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Tait starred alongside [[Sally Kirkland]] and [[Tony Todd]] in, and was also producer of, the [[independent film]] ''One by One: Death's Door'' which, as re-titled ''Jack The Reaper'', was picked up for [[film distribution|distribution]] by American World Pictures.<ref>{{cite news|first=[[Uncle Creepy]]|title=AFM 2010: Knock Knock! American World Pictures Scores One by One: Death's Door |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/40816/afm-2010-knock-knock-american-world-pictures-scores-one-one-deaths-door|accessdate=March 6, 2012|newspaper=[[Dread Central]]|date=November 8, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Powers|first=Tom|title=American World Picks Up ‘One By One’ |url=http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2010/11/american-world-picks-up-one-by-one/|accessdate=March 6, 2012|newspaper=[[Cinefantastique]]|date=November 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gingold |first=Michael|title=American World is at “DEATH’S DOOR” |url=http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2571%3Aamerican-world-is-at-deaths-door&catid= |newspaper=[[Fangoria]]|date=November 9, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kilo-scaring-film-91532 | author=Borys, Kit |title=Kilo scaring up 'One by One' film: Horror movie to star Douglas Tait, Tony Todd, Sally Kirkland |work= [[Hollywood Reporter]] | date=November 18, 2009 |accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref> |
Tait starred alongside [[Sally Kirkland]] and [[Tony Todd]] in, and was also producer of, the [[independent film]] ''One by One: Death's Door'' which, as re-titled ''Jack The Reaper'', was picked up for [[film distribution|distribution]] by American World Pictures.<ref>{{cite news|first=[[Uncle Creepy]]|title=AFM 2010: Knock Knock! American World Pictures Scores One by One: Death's Door |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/40816/afm-2010-knock-knock-american-world-pictures-scores-one-one-deaths-door|accessdate=March 6, 2012|newspaper=[[Dread Central]]|date=November 8, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Powers|first=Tom|title=American World Picks Up ‘One By One’ |url=http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2010/11/american-world-picks-up-one-by-one/|accessdate=March 6, 2012|newspaper=[[Cinefantastique]]|date=November 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gingold |first=Michael|title=American World is at “DEATH’S DOOR” |url=http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2571%3Aamerican-world-is-at-deaths-door&catid= |newspaper=[[Fangoria]]|date=November 9, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kilo-scaring-film-91532 | author=Borys, Kit |title=Kilo scaring up 'One by One' film: Horror movie to star Douglas Tait, Tony Todd, Sally Kirkland |work= [[Hollywood Reporter]] | date=November 18, 2009 |accessdate=2012-9-30}}</ref> |
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Tait also starred in the independent film, ''The Season'' which was screened at the 2011 [[New York International Independent Film and Video Festival]].<ref name=NYIFF /> The festival, however, has been criticized for accepting a |
Tait also starred in the independent film, ''The Season'' which was screened at the 2011 [[New York International Independent Film and Video Festival]].<ref name=NYIFF /> The festival, however, has been criticized for accepting a films that would not be accepted elsewhere.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/whats_the_deal_with_the_new_york_international_independent_film_and_video_f|author=Kaufman, Anthony | newspaper=[[indieWIRE]] | title=What's the Deal with the New York International Independent Film and Video Fest? |date=March 3, 1999|accessdate=2012-10-4}}</ref> The film also won "Best Cinematography at the Dark Carnival Film Festival, Best Score at the British Film Festival of LA, an Award of Merit from the Accolade Film Festival, an Audience Choice: Gold Medal of Excellence at the Park City Film Festival as well as winning Best Narrative Feature Film at the Moving Pictures Magazine Film Festival." <ref name=NYIFF>[http://www.filmfestivals.com/en/blog/new_york_international_independent_film_and_video_festival/the_season_to_screen_at_the_new_york_international_film_festival#!/fest21 "The Season" to screen at The New York International Film Festival (NYIFF)] [[New York International Independent Film & Video Festival]] April 29, 2011. October 4, 2012</ref> |
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Douglas Tait | |
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| Born | Douglas Tait |
| Occupation(s) | Film actor Television actor Independent filmmaker Stuntman |
| Website | Official website |
Douglas Tait is an American actor, stuntman, independent filmmaker, and former high school basketball player.[1] Tait has played “monster” and creature characters in several films, including Star Trek, Zathura: A Space Adventure, Thor, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Land of the Lost.[2][3]
High school years
Tait attended Bishop Alemany High School, in Los Angeles, California, where he played on the high school's basketball team.[4][5]
As a sophomore, Tait "spent most of the (1990-1991) season on the varsity bench nursing injuries to his hands, wrist, back and ankle." At the time, his coach said: "If we can keep him healthy, he'll be one of our top scorers. The rest of the roster is filled with "role players."[6] In December 1990, while he was averaging 14 points a game, Tait broke both wrists by punching a brick wall during practice when a teammate's errant shot hit Tait in the face as he attempted a slam dunk.[7] Tait was his team's third leading scorer at the time, and was reportedly expected to wear casts for four weeks.[7] Two months later, in February 1991, Tait scored 18 points, all on three-pointers, in a division tournament game.[8]
As a junior, in January 1992, Tait was suspended for one game for fighting.[9] Earlier that month, Tait had scored 13 points and "ended the bleeding with a three-point basket" in his team's first home loss.[10]
The following year, as a senior in December 1992, he and three other teammates were initially kicked off the team for misconduct at a girl's basketball game.[9][4] However three of the four teammates, including Tait, then the team's leading scorer, were reinstated after one game.[5] The next day, Tait would lead all scorers with "a game-high 25 points" in a loss in a tournament consolation final.[11]
Entertainment career
Early work
According to Tait, he was subsequently cast as a teen basketball player in television commercials because of of his high school basketball experience.[3] During a 2011 interview, Tait said: "I started doing extra work in high school. I knew I wanted to perform, but was clueless about how to make it into a career. I got a job at Universal Studios playing Frankenstein and performing in shows, then got a manager right out of high school. I was an All Star basketball player so she sent me on basketball commercials, which quickly got me in to S.A.G., and I made a living doing basketball commercials in the early years while I was honing my acting skills. I have been in the business for 15 years, but have only started working consistently for the past 2 years."[3]
Creature character roles
Tait first performance role came during high school when he was hired to perform as "Frankenstein" in the live stage shows at Universal Studios Hollywood.[3]
Tait later played creature characters in film. He was one of three individuals who played the role of a "Zorgon" in Jon Favreau’s Zathura.[12] He also played the role of "Abominog" in The Knights of Badassdom and a "Frost Giant" in Thor.[13] Tait also played "Head Sleestak" in Land of the Lost[2]
Tait also played "Long Face Bar Alien" in J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek.[14] Makeup artist Barney Burman who, along with Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow, won the 2009 Academy Award for best makeup for their work in Star Trek noted that the work Burman did on Tait's character, Long Face Bar Alien, was especially complex.[15][14] As Burman noted: "I made this big, long face for him, and what I didn't really consider was just how much heavier silicone is than foam latex. He was one of our first aliens, so fighting gravity on him taught me a lot about how to approach the makeup thereafter."[14]
In 2009, Tait was a member of the stunt ensemble for the 2008 film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull that was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of "Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture".[16]
Independent film work
Tait was executive producer, along with Isabel Cueva, of "In The Name of Freedom", a 16-minute short film that appeared at the 14th Annual LA Shorts Fest in 2010.[17][18] It was an Official Selection of the New York International Latino Film Festival, won in the category of "Best Drama Short" at the 2010 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival, and won the "Best Fiction Short" category at the 2010 CINE Film and Video Competition.[19][20][21]
Tait starred alongside Sally Kirkland and Tony Todd in, and was also producer of, the independent film One by One: Death's Door which, as re-titled Jack The Reaper, was picked up for distribution by American World Pictures.[22][23][24][25]
Tait also starred in the independent film, The Season which was screened at the 2011 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.[26] The festival, however, has been criticized for accepting a films that would not be accepted elsewhere.[27] The film also won "Best Cinematography at the Dark Carnival Film Festival, Best Score at the British Film Festival of LA, an Award of Merit from the Accolade Film Festival, an Audience Choice: Gold Medal of Excellence at the Park City Film Festival as well as winning Best Narrative Feature Film at the Moving Pictures Magazine Film Festival." [26]
References
- ^ Garrett, Tommy Lightfoot (October 28, 2011). "Douglas Tait's Happy Halloween To You, An Exclusive". Highlight Hollywood. Retrieved 2012-9-30.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b "Movies & TV: Douglas Tait: About This Person". New York Times website. Retrieved 2012-9-30.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ a b c d "Behind The Mask with Douglas Tait". Inkless Magazine. February 9, 2011. Retrieved 2012-9-30.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Fletcher, Jeff (December 8, 1992). "4 Alemany High Players Kicked Off Team". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-5-13.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Fletcher, Jeff (December 11, 1992). "Thousand Oaks Tournament: Foster Twins, Thousand Oaks Dismantle Oxnard, 89-36". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-5-13.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Southern Section Basketball Preview: Mission Leage: Alemany". Los Angeles Times. December 4, 1991. Retrieved 2012-9-30.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b "Agoura Needs Points From Other Sources". Los Angeles Times. December 19, 1990. Retrieved 2012-5-22.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "Division Iii-aa Roundup". Los Angeles Times. February 16, 1991. Retrieved 2012-10-1.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Elling, Steve (February 2, 1992). "Notre Dame's Trying Times on the Court Spare No One". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-5-22.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Elling, Steve (January 09, 1992). "Alemany Fades in Late Going of 65-57 Loss". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-10-1.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Kowalick, Vince (December 12, 1992). "Boys' Basketball Thousand Oaks Tournament: Hartman Comes Forward for Host Lancers, 61-35". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-10-4.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Zathura (2005) - Cast & Crew". Yahoo Movies. Retrieved 2012-9-30.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Coratelli, Carlo (March 19, 2011). "Movie Comics: Intervista a Douglas Tait - Thor". Comicus. Retrieved 2012-9-30.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c Gaita, Paul (February 26, 2010). "The Contender Q & A: 'Star Trek's' Barney Burman". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-10-2.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Nominees & Winners for the 82nd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2012-10-2.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild. Retrieved 2012-5-13.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "In the Name of Freedom: Isabel Cueva". LatinoLA. LatinoCities, Inc. August 10, 2011. Retrieved 2012-9-30.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ LA Shorts Fest. LA Shorts Fest 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
- ^ IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM HBO's New York International Latino Film Festival. 2010 Retrieved March 15, 2012
- ^ Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ Fall 2010 CINE Golden Eagle Award Recipients Cine 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2012
- ^ "AFM 2010: Knock Knock! American World Pictures Scores One by One: Death's Door". Dread Central. November 8, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
{{cite news}}:|first=missing|last=(help); Check|first=value (help) - ^ Powers, Tom (November 11, 2010). "American World Picks Up 'One By One'". Cinefantastique. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ^ Gingold, Michael (November 9, 2010). "American World is at "DEATH'S DOOR"". Fangoria.
- ^ Borys, Kit (November 18, 2009). "Kilo scaring up 'One by One' film: Horror movie to star Douglas Tait, Tony Todd, Sally Kirkland". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-9-30.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b "The Season" to screen at The New York International Film Festival (NYIFF) New York International Independent Film & Video Festival April 29, 2011. October 4, 2012
- ^ Kaufman, Anthony (March 3, 1999). "What's the Deal with the New York International Independent Film and Video Fest?". indieWIRE. Retrieved 2012-10-4.
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