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Paul Wilmshurst
Paul Wilmshurst is a British television director. He has worked on five seasons of the Sky One/Cinemax action-adventure series Strike Back (TV series), ''Strike Back'' and directed on the first series of David S. Goyer's historical fantasy series ''Da Vinci's Demons'' for Starz (TV channel), StarZ and BBC America. He has received an International Emmy Award and two BAFTA Awards, BAFTA nominations. Education He attended The Leys School, studied English at Churchill College, Cambridge and took a post-graduate course in journalism at City University, London. Career After graduating, Wilmshurst started working in news and current affairs, then worked for a number of years as a researcher and director in formatted factual programmes, before persuading Channel 4 to send him to Las Vegas to make an authored documentary about a mafia lawyer. ''Mob Law'' was joint runner-up for the Joris Ivens Award at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, IDFA and won awards at the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Rhinehart
George Powers Cockcroft (November 15, 1932 – November 6, 2020), widely known by the pen name Luke Rhinehart, was an American novelist, screenwriter, and nonfiction writer. He is best known for his 1971 novel ''The Dice Man,'' the story of a psychiatrist who experiments with making life decisions based on the roll of a die. ''The Dice Man'' was critically well received and a commercial success. It quickly became and remains a cult classic. It was followed by two spiritual sequels in ''Adventures of Wim'' (1986) and ''The Search for the Dice Man'' (1993) as well as a companion volume called ''The Book of the Die'' (2000). Rhinehart wrote #Works after_The_Dice_Man, several other novels between 1986 and 2016 though none achieved the success of ''The Dice Man''. Biography Early life George Powers Cockcroft was born on November 15, 1932 in Albany, New York to Donald and Elizabeth Cockcroft, both college graduates, his mother from Wellesley College. He was raised in Albany, where his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Edwards (director)
Gareth James Edwards (born 13 July 1975) is a British filmmaker. He first gained widespread recognition for ''Monsters'' (2010), an independent film in which he served as writer, director, cinematographer, and visual effects artist. He subsequently directed ''Godzilla'' (2014), a reboot of Toho's ''Godzilla'' franchise and the first film in Legendary's MonsterVerse, and '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' (2016), the first installment of the ''Star Wars'' anthology series and an immediate prequel to '' Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope'' (1977). Career Gareth Edwards was born on 13 July 1975 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He is of Welsh parentage. He attended Higham Lane School followed by college at North Warwickshire College (now NWSLC) under the AV department with lecturers like Graham Bird. Since childhood, he wanted to direct his own films, stating that "'' Star Wars'' is definitely the reason that I wanted to become a filmmaker". Edwards studied film and video at the Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armchair General (magazine)
''Armchair General'' was a bimonthly American military history magazine published by Weider History Group. It was in circulation between February 2004 and May 2015. The headquarters of the magazine was in Thousands Oaks, California. History and profile ''Armchair General'' was established in 2003. The first issue appeared in February 2004. It featured tactical situations which can be resolved by sending solutions to the magazine's staff. Modern warfare is also discussed in the form of "dispatches" (news briefs), movie, video game and war game reviews. In May 2015, the magazine stopped print publication. The ''Armchair General'' website features complementary material as well as its own articles, many of which are written by readers of the print magazine and/or members of the site's online forum community. In June 2005, the ''Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC History Of World War II
''BBC History of World War II'' (1989–2005) is a 30-hour, 12- disc collection of 10 BBC television films about World War II. The films include documentaries, docudramas, and "dramatized documentaries" (inter-cutting of historical footage with dramatic recreations). The films :1. '' The Nazis: A Warning from History'' (1997, 6 Episodes, 290 minutes, 4:3 Full screen, 2 Discs) ::*Documentary on the reasons behind the rise and fall of the Nazis and of Nazi Germany. :2. '' The Road to War: Great Britain, Italy, Japan, USA'' (1989, 2 Episodes, 190 minutes, 4:3 Fullscreen, 1 Disc) ::*Documentary on how Germany, Britain, France, Canada, Italy, the Soviet Union, Japan and the USA entered the war. Narrator is Charles Wheeler. :3. ''Dunkirk'' (2004, 3 Episodes, 176 minutes, 16:9 Anamorphic, 1 Disc) ::*Docudrama on the evacuation from Dunkirk. :4. '' War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin'' (1999, 4 Episodes, 190 minutes, 4:3 Fullscreen, 1 Disc) ::*Documentary on the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Moon
Christopher Moon, better known as Chris Moon, is an American music producer, recording engineer and songwriter of British origin. He is best known for discovering Prince, helping him create his artistic name and style, and co-writing his early songs, most notably his first single "Soft and Wet". Life and career At the age of 13, Chris Moon moved with his family from the United Kingdom to Hawaii. He arrived in Minneapolis in 1967. When he was 17, he purchased a multi-channel reel-to-reel and a camera in Hong Kong to start a career in music and photography. Moon built his first recording studio in the basement of his house in Minneapolis and did fashion photography on location. By day he worked at a downtown advertising agency. He founded Moon Sound, a homemade eight-track studio in South Minneapolis, where he taped local bands and advertising jingles. His studio was popular with young black talents singing rhythm and blues. A high school band called Champagne recorded its dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by then Chief of State Norodom Sihanouk to describe his country's heterogeneous, communist-led dissidents, with whom he allied after his 1970 overthrow. The Khmer Rouge army was slowly built up in the jungles of eastern Cambodia during the late 1960s, supported by the North Vietnamese army, the Viet Cong, the Pathet Lao, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Although it originally fought against Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge changed its position and supported Sihanouk on the advice of the CCP after he was overthrown in a 1970 coup by Lon Nol who established the pro-American Khmer Republic. Despite a massive American bombing campaign (Operation Freedom Deal) against them, the Khmer Rouge won the Cambodian C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/ suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. It was also the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its opening, with a main span of and a deck above mean high water. The span was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East River Bridge but was officially renamed the Brooklyn Bridge in 1915. Proposals for a bridge connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn were first made in the early 19th century, which eventually led to the construction of the current span, designed by John A. Roebling. The project's chief engineer, his son Washington Roebling, contributed further design work, assisted by the latter's wife, Emily Warren Roebling. Construction started in 1870, with the Tammany Hall-controlled New York Bridge Company overseeing construction, although nume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Rendall
Jonathan Rendall (11 June 1964 – c. 23 January 2013) was a British writer. He won the Somerset Maugham Award. Life Rendall was born in Oxford and adopted as a baby. He lived his childhood in Ashtead, Surrey and much of his teenage years in Greece. He attended St John's School, Leatherhead, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He later lived in Ipswich, Suffolk. Before becoming a writer, he acted as managerial advisor to the World Featherweight boxing champion, Colin "Sweet C" McMillan. He wrote articles for the magazines ''Esquire'', ''Ring'' and ''Playboy ''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. K ...'', as well as writing three multi-award winning books. Rendall starred in a three-part documentary entitled 'The Gambler', released by Channel 4. In it, he was given £12,000 of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gambler (2000 Film)
The Gambler may refer to: *Gambler, a person who gambles Film and television Films * ''The Gambler'' (1919 film), a German silent film * ''The Gambler'' (1938 film), a German film * ''The Gambler'' (1958 film), a French-Italian film * ''Gambler'' (film), a 1971 Indian Bollywood film directed by Amarjeet * ''The Gambler'' (1974 film), an American film starring James Caan and Paul Sorvino * ''The Gambler'' (film series), a 1980–1994 American TV movie series starring Kenny Rogers, based on his song "The Gambler" * ''The Gambler'' (1989 film), a Russian film directed by Sergei Bodrov * ''The Gambler'' (1995 film), a Bollywood film directed by Dayal Nihalani * ''The Gambler'' (1997 film), a Dutch-Hungarian-British film about Dostoyevsky writing his novella, directed by Károly Makk * ''The Gambler'' (2013 film), a Lithuanian film directed by Ignas Jonynas * ''The Gambler'' (2014 film), an American remake of the 1974 film * ''The Gambler'' (2019 film), an Indian Malayalam- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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