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String Theory (The Shield)
''The Shield'' is an American crime drama television created by Shawn Ryan and starring Michael Chiklis. The series premiered on FX on March 12, 2002 and ended on November 25, 2008, totaling 88 episodes over seven seasons, plus one additional mini-episode. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2002) Captain David Aceveda, seeking to usurp the current black City Council representative of Farmington by swaying the Latino vote, looks to rid his precinct, The Barn, of corruption, starting with Detective Vic Mackey and the controversial yet effective Strike Team that Mackey leads. Aceveda works with the Justice Department to bring Detective Terry Crowley onto the Strike Team to try to gain evidence to use on Vic. However, Vic is aware of Terry's informing due to his friendship with the Assistant Chief of Police, Ben Gilroy. When the Strike Team conducts a raid on the residence of Two-Time, a drug dealer, Vic and Strike Team member Detective Shane Vendrell are shot at by Two-Time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shield
''The Shield'' is an American crime drama television series created by Shawn Ryan and starring Michael Chiklis that aired on FX from March 12, 2002 to November 25, 2008 for seven seasons. The show is known for its portrayal of corrupt police officers and was originally advertised as ''Rampart'' in reference to the real-life Rampart Division police scandal, on which the show's Strike Team was loosely based. Several notable actors took extended roles on the show, including Glenn Close, who was the female lead during the fourth season; Michael Peña in season 4; Anthony Anderson in seasons 4, 5, and 6; Forest Whitaker, who guest-starred in seasons 5 and 6; Laura Harring in season 5; Franka Potente in season 6; and Laurie Holden in season 7. The series has received critical acclaim and is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time. Premise ''The Shield'' follows the activities of an experimental division of the Los Angeles Police Department set u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Fleder
Gary Fleder (; born December 19, 1965) is an American film director, screenwriter, and Film producer, producer. His most recently completed film, ''Homefront (2013 film), Homefront,'' was released by Open Road Films and Millennium Films in November 2013. In recent years he has been a prolific director of television pilots. Life and career Fleder was born to a American Jews, Jewish family in Norfolk, Virginia, the son of Lorraine and Harry Fleder. A graduate of Boston University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Fleder began his television career in 1993 with an award-winning episode of ''Tales from the Crypt (TV series), Tales from the Crypt'' ("Forever Ambergris", starring Steve Buscemi and Roger Daltrey). Since then, he has directed pilots and episodes of more than a dozen television series, including ''L.A. Doctors'', ''Blind Justice (TV series), Blind Justice'', ''The Evidence (TV series), The Evidence'', ''The Shield'', ''Life on Mars (American TV series), Life on Mars'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Clements
Kim Clements is an American television writer and producer. She has worked in both capacities on the series '' Wanted'', ''The Black Donnellys'', ''Shark'', and '' My Own Worst Enemy''. Clements won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series for her work on '' Lost''. Career Clements wrote the film '' Blind'' with Deborah Day in 1999. She also served as an executive producer on the project. Clements worked as a staff writer for the second season of ''The Shield'' in 2003. She wrote the episodes "Greenlit" and wrote the teleplay and co-wrote the story (with James Manos Jr.) for the episode "Inferno". She became a story editor for the third season in Spring 2004. She co-wrote the episodes "Blood and Water" and "Posse Up" with consulting producer Charles H. Eglee and wrote the episode "What Power Is..." She left the series after the third season. In fall 2004 Clements joined the crew of '' Lost'' as executive story editor for the first season. Clements and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Horton
Peter Horton (born August 20, 1953) is an American actor and director. He played Professor Gary Shepherd on the television series ''Thirtysomething'' from 1987 until 1991. Early life and education Horton was born in Bellevue, Washington, to a father who worked in the shipping business. He attended Redwood High School in Marin County, California, and Principia College in Illinois. He later attended University of California, Santa Barbara, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music composition. Career During his run on ''Thirtysomething'', ''People'' magazine named him one of the "50 Most Beautiful People." Horton acted in television shows including ''St. Elsewhere'', '' The White Shadow'', ''Dallas'', ''Eight Is Enough'', ''In Treatment'' and ''The Geena Davis Show'', played the lead in the short-lived series '' Brimstone'', and played Crane McFadden in the one-season series (1982–1983) ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''. He played Jacob in the 1982 feature film '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Badham
John MacDonald Badham (born August 25, 1939) is an American film and television director, best known for directing the films ''Saturday Night Fever'' (1977), ''Dracula (1979 film), Dracula'' (1979), ''Blue Thunder'' (1983), ''WarGames'' (1983), ''Short Circuit (1986 film), Short Circuit'' (1986), ''Stakeout (1987 film), Stakeout'' (1987), ''Bird on a Wire (film), Bird on a Wire'' (1990), ''The Hard Way (1991 film), The Hard Way'' (1991), ''Point of No Return (1993 film), Point of No Return'' (1993), and ''Drop Zone (film), Drop Zone'' (1994). He is a two-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, a two-time Hugo Award nominee, and a Saturn Award winner. He is also a Professor at Chapman University. Early life and education Badham was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, the son of U.S. Army General Henry Lee Badham Jr., and English-born actress Mary Iola Badham (née Hewitt). Henry, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, moved his family back to the U.S. when John was two years old. John's p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Brazil
Scott Brazil (May 12, 1955 – April 17, 2006) was an American television producer and director. Early life and education Brazil was born in Sacramento County, California. His childhood home was in Sacramento's South Land Park Hills neighborhood. He was a graduate of the University of Southern California where he earned a bachelor of science degree from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Career Brazil started his career as an associate producer on '' The White Shadow'' from 1979-1981. ''Hill Street Blues'' Brazil began working on ''Hill Street Blues'' as an associate producer from 1981-1982. He worked as a producer from 1982-1983, and was the supervising producer from 1983-1986. He won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series in 1983 and 1984 and a Golden Globe Award in 1983 for his work on ''Hill Street Blues''. He was also nominated for Emmys for that series in both 1985 and 1986 and Golden Globes in 1984 and 1985. He worked in various capacities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Manos, Jr
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television episode of ''Adventure Time'' Music * James (band), a band from Manchester ** ''James'', US title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Gomez (director)
Nick Gomez (born April 13, 1963) is an American film director and writer. He has directed for a number of television and film. His first feature-length film was the 1992 movie ''Laws of Gravity'', which won awards at both the Berlin International Film Festival and the Valencia International Film Festival. Gomez's next film was the 1995 crime drama ''New Jersey Drive'', which was screened and competed for a Grand Jury Prize during that year's Sundance Film Festival. Life and career Gomez was born to an American advertising copywriter mother, Adeline, and Chilean artist, Andres Monreal, in Providence, Rhode Island. Realizing he was not going anywhere fast with his life, he obtained his GED, moved to New York and attended State University of New York at Purchase with an interest in sound design, music, and movies. It was there he met a group of filmmakers, producers, and actors that he would work with for the next decade; producer Bob Gosse, director Hal Hartley, actors Edie Falc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Libman
Leslie Libman is an American television director. She also directed commercials and music videos. Television work Since 1995 she works primarily as a TV director on a number of television series, most notably directing multiple episodes of '' Homicide: Life on the Street'', ''The 4400,'' and ''NCIS''. Other series include ''The Wire'', '' Oz,'' and ''The Shield''. For MTV she created and directed with her late husband, Larry Williams, ''Out of Order'', a series of six original short films. She co-directed with Larry Williams two television movies - in 1997 the HBO TV movie '' Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing'' (starring Peter Gallagher and Art Malik) and the 1998 TV adaptation of Aldous Huxley's ''Brave New World'' (again starring Gallagher with Leonard Nimoy) for the USA Network. In 2003 she directed the ABC TV movie ''The Extreme Team'' (aka ''The X-Team''). Other work Before moving to television work, Libman and Williams formed a directing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Ferland
Guy Ferland (born February 18, 1966) is an American film and television director. Career After Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film '' Notorious'' inspired him to become a filmmaker, Ferland went on to study cinema production at the University of Southern California's School of Cinema and Television, graduating in 1988, and received an internship working as a researcher at Creative Artists Agency. He landed a job as film director Joel Schumacher's assistant three days after receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree and until 1994 he worked with Schumacher on '' Cousins'', '' Flatliners'', '' If Looks Could Kill'', '' Dying Young'', '' Falling Down'' and '' The Client'', receiving an associate producer credit in the last. He then moved on to write and direct his first own film, '' The Babysitter'', in 1995 and in 1997 directed '' Telling Lies in America'', which was commended for Excellence in Filmmaking by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. After directing and producing '' De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Rosenbaum
Scott Rosenbaum is an American film and television screenwriter, producer, and showrunner. He has served as the executive producer and showrunner of multiple series including ABC's science fiction drama '' V'', Fox's crime drama '' Gang Related'', NBC's ''Chuck'' and as an executive producer on FX's drama ''The Shield''. As an original member of ''The Shield'' writing staff, Rosenbaum won a Golden Globe for Best Drama, an American Film Institute Award for Best Television Drama as well as the George Foster Peabody Award. He was the executive producer and showrunner of '' Queen of the South'' for USA Network and is currently the creator of the one hour pirate drama Sandokan which is currently filming in Rome, Italy. Education and personal life Rosenbaum graduated from the University of Michigan and is married to television director Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum. Filmography * ''Sandokan'' (2021), executive producer, creator * ''Viva La Madness'' (2019), executive producer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenians
Armenians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.Robert Hewsen, Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century''. Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.) New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997, pp. 1–17 Armenians constitute the main demographic group in Armenia and constituted the main population of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh until their Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, subsequent flight due to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, 2023 Azerbaijani offensive. There is a large Armenian diaspora, diaspora of around five million people of Armenian ancestry living outside the Republic of Armenia. The largest Armenian populations exist in Armenians in Russia, Russia, the Armenian Americans, United States, Armenians in France, France, Armenians in Georgia, Georgia, Iranian Armenians, Iran, Armenians in Germany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
