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The Forgotten (TV Series)
''The Forgotten'' is an American crime drama television series which premiered on September 22, 2009 on ABC. On November 9, 2009, ABC ordered five additional episodes of the series, bringing the first season's total to eighteen episodes. The final two episodes of ''The Forgotten'' aired on July 3, 2010. ''The Forgotten'' was rated R16 in New Zealand for graphic violence and sex scenes. Premise A group of dedicated, amateur detectives, the members of the Forgotten Network (referred to in the pilot as the Identity Network), attempt to reconstruct the pieces of these John and Jane Does' lives from what little evidence is left behind. Each episode is narrated by a "body" who watches the team as they pursue the tantalizingly difficult challenge of figuring out who this victim once was. Why would anyone volunteer for such a grim task? As new recruit Tyler Davies quickly discovers, each of the members of the team has his or her own reasons for volunteering for the Network. Alex Donovan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length Narrative film, narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Aylesworth
Reiko M. Aylesworth (born December 9, 1972) is an American film, television and stage actress, best known for her role on the television series '' 24'' as Michelle Dessler. Early life, career start Aylesworth was born December 9, 1972, in Evanston, Illinois, and is of Dutch, Welsh, and Japanese ancestry. Her given name ''Reiko'' (礼子) is Japanese; her surname Aylesworth is English. She lived in Springfield, Illinois, from 1987 to 1988, where she first became interested in acting. After understudying in several productions at the Springfield Theatre Centre, Aylesworth was cast in the role of Consuelo in ''West Side Story'', while her family was preparing to move to Seattle, Washington. When her family left for Seattle, she remained in Springfield with family friends for the duration of the play's run.Nick Rogers, "All in a Day's Work; '24' Actress Landed Her First Role in Springfield," ''State Journal-Register'', February 6, 2003, Entertainment Section. After joining her family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Gaviola
Karen Gaviola is an American television producer and director. She is the winner of the 2007 NAACP Image Award for directing " The Whole Truth" episode of the ABC hit series ''Lost''. She was also nominated for the 2013 WIN (Women's Image Network) Award for best directing of the "Georgia on My Mind" episode of the Shonda Rhimes series ''Private Practice''. Life and career Karen is a second-generation Filipina American. She is a graduate of Immaculate Heart High School (Los Angeles) and Harvard College. Gaviola has directed over 140 TV episodes, including the shows ''Lucifer'', ''Shadow and Bone'', ''Empire'', ''Sons of Anarchy'', ''The Blacklist'', ''Hawaii Five-0'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Grimm'', ''Criminal Minds'' and '' Chicago Fire''. More recently, she has worked as a co-executive producer/director on a number of projects including ''Lucifer'', ''Hawaii Five-0'', ''Magnum P.I.'' and '' Love Is'' for Oprah Winfrey. Her latest project is '' Paper Girls'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucker Gates
Tucker Gates is an American television director and producer. He has directed several episodes of the ABC series ''Alias'' and ''Lost''. He has also directed episodes of '' Bates Motel'', '' Weeds'', ''Carnivàle'', '' Point Pleasant'', '' Huff'', ''Boston Legal'', '' Roswell'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', ''Homeland'', ''House of Cards'', ''Ray Donovan'', ''The Office'', and ''Parks and Recreation''. Yahoo! TV Selected television credits *'''' (1993) TV series **episode 3.19 "" **episode 4.11 "El Mundo Gira" *'' |
Nathan Hope
Nathan Hope is an American cinematographer and director of film and television. As a cinematographer, his film credits include '' Hellraiser: Inferno'' (2000), ''Mimic 2'' (2001), '' Suckers'' (2001), ''Rolling Kansas'' (2003, Thomas Haden Church's directorial debut), ''Who's Your Daddy?'' (2004, Andy Fickman's directorial debut) and ''The Fog'' (2005). In television, he has photographed episodes of '' Fastlane'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', '' Dark Blue'' and ''Miami Medical'' (also a director for the latter three series). As a director, his first directing credit was the short film ''Lucky'' (2005), also the editor and screenwriter. In 2009, he made his feature film directing debut with the film '' Elsewhere'' starring Anna Kendrick and Paul Wesley, he was also a co-screenwriter for the film. Some of his television directing credits include ''Cold Case'', ''CSI: NY'', ''Nikita'', ''Body of Proof'', '' Ringer'', '' The Whole Truth'', '' Gotham'', ''Lucifer'' and '' CSI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deran Sarafian
Deran Sarafian is an American film and television director and actor. He directed ''Death Warrant, Gunmen,'' and ''Terminal Velocity''. He has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Life and career Sarafian is the son of film director Richard C. Sarafian, and the nephew of director, screenwriter and producer Robert Altman. He is the brother of Ani Sarafian, Tedi Sarafian, Richard Sarafian, Jr. and Damon B. Sarafian. He has two children with ex-wife, actress Laurie Fortier. In 1983 Sarafian said he had spent the previous five years "ghost directing", i.e. taking over films where the original director was unable to complete filming. These films included ''Young Warriors'' (1983). After directing a number of genre movies in Spain and Italy, Sarafian entered into the mainstream by directing the Jean-Claude Van Damme action film ''Death Warrant''. As a film director he has worked primarily in the action and thriller genres. Sarafian has directed 23 episodes of the FOX ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Gallagher
Stephen Gallagher (born 13 October 1954) is an English screenwriter and novelist. Gallagher was born in Salford, Greater Manchester. Career Gallagher has written novels and television scripts, including for the BBC television series ''Doctor Who'' — for which he wrote two serials, ''Warriors' Gate'' (1981) and ''Terminus'' (1983)—as well as for the series ''Rosemary & Thyme'' and '' Bugs'', for two seasons of which he was script consultant along with Brian Clemens. He adapted his own novel ''Chimera'' as a 90 minute dramatized audio drama for BBC Radio 4 in 1985, and as a miniseries of the same name that was shown on ITV in 1991. He also directed the miniseries adaptation of '' Oktober'', as well as writing the feature-length episode ''The Kingdom of Bones'' for the BBC series ''Murder Rooms''. He created and wrote a science-based series for ITV, ''Eleventh Hour'', starring Patrick Stewart as a government science investigator and advisor. The programme was rumoured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Eagles
Bill Eagles is a British film and television director. He is best known for directing the 2000 film '' Beautiful Creatures'' starring Susan Lynch and Rachel Weisz. As a television director, he moved to Los Angeles in 2003 and worked for 10 years directing TV movies, mini series and episodic TV. Some his credits include ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', '' Gotham'', ''Invasion'', ''Cold Case'', ''Numb3rs'', ''Battlestar Galactica'', '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'', '' Threshold'', ''Crash'', '' Persons Unknown'', ''Fringe Fringe may refer to: Arts * Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, known as "the Fringe" * Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival * Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre * The Fringe, the ...'' and ‘’ Pennyworth’’. He has also directed a number of television films in his native United Kingdom. References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oz Scott
Osborne Scott (born September 16, 1949) is an American film director, television director, television producer and theatre director. He is most known for ''Mr. Boogedy'', the award-winning short film. Life and career Born in Hampton, Virginia, Scott attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and earned a MFA before he began his career in Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage. While at the Arena Stage, he managed the improvisational touring company The Living Stage. He then moved on to directing on and off Broadway plays including ''For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf'', which earned him a Drama Desk Award in 1977, in 1982 he also directed a television version. In 1981, he directed his first feature film, '' Bustin' Loose''. During the 1980s and 1990s, Scott directed several television series and television movies including ''Gimme a Break!'', ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King'', '' Crash Course'', '' New Attitude'', ''Civil Wars'', '' American Gothic'', '' Lois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul McCrane
Paul David McCrane (born January 19, 1961) is an American film, television and theatre actor, as well as a television director and singer. He is known for his portrayal of Montgomery MacNeil in the 1980 film '' Fame'', Frank Berry in the 1984 film ''The Hotel New Hampshire'', Emil Antonowsky in '' RoboCop'', and Robert Romano on the NBC medical drama television series ''ER''. Early life McCrane was born on January 19, 1961, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Eileen C. (née Manyak) and James J. McCrane, Jr. His family moved to Richboro, Pennsylvania, where he lived until he moved to New York City after graduating from Holy Ghost Preparatory School in 1978. He studied theatre at HB Studio in New York City. Career An early role, when he was just 18 years of age, is in a short scene in ''Rocky II'', playing a multi-fracture patient who asks for Rocky's autograph on his head cast ("Hey Rocky...sign my head!"). With an abundance of red hair, McCrane portrayed the earnest M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Slack
David Slack is an American animation and television writer and producer. He has written and/or produced on such shows as ''Law & Order'', ''Lie to Me'', ''In Plain Sight'', ''Teen Titans'', ''Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'', ''Jackie Chan Adventures'', ''Generator Rex'', '' Transformers: Prime'', and more recently, ''Person of Interest, A.P.B.'', and the 2016 reboot of ''MacGyver''. As of 2011, he is currently involved in producing and writing a new science fiction TV series for Syfy called '' Seeing Things''. In a 2012 interview with the '' Penmen Review'', a Southern New Hampshire University newspaper, he explained that, when writing, he begins with the story, not the characters, and builds it along the way. Later that month, in another interview with givememyremote.com, he revealed how ''Person of Interest'' producers Greg Plageman and Jonathan Nolan "like to keep the audience guessing" and that the writers also "like to take the show in surprising places". In 2019, Slack joined other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Dale
Holly Dale (born December 23, 1953) is a Canadian filmmaker and television director. Over the course of her career, Dale has worked in the Canadian film and television industry as a director, producer, writer, and editor. Although she has completed solo projects, the majority of Dale's work has been in collaboration with her former classmate, Janis Cole. ''The Thin Line'' (1977), '' P4W: Prison for Women'' (1981), and ''Hookers on Davie'' (1984) are some of their most recognized projects. Dale's work has been featured in festivals around the world including North America, Europe, and Australia. She has also received award nominations and wins, including a Gemini Award in 1982 for the Best Theatrical Documentary for ''P4W: Prison for Women''. Early life and education Dale was raised in a low-income household in Toronto, Ontario. However, she decided to leave home as a teenager due to ongoing family conflict. During this time, she worked in non-therapeutic massage parlors in down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
