Zackary Drucker will direct the upcoming biopic about Andy Warhol superstar Candy Darling starring Hari Nef. John Cameron Mitchell also joins the untitled film about the transgender icon as executive producer.
It was previously announced that Nef (“Barbie”) will star in the movie.
The film traces Darling’s childhood in Long Island through her years alongside underground icons Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis in Warhol’s Factory scene, and her influence on musicians including Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground and Patti Smith. She was immortalized in popular songs including Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” and The Velvet Underground’s “Candy Says.”
Darling also starred in Warhol’s cult film “Women In Revolt” before she died of leukemia in 1974 at age 29.
“I’ve dedicated my life and career to amplifying the history of trans and queer icons, and their impact in shaping art and culture for everyone,” Drucker said in a statement.
It was previously announced that Nef (“Barbie”) will star in the movie.
The film traces Darling’s childhood in Long Island through her years alongside underground icons Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis in Warhol’s Factory scene, and her influence on musicians including Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground and Patti Smith. She was immortalized in popular songs including Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” and The Velvet Underground’s “Candy Says.”
Darling also starred in Warhol’s cult film “Women In Revolt” before she died of leukemia in 1974 at age 29.
“I’ve dedicated my life and career to amplifying the history of trans and queer icons, and their impact in shaping art and culture for everyone,” Drucker said in a statement.
- 3/26/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Hari Nef (Transparent) is set to portray transgender icon and Andy Warhol superstar Candy Darling in the as-yet-untitled biopic penned by Transparent writer Stephanie Kornick. Deadline exclusively announced the project in 2019.
Nef’s role encompasses Candy’s rise from childhood in Long Island beauty pageantry to her years alongside Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis as a member of the East Village experimental theater group, La Mama Etc., to starring in Warhol’s groundbreaking film, Women In Revolt.
Christian D. Bruun, Louis Spiegler, and Katrina Wolfe are producing alongside executive producer, Zackary Drucker. A director search is currently underway.
Although considered a cult figure by some, Candy has been a cultural touchstone for decades, inspiring the lyrics for songs by Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, and St. Vincent, as well as a featured character in Patti Smith’s memoir, Just Kids.
“The dream was always to play Candy,...
Nef’s role encompasses Candy’s rise from childhood in Long Island beauty pageantry to her years alongside Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis as a member of the East Village experimental theater group, La Mama Etc., to starring in Warhol’s groundbreaking film, Women In Revolt.
Christian D. Bruun, Louis Spiegler, and Katrina Wolfe are producing alongside executive producer, Zackary Drucker. A director search is currently underway.
Although considered a cult figure by some, Candy has been a cultural touchstone for decades, inspiring the lyrics for songs by Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, and St. Vincent, as well as a featured character in Patti Smith’s memoir, Just Kids.
“The dream was always to play Candy,...
- 8/2/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Andrew Bolton collaborated with Michael Cunningham and Stephen Daldry’s The Hours stars Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and Julianne Moore, who read from Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography for About Time: Fashion and Duration Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In Christian D Bruun's Calendar Girl (a 2020 Doc NYC highlight), which features interviews with the who’s who of the fashion world, Diane von Furstenberg, Steven Kolb (CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America), and André Leon Talley), we see Andrew Bolton stroll through the China: Through the Looking Glass exhibit with Ruth Finley, creator of the Fashion Calendar.
Andrew Bolton with Anne-Katrin Titze: “I wanted to use the Phillip Glass soundtrack for The Hours” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At the in-person press preview for About Time: Fashion and Duration, Andrew Bolton (the Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art) told me how...
In Christian D Bruun's Calendar Girl (a 2020 Doc NYC highlight), which features interviews with the who’s who of the fashion world, Diane von Furstenberg, Steven Kolb (CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America), and André Leon Talley), we see Andrew Bolton stroll through the China: Through the Looking Glass exhibit with Ruth Finley, creator of the Fashion Calendar.
Andrew Bolton with Anne-Katrin Titze: “I wanted to use the Phillip Glass soundtrack for The Hours” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At the in-person press preview for About Time: Fashion and Duration, Andrew Bolton (the Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art) told me how...
- 10/29/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Documentary examines legacy of Ruth Finley, influential founder of Fashion Calendar.
Toronto-based Syndicado Film Sales has picked up worldwide sales to Calendar Girl ahead of its world premiere at Doc NYC 2020 next month.
Christian D. Bruun wrote, directed and produced the documentary, which screens at the festival on November 11 and tells the story of Ruth Finley, who founded and ran the influential Fashion Calendar for more than 70 years.
With its iconic pink pages, the Fashion Calendar laid out every haute couture event in New York City, including New York Fashion Week. Finley retired in 2014 at the age of 95 and sold...
Toronto-based Syndicado Film Sales has picked up worldwide sales to Calendar Girl ahead of its world premiere at Doc NYC 2020 next month.
Christian D. Bruun wrote, directed and produced the documentary, which screens at the festival on November 11 and tells the story of Ruth Finley, who founded and ran the influential Fashion Calendar for more than 70 years.
With its iconic pink pages, the Fashion Calendar laid out every haute couture event in New York City, including New York Fashion Week. Finley retired in 2014 at the age of 95 and sold...
- 10/21/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Documentary examines legacy of Ruth Finley, influential founder of Fashion Calendar.
Toronto-based Syndicado has picked up worldwide sales to Calendar Girl ahead of its world premiere at Doc NYC 2020 next month.
Christian D. Bruun wrote, directed and produced the documentary, which screens at the festival on November 11 and tells the story of Ruth Finley, who founded and ran the influential Fashion Calendar for more than 70 years.
With its iconic pink pages, the Fashion Calendar laid out every haute couture event in New York City, including New York Fashion Week. Finley retired in 2014 at the age of 95 and sold the Fashion...
Toronto-based Syndicado has picked up worldwide sales to Calendar Girl ahead of its world premiere at Doc NYC 2020 next month.
Christian D. Bruun wrote, directed and produced the documentary, which screens at the festival on November 11 and tells the story of Ruth Finley, who founded and ran the influential Fashion Calendar for more than 70 years.
With its iconic pink pages, the Fashion Calendar laid out every haute couture event in New York City, including New York Fashion Week. Finley retired in 2014 at the age of 95 and sold the Fashion...
- 10/21/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Doc NYC, America’s largest documentary festival and staple of the New York film community, announced the lineup for its 11th edition, running online November 11-19 and available to viewers across the US. The program includes new films about John Belushi, Pope Francis, Bill T. Jones, Jamal Khashoggi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Zappa, and many more. The 2020 festival lineup includes 107 feature-length documentaries among over 200 films and dozens of events. Included are 23 World Premieres, 12 international or North American premieres, and 7 US premieres. Fifty-seven features (53% of the lineup) are directed or co-directed by women and 36 by Bipoc directors (34% of the feature program).
World Premieres at the festival include Nelson G. Navarrete and Maxx Caicedo’s “A La Calle,” Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s “The Meaning of Hitler,” Gong Cheng and Yung Chang’s “Wuhan Wuhan,” Sian-Pierre Regis’s “Duty Free,” Noah Hutton’s “In Silico,” Nancy Buirski’s “A Crime on the Bayou,...
World Premieres at the festival include Nelson G. Navarrete and Maxx Caicedo’s “A La Calle,” Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s “The Meaning of Hitler,” Gong Cheng and Yung Chang’s “Wuhan Wuhan,” Sian-Pierre Regis’s “Duty Free,” Noah Hutton’s “In Silico,” Nancy Buirski’s “A Crime on the Bayou,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The first all-virtual edition of the Doc NYC festival of nonfiction films announced its 2020 lineup on Thursday, with 107 feature documentaries about everyone from John Belushi to Jamal Khashoggi and Pope Francis to Frank Zappa,
The lineup for the festival, which runs from Nov. 11 through Nov. 19 and will take place completely online, includes 23 world premieres, among them Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s “The Meaning of Hitler,” Nancy Burski’s “A Crime on the Bayou,” Gong Cheng and Yung Chang’s “Wuhan Wuhan” and Jeff Daniels’ “Television Event.”
Doc NYC, which launched in 2010, is the largest festival of nonfiction films in the United States. This year the festival transitioned to a completely online event separated into 14 themed sections, two of which are competitive sections that will award prizes.
The competitive Viewfinders section consists of 11 films, including films set in Venezuela (“A La Calle”), Puerto Rico (“Landfall”), the Dominican Republic (“Stateless”) and...
The lineup for the festival, which runs from Nov. 11 through Nov. 19 and will take place completely online, includes 23 world premieres, among them Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s “The Meaning of Hitler,” Nancy Burski’s “A Crime on the Bayou,” Gong Cheng and Yung Chang’s “Wuhan Wuhan” and Jeff Daniels’ “Television Event.”
Doc NYC, which launched in 2010, is the largest festival of nonfiction films in the United States. This year the festival transitioned to a completely online event separated into 14 themed sections, two of which are competitive sections that will award prizes.
The competitive Viewfinders section consists of 11 films, including films set in Venezuela (“A La Calle”), Puerto Rico (“Landfall”), the Dominican Republic (“Stateless”) and...
- 10/15/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Andy Warhol muse and Lgbtq icon Candy Darling is about to serve up some gag-worthy glamour on the big screen. Transparent alums Stephanie Kornick and Zackary Drucker have signed on to work on a biopic about the pioneering transgender actress produced by Christian D. Bruun, Katrina Wolfe, and Louis Spiegler.
Kornick will write the screenplay and Drucker has boarded the project in an advisory and executive producing role. A director and star have yet to be announced. Kornick and Drucker’s involvement in the project advance the need for representation behind the camera, giving a more authentic gaze to Lgbtq stories. This has been evident in Hollywood with Transparent as well as Ryan Murphy’s Pose on FX.
“I am deeply honored to be entrusted with the responsibility of adapting Candy’s incredible life story for the big screen,” says Kornick.
Kornick will write the screenplay and Drucker has boarded the project in an advisory and executive producing role. A director and star have yet to be announced. Kornick and Drucker’s involvement in the project advance the need for representation behind the camera, giving a more authentic gaze to Lgbtq stories. This has been evident in Hollywood with Transparent as well as Ryan Murphy’s Pose on FX.
“I am deeply honored to be entrusted with the responsibility of adapting Candy’s incredible life story for the big screen,” says Kornick.
- 1/29/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The world hardly needs a feature documentary to establish that blue jeans are a modern icon. But fashion buffs and pop culture aficionados with a couple of hours to kill could do worse than check in with Blue Gold: American Jeans, an aesthetically uninspired but informative primer on the path this wardrobe staple has taken from the Old West to haute couture.
Narrated by Edward Burns (who reads an awfully full-of-itself script by first-time director Christian D. Bruun and co-writer John Marks), the doc initially promises to zero in on the obsessives who prize antique, made-in-America dungarees, sometimes paying thousands...
Narrated by Edward Burns (who reads an awfully full-of-itself script by first-time director Christian D. Bruun and co-writer John Marks), the doc initially promises to zero in on the obsessives who prize antique, made-in-America dungarees, sometimes paying thousands...
- 4/7/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s not easy to be a rock star and achieve the perfectly lived-in look to your jeans, as director Christian D. Bruun discovered making his new documentary “Blue Gold: American Jeans.” Take punk icon Iggy Pop, one of the figures who pops up in Bruun’s social history of denim jeans, which arrives on VOD and DVD on April 4. “He buys a pair of Levi’s jeans at the beginning of the summer and wears that every single day until the end of the summer and never washes them,” rock biographer Anthony Bozza tells the filmmakers. “Sometime about July he said they.
- 4/3/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Jeans are a timeless wardrobe staple that have been around since 1871, when tailor Jacob W. Davis of Reno, Nevada invented them in partnership with Levi Strauss & Co. Today, Americans spend more than $450 million on jeans every year. The new documentary “Blue Gold: American Jeans” focuses on the phenomenon of the most popular item of clothing of all time.
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Directed by Christian D. Bruun and narrated by Edward Burns, “Blue Gold” tells the story of jeans, their expansion across the world and the cultural impact they’ve had on rock & roll and hip hop. The documentary features interviews with fashion designers Tommy Hilfiger and Isaac Mizrahi, investor Daymond John (“Shark Tank”), singers Daryl Hall and Judy Collins, The Ramones drummer Marky Ramone and the founder of Diesel, Adriano Goldschmied. The film also...
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Directed by Christian D. Bruun and narrated by Edward Burns, “Blue Gold” tells the story of jeans, their expansion across the world and the cultural impact they’ve had on rock & roll and hip hop. The documentary features interviews with fashion designers Tommy Hilfiger and Isaac Mizrahi, investor Daymond John (“Shark Tank”), singers Daryl Hall and Judy Collins, The Ramones drummer Marky Ramone and the founder of Diesel, Adriano Goldschmied. The film also...
- 3/1/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
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