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Allam El-Dib
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Allam El-Dib, a Lebanese Canadian. His lifelong fascination with the power of a camera to capture moments sparked a deep-seated passion for photography. Throughout his formative years, Allam's lens became a conduit for immortalizing cherished memories, particularly those shared with friends. While honing his skills behind the camera, a pivotal moment came during his grade 10 English class when tasked with creating a PSA video. This project not only unveiled a newfound joy in filmmaking but also ignited a desire to leverage the medium for genuine emotional impact. Today, Allam continues to pursue his passion for storytelling through the art of video, driven by the belief that every frame has the potential to resonate and inspire.
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N. Azhagamperumal
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Azhagam Perumal is a Tamil film director and actor. He worked as an assistant to director Mani Ratnam from Thalapathi to Iruvar, before leaving to make his independent project. When Mani Ratnam was shooting Alaipayuthey, he was looking for someone like Jagathy Sreekumar to play the quirky house owner, which Azhagam Perumal eventually did, making his acting debut.
He had initially announced his directorial debut in 1998 as Mudhal Mudhalaaga, a romantic film featuring Arvind Swamy and Karisma Kapoor in the lead roles, which failed to take off. He then started shooting the film Udhaya in 1999 with Vijay and Simran in the lead roles but the film saw massive delays and Azhagam Perumal, meanwhile, began another film, the romantic comedy Dumm Dumm Dumm with R. Madhavan and Jyothika in the lead roles, in which his mentor Mani Ratnam worked as the screenwriter and producer. The film released in 2001 and was a success. After Alaipayuthey, he was offered acting offers but he declined as he wanted to revive and complete Udhaya.
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Jim E. Chandler
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Jim is an American actor with a commanding screen and stage presence. His 6'3" frame contributes to him landing roles of an authoritative nature. Jim and his wife, Jenn Gotzon Chandler, have starred in several projects together including the family comedy, The Farmer and The Belle:Saving Santaland, a Vision Films release. The film will release in fall 2020. He can seen in the Simon Pegg/Lily Collins thriller, Inheritance and is slated to appear in a supporting role in the upcoming Dolph Lundgren film, Castle Falls. Previous credits include Shane Finley in the Rockstar hit Red Dead Redemption II, recurred as Wallace Smith on AMC's Lodge 49, and recurred as Officer Early on BET's The Quad. Jim has also appeared in CBS's MacGyver, Miracle Workers on TBS, NBC's Game of Silence, an ABC pilot called The Jury(Neil Burger directed), Emmy winning A Crime to Remember, Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva and several leading roles on multiple ID Crime shows. He began his career in 2011 starring in viral YouTube hits like Cardboard Warfare 2,Mega Man X, and several other videos now approaching 20million views. Jim and his wife are expecting their first child in September 2020. They reside in NYC area.
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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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Vikranth
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Vikranth is an Indian film actor. He was first introduced in the film Karka Kasadara (2005) directed by R. V. Udayakumar and later appeared in other romantic drama films. His contributions as a cricketer in the Celebrity Cricket League raised Vikranth's profile in the early 2010s and he began to work on more prominent films. He won acclaim for his extended cameo role in Suseenthiran's Pandianadu.
Vikranth is the cousin of Popular Tamil Ilayathalapathi Vijay and nephew of S. A. Chandrasekhar.He married Manasa Hemachandran, who is the daughter of actress Kanakadurga, on 21 October 2009 in Chennai. His son was born on 23 July 2010.
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Kim Tae-young
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Director Taeyoung Kim was born in 1982. He currently works as a director, actor and voice actor at KBS (Korean Broadcasting System). His first short film "bye, Circle" (2020) was invited to the USA Film Festival 2020, the Boston Film Festival 2020, the Montecatini International Short Film Festival 2020, the Festival du Film Coréen à Paris, the Evergreen Multiculture International Short Film Festival and Cheongju International Short Film Festival 2020. He received the Excellence Award at the Ansan Dan-won International Cultural Art & Film Festival 2020.
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Perrone Ford
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Perrone Ford is an American cinematographer/Gaffer who has worked on numerous shorts and several features. He was born in Englewood, NJ and currently resides in Tallahassee, FL. He notes Roger Deakins, Bradford Young, Seamus McGarvey, Lawrence Sher, and Julian White as his primary influences. Ford's first work was as a camera operator in the mid 180s in NJ working on small productions for his church. After college he began working on numerous short films in the Tallahassee area. In recent years he has worked on numerous dance and ballet films, sci-fi shorts and features, personal and corporate interviews, and other work. He is also an accomplished professional photographer (now retired) counting clients such as Florida State University Athletics, Tallahassee Ballet, Pas de Vie Ballet, among others.
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Mahmoud Ahmed
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"Born in Addis Ababa, Mercato district, Mahmoud was enthralled with the music he heard on Ethiopian radio from an early age. Having poorly learned in school, he worked as a shoeshiner before becoming a handyman at the Arizona Club, which was the after hours hangout of Emperor Haile Selassie I's Imperial Bodyguard Band. One night in 1962 when the band's singer didn't show up, Mahmoud asked to sing a few songs. He soon became part of the band's regular lineup, where he remained until 1974.
After cutting his first single with Venus Band "Nafqot New Yegodagn" and "Yasdestal" in 1971, Mahmoud continued to record with several bands for the Amha and Kaifa record labels throughout the 1970s. The overthrow of Emperor Selassie and the suspension of musical nightlife under the military government created shifts in the Ethiopian music industry—the Imperial Body Guard Band were no more, and Mahmoud continued to make hit records and cassettes with many musicians who remained in the country, including the Dahlak Band, and the Ibex Band. He also began to release solo cassettes, accompanying himself on the krar, guitar or mandolin.
By 1978, censorship laws prevented Mahmoud from releasing his music on vinyl and so he switched to releasing cassettes. In the 1980s, Mahmoud operated his own music store in Addis Ababa's Piazza district while continuing his singing career. With many Ethiopian refugees living abroad, Mahmoud became one of the first modern Ethiopian music makers to perform in the United States on a 1980–1981 tour with the Walias Band, Getatchew Kassa, and Webeshet Fisseha. Mahmoud soon began releasing records with the Roha Band and became popular in diaspora communities.
In 1986, Mahmoud's music reached a larger western audience when the Belgian label Crammed Discs released the collection Ere Mela Mela drawn from two Kaifa LPs Mahmoud had recorded in Addis with the Ibex Band a decade earlier, one being self-titled (ማሕሙድ፡ኣሕመድ). Ethiopia was making headlines in the west because of political repression and famine, and the contrasting tone of Mahmoud's first international release received much acclaim in the burgeoning world music community. Mahmoud gained even greater international popularity in the late 1990s after Buda Musique launched the Éthiopiques series on compact disc. This led to new recordings and tours in Europe and the United States with Boston's Either/Orchestra and Badume Band. Though he has made his home in Addis Ababa and works with a number of NGOs and philanthropic causes, he continues to tour internationally, performing concerts both for world music fans as well as the Ethiopian diaspora.
In 2007, Mahmoud won a BBC World Music Award.
While Ere Mela Mela made him a household name, Mahmoud is generally known for his Tizita, a genre that reminisce the past – slow and groovy style of music, Tew Lemed Gelaye with close to three million views on YouTube is one of his enduring Tizita music of the modern era. Though unknown to many people, Mahmoud is a visual artist who creates art in drawings and illustrations. He illustrates various themes with a pencil, depending on the mood of the period. He was once approached by the Alliance Ethio-Française in Addis Ababa to exhibit his works but he declined."
-Wikipedia
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Nora Aunor
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Nora Aunor (born Nora Cabaltera Villamayor on 21 May 1953 and died on 16 April 2025) was a Filipino actress, recording artist, and film producer. She was best known for her roles in the films Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos (1976), Minsa'y Isang Gamu-gamo (1976), Ina Ka ng Anak Mo (1979), Bona (1980), Himala (1982), Bulaklak sa City Jail (1984), The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995), Bakit May Kahapon Pa? (1996), and Thy Womb (2012). For her contribution in film and broadcast arts, she was conferred the Order of National Artists of the Philippines in 2022.
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Jordan El-Balawi
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Beans Balawi (born 24 June 1997) is an English actor and chorister. He began acting in 2004 with roles in Seed of Chucky and The Happiness Thief, Half Light (2006) and 28 Weeks Later (2007). Recently Beans has played roles as Jamie Keenan in Holby Blue and as Freddy Macey in Lark Rise to Candleford.
He attended Garden Suburb Junior School, Westminster Abbey Choir School, singing in the Westminster Abbey Choir.
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