Ian Ayres (filmmaker)

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Ian Ayres is an American filmmaker.

Career

As a director his films include the feature-length documentary The Jill & Tony Curtis Story which was selected for screening at the Bel Air Film Festival,[1] the Montreal World Film Festival,[2] and the Mammoth Film Festival.[3] This 2008 documentary is about the efforts of Tony Curtis and his wife to rescue horses from slaughterhouses.[4] He is also the director of Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom a documentary which traces the personal and professional history of the actor.[5]

As a producer, his credits include

Tribeca Film Festival,[7] as well as Five Roads to Freedom: From Apartheid to the World Cup a documentary released in 2010 that looks at the revolutionary transformation in South Africa through the eyes of five men and women who lived under the shadow of apartheid.[8] He is working on a feature documentary about Marilyn Monroe.[9]

References

  1. ^ Michael Jones (October 21, 2008). "Variety".
  2. ^ "Lien Multimedia" (in French). August 21, 2008.
  3. ^ Catherine Billey (December 5, 2008). "Mammoth Times newspaper".[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Jill VanderBerg Curtis Worked With Husband On Last Film". CBS News. September 30, 2010. Archived from the original on June 14, 2013.
  5. ^ Lissa Simon (June 7, 2012). "Variety".
  6. ^ Lee, Nathan (October 24, 2008). "An Artist With Enthusiasm". New York Times.
  7. ^ "Tribeca Film Festival Archives". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  8. ^ "Broadcaster Magazine". May 21, 2010. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
  9. ^ "Screen Daily". May 22, 2012.

External links

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