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Rubén Aguilera

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Rubén Aguilera (born September 21, 1996) is a Paraguayan film director known for his short film Aramboty (2020), winner of a special mention from the jury at the El Parque Paraguayo Film Festival in Misiones, Argentina. He was born in Villa Elisa, Paraguay. He studied film direction at the Columbia University of Paraguay, where he obtained a degree as a filmmaker. Aramboty was his final work for the degree, with he obtained the highest grade summa cum laude. Also in 2024 he completed a master's degree in advertising and public relations at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), in the city of Moscow, Russia.
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LaWanda Hawkins

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LaWanda Hawkins has been voluntarily serving homicide victims for over 18 years. In 1996, Ms. Hawkins founded Justice for Murdered Children when her only child, Reggie, was murdered at the age of 19. She found that after she was victimized by the death of her son she was re-victimized by the criminal justice system. To date, the murderer of her son has not been caught or brought to trial. Justice for Murdered Children is a nonprofit agency whose mission is to reduce the number of homicides and unsolved homicides, assist families that have lost loved ones to homicide, and improve the justice system by making law enforcement more responsive to homicide victims and their families.
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Mimi Uchendu

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Miracle Princess Uchendu better known as Mimi is a Nigerian-born upcoming filmmaker currently based in Canada. She has a passion for storytelling and has worked on several student short films as well as a few independent films and documentaries, showcasing her creative and artistic talents. she has a background in broadcasting, having started her career in Nigeria before moving to Canada. Her experience in broadcasting has exposed her to the world of media production, which she now leverages in her filmmaking. Over the years, Mimi has developed a unique style that connects with audiences on a deeper level. Her films often explore themes of identity and social issues. She uses her storytelling skills to bring characters to life, and her camera work to create her own eccentric visual style. She has honed her skills by writing , directing , shooting and editing her films. Her passion for cinema continues to grow as she enjoys operating the camera and working as a grip when off-screen. Outside of filmmaking, Mimi loves experimenting with different cuisines and can often be found in the kitchen cooking up a storm or mixing a delicious drink. She continues to push boundaries and aims to make films that engage, inspire, inform and entertain audiences.
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Hamida Omarova

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Hamida Omarova (Azerbaijani: Həmidə Ömərova) was born to a family of teachers, Mammad and Nasiba Omarov. Her parents met at university where both of them studied foreign languages, and went on to have four children, three of whom died in their infancy. When Hamida was born, her parents visited the Sufi Hamid shrine in Qazakh and after being sure the newborn would survive, they named her after the sanctuary. Following her parents' divorce in 1960 and her father's permanent departure to his native Gazakh, Hamida Omarova was raised by her mother and grandmother. After graduating from high school she enrolled at Baku State University to study philology. While finishing her first year in 1975, she entered an academic contest along with other 300 people and was among the 15 contestants who were admitted to the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. Omarova's first role was in a short film entitled The Dentist in 1977. Since then, she starred in over 30 films and became the most successful Azerbaijani actress of the decade performing at times in up to 4 movie shootings simultaneously. In Russia, she is known mostly for acting in Yuli Gusman's film "Don't Be Afraid, I'm with You" (1981), staged in Gakh, Azerbaijan. Her performance was rewarded with numerous awards including that of a People's Artist of Azerbaijan. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Azerbaijan's movie industry experienced severe decline. This became both a career decay and a psychological ordeal for Omarova. After going through a period of depression, she got married in 1992 and gave birth to a son. At the same time, she hosted the late night show Retro, a weekly review of classic movies from Azerbaijan and abroad. In 2006 Omarova was elected President of the Azerbaijani Union of Cinematographers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hamida Omarova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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George Sewell

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George Sewell (31 August 1924 – 2 April 2007) was an English actor, best known for his television roles, but also active on stage and in films. The son of a Hoxton printer and a florist, Sewell left school at the age of 14 and worked briefly in the printing trade before switching to building work, specifically the repair of bomb-damaged houses. He then trained as a Royal Air Force pilot, though too late to see action during the Second World War. Following his demob, Sewell joined the Merchant Navy, he worked in the engine room serving as an oil trimmer for the Cunard Line on the RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth for their Atlantic crossings to New York. He worked as a street photographer, assisted a French roller-skating team, and was drummer and assistant road manager of a rumba band. He also travelled Europe as a motor coach courier for a holiday company.
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Jack Douglass

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John Patrick "Jack" Douglass (born 30 June 1988), better known by his online alias jacksfilms, is an American YouTuber, comedian, web-based entertainer, filmmaker and musician. He began his career online in 2006 when he created his YouTube channel. His channel initially consisted of infomercial parodies, sketches, and comedic music videos. As his audience grew, he expanded into comedy series centred around viewer comments and submissions, such as Your Grammar Sucks (YGS), in which he makes fun of grammatically incorrect YouTube comments, JackAsk, in which he answers questions about himself, and Yesterday I Asked You (YIAY), in which he asks questions to his audience, and they give answers. He also live streams on Twitch. He has 2 shows on that platform, Are You Funnier Than A Youtuber and YIAY Live. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Jack Douglass, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Silk Smitha

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Silk Smitha (born Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati; December 2, 1960 – September 23, 1996) was an Indian actress who appeared in over 450 films across Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi cinema. After early appearances in Malayalam films such as *Inaye Thedi* (1979) and *Karimpana* (1980), she adopted the screen name Silk following her role as a bar girl in the Tamil film *Vandichakkaram* (1980). Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Smitha was frequently cast in featured dance numbers and dramatic supporting roles. Her notable credits include *Moondram Pirai* (1982) and its Hindi remake *Sadma* (1983), *Sakalakala Vallavan* (1982), *Kozhi Koovuthu* (1982), *Khaidi* (1983), *Challenge* (1984), *Layanam* (1989), *Aditya 369* (1991), and *Spadikam* (1995). Her final film appearances were released posthumously in 1996.
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Nicolas Le Guern

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Nicolas was Born in Munich Germany and moved to Mexico with his parents in 1992. He met his wife Alexia in 2011 and they got married in Denver Colorado on January 11. 2012. They live in Denver Colorado and have a YouTube channel called Nicknlex. The have amassed around 60.000 subscribers. They have a dog called Marley. They are both fluent in English and Spanish. Nicola is fluent in is native German. Nicolas and Alexia are both musicians. Alexia plays the bass while Nicolas is a classically trained guitarist.
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Kiff VandenHeuvel

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Kiff VandenHeuvel is originally from Grand Rapids, MI and is an alumni of The Second City comedy theatre. Kiff is an accomplished improviser and sketch comedy director, and he teaches voiceover, improv and directing at Second City Hollywood. Kiff has appeared in hundreds of TV and radio commercials and is well known in the video game community as the voice of Zachary Hale Comstock in Bioshock: Infinite, Walter in The Walking Dead video game series, Disney Infinity, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, and most recently in The Evil Within. Kiff also performs with the very popular "That Voiceover Improv Thing" Podcast and forthcoming live show at the LA Improv.
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Ingrid Thulin

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Ingrid Lilian Thulin (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɪŋːrɪd tɵˈliːn]; 27 January 1926 – 7 January 2004) was a Swedish film actress. Thulin was born in Sollefteå, Ångermanland, northern Sweden, the daughter of Nanna (née Larsson) and Adam Thulin, a fisherman. She took ballet lessons as a girl and was accepted by The Royal Dramatic Theatre ("Dramaten") in Stockholm 1948. For many years she worked regularly with Ingmar Bergman; among other films, Thulin appeared in Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957), The Magician (1958, where she acted dressed as a boy), in Winter Light (1962), as well as The Silence (1963) and Cries and Whispers (1972). She shared the Best Actress award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival and received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1964, the first year the award was given out, for her performance in The Silence. Winner of the David di Donatello Awards 1974, Thulin was also been nominated for the BAFTA Award the same year. In 1980, she was the head of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. She was married to Harry Schein, the founder of the Swedish Film Institute, for more than 30 years until 1989, although they had lived separately for many years before the divorce. She bought an apartment in Paris, France in the early 1960s and some years later a beach house in San Felice Circeo. In 1970 she became a resident of Sacrofano, Italy, where she lived for 34 years. She returned to Sweden for medical treatment and later died from cancer in Stockholm, Sweden, 20 days shy of her 78th birthday. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ingrid Thulin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​
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