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Manuel Esperón

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From Wikipedia Manuel Esperón González (August 3, 1911 – February 13, 2011) was a Mexican song writer and composer. He wrote many songs for Mexican films, including Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! for the 1941 film of the same name, Cocula for El peñón de las ánimas (The Rock of Souls) (1943), and Amor con Amor Se Paga for Hay un niño en su futuro (1952). Other Esperón compositions have become Latin standards such as Yo Soy Mexicano, Noche Plateada and No Volveré which was used in the first episode of the 2001 soap opera El juego de la vida. Among other performers, Chavela Vargas, Pedro Infante, Los Panchos, and Jorge Negrete have made his songs well-known. His fame in the USA derives from when his song The Three Caballeros was used in the Disney film The Three Caballeros (1944). In 1989 Esperón was awarded the Premier National Prize of Mexico for Art and Traditional Culture (de Artes y Tradiciones Populares). In 2001, he was given a tribute at the Palace of Fine Arts in the historical center of Mexico City. Until his Death in 2011 he was the honorary President for life of the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico. His songs continued to be used in filmmaking and television productions.
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Takuma Shinoda

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Takuma Shinoda (篠田 拓馬, Shinoda Takuma, born March 24, 1993) is a Japanese former actor from Saitama Prefecture. He graduated from Shukutoku Junior High School and High School. He was affiliated wtih Horipro. In 1998, he made his child acting debut in Shijō Saiaku no Famirī (The Worst Family Ever). In 2000, he became famous for his role as Taiyo Kitayama in Watashi no Aozora (My Blue Sky). He has not appeared in the media since he appeared in episode 8 of the 37th part of Mito Komon in 2007. He is now retired from the entertainment industry. After graduating from Nihon University Matsudo School of Dentistry, nowadays he works as a dentist.
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Melanie Kardos

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Mel Kardos is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. Currently, she is a writers' PA for NCIS: Origins Season 2. Previously she was the writers' PA for the Netflix Limited Series "I Will Find You." Ever since her first on-set experience at 7, Mel has had a love for filmmaking. She has found a passion for directing emotional character-driven dramas. Mel graduated from Ithaca College summa cum laude, where she studied Cinema Production and Integrated Marketing Communications. She has worked as a Production Assistant on season 4 of the Netflix show "Sweet Magnolias," and for NBCUniversal's "Access Hollywood." In her free time, Mel enjoys visiting national parks and reading a good book. She also loves to travel and bake goods for friends and family!
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Brittany Murphy

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Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack (née Bertolotti; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer. Born in Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting. Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in Clueless (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent films such as Freeway (1996) and Bongwater (1998). She made her stage debut in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge in 1997 before appearing as Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and as Lisa Swenson in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). In the 2000s, Murphy appeared in Don't Say a Word (2001) alongside Michael Douglas, and alongside Eminem in 8 Mile (2002), for which she gained critical recognition. Her later roles included Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Spun (2002), Just Married (2003), Uptown Girls (2003), Sin City (2005), and Happy Feet (2006). Murphy also voiced Luanne Platter on the animated television series King of the Hill (1997–2010). Her final film, Something Wicked, was released in April 2014. On December 20, 2009, Murphy died under disputed circumstances at the age of 32. The coroner's verdict was pneumonia, exacerbated by anemia and addiction to various prescription medicines.
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Viire Valdma

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Viire Valdma (born August 29, 1960) is an Estonian stage, television and film actress. In 1981, Vire Valdma made her feature film debut as Reet Pärn in the Peeter Simm directed drama Ideaalmaastik. The film was based on a novel by Karl Helemäe in which a member of the Young Communist League arrives at a collective farm and has to decide whether to follow the wisdom of the villagers, or the orders of Communist party authorities. This was followed by the role of Milla in the 1983 Kaljo Kiisk directed Nipernaadi for Tallinnfilm; the film was an adaptation of August Gailit's 1928 influential novel Toomas Nipernaadi. In 1989, she had a small role in the Leia Laius directed drama Varastatud kohtumine, about a mother who was released from a Soviet prison camp and tries to reconcile with her son. The same year, she appeared in the Mikk Mikiver directed drama Doktor Stockmann. In 1990, she appeared as the character Liivi in the Aimée Beekman and Vladimir Beekman penned, Kaljo Kiisk directed drama Regina. Following her appearance in Regina, Valdma would concentrate on her stage career and not appear in another film until a small role in 2002's Marko Raat directed political thriller Agent Sinikael, starring Mait Malmsten and Kersti Heinloo. In 2003, she appeared in the role of Imbi in the Rando Pettai directed, Peep Pedmanson penned comedy Vanad ja kobedad saavad jalad alla (English release title: Made in Estonia). The film was based on the popular Estonian radio-serial and television comedy series Vanad ja kobedad. In 2007, she returned to film as Liina in the Andres Maimik and Rain Tolk directed road movie comedy Jan Uuspõld läheb Tartusse; a film that portrays Estonian actor Jan Uuspõld as a down-on-his-luck caricature of himself trying to hitchhike from Tallinn to Tartu to perform in a role at the Vanemuine theatre. That same year she played the role of Kärt in the Rainer Sarnet directed drama Kuhu põgenevad hinged, starring Ragne Veensalu. The film was produced by Exitfilm and based on the novel Mis sinuga juhtus, Ann? by Aidi Vallik about a troubled teenage girl whose brother is born with a heart defect. In 2018, she appeared as Imbi, the mother of a young woman who abandons her infant in the Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo-directed Allfilm drama Võta või jäta. Valdma has also appeared in a number of film shorts and student films
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Felicjan Andrzejczak

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Felicjan Tomasz Andrzejczak (born May 16, 1948, in Pięczkowo, Poland – died September 18, 2024, in Gorzów Wielkopolski) was a Polish singer associated with rock and pop music. He gained recognition in the early 1980s as the vocalist for the group Budka Suflera, performing songs such as “Jolka, Jolka pamiętasz,” “Czas ołowiu,” and “Noc komety.” After leaving the band, he developed a solo career and released several albums. Andrzejczak continued performing until his death at the age of 76, as a result of a hemorrhagic stroke and failure to regain consciousness from a coma.
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Patrick D. Green

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Born in Louisiana and raised in Texas, Patrick did what only a child of his impeccable and profound introvertedness could do. Seek out others to give him interesting things to say. A shy boy who found he could become other people by stepping onto a stage with the words of a playwright securely fastened in his head during his youth, Patrick determined this was to be his destiny. However, after graduating college with a degree in Criminal Justice and minor fields of study in Psychology and Theatre, he went to work for Children's Protective Services, investigating child abuse and neglect. After later relocating to the NW, he returned focus to acting before deciding to produce, write, and direct his own stories as well. Additionally, Patrick works in medical simulation as faculty at a university. He's also a huge animal lover and long time vegetarian.
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Jonathan Kite

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Jonathan Kite is an American actor and comedian. He currently plays Oleg on the CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls.Kite grew up in Skokie, Illinois, and attended Old Orchard Junior High and Niles North High School. He has a theater degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.His work includes Muscle Milk commercial, an appearance on Raising Hope, and recurring appearances on In the Flow with Affion Crockett.He also appeared in the third season finale of Wizards of Waverly Place as Agent Lamwood who works for the government. In addition, he also was a character in the first season of Kickin' It as Terrence in the episode The Commercial. He plays Oleg on 2 Broke Girls.
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Léa Pietrzyk

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Graduated from Gobelins, L'Ecole de l'image, I am a 2D Animation Filmmaker, Story Artist and Visual Development Artist. Storytelling is my passion and through the medium of Animation I wish to create films that are universal and have a positive message. My love for Cinema, Music, Science and Nature is the key driving force to my stories. Blue Curry is my Graduation film at Gobelins which I co-directed with my fellow talented teammates and I strive to meet other filmmakers and make more films.
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Marcus Adams

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marcus Adams is a British film director. Marcus has produced successful music videos, award-winning advertisements and complete feature films. After leaving school, Marcus went on to study at the Ballet Rambert school and later found work as a dancer and choreographer. In 1986, he co-founded the techno-industrial band Meat Beat Manifesto. He designed and choreographed their live shows and also directed their videos.  He left the band in the early '90s to focus on directing music videos full-time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marcus Adams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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