Sketch Artist for Film
HOUSTON–Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael (“Love Crimes”) makes a solid directorial debut with “Sketch Artist,” a well-crafted mystery that boasts a smart script by journalist Michael Angeli and a strong lead performance by Jeff Fahey. Set for a June debut on the Showtime cable network, pic should perform respectably in Canadian and European feature markets, and enjoy a long shelf life on homevid. Concept artist Sydney tend to work in entertainment fields, where the creation of non-existent entities is in constant demand. HOUSTON–Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael (“Love Crimes”) makes a solid directorial debut with “Sketch Artist,” a well-crafted mystery that boasts a smart script by journalist Michael Angeli and a strong lead performance by Jeff Fahey. Set for a June debut on the Showtime cable network, pic should perform respectably in Canadian and European feature markets, and enjoy a long shelf life on homevid. Fahey hits the right notes of nervous intensity and mounting dread in the title role, a scruffy artist newly hired by L.A. police to sketch pictures of suspects based on eyewitness recollections. After a high-profile fashion designer is slain, Fahey goes to work with a courier (Drew Barrymore) who saw a woman leaving the scene of the crime. Barrymore describes a face that looks an awful lot like that of Fahey’s wife, Sean Young, an upwardly mobile interior designer. Greatly shocked, and anxious to protect his wife, Fahey scraps the sketch and draws an altogether different face. Things get complicated when a photog (Belle Avery) who looks just like … Read more