Oscar Nominated Producer Jon Kilik will be in the IFI lunchtime today
TODAY (Friday February 8), leading film producer Jon Kilik will give a talk following the opening screening of his latest film THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY at 1.30pm . Mr. Kilik will discuss his role as the producer of DIVING BELL and take questions from the audience on his career.Based on the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby and directed by Julian Schnabel, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY recounts a story of how the French editor of Elle suffered a stroke at a young age, and was only able to move one eye lid. As Bauby refuses to submit to despair, something remarkable happens: he discovers that emotions and memories-the very stuff of life-are still abuzz in his head, so he writes his memoir, signalling each individual letter by a certain number of blinks. To view the trailer click.
Nominated for an Oscar for Gonzalez Inarritu's BABEL last year, and a BAFTA this year for THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, Jon Kilik is the producer of the films of Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Mo' better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Clockers, Girl 6, He Got Game, Summer of Sam, Bamboozled, 25th Hour, Inside Man), Robert de Niro (A Bronx Tale), Robert Altman (Pret a Porter), Tim Robbins (Dead Man Walking, Cradle Will Rock), Ed Harris (Pollock), Oliver Stone (Alexander), Jim Jarmusch (Broken Flowers) and of course Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night Falls, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly).
Mr. Kilik will discuss his role as the producer of THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY on friday and take questions from the audience.
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY opens exclusively at the IFI February 8.
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