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Peter Weir
WEIR, Peter Nationality: Australian. Born: Peter Lindsay Weir in Sydney, 8 August 1944. Education: Arts/Law coursework at University of Sydney. Family: Married Wendy Stiles, 1966, two children. Career: Worked for family real estate business, then joined television station ATN 7, Sydney,... Read more |
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Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier 1927-, American actor, b. Miami, raised in the Bahamas, returned to the United States at 15. The first African-American actor to achieve leading man status in Hollywood films, Poitier combines attractiveness and poise with an innate projection of dignity and self-assurance. Many of... Read more |
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Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder 1906-2002, American film director, producer, and writer, b. Sucha, Galicia (now Poland) as Samuel Wilder. He wrote for films in Berlin, fled the Nazis, and arrived in Hollywood in 1934. After writing various screenplays, he directed his first film in 1942, and soon developed a... Read more |
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Robert Redford
Robert Redford (Charles Robert Redford, Jr.), 1937-, American actor and director, b. Santa Monica, Calif. Blond, with a perennially boyish handsomeness and an appeal that has lasted several decades, he is one of Hollywood's superstars. He began his acting career in 1959, scoring his first big... Read more |
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Kenneth Anger
ANGER, Kenneth Nationality:American. Born:Santa Monica, California, 1930. Career:Played changeling in Max Reinhardt's film A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1934; studied tap-dancing in class including Shirley Temple, 1935; completed first film, 1941; after ... Read more |
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Cecil B De Mille
Cecil B. De Mille (Cecil Blount De Mille), 1881-1959, American movie director and producer, b. Ashfield, Mass. In 1914, together with Samuel Goldwyn , he made the first feature-length film in Hollywood, The Squaw Man. The following year he came into prominence with his first "spectacle" ... Read more |
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Peter Greenaway
GREENAWAY, Peter Nationality:British. Born:Newport, Gwent, Wales, 5 April 1942. Education:Studied painting. Career:had first exhibition of paintings, London, 1964; worked as a film editor for the Central Office of Information, 1965–76; directed his... Read more |
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Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir , 1894-1979, French film director and writer, b. Paris; son of Pierre Auguste Renoir. He made his first film in 1926. Gathering around him a devoted coterie of actors and technicians, Renoir developed a collective approach to filmmaking, favoring improvisational acting, open-air... Read more |
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Hollywood
Hollywood 1 Community within the city of Los Angeles, S Calif., on the slopes of the Santa Monica Mts.; inc. 1903, consolidated with Los Angeles 1910. Most major film and television studios and their executive offices, once located in Hollywood, have moved to nearby areas and suburbs. Although... Read more |
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'Idol' chatter: Carmen opens up about hit TV show
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Culture club: From the sublime to the Rhinoceros.(Features)
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FASHION SCOOPS...CANNES' GRAND DAME...LOVE AT LORD & TAYLOR...IF THE SHOE FITS.
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Keely and my family are the apple of my Goldeneye.(Features)
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Tribeca hopes for rebound after criticism last year
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PR Newswire High Technology Summary, Wednesday, Oct. 3 2007.
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9 FOR '99.(up-and-coming gay and lesbian filmmakers)
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REEVES OUT OF SHAPE? DON'T BELIEVE IT, SAYS DIRECTOR.(L.A. LIFE)
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