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List Of Colgate University People
This is a list of notable students, alumni, faculty or academic affiliates associated with Colgate University in the United States. As Colgate is an undergraduate school only, all the graduates listed below earned bachelor's degrees there. Colgate alumni The Arts * Charles Addams (1933), New Yorker cartoonist known for macabre drawings and creator of The Addams Family * Ralph Arlyck (1962), documentary filmmaker who has won many awards at film festivals including Sundance and Cannes * Ivy Austin (1979), television and radio actress (''A Prairie Home Companion'', ''Sesame Street'') * Ken Baker (1992), E! Chief News Correspondent, Author * Bob Balaban, television and movie actor * Joe Berlinger (1983), producer (Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2; documentary Brother’s Keeper) * Edgar Peters Bowron (1965), art historian * Steven Cantor (1990) Director and Producer (DANCER, Chasing Tyson, What Remains, Between Me and My Mind, more) * Jay Chandrasekhar (1991), director (''Super Troope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colgate University
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theological and Literary Institution, often called Hamilton College (1823–1846), then Madison College (1846–1890), and its present name since 1890. Colgate University is among the 100 most selective colleges and universities in the United States, and is considered a Hidden Ivy as well as one of the Little Ivies. In addition, Colgate campus is also consistently ranked as one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation due to a singular architectural theme of the campus and a hillside location adorned with a lake and trees. The university is located in Hamilton, New York, a small town in central New York in Madison County. Colgate now enrolls nearly 3,000 students in 56 undergraduate majors that culminate in a Bachelor of Arts degree. The stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Dread
''Club Dread'' (also known as ''Broken Lizard's Club Dread'') is a 2004 comedy slasher film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and written by and starring the comedy troupe Broken Lizard, Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Brittany Daniel, and Bill Paxton. The film follows a group of staff members on a tropical island resort, where an unknown killer begins a murder spree. Though the story is set on an island in Costa Rica, filming took place in Mexico. ''Club Dread'' was released on February 27, 2004, and grossed $7.6 million at the box office on a budget of $8.6 million, becoming a financial failure. The film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. Plot Pleasure Island is a resort off the coast of Costa Rica, owned by famous, washed-up musician Coconut Pete. Staff members Rolo, Stacy, and Kelly sneak into the jungle to have sex, where they are ambushed and murdered by a masked figure. The resort staff discover another body beh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beerfest
''Beerfest'' is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and starring the comedy troupe Broken Lizard, which comprises Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske. The film co-stars Nat Faxon, Will Forte, Ralf Möller, Mo'Nique, Eric Christian Olsen, Jürgen Prochnow, and Cloris Leachman. It was theatrically released on August 25, 2006. Plot At the funeral of their German-born grandfather Johann von Wolfhausen, half-wit brothers Jan and Todd Wolfhouse discover that family tradition demands that they travel to Munich at Oktoberfest to spread his cremated ashes at the Theresienwiese. There, the brothers unintentionally start an altercation that takes down an entire Oktoberfest tent. They then participate in Beerfest, an underground drinking game tournament run by Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen, where they discover that the von Wolfhausens are related to the Wolfhouses. The German team angrily denies the family ties, revealing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Heffernan (comedian)
Kevin Heffernan (born May 25, 1968) is an American actor, writer, producer, and director, and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group. Life and career Heffernan was born in West Haven, Connecticut. His mother, Catheryn Jane (née Eiby), is the West Haven treasurer, and his father, Eugene Michael Heffernan, worked as a probate judge. His paternal grandfather, William J. Heffernan, was mayor of West Haven. Heffernan is a graduate of Fairfield College Preparatory School and later Colgate University, the latter where he was a part of comedy group Charred Goosebeak with other members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. This group would stay together outside college, and become the group Broken Lizard. Heffernan is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School, and passed the Connecticut bar exam, but does not practice law. Also available as Instead, he and the other members of Broken Lizard spent several years to make the film ''Super Troopers''. They took it to the Sundance Film Festival, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matchstick Men (film)
''Matchstick Men'' is a 2003 black comedy film directed by Ridley Scott and based on Eric Garcia's 2002 novel of the same name. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, and Alison Lohman. The film premiered on September 2, 2003 at the 60th Venice International Film Festival and was released in the United States on September 12, 2003. It received generally positive reviews and grossed $65 million against its $62 million budget. Plot Roy Waller is a con artist with severe tourette's syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder from Los Angeles. Alongside his partner and protégé Frank Mercer, Roy operates a fake lottery, selling overpriced water filtration systems to unsuspecting customers. After Roy experiences a violent panic attack, Frank suggests he see a psychiatrist, Dr. Harris Klein. Klein provides Roy with medication, and in therapy has Roy recall his past relationship with Heather, his ex-wife who was pregnant during the divorce. At Roy's behest, Klein informs Roy he call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean's Eleven (2001 Film)
''Ocean's Eleven'' is a 2001 American heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh from a screenplay by Ted Griffin. The first installment in the ''Ocean's'' film trilogy, it is a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack film of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast including George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Bernie Mac, Qin Shaobo, and Carl Reiner. The story follows friends Danny Ocean (Clooney) and Rusty Ryan (Pitt), who plan a heist of $160million from casino owner Terry Benedict (García), the lover of Ocean's ex-wife Tess (Roberts). ''Ocean's Eleven'' was theatrically released in the United States on December7, 2001, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a box-office hit, grossing $450.7million worldwide and becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2001. Soderbergh directed two sequels, '' Ocean's Twelve'' in 2004 and ''Ocean's Thirteen'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Griffin
Ted Griffin (born December 21, 1970) is an American screenwriter whose credits include '' Ravenous'', ''Matchstick Men'', and ''Ocean's Eleven''. Born in Pasadena, California, Griffin graduated from Colgate University in 1993. He was scheduled to make his directorial debut with '' Rumor Has It...'', for which he had written the original screenplay, but was replaced by Rob Reiner 12 days after principal filming began.Thompson, Anne (August 25, 2004A Film Studio Fires a Director, Raising Eyebrows in Hollywood ''New York Times'' He did a rewrite on the Ashton Kutcher film '' Killers''. He moved into television by creating ''Terriers'' for FX. Griffin played Agent Hughes in '' The Wolf of Wall Street''. His brother is screenwriter Nicholas Griffin. His maternal grandparents were director William A. Seiter and Finnish American actress Marian Nixon. Griffin became engaged to actress Sutton Foster in August 2013. He and Foster married on October 25, 2014. Filmography *''Puddle C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Succession (TV Series)
''Succession'' is an American satirical black comedy-drama and family saga television series created by Jesse Armstrong. It premiered on June 3, 2018, on HBO. The series centers on the Roy family, the owners of Waystar RoyCo, a global media and entertainment conglomerate, who are fighting for control of the company amid uncertainty about the health of the family's patriarch, Logan Roy ( Brian Cox). The series has been renewed for a fourth season, which is set to premiere in spring 2023. Among the series's cast are Jeremy Strong as Kendall, Kieran Culkin as Roman, and Sarah Snook as Siobhan ('Shiv'), Logan's children employed by the company. Matthew Macfadyen stars as Tom Wambsgans, Shiv's husband and Waystar executive; Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch, Logan's grandnephew also employed by the company; Alan Ruck as Connor, Logan's eldest child; and Hiam Abbass as Marcia Roy, Logan's third and current wife. Peter Friedman, Natalie Gold, and Rob Yang also star, while Dagmara Domińc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Better Call Saul
''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, '' Breaking Bad'', and serves as a prequel and sequel to its predecessor. Set primarily in the early-mid 2000s in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series examines the transformation of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), an earnest lawyer and former con artist, into an egocentric criminal defense attorney known as Saul Goodman. The show also examines the moral decline of former police officer Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), who becomes a violent fixer for drug traffickers to support his granddaughter and widowed daughter-in-law. The show premiered on AMC on February 8, 2015, and concluded on August 15, 2022, after six seasons consisting of 63 episodes. At the start of the series, Jimmy struggles financially while working on court-appointed cases as a public defender. His roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloodline (TV Series)
''Bloodline'' is an American Netflix original thriller drama television series created by Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Daniel Zelman, and produced by Sony Pictures Television. The series premiered on February 9, 2015, in the Berlinale Special Galas section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, and the 13-episode first season premiered in its entirety, on Netflix, on March 20, 2015. On March 31, 2015, ''Bloodline'' was renewed for a 10-episode second season that debuted on May 27, 2016. On July 13, 2016, Netflix renewed ''Bloodline'' for a 10-episode third season, later confirmed to be the final season. The third and final season was released on May 26, 2017. The first season received positive reviews from many critics, with most praising its performances (particularly for Ben Mendelsohn and Kyle Chandler) and cinematography. However, the second and third seasons received mixed responses from critics. Plot Season 1 (2015) The series begins with narration by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Glatzer
Jonathan Glatzer (born 21 October 1969) is an American writer, director, and producer. Life and career Glatzer is a writer and producer for Seasons 2 and 3 of AMC's ''Better Call Saul''. He is a writer and supervising producer for Seasons 1 and 2 of HBO's Succession (TV series), ''Succession'' created by Jesse Armstrong, and executive consultant for Season 3. In 2016/17, he served as executive producer and writer for Bliss, created by David Cross. He was executive story editor for Bloodline (TV series), Bloodline on Netflix and wrote episodes 3,5 and 9 for their first season. Along with his fellow writers, he's received a Primetime Emmy Award, two Peabody Awards, a Golden Globe and a WGA award and has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, Primetime Emmys, and five WGA awards. In 2013, his feature script FYNBOS, directed by Harry Patramanis opened the Slamdance Film Festival. e . It was also on the programme for the Berlin Film Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Fields
Alison Lynne Fields (born August 1, 1979) is an American art historian and educator. Fields is currently the Mary Lou Milner Carver Professor of Art of the American West at University of Oklahoma. Career Fields received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Native American Studies from Colgate University in 2001. There, she was part of the Student Government Association. Fields then proceeded to receive a Master of Arts in American Civilization from Brown University in 2003, and a Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies from the University of New Mexico in 2009. Fields wrote a doctoral dissertation titled "False Closure: Narratives of Trauma, Healing, and American Nationhood." Following graduating, she was hired as the Mary Lou Milner Carver Professor of Art of the American West at University of Oklahoma. Additionally, Fields began serving as Associate Editor of the journal titled ''Western Historical Quarterly'' since 2016, and two years later, Associate Director of the School of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
