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Olga Kurylenko (born 14 November 1979) is a French actress and model. She rose to prominence for her roles as Nika Boronina in the movie adaptation of the video game Hitman (2007), and the Bond girl, Camille Montes, in the 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace (2008).

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In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Olga Kurylenko's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Olga Kurylenko, Ben Affleck, Berdyansk, Bond girl, Camille Montes, Centurion (film), Empire Award for Best Actress, Empires of the Deep, Ford Ka, Hitman (2007 film), L'Annulaire, Love's Divine, Magic City (TV series), Oblivion (2013 film), Paris, je t'aime, Quantum of Solace, Seven Psychopaths, The Expatriate, The Serpent (2006 film), There Be Dragons, To the Wonder, Tyranny (TV series) 117…and more pages!

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Articles Olga Kurylenko Ben Affleck Berdyansk Bond girl Camille Montes Centurion (film) Empire Award for Best Actress Empires of the Deep Ford Ka Hitman (2007 film) L'Annulaire Love's Divine Magic City (TV series) Oblivion (2013 film) Paris, je t'aime Quantum of Solace Seven Psychopaths The Expatriate The Serpent (2006 film) There Be Dragons To the Wonder Tyranny (TV series)

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Olga Kurylenko

Kurylenko during a Ford Ka presentation in Paris, October 2008

Born

Spouse

Olha Kostyantynivna Kurylenko [1] 14 November 1979 Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Cedric van Mol (2000–2004) Damian Gabrielle (2006–2007)

[2] [3] Olga Kurylenko(born 14 November 1979) is a French actress and model. She rose to prominence for her roles as Nika Boronina in the movie adaptation of the video gameHitman(2007), and the Bond girl, Camille Montes, in the 22nd James Bond film,Quantum of Solace(2008).

Early life Olga Kurylenko was born in Berdyansk, Ukranian SSR (now Ukraine). Her father, Kostyantyn, is Ukrainian, and her mother, Marina Alyabusheva, is an art teacher of Russian and Belarusian ancestry, who was born in Irkutsk Oblast, [4][5][6] Russian SFSR (now Russia). When Kurylenko was three years old, her parents divorced, leaving her to be raised by her mother. Kurylenko rarely had contact with her father, meeting him for the first time when she was eight years old, and later again when she [4][7] was 13.

Olga Kurylenko

Career

Kurylenko was discovered by a female model scout while on vacation in [8] Moscow at the age of 13. In 1996, she signed a contract with the Paris-based [9] Madison modeling agency. The following year, by the age of 18, she had [10] appeared on the covers ofVogueandElleworking as a model in Paris,. While [11] Kurylenko supported her mother in Ukraine. [12] She also appeared on the covers ofMadame FigaroandMarie Claire. She became the face of Triumph lingerie, Lejaby lingerie, Bebe, Clarins, and [12] [13] Helena Rubinstein. .She has also modelled for Roberto Cavalli and Kenzo and appeared in the Victoria's Secret catalog.

Kurylenko's first acting appearance was in Seal's music video, "Love's Divine" in 2003, but her film career began in France during 2005. She received the Kurylenko at the 2012 Toronto certificate of excellence award at the 2006 Brooklyn International Film Festival International Film Festival premiere ofSeven Psychopaths for her performance inL'Annulaire, and also starred in theParis, je t'aime segment"Quartier de la Madeleine"opposite Elijah Wood. That same year, she was selected to be the face of Kenzo's new fragrance,Kenzo Amour. She has appeared in all subsequentKenzo Amourads. In 2007, Kurylenko starred inHitmanalongside Timothy Olyphant. She had a minor role inMax Payne [14] as Natasha. She played Bond girl Camille Montes in the 2008 James Bond film,Quantum of Solace. In the film she plays the role of a Bolivian Secret Service agent named Camille, who teams up with James Bond to avenge the [15] death of her parents. [16] Kurylenko was featured on the cover of the December 2008 issue of the U.S. edition ofMaximonmagazine and [17] the cover of the February 2009 issue of the Ukrainian edition ofMaxim. [18] In Ukraine the then-mayor of Berdyansk suggested naming a street after her in early 2008, and Kurylenko and her [19] [9][10] mother met Ukraine's First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko in President Yushchenko's family country house. Kurylenko will appear in Terrence Malick'sTo the Wonder, shot in fall 2010 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Also starring Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem and Rachel McAdams, the film is currently in post-production. She will also appear in [20] Oblivion, a sci-fi project starring Tom Cruise and directed by Joseph Kosinski.

Personal life [21] Kurylenko acquired French citizenship in 2001. In 2008, Maryna Alyabusheva, Kurylenko's mother said, "She [22] changed her citizenship from Ukrainian to French long ago." [23][24] In 2000, Kurylenko married French fashion photographer Cedric van Mol, but the couple divorced four years [8] later. In 2006, she married American mobile phone accessory entrepreneur Damian Gabrielle. They divorced in [25] [26] late 2007. She moved to London in 2009. Kurylenko is a philanthropist noted for her work for the underprivileged, focusing on children in her native [27] Ukraine.

Filmography

TV mini-series: 7 episodes

Film

Segment:Quartier de la Madeleine

2006

Nominated–Empire Award for Best Actress Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

Centurion

2010

Magic City

Etain

2008

Quantum of Solace

Paris, je t'aime

Camille Montes

TV series: 5 episodes Also writer

TV Series: 8 Episodes

2013

Empires of the Deep

2012

Julia Rusakova

Vera Evans

Angela

Post-production

Year

2001

2005

Olga Kurylenko

L'Annulaire

Largo Winch

2007

2006

2007

2008l'À est de moi

Iris

Nika Boronina

La Vampire

Eva Pir s

Sophia

The Russian prostitute

Carole

Sofia

Post-production

[1] Olga Kurylenko Online•www.olga-kurylenko.net•Home of the new Bond Girl! (http://www.olga-kurylenko.net/about/). Olga-kurylenko.net. Retrieved on 4 September 2011. [2] Ukrainian: dceba enkmiljhfg fogrkqblp,Ol’ha Kostyantynivna KurylenkoiancontipannuroUrkiain[s:,ˈɔlʲɦɑkostʲɑnˈtɪnʲiwnɑ kurɪˈlɛfedcbal];Rnkoan:ussiihkegn opfrgqklb, tr.Ol’ga Konstantinovna Kurilenko;:API[sˈolʲgəkənstɐnˈtʲinəvna kʊrʲɪˈlʲenkə] [3] Kurylenko became a French citizen in 2001, and has confessed in a French magazine, '...I feel closer to the French mentality.' Olga Kurylenko: Confidences d'une James Bond Girl (http://www.parismatch.com/Culture-Match/Cinema/Actu/ Olga-Kurylenko-Confidences-d-une-James-Bond-Girl-69699/ )Paris Match [4] Sokolovskaya, Yanina (18 January 2008). "New Bond girl was discovered in a subway while on holidays with her mother in Moscow" (http:/ /www.izvestia.ru/cultprosvet/article3112063/) (in Russian). Izvestia. . Retrieved 4 September 2008. [5] Talaeva, Olena (2 February 2008). "Maryna Alyabusheva does not want to move to Paris" (http:/ /gazeta.ua/index.php?&id=211753& eid=562) (in Ukrainian). Gazeta.ua. . [6] Campbell, Lori (2 November 2008). "Bond girl Olga Kurylenko was picked out by Daniel Craig" (http:/ /www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/ 2008/11/02/bond-girl-olga-kurylenko-was-picked-out-by-daniel-craig-115875-20863512/ ).Daily Mirror(UK). . Retrieved 14 November 2008. [7] "Quantum of Solace: Olga Kurylenko on being the latest, beautiful Bond girl" (http:/ /www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml;?xml=/arts/ 2008/10/24/st_olgakurylenko.xml). London: Telegraph. 24 October 2008. . Retrieved 11 November 2008. "The French capital has been the actress's home for 12 years, since she left Ukraine as a 16-year-old modeling hopeful in 1996."

Marina

TV series: 1 episode

2013

2012

To the Wonder

2012

There Be Dragons

Coronet

2011

Seven Psychopaths

2011

The Expatriate

Anna Brandt

Maryska

Oblivion

Kirot–The Assassin Next Door

Galia

Role

Notes

[28] Land of Oblivion

Ildiko

Notes

Certificate of Excellence–Best Actress

Mina Harud

Natasha Sax

2008

Max Payne

2009

2010

Tyranny

Anya

Le Porte-bonheur

Secrets

The Serpent

Hitman

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[8] "The Ukranian girl discovered on Moscow's metro who grew up to become Bond's sexiest co-star yet" (http:/ /www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/ live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=507899&in_page_id=1773).Daily Mail(UK). 14 January 2008. . [9] Kateryna Yushchenko Meets with Actress Olga Kurylenko | Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Fund (http:/ /ukraine3000.org.ua/eng/ news/6557.html). Ukraine3000.org.ua (10 October 2008). Retrieved on 4 September 2011. [10] "Talking Shop: Olga Kurylenko" (http:/ /news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7695332.stm).BBC News. 31 October 2008. . Retrieved 20 May 2010. [11] Hilton, Ruth (December 2008). "Olga Kurylenko: A View to a Thrill" (http:/ /img255.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc216& image=34093_Olga_Kurylenko.MAXIM.December_2008.Scanned_by_KROQJOCK.UHQ_456_122_216lo.jpg).Maxim12(12): 74. . [12] Olga Kurylenko Zone–/www.Devoted to model actress Olga Kurylenko with the latest wallpapers news photos and videos (http:/ kurylenko-olga.com/). Kurylenko-olga.com. Retrieved on 4 September 2011. [13] Olga Kurylenko Profile on FMD–Olga Kurylenko pictures / images (http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Olga_Kurylenko). Fashionmodeldirectory.com. Retrieved on 4 September 2011. [14] "New Bond film title is confirmed" (http:/ /news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7206997.stm). BBC News. 24 January 2008. . [15] The Bond Girl Olga Kuryelenko on (http:/ /www.thebondgirls.info/bond girls/bond_girls_from_james_bond_movies.html). Thebondgirls.info. Retrieved on 4 September 2011. [16] "Olga Kurylenko: If her looks don’/www.maxim.com/amg/girls/t knock you dead, trying to pronounce her last name might." (http:/ girls-of-maxim/44945/olga-kurylenko.html).Maxim. December 2008. . [17] "Olga Kurylenko for magazine "Maxim" (photo)" (http:/ /www.ukrainians.ca/index.php?option=com_content&lang=en&task=view& id=2285&Itemid=1&date=2009-02-01). Ukrainians.ca worldwide Ukrainian community. 23 January 2009. . [18] New Bond girl shows her Ukrainian roots (http:/ /rt.com/news/prime-time/new-bond-girl-shows-her-ukrainian-roots/), Russia Yoday (23 January 2008) [19] Photo (http://www.daylife.com/photo/06zX0W6e6o0ga), Daylife (9 October 2008) [20] Kit, Borys (19 January 2012). "'W.E.' Star Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko Join Tom Cruise's Sci-Fi Thriller" (http:/ /www. hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tom-cruise-andrea-riseborough-olga-kurylenko-283410).The Hollywood Reporter. . Retrieved 20 January 2012. [21](French)Olga Kurylenko: Confidences d'une James Bond Girl, [[Paris Match (http:/ /www.parismatch.com/Culture-Match/Cinema/ Actu/Olga-Kurylenko-Confidences-d-une-James-Bond-Girl-69699/ )] (11 November 2008)] [22] "Naked Ukrainian Lover of James Bond" (http:/ /gazeta.ua/post/201149/comm) (in Ukrainian). Gazeta.ua. 10 January 2008. . [23] Agence de photographes (http:/ /cjuliette.com/). CJuliette. Retrieved on 4 September 2011. [24] Olga Kurylenko Biography–Actress–Olga Kurylenko Bio (http://www.kurylenko.org/olga-kurylenko-bio.php). Kurylenko.org (14 November 1979). Retrieved on 4 September 2011. [25] Olga confirms she recently ended a relationship in December 2007 (http:/ /timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/ International_Buzz/I_will_never_belong_to_anyone_Olga/articleshow/2611503.cms). Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (11 December 2007). Retrieved on 4 September 2011. [26](Russian)acbde foplbqkrg: tu ekrg nhvqg enrpwil j nolxqbonzyv {|e}k (http:/ /kp.ua/daily/231009/199415/), Komsomolskaya Pravda Ukraine (23 October 2009) [27] Interview–Olga Kurylenko (http://www.alliancemagazine.org/en/content/interview-olga-kurylenko). Alliancemagazine.org (1 December 2009). Retrieved on 4 September 2011. [28] Kyiv Post. Independence. Community. Trust–Lifestyle–News–Shooting of film about Chornobyl disaster, starring Olga Kurylenko, starts (http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/guidenews/detail/69434/). Kyivpost.com (12 June 2010). Retrieved on 4 September 2011.

References

External links ~ Olga Kurylenko (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1385871/) at the Internet Movie Database Olga Kurylenko (http://www.allrovi.com/name/p439885) at AllRovi Olga Kurylenko (http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Olga_Kurylenko) at the Fashion Model Directory

Ben Affleck

Affleck at the Toronto Film Festival, September 7, 2012

Born

Alma mater

Occupation

Years active

Political party

Spouse(s)

Children

BenjaminGzaAffleck-Boldt August 15, 1972 Berkeley, California, U.S.

Occidental College University of Vermont

Actor, director, producer, writer

1981–present

Democratic Party

Jennifer Garner(2005–present)

[1] Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt(born August 15, 1972), better known asBen Affleck, is an American actor, film director, writer, and producer. He became known with his performances in such Kevin Smith films asMallrats (1995),Chasing Amy(1997) andDogma(1999). Affleck won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the screenplay forGood Will Hunting(1997), which he co-wrote with Matt Damon, and has appeared in lead roles in such popular hits asArmageddon(1998),Pearl Harbor(2001),Changing Lanes(2002),The Sum of All Fears (2002),Daredevil(2003),Hollywoodland(2007),State of Play(2009) andThe Town(2010). Affleck won the Golden Globe Award for both Best Director and Best Film (Drama) forArgoat the 2013 Golden Globe Awards.

Affleck is a critically acclaimed film director. He directedGone Baby Gone(2007),The Town(2010) andArgo [2][3][4] (2012), playing the lead in the latter two films. He has worked with his younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, on several projects, includingGood Will HuntingandGone Baby Gone.

Affleck has been married to Jennifer Garner since June 2005. They have two daughters, Violet and Seraphina, and a son, Samuel. Previously, he dated Gwyneth Paltrow in 1998. His relationship with actress/singer Jennifer Lopez, in which they were dubbed "Bennifer", attracted worldwide media attention before it ended in 2004.

Affleck has been actively involved in politics and charitable causes. He and Matt Damon founded the production company LivePlanet. In 2012 they founded a new company called Pearl Street Films.

Ben Affleck

Early life Affleck was born in Berkeley, California. His mother, Christine Anne "Chris" Affleck (eénBoldt), was a school district employee and teacher, and his father, Timothy Byers Affleck, has been a drug counselor, social worker, [5][6][7][8] janitor, auto mechanic, bartender, writer, director, and actor with the Theater Company of Boston. Affleck's [9][10] mother was a freedom rider in the 1960s; until her retirement, she was a public school teacher in Cambridge, [11] [12] Massachusetts. His younger brother is actor Casey Affleck. Affleck has English, Irish, Scottish, and German [9][13] [14] ancestry. The surname "Affleck" is Scottish. He was raised in a mostly Episcopalian family. His family moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, when he was very young, and his parents divorced in 1984. At age eight, Affleck met 10-year-old Matt Damon, who lived two blocks away. Damon is Affleck's tenth cousin, once [12][15][16] removed, through a common New England ancestor. The two attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin [12][16] School together, although they were in different grades. Affleck attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, [17][12][18] as well as the University of Vermont (dropping out after his first semester).

Career

Early work Affleck worked as a child actor, appearing on the PBS children's seriesThe Voyage of the Mimi, as well as in several [16] movies made for television. In the 1990s, he had roles inLifestories: Families in Crisis, as a steroid-abusing athlete, as well as in several films, includingSchool Ties(1992, with Dmography"/>Dazed and Confused(1993), [19] Mallrats(1995), andChasing Amy(1997).MallratsandAmymarked the beginning of his collaboration with writer/director Kevin Smith. He had the starring role in Smith'sJersey Girland has appeared in every View [19] Askewniverse-Jersey film Smith has made to date, with the exception ofClerksalso starred on several. Affleck Saturday Night Liveepisodes early in his career. His made his directorial debut in 1993 with a 16-minute comedy [20][21] calledI Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney.

Box office

Affleck came to national attention working with Damon inGood Will Huntingin [19] 1997, for which they shared writing credit and received the Oscar for Best [12] Original Screenplay. They also starred in the film.Good Will Hunting's success transformed Affleck from a virtual unknown into a celebrity. Along with Damon and producers Chris Moore and Sean Bailey, Affleck founded the production company LivePlanet, through which the four created the documentary seriesProject Greenlight, as well as the failed mystery-hybrid seriesPush, [22] Nevada, among other projects.Project Greenlightwas nominated for an [23][24] Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program in 2002, 2004, and 2005.

[25] Affleck starred inArmageddonThe film(1998) opposite Bruce Willis. [26] received mixed to negative critical reviews, but was a box-office success, [27] earning $553smillion worldwide. In 1999, he co-starred with Sandra Bullock [28] in the romantic comedyForces of Nature2001, Affleck collaborated with. In Armageddondirector Michael Bay in the war filmPearl Harbor. The film [29][30] opened to a mixed to negative reception, but was a box-office success, [31] earning $449smillion worldwide.

Affleck visiting the USSEnterprise (CVN‑65) in Manama, Bahrain, in December 2003.

In 2002, he was cast as Jack Ryan, a role previously played by Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford, in the fourth film in the techno-thriller seriesThe Sum of All Fears. The movie, which ignored the story lines of the previous Jack Ryan [32] films, also starred Morgan Freeman. Ann Hornaday of theWashington Postwrote that Affleck and Freeman

Ben Affleck

[33] "create a believable chemistry". In the same year, Affleck starred opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the popular [34] thrillerChanging Lanes. The following year, he starred as Matt Murdock/Daredevil in Mark Steven Johnson's filmDaredevil(2003). Affleck [35] saidDaredeviland explained why he took the role by saying "Everybodywas his favorite comic book as a kid [36] has that one thing from childhood that they remember and that sticks with them. This story was that for me." He also said "I didn't want someone else to do it, because I was afraid that they would go out and do it different from the [37] comic and screw it up." Roger Ebert, in review ofDaredevil, wrote that both Affleck and co‑star Jennifer Garner [38] [27] were suitable for their roles.Daredevilgrossed over $179smillion worldwide. Despite some critical missteps, his box-office successes reportedly earned Affleck an average of $15smillion per [39] film. FollowingDaredevil, Affleck starred in several critically panned box-office flops, includingGigli(2003) andSurviving Christmas(2004).

2006–2009

Affleck starred in the critically acclaimed George Reeves noir biopic [40] Hollywoodland, directed by HBO TV-series veteran Allen Coulter. His performance was well-received; Peter Travers ofRolling Stone wrote: "The irony is that Affleck's battering at the hands of fame has prepped him beautifully to play Reeves. He knows this character from the inside: the surface charm, the hidden vulnerability, the ache of [41] watching a career become a joke and being helpless to stop it." Claudia Puig wrote inUSA Todaythat Affleck gives a "strong [42] performance". He was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, won the Supporting Actor of the Year award at Affleck at the premiere forHe's Just Not That [43] the Hollywood Film Festival, and was nominated for a Golden Into Youin February 2009 Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a [44] Motion Picture. Following the success ofHollywoodland, he appeared in the action filmSmokin' Aces(2007), [45] [46] playing Jack Dupree, a bounty hunter.Smokin' Acesreceived mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office [27] failure.

Also in 2007, Affleck made his feature film directorial debut withGone Baby Gone, for which he also co‑wrote the screenplay based on the book by Dennis Lehane about two Boston-area detectives investigating a little girl's [47] kidnapping and how it affects their lives. His brother Casey starred in the film. It opened to rave reviews in [48] October 2007. When asked why he decided to direct the film, Affleck said: "Directing a movie was really instructive for me. I think I learned a lot about writing, and a lot about acting, and I learned how all the pieces fit [49] [50] together from the inside. That was really valuable. It was a good thing." The film received critical acclaim. In [51] Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum noted that Affleck "shows excellent instincts" as a director. Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com wrote: "As a director, Ben Affleck may turn out to be quite good with actors...But he may [52] need to work harder at shaping material, and at making his characters emerge as rounded, believable people." Affleck appeared in Jimmy Kimmel's 2008 videoI'm Fucking Ben Affleck, a response to a video by Kimmel's [53][54] girlfriend, Sarah Silverman,I'm Fucking Matt Damonother celebrities appeared in the video including. Many Good Charlotte's Joel and Benji Madden, Macy Gray, Dominic Monaghan, Lance Bass, Josh Groban, Don Cheadle, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Huey Lewis, Joan Jett, Pete Wentz, Christopher [54] Mintz-Plasse, Meat Loaf, Dicky Barrett and others.

Ben Affleck

2009–present

In 2009, Affleck returned to acting, starring in three features,He's Just Not That into You,State of Play, andExtract. InHe's Just Not That into You, a romantic comedy, he was part of an ensemble cast that included Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Bradley [55] Cooper, Justin Long, and Jennifer Connelly. The film generated [56] mostly mixed reviews, but was a box-office success, earning [27] $165smillion worldwide. InState of Play, an adaptation of the British television serialState of Play, Affleck played Congressman Ben Affleck and Jon Hamm on the set ofThe Stephen Collins. The film is a political thriller which explores the [57]Town relationship between politicians and the media. In the comedy film Extract, Affleck played Dean, a bartender, and the best friend to Jason [58] Bateman's character. His performance in the film was well-received, with Barbara Vancheri of thePittsburgh Post-Gazettereporting that "Affleck is a hoot as a long-haired fount of bad advice and drugs he keeps in a little tin behind the bar. After playing a square-jawed crimefighter, an actor turned Superman and a congressman, he is [59] actually loose and funny."

Affleck directed his second feature,The Town, an adaptation of Chuck Hogan's novelPrince of Thieves, that was [60] both a critical and commercial success when it was released in theaters in 2010. Along with directing and co-writing the film, he was part of the cast that included Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Chris Cooper and Blake Lively. Affleck was awarded the Chairman's Award in the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Commenting on [61] Affleck, Festival Chairman Harold Matzner said: If there is truly a renaissance man in today's cinema, it's Ben Affleck. He has distinguished himself as a premier writer and director, as well as an actor with a broad-ranging and impressive filmography. In his latest work,The Town, Affleck once again puts his acting, writing and directorial skills to work, in a stinging portrait of a New England town and the grip it has on generation after generation, who find it impossible to leave. For his ability to "do it all" and constantly evolve as an artist, The Palm Springs International Film Festival is proud to present Ben Affleck with the 2011 Chairman's Award. Affleck plans to star alongside Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams, and Rachel Weisz inTo the Wonder, a romantic drama written and directed by Terrence Malick. Filming took place in fall 2010 in Bartlesville, [62] Oklahoma, and Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Affleck also directed his third feature,Argo, for producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov. The film tells the story of a CIA operation to save six diplomats during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis by faking a production for a [63] large-scale science fiction film. Following his work onArgo, Affleck was selected to replace David Yates as the director for the Warner Bros. [64][65] adaptation of Stephen King's novel,The Stand, as Yates thought the novel was suited for a miniseries instead. [66] In August 2012, it was reported that Warner Bros. was eyeing Affleck to direct a live-actionJustice Leaguefilm, [67] though Affleck's representatives indicated that he passed on the offer.