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Zeki Yahya
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Zeki Yahya is an independent director and Creative Director inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky and the Russian school of cinematography. His visual style is defined by somber lighting, muted tones, and 35mm film aesthetics. Yahya’s work explores the intersection of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy and digital semiotics, focusing on the "Ontology of Truth". By integrating AI-assisted tools, he bridges deep philosophical inquiries with high-end cinematic execution. His filmography includes the award-nominated "The Illusion Industry" and the 2026 film "The Great City".
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Jesse Eisenberg
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Jesse Adam Eisenberg (born October 5, 1983) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
Eisenberg debuted on television with the short-lived comedy-drama Get Real (1999–2000). Following his first leading role in the film Roger Dodger (2002), he starred in films such as The Squid and the Whale (2005), Adventureland(2009) and Zombieland (2009). He gained wider recognition for starring as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's film The Social Network (2010), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Eisenberg then starred in the Woody Allen films To Rome with Love (2012) and Café Society (2016), the heist films Now You See Me (2013) and its 2016 sequel, and independent dramas such as The Double (2013).
He portrayed Lex Luthor in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and had a lead voice role in the animated films Rio(2011) and Rio 2 (2014). In 2022, he starred in the FX / Hulu miniseries Fleishman Is in Trouble. He made his film directorial debut with the black comedy When You Finish Saving the World. He has since directed, written, and starred in A Real Pain (2024), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Eisenberg has contributed pieces to The New Yorker and McSweeney's websites. He has written and starred in three plays for the New York stage: Asuncion, The Revisionist, and The Spoils. He released his first book, Bream Gives Me Hiccups: and Other Stories in 2015.
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Kim Dotcom
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Kim Dotcom (né Schmitz; born 21 January 1974), also known as Kimble and Kim Tim Jim Vestor, is a German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and political activist who lives in Glenorchy, New Zealand.
Dotcom rose to fame in Germany in the 1990s as a hacker and an Internet entrepreneur. He was arrested in 1994 for trafficking in stolen phone calling card numbers. He was convicted on eleven charges of computer fraud, ten charges of data espionage, and various other charges in 1998 for which he served a two-year suspended sentence. In 2003, he was deported from Thailand to Germany, where he pleaded guilty to embezzlement in November 2003 and after five months in jail awaiting trial he received another 20 months suspended sentence.
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Jennifer Runyon
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Jennifer Runyon was an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the slasher film To All a Goodnight (1980), and went on to have supporting roles in the comedies Up the Creek (1984) and Ghostbusters (1984).
She was further known for guest appearances or secondary characters in various television series, as well as a couple of made-for-TV movies. Among these roles are Sally Frame on Another World (1981–1983), Gwendolyn Pierce on Charles in Charge (1984–1985), and replacing Susan Olsen as Cindy Brady in A Very Brady Christmas (1988).
Runyon also had a small part in Ghostbusters (1984), alongside Bill Murray and she starred in Up the Creek that same year. She was a guest on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1991. In 1988, Jennifer played the lead in The In Crowd and was in the pilot of the TV series Quantum Leap. She also starred in the comedy 18 Again!. In 1990 she played a supporting role in the World War II parody A Man Called Sarge, produced by Gene Corman, brother of Roger Corman and father to her husband Todd Corman.
Her last role was in Carnosaur (1993). Residing in San Clemente, California.
In a 2014 interview, Runyon stated she was semiretired from acting, and instead working as a teacher; she also stated that she co-hosted her own cooking podcast.
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Jane McGregor
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Jane McGregor is a Canadian actress, best known for her roles in Flower & Garnet (2002), Slap Her, She's French! (2002), and That Beautiful Somewhere (2006), as well as her recurring role on the CTV series Robson Arms (2005).
McGregor's career began with classes at the Vancouver Youth Theatre at the age of eight, which were followed by toy commercials. Her first television series appearance was a guest role on two episodes of the Canadian classic The Odyssey (1992). Following this she appeared in a string of made-for-television movies. In 2000 she landed a lead in the MTV series Live Through This (2000), followed by the multi-Emmy Award-winning TV Movie Bang Bang You're Dead (2002).
In 2002 she starred in the American comedy Slap Her, She's French! (2002). She played Starla Grady, a popular Texas cheerleader, opposite Piper Perabo and Micheal McKean.
Later that year she did the Canadian independent film Flower & Garnet (2002), where she played Flower, an isolated, pregnant teenager. The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, played in the Berlin International Film Festival, and won several awards. Jane's performance was very well received.
Jane guest starred on The CW's Supernatural (2005), and played opposite Keri Rusell in the TV Movie The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005). She starred with Roy Dupuis in That Beautiful Somewhere (2006) as Catherine Nyland, an archaeologist suffering from debilitating migraines.
From 2005 to 2008 she had a recurring role as Alicia Plecas in the Canadian series Robson Arms (2005). In 2007 she appeared in American Venus (2007) as Jenna Lane, a competitive ice skater hovering on the brink of a mental breakdown due to her controlling mother (portrayed by Rebecca De Mornay).
Most recently, Jane appeared on Fox's Fringe (2008), CTV's _"The Listener" (2009- )_, Fox's _"Almost Human" (2013- )_, FX's _"Fargo" (2014- )_ and the upcoming The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016).
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Margaret Cabourn-Smith
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Margaret Alice Cabourn-Smith (born 1975) is an English comedy actress and podcaster with appearances on Catastrophe, The IT Crowd, Psychoville, Peep Show, Fresh Meat, Motherland, Daddy Issues and Cheaters.
Her TV work includes playing regular characters on Miranda, Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, Lab Rats, In and Out of The Kitchen and Father Figure.
She played Crimson in Disney Channel's The Evermoor Chronicles.
Her radio work includes many of The Penny Dreadfuls' plays, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. The Now Show, Sarah Millican's Support Group, The Maltby Collection, Bigipedia, Newsjack, Dilemma, Another Case of Milton Jones, Life in London, The Headset Set and 1966 and All That. She was also one of the team captains on the comedy podcast Do The Right Thing.
Stage work includes Di & Viv & Rose at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, Spike (Watermill Theatre and national tour), Angus, Thongs & Even More Snogging (West Yorkshire Playhouse 2012) and Gutted (Assembly Rooms, 2010)
She writes for online magazine Standard Issue. She is married to comedy writer and actor Dan Tetsell.
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Marissa Goldman
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Marissa Goldman is an LA/NY based filmmaker. Her most recent short, Max Distance, premiered at SXSW and went on to play Aspen Shortsfest, Palm Springs Shortsfest and more. It will premiere on Nowness and Vimeo Staff Picks next year. Her previous shorts have been selected by NoBudge, Brooklyn Film Festival, New/Next film festival and more. She has made work for Adult Swim, Vice, Complex, and more. Her work has been featured in publications such as Vulture, Teen Vogue, Fast Company, WNYC, Directors Notes, Film Shortage, Time Out NY. She directed and created the first pandemic live-streamed comedy and video show "Marissa's Google Doc Quarantine Party," and it was highlighted by Google Arts and Culture. In addition to her narrative work, Marissa makes branded content and social media videos for various brands. She has a degree from RISD in film. Currently, she is working on a few new projects including her first feature.
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Izabella Miko
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Born to a pair of Polish actors, Grazyna Dylag and Aleksander Mikolajczak, Izabella Anna Mikolajczak made her first appearance in Lodz, Poland on January 21, 1981 at 3:15 a.m. When she was ten years old she auditioned for the National Ballet School in Warsaw. At the age of 14 Izabella left Warsaw for Biennale to study ballet in a summer workshop, where an American choreographer discovered her, and invited her to NYC to study ballet on a scholarship. On her fifteenth birthday Izabella left Warsaw, Poland, for New York, New York. Izabella auditioned for the highly acclaimed SAB (School of American Ballet) and, soon after her acceptance, moved into the SAB dormitory. After two and one-half years at the SAB Izabella suffered an injury to her vertebrae. She quit dancing and returned to Poland. Casting directors calling with jobs for her parents offered Izabella a role in a silent made for television movie called Lithuania You Are My Motherland directed by Tadeusz Bystram. The movie was shot on location in Poland, Russia and Lithuania. Izabella rejoiced. Acting filled the void that dancing had left behind. Izabella studied acting at Strassberg and began modeling with Q models, but acting lessons and modeling does not an actor make. To act one needs an agent and agents live in LA. Once in the City of Angels, Izabella became a prisoner of public transportation and her snickers - walking to almost all of her appointments. While in Los Angeles She began to work unofficially with a huge agent, this in turn led to her first audition for Jerry Bruckheimer's Coyote Ugly. Slew of films followed in years ahead, utilizing Izabella's "all or nothing" attitude. Izabella lives in Los Angeles and New York respectively.
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Luciano Martino
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Luciano Martino (22 December 1933 – 14 August 2013) was an Italian film producer, director and screenwriter.
Born in Naples, the brother of the director and screenwriter Sergio Martino, he was active in the cinema industry since the early fifties.
After several credits as screenwriter and assistant director he made his directorial debut with the eurospy film Secret Agent Fireball. Among the screenplays he collaborated The Whip and the Body by Mario Bava, Arizona Colt by Michele Lupo and the Lamberto Bava's giallo Delirium. In the seventies he produced and co-wrote a long series of successful commedie sexy all'italiana including Quel gran pezzo dell'Ubalda tutta nuda e tutta calda, Giovannona Long-Thigh and The School Teacher, which launched the career of Edwige Fenech, with whom he was engaged at the time. With the decline of the genre he focused on television, producing TV series and television films.
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Lezlie Deane
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lezlie Deane (born June 1, 1964) is an American singer, musician, rollerderby athlete, and actress who has starred in film and made some television appearances. She is best known for her roles in horror films including 976-EVIL, Girlfriend from Hell (1990), and the hit horror movie Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) in the role of Tracy.
Deane was born Leslie Denise Lonon in Corsicana, Texas. She has made guest appearances on such television shows as The Bronx Zoo, 21 Jump Street, Hunter, Freddy's Nightmares, Dynasty, and Pacific Blue. She was once a member of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad.
In the 1990s she formed the dance-pop group Fem2fem, and toured Europe as an opening act for Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson. Lezlie recorded early demos of songs (that would be revealed later in her current band) with musicians Josh Freese, Danny Lohner, and Robyn Finck. Fem2Fem appeared in PLAYBOY magazine in 1993.
In 2007, Deane was named Captain of The Slaughterers, one of five roller derby teams under the Dallas Derby Devils. In early 2007, Deane formed the band Scary Cherry and the Bang Bangs, a "slampop" group that currently performs in and around Texas.
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