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Betty Valassi
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Betty Valassi was born in Thessaloniki to parents who were refugees from Asia Minor. Her real name is Despo, but her mother changed it to 'Betty'.
She studied theatre under great teachers, such as Hourmouzios, Katina Paxinou, Terzakis and Socrates Karantinos.
From 1960 to 2004 she acted in at least 14 Greek feature films by renowned directors. She became widely known and popular with the public through her starring role in the successful – and last black and white – television series Loxandra, which was broadcast by ERT in the period 1980-1981. She played the eponymous role, which according to critics was the best of her career.
She was married twice and had a son, Nikolas-Haris Minissali, who studied directing abroad. Her second husband was the well-known actor Titos Vandis, whom she married in 1984 and remained together until his death in 2003. She was closely friends with Melina Mercouri, with whom she acted in theater and film.
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Charlie Waters-Anderson
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Charlie Waters-Anderson began his journey towards creating films in 2017 through MTN Films at the age of 18 years old. Since then, he has tirelessly pushed forward in creating personal, hard hitting and emotionally impactful stories spanning across a wide array of genres. In 2019, he decided to go ahead into the world of film on his own starting from scratch and honing in his skills he had learned along the way to follow his passion for filmmaking closer to his vision. Then in 2020 he began working on the story and screenplay for "Mimic" which is his first short published since going solo in 2019. Production began in the bitter winter of 2021 and was completed at the beginning of August 2022. With nearly a decade worth of experience in directing, writing and creating cinema Charlie continues his introspective journey through his passions.
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Shigeru Chiba
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Masaharu Maeda (前田 正治, Maeda Masaharu), known by the stage name Shigeru Chiba (千葉 繁, Chiba Shigeru), is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He has also worked as a sound effects director and music director. He is affiliated with the talent management firm 81 Produce.
He is most known for the roles of the narrator of Fist of the North Star, Megane (Urusei Yatsura), Rei Ichidō (High School! Kimengumi), Kazuma Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho), Pilaf (Dragon Ball), Raditz and Garlic Jr. (Dragon Ball Z), Buggy the Clown (One Piece) Kefka Palazzo (Dissidia: Final Fantasy) and Kōichi Todome (Kerberos saga).
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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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Caroline Cornellier
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Caroline Cornellier is considered by many as a pioneering figure in Montérégie’s cinema industry. Although she is recognized as one of the most successful artist of the century, her beginnings were very humble. Cornellier started off as a failed Mario Kart professional player, ending last in every match she played. TV was the next step on her path but her audition for Love Island received negative reviews due to her looking too good. Carouille’s career and life took a wide turn when she landed the role of “Background” in Retrouvailles (2026). It was on this film’s set that she met her now boyfriend Nicolas Gagnon who is also an important figure in the industry. The rest is yet to be told…
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Francesco Garbo
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Francesco Garbo is an Italian filmmaker based in France.
He began his career in Berlin, working as a cinematographer on internationally co-produced documentaries for broadcasters such as ARTE, ZDF and ORF, including the award-winning Free Lunch Society (dir. Christian Tod), Fuck Fame (dir. Robert Cibis) and trustWHO (dir. Lilian Franck).
While in Germany, he co-founded the independent production company Katzbach Film together with Pierluigi Muscolino.
In 2018, he directed his first fiction short film, Stuck, which was selected at several international film festivals. He later directed his first documentary, Ulicama, shot in Bosnia.
After moving to Marseille, he co-directed the short film Lievito Madre (2020) with Pierluigi Muscolino, selected at international festivals and included in the AG Kurz 2021 catalogue of the best German short films of the year.
In 2023, his first feature-length documentary, Viananda, co-directed with Gianmaria Zago, premiered at several festivals and received a Special Mention at the Tulipani di Seta Nera – Social Film Festival in Rome.
He is currently developing new film projects and teaches filmmaking at cinema schools such as La Cinéfabrique, 3iS, YNOV Campus and Sup de Sub.
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Dainton Anderson
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Born and raised in Bristol, Dainton began his acting career at the age of four. His natural talent and dedication to the craft quickly caught the attention of industry professionals, and he was soon cast in his first role. In 2017 at the age of 4, Dainton made his professional debut in the Sky Atlantic Tv series, Patrick Melrose starring Benedict Cumberbatch, playing his Son, Thomas Melrose. After starring in a commercial for Thomas the Tank Engine, 2019 saw Dainton playing Marvin Mucklowe, in the award winning TV series This Country for the BBC. In 2021, Dainton filmed a commercial for Facebook portal, for Grandparents day in which is played a grandson for the short clips featuring online and social media sites. Since 2022, Dainton has filmed for the ITV TV series Stonehouse featuring Keeley Hawes in February, whilst then going on to film Archie, an ITV Drama, playing the young version of the title role working alongside Jason Issacs.
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Ruru Madrid
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José Ezekiel Misa Madrid (born December 4, 1997), known professionally as Ruru Madrid, is a Filipino actor, singer, model, and host who rose to fame in the television talent show Protégé. He was nominated for Best Actor (international) in the drama film Above the Clouds at the 2014 Singapore International Film Festival. He won three awards for his supporting role in the 2024 prison drama film Green Bones. Madrid started a stunt team business called Aksyon dedicated to improve the action sequence in local production.
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Alain Lanty
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Alain Lanty (born 28 November 1961 in Auray, France) is a French singer, composer and pianist.
He has composed songs for a great number of French artists including Renaud, Florent Pagny, Marc Lavoine, Dani, Régine, Maurane, Hélène Ségara, Jean-Luc Lahaye.
Alain Lanty is also a renowned pianist and has played the piano on a number of albums, for Pascal Obispo, Calogero, Johnny Hallyday, Raphaël, Isabelle Boulay, Emmanuel Moire, La Grande Sophie, Grand Corps Malade and many others.
He accompanied Renaud in the latter's tour "Une guitare, un piano et Renaud". He composed music for the songs "Coeur perdu", "Baltique", "Mon nain de jardin" and "Mal barrés" for the Renaud album Boucan d'enfer.
In 2009, he was a judge in the first ever series of the singing competition show X Factor in France.
Alain Lanty has composed many theme music for television series and shows, feature films and various short films, musicals like the 2000 hit Les mille et une vies d'Ali Baba (The Thousand and One Lives of Ali Baba).
He has taken part in many charity events including long-running support for charity projects Restaurants du Cœur, Sol En Si, Sidaction.
He also has a series of jingles for advertisements, most notably for Orange S.A., La Redoute, E.Leclerc and the French La Poste.
Source: Article "Alain Lanty" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Samantha Morton
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Samantha Jane Morton (born May 13, 1977) is an English actress. She is known for her work in independent films with dark and tragic themes, in particular period dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Morton was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in her native Nottingham and began her career in British television in 1991. She appeared in the ITV series Band of Gold (1995–1996) and the BBC miniseries The History of Tom Jones: a Foundling (1997). Morton's early film roles include Emma (1996), Jane Eyre (1997), and Under the Skin (1997). She received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Supporting Actress for Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown(1999) and the other for Best Actress for Jim Sheridan's In America (2003). Other notable film credits include Morvern Callar (2002), Minority Report (2002), The Libertine (2004), Control(2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), The Messenger (2009), John Carter (2012), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and The Whale (2022).
For her portrayal of Myra Hindley in the Channel 4 and HBO film Longford (2006), she received a Primetime Emmy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award nominations. Morton made her directorial debut with the television film The Unloved (2009), which won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama. She has starred in various programmes, such as The Last Panthers (2015), Rillington Place (2016), Harlots (2017–2019), The Walking Dead (2019–2020), and The Serpent Queen (2022–2024).
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