Trending

Popular people

Marilyn Hanold

Biography

Lovely brunette Marilyn Hanold was born the second of six children on June 9, 1938 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York. She's of German descent. Her father was a lieutenant with the New York City police department. Hanold graduated from the World Secretarial School in New York and worked as a legal secretary for a big league patent attorney for 18 months. In August, 1957 Marilyn joined the chorus line of the El Rancho in Las Vegas, Nevada -- she went on to be featured in the tabloid revue "Scandalettes" at the El Rancho -- and was a showgirl at Ciro's. Marilyn was working as a showgirl at Frank Sennes' "Moulin Rouge" in Hollywood, California when she was spotted by a William Morris Agency representative for George Gobel's new stage production "Riviera Revue." Hanold graced the cover of the February, 1959 issue of "Photo Life" magazine and was the Playmate of the Month in the June, 1959 issue of "Playboy." Moreover, she also acted in a handful of films and TV shows throughout the 50s and 60s. Hanold married oil tycoon Rulon Keaton Neilson in 1967; the couple had three daughters altogether. Marilyn now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah and remains prominent in charities and gala events held in the Salt Lake City area. - IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders Family (1) Spouse Rulon Keaton Neilson (1967 - 1 February 1993) (his death) (3 children) Trivia (1) As of Nov. 2010 she was living in Salt Lake City, UT.
Read more

Tamera Mowry-Housley

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tamera Darvette Mowry (born July 6, 1978) is an American actress. She first gained fame for her teen role as Tamera Campbell on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister (opposite her identical twin sister Tia Mowry). She starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Twitches and its sequel, Twitches Too. She has also made a break into dramatic television, and is also known for her role as Dr. Kayla Thorton on the medical drama Strong Medicine. In 2009, Mowry appeared in the ABC Family series Roommates. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tamera Mowry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Read more

Henryk Ryszka

Biography

Henryk Ryszka, a Lodz Film School cinematography graduate, worked on many animation films as cameraman and director and was the winner of numerous prizes at festivals, among others, in Krakow, Auckland, Bilbao, Tehran and New York. In 1967, he started working as a lecturer at the Lodz Film School. He educated many generations of animators and for many years was the head of the Animation Faculty. From 2002-2005, he was the head of the Cinematography Department, and lately the head of the Television Production Faculty. Then 4 year MA studies were started the curriculum of which was created by prof. Henryk Ryszka. This is how the animation and special effects faculty was established at the Cinematography Department. The first enrolment for the course took place in 1989, twenty years after establishing the Animation Film Workshop. (...) From its beginnings until now prof. Henryk Ryszka has undoubtedly been the master for generations of students. - wrote prof. Krzysztof Rynkiewicz in May this year on the occassion of the "Animation 25" exhibition, which commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Animation Faculty at the Lodz Film School.
Read more

Nicolas Cage

Biography

Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. During the early years of his career, Cage starred in a variety of films such as Rumble Fish (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993). During this period, John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36 listed him as one of twelve Promising New Actors of 1984. For his performance in Leaving Las Vegas (1995), he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation (2002). He subsequently appeared in more mainstream films, such as The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), City of Angels (1998), 8mm (1999), Windtalkers (2002), Lord of War (2005), The Wicker Man (2006), Bangkok Dangerous (2008) and Knowing (2009). He also directed the film Sonny (2002), for which he was nominated for Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival. Cage owns the production company Saturn Films and has produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of David Gale (2003). In October 1997, Cage was ranked No. 40 in Empire magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list, while the next year, he was placed No. 37 in Premiere's 100 most powerful people in Hollywood. In the 2010s, he starred in Kick-Ass (2010), Drive Angry (2011), Joe (2013), The Runner (2015), Dog Eat Dog (2016), Mom and Dad (2017), Mandy (2018), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), and Color Out of Space (2019). His participation in various film genres during this time increased his popularity and gained him a cult following.
Read more

Howden Ganley

Biography

Howden Ganley, born on December 24, 1941, in Hamilton, New Zealand, is a former Formula 1 driver and accomplished motorsport engineer. Ganley began his career as a mechanic and engineer, working his way through the motorsport ranks in Europe. His mechanical skill and determination eventually led him to a driving career, debuting in Formula 1 with the BRM team in 1971. Ganley competed in Formula 1 from 1971 to 1974, racing for teams like BRM, Iso-Marlboro, and March. While he scored several top-ten finishes, the competitive environment and mechanical setbacks limited his results. After leaving F1, Ganley continued to be involved in motorsport as both a driver and engineer, particularly in endurance racing. Beyond his driving career, Ganley co-founded the Tiga Race Cars company with fellow racer Tim Schenken in 1975. Tiga became known for producing successful cars for various racing categories, especially sports cars, which were competitive in endurance racing throughout the 1980s. Ganley's career in motorsport, both on and off the track, has left a lasting impact on racing and engineering, making him a respected figure in the motorsport community.
Read more

Yuliya Kiseleva

Biography

Yuliya Igorevna Kiseleva (Russian: Ю́лия И́горевна Киселёва; born 17 February 1982; Asbest) is a Russian documentary filmmaker. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of USU and the directing faculty of VGIK (workshop of non-fiction films by I. A. Grigoriev). He lives in Moscow. The first documentary film "Far from London" — about the playwright Vasily Sigarev — was shot in 2007 at the Yekaterinburg studio "A-film". In 2011 and 2012, she studied screenwriting at Robert McKee's seminars ("Story", "Genres"). He has been making popular science films since 2015. As a director, she has implemented more than 20 original projects, released dozens of television films and programs, many presentation and corporate films and commercials. She worked as a screenwriter, editor and chief editor on TV. He periodically lectures and conducts master classes at various forums and festivals, as well as at universities and film schools. The author's films took part in more than 100 Russian and foreign film festivals (where they received more than 70 prizes and diplomas), were released, were shown on TV (Channel One, Culture, Science, OTR), and posted on 13 online platforms. Winner of the award "For Loyalty to Science" (2022) in the nomination "scientific director of the year". Laureate (2021) and four times finalist (2007, 2012, 2014, 2022) of the Laurel Branch Award in the field of non-fiction films and television. Winner of the TV contest "TEFI-region" (2014). Finalist of the awards "Knowledge" (2021), "Headliner" (2020), twice nominee of the European Academy of Scientific Cinema (2020, 2021). In 2014-2016, he was a teacher at the AURUM Film School. In 2022, he became the artistic director of the "Laboratory of Scientific Cinema", implemented jointly with the FUNK Festival. Since 2022 - co-founder and artistic director of the project "Laboratory of Scientific Cinema 2.0" (together with producer Liliya Sabirova).
Read more

Liu Jianhua

Biography

Liu Jianhua (1957 - ) is Mongolian director, writer and producer. He graduated from the Directing Department of Shanghai Theater Academy. He used to be a senior editor and director of the TV Drama Art Center of Xi'an TV Station, director of the director's office of Xi'an Dianguang Media Co., Ltd., a member of the China Television Artists Association, a member of the Chinese TV Drama Director Working Committee, a director of the Shaanxi Provincial Television Artists Association, a member of the Xi'an Writers Association, and a member of Shaanxi Radio and Film Member of the TV Bureau Film and Television Creation Expert Review Group.
Read more

Marianne Shine

Biography

Marianne is a Drama Therapist and an actress. She is a first generation American with a Danish mother and a Hungarian father. Her brother Christopher Heltai is also an actor. Two of her sons are in the industry Cooper Shine is an LA cinematographer and Sawyer Shine is an LA actor. Her cousin Yasmina Reza is an accomplished playwright in Paris. Marianne lives in the Bay Area but grew up New Jersey. When she's not acting, she works as a Drama Therapist doing Shakespeare behind Bars at San Quentin Prison through Marin Shakespeare Company's Social Justice Program She also has a private practice. She is represented by Stars the Agency. She creates one woman shows at StageWerx and competes on The Moth. She will appear in a three part documentary on the modeling industry in Paris during the 1980's called 'Scouting for Girls."
Read more

Sean Connery

Biography

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.
Read more

Ameer Fakher Eldin

Biography

Ameer Fakher Eldin is a director and writer based in Hamburg. He was born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1991 to Syrian parents from the occupied Golan Heights. Premiering at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, his debut feature THE STRANGER won the Edipo Re Award in 2021 before enjoying great acclaim on the global festival circuit, winning several prizes, including the Best Arab Film Award at the 2021 edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) and Shadi Abdel-Salam Prize for Best Film in the International Critics’ Week Competition of CIFF. Moreover, just recently at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, THE STRANGER was nominated for Best Director and won the award for Best Cinematography. Fakher Eldin’s highly-anticipated sophomore feature YUNAN is set to shoot in the first half of 2023.
Read more