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Özkan Küçük
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He was born in Dersim(Tunceli). He completed his MA in Marmara University, Department of Radio-TV-Cinema with his thesis entitled “Cinema of Turkey during Nineties.” Between 1997-2009, he has worked in Mesopotamia Cinema Collective and published articles in several newspapers and journals. He is one of the founders of Cegerxwin Art Conservatory, Cinema Academy, where he also lectured on different fields in Film Studies. Also he is the creator of Filmamed Documentary Film Festival and Kısa Dalga(Short Wave) film days.
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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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Cassondra James
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Cassondra has traveled the world singing and workshop leading. She has toured with the grammy-award winning artist Cory Henry and the Funk Apostles, and has performed with a wide range of artists like Christina Aguilera, Kim Burrell, Tituss Burgess, The original ladies of Chic, Laura Izibor, Alicia Keys, Gladys Knight, LaChanze, and Wynton Marsalis.
She was an original Storyteller and flutist in the Tony Award-winning revival of Once on This Island, and a later replacement for Erzulie, the Goddess of Love. She will be continuing to play the role of Erzulie in the first national tour of Once on this Island this fall.
In addition to her musical accomplishments, Cassondra earned her B.A. in sociology from Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY) . She has since earned a Master's degree in theological studies from Drew University, and is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where she is conducting research on stand-up comedy.
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Michel Colombier
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Michel Colombier (23 May 1939 – 14 November 2004) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor.
Colombier wrote the scores of several motion pictures and TV productions. He also wrote chamber music and ballets. With composer Pierre Henry he wrote music for Messe pour le temps présent, a piece created by choreographer Maurice Béjart in 1967. He released an album on A&M Records, "Wings", in 1972, which included a collaboration with Lani Hall on lead vocal, his song "We Could Be Flying", with lyrics by Paul Williams. Recorded in Paris, with Colombier on piano, it was also included on the album "Sun Down Lady", Lani Halls' first solo album after her years as lead singer for Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66, released in 1972 on A&M Records.
The piece of music for which Colombier was perhaps, most famous, was the piece Emmanuel, named after and written in memory of his young son, who died in his infancy. It was used by the French television channel Antenne 2, alongside an 80 second animation known as Les Hommes Volants (The Flying Men), by Jean Michel Folon, to signal the beginning and end of their broadcast day between the years of 1975 and 1983.
Colombier's death from cancer came shortly after midnight on November 14, 2004. He left behind a widow, Dana Colombier, with whom he fathered two children. He is interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA.
Source: Article "Michel Colombier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Stephen Low
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Stephen Low is a Canadian film director and screenwriter who works extensively in the IMAX and IMAX 3D film formats. Based in Montreal, Quebec, over his 30-plus year career Low has directed numerous award-winning film documentaries including Challenger: An Industrial Romance (1980), Beavers (1988), Titanica (1991), Super Speedway (1997), Volcanoes of the Deep Sea (2003), Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag (2004), Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D (2010), Legends of Flight 3D (2010), Rescue 3D (2011), Rocky Mountain Express (2011) and Aircraft Carrier (2017).
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Mark Jaeger
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Mark was born in El Paso Texas, but moved back to his parents home country Germany when he was just 6 months old. While in Germany Mark played and coached Basketball on a semi professional level. At an early age he also fell in love with movies and acting and decided to follow his dreams and move to the US. Mark's first stop was Denver, CO where he studied English and Theater. After which he ended up in Los Angeles where he started to hone his skills studying with David Kagen, Anne Grindlay and Anthony Meindl. Mark is a proud member of SAG- AFTRA.
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Greg Davies
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Greg Davies is an award-winning stand-up comedian, writer and actor known for starring in his critically lauded sitcom Man Down (Channel 4). After playing the infamously psychotic Head of Sixth Form ‘Mr Gilbert’ in The Inbetweeners(Channel 4) and its two spin off feature films, Greg went on to appear in Cuckoo (BBC Three) alongside Andy Samberg and Taylor Lautner, which earned him a BAFTA nomination for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme. He made a guest star appearance as King Hydroflax in the 2015 Doctor Who Christmas Special (BBC One), and voiced ‘Balloon Man’ in the feature film Teen Titans Go! To The Movies (Warner Bros).
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Ilya Dukhovny
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Ilya Dukhovny - composer, songwriter. He became known to the general public as the author of the “Sad Story” hit, although he had previously worked with various performers as a music author, for example, with the group Lesopoval (Lilac, Nightingale, etc.). In 1998 he recorded his only solo album "Sad History". Since 2002 he has been working in cinema, he owns soundtracks and songs from films and TV series: “Railway Romance” (2002), “My Kind” (2003), “Lawyer” (2003-2008), “Balzac Age” (2004- 2007), Moscow Gigolo (2008) and others.
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Manju Warrier
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One of the most prominent actresses in the Malayalam industry in the modern era, Manju Warrier entered the film industry as a 16 year old in 1995 with the film Sakshyam. She went on to star in Sallapam (1996) which was an early breakthrough in her career. Her first stint in the industry lasted only 3 years and 20 films, but won her numerous accolades and established her as a bankable star.
She took a hiatus from the industry in 1999 post her wedding to Dileep. After a tumultuous divorce, she returned to the industry after 15 years with the movie 'How Old Are You?' which was critically acclaimed and well received by the audience.
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Mandy McElhinney
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Mandy McElhinney (born 1 September 1970) is an Australian actress best known for playing Rhonda in AAMI insurance advertisements. She appeared on the sketch comedy television series, Comedy Inc., from 2003 to 2006. She appeared as Gina Rinehart in the telemovie The House of Hancock, alongside Sam Neill in 2015. McElhinney played Jackie Walters, federal agent and team leader of the Australian Federal Police Counter-Terrorism Unit in the television drama thriller series Hyde & Seek that premiered on the Nine Network in October 2016.
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