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Rob Stewart

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Was an award-winning biologist, photographer, conservationist and filmmaker. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Stewart began photographing underwater when he was 13. By the age of 18 he became a scuba instructor and then moved on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, studying in Ontario, Jamaica and Kenya. Before making Sharkwater (2007), Stewart spent four years travelling the world as chief photographer for the Canadian Wildlife Federation's magazines. Leading expeditions to the most remote areas of the world, Stewart has logged thousands of hours underwater using the latest in camera and rebreather technologies. Stewart's highly sought after images have appeared in nearly every media form worldwide. While on assignment to photograph sharks in the Galapagos Islands, Stewart discovered illegal longlining, indiscriminately killing sharks within the marine reserve. He tried promoting awareness through print media, but when the public didn't respond, Stewart decided to make a film to bring people closer to sharks. At the age of 22 he left his photography career behind and embarked on a remarkable journey over four years and 12 countries, resulting in the epic Sharkwater. When Stewart boarded Sea Shepherd's ship, Sharkwater took a turn from a beautiful underwater film into an incredible human drama filled with corruption, espionage, attempted murder charges and mafia rings, forcing Stewart and his crew to become part of the story. During filming, Stewart encountered life threatening obstacles, including diseases such as West Nile, Tuberculosis, Dengue Fever and flesh eating disease. Sharkwater has been hugely successful, premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival and winning a "Canada's Top Ten" award. Sharkwater made history with the largest opening weekend of any Canadian documentary, and was the most award-winning documentary of the year, winning over 35 awards at prestigious film festivals around the world. As of 2012 it is the third highest grossing Canadian documentary in the last ten years, next to the high budget films, Nascar and Oceans. Stewart's hardcover book, Sharkwater: An Odyssey to Save the Planet, was released in October 2007 by Key Porter Books. His book Save the Humans will be released in the Fall of 2012 by Random House. Stewart continues to work towards conservation and environmental education, speaking at the University of Victoria, Yale University, Vancouver Aquarium, ROM, various TEDx events, and others. Stewart is on the board of numerous conservation groups including WildAid, Shark Savers and the Shark Research Institute, and recently founded his own charity, United Conservationists, based in Los Angeles and Toronto. He has made featured appearances on numerous high profile TV shows including Larry King Live, The Today Show, Tonight Show, The Late Show, Nightline, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, ET Canada, Bloomberg, The Hour, BBC1, MTV and others. In a 2011 The Grid Magazine survey, he was voted top living resident for making Toronto a better place. Stewart is currently completing work on his second film, Revolution, due in theatres in 2013, with a companion rich digital media component, and How-to Guide to save humanity.
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Anne Archer

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Anne Archer is an American actress. She starred as Beth in the psychological thriller film Fatal Attraction (1987), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Archer was named Miss Golden Globe in 1971, and in the year following, appeared in her feature film debut The Honkers.  Archer's other film appearances include Paradise Alley (1978), Raise the Titanic (1980), Patriot Games (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Clear and Present Danger (1994), and Lullaby (2014). On stage, she starred as Mrs Robinson in the West End production of The Graduate in 2001, and in the title role of The Trial of Jane Fonda at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Don Munsil

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Don Munsil is a software engineer for a variety of companies, including Sierra On-Line and Microsoft. He met Stacey Spears in late 90's and collaborated on several popular articles on video technology and on a benchmark testing process for progressive-scan DVD players, plus a popular in-depth article about deinterlacing that has won accolades from all over the industry. They worked together to create new technologies and tools for video processing, which led to the formation of Spears & Munsil to do video technology consulting and creation of calibration and evaluation tests. Don wrote all of the custom rendering tools and video processing software that Spears & Munsil uses to create test patterns. Stacey and Don are the authors of several patents relating to video technology and deinterlacing.
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Michael Ralla

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Michael Ralla is a visual effects supervisor and Audiovisual Media engineering graduate from Stuttgart’s Hochschule der Medien (HdM). He began his VFX career at Scanline VFX in Munich in 2004, after initially training as a sound engineer and even pursuing a career in heavy metal drumming. Inspired by the pioneering short film 405, he shifted his focus to compositing. Ralla’s professional journey has taken him around the globe, with roles at Animal Logic in Sydney, Framestore in London, MPC in Vancouver, and later Digital Domain and Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) in Los Angeles and San Francisco. His studio experience also includes time at Marvel Studios and additional high-profile facilities, contributing to major productions such as The Avengers (2012), Ender’s Game (2013) and Christopher Robin (2018. In 2022, he transitioned to independent and studio-side supervision, serving as a visual effects supervisor on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), John Wick 4 (2023) and as the Overall VFX Supervisor on Sinners (2025). His work has earned industry recognition, including a Visual Effects Society (VES) Award for Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial for Welcome Home (2018), shared with Steve Drew, Alejandro Villabon, and Peter Timberlake. He has also received multiple nominations from both the VES and the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) for his contributions to projects such as The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) and several high-profile commercials.
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Sean Connery

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 - October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama. On October 31, 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Henry Phillips

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Henry Phillips has been seen and heard performing his twisted songs and stories on 'Comedy Central Presents', ABC’s ’Jimmy Kimmel Live’, as well as satellite and terrestrial radio nationwide. His critically acclaimed albums, fusing mellow folk-rock ballads with psychopathic lyrics have earned him mention in Billboard magazine’s ’Critic’s Choice’, as well as acclaim from such notable artists as Moby, who refers to Phillips' songs as "disconcertingly funny". His semi-biographical comedy film "Punching the Clown" received the Audience award at Slamdance film festival '09, and is currently available on Hulu and Amazon prime.
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Melita Farley

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Melita Farley is the Learning Director and documentary film producer at Double Farley Creative Partners. Her ability to clarify material, be that written or film, for wide levels of comprehension sees her excel at both aspects of her role. She’s a seasoned training expert with over 25 years of experience in developing people and delivering results. As well as producing 13 films for Double Farley, Melita has trained hundreds of workplace trainers across New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. She has also crafted online, face-to-face and blended training for a wide range of industries. She holds a B.A. in Politics and Linguistics, a Graduate Diploma in Psychology, a Post-Graduate Certificate in Digital and Collaborative Learning, and is currently completing a Master of Information Studies. Melita is Learning Director for Double Farley Ltd.
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Imogen Bain

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Imogen Bain (17 April 1959 – 5 July 2014) was an English stage and screen actress. Bain was born in London, England, to Jessie Evans, an actress, and Donald Bain, a director. Initially stunted as a youth with dyslexia, Bain went on to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1973, she starred in an episode of Thirty-Minute Theatre on the BBC. Bain eventually followed her parents into show business, making a name for herself on the British stage. She made her West End debut in Daisy Pulls It Off at the Globe Theatre. Bain also made appearances in film, appearing in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and The Phantom of the Opera. Her television work, included roles in Casualty and The Sarah Jane Adventures. She also taught at the Actor's Centre in Covent Garden and, with Andrea Brooks, formed the Good Luck Company
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Dara Ó Briain

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Dara Ó Briain (born 4 February 1972) is an Irish comedian and television presenter based in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He is noted for hosting topical panel shows such as Mock the Week, The Panel, and The Apprentice: You're Fired!. His TV work also includes starring in and writing of television comedy and documentary series. Ó Briain has also been a newspaper columnist, with pieces published in national papers in both Britain and Ireland. In 2009, the Irish Independent described Ó Briain as "Terry Wogan's heir apparent as Britain's 'favourite Irishman'" and in 2010, Ó Briain was voted the 16th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shobna Gulati

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Shobna Gulati (born 7 August 1966) is a British actress, writer, and dancer. Gulati is a soap star best known for playing Anita in Victoria Wood's dinnerladies, Sunita Alahan in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2006, a role to which she returned at the end of 2009 and departed again in 2013, and Farah Khurana in River City from 2017 to 2018. From 13 March 2013 to 30 May 2014, Gulati appeared as a panellist on the lunchtime chatshow Loose Women. Gulati is also one of very few actors to have appeared on both Coronation Street and its rival series EastEnders in 2000. Gulati was born in Oldham, Lancashire to parents of Hindu Indian descent. She has a degree in Arabic and Middle Eastern politics from the University of Manchester. One of Gulati's earliest appearances was as a dancer in the video for Boy George's 1991 single "Bow Down Mister." In the late 1990s, she appeared in both series' of Victoria Wood's BBC sitcom Dinnerladies. She appeared as Ameena Badawi from October to December 2000, in EastEnders. She is one of few to have appeared in both EastEnders and Coronation Street. Gulati appeared as her main character, Sunita, in East Street, the crossover between both soaps in 2010, as part of Children in Need's telethon. In 2001, she appeared in the short film Shadowscan, directed by Tinge Krishnan, which won a Bafta Award; and, in 2004, Gulati was nominated for a Manchester Evening News theatre award for her work in the play Dancing Within Walls, which was staged at the Contact Theatre in Manchester. Gulati has also appeared on the TV quiz shows Call My Bluff, Have I Got News for You, The Weakest Link, Russian Roulette and as Diana Ross in Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes. In early 2006, Gulati took part in the Reality TV series Soapstar Superstar. After Gulati left Coronation Street initially in 2006, she played Nisha Clayton, a recurring role in the final series of Where the Heart Is, and made appearances in New Street Law and the one-off comedy drama Magnolia which was written by Dave Spikey for BBC's Comedy Playhouse series. In October 2006, Gulati appeared at the Royal Albert Hall as part of a short skit featured in The Secret Policeman's Ball. In the sketch, Gulati and co-star Nitin Ganatra play a holidaying couple who are under the mistaken belief Guantanamo Bay is a holiday resort. The sketch also starred American actors Chevy Chase and Seth Green. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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