David Heyman

David Heyman
David Jonathan Heymanis an English film producer and the founder of Heyday Films. In 1999, he secured the film rights to the Harry Potter film series and went on to produce all eight installments, becoming the most important member of the crew to be involved in all the films. In 2013, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture as the producer of Gravity, his second collaboration with director Alfonso Cuarón after Harry Potter and the Prisoner of...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionFilm Producer
Date of Birth26 July 1961
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admiral against agencies asked assumed attack budgets civil command comments confusion defense department distinct event forces foreign generals given great homeland less likely mission natural northern process protect provide reflection reluctance seeing separate stands stretched support terrorist threats
Northern Command's mission to protect the homeland against foreign threats is separate and distinct from its mission to provide support to civil agencies in the event of a terrorist attack of catastrophic proportions. So part of the confusion you're seeing is the natural shaking-out process as the Defense Department stands up a new command and adopts a new mission that most generals assumed with great reluctance in the first place, given that their forces and budgets were already stretched thin. In that sense, Admiral Keating's comments were probably less about someone gunning to take the lead, and more a reflection of how much support Northern Command will likely be asked to provide in the event of a real catastrophe.
maintain normalcy
It is its own universe. But we try to maintain a real normalcy about it.
turn
He won't turn into a stuntman, but he's a responsible boy.
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It's well done. It's creative. I think it's at the right level to get kids involved. But will it lead to plans, to families being prepared, or the actual steps you need to take if there's a nuclear, biological, chemical or explosive event? Or perhaps even a hurricane? That's undetermined, and it will be determined by the level that parents and schools and communities use the program.
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It's almost impossible to get east-west in the afternoon rush hour unless you have an hour or two to spare,
decided information raised threat
They decided this was as significant a threat as they had seen, in all the information that they've seen, and that's why they went and raised the alert.
deal interested ordinary people
I'm interested in people on the fringe, ordinary people who have to deal with extraordinary things.
aside city game maybe north people pushed south
This is a very important intersection in the north part of the city and maybe we've been pushed aside because the people in the south have been the squeaky wheel. But maybe we have to play that game too.
audience audiences best decide shows
The best shows will survive. The audience will decide that,
bring chris director exciting mike written
You don't bring in a director like Mike Newell and tell him, 'Well, you've got to make a film just like Chris Columbus,' ... It'd be foolish. So for me, I look this film, I see Mike Newell. I mean, I see Jo Rowling, but I see Mike Newell written all over it and that's really exciting for me.
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We had a lot of chatter and there were no attacks, ... Now that there's no chatter -- does that mean there will be no attack, or is there something else we should be concerned about? I don't think we have enough information to conclude what it means.
things-change
A lot of things change and a lot of things stay the same, they mostly stay the same.
kids naughty thinking
I think it's great to see how they've grown up, not just as actors but as people. They're still very much the same kids that I met many years ago. They've grown up and they are funny and wicked and naughty and bright, and I think as actors their work is just getting better and better. They've blossomed.
unique men boys
I'm interested in making films of all sizes. During this time I've made a film called 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas', which is a modest-sized film. I was involved in 'I Am Legend' and 'Yes, Man', but 'Potter' is unique. There'll never be anything like 'Potter' again.