Katherine Hardwick Biography

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. In addition to her, her brother and sister were brought up in the family. After graduating from school, the girl wanted to study at the architect and entered the university. Soon she decided to change everything in life and finished the film school in Los Angeles. The beginning of his career by Katherine Hardwick as a student, the novice director took off the short film, for which she received her first award.

At first, Katherine worked in the film industry as a winner artist. Hardwick's debut as a director took place while working on the film “Thirteen”. The main role there was played by a girl - a fourteen -year -old teenager. Her name is Nicky Reed. For this young actress, “thirteen” became a debut work. In it, she performed not only as an actress. Together with Katherine, the girl participated in writing the script.

With the help of Nicki, the director managed to reflect in the picture of the experience of a thirteen -year -old girl. Katherine Hardwick - Director of Twilight "Thirteen" very reliably talks about the life of adolescents. This picture was nominated for prestigious US film awards several times. Katherine in an interview said that she and Nicky wanted to help her parents and children get closer, understand each other.

Indeed, people thanked the director for the desired film, introduced her to their teenage children. The picture tells about the girl Trace, who grew up with a good and well -mannered child, but dreamed of friends and be like a fashionable and popular classmate. Soon, for the sake of friendship with her, Tracy stole the wallet in the supermarket, and later mom began to notice that her daughter had changed a lot.

The next film Katherine was the Bayopic "Kings of the Dogtown." The director devoted this film to the subculture of skaters. She tells the story of young skaters who came up with a new extreme sport, invented the revolutionary style of skiing. In empty swimming pools, they showed real miracles. This extreme sport has become a symbol of the whole generation. At first, fame fell upon them, and then their hobby grew into a business.

The relations of young people, as a result, were destroyed. The film tells about the life path of Joseph and the Virgin Mary. The story begins with that period of their life when they were exiled from Nazareth, and is told until the moment of arrival in Bethlehem, the city in which Jesus should be born. The truth of beliefs and love passes a real test of strength.

The best films by Katherine Hardwick, Twilight in OM came to the director a real glory - the film “Twilight” was released. This mystical melodrama was shot according to the works of Stefani Mayer and collected for the first time the weekend of about seventy million dollars at the box office. The general world fees amounted to about four hundred million. The Twilight project became the most successful of those that were shot by female directors.

Moreover, the first part of the “saga” turned out to be very successful, Katherine refused to remove the “new moon”, since it was necessary to do this in a short time, this was the condition of the studio. Chris Wightz took up the work on the New Moon. Thanks to her, after the first days of rental, they became famous. The director did not get such fame as the actors, but she also had her own fans.

Bella's simple schoolgirl, having moved to her father, got a job in a new school and fell in love with a classmate, handsome Edward. In the future, it turned out that he was a vampire. Catherine Hardwick currently in OMs was released by the Hamlet movie, where Emil Hirsch, a young actor, who had already starred in Hardwick, “Kings of the Dogtown”, played the main role. Just Emil proposed an idea, to remove this story.

Emil and Katherine decided to modify the classic plot a little, turning it into a thriller, the action of which takes place in our time. The father of the protagonist is the dean of the college. Shakespearean passions in the plot boil just within the walls of this college. Katherine Hardwick continues to make new films in OM spectators saw another picture shot by Katherine.

Its name is “red cap”.

This is a fantasy in which mysticism, romance and theatricality of actions are intertwined. According to the plot, the action takes place in picturesque places, it was not without a love triangle. The main character is the beautiful Valeria. The main characters of the man are the rich blacksmith Henry and the poor lumberjack Peter. In OM, Hardwick made another film - “Light Me”, telling the story of the rising star of the rock.

Now the director is working on the new painting "Boy-Baba". It narrates about three friends and how their life has developed. All of them are from dysfunctional families. The picture will once again be focused on teenagers. The personal life of "Twilight" Katherine has an adoptive daughter. Her name is Olga. Hardwick holds seminars on directing. From time to time, she collects press conferences at which she answers questions regarding her work.