- Catherine Hardwicke
Catherine Hardwicke(born Helen Catherine HardwickeAccording to the State of Texas. "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997". Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com] on
October 21 ,1955 ) is an Americanproduction designer andfilm director . She is perhaps best known for directing theindependent film "Thirteen" and the Biblically-themed "The Nativity Story ".Biography
Early life
Hardwicke moved to
Cameron, Texas , the daughter of John Benjamin Hardwicke and Jamee Elberta Bennett. Prior to this she grew up in McAllen,Texas and was raised in thePresbyterian religion.cite news | last =Greydanus| first =Steven| coauthors=| title =Joseph Gets His Due| pages=| publisher =National Catholic Register| date =2006-11-22 | url =http://ncregister.com/site/article/1363| accessdate =2006-11-25 ] While at UCLA film school during the 1980s, Hardwicke made an award-winning short, "Puppy Does the Gumbo".Career
Hardwicke began her career as an
architect .cite news | last =Pacatte| first =Sister Rose| coauthors=| title =Inside ‘The Nativity Story’ – Film’s sacred subject draws cast, crew| pages=| publisher =| date =2006-11-28 | url =http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=22127| accessdate =2006-11-28 ] She spent most of the 1990s as a production designer, working on such films as "Tombstone" (1993), "Tank Girl " (1995), "2 Days in the Valley " (1996), "The Newton Boys " (1998), and "Three Kings" (1999). The following year she collaborated with director/screenwriterCameron Crowe and actor/producerTom Cruise on "Vanilla Sky " (2001). The later two films are notable for their original use of color-manipulation techniques to complement the narrative.Hardwicke's first foray into film direction was with the award-winning "Thirteen" (2003). Hardwicke and fourteen year-old
Nikki Reed got together to write a movie that would reflect Reed's teenage experiences. The script for the movie was done in only six days.Evan Rachel Wood was contracted to star in the movie alongside Reed. Hardwicke went on to direct "Lords of Dogtown " (2005), a fictionalized account of skateboarding culture. The film is loosely based on the documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys " byStacy Peralta .In 2006, Hardwicke directed the biblical film "
The Nativity Story " forNew Line Cinema . The film was released onDecember 1 ,2006 .She has signed on to direct the film adaptation of
Stephenie Meyer 's bestselling book, "Twilight". [ [http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_movie.html StephenieMeyer.com | Twilight Series | Twilight | Twilight the Movie ] ]Footnotes
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* [http://www.futuremovies.co.uk/review.asp?ID=118 Thirteen Review and Interview]
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