Bilson
Bilson is a surname, and may refer to: *Bruce Bilson (born 1928), American film and television director *Carly Bilson (born 1981), Australian rowing coxwain *Danny Bilson (born 1956), American writer, director, and producer * John Bilson (other), various people * Leonard Bilson (other), various people * Malcolm Bilson (born 1935), American pianist and musicologist * Rachel Bilson (born 1981), American actress *Sundance Bilson-Thompson Sundance Osland Bilson-Thompson is an Australian theoretical particle physicist. He has developed the idea that certain preon models may be represented topologically, rather than by treating preons as pointlike particles. His ideas have attracted ..., Australian theoretical particle physicist. * Thomas Bilson (other) various people See also * Billson {{surname ...
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Rachel Bilson
Rachel Sarah Bilson (born August 25, 1981) is an American actress. Born to a Californian show-business family, Bilson made her television debut in 2003, and then landed the role of Summer Roberts on the prime-time drama series ''The O.C.'' Bilson made her movie debut in ''The Last Kiss (2006 film), The Last Kiss'' (2006) and starred in the science-fiction-action film ''Jumper (2008 film), Jumper'' (2008) with her then boyfriend Hayden Christensen. From 2011 to 2015, she starred as Zoe Hart on The CW series ''Hart of Dixie''. In 2018 she starred as Sam Swift on the short lived series ''Take Two (TV series), Take Two''. Early life Bilson was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Janice Stango, a sex therapist, and Danny Bilson, a writer, director, and producer. She has an older brother and two younger half-sisters, Rosemary and Hattie. Her mother is an Italian-American who was raised Catholic, and her father is Jewish-American, Jewish; she has said that she grew up in a "Chrismukka ...
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Malcolm Bilson
Malcolm Bilson (born October 24, 1935) is an American pianist and musicologist specializing in 18th- and 19th-century music. He is the Frederick J. Whiton Professor of Music in Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Bilson is one of the foremost players and teachers of the fortepiano; this is the ancestor of the modern piano and was the instrument used in Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven's time. Life Early life and career Bilson was born in Los Angeles, California. His family was and is successful in the entertainment world: his father, George Bilson (1902–1981), was a British producer/writer/director of Ashkenazi Jewish extraction originally from Leeds, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his older brother Bruce Bilson had a long and productive career as a film and television director; other relations (descendants of Bruce) are his nephew Danny Bilson and grandniece Rachel Bilson. Malcolm Bilson graduated from Bard College in 1957. He continued his studies with ...
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Danny Bilson
Daniel Bilson (born July 26, 1956) is an American writer, director, and producer of movies, television, video games, and comic books. Together with his frequent collaborator, Paul De Meo, he is best known as the writer for the film ''The Rocketeer'' (1991) and creator, writer, producer and director for the television series ''Viper'' (1994, 1996)'', The Sentinel'' (1996) and ''The Flash'' (1990). He has written multiple issues of the comic book ''The Flash'', as well as scripts for multiple video games, including '' James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing'' (2003). ''Da 5 Bloods'' (2020), based on a screenplay written by Bilson & De Meo, was released following De Meo's death. While actively working as a writer and producer, Bilson is also a tenured faculty member at the University of Southern California (USC), where he holds the positions of Director of USC Games and the Chair of USC's School of Cinema's Interactive Media and Games Division. Personal life Bilson was born in ...
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Sundance Bilson-Thompson
Sundance Osland Bilson-Thompson is an Australian theoretical particle physicist. He has developed the idea that certain preon models may be represented topologically, rather than by treating preons as pointlike particles. His ideas have attracted interest in the field of loop quantum gravity, as they may represent a way of incorporating the Standard Model into loop quantum gravity. This would make loop quantum gravity a candidate theory of everything. Career In 2004 and 2005 Bilson-Thompson was a Visiting Academic at the University of Adelaide. From 2006 to 2009 he was a full-time academic at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. From 2010 he held a Ramsay Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Adelaide, Australia. Summary of Bilson-Thompson's research There have been recent claims that loop quantum gravity may be able to reproduce features resembling the Standard Model. So far only the first generation of leptons and quarks with c ...
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Bruce Bilson
Bruce Bilson (born May 19, 1928) is an American film director and television director. He is most notable for his work as a regular director on the spy spoof ''Get Smart''. He won the 1967–1968 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the third season ''Get Smart'' episode "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye". Life and career Bilson was born in Brooklyn to Jewish parents. His mother, Hattie Bilson (née Dratwa; 1907-2004), was an American screenwriter, and his father, George Bilson (1902–1981), was a British producer/writer/director of Ashkenazi Jewish descent who was born in Leeds, England. His brother, Malcolm is a fortepianist and professor of piano at Cornell University. Bilson graduated from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1950. Family Bilson married Mona Weichman on August 31, 1955; they divorced in 1976. They had two children, Danny Bilson (born 1956), a film and video game writer/producer and father of Rachel Bilson, and Julie A ...
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Carly Bilson
Carly Bilson (born 18 February 1981) is an Australian former rowing coxswain – a national champion and World Champion. She is Australia's first female World Champion coxswain, having steered the 2001 World Championship women's eight to victory. Club and state rowing Born in Sydney, Bilson's senior rowing was done from the Mosman Rowing Club. She was awarded a scholarship to the New South Wales Institute of Sport prior to her 2001 World Championship success. Bilson was coxing at Mosman when the Australian premier women's interstate event was upgraded from a coxless four to an eight. Initially the women's eights continued to contest the longstanding silverware – the ULVA Trophy. Bilson was selected in the stern of the first four New South Wales eights who contested the blue riband event in the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships from 1999 to 2002. She saw a New South Wales victory in 2002. In her first state representative year of 1999 she coxed both ...
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Thomas Bilson (other)
Thomas Bilson (1547–1616) was an English clergyman, Bishop of Worcester and Winchester, and translator of the King James Bible Thomas Bilson may also refer to: * Thomas Bilson (MP for Winchester) (1592–), English politician (son of the bishop) * Thomas Bilson (died 1692) Thomas Bilson (1655–1692) was an MP for Petersfield during the late 17th century. Bilson's father Leonard had been the Petersfield's MP from 1667 to 1681. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one o ...

John Bilson (other)
John Bilson may refer to: * John Bilson (politician) (died 2000s), Ghanaian politician and doctor *John F. O. Bilson (born 1948), Australian economic academic *John Bilson (architect) John Bilson (1856–1943) was an English architect trained under William Botterill, later working as a partner in Botterill and Bilson. Bilson is best known for his architectural research on the medieval period. Biography John Bilson was bor ...

Leonard Bilson (other)
Leonard Bilson may refer to: * Leonard Bilson (1616–1695), Member of Parliament for Petersfield 1677–85 * Leonard Bilson (1681–1715) Leonard Bilson (25 September 1681 – 28 June 1715) was an MP for Petersfield during the early 18th century. He was the son of Thomas Bilson of West Mapledurham and Susanna née Legge. He was educated at New College, Oxford. He was Commissione ...