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Doug Liman
Douglas Eric Liman (; born July 24, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is known for directing the films '' Swingers'' (1996), '' Go'' (1999), '' The Bourne Identity'' (2002), '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005), '' Jumper'' (2008), '' Edge of Tomorrow'' (2014), '' American Made'' (2017), and '' Road House'' (2024). Most of his career has been associated with the production company Hypnotic. He is co-owner with Dave Bartis, whom he met as an undergraduate at Brown University where they co-founded Brown Television (BTV) and the National Association of College Broadcasters (NACB). Liman is on the advisory board of the Legal Action Center and the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School. Early life Liman, who is Jewish, was born in New York City, the son of Ellen (''née'' Fogelson), a painter and writer, and Arthur L. Liman, a lawyer. Liman began making short films while still in junior high school and studied at International Center of Photography in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown University
Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ''College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations''. One of nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution, it was the first US college to codify that admission and instruction of students was to be equal regardless of the religious affiliation of students. The university is home to the oldest applied mathematics program in the country and oldest engineering program in the Ivy League. It was one of the early doctoral-granting institutions in the U.S., adding masters and doctoral studies in 1887. In 1969, it adopted its Open Curriculum (Brown University), Open Curriculum after student lobbying, which eliminated mandatory Curriculum#Core curriculum, general education distribution requirements. In 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California, and has an enrollment of more than 49,000 students. The university is composed of one Liberal arts education, liberal arts school, the University of Southern California academics, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and 22 Undergraduate education, undergraduate, Graduate school, graduate, and professional schools, enrolling roughly 21,000 undergraduate and 28,500 Postgraduate education, post-graduate students from all fifty U.S. states and more than 115 countries. It is a member of the Association of American Universities, which it joined in 1969. USC sponsors a variety of intercollegiate sports and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Big Ten Conference. Members of USC's sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bourne Identity (novel)
''The Bourne Identity'' is a 1980 spy fiction thriller novel by Robert Ludlum that tells the story of Jason Bourne, a man with remarkable survival abilities who has retrograde amnesia, and must seek to discover his true identity. In the process, he must also determine why several shadowy groups, a professional assassin, and the CIA want him dead. It is the first novel of the original Bourne Trilogy, which also includes '' The Bourne Supremacy'' and '' The Bourne Ultimatum''. Peter Cannon of ''Publishers Weekly'' named ''The Bourne Identity'' among the best spy novels of all time, after John le Carré's '' The Spy Who Came in from the Cold''. The novel was the basis for the scripts of the 1988 television movie of the same name starring Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith, and the 2002 film of the same name, starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, and Chris Cooper. Plot The preface of the novel consists of two real-life newspaper articles from 1975 about terrorist Ilic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 Thriller (genre), thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original ''Bourne (novel series), The Bourne Trilogy'' series. The number of copies of his books in print is estimated between 300 million and 500 million. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd. Life and career Early life and education Ludlum was born in New York City, the son of Margaret (née Wadsworth) and George Hartford Ludlum. He was educated at the Rectory School then Cheshire Academy and Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he earned a B.A. in Drama in 1951. Career Prior to becoming an author, he had been a United States Marine, a theatrical actor and producer. In the 1950s, he produced shows at the Grant Lee theater in Fort Lee, New Jersey. From 1960 to 1970, he managed and produced show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Damon
Matthew Paige Damon ( ; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among ''Forbes'' most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various List of awards and nominations received by Matt Damon, awards and nominations, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards. Damon made his acting debut in the film ''Mystic Pizza'' (1988) before gaining prominence in 1997 when he and Ben Affleck wrote and starred in ''Good Will Hunting'', which won them the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. He established himself as a leading man by starring as Tom Ripley in ''The Talented Mr. Ripley (film), The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999), Jason Bourne in the Bourne (franchise), ''Bourne'' franchise (2002–2007; 2016), and Linus Caldw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins, PGA Tour wins, ranks second in List of men's major championships winning golfers, men's major championships, and holds List of career achievements by Tiger Woods, numerous golf records. * * * Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and is one of the most famous athletes in modern history. He is an inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Following an outstanding junior, college, and amateur golf career, Woods turned professional in 1996 at the age of 20. By the end of April 1997, he had won three PGA Tour events in addition to his first major, the 1997 Masters Tournament, 1997 Masters, which he won by 12 strokes in a record-breaking performance. He reached List of world number one male golfers, number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in June 1997, less than a year after t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera and light film crew, crews working on such projects. They would normally be responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image and for selecting the camera, film stock, photographic lens, lenses, filter (photography), filters, etc. The study and practice of this field are referred to as ''cinematography''. The cinematographer is a subordinate of the film director, director, tasked with capturing a scene in accordance with the director's vision. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary. In some instances, the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence, while in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify exact camera placement and lens selection. Suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miramax
Miramax, LLC, formerly known as Miramax Films, is an American independent film and television production and distribution company owned by beIN Media Group and Paramount Global. Based in Los Angeles, California, it was founded on December 19, 1979, by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein. Miramax was a leading producer and distributor of independent films until it was acquired by The Walt Disney Company on June 30, 1993. In 2010, Disney sold Miramax to Filmyard Holdings, a joint venture of Colony NorthStar, Tutor-Saliba Corporation and Qatar Investment Authority. In March 2016, Miramax was sold to the beIN Media Group, which later sold a 49% stake to Paramount Global (previously known as ViacomCBS) on April 3, 2020. History Independent era (1979–1993) Miramax was founded as Miramax Films by the Weinstein brothers, Harvey and Bob along with executive Corky Burger in Buffalo, New York, in 1979, and was named by combining the first names of their parents, Miriam and Max. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Van Horn
Patrick Van Horn (born March 17, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Sue in the 1996 film '' Swingers'', starring alongside real-life friends Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn and Ron Livingston. He had previously appeared in the Dirty Harry film '' The Dead Pool'' (1988), in the Pauly Shore comedy '' Encino Man'' (1992), and on the TV series ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' After ''Swingers'' he had roles in the 1999 films '' Three to Tango'' and ''Free Enterprise In economics, a free market is an economic system in which the prices of goods and services are determined by supply and demand expressed by sellers and buyers. Such markets, as modeled, operate without the intervention of government or any ot ...'', and 2008's '' Four Christmases'' which reunited him with his ''Swingers'' co-stars Vaughn and Favreau. Filmography References External links * 1969 births Living people American male film actors 20th-century American male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Livingston
Ronald Joseph Livingston (born June 5, 1967) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Peter Gibbons in ''Office Space'' (1999) and Captain Lewis Nixon III in the miniseries ''Band of Brothers (miniseries), Band of Brothers'' (2001). Livingston's other roles include the films ''Swingers (1996 film), Swingers'' (1996), ''Adaptation (film), Adaptation'' (2002), ''The Conjuring'' (2013), ''James White (film), James White'' (2015), ''Tully (2018 film), Tully'' (2018); and the television series ''Loudermilk (TV series), Loudermilk'' (2017–2020), and ''Boardwalk Empire'' (2013). Early life and education Livingston was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Kurt Livingston, an Aerospace engineering, aerospace electronics engineer, and Linda (née Rinas), a Lutheranism, Lutheran pastor. He has two brothers and one sister. His younger brother, John Livingston (actor), John, is also an actor. Both his sister, Jennifer Livingston, and brother-in-law, Mike Thompson, were TV news personalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Vaughn
Vincent Anthony Vaughn (born March 28, 1970) is an American actor. He is known for starring as a leading man in numerous comedy films during the late 1990s and 2000s. He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award and a Saturn Awards, Saturn Award. Vaughn made his acting debut in the sports drama film ''Rudy (film), Rudy'' (1993). He had his career breakthrough with the comedy ''Swingers (1996 film), Swingers'' (1996). He starred in a string of successful comedy films such as ''Old School (2003 film), Old School'' (2003), ''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'' (2004), ''Wedding Crashers'' (2005), ''The Break-Up'' (2006), ''Fred Claus'' (2007), ''Four Christmases'' (2008), ''Couples Retreat'' (2009), ''The Dilemma'' (2011), ''The Internship'' (2013), and ''Delivery Man (film), Delivery Man'' (2013). He is also known for his dramatic roles playing Nick Van Owen in ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (1997), and Norman Bates in ''Psycho (1998 film), Psyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
