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Guillermo Arriaga

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Guillermo Arriaga Jordán (Spanish pronunciation:[ɡiˈʎeɾmo aˈrjaɣa]; born 13 March 1958) is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter, director and producer. Self-defined as "a hunter who works as a writer," he is best known for his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations for Babel and his screenplay for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, which received the 2005 Cannes Best Screenplay Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guillermo Arriaga, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Jon Kilik

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Jon Kilik (born December 26, 1956) is an American film producer. He has worked with a number of filmmakers including Spike Lee, Julian Schnabel, Gary Ross, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jim Jarmusch, Robert Altman and Oliver Stone. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the film Babel (2006). He was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film for producing Babel. He was also nominated twice for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language for producing the films The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) and Biutiful (2010). He was also nominated thrice for the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture for producing the films Babel (2006), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) and Foxcatcher (2014). Kilik is a co-recipient of the Special Distinction Award for producing Foxcatcher (2014) at the 30th Independent Spirit Awards. Kilik was also nominated twice for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film for producing Before Night Falls (2000) and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007). Kilik was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Millburn. He graduated from Millburn High School in 1974. He also attended and graduated from the University of Vermont in the 1970s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Kilik, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Gil Parrondo

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Gil Parrondo y Rico-Villademoros, better known as Gil Parrondo was a Spanish art director. He also worked for superproductions, building sets or working as art director or production designer. Among the films of his international filmography we can highlight Spartacus (1960), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Patton (1970), Nicolas and Alejandra (1971) or Travels with my aunt (1972). With these last three he accumulated three consecutive Oscar nominations, winning the award for the first two.
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Louis Navarre

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Louis Navarre is a French actor whose career developed in both film and television from the late 1960s onward. Trained in theatre, he quickly established himself as a reliable character actor, valued for the precision of his performance and his ability to adapt to a wide range of settings. In cinema, he worked with several major French directors, appearing in productions that have since become emblematic. His filmography reflects a consistent presence in both popular films and more auteur‑driven works, where he provided a discreet yet essential contribution. In parallel, Louis Navarre took part in numerous television dramas, particularly in police and historical series. He notably appeared in Schulmeister, l’espion de l’empereur, where he played a supporting role, demonstrating his versatility and ease in period productions. As a character actor, Louis Navarre distinguished himself through a steady and enduring career, marked by constant professionalism and a presence that strengthened the credibility of the projects in which he appeared
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Bob Tzudiker

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Bob Tzudiker is an American screenwriter and actor best known for co-creating and writing Newsies with his wife, Noni White. Originally conceived as a historical drama inspired by the real-life 1899 newsboys’ strike, Newsies was reimagined as a musical at Disney’s direction and went on to become a beloved cult classic. The stage adaptation, which opened on Broadway in 2012, grossed over $100 million during its run and has since been seen by millions worldwide. As a screenwriter, Bob has shared writing credit on Disney’s Tarzan (1999), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), and 102 Dalmatians (2000), as well as Fox’s Anastasia (1997). He also contributed to Disney’s The Lion King (1994) and has written screenplays for every major studio, earning multiple Annie Award nominations along the way. Before his writing career, Bob worked extensively as an actor, appearing in films such as Total Recall (1990), Ruthless People (1986), and Walker (1987), as well as on television in Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and other productions. He is a member of the Writers’ Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and teaches screenwriting as an adjunct professor at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. A graduate of St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, Bob brings both a rich creative background and a deep understanding of story to his work across film, stage, and the classroom.
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Brian De Palma

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Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over forty years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films. De Palma was a leading member of the New Hollywood generation of film directors. His direction often makes use of quotations from other films or cinematic styles, and bears the influence of filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard, and Michelangelo Antonioni. His work has been criticized for its violence and sexual content, but has also been championed by American critics such as Roger Ebert and Pauline Kael.
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Cali

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Bruno Caliciuri (born 28 June 1968), better known as Cali, is a French singer-songwriter. Cali was born 28 June 1968 in Perpignan to an Italian father and Catalan mother. He grew up in Vernet-les-Bains. A fan of English rock and French chanson during his youth, Cali was also a keen rugby player. He played for his region and Perpignan (USAP). Inspired by a U2 concert in 1984, Cali devoted himself more to music and less to rugby. At the age of 17, Cali discovered punk music in Ireland. This was the style of his first group Pénétration anale. His second group was composed of friends from Vernet-les-Bains, and called Les Rebelles. From 25 to 28, Cali self-produced two albums with the band Indy, then was part of Tom Scarlett, where he worked with his past guitarist Hugo Baretge. At the end of 2001, Cali stopped work with Tom record company Labels, which signed him on. At the end of 2003, he released his first well-known solo album L'amour parfait. Regarded as a critical success, the album made him known amongst the premier French artists. Popular songs from the album include "Elle m'a dit", the single "C'est quand le bonheur" and "Pensons à l'avenir". In October 2005, Cali released his second solo album Menteur. This album reinforced his position amongst France's most popular artists. Popular songs include "Je ne vivrai pas sans toi" and the single "Je m'en vais (après Miossec)". In 2006, he published "Le bordel magnifique" which was recorded during his Menteur tour in Zénith de Lille. It witnesses the connection established between the singer and his audience through the concert. In 2007, he did a Take-Away Show video session shot by Vincent Moon. In 2007, he went on a support tour for all the producers of cheese pies hard hit by the crisis that raged that year in the cheese industry, thanks to which he was inducted Chevalier du Camembert Doré and Grand Maître de l'Emmental. In 2008, he released his third solo album "L'espoir" which was recorded in the South of France with the help of [Mathias Malzieu] and [Scott Colburn]. He expressed his penchant for love stories, but also his political engagement in "Résistance" and the single "1000 coeurs debout" In 2010 he got prankster Rémi Gaillard to make the clip for his song "L'amour fou". He currently lives in Languedoc-Roussillon with his two children. Cali's musical style is pop/rock. He is accompanied usually by a rock trio (guitar, drums, bass) but often also a violin, saxophone, trumpet and even trombone (for songs like "Tes Yeux"), giving his music a unique almost folk/jazz feel. Cali accompanies himself sometimes with acoustic guitar. On stage, he is known for injecting much passion and energy into his performances. He will often perform a stage dive towards the end of his set, which in at least four instances led to serious injuries. He was nominated for the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award at the 2003 edition of the Victoires de la musique – France's version of the Grammys. In 2004 he was nominated for Male Artist/Group of the Year, Song of the Year for "Pensons à l'avenir" and Concert/Show of the Year for his concert at the Bataclan. Source: Article "Cali (singer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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René Ferlet

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René Ferlet, born in Accolay (Yonne) on January 22, 1920 and died on April 9, 19891 in Montpellier, was a mountaineer who participated in 1946 in the third ascent of the Walker spur on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses. René Ferlet was born in Accolay, in Yonne, in 1920. Before the Second World War, he met Pierre Allain on the rocks of Fontainebleau. Engaged as a volunteer in 1939, he was incorporated into a section of scouts-skiers in the Queyras then was demobilized in 19412. In 1943, he met Lionel Terray in Chamonix with whom he made a series of ascents including the first ascent of the face direct northwest of the Peigne. In the post-war years, the party was one of the best climbers in the forest of Fontainebleau, around the "master" Pierre Allain. Ferlet particularly distinguished himself in 1946 at Bas-Cuvier, by completing the first climb of the Marie-Rose, the first boulder rated 6a, a slab highly coveted by the “bleausards”. Pierre Allain did the first rehearsal immediately afterwards. At the time, the Marie-Rose was rated 6b, the Angle Allain being considered the first 6a (opened in 1935). But with advances in climbing shoes, these two historic passages have been given a notch discount: the Angle Allain at 5c and the Marie-Rose at 6a. They retain the "obligatory passages" highly respected by bouldering enthusiasts. In 1951, René Ferlet led the first French expedition to the Patagonian Cordillera during which Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone succeeded in the first ascent of Fitz Roy (February 2, 1952). In 1953, he supervised the French expedition which climbed the south face of Aconcagua for the first time. René Ferlet was a member of the Groupe de Haute Montagne and of the Société des Explorateurs Français and administrative secretary of the French Alpine Club and the Club Alpin Français and Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l'Escalade.
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Bohdan Stupka

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Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka (27 August 1941 – 22 July 2012) was a popular Ukrainian actor. At the 26th Moscow International Film Festival he won the award for Best Actor for his role in the film "Our Own". Stupka has played more than a hundred roles in films and over fifty in the theater. Stupka has been awarded the titles Artist of Ukraine, People's Artist of the USSR, and Hero of Ukraine (Order of the State, 2011), as well as a number of film awards. Later in his career he became the Minister of Culture of Ukraine.
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Eric Laneuville

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eric Laneuville (born July 14, 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American television director, actor and martial artist. His first prominent acting roles were in the science-fiction film The Omega Man (1971) with Charlton Heston and the ABC television series Room 222 (1969–74). Although his role as Luther Hawkins in the television series St. Elsewhere is probably his best known role. He also starred in A Force of One playing Charlie, the stepson of Chuck Norris. In more recent years, he frequently directs such one-hour dramas as Ghost Whisperer and Lost.
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