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Jonathan Palmer

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Jonathan Charles Palmer (born 7 November 1956) is a British businessman and former Formula One racing driver. Before opting for a career in motor racing, Palmer trained as a physician at London's Guy's Hospital. He also worked as a junior physician at Cuckfield and Brighton hospitals. He is currently the majority shareholder and Chief Executive of MotorSport Vision (MSV), a company that runs six UK motorsport circuits, the PalmerSport corporate driving event at Bedford Autodrome and several racing championships including British Superbikes and GB3. Prior to his business life, Palmer was active in Formula One between 1983 and 1989, and drove for Tyrrell, Williams, RAM, and Zakspeed. He won 14 Championship points from 83 starts. He also raced a Group C Porsche in sports car events between 1983 and 1990, winning the 1984 1000 km of Brands Hatch with co-driver Jan Lammers and taking second place at the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans with co-drivers James Weaver and Richard Lloyd. Palmer helped develop the McLaren F1 road car, and drove one to a new speed record for production cars.
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Jan Selby

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Jan Selby is an award-winning independent director/producer and owner of Quist Island Films, a film and video production company located in Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA).  Jan’s first film as director/producer was A CIRCLE AND THREE LINES (2009), a short documentary about the history of the ubiquitous peace symbol, tracing its roots from a nuclear disarmament march in England to becoming a global commercial icon.   Jan’s most recent film, BEYOND THE DIVIDE (2014), is a feature-length documentary about the courage to find common ground. Set in Missoula, Montana, BEYOND THE DIVIDE follows Vietnam Veteran Dan Gallagher and peace advocate Betsy Mulligan-Dague as they mend the decades of animosity left behind by the Vietnam War. 
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JM Ward

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JM Ward is a filmmaking student at Wright State University and the founder of Matthers Productions. He began his creative journey in front of the camera with a role in The Rake (2024) before stepping behind it to pursue writing and directing. His directorial debut, Writer’s Block (2024), highlights his sharp storytelling and strong visual style. Known for his talent as a screenwriter, JM brings a unique voice and perspective to every project he takes on. As a rising filmmaker, he continues to develop compelling narratives that reflect both depth and originality.
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Richard Williams

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Richard Edmund Williams (March 19, 1933-August 16, 2019) was a Canadian–British animator, voice artist, and writer, best known for serving as animation director on Disney/Amblin's Who Framed Roger Rabbit and for his unfinished feature film The Thief and the Cobbler. He was also a film title sequence designer and animator; his most famous works in this field included the title sequences to What's New, Pussycat? (1965) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) and title and linking sequences in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968). He also animated the eponymous cartoon feline for two of the later Pink Panther films.
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Mark Ronson

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Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British-American DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter. He has won eight Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year for Amy Winehouse's album Back to Black (2006), as well as two for Record of the Year with her 2006 single "Rehab" and his own 2014 single "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars). He has also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award for co-writing "Shallow" (performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper) for the film A Star Is Born (2018). Ronson served as lead and executive producer for the soundtrack to the 2023 fantasy comedy film Barbie, on which he also composed and co-wrote several of its songs with his production partner Andrew Wyatt. The soundtrack won three Grammy Awards—"What Was I Made For?" won Song of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media, while the parent album won Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media—from 11 nominations, as well as an Academy Award for Best Original Song from two nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Ronson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Anne-Marie Miéville

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Anne-Marie Miéville, born November 11, 1945 in Lausanne, is a filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, actress and writer from Vaud. Anne-Marie Miéville works as a photographer and is the manager of a bookstore. In the 1960s, she also recorded two variety discs for Barclay, on songs by Jean-Jacques Debout. Then in 1972, she met Jean-Luc Godard in Paris, who became her companion until his death in 2022. Initially, from 1973 to 1994, she collaborated with this filmmaker as a photographer, screenwriter, editor, co-director and artistic director for some of her/their films. Then in 1983, she directed her first short film, "How Can I Love", and, a year later, a second short film, "Le Livre De Marie". Since then, she has continued to make films. Through her cinematographic stories, she questions, with a singularity of tone, love, time, the meaning of things, ... Her first feature film is called: "My Dear Subject" and was released in 19883. 1994 "Lou Didn't Say No". Still in 1994, Anne-Marie Miéville published "Histoire Du Garçon", a text retracing the career and life of her brother Alain, who died accidentally in 1993. In 1996/1997, a new feature film was broadcast, "Nous Sommes Tous Encore Here". Then in 2000, "Après La Réconciliation" in which she appeared, accompanied by Claude Perron, Jacques Spiesser, Jean-Luc Godard and Xavier Marchand. In 2002, she wrote "Images In Words", short texts published by Farrago, which the publisher wrote were "a series of fixed shots, short films of writing. Strictly speaking, it is not a question of news, but rather of indescribable moments, fleeting perfumes of images, where it would be a question of filming with words”.
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Anne Benoît

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Anne Benoît is a French actress. She has appeared in more than 60 film and television productions since 1981. Benoît was trained at the Conservatoire de Versailles, under the direction of Marcelle Tassencourt. She later attended the Tania Balachova theatre school, and enrolled in workshops conducted by Antoine Vitez, Sophie Loucachevsky and Aurélien Recoing. She made her film debut in the 1981 film Schools Falling Apart (Le Bahut va craquer) directed by Michel Nerval. Source: Article "Anne Benoît" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Wendy Partridge

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Wendy Partridge (born September 20, 1954) is a British–Canadian costume designer in film and television. Partridge was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special for her work on the 2006 two-part AMC series Broken Trail. She won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Costume Design for the 2014 film Pompeii and Genie Awards for Best Costume Design for Passchendaele (2008) and Loyalties (1986). She was nominated three times in one year at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards for Resident Evil: Retribution, Silent Hill: Revelation, and Hannah's Law. Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: The Dark World and Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy have earned her Saturn Award nominations. Partridge got her first dressmaking job at 14 years old whilst still in England. She moved to Edmonton in the 1970s and to Calgary in 1986. She designed the costumes for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympics. She also designed the World War I-style uniforms that were worn at the first inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009 as well as the costume of Abraham Lincoln. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendy Partridge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Peter Werner

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peter Werner (January 17, 1947 – March 21, 2023) was an American television and film director. In 1977, Werner won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for directing the short film In the Region of Ice. Since then, he worked on primarily directing television amassing a number of television film credits namely Mama Flora's Family, Two Mothers for Zachary, Call Me Claus, Gracie's Choice, Mom at Sixteen and among other films. His television series credits included Ghost Whisperer, Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, A Different World, The Wonder Years, Moonlighting and other series. He was the older brother of television producer Tom Werner. He was the father of Lillie, Katharine and James Werner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Werner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Abdullah Ibrahim

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Abdullah Ibrahim, born Adolph Johannes Brand, 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa, and formerly known as Dollar Brand, is a South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cape Town, ranging from traditional African songs to the gospel of the AME Church and ragas, to more modern jazz and other Western styles. Within jazz, his music particularly reflects the influence of Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington. With his wife, the jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin, he is father to the New York underground rapper Jean Grae, as well as to a son, Tsakwe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Abdullah Ibrahim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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