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Robert J. Finbow
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Robert James Finbow is a Mexican-Canadian artist and filmmaker from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Passionate about storytelling since childhood, he pursued film early, earning an IB certificate of film studies in high school before moving on to a 2-year diploma in Screen Arts at NSCC. He is now continuing his studies in film at NSCAD University in downtown Halifax, alongside a talented group of like-minded artists. In the long run, what he wants more than anything is to finally share the stories which have played on repeat in his head all his life with the rest of the world.
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Zhang Yibai
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Zhang Xiaoling, better known by his stage name Zhang Yibai (simplified Chinese: 张一白; traditional Chinese: 張一白) (born 14 April 1963, in Chongqing, China) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer. Zhang began his career in television and music videos before directing his debut, Spring Subway in 2002. Zhang, like many other modern Chinese directors, has focused primarily on life in modern Chinese cities. Spring Subway, for example, follows its protagonist as he wanders through Beijing's subway system, while the mystery-thriller Curiosity Killed the Cat follows its characters through the central China boomtown of Chongqing (also Zhang's hometown).
His next two films, 2007's The Longest Night in Shanghai and 2008's Lost, Indulgence have seen the director's exposure and successes extending increasingly overseas. Longest Night, starring Zhao Wei, constitutes one of the first China-Japan coproductions, while Lost was selected to premiere at New York City's Tribeca Film Festival in 2008.
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David Ilku
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David Ilku first appeared in various performances in New York City night clubs. Sharing the stage with the likes of The Beastie Boys and Madonna, he soon got noticed. He has worked in theater projects with the New York Theater Workshop, Drama Dept., and the Culture Project, among others. His film credits include Full Grown Men (2006) (which he co-produced), Risk (1988), Blue Steel (1990), Godass (2000), Night Journey (1996) and Liquid Sky (1982). Ilku writes and performs his highly acclaimed brand of comedy around the country and the world and is one-third of the comedy trio Unitard and one-half of the comedy duo The Duelling Bankheads. He is also writing and recording music and was an Island Records recording artist in the band, World at a Glance.
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Alan De Lira-Richards
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Alan De Lira-Richards is a Chicano filmmaker, screenwriter, and editor from Santa Fe, New Mexico, who discovered his passion for filmmaking after an ABC Family broadcast of Back to the Future on April 4th, 2015. Since then, he has made short films ranging from homages to Steven Spielberg films to deeply personal works about his life as a person with Audhd. He hopes to tell rich and powerful stories with heart, a perfect blend of drama and light-hearted comedy & nuanced writing. He is also the founder of his own production company: Cheny Entertainment, and the creator of his company's mascot, the New Mexican cartoon character Archie Armadillo.
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Na Moon-hee
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Na Moon-hee is a South Korean actress. Since 1961, Na has had a prolific acting career in television and film spanning more than five decades. She established a classic Korean mother persona with her TV dramas Even if the Wind Blows, The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World (written by Noh Hee Kyung), My Name is Kim Sam Soon, My Rosy Life, Goodbye Solo, Amnok River Flows (based on Der Yalu fließt), and It's Me, Grandma.
On the big screen, Na has received acclaim for her roles in Crying Fist, You Are My Sunshine, Cruel Winter Blues and I Can Speak. Her critically acclaimed film I Can Speak (2017) won her the Best Actress trophy in three prestigious award ceremonies: 54th Baeksang Art Awards, 38th Blue Dragon Awards, and 55th Grand Bell Awards — a feat that has yet to be repeated.
After a series of comic roles in sitcoms such as Unstoppable High Kick!, the veteran actress garnered newfound popularity and played the title character in big-screen comedy Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny K, followed by starring roles in Girl Scout, Harmony, Twilight Gangsters, and Miss Granny.
She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from MBC in 2010, and the prestigious Bo Gwan Order of Cultural Merit in 2012.
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Shinichiro Ikebe
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Shinichiro Ikebe (池辺 晋一郎 Ikebe Shinichirou; born September 15, 1943, in Mito, Ibaraki) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.
He has written the scores for many films by Akira Kurosawa and other Japanese film directors, including Kagemusha (1980), MacArthur's Children (1984), Kurosawa's Dreams (1990), Rhapsody in August (1991), Madadayo (1993), and Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001).
He studied composition with Tomojirō Ikenouchi, Akio Yashiro, and Akira Miyoshi at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, obtaining a master's degree in 1971. He serves as a professor at the Tokyo College of Music. He had several awards up to 2004, such as Excellence at the Salzburg TV Opera, The Italian Broadcasting Corporation, that is, RAI, The International Emmy Award, the Otaka Award, the Broadcasting Culture Award, the Yoshio Sagawa incentive Award, the Medal with Purple Ribbon.
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Yûko Mizushima
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Attracted attention with "Ten, Pai, Pon, Chin Gymnastics" of the late-night program " Good Morning ". After that, appeared in numerous television dramas and variety shows, in the mid-1980s from its glamorous of Nikkatsu Roman Porno albeit at work ( "Head mistress pink stockings" in pseudo-production activities, pantyhose is torn the (Playing the role) has also appeared.
Since then, she has written film criticism in magazines. Since 2005, she has been a member of the Japan Movie Pen Club. Member of the Mystery Writers of Japan .
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Michael Coolen
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Michael Coolen (aka Crisis Hotline) is a filmmaker, musician and artist from Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. During the covid-19 pandemic Michael began collaborating on the submission based web show "Sewer City TV" with other like minded artists. In 2021 Michael began work on his first documentary 1000% Japan USA before working on Bald Terror (2022), and his directorial debut VERMIN (2026).
He produces music and visual art under the alias Crisis Hotline. In 2024 he released his second album titled "God Burned Down My House," and the EP "Pre-rendered Dream." Michael is a freelance artist and has done work for A2B2, Popular Front and Million Dollar Extreme.
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Amisa Miyazaki
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Amisa Miyazaki (宮崎 あみさ, Miyazaki Amisa, မီယာဇာကီ အမိဿ Miyazagi Amitha) is a Burmese-Japanese gravure idol, fashion model and actress. She portrays Sononi in Avataro Sentai Donbrothers.
She is currently a member of the idol group Mystear since 2020.
While working at a costume café, she was invited by a friend who worked at the same place to make her debut as a member of LoveLink, a female idol group.
LoveLink was disbanded on February 17, 2020, then she made her debut as a member of Mystear, an idol group from the same agency, on February 24, 2020.
On April 2020, she became affiliated with the modeling agency Coprte inc. and was selected as a finalist at that year's edition of Young Jump Seikore.
On January 25, 2022, it was announced that she would go on hiatus as a J-pop idol after a Mystear concert at Ebisu LIQUIDROOM on February 27 "in order to concentrate on her own entertainment activities".
Her role as Sononi in Avataro Sentai Donbrothers marks her debut as an actress.
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Oleg Taktarov
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Oleg Nikolaevich Taktarov (Russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Такта́ров; born August 26, 1967) is a retired Russian mixed martial artist and actor. He is a practitioner of Sambo and Judo and has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pride Fighting Championships. Taktarov was the UFC 6 tournament champion and holds notable wins over Marco Ruas and David "Tank" Abbott. Taktarov is known for being exceptionally calm during fights and for using a variety of rarely seen, acrobatic Sambo take-downs. All of Taktarov's losses were by knockout or decision, Taktarov was never submitted in an MMA fight.
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