Michael Meredith (film director)
{{short description|American film director (b. 1967)}}
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| birth_name = Michael Shane Meredith
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|09|22}}
| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.
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| nationality = American
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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter, producer
| years_active = 1990s–present
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Michael Shane Meredith (born September 22, 1967 in Dallas, Texas) is an American independent film director, screenwriter and producer. He frequently collaborates with German director Wim Wenders. Meredith is the son of the late former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and football commentator Don Meredith. He was the oldest of two children from Don Meredith's second marriage to the artist Cheryl King.
Background
Meredith was born at Baylor Hospital in Dallas on September 22, 1967. He is married to Amit Nizan Meredith who is the mother of his children as well as his business partner.{{cite news |last=Granberry |first=Michael |date=Jul 8, 2017 |title=Arts, The filmmaker son of 'Dandy' Don Meredith descends on Dallas for 'First Cowboys' |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2017/07/08/filmmaker-son-dandy-don-meredith-descends-dallas-first-cowboys |work=Dallas News |location= |publisher= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407135747/https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/architecture/2017/07/09/the-filmmaker-son-of-dandy-don-meredith-descends-on-dallas-for-first-cowboys/ |archive-date=April 7, 2020 |access-date=}} His film work includes Wim Wenders' Land of Plenty for which he co-wrote. He also wrote and directed Three Days of Rain and The Open Road.Variety, March 4, 2014 - [https://variety.com/2014/film/news/alex-gibney-wim-wenders-to-produce-timbuktu-doc-exclusive-1201125068/ Alex Gibney, Wim Wenders to Produce ‘Timbuktu’ Doc (EXCLUSIVE) By Dave McNary]
He founded Maximon Pictures,The Baltimore Sun, October 17, 2018 - [http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/football/bs-sp-navy-1963-doc-20181017-story.html Fabled 1963 Navy football team to be subject of documentary film by Michael Meredith - Bill Wagner]Maximon Pictures website - [http://www.maximonpictures.com Maximon Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303141537/https://maximonpictures.com/ |date=March 3, 2021 }} a production company which has produced work that has won awards.East Texas Journal - [http://easttexasjournal.com/2018/05/31/merediths-son-lands-nfl-film-home-team/ Meredith’s Son Lands NFL Film for Home Team] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222344/http://easttexasjournal.com/2018/05/31/merediths-son-lands-nfl-film-home-team/ |date=October 26, 2018 }} The company is said to be named after the patron saint of good times and good luck.
Career
=Film=
Meredith's first feature film was Three Days of Rain,AllMovie - [http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/ThreeDaysofRain.html 3 Days of Rain (2002), Synopsis by Josh Ralske] which starred Peter Falk, Blythe Danner, Lyle Lovett, Jason Patric and Don Meredith.Rotten Tomatoes - [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_days_of_rain/ Three Days of Rain (2005), Cast] Wim Wenders was also involved with the film.British Film Institute - [https://web.archive.org/web/20181026182917/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8169bafe Three Days of Rain (2002), Cast & Credits, Production: Presented by]
In 2006, Meredith wrote the screenplay for Wenders' Land of Plenty, which earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Michelle Williams.Film Journal, Oct 18, 2005 - [http://www.filmjournal.com/land-plenty LAND OF PLENTY, NR By Eric Monder] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026182742/http://www.filmjournal.com/land-plenty |date=October 26, 2018 }}Broadway World, Sep. 4, 2013 - [https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Its-Official-Michelle-Williams-to-Star-Opposite-Alan-Cumming-in-CABARET-Opening-April-24-at-Studio-54-20130904 It's Official! Michelle Williams to Star Opposite Alan Cumming in CABARET, Opening April 24 at Studio 54 by BWW News Desk]
Meredith wrote and directed The Open Road, starring Jeff Bridges, Justin Timberlake, Kate Mara, and Mary Steenburgen. Wenders was executive producer and Charlie Sexton did the score for the film.Variety, August 30, 2009 - [https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/the-open-road-1200475484/ FILM, REVIEWS, The Open Road, Pic gets respectable mileage from a familiar story - By Joe Leydon]
In 2014, Alex Gibney and Wim Wenders partnered with Meredith to make a documentary feature, "Return To Timbuktu", centered on the efforts of Malian musicians trying to restore peace in the war torn Sahara. {{As of|2022|June}}, IMDb, AllMovie, Variety Insight and other online film databases show that this film has not moved forward.
=Other work=
Meredith served as producer, director and narrator of the Ice Bowl episode for NFL Films series The Timeline. The one-hour episode examines the historic game played between the Packers and Cowboys for the 1967 NFL Championship. The one-hour show features Meredith's journey over four years and nine states to interview surviving members of the Ice Bowl, and to understand more about the game's legacy and significance 50 years after it took place. The Ice Bowl features interviews with players such as Bart Starr, Jerry Kramer, Dave Robinson, Mel Renfro, Pettis Norman, Chuck Mercein, Lance Rentzel and Donny Anderson, former Cowboys Director of Player Personnel Gil Brandt, Cowboys broadcaster Bill Mercer, Meredith's former spouse Cheryl King, and more.NFL Communications - [https://nflcommunications.com/Pages/NFL-Films'-'The-Timeline'-Examines-the-Ice-Bowl-Between-the-Green-Bay-Packers-and-Dallas-Cowboys.aspx NFL Films' 'The Timeline' Examines the Ice Bowl Between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys]
In 2017, it was announced that Meredith was producing and directing a documentary film titled "First Cowboys"[https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2017/07/08/filmmaker-son-dandy-don-meredith-descends-dallas-first-cowboys Arts, The filmmaker son of 'Dandy' Don Meredith descends on Dallas for 'First Cowboys' - Michael Granberry]Star Telegram, July 14, 2017 - [http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article161436203.html Don Meredith’s filmmaker son found an ideal subject: his dad By Mac Engel] (subscription required) on the origins of the Dallas Cowboys. Roger Staubach, Walt Garrison, Mel Renfro, Pettis Norman, Gary Cartwright, Rayfield Wright, and Ralph Neely, among others, were featured. Willie Nelson and Alicia Landry, wife of the late Coach Tom Landry, were to make appearances.Dallas Morning News, Oct 1, 2017 - [https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/cowboys/2017/10/01/blast-from-the-past-the-1960s-cowboys-the-first-cowboys-descend-on-att-stadium/ Blast from the past: The 1960s Cowboys, the 'First Cowboys,' descend on AT&T Stadium] {{As of|2022|June}}, IMDb, AllMovie, Variety Insight and other online film databases show that this film has not moved forward.
Filmography
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Films |+ Director, producer, writer |
| scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Year |
|---|
| scope="row" | Three Days of Rain
| Director | 2002 |
| scope="row" | Land of Plenty
| Writer | 2004 |
| scope="row" | The Open Road
| Director, writer, producer | 2009 |
| scope="row" | Martha Graham's Celebration
| Director | 2010 |
| scope="row" | Hands & Eyes
| Director | 2010 |
References
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Further reading
- New York Times: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071222015524/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/307490/Michael-Meredith/filmography Michael Meredith filmography]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080307123821/http://www.wim-wenders.com/movies/movies_spec/landofplenty/land-of-plenty.htm Land of Plenty]
- Sports Illustrated: [https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/12/26/philadelphia-eagles-nfl-playoff-picture-instant-replay-week-16-mmqb Merry Christmas, NFC: The No. 1 Seed Eagles Suddenly Look Very Beatable]
- Guide Live [https://www.guidelive.com/tv/2017/12/26/terrific-ice-bowl-documentary-dandy-don-merediths-son-one-every-dallas-cowboys-fan-needs-see#_ga=2.38578346.802111527.1514345956-1044755745.1513994290 This terrific Ice Bowl documentary is one every Dallas Cowboys fan needs to see]
- Green Bay Press Gazette [http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2017/12/26/documentary-examines-ice-bowls-impact-both-sides/973666001/ Documentary examines Ice Bowl's impact from both sides]
External links
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- [http://www.maximonpictures.com Maximon Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303141537/https://maximonpictures.com/ |date=March 3, 2021 }}
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/30/movies/30rain.html?ex=1159675200&en=2ade35d2ddd22e8e&ei=5083&partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes|New New York Times Review of Three Days of Rain] (subscription required)
- [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051208/REVIEWS/51213004/1023|Roger Ebert Review of Three Days of Rain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012031414/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20051208%2FREVIEWS%2F51213004%2F1023%7CRoger |date=October 12, 2012 }}
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Category:Mass media people from Dallas
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:Film producers from Texas
Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art