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Cengiz Bozkurt
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Mehmet Cengiz Bozkurt (born 24 December 1965) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his role as Erdal Bakkal in the hit surreal comedy series Leyla ile Mecnun. A graduate of Ankara Atatürk Lisesi, in 1984 he enrolled in Middle East Technical University to study physics but changed his major to stage acting in 1990. He then moved to England, where he lived for 14 years. In 1996, he graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London with a degree in "Media and Communication" studies. He the briefly shot documentaries for some channels and directed short movies. He returned to acting with the encouragement of Mehmet Ergen and worked at Arcola Theatre. Upon returning to Turkey, he continued his career by appearing in various movies and TV series.
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Patrick Bauchau
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Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau (born 6 December 1938) is a Belgian actor best known for his roles in the films A View to a Kill, The Rapture and Panic Room, as well as the TV shows The Pretender and House.
Patrick Bauchau was born in Brussels, Belgium on 6 December 1938, the son of Mary (née Kozyrev), a Russian-born school administrator and publisher, and Henry Bauchau, a school administrator, lawyer, publisher, writer, and psychoanalyst who served as an officer in the Belgian Underground during World War II. He was raised in Belgium, Switzerland and England.
He attended Oxford University on an academic scholarship and speaks German, French, English, Spanish, Italian, and a little Russian, Portuguese and Dutch.
He is married to the French actress and writer Mijanou Bardot, and lives in Los Angeles.
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Oxide Pang Chun
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The Pang Brothers are Danny Pang Phat and Oxide Pang Chun, twin-brother screenwriters and film directors, born in 1965 in Hong Kong. Among their films is the hit Asian horror film, The Eye, which has spawned two sequels, as well as a Hollywood remake and a Hindi remake. Besides working in Hong Kong, the pair frequently work in the Thai film industry, where they made their directorial debut as a team, Bangkok Dangerous.
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Bernard Gorgeon
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Bernard Gorgeon, born in 1953 in Marseille, is a French climber, mountain guide, and author. He is one of the leading figures in French climbing, whose biography is intrinsically intertwined with the history and culture of climbing in the South of France.
Introduced to climbing at just ten years old in the calanques of Marseille, it was there that he forged his first memories as a climber, accompanied by his father, a passionate self-taught climber, passionate about mountaineering and the classics of Rébuffat. His childhood was divided between school, rocks, and precious moments spent exploring the region's cliffs, his fingers using hemp ropes, symbols of an era marked by freedom and resourcefulness.
In the 1970s, Gorgeon was part of a nonconformist youth movement that revolutionized climbing, seeking to break away from traditional practices and invent a new way of life. Along with Patrick Edlinger and other companions, he contributed to the emergence and democratization of free climbing, which became a true philosophy and way of life. He was one of the pioneers of fixed equipment, of the club that invested in opening and securing routes, and of the mountain guide who didn't limit his practice to mountaineering.
Bernard Gorgeon is primarily recognized for having "invented" the first routes in Buoux, an emblematic site in the Luberon, which he describes as a magical valley where the rock is "round, soft, perforated like St. John's wort, gray, yellow, red, green, fresh, secret, captivating, reassuring, cozy... a cocoon, a treasure chest." The Buoux site quickly became a stepping stone to the climber's holy grail: the Verdon, whose Grand Canyon remained largely unexplored at the time. Gorgeon opened several legendary routes there, many of which would become classics and shape his legend. He contributed to the writing of major guidebooks such as "Climbing the Verdon, the 500 Most Beautiful Routes" and "Climbing the Verdon, 984 Routes from 5b to 8c," listing the routes that have made this site's international reputation. Among the most notable are legendary routes in Buoux and the Verdon, often opened in epic conditions, combining daring, humor, and camaraderie. He was also a pioneer in the practice of canyoning in the Verdon Gorges.
His book "A Life of Climbing, from Hemp to the Olympics" (Glénat, 2021) retraces his journey with humor, sensitivity, and a spirit of adventure, evoking his numerous route openings in the calanques, in Buoux, on the Sainte-Victoire mountain, but especially in the Verdon Gorges, where he settled in La Palud-sur-Verdon as a guide, in the heart of this temple of verticality. His story is also the story of his accidents, his friendships, the values of the practice, and the transmission of the art of climbing.
Through his atypical journey, he embodies the spirit of the rope team, the beauty of the rock, and the art of living specific to climbers from the South—between frugality, nonconformity, and freedom.
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Ekachai Uekrongtham
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Ekachai Uekrongtham is a director of film and theatre, producer and screenwriter. He was recognized by Asia Week magazine as one of the 20 Asian leaders of the millennium in the arts, culture and society. Ekachai has directed films such as 'Beautiful Boxer', relased in 2003, which received two Suphannahong National Film Awards and 12 other international film festivals around the world. He is also a film director for 'Pleasure Factory' which was honored at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and has directed other films such as 'The Coffin' and The Wedding Game. He won 'Best Original Screenplay' by his work in 'Bangkok Love Stories 2: Plead' at 24th Asian Television Award. In the theather, Ekachai founded the 'Action Theatre', one of Singapore's leading private theatres, having won the Excellence for Singapore Award. In the United States, Europe and Asia, there are outstanding works such as Chang & Eng (The Musical), Corporate Animals, Autumn Tomyam. Ekachai also served as the head of Sir Cameron Macintosh's Singapore office, the creator of the world-famous musical The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Miss Saigon. In addition Ekachai is also Creator and Managing Director of Bravo Studios, under the GMM Grammy Group' (GMM Grammy), which has been working with Netflix producing dramas.
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George Rowlands
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Trained at Rose Bruford College, George made his professional debut in 2021 on stage in 'The Boy with the Bee Jar' (The Hope Theatre, London), for which he received an Offie Nomination for 'Lead Role in a Play'. Since this he has worked extensively in theatre, including working with Olivier winning and Oscar Nominated director Stephen Daldry in the 30th Anniversary tour of the National Theatre's 'An Inspector Calls' across the UK and Ireland.
George made his screen debut in the 2024 short film 'Operation Dynamo'.
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Nancy Brame
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Nancy Brame is an Atlanta-based actress with over two decades of experience on camera. Originally trained in theater, she has built a diverse portfolio spanning independent films, commercial projects, and feature productions.
Nancy is most recognized for her collaborative work in independent cinema, most notably for her role as Nancy in the 2024 film The Intruder, directed by Jack Brame, and her performance as Penny in the 2018 production The Whitlow House. She is currently represented by Talent Trek Agency and continues to be an active presence in the Southeast acting community.
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Mohamed Touri
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Mohamed Touri, real name Mohamed Besnassi, Algerian singer and theater man. He was born on November 9, 1914 in the Douirette district of Blida and died on April 29, 1959 in Algiers.
Mohamed Touri was born in Blida on November 9, 1914. He learned the Koran and Arabic language at the El Houda school in his hometown, before joining El madrassa El Houra (the Free School) of Association of Algerian Muslim Ulemas in Constantine. He returned to Blida in 1928. Subsequently, he joined the Amel Blida scout theater troupe, founded by Moussa Khedioui, as well as the El Hayat association troupe, directed by the master of Arab-Andalusian music Mohieddine Lekhal. It was there that he met many famous artists, including Dahmane Ben Achour and Ben Kerkoura.
In 1947, he joined the Algiers Opera, including the Arabic section which was directed by Mahieddine Bachtarzi. In 1956, he was arrested by French authorities for his national principles and contacts with artists linked to the leaders of the Algerian national movement. He died at Serkadji Prison on April 29, 1959. The deceased left for posterity a rich list of achievements, including films and comic songs.
The Blida theater, in Algeria, bears his name.
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John Pata
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John Pata is a filmmaker based in Wisconsin and the owner of Head Trauma Productions. Even though he went to school for graphic design, Pata decided to make his first short film during his last year of college. Upon graduating, he started a screen-printing shop that he co-owned for two-and-a-half years before selling his share of it in 2010 to help fund his first feature film. Since entering the world of filmmaking, Pata’s work has been screened at festivals all over the world including the Fantasia International Film Festival, Sitges Film Festival, and Fantastic Fest.
He listens to far too much punk rock, has continually defended ska for over 25 years, can’t stop reading Stephen King, and will eat all the veggie burritos.
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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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