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Rodney Ascher
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Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker whose feature debut, the ‘subjective documentary' ROOM 237 (IFC) looked at Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining through the eyes of five very different people, each obsessed with solving its countless mysteries. The film premiered at Sundance in 2012 before screening at festivals around the world including Cannes, London, the Vienalle, Sitges, Toronto, and New York. His follow-up, the ‘horror-documentary’ THE NIGHTMARE (Gravitas Ventures) explored the phenomenon of ‘sleep paralysis’ and it likewise debuted at Sundance where it was called The Scariest Movie of the decade” and “One of the scariest documentaries ever’ before being released internationally in theaters and digitally. His other projects include a PRIMAL SCREEN for the Shudder Network, a GIF-centric music video for the experimental, Hugo-nominated hip-hop band CLIPPING, Andy Kaufman’s posthumous (?) comedy album, ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER (Drag City) and the infamous S FROM HELL.
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Christine Bermas
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Christine Bermas is a Filipino actress and model born on August 30, 2001, in Manila, Philippines. She began her career in entertainment as a member of the girl group Belladonnas before transitioning to acting in 2021. Christine gained recognition for her performances in Vivamax films such as Moonlight Butterfly (2022), Scorpio Nights 3 (2022), Island of Desire (2022), Relyebo (2022), Nightbird (2023), and Lampas Langit (2023).
Known for portraying daring and mature roles, she has often emphasized the difference between her on-screen persona and her real-life personality, describing herself as conservative off-camera. Before entering show business, she worked humble jobs, including selling local delicacies, to support her family.
Christine continues to build her reputation as one of Vivamax’s most prominent young actresses, with aspirations to take on more dramatic and emotionally challenging roles in Philippine cinema.
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Iñigo Salaberria
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Iñigo Salaberria (Errenteria, 1961-2022) was one of the leading video artists of his generation. He studied film history and aesthetics in the universities of Valladolid and Paris III. In 1984 and 1985 he participated in video production courses at the American Centre in Paris, where he worked as technical assistant in workshops by Michel Jaffrennou, Joan Logue, William Wegman and Ken Feingold. He had lived in Lyon, Reykjavick, London and Madrid. His work has been exhibited and awarded prizes in various festivals and artistic events.
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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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Kristian Bruun
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Kristian Bruun is a Canadian stage and screen actor, producer and writer, best known for his regular role as Donald 'Donnie' Hendrix in the television series Orphan Black and Constable “Slugger” Jackson on Murdoch Mysteries. He plays the role of Janus Ferber on the series The Recruit. He attended the Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania, the Queen's University in Ontario, and the George Brown Theater School in Toronto. At SDCC in 2015, both Kristian Bruun and Tatiana Maslany dressed in children's Halloween TMNT costumes at a Live Comedy Bang Bang taping, the only celebrities to do so.
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Richard Ciupka
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Richard Ciupka is a Canadian cinematographer and film director. He is perhaps best known for his work on the 1983 horror film Curtains, as well as his collaborations with Louis Malle on the 1980 film Atlantic City, Alexandre Arcady on the 1985 film Hold-Up and Claude Chabrol on three feature films in France. Ciupka also filmed or directed over 520 television commercials in Canada and the United States. His work on the Canadian drama series Nouvelle adresse garnered him a Gémeaux award for "Best Cinematography (Dramatic)."
Born in Liège, Belgium, Ciupka immigrated to the United States at age six. His first work as a cinematographer was on the Canadian film The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck (1975) followed by Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia (1977) and the television film An American Christmas Carol (1979). He made his directorial debut with the horror film Curtains (1983); however, Ciupka left the production midway through over creative differences with producer Peter R. Simpson and is credited as Jonathan Stryker. Since 2013, Richard has worked as a cinematographer on TV series and feature films. Richard also produced and Directed/Photograohed over 520 TV commercials in Canada and the USA.
Source: Article "Richard Ciupka" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Mehdi Dehbi
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Mehdi Dehbi (born December 5, 1985, Liège) is a Belgian actor, of Moroccan origin, most known for his roles in the 2012 film The Other Sonand the 2014 film A Most Wanted Man.
Mehdi Dehbi was born in Liège in a family whose father, of Moroccan origin, is a worker and a homemaker mother. He showed an early inclination for the arts, takes acting classes, singing, music theory, of dance ... and at twelve years he began his secondary education at the Académie Grétry in Liege. He was recruited at a cast of the production house Dardenne Brothers (Les Films du Fleuve)in which his drama teacher has registered him, it was his first feature film, The murdered Sun directed by Abdelkrim Bahloul, where he shared the lead with Charles Berling, a feature that earned him a selection for the Joseph Plateau award for Best actor.
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Ben van Diepen
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Ben van Diepen has developed a niche with a combination of unique and varied skills.
He is an Actor and Voice-Over artist whose work has been seen in numerous feature films, including Bond of Justice (with Sonny Chiba), D-Day (with Chuck Liddell and Chuck Mead), Nazi Overlord (with Tom Sizemore) and DRIB (SXSW pick, 2017). Commercials include leads in spots for MTV (alongside Kevin Hart) and Honda. His professional stage resume features numerous appearances as Jerry Lee Lewis in productions of Million Dollar Quartet, most prominently through Broadway Across America. He was also seen as Pilate opposite Ted Neeley in the national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, and has had leading roles in Murder for Two, Beauty and the Beast, Rent, and the title roles of the Toxic Avenger and Jesus Christ Superstar.
His mischievous charm shines through in both his on-camera and stage work, but he also possesses a natural vulnerability and emotional depth that make him valuable to a wide variety of projects.
He has trained in Acting (Meisner), on-camera technique, commercial technique, stage and voice with Killian McHugh, Jessica Sherman, Natalie Ballesteros, Felix Pire, Guy Stroman, Mindi Logan, Scott Logsdon, and Richard Bower.
He speaks German, and has studied dialects in German, Irish, British, Russian, and French.
Ben is also a trained professional-level musician, specializing in piano performance, vocal performance (rock, musical theatre, classical, jazz), vocal coaching, and conducting.
He is an athlete, passionate about health and fitness, and is committed to helping others lead healthier and stronger lives. He graduated from both the P90X and Body Beast fitness programs, and specializes in Weight Training and Yoga.
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Mark Romanek
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Mark Lee Romanek (/roʊˈmænɪk/; born September 18, 1959) is an American film, music video and commercial director and photographer. He is best known for directing the films One Hour Photo (2002) and Never Let Me Go (2010). Romanek's music videos have come to be regarded as among the best of the medium. They have earned him three Grammy Awards for Best Short Form Music Video and 20 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Direction for Jay-Z's "99 Problems" and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Romanek has also directed episodes for television series such as The Whispers (2015), Vinyl (2016), and Tales from the Loop (2020).
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Fred Seibert
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Fred Seibert is one of the leading independent animation producers, and a serial media entrepreneur.
He was the first creative director of MTV, the last president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, and the founder of Frederator Studios and Next New Networks (acquired by YouTube). Fred's on the board of directors of Sawhorse Media, and was the first investor in Tumblr. He's received the Lifetime Achievement Medal from the American Institute of Graphic Arts and is in the Animation Magazine Hall of Fame.
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