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Akin

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Akin was an Indonesian cinematographer. Akin did not graduate from high school & worked as an assistant cameraman at Olympic Studio. After serving as assistant cameraman for only two films—one of which was Disimpang Djalan (1955) directed by The Teng Gan (TG The)—he was appointed as a full-time cameraman in the film A Thousand Steps (1957), starting his career in the Indonesian film industry. In 1957, he worked as a cameraman in Turang, directed by Bachtiar Siagian. This film won awards for film, director, supporting actor, and artistic arrangement at FFI 1960.
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James Chinlund

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James Chinlund (born March 17, 1971) is an American production designer. He was born and raised in New York City and studied fine art at CalArts in Los Angeles, with a focus on sculpture and large-scale installation artworks. After graduating, Chinlund returned to New York and started his career in film, first as a carpenter, before finding opportunities as a production designer on music videos and independent films. During this period he first worked with frequent collaborator Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain) in addition to other directors in the New York independent film world, including Todd Solondz (Storytelling), Paul Schrader (Auto Focus), and Spike Lee (25th Hour). After a short break from features to help care for his young daughter, Chinlund returned to the feature world in 2012 to work on The Avengers for Marvel, which set a record for the highest-grossing opening weekend ever. Since then he has been nominated six times for Art Directors Guild Awards. Two for his work on the Fox films Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes, directed by Matt Reeves, and most recently for his work on The Lion King, directed by Jon Favreau, which was the first feature film ever shot entirely in virtual reality. Over the years, James has been active in the commercial and fashion worlds as well. Collaborators include Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Rupert Sanders, Spike Jonze, Marc Forster, Lance Acord, Gus Van Sant, and Harmony Korine. James was a production designer on The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves, which was released on March 4, 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Chinlund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Ellen Burstyn

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Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. Burstyn made her acting debut on Broadway in Fair Game in 1957 before winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year (1975). She earned the Academy Award for Best Actress as the widow Alice Hyatt in Martin Scorsese's romantic drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in The Last Picture Show (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Same Time, Next Year (1978), Resurrection (1980), and Requiem for a Dream (2000). Her other notable films include Harry and Tonto (1974), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), W. (2008), Interstellar (2014), The Age of Adaline (2015), and Pieces of a Woman (2020). She won Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest role in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009) and supporting role in the USA Network political miniseries Political Animals (2013). Her other Emmy-nominated roles include Pack of Lies (1988), Mrs. Harris (2005), Big Love (2008), Draft Day, Flowers in the Attic (both 2014), and House of Cards (2016). Since 2000, she has been co-president of the Actors Studio, a drama school in New York City. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work onstage.
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Dar Robinson

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One of the modern US cinema's greatest stuntmen and stunt innovators, Dar Robinson only appeared in a relatively small number of films compared to other stuntmen (before losing his life in an off-set motorcycle accident); however, he set new benchmarks in stunt performances. Robinson broke 19 world records and set 21 "world's firsts." He also invented the decelerator, a dragline cable rather than an airbag for stunts that involved jumping from high places. Dar Robinson's stunts were always well planned, and he never broke a bone in his 13-year Hollywood career. On November 21, 1986, on the set of the film Million Dollar Mystery, after the completion of the main stunt, the emergency medical staff was dismissed from the set. While filming a routine high speed run by the camera with a fellow stuntman, Robinson rode his stunt motorcycle past the braking point of a turn and straight off a cliff, to his death.
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Terrence Howard

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Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films Dead Presidents and Mr. Holland's Opus, Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles between 2004 and 2006. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Hustle & Flow. Howard has had prominent roles in many other movies, including Winnie Mandela, Ray, Lackawanna Blues, Crash, Four Brothers, Big Momma's House, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Idlewild, Biker Boyz, August Rush, The Brave One, and Prisoners. Howard played James "Rhodey" Rhodes in the first Iron Man film. He starred as the lead character Lucious Lyon in the television series Empire. His debut album, Shine Through It, was released in September 2008. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Terrence Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Dorothy Dell

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Dorothy Dell (born Dorothy Dell Goff; January 30, 1915 – June 8, 1934) was an American film actress. She died in an auto accident at the age of 19. Initially desiring to become a singer, Dell was discovered by composer Wesley Lord, and signed a radio contract. Some time later, she established a successful vaudeville act, and after working on the vaudeville circuit for 32 weeks, she moved to New York in 1931. One night, she sang at a benefit and was discovered by Florenz Ziegfeld, who arranged for her to appear on Broadway in the Ziegfeld Follies. She followed this success with her role in the production of Tattle Tales in 1933. Dell moved to Hollywood in December 1933 and was signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures. Initially being contracted for bit parts, she won her first film role over such established contenders as Mae Clarke and Isabel Jewell and made her debut in Wharf Angel (1934). The film was a success and the reviews for Dell were favorable; Paramount began to consider her as a potential star. Her most important and substantial role followed in the Shirley Temple film Little Miss Marker. On Friday, June 8, 1934, Dell went with 38-year-old Dr. Carl Wagner to a party in Altadena, California. Afterward they were going to Pasadena when the car Wagner was driving left the highway, hit a telephone pole, bounced off a palm tree and hit a boulder. Dell was killed instantly. Wagner, who was driving between 50 and 70 miles an hour, died six hours later in a hospital. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
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Sean Connery

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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.
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Jack Thompson

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Thompson, AM (born 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema. He was educated at the University of Queensland, before embarking on his acting career. In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). He is best known as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films including such classics as Wake in Fright (1971), Sunday Too Far Away (1975), The Man from Snowy River (1982) and Breaker Morant (1980). He won Cannes and AFI acting awards for the latter film. He was the recipient of a Living Legend Award at the 2005 Inside Film Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Mareva Galanter

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Mareva Galanter (born 4 February 1979) is a French singer, actress and beauty pageant titleholder. Galanter won the 1998 "Miss World Islands" and then the 1998 "Miss Tahiti" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 1999 crown, which she won. She also competed in Miss Universe 1999, in which she did not place. Galanter was born in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. She started early in modeling. She was not 16 that she was already doing photoshoots in French Polynesia (with Dominique Petras in Bora Bora, for instance). She kept modeling in Europe, where she headed for the "Miss France" Contest. She also modeled for her partner Jean Charles de Castelbajac, designer of his own brand, living in Paris. Galanter expanded her work into music and singing, releasing Ukuyéyé, under Warner Music, in 2006. She has released videos for seven of her songs. She hosted Do you Do you scopitone a French TV programme on the Paris Première channel, dedicated to scopitones from the 1960s and 70s. The scopitone is the precursor to the contemporary music video. To date, she has performed in several films, including 3 Zéros, Les Gaous, The Pink Panther and Tu Devrais Faire du Cinéma. Galanter recorded her second album, Happy Fiu, with English band Little Barrie in 2008. She worked with singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, with Martin Duffy of Primal Scream and with the band Little Barrie. Jean-Charles de Castelbajac supported her with many of her texts. She toured for several months around France and within Europe. In 2010 Galanter joined the roster of singers touring and recording with Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux's Nouvelle Vague project. According to Galanter's Twitter feed, she has recorded some material for the next Nouvelle Vague album. In 2011 she traveled to Detroit to work with producer Jim Diamond at his studio, Ghetto Recorders, and recorded 7 new songs, including Western Love, which has an accompanying video available on Vimeo.com. On 5 May 2023, Galanter released the bilingual single "Une Tahitienne á Paris", which features English singer Robbie Williams. Galanter's father is Jewish, with roots in Romania and Russia. She and her partner, French television presenter Arthur have a daughter named Manava, who was born on 5 August 2015. Source: Article "Mareva Galanter" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Tim Treloar

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Born and raised in Bridgend, Tim Treloar worked in the Civil Service for nearly a decade before training for 3 years at The London Academy Of Music And Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He is now well known as an accomplished and versatile actor. Tim has performed on Broadway, at The Royal Shakespeare Company, Brooklyn Academy Of Music and Royal National Theatre. He is a veteran of stage, screen and audio, working as far afield as the Caribbean, Sydney, New York and LA. Tim has played the audio Third Doctor Who to critical acclaim for several years and is a winner of the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award. Tim has performed in Motion-Capture, narrated audiobooks and played an assassin for Norwegian TV. He has been a dialect coach for Robert Downey Jr and written an online comedy series which was featured in The British Comedy Guide.
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