremony have revealed it will feature Sir Ian McKellen, Prof Stephen Hawking, and the "world's biggest apple crunch" as part of a "unique and extraordinary piece of work about challenging our perceptions".
Stephen Daldry, who is overseeing all four Olympic ceremonies, said the ceremony – titled Enlightenment and directed by Jenny Sealey and Bradley Hemmings – was very different from the Olympics ceremonies.
"If Danny Boyle's was very much about two revolutions and popular culture and Kim Gavin's was very much about a symphony of British music, then what you will get from Jenny and Bradley is something very different," said the Billy Elliot director.
Sealey, the director of the country's leading disability theatre company, said she and Hemmings were feeling "very slightly nervous, terrified and excited" about the ceremony,...
Those behind the Paralympic opening ceremony have revealed it will feature Sir Ian McKellen, Prof Stephen Hawking, and the "world's biggest apple crunch" as part of a "unique and extraordinary piece of work about challenging our perceptions".
Stephen Daldry, who is overseeing all four Olympic ceremonies, said the ceremony – titled Enlightenment and directed by Jenny Sealey and Bradley Hemmings – was very different from the Olympics ceremonies.
"If Danny Boyle's was very much about two revolutions and popular culture and Kim Gavin's was very much about a symphony of British music, then what you will get from Jenny and Bradley is something very different," said the Billy Elliot director.
Sealey, the director of the country's leading disability theatre company, said she and Hemmings were feeling "very slightly nervous, terrified and excited" about the ceremony,...
- 8/29/2012
- by Owen Gibson
- The Guardian - Film News
Jennifer Yuh Nelson's "Kung Fu Panda 2" dominated the Annie Awards nominations, but the International Animated Film Society decided to give its highest honor -- the Best Animated Feature award -- to Gore Verbinski's "Rango." Both films are from DreamWorks Animation and they still have to duke it out at the upcoming Oscars in the Best Animated Feature Film category.
Besides the Best Animated trophy, "Rango" also collected awards for Best Editing and Writing. But Nelson, the first woman to direct a feature film animation from a major Hollywood production company, won the Directing in a Feature Production award! Yay! (Check out my interview with Jennifer Yuh Nelson for "Kung Fu Panda 2" right here)
The Annie Awards winners were announced yesterday at the UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 39th Annual Annie Awards (to see winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies,...
Besides the Best Animated trophy, "Rango" also collected awards for Best Editing and Writing. But Nelson, the first woman to direct a feature film animation from a major Hollywood production company, won the Directing in a Feature Production award! Yay! (Check out my interview with Jennifer Yuh Nelson for "Kung Fu Panda 2" right here)
The Annie Awards winners were announced yesterday at the UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 39th Annual Annie Awards (to see winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies,...
- 2/5/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Gore Verbinski's Rango, voiced by Johnny Depp Production Categories Best Animated Feature A Cat in Paris Arrugas (Wrinkles) Arthur Christmas Cars 2 Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots * Rango Rio The Adventures of Tintin Best Animated Special Production Adventure Time: Thank You Batman: Year One Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas * Kung Fu Panda: Secret of the Masters Prey 2 Star Tours Best Animated Short Subject * Adam and Dog I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat La Luna (Notes on) Biology Paths of Hate Sunday The Ballad of Nessie The Girl and the Fox Wild Life and Studio Gds Individual Achievement Categories Animated Effects in an Animated Production Can Yuksel, Puss In Boots Chase Cooper, Rango Dan Lund, Winnie The Pooh Dave Tidgewell, Kung Fu Panda 2 Eric Froemling, Cars 2 Jason Mayer, Kung Fu Panda 2 Joel Aron, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Jon Reisch,...
- 2/5/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Milou aka Snowy in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin Annie Award 2011 Nominations Pt.1: Rango, Rio, The Adventures Of Tintin Directing in a Feature Production Carlos Saldanha “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios Chris Miller “Puss In Boots” – DreamWorks Animation Don Hall & Stephen Anderson “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios Gore Verbinski “Rango” – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present a Blind Wink/Gk Films Productions Jennifer Yuh Nelson “Kung Fu Panda 2” – DreamWorks Animation Kelly Asbury “Gnomeo & Juliet” – Touchstone Pictures Music in a Feature Production Henry Jackman “Puss In Boots” – DreamWorks Animation John Williams “The Adventures of Tintin” – Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes, John Powell, “Rio” – Blue Sky Studios Zooey Deschannel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez “Winnie The Pooh” – Walt Disney Animation Studios Production Design in a Feature Production Harley Jessup “Cars 2” – Pixar Animation Studios Paul Felix...
- 12/5/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
I'm a huge fan of animation, animated films are getting better and better. Not only is the look and animation getting ridiculously awesome, but I find that many of these animated films actually have incredibly good stories. Not all of them are good though, for example, Cars 2 and Rio sucked. It will be interesting to see who ends up taking home the awards this year. Out of the movies on the list that I've seen and liked we have Puss in Boots, Rango and Kung Fu Panda 2. I guess it's no surprises that Kung Fu Panda 2 is leading the nominations with 9. Check out the list and let us know what your favorite animated movies of the year are!
Production Categories
Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris – Folimage Arrugas (Wrinkles) - Perro Verde Films, S.L. Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations Cars 2 – Pixar Animation...
Production Categories
Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris – Folimage Arrugas (Wrinkles) - Perro Verde Films, S.L. Arthur Christmas – Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations Cars 2 – Pixar Animation...
- 12/5/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
"Kung Fu Panda 2" dominated the nominations for the 39th Annual Annie Awards. Given by the International Animated Film Society, the DreamWorks Animation sequel received 12 nods including Best Animated Feature. "Puss in Boots" and "Rango" each took nine noms. Pixar's "Cars 2" received seven nominations, while Disney's "Winnie the Pooh" took eight nods but was oddly missing in the Best Animated Feature category.
Winners of the 2011 Annie Awards will be announced on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Here's the complete list of nominees of the 39th Annual Annie Awards:
Production Categories
Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris . Folimage
Arrugas (Wrinkles) - Perro Verde Films, S.L.
Arthur Christmas . Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
Cars 2 . Pixar Animation Studios
Chico & Rita . Chico & Rita Distribution Limited
Kung Fu Panda 2 . DreamWorks Animation
Puss In Boots . DreamWorks Animation
Rango . Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/Gk Films Production
Rio . Blue Sky Studios
Tintin . Amblin Entertainment,...
Winners of the 2011 Annie Awards will be announced on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Here's the complete list of nominees of the 39th Annual Annie Awards:
Production Categories
Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris . Folimage
Arrugas (Wrinkles) - Perro Verde Films, S.L.
Arthur Christmas . Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
Cars 2 . Pixar Animation Studios
Chico & Rita . Chico & Rita Distribution Limited
Kung Fu Panda 2 . DreamWorks Animation
Puss In Boots . DreamWorks Animation
Rango . Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/Gk Films Production
Rio . Blue Sky Studios
Tintin . Amblin Entertainment,...
- 12/5/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
I don't put much stock in the Annie Awards and neither does Disney after withdrawing from the International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood back in 2010. I have personally never found them to be a good judge of quality and as such don't pay them any particular attention, though I will pass along the information as they have announced their 2011 nominees with Dreamworks' Kung Fu Panda 2 leading the way with 12 nominations, followed by Puss in Boots and Rango each with nine. Of course, while Disney has withdrawn from the Annies that doesn't mean they aren't considered for the awards as Cars 2, Gnomeo and Juliet and Winnie the Pooh are among the nominees. Last year How to Train Your Dragon reigned supreme over Toy Story 3 and I wouldn't be surprised to see Kung Fu Panda 2 take home plenty of hardware, following in the footsteps of its predecessor, which beat out...
- 12/5/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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