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Lloyd Michael Williams

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Lloyd Michael Williams (born in 1940) is an American experimental filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York. His first interest in motion was with marionettes. He became involved with photography and by the time he was thirteen was making films. During high school Lloyd was an usher at Cinema 16 in New York City, the only venue exhibiting 16mm experimental movies. Inspired by the poem by Lewis Carroll, and the work he was seeing, Lloyd made "Jabberwock" and won the Silver Medallion at the Cannes Film Festival, 1959. Lloyd entered New York University majoring in Film, Television & Radio. "They’re Off" was made at the NYU Summer Motion Picture Workshop, which Lloyd directed in 1959. In 1960 Lloyd worked with Mary Ellen Bute on "The Boy with Green Hair." He produced "Ursula" while he was a student and won the Bronze Medallion at Cannes in 1961. "The Creation" is more directed at radio and television commercials than at religion, it points out mankind’s blind belief in both. After graduating in 1962, Lloyd moved to Chicago to work for the Fred Niles Film Company. He was an assistant director for TV commercials for many familiar household products. Returning to New York, he worked for Ogilvy Benson & Mather, an advertising agency on Madison Avenue. Lloyd designed commercial story boards and became an assistant producer of television commercials, and a member of the Directors Guild of America. In 1964 Lloyd won a Fulbright to study cinematography in France and while in Paris began shooting sequences for "Line of Apogee." Electronic music pioneer Vladimir Ussachevsky thought so much of the film he composed the original electronic score. In 1975 Suzanne Ciani, famous for the electronic sound heard around the world, the Coca Cola Pop ‘n Pour, composed the soundtrack for "Rainbow’s Children." In the mid seventies Lloyd served as cinematographer for Rosa Von Praunheim and began shooting film with his protégé, Adrian Salsgiver. But in 1979, Lloyd’s Bolex movie camera was stolen. Lloyd picked up a Bolex again in 1997 to act as cinematographer for Adrian. Adrian taught himself computer film editing and used Lloyd's old and new film to create "Rainbow’s Child," completed in 2001. In 2003, Lloyd and Adrian collaborated on a digital movie, The Kingdom of UUFH, documenting the 31st and final Renaissance Faire of Huntington, NY. Lloyd made other 16mm films not yet digitized. Special thanks to Jonas Mekas for the safekeeping of Lloyd’s films. Lloyd lives on Long Island and is an active member of the New American Cinema Group.
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Mark Fairchild

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Mark Fairchild grew up in the small town of Corry, Pennsylvania and earned several degrees (B.S., B.A., M.Div., M.Phil. and Ph.D.) from The Pennsylvania State University, Toccoa Falls College (GA), Asbury Theological Seminary (KY) and Drew University (NJ). Fairchild received an academic appointment at Huntington University and is currently serving as the Professor of Bible and Religion at the university. Professor Fairchild was twice asked to participate in research projects funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and contributed to projects at Yeshiva University (NY) and the University of Chicago (IL). He has published several articles for academic dictionaries and journals. Fairchild’s Christian Origins in Ephesus and Asia Minor was first published in Istanbul (Arkeoloji ve Sanat, 2015) as a paperback.
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Jackson Frazer

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Jackson Frazer (born 2006) is an American film and television actor from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Having debuted at eight years old in the 2014 film, Foxcatcher (he was cast for the role two years prior, at age six), he has worked steadily on a number of projects throughout his youth. Notable performances to date include a sixteen episode run as Caleb Houghton on the WGN television series Outsiders, the role of Sid in Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021) and as Ridgeway in the 2024 film, Ezra. In his spare time he enjoys competitive swimming, playing the piano, and editing stop-motion animation which he uploads to YouTube.
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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 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Connery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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David Novak

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David Novak is a veteran of over twenty five years in the entertainment business. Most recent credits include numerous movies aired on Lifetime Channel and Lifetime Movie Network. The TV movie "My Daughter Was Stolen", which has aired numerous times on Lifetime, had David cast in the role of Detective Hobbs. He was also a co-producer on this project. David has also done many other projects and is process of developing films he has written as well. He is an actor, writer, musician, singer, song writer, and guitarist. In his early days in music (as a teenager into his 40's), he performed at numerous venues primarily in the Southern California area. His music included "cover" songs for many of the known groups of the time, but David also performed many of his own compositions. Early music groups he was the lead singer, front man and guitarist for include: Sonkist, Chaddessen Street Band, Grey Bear and more. His early acting career began doing extra work for many feature film, prime time television shows and national commercials. As he grew in his knowledge and ability, he began landing small speaking roles in various films and television shows. As the years unfolded his roles became bigger and more noteworthy. David now regularly works as a leading man and also in large supporting roles. One of his earlier "breakout" roles was in ABC's daytime television soap General Hospital where he landed an ongoing recurring role as "Tiso" (one of the mafia generals). His writing talents have also given themselves to a number of screenplays. He enjoys regular roles in feature films, television and commercials with an eye on producing his own projects.
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Radhika Pandit

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Radhika Pandit is an Indian film and television actress. She has established a career in Kannada cinema as a leading actress. Having worked in television serials such as Nandagokula, Kaadambari, and Sumangali, Pandit made her feature film debut in Moggina Manasu (2008), for which she was awarded the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress and South Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She won the latter award again for her performances in Love Guru (2009) and Krishnan Love Story (2010).[1] She rose to fame starring in commercially successful films Hudugaru (2011), Addhuri (2012), Drama (2012), Bahaddur (2014) and Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari (2014).
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Aaron Kwok

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Aaron Kwok Fu-shing (born 26 October 1965) is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. He has been active since the 1980s to the present. The media refer to him, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings .Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson.While most of his songs are in the dance-pop genre, he has experimented numerous times with rock and roll, ballad, rock, R&B, soul, electronica and traditional Chinese music. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aaron Kwok, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​
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Ștefan Sileanu

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Ştefan Sileanu (born November 15, 1939) is a Romanian actor and painter. It debuted in 1965. He has played theater at the National Theater in Târgu Mureş and the Nottara Theater in Bucharest. In 1979 he played the title role in the historical film "Vlad Tepes" directed by Doru Năstase. The film was produced by Casa de Filme 5 under the direction of Dumitru Fernoagă and performed at the Cinematographic Production Center in Bucharest. He has a major hobby, painting, with several personal exhibitions over the years. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brian Taylor

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Brian Taylor is an American film director, cinematographer, camera operator, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for frequently collaborating with Mark Neveldine as Neveldine/Taylor. Taylor attended the Los Angeles Film School in Hollywood, California and began his career as a cinematographer, working on a series on independent films and low-budget shorts. In the early 2000s, Taylor united with Mark Neveldine, both becoming known for their engineering skills as cinematographers and camera operators. They invented "The Roller Dolly," and immediately submitted it for a patent.
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Mike Gassaway

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    ​Mike Gassaway was one of Oklahoma's most successful and famous Attorneys and represented Governors, Congressmen, Doctors, Lawyers and others charged with high profile crimes. He obtained more million dollar verdicts against Police forces for Civil Rights violations than any other Lawyer in Oklahoma history, resulting in Rosa Parks selecting him for the National Civil Rights "Wall of Tolerance". He was a Golden Gloves Boxing Champion, was a factory race car driver for Porsche in the World Endurance Racing Championships and has held two World Land Speed Records on motorcycles.     He retired to Austin, Texas and began working as an actor appearing in films by Oliver Stone, Robert Rodriquez and many other prominent Directors. He is represented by Acclaim Talent in Austin.
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