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Laurie Sandell
Laurie Sandell (born 1971) is an American author. She had been a working journalist for over a decade before she published the first of her two books. Her first book is a graphic memoir entitled '' The Impostor's Daughter: A True Memoir'', that describes how, as she grew older, she realized her father was a fabulist, and stories she had taken at face value simply weren't credible. She started her second book, '' Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family'', after Catherine Hooper, the fiancée of Bernie Madoff's son Andrew Madoff, introduced herself at a book signing. They became friends, and she asked her publisher to help Hooper prepare a book on disaster planning. Her publisher, instead, encouraged her to write a profile of the family. In a review in ''The Telegraph'' Helen Brown wrote that when she started read ''Truth and Consequences'' she was prepared to be sympathetic to Bernie Madoff's family, but she just couldn't do it. She decided she was less credul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Mostow
Jonathan Mostow (born November 28, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has directed films such as ''Breakdown (1997 film), Breakdown'', ''U-571 (film), U-571'', ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'', and ''Surrogates''. Early life Mostow was born in Woodbridge, Connecticut. His father George Daniel Mostow was a mathematician, and his mother is a social worker. He graduated from Harvard University. He also trained at the American Repertory Company and the Lee Strasberg Institute. He grew up in a Conservative Judaism, Conservative Jewish household. Career In 1989, Mostow directed a direct-to-video horror comedy, ''Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers''. He was originally attached to direct ''The Game (1997 film), The Game'' (1997), with Kyle MacLachlan and Bridget Fonda for the lead roles. However, he ended up being an executive producer of the David Fincher-directed film. In 1997, he directed ''Breakdown (1997 film), Breakdown'', a thriller film starring K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |