SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2013 eorgina Chapman studied costume design in college with the hope of one day seeing her creations in the movies. Georgina GThat dream took a slight turn when she launched the fash- ion label Marchesa in 2004 with partner Keren Craig. Now, their designs are frequently worn by actresses at red-carpet movie pre- mieres and award ceremonies. Chapman’s love of cinema was recently renewed when she Chapman made her directorial debut with “A Dream of Flying,” part of Canon’s Project Imagination. It put movie cameras in the hands of Chapman, Eva Longoria and Jamie Foxx to develop short films based on photographs. on fashion, film, Oscar-winning director Ron Howard was her mentor. Chapman, though, never has to go far for advice: She’s married to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Recently, the 37-year old Chapman spoke to The Associated Press about her busy life, ‘Runway’ which includes looking after her two young children, running a fashion label and doing the occasional stint on Lifetime’s “Project Runway: All Stars.” AP: Early in your career, you did some acting. Did that help you in directing this film? Chapman: I don’t think anything I did actually made me feel This Oct. 23, 2013 photo shows fashion confident that I could direct. In fact, it made it all the more daunt- designer Georgina Chapman in New York. ing because I really didn’t know what goes into a movie, and, you Chapman studied costume design with the know, what the director is responsible for, which is just so over- intent of one day dressing actors in their whelming when I was thinking about it that actually I think it movies. Her career took a slight turn when she might have been a bit of (a) hindrance rather than help. and partner Keren Craig launched the fashion label Marchesa in 2004. Now their gowns are AP: What did you bring from fashion to film? often worn by actresses at red carpet and Chapman: I decided to approach it very much in the way that I award ceremonies for their movies. —AP would approach a collection. I started out with a mood board, which is how I do a collection, so I set it out scene by scene. ... We did have the added advantage (of) ... starting from a photograph. So, I did use those photographs and I used them for color refer- ence, for lighting reference, for mood reference and then I built AP: Did your husband help? AP: What do you get out of it? upon that. ... I started to get color, I started to get a feel, I got Chapman: You know, it was great to have Harvey, but this was Chapman: When I speak to these designers I am coming from emotion and lighting, so in that sense I approached it in a similar really Ron Howard’s project, so I spoke with him more. But Harvey a place where I want to help them, critique them but build them way. was fantastic, I mean, everything I asked him, he gave me great up. I am not there to put them down. I am there to help them see responses, but he really allowed me to fulfill my vision, and he where I think perhaps they can better themselves. — AP AP: Was it challenging to balance your schedule to direct a was wonderful. He was just so supportive because, I imagine, I film? was probably a little bit neurotic. Chapman: My baby Dashiell was four weeks old when we started filming, so I literally had just given birth. I was filming AP: Why is the “Project Runway” franchise still going ‘Project Runway’ at the time, and we had just finished the season, strong? so I was working two days a week with that, and we had our Chapman: It was one of the originals. It was one of the first resort collection, which was due three weeks after filming the out there of this kind of show and, you know, I think it has done movie, so it was an insane time but it was brilliant. I work better very well. It is produced in an excellent way, it is directed very under pressure, and I find doing all these different things at once, well, it’s got a great cast of people, and I think it’s relevant and I your creative energy just is working tenfold. think people enjoy it. Walt Disney Cartoon shortlists films for Oscar animated shorts et a Horse!,” a 3D short featuring the “The Missing Scarf,” Eoin Duffy, director, and voice of the late Walt Disney as Mickey Jamie Hogan, producer (Belly Creative Inc.) “Mr. “GMouse, is one of the 10 films that will Hublot,” Laurent Witz, director, and Alexandre advance in the Oscar race for Best Animated Short, Espigares, co-director (Zeilt Productions) the Academy announced on Thursday. “Possessions,” Shuhei Morita, director (Sunrise Inc.) The film, which begins like an old-black-and- “Requiem for Romance,” Jonathan Ng, director white Disney cartoon but breaks off the screen (Kungfu Romance Productions Inc.) into a 3D romp, is competing with three films pro- “Room on the Broom,” Max Lang and Jan duced or co-produced by the National Film Board Lachauer, directors (Magic Light Pictures) of Canada, the only production company to place “Subconscious Password,” Chris Landreth, director multiple films on the list. One of the Canadian films (National Film Board of Canada with the participa- comes from director Chris Landreth, who previous- tion of Seneca College Animation Arts Centre and ly won the Oscar in this category for “Ryan.” Copperheart Entertainment). Three to five films will be nominated from the Meanwhile, The Walt Disney Co. and Netflix are 10 shortlisted films, which were drawn from 56 eli- teaming up to create original live-action shows gible shorts that qualified either by winning centered on Marvel Comics’ characters like accredited film festivals or playing theatrically. Daredevil and Luke Cage, the media companies The shortlist, with production companies: said Thursday. “Feral,” Daniel Sousa, director, and Dan Golden, Netflix has committed to a minimum of four, music and sound design (Daniel Sousa) “Get a thirteen episodes series which will build up to a Horse!,” Lauren MacMullan, director, and Dorothy mini-series event about a team of superheroes McKim, producer (Walt Disney Feature Animation) called “The Defenders.” The shows will kick off in “Gloria Victoria,” Theodore Ushev, director 2015 and will be produced by Marvel Television in Models wear designer dresses inspired by Disney princesses at Christie’s auction house in (National Film Board of Canada) “Hollow Land,” Uri association with ABC Television Studios.—Reuters south London yesterday, ahead of a sale of ten dresses to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Kranot and Michelle Kranot, directors (Dansk Hospital Children’s Charity. The dress of Snow White (2nd L) by Oscar de la Renta and the Tegnefilm, Les Films de l’Arlequin and the National dress of Belle (2nd R) by Valentino are expected to sell for 4,000-6,000 GBP in the auction tak- Film Board of Canada) ing place on November 13, 2013. — AFP .