|
Magdalena Zyzak
Magdalena Zyzak (born 1983) is a Polish filmmaker and novelist. Her directorial debut, ''Maya Dardel,'' premiered in the Narrative Competition at the 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival and was acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Orion Pictures. She went on to direct '' The Wall of Mexico'', which premiered at South by Southwest in 2019, and then '' When I'm a Moth''. Zyzak's first novel, ''The Ballad of Barnabas Pierkiel'', was published by Henry Holt in 2014. Zyzak's second novel, ''The Lady Waiting'', is forthcoming from Penguin Random House in 2024. Early life and education Zyzak was born in 1983 in Zabrze, Poland. In 2002, she moved to the US to study film production and literature at the University of Southern California. After producing the feature film ''Redland,'' Magdalena attended Columbia University's graduate program in creative writing and received an MFA. Career Zyzak's first feature film, produced and co-written with director Asiel Norton, ''Redland'', a wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
:Template:Infobox Writer/doc
Infobox writer may be used to summarize information about a person who is a writer/author (includes screenwriters). If the writer-specific fields here are not needed, consider using the more general ; other infoboxes there can be found in :People and person infobox templates. This template may also be used as a module (or sub-template) of ; see WikiProject Infoboxes/embed for guidance on such usage. Syntax The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article. All fields are optional. Any unused parameter names can be left blank or omitted. Parameters Please remove any parameters from an article's infobox that are unlikely to be used. All parameters are optional. Unless otherwise specified, if a parameter has multiple values, they should be comma-separated using the template: : which produces: : , language= If any of the individual values contain commas already, add to use semi-colons as separators: : which produces: : , ps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Cole
Lily Luahana Cole (born 27 December 1987)"Autobiography" , lilycole.com. is a British model, author, film director, actress and entrepreneur. Cole pursued a modelling career as a teenager and was listed in 2009 by '''' as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. She was booked for her first '''' cover at age 16, named "Model of the Year" at the 2004 , and wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Polish Novelists
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius ( AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as First Lady of the United States as the wife of President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee for president in the 2016 presidential election, becoming the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party; Clinton won the popular vote, but lost the Electoral College vote, thereby losing the election to Donald Trump. Raised in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Rodham graduated from Wellesley College in 1969 and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School in 1973. After serving as a congressional legal counsel, she moved to Arkansas and married future president Bill Clinton in 1975; the tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addison Timlin
Addison Jayne Timlin (born June 29, 1991) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Jami Lerner in ''The Town That Dreaded Sundown'' (2014) and Colleen Lunsford in '' Little Sister'' (2016). She is also known for playing Sasha Bingham in Showtime's ''Californication''. Career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Timlin debuted on the big screen as Amy, a 14-year-old girl with diabetes, in the 2005 film '' Derailed'' alongside Clive Owen and Melissa George, who played her parents. Timlin played Maddy in a short film, ''The Isabel Fish'', directed by Lara Zizic for the Columbia Film Festival. In 2007, Timlin appeared in the music video, "Sleeping Lessons", by Albuquerque, New Mexico based indie-rock band, The Shins. In 2008, she made an appearance in the music video for the song "Check Yes Juliet" by We the Kings, playing the fictional Juliet. She was cast in the short-lived CBS television drama, ''3 lbs'', as Charlotte Hanson (the daughter of the main character played by S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raindance Film Festival
Raindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates in major cities including London, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin, and Brussels. The festival was established in 1992 by Elliot Grove to be the voice of British filmmaking, and it showcases features and shorts by filmmakers from around the world to an audience of film executives and buyers, journalists, film fans and filmmakers. In 2013, the festival was listed by ''Variety'' as one of the world's top 50 "unmissable film festivals". Timeline *1992 – Raindance is founded. Film training courses are offered. *1993 – The Raindance Film Festival is launched, World premiere of ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape.'' *1994 – ''Pulp Fiction'' makes its UK debut at Raindance. *1998 – Raindance creates the British Independent Film Awards which celebrate the achievements of independent British filmmaking. *2000 – Christopher Nolan's '' Memento'' has its UK premiere at Raindance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague Independent Film Festival
Prague Independent Film Festival (PIFF) is an international film festival held annually in August in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic. The festival focuses on independent cinema. Festival founder and director is Diana Ringo. History 2016 Prague Independent Film Festival was held for the first time on 15–18 August 2016 in the cinemas Kino Evald, Kino Atlas and Kino Lucerna. The festival program consisted of 33 films. Opening film of the festival was ''Rocco has Your Name by'' Angelo Orlando. Angelo Orlando won the Best Screenplay award and the leading actor Michele Venitucci received the Best Actor award. Grand Prix of the festival – The Golden Eagle – was awarded to the Bulgarian drama film '' Sinking of Sozopol'' by Kostadin Bonev. Shamim Sarif received the Best Feature Film award for her espionage drama ''Despite the Falling Snow'' based on the best selling eponymous novel written by herself. Rebecca Ferguson was awarded Best Actress and Anthony Head received th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosanna Arquette
Rosanna Lisa Arquette (; born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film ''The Executioner's Song (film), The Executioner's Song'' (1982), and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' (1985). Her other film roles include ''After Hours (film), After Hours'' (also 1985), ''The Big Blue'' (1988), ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994), and ''Crash (1996 film), Crash'' (1996). She also directed the documentary ''Searching for Debra Winger'' (2002) and starred in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''What About Brian?'' from 2006 to 2007. Early life Arquette was born in New York City on August 10, 1959, the daughter of Brenda Olivia "Mardi" (''née'' Nowak), an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, a film actor, screenwriter, and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Keyes
Nathan Keyes, born Nathan William Gumke, (born November 28, 1985) is an American actor, known for his roles as Kevin Levin in '' Ben 10: Alien Swarm'' and Ansel in ''Maya Dardel''. Life and career Keyes was born in Washington, D.C., to Holly and Dale Gumke, but raised in York, Pennsylvania with younger brother Chris. When he was seven, he wrote, produced, directed and acted in a play based on ''The Tailor of Gloucester''. He played his first stage role when he was eleven, and went on to star in theatrical roles such as Romeo, in ''Romeo and Juliet'', the Scarecrow in ''The Wizard of Oz'', the Emcee in ''Cabaret'', and Albert in ''Bye, Bye Birdie''. He also starred in ''Bang Bang, You're Dead'', a play about school violence, presented in high schools in York County, Pennsylvania. Keyes attended ''York Suburban High School''. In 2000, he founded the pop band "As 1", performing in more than seventy-five concerts throughout the northeast. After graduating in 2004, Keyes moved to L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Koch (actor)
Alexander Koch (born February 24, 1988) is an American actor. He played the series regular role of Junior Rennie on the CBS drama series '' Under the Dome'', based on the novel by Stephen King. He currently resides in Los Angeles. Alex Koch appears in the fifth season of ''Lucifer'' as Ella Lopez's new love interest, Pete Daily. He co-starred in the 2020 meta-thriller ''Black Bear''. Life and career Koch was born in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, to Joseph and Joya Koch. Koch has two older sisters, Ashleigh and Michelle. His father is late Wayne County assistant prosecutor Joseph Koch. "It was kind of my first introduction into acting, because I would go to the courtroom with him and watch him work," recalls Koch of his dad, who died in 2001. "When he was presenting cases and what-not, it was almost as if he was doing monologues". Koch graduated from Grosse Pointe South High School in 2006. Koch was heavily involved in both local community and high school theater productions. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Gavaris
Jordan James Gavaris (born September 25, 1989) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Felix Dawkins in the BBC America and Space television series ''Orphan Black'' (2013–2017). He is the lead in '' The Lake'' opposite Julia Stiles. Early life Gavaris was born and raised in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. His father is a Greek immigrant who worked for the Toronto District School Board before leaving to develop real estate in Toronto. His mother was born in Canada, and is of Northern European descent. She formerly had a career with ''The Globe and Mail''. He is the youngest of three children. Career Gavaris made his feature film debut in the Canadian independent film, ''45 R.P.M.'' opposite Michael Madsen, Kim Coates, and Amanda Plummer. In 2010, Gavaris co-starred in the Cartoon Network live-action series '' Unnatural History''. Gavaris also co-starred in the new original drama ''Orphan Black'' for BBC America and Canada's Space. In 2010, Gavaris was honoured by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Olin
Lena Maria Jonna Olin (; born 22 March 1955) is a Swedish actress. She has received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Mentored by filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, she made her screen debut with a small role in his film '' Face to Face'' (1976). After graduating from the drama school, Olin joined the Royal Dramatic Theatre, followed by roles in Bergman's films ''Fanny and Alexander'' (1982) and '' After the Rehearsal'' (1984). She made her international breakthrough with a role of a free-spirited artist in ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being'' (1988), which earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. Olin garnered further critical acclaim for her portrayals of a Jewish survivor in the comedy-drama '' Enemies, A Love Story'' (1989), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and an abused wife in the comedy-drama '' Chocolat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Lily Cole")
