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Vakhtang Kotetishvili
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Tato Kotetishvili was a Georgian/Dutch filmmaker. He studied at the Theatre and Film Institute in Tbilisi, and from 1981 to 1990 worked as a director at the Georgian State Film Studio. There he made the films The Train and Anemia.
In 1990, he made a part of the long episodic film City Life. In the same year, Kotetishvili emigrated to the Netherlands and made two films here with his partner Ineke Smits: Rose, Violet and Lily (a satire of the Stalin era), and Nostalgia. This latter film, a documentary, gives a picture of a journey that Kotetishvili made to Georgia almost ten years after his departure. A few days after returning from his former homeland, Kotetishvili suddenly died, and Smits then completed the film.
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Damián Alcázar
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Jorge Damián Alcázar Castello is a renowned Mexican actor, born in Jiquilpan, Michoacan, on January 8, 1953. One of the most talented and recognized contemporary actors, Damián studied at the National Institute of Fine Arts, and later studied at the Centro of Theater Experimentation and, later, at the Faculty of Theater at the Universidad Veracruzana, where, years later, he would be a teacher. After several years in the theater, Damián made his film debut with The Center of the Labyrinth (1985), and later worked in films such as Romero (1989), The Naked City (1989), Bandidos (1991), Mujer del Puerto (1991). ), Lolo (1993), where he would win his first Ariel award, for best male co-acting, and Two crimes (1994), by Roberto Sneider, for which he was nominated, again, for the Ariel. The success of the film and his performance immediately propelled his career, which would lead him to participate in films such as En el aire (1995), El anzuelo (1996), Hombres armamos (1997), Baja California: El limit del tiempo ( 1998) and Herod's Law (1999), winning two consecutive Ariel Awards for both films, as best actor, in 1998 and 1999. With director Luis Estrada, Alcázar would star in a successful saga of films, with a social and critical spirit, with the films A Wonderful World (2006), Hell (2010) and The Perfect Dictatorship (2014), each one proving successful at the box office and criticismo.
In 2018 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited him to be a special part of its new members.
Alcazár has a vast filmography, which includes film and television. He is considered one of the most important actors of new Mexican cinema.
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Rebecca Night
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Rebecca Night was born in Poole, Dorset.[3] She attended Yarrells Preparatory School in Upton, Dorset where she took part in the annual musical productions, and later Parkstone Grammar School in Poole as well as Brownsea Open Air Theatre. Night is a former member of the National Youth Theatre, where she appeared as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing and in Master & Margarita at the Lyric Hammersmith. She later trained at Rose Bruford College.
She is married to fellow actor Harry Hadden-Paton, whom she met while performing The Importance of Being Earnest.
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Jefferson Mesidor
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Jefferson Mesidor, known for as an executive producer, director, and writer. Jefferson's passion for story telling started decades ago but he was moved into action in 2007, as an executive producer for several reality TV shows. Jefferson continued forward and made his directorial debut in 2012. Since then Jefferson has written several screenplays.
In 2014, Jefferson founded Incite Entertainment a motion picture film and entertainment company with the objective of creating and producing exciting stories born from inspired thoughts and the potential to subtly communicate new ideas.
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Nick Baga
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Nick Baga is an American actor, dancer, artist and all around performer. Growing up in Boston watching Gene Kelly films, Nick always knew that he wanted to be in entertainment. It was his love and passion for movies and dance that brought him to Los Angeles and it's this incredible passion, his pure talent, his east coast charm and infectious energy that has made him quite the name for himself in the entertainment industry. Nick's talent and incomparable work ethic has garnered him credits in all realms of the entertainment industry including nationwide commercials, hit TV shows, blockbuster movies, top awards show's and some of music's highest rated tours.
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Michael Jibson
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Michael Jibson is an English movie, television and theatre actor born in Hull, East Yorkshire. He is married to the stage actress Caroline Sheen. His father, Tim Jibson, is the programme director of KCFM in Hull. His brother is the actor Paul Jibson. He trained with the National Youth Music Theatre, appearing in their productions of Bugsy Malone, Tin Pan Ali and The Kissing Dance. He made his West End debut at the age of 14 in Oliver at the London Palladium, directed by Sam Mendes. He later trained at Guildford School of Acting.
Jibson's film work includes Lyle Porter in Flyboys; Eddie Burton in The Bank Job; Lecture 21; Steve Maddox in Red Mist and Adam in Devils Bridge.
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Michael Diamond
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Michael Louis Diamond, also known by his stage name Mike D, is an American musician, rapper, actor and writer. Born to a Jewish family in New York City, he is best known as a part of the hip-hop trio 'Beastie Boys' alongside his high school friends, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz and Adam "MCA" Yauch, formed in 1981. The group disbanded after Yauch died due to cancer in 2012, shortly after they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. As well as featuring in the group's music videos, Diamond has made cameos in other music videos and shows, as well as DJing. He has two children with director Tamra Davis, and co-wrote the 2020 documentary 'Beastie Boys Story'.
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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. He 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, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Brad Garrett
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Bradley Harold Gerstenfeld (born April 14, 1960), known professionally as Brad Garrett, is an American actor and stand-up comedian.
Garrett was initially successful as a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s. Taking advantage of that success in the late 1980s, Garrett began appearing in television and film in minor and guest roles. His breakthrough role was Robert Barone on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. The series debuted on September 13, 1996, running for nine seasons, during which Garrett was nominated for five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, winning three. He gave a sixth Emmy-nominated performance as Jackie Gleason in the television film Gleason (2002).
Garrett's other television roles include Eddie Stark on the Fox sitcom 'Til Death (2006 - 2010) and Douglas Fogerty on the ABC sitcom Single Parents (2018 - 2020). He served as creator and executive producer for Disney+'s Big Shot (2021 - 2022) with David E. Kelley and Dean Lorey. Garrett is also a prolific voice actor. He has had main roles in animated series such as Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985 - 1986) and 2 Stupid Dogs (1993 - 1995). From 2006 to 2014, he played the Easter Island Head in the Night at the Museum trilogy. Garrett has had other voice roles in five Pixar films in addition to many for Disney Animation and other studios.
He remains prominent in stand-up comedy and owns Brad Garrett's Comedy Club at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where he performs regularly.
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Nicola Ranger
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Nicola Ranger is the general secretary and chief executive at the Royal College of Nursing. She was previously chief nurse and executive director of midwifery at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London. Before that, she held chief nurse posts at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust and Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. Professor Ranger has also held several senior nursing roles at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. Earlier in her career, she worked at George Washington University Hospital, Washington and at Mount Sinai Medical Centre, New York in the US.
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