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Martin Blank (other)
Martin Blank may refer to: * Martin Blank (artist) (born 1962), American glass artist * Martin Blank (politician) (1897–1972), German politician * Martin Blank (playwright) Martin Blank is an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer. Biography Martin Blank was born in Bethesda, Maryland, where he attended Bethesda Chevy Chase High School. He attended the University of Maryland and the Yale S ..., American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer * Martin Blank (Grosse Pointe Blank), lead character in the film ''Grosse Pointe Blank'' * Martin Blank (Marvel Comics), the alter ego of the Marvel Comics character known as Gibbon {{hndis, Blank, Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Blank (artist)
Martin Blank (born August 29, 1962), is an American glass artist. He received a BFA degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1984 with a major in glass. He studied with Dale Chihuly and by the 1990s was working independently. Blank has taught at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington and Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, Washington. He lives and works in Seattle. Martin Blank is known for both figurative sculptures and architectural glass installations. ''Drinking from the Cup #2'', in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, is typical of the artist's figurative work, which usually represents the human body in blown glass. The Corning Museum of Glass (Corning, New York), the Honolulu Museum of Art (Hawaii), the Krannert Art Museum (Champaign, Illinois), the Mary & Leigh Bloch Museum of Art (Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois), the Millennium Museum (Beijing, China), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montreal, Canada), the Museum of Contemporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Blank (politician)
Martin Blank (5 February 1897 – 11 March 1972) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and former member of the German Bundestag. Life Blank had been a member of the German Bundestag since the first federal election in 1949 until 1957. From 1953 until he left the party, he was Parliamentary Secretary of the FDP parliamentary group. From 16 July 1952 to 29 October 1957 Blank was also a member of the European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ..., where he was chairman of the Committee on Budget and Administration. Literature References 1897 births 1972 deaths Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Members of the Bundestag 1953–1957 Members of the Bundestag 1949–1953 Members of the Bundestag for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Blank (playwright)
Martin Blank is an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer. Biography Martin Blank was born in Bethesda, Maryland, where he attended Bethesda Chevy Chase High School. He attended the University of Maryland and the Yale School of Drama. Career Two of Blank's plays were produced Off Broadway: ''The Law of Return'' at the Fourth Street Theatre, and ''Avenue of Americas'' at The Tank Theater. ''The Law of Return'' is a political thriller inspired by the real-life case involving Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. intelligence analyst who pleaded guilty to charges of spying for Israel. In 2017, he was developing a screenplay of ''The Law of Return'' for producers Rory Koslow and Gail Berman of The Jackal Group. Blank's comedy ''Driving Green'' was produced at the Journeyman Theater in Washington, D.C. Blank's comedy ''Read My Lips'' was produced by New Gate Theater in Providence, R.I. ' In 2018, a one-man musical adapted from talks by Booker T. Washington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Blank (Grosse Pointe Blank)
''Grosse Pointe Blank'' is a 1997 American black comedy action film directed by George Armitage from a screenplay by Tom Jankiewicz, D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink and John Cusack. It stars Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin and Dan Aykroyd and follows the story of assassin Martin Q. Blank (Cusack), who returns to his titular hometown to attend a high school reunion. The film's score was composed by Joe Strummer, former member of the punk rock band the Clash; the film's soundtrack contains a number of popular and alternative punk rock, ska and new wave songs. ''Grosse Pointe Blank'' was released by Buena Vista Pictures, receiving generally positive reviews from critics and grossing $31 million. Plot As professional assassin Martin Blank prepares for a job, his assistant, Marcella, informs him that he has received an invitation to his ten-year high school reunion. A rival assassin, Grocer, approaches him about joining his fledgling union, which Martin refuses, preferring to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
