From Nothing, Something
Year | 2012 |
Director(s) | Timothy Cawley |
Runtime | 81 min |
From Nothing, Something is a documentary profiling creative thinkers across a variety of disciplines—novelist, rock star, celebrity chefs, Hollywood creature designer, artist, prodigy/composer, scientists, fashion designers, comedian, editorial cartoonist, architect, choreographer, video game designer—and finds common ideas, methods and neuroses that help them bring breakthrough ideas into the world.
Featuring interviews with: Songwriter Sara Quin of Tegan & Sara, Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter/Novelist Tom Perrotta (Election, Little Children), Hollywood creature designer Neville Page (Avatar, Prometheus, Super 8), Top Chefs Mary Sue Milliken & Susan Feniger, comedian Maria Bamford, two-time Pulitzer-Winning Cartoonist Steve Breen, among many others.
This is a thoughtful, uplifting look at the creative process—straight from the brains of some of today’s most unique and accomplished talents.
This film contains some mild language, but is otherwise suitable for all ages.