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Laurence Fishburne in "A Man's Story" (Excerpt) by Varon Bonicos
Varon Bonicos (born 18 May 1974) is a British director, producer, and screenwriter and is the son of late film editor Douglas Bonicos.
Contents
- Laurence Fishburne in A Mans Story Excerpt by Varon Bonicos
- Television
- Film work
- Film Festivals
- Short Films
- References
Varon Bonicos was born in United Kingdom, His film career started working for film editor Pamela Power (The Hunger, Chill Factor) at London's Soho post production company The Film Editors. Bonicos directed the first ever ITN ITV news commercial and also conceived first British Airways In flight current affairs programming leading Bonicos to his early experimental art installations notably for The Arts Council of Great Britain and the Design Museum in London.
Television
Bonicos worked as an editor for several years before working on TV documentaries for Royal Dutch Shell (Oil Logic), ITN and Sky television including Elizabeth II speech from the throne and Black Rod leading to directing music videos for Jamaican dance hall musician Shabba Ranks and British boy band Brother Beyond before directing Tyra Banks swimsuit commercial for Turkish designer Zeki Triko.
TV documentary Capital City [1] was commissioned by Russian business man Vladislav Doronin . In 2006 Bonicos met media mogul Ben Silverman and teaming up with his Los Angeles-based production company Reveille Productions, creating prime time TV series in association with Robert Redford and The Sundance Channel of the US prime time Television Series House of Boateng.
Film work
In 1998 Bonicos embarked upon a documentary feature film A Man's Story [2] [3] that was filmed over a 12-year period, focusing on the daily life of men's fashion designer Ozwald Boateng. Bonicos described the production of the film "Like going out for a pint of milk and returning 12 years later", he filmed single handedly and worked in the style of Cinema verite (/ˈsɪnimə veriˈteɪ/; French: [sinema veʁite], truthful cinema) inspired by Dziga Vertov's theory about Kino-Pravda. "A Man's Story contains fragments of candid celebrity clips, notably Will Smith, Gabriel Byrne, Spike Lee, Forest Whitaker, Ray Winstone, Jamie Foxx, Elizabeth II, Richard Branson, Keanu Reeves and includes a rare extensive interview with Designer Giorgio Armani. Bonicos was encouraged by Film Producer Joel Silver, guided by Ari Emanuel and Actor Laurence Fishburne. The USA premier was held at a screening at William Morris Endeavor and was hosted by Jamie Foxx, late 2012 the movie was released in UK cinemas and US cinemas