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Simon Rumley
Simon Rumley (born 22 May 1968) is a British screenwriter, director and author. Mostly associated with the horror genre, he was described by '' Screen International'' as "one of the great British cinematic outsiders, a gifted director with the know-how to puncture the conventions". He has won several awards and worked with, among others, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Greta Scacchi, Noah Taylor and Peter Facinelli. Career After starting out as a runner, Rumley began writing short and feature scripts, including Club Le Monde, after which he was invited onto the Carlton Television Writing Course. After writing and directing four short films including 'Laughter' which was nominated for a 'Dick Award' at London's ICA, Rumley wrote, produced and directed ''Strong Language'', which was picked up by the company Stranger Than Fiction. Seen as a promising young film maker, he was invited to Austria by the European Film Academy and in 1999 wrote, produced and directed ''The Truth Game.'' Both this an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Rumley
Simon Rumley (born 22 May 1968) is a British screenwriter, director and author. Mostly associated with the horror genre, he was described by '' Screen International'' as "one of the great British cinematic outsiders, a gifted director with the know-how to puncture the conventions". He has won several awards and worked with, among others, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Greta Scacchi, Noah Taylor and Peter Facinelli. Career After starting out as a runner, Rumley began writing short and feature scripts, including Club Le Monde, after which he was invited onto the Carlton Television Writing Course. After writing and directing four short films including 'Laughter' which was nominated for a 'Dick Award' at London's ICA, Rumley wrote, produced and directed ''Strong Language'', which was picked up by the company Stranger Than Fiction. Seen as a promising young film maker, he was invited to Austria by the European Film Academy and in 1999 wrote, produced and directed ''The Truth Game.'' Both this an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Fuller
Amanda Fuller (born August 27, 1984) is an American actress. She is best known for being the second actress to portray Kristin Baxter on Fox Broadcasting Company, FOX's ''Last Man Standing (American TV series), Last Man Standing''. Career Early career In ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', Fuller played Eve, one of the potential slayers who appeared in the final season. In '''Til There Was You'', Fuller played the role of Debbie, a 13-year-old whose mature role was played by Jennifer Aniston. In ''Askari'', she played opposite Academy Awards, Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin. Present career Fuller's credits include cult indie film ''Red White & Blue (film), Red White & Blue'' and ''Creature (2011 film), Creature'', with appearances in ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,'' ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,'' ''NCIS (TV series), NCIS,'' ''7th Heaven (TV series), 7th Heaven,'' ''Judging Amy'', ''Boston Public,'' ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer,'' ''8 Simple Rules,'' ''The Division,'' ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Jack Roeg (; 15 August 1928 – 23 November 2018) was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing '' Performance'' (1970), ''Walkabout'' (1971), ''Don't Look Now'' (1973), ''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' (1976), ''Bad Timing'' (1980), and '' The Witches'' (1990). Making his directorial debut 23 years after his entry into the film business, Roeg quickly became known for an idiosyncratic visual and narrative style, characterized by the use of disjointed and disorienting editing. For this reason, he is considered a highly influential filmmaker, cited as an inspiration by such directors as Steven Soderbergh, Christopher Nolan, and Danny Boyle. In 1999, the British Film Institute acknowledged Roeg's importance in the British film industry by respectively naming ''Don't Look Now'' and ''Performance'' the 8th and 48th greatest British films of all time in its Top 100 British films poll. Early life Roeg was born in St John's Wood in North London on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Crowhurst
Donald Charles Alfred Crowhurst (1932 – July 1969) was a British businessman and amateur sailor who disappeared while competing in the ''Sunday Times'' Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. Soon after he started the race his ship began taking on water and he wrote that it would probably sink in heavy seas. He secretly abandoned the race while reporting false positions, in an attempt to appear to complete a circumnavigation without actually doing so. His ship's logbooks, found after his disappearance, suggest that the stress he was under and associated psychological deterioration may have led to his suicide. Crowhurst's participation in the race has exerted a fascination over many commentators and artists. It has inspired a number of books, stage plays and films, including a documentary, '' Deep Water'' (2006), and two feature films, '' Crowhurst'' (2017) and '' The Mercy'' (also 2017), in which Crowhurst is played by the actors Justin Salinger and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowhurst (film)
''Crowhurst'' is a 2017 British drama film directed by Simon Rumley, based on the true story of sailor Donald Crowhurst. Filming for the movie took place in Bristol during 2015 and the movie premiered on 15 September 2017 at the Oldenburg Film Festival. Plot In October 1968, Donald Crowhurst, a 35-year-old engineer and father of four, embarked on one of the last great adventures of the 20th Century. He was one of nine men who set out from the English coast that autumn as part of the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, chasing to be either the first or the fastest man to circumnavigate the globe – single-handed and non-stop. But for Donald the dream turned into a nightmare. Cast * Justin Salinger as Donald Crowhurst * Amy Loughton as Clare Crowhurst * Edwin Flay as Peter Porter * Glyn Dilley as Stanley Best * Christopher Hale as Rodney Hallworth Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 86% based on 7 reviews, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Frank Garrett
Johnny Frank Garrett (December 24, 1963 – February 11, 1992) was a death row prisoner executed by the State of Texas. Includes scan of original inmate record cover page. Murder of Benz Garrett was accused of the murder of a Catholic nun that took place on October 31, 1981, when he was 17 years old. According to the prosecution, that morning, Garrett raped, strangled, and killed 76-year-old Sister Tadea Benz in the St. Francis Convent. On November 9, 1981, Garrett, who lived across the street from the convent, was arrested. Trial and execution Garrett was tried and convicted of the crime. He was held at Ellis Unit, north of Huntsville, Texas, which at the time held men on the State of Texas's death row. He was originally scheduled to be executed on January 6, 1992, but after Pope John Paul II asked for clemency, Governor of Texas Ann Richards gave him a temporary reprieve. After Richards's reprieve, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles held a hearing on whether Garrett should ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Mancuso Jr
Frank G. Mancuso Jr. (born October 9, 1958) is an American film producer. Mancuso, the son of the former Paramount Pictures president Frank Mancuso Sr., was born in Buffalo, New York. Mancuso produced sequels to ''Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th'' and co-created ''Friday the 13th: The Series''. Mancuso later produced ''Cool World'', which he had heavily rewritten during production, ''Internal Affairs (film), Internal Affairs'', the Species (franchise), ''Species'' franchise, ''Hoodlum (film), Hoodlum'', ''Stigmata (film), Stigmata'', ''Ronin (film), Ronin'', ''I Know Who Killed Me'', ''Shorts (2009 film), Shorts'' and ''Road to Paloma''. Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted. Film ;As an actor ;Location management Television ;As writer References External links * 1958 births Film producers from New York (state) American people of Italian descent Living people Businesspeople from Buffalo, New York Television produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boss Media
Boss Media AB, with its main headquarters in Växjö, Sweden, was a developer of software and systems for digitally distributed gambling entertainment. Boss Media was publicly traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange from 1999 to 2008, when GEMed bought the company and rebranded it to GTECH Gaming. History Boss Media was founded in 1996, with the initial corporate aim to operate Gold Club Casino, which it launched in 1997. Soon after the online casino was launched, Boss Media launched Casino.com as a casino news portal and the company started receiving requests from investors and companies interested in purchasing Boss Media's casino software as a white label. Boss Media's main focus thereby transferred to the creation of complete white label Internet casino solutions for clients and began to sell licenses at around 300,000 US dollars plus a revenue share. During the years following, Boss Media was a dominant player in the global online casino software market alongside Microgaming, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Timpson
Ant Timpson (born 21 April 1966) is a New Zealand film producer best known for producing ''The ABCs of Death'' series, '' Turbo Kid'', ''Deathgasm'' and ''The Greasy Strangler''. He founded and hosts the 48Hours film contest. Career In 2003, Timpson founded the annual 48Hours film challenge, a New Zealand-based competition where teams of filmmakers create a short film in 48 hours. Taika Waititi and Te Radar won in the festival's first year. The film '' Turbo Kid'' originated as a submission for the "T" segment in '' ABCs of Death''. Though not selected, Timpson was impressed and approached the filmmakers to expand it into a feature. Timpson got Elijah Wood and his production company, SpectreVision, involved in producing ''The Greasy Strangler''. In 2016, he won the British Independent Film Awards Discovery Award. Also in 2016, he won a Saturn Award for Best International Film. In January 2017, it was announced Timpson would produce a new horror anthology, ''The Field Guid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The ABCs Of Death
''The ABCs of Death'' is a 2012 American comedy horror anthology film produced by international producers and directed by filmmakers from around the world. The film contains 26 shorts, each by different directors spanning fifteen countries, including Nacho Vigalondo, Kaare Andrews, Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Ben Wheatley, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Ti West, and Angela Bettis. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012. In 2013, it was released on VOD January 31 and in theaters March 8. The end credits of the film feature Australian band Skyhooks' 1974 song "Horror Movie". A sequel, ''ABCs of Death 2'', was released in late 2014 and a second sequel, '' ABCs of Death 2.5'' in 2016. Background The film is divided into 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free rein in choosing a word to create a story involving death. The varieties of death ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peaches Geldof
Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof (13 March 1989 – 6 or 7 April 2014) was an English columnist, television personality, and model. Born and raised in London, Geldof was educated at Queen's College after her parents' divorce in 1996, and later moved to New York City, where she worked as a writer for the UK edition of ''Elle Girl'' magazine. She also worked in television, producing and developing her own television programmes which were broadcast in the United Kingdom in 2006. In the later part of her life, Geldof worked primarily in modelling and television, and gave birth to sons in 2012 and 2013. Geldof was found dead at her home on 7 April 2014; the inquest found that she died of a heroin overdose. Early life Peaches Geldof was born in London on 13 March 1989, the second daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates and a granddaughter of Hughie Green. She had two sisters, Fifi Trixibelle Geldof (born 1983) Little Pixie Geldof (born 1990) and one half-sister, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Cohen
Tom Dana Cohen (born August 13, 1953), is an American media and cultural theorist, currently a professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He has published books on film studies, comparative literature, theory, cultural studies, Alfred Hitchcock, and Paul de Man. Cohen has also published broadly on American authors and ideology, including Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Mikhail Bakhtin, William Faulkner and pragmatism, as well as on Alfred Hitchcock, Greek philosophy and continental philosophy. He is the editor (with Claire Colebrook) of the Critical Climate Change Book Series at Open Humanities Press and has lectured and taught internationally, including in China and Fulbright sponsored work in Thailand. He has been awarded a Distinguished Visiting Professorship by Shanghai Municipality in Shanghai. Biography Cohen's education consists of a M.A. from the University of Chicago in Comparative Literature and a Ph.D. from Yale University in Comparat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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