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Harry Potter Fan Zone
Harry Potter Fan Zone is an Australian ''Harry Potter'' fansite created in 2003 by Australian teenager Andy McCray. ''Harry Potter'' author J. K. Rowling awarded the website a "Fan Site Award", stating that " tis a great Australian site with an impressively young staff who have produced some really insightful editorials." Overview Harry Potter Fan Zone's main focus is the coverage of ''Harry Potter'' news and ''Harry Potter'' related discussion and contents. The site has covered events in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, including book releases, movie releases, premieres and fan gatherings. At the invitation of Warner Bros., it has covered the US and UK premieres of the last six ''Harry Potter'' films and has twice visited Leavesden Studios to report on ''Harry Potter'' filming. The website has also been selected for preservation in the Pandora Archive by the National Library of Australia. The site has had the opportunity to interview many of the cast an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fansite
A fansite, fan site, fan blog or fan page is a website created and maintained by a fan or devotee about a celebrity, thing, or particular cultural phenomenon. Fansites may offer specialized information on the subject (e.g., episode listings, biographies, storyline plots), pictures taken from various sources, the latest news related to their subject, media downloads, links to other, similar fansites, and the chance to talk to other fans via discussion boards. They often take the form of a blog, highlighting the latest news regarding the fansite subject. They often include galleries of photos or videos of the subject and are often "affiliates" with other fansites. ''Fanlistings'' are another common type of unofficial fansite, though they are much simpler than general fansites, and are designed simply to list fans of a certain subject who have chosen to submit their names (and sometimes links to their home pages). Many do not contain much information on the subject at all, aside fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor. He rose to fame at age twelve, when he began portraying Harry Potter in the film series of the same name; and has held various other film and theatre roles. Over his career, Radcliffe has received various awards and nominations. Radcliffe made his acting debut at age 10 in the BBC One television film ''David Copperfield'' (1999), followed by his feature film debut in ''The Tailor of Panama'' (2001). The same year, he starred as Harry Potter in the film adaptation of the J.K. Rowling fantasy novel, ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''. Over the next decade, he played the eponymous role in seven sequels, culminating with ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (2011). During this period, he became one of the world's highest-paid actors and gained worldwide fame, popularity, and critical acclaim. Following the success of ''Harry Potter'', Radcliffe starred in the romantic comedy '' What If?'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Potter Fandom
''Harry Potter'' fandom refers to the community of fans of the ''Harry Potter'' books and films who participate in entertainment activities that revolve around the series, such as reading and writing fan fiction, creating and soliciting fan art, engaging in role-playing games, socialising on ''Harry Potter''-based forums, and more. The fandom interacts online as well as offline through activities such as fan conventions, participating in cosplay, tours of iconic landmarks relevant to the books and production of the films, and parties held for the midnight release of each book and film. By the fourth ''Harry Potter'' book, the legions of fans had grown so large that considerable security measures were taken to ensure that no book was purchased before the official release date. ''Harry Potter'' is considered one of the few four-quadrant, multi-generation spanning franchises that exist today, despite Rowling's original marketing of the books to tweens and teens. Pottermania P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Barron (film Producer)
David Barron is a British film producer, best known for his involvement in the ''Harry Potter'' film series. Career Barron has worked in the entertainment industry for more than 25 years, beginning his career in commercials before moving into television and film production. He has held a wide range of posts, including location manager, assistant director, production manager and production supervisor, working on such films as ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'', ''The Killing Fields'', ''Revolution'', ''Legend'', ''The Princess Bride'' and Franco Zeffirelli's ''Hamlet''. In 1991, Barron was appointed executive in charge of production on George Lucas' ambitious television project ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles''. The following year, he served as the line producer on the feature ''The Muppet Christmas Carol''. In 1993, Barron joined Kenneth Branagh's production team as associate producer and unit production manager on '' Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.'' That film began an assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Heyman
David Jonathan Heyman (born 26 July 1961) is a British film producer and the founder of Heyday Films. Heyman secured the rights to the ''Harry Potter'' film series in 1999 and went on to produce all eight installments of the franchise. He also received three Academy Award nominations for his work on the films ''Gravity'', ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'', and ''Marriage Story''. Early life Heyman was born in London. He is the son of John Heyman, producer of the films ''The Go-Between'' and ''Jesus'', and Norma Heyman (''née'' Pownall), an actress, and Oscar-nominated producer of the films ''Dangerous Liaisons'' and ''Mrs Henderson Presents''. His paternal grandparents were German Jews who left Nazi Germany and emigrated to England prior to World War II, while his mother's family was English. At age seven, he was a page boy in the wedding of his godmother, Diana Dors, to actor Alan Lake. Heyman went to Westminster School and, following graduation, he decided to study abroad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Yates
David Yates (born 8 October 1963) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter, who has directed feature films, short films, and television productions. He is best known for directing the final four films in the Harry Potter (film series), ''Harry Potter'' series and the first three films of its prequel series, ''Fantastic Beasts (film series), Fantastic Beasts''. His work on the ''Harry Potter'' series brought him critical and commercial success along with accolades, such as the Britannia Awards, British Academy Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing. Yates directed various short films and became a television director early in his career. His credits include the six-part political thriller ''State of Play (TV serial), State of Play'' (2003), for which he won the Directors Guild of Great Britain, Directors Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, the adult two-part documentary drama ''Sex Traffic'' (2004) and the Emmy Award-winning te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Waylett
Jamie Michael Colin Waylett''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com (born 21 July 1989) is a British former actor. His only film role to date is that of Vincent Crabbe in six of the eight ''Harry Potter'' films. In 2012, he was imprisoned for two years for his participation in the 2011 England riots. Early life Waylett was born in Kilburn, London, the fifth of six children born to Alan Waylett (born 1958) and Theresa Waylett (née De Freitas, born 1958). He lives in Camden, London. At the age of nine, he was hit by a car; he was expected to die or suffer severe brain damage, but surprised doctors by recovering full mental faculties. Career While Waylett was a student at Emmanuel Primary School, his photograph was taken as part of a general auditioning process for the ''Harry Potter'' films. Initially considered for the part of Dudley Dursley, he was cast as Vincent Crabbe after an audition in front of director Chris Columbus. In Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Harry Potter Cast Members
This is a list of ''Harry Potter'' cast members who portrayed or voiced characters appearing in the film series. The list below is sorted by film and the character's surname, as some characters have been portrayed by multiple actors. Overview Dozens of actors from the United Kingdom and Ireland portrayed or voiced characters appearing in the ''Harry Potter'' film series based on the book series by J. K. Rowling. In all the films, Daniel Radcliffe played Harry Potter, Rupert Grint played Ron Weasley and Emma Watson played Hermione Granger. When they were cast only Radcliffe had previously acted in a film. Complementing them on screen are such actors as Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Miriam Margolyes, Helen McCrory, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Emma Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evanna Lynch
Evanna Patricia Lynch (born 16 August 1991) is an Irish actress and activist. She is best known for portraying Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter (film series), ''Harry Potter'' film series. Born in County Louth, Ireland, Lynch made her film debut in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' (2007), reprising her role in successive sequels to critical praise, concluding with ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (2011) and series parody ''A Very Potter Senior Year'' (2012). Lynch appeared in ''G.B.F. (film), G.B.F.'' (2013), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival to positive reviews. She made her stage debut in ''Houdini (play), Houdini'' as Bess Houdini, which toured the UK in 2013. Lynch starred in the indie drama ''My Name Is Emily'', which premiered at the 2015 Galway Film Fleadh to critical acclaim. In 2017, Lynch starred in revival of ''Disco Pigs'' at the Trafalgar Theatre in London. In 2018, she com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Felton
Thomas Andrew Felton (born 22 September 1987) is an English actor best known for playing Draco Malfoy in the film adaptations of the ''Harry Potter'' fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling. Born in Surrey, Felton began appearing in commercials and made his screen debut in the role of Peagreen Clock in ''The Borrowers'' (1997). He portrayed Louis T. Leonowens in ''Anna and the King'' (1999) before being cast in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001). Felton appeared in seven sequels until the final film, ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (2011). Felton appeared in the sci-fi film ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011). He was subsequently cast in indie films '' From the Rough'' (2011) and '' The Apparition'' (2012). Felton starred as Viscount Trencavel in the historical miniseries ''Labyrinth'' and as James Ashford in the period drama ''Belle'' (2013), which released to critical acclaim. In 2015, he reoccured as a murder suspect in TNT's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Grint
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint (; born 24 August 1988) is an English actor. Grint rose to fame for his role as Ron Weasley in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, for which he was cast at age eleven, having previously acted only in school plays and his local theatre group. Since then, he continued his work on film, television, and theatre. Beginning in 2002, he began to work outside of the ''Harry Potter'' franchise, with a co-leading role in ''Thunderpants''. He has had starring roles in ''Driving Lessons'', a dramedy released in 2006, and '' Cherrybomb'', a limited-release drama film in 2010. He co-starred with Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt in the comedy ''Wild Target''. His first film project after the ''Harry Potter'' series was a supporting role in the 2012 anti-war film ''Into the White.'' In 2013, his film ''CBGB'' was released, and he was cast in CBS's new show ''Super Clyde''. He made his stage debut in Jez Butterworth's ''Mojo'' in October 2013 at the Harold Pinter Theatre i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australians, Australian people", thus functioning as a national library. It is located in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, ACT. Created in 1960 by the ''National Library Act'', by the end of June 2019 its collection contained 7,717,579 items, with its manuscript material occupying of shelf space. The NLA also hosts and manages the renowned Trove cultural heritage discovery service, which includes access to the Australian Web Archive and National edeposit (NED), a large collection of digitisation, digitised newspapers, official documents, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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