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Élie Chouraqui
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Élie Chouraqui (born 3 July 1950) is a French film director and scriptwriter. His 1996 film Les menteurs was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. He made several films with Anouk Aimée.
In his younger days he was a volleyball enthusiast and was captain of the French Volleyball team at the European and World championships winning 112 caps. He commentated on volleyball from French Television at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Source: Article "Élie Chouraqui" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Alexandria Collins
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Alexandria Collins is an award-winning director, screenwriter, producer and actress based in Los Angeles, CA.
Mostly recently, Alexandria completed her spring 2024 fellowship as a mentee in the Ryan Murphy HALF Initiative Director's Program shadowing director Michael Uppendahl on MONSTER(s): The Eric and Lyle Menendez Story.
Her film WOMAN TO WOMAN (2022) won Best International Short at the BIFA-Qualifying Manchester Film Festival and Best Short Film at the Tokyo International Film Festival. She was honored as Best Director at the Katra Film Series and Best Female Director at the Venice Shorts Fest for the same film.
Alexandria directed the HULUween/20th Digital short REBORN. She is attach to direct her feature screenplay adaption of Reborn with Disney. Other selected directorial works: CICADAS (2023), THE WAY TO, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, MILK RUN and GOALS N' SHIT (series). Her films have screened at Canneseries, Hellifax, NY Intl FF and Chelsea FF amongst others.
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Shelby Dillon
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As a filmmaker and photographer, Shelby Dillon sees her work as single frames from a film, or photographs in motion. She uses a mix of street photography, conceptual photography, and filmmaking to explore her role as a participant in and creator of her own surreal stories—which she writes, directs, and edits herself. She graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in Film Studies in 2016 and has worked with moving and still images ever since. Her photography has been exhibited and published internationally, and her short films have been screened in the US and abroad. She’s currently based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Torill Kove
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Torill Kove (born 25 May 1958; Hamar) is an award-winning Norwegian-Canadian filmmaker and animator. Born in Hamar, Norway, she has lived in Montreal since 1982. Three of her films have been nominated for Academy Awards®, with The Danish Poet, narrated by Liv Ullmann, winning the coveted golden statue in 2007.
Kove’s films are known for her expressive designs and playful and poignant autobiographical themes. Her work frequently deals with the challenges of family and parenting, while lightly exploring questions around memory, history and birth. Kove made her directorial debut in 1999 with My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts (co-produced by the NFB and Studio Magica). Loosely inspired by the life of her grandmother, the film was nominated for an Academy Award®. Following The Danish Poet, a love story and lightly philosophical take on the random nature of existence, Kove returned with Me and My Moulton (2014), about a middle child’s search for normalcy in the face of her loving but eccentric parents. The film won Best Animated Short at the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards and was also nominated for an Academy Award®. Threads (2017) tackles the complexities of parenting and maintaining connections in a fragmented world. With her most recent film, Maybe Elephants (2024), Kove finally faces her fear of tusk-bearing mammals.
Her last four films were all co-produced by Norwegian studio Mikrofilm and the NFB. In 2013, Kove directed the animated feature Hocus Pokus Alfie Atkins. She has also illustrated several children’s books. In 2015, Kove received Norway’s prestigious Anders Jahre Prize for the Arts
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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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Axelle Renoir
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Axelle Renoir (born Fabienne Meignen, 2 February 1969) is a French singer and composer from Brittany. She has released three studio albums and composed the soundtrack of two French films.
Axelle Renoir was born in 1969 in Josselin or in Redon. As a teenager, she studied at the Conservatoire de Rennes for three years. She entered a competition organized by the television channel M6 and won the first prize of the new Talents M6.
She then signed her first album with Warner in 1995, Magnum et matinées dansantes, which she composed all the music but wrote few of the lyrics. “Lulu" was released in 1994 as a single from this album. The album sold 30,000 copies. That same year, she performed a duet on the radio with Nicola Sirkis's group Indochina, "Dieu est un fumeur de Havane” (a revival of Deneuve and Gainsbourg). A second single appeared, "La cour des Grandes", which was followed by "Silence, je me retourne". A tour was organized through France via Paris, and in 1996 she was nominated for Victoires de la Musique as Newcomer of the Year, but Stephend won the prize.
Two years later, in 1998, she released her second album, Rose for which she composed the music and wrote many of the lyrics. Renoir was accompanied by the author Sylvie Bonnet. The album included some lyrics by Janco. Three singles were released: "Sous les shorts des Garçons", "Treize juillet sous la Lune”, and "Les filles de l’air".
In 1999, she initiated and participated in Ensemble contre le Sida (the drive against AIDS). She composed "Les invités", which she sang in duet with Alain Souchon.
In 2000, she made an "electronic symphony" for the Spectacle de l'an 2000 à Nîmes, which was created by Enki Bilal and Stéphane Plassier, dedicated for the beginning of the year 2000.
She composed songs for the 2001 film Pretty Things and appears for ten minutes in the film, in the role of a critic. The release sold 55,000 copies.
The following year, she composed the music for Oliver Marshall’s film, Gangstersand the song “Partir”.
In May 2003, she released her third studio album, called La Plage. A single was released, "Je serai là pour toi", a pop/rock song, which sold less than 10,000 copies. She performed in concert at the European (Paris) on 13 May, and is the first part of concerts Etienne Daho and Luz Casal. On the album, she sings "Sous les shorts des garçons" with Alain Souchon in a new pop version, which was released as a single. Marion Cotillard provides backing vocals for the song "Partir". One more single was released from this album, "Amoureuse".
In 2004, she composed the soundtrack of Oliver Marshall 36 quai des orfèvres.
In 2005, she produced and co-produced the album Luka.
In 2007, with Nicolas Hulot, she composed and released the album Ushuaia Nature' about the preservation of nature.
In 2009, she realised Thierry Amiel’s covers of Sarah Mac Lachlan songs.
She has also composed for television shows, for example, Captain café, Le Destin de lisa, Les coulisses de l'économie, etc.
Source: Article "Axelle Renoir" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Yasmin Abdulaziz
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Yasmin Mohamed Abd Al Aziz was born in Cairo (where her father worked as a hotelier). She enrolled in (the Modern Academy) in Maadi and began her television career at the age of five with appearances in commercials. Yasmin was (recruited into the industry through a friend of her mother’s who managed an advertising production firm).
Thereafter, Yasmin was (nominated for roles in cinematic and television productions). Thus, she performed on the television series “Imraa min Zaman Al Houb”. That production achieved a great measure of success and brought Yasmin’s talents to the attention of the public. Whilst a student at the Modern Academy in Maadi, Yasmin also (partook) in the trivia show “Al Aiyal Itganinit”. (Most of her roles have had her assume the character of a mischievous girl).
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Liam Graham
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Liam Ansell Graham was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Lisa Ansell, a nurse, and Colin Graham, a television audio director. He has two younger siblings, Madeleine White and Ruairidh Graham. He is of Irish, Italian, British, Scandinavian and Western European decent.
Liam attended Perth Modern School graduating in 2005. His interest in theatre grew when he was just 7 years old, attending the Actor's Workshop established by RADA graduate Alan Blackwood, and directed by award winning actress, Nichola Renton. When Liam was 12 years old, he landed his first short film role directed by Melbourne based director, Matt Richards. During this time, he discovered his innate passion for film.
Liam joined the Western Australian Youth Theatre Company (WAYTCo.) in 2007. He worked on several of WAYTCo's productions including 'Mad Forest', 'Macbeth', 'The Life of Galileo', 'DNA', and devised piece, 'Earth', directed by prominent Western Australian director, Jeffery Jay Fowler.
Liam's portrayal of Phil in Dennis Kelly's 'DNA', earned him rave reviews with critics saying his performance was "Hypnotic and mesmerizing".
Liam based himself in Sydney, where he enrolled in The Hub Studio's Masterclass, directed by esteemed NIDA lecturer and actor, Kevin Jackson in 2012, where he performed several pieces from the classics, including Sam Shepherd's 'Fool For Love'.
Liam's passion for film never dwindled during his time on stage, and he landed his first co-lead role in Giallo inspired horror/thriller, 'Sororal (2014)' in the role of love interest, Trent Melville.
Liam then went onto taking out the lead role of Max Woods, in Southern Gothic, French New Wave, psychological thriller 'The Burning Kiss (2017)'.
Liam's film and television credits include 'Bad Girl' (2017), 'Otherlife' (2017), 'Hounds of Love' (2017), 'The Legend of Gavin Tanner' (2016) and 'Greenfield' (2015).
He was nominated for BEST ACTOR at the WASAs (Western Australian Screen Awards) in 2015 for his portrayal of Michael, in multi award winning Scandinavian/ Australian web series, 'Greenfield'. Critics claimed Liam's performance as the "Series stand out, capturing the character's overwhelming emotional and spiritual arc."
His latest achievement is winning BEST ACTOR at the 2017 'Next Gen Short Film Festival' as part of 'Fringe World', for his portrayal of Jeremiah Kane in short Sci-Fi flick, 'Council'.
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Laura Antonelli
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Laura Antonelli (née Antonaz; 28 November 1941 – 22 June 2015) was an Italian film actress, who appeared in 45 films between 1964 and 1991, and she is best known for the movie Malizia.
Antonelli was born Laura Antonaz in Pola, Kingdom of Italy (in Croatian, Pula), former capital of Istria. After the war, her parents fled what was then Yugoslavia, lived in Italian refugee camps and eventually settled in Naples, where her father found work as a hospital administrator. Antonelli had a childhood interest in mathematics, but as a teenager, she became proficient at gymnastics. In an interview for The New York Times, she recalled, "My parents had made me take hours of gym classes during my teens ... They felt I was ugly, clumsy, insignificant and they hoped I would at least develop some grace. I became very good, especially in rhythmical gym, which is a kind of dance."
Setting aside ambitions to make a career in mathematics, she graduated as a gymnastics instructor. She moved to Rome, where she became a secondary-school gym teacher and was able to meet people in the entertainment industry, who helped her find modelling jobs.
Antonelli's earliest engagements included Italian advertisements for Coca-Cola. In 1965, she made her first feature-film appearance in Le sedicenni, although her performance went uncredited. Her American debut came in 1966 in Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs. Other roles followed; her breakthrough came in 1973's Malizia. She appeared in a number of sex farces such as Till Marriage Do Us Part/Mio Dio come sono caduta in basso!.
She worked in more serious films, as well, including Luchino Visconti's last film, The Innocent (1976). In Wifemistress, a romance film of 1977, she played a repressed wife experiencing a sexual awakening. Later, she appeared in Passione d'Amore (1981). From 1986 she mostly worked on Italian television series. Antonelli's final film role was in the sequel Malizia 2000 (1991), following which she retired. She won the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Award, Nastro d'Argento, in 1974 for Malizia.
Antonelli was married to publisher Enrico Piacentini but they divorced. From 1972 to 1980, she was the companion of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo.
On 27 April 1991, cocaine was found during a police raid on Antonelli's home. She was subsequently convicted of possession and dealing and sentenced to house arrest. She spent ten years appealing the conviction, which was eventually overturned. In 2006, the Italian court of appeals ruled in favor of Antonelli and ordered the Ministry of Justice to pay the actress 108,000 euros.
Antonelli died on 22 June 2015, aged 73, from a heart attack.
Source: Article "Laura Antonelli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Michael Score
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Michael "Mike" Score is a musician and songwriter, best known as the founder, lead vocalist, and keyboard player for the band A Flock Of Seagulls, as well as his flamboyant haircut in the early 1980s. Mike and his brother Ali were hairdressers when they decided to start a band in their hometown of Liverpool, and not long after being signed, their record label had a music video made for their song "I Ran (So Far Away)", which was in heavy rotation on MTV starting in the spring of 1982, giving the band huge exposure that continues to influence pop culture even today.
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