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Title From nothing, something / a production of Brickyard Filmworks, Element & Five2Nine ; executive producers, Lisa Belden, Eran Lobel, Mark Hankey ; producers, Amy Appleton, Jim Buckley ; produced and directed by Tim Cawley
Published Collective Eye Films, 2012
San Francisco, Calif. : Kanopy Streaming, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (80 min.)
Summary From Nothing, Something profiles creative thinkers across a variety of disciplines to find the common techniques, habits and neuroses that lead to breakthrough ideas. This is an inspiring, intimate, often funny look at the creative process Ć¢#x80;#x94; straight from the brains of some of cultureĆ¢#x80;#x99;s most unique and accomplished talents. The film draws a line from a-to-b, charting the journey of an idea from "fanciful notion" to "real world actuality." Featuring interviews with: Grammy-Nominated Singer-Songwriter Sara Quin of Tegan Sara, Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter/Novelist Tom Perrotta (Election, Little Children, The Leftovers), Hollywood creature designer Neville Page (Avatar, Star Trek, Prometheus), Top Chefs Mary Sue Milliken Susan Feniger, Architect Preston Scott Cohen, Pulitzer-Winning Cartoonist Steve Breen, among many others
Notes Title from title frames
Credits Original music by Conan Skyrme ; art director, Emily Dumas ; camera, Henrique Ghersi ; director of photography, Geoff McAuliffe ; editor, Kat Baker
Performer Featuring: Alexa Adams, Flora Gill, Maria Bamford, Moungi Bawendi, W. David Lee, Huma Bhabha, Steve Breen, Preston Scott Cohen, Susan Feniger, Mary Sue Milliken, Jay Greenberg, Neville Page, Tom Perrotta, Sara Quin, Jason Rohrer, Keith Young
Notes In English, closed-captioned
Subject Creative thinking.
Creative ability.
Architecture.
Art
creativity.
Creative thinking.
Creative ability.
Architecture.
Art.
Genre/Form Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Form Streaming video
Author Belden, Lisa, film producer
Lobel, Eran, film producer
Hankey, Mark, film producer
Appleton, Amy, film producer
Buckley, Jim (Film director), film producer
Cawley, Tim, film producer, film director
Bamford, Maria, 1970- interviewee (expression)
Bawendi, Moungi Gabriel, 1961- interviewee (expression)
Lee, W. David, 1946- interviewee (expression)
Bhabha, Huma, 1962- interviewee (expression)
Cohen, Preston Scott, interviewee (expression)
Greenberg, Jay, 1991- interviewee (expression)
Perrotta, Tom, 1961- interviewee (expression)
Young, Keith, interviewee (expression)
Skyrme, Conan, composer (expression)
Dumas, Emily, art director
McAuliffe, Geoff, director of photography
Baker, Kat, editor of moving image work
Brickyard Filmworks, production company
Element Productions, production company
Five2Nine Films, production company
Collective Eye Films, publisher
Kanopy (Firm), distributor
Other Titles Title on Kanopy web page: From nothing, something : techniques of creative people