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The Others (TV Series)
''The Others'' is an American television series created by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, and produced by Delusional Films, NBC Studios, and DreamWorks Television. It ran for thirteen 40-minute episodes from February 5, 2000, to June 10, 2000, airing on NBC. It concerned a group of people with various psychic talents as they encountered different, and often evil, paranormal forces. It was an ensemble series. It featured in the third attempt by NBC to air a Saturday night supernatural/paranormal programming block, joining '' The Pretender'' and '' Profiler'' as the Thrillogy, but all three shows were canceled by season's end. Premise Marian Kitt, a university student, is forced to come to terms with her frequently unwanted paranormal abilities, attempting to do so by joining The Others, a group with similar talents. The series gradually built up an overall storyline of a strong evil power targeting the group. Cast * Julianne Nicholson as Marian Kitt * Gabriel Macht as Mark G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brancato And Michael Ferris
John Brancato and Michael Ferris are an American screenwriting duo, whose notable works include '' The Game'', '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'', ''Terminator Salvation'', '' Surrogates'' and ''The Hunter's Prayer''. Brancato and Ferris met while at college, where both were editors of ''The Harvard Lampoon''. The two have also been credited pseudonymously under the names Henry Dominic and Henry Dominick. Their partnership ended in 2015. Ferris has since separately written two episodes of ''The Simpsons'', "Paths of Glory" and "From Russia Without Love", and the video game adaptation '' Dead Rising: Endgame''. Filmography Film writers * '' Watchers II'' (1990) * ''Bloodfist II'' (1990) (John Brancato's uncredited story role) * ''Femme Fatale'' (1991) * '' Into the Sun'' (1992) * ''Interceptor'' (1992) * '' The Net'' (1995) * '' The Game'' (1997) * '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' (2003) * ''Catwoman'' (2004) * ''Primeval'' (2007) * ''Terminator Salvation'' (2009) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Garris
Mick Garris (born December 4, 1951) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, as well as making Stephen King adaptations. Early life Garris was born in Santa Monica, California and raised in Van Nuys. Career He is known for his work in the horror genre. He has worked with Stephen King several times, such as directing the horror film '' Sleepwalkers'', written by King and starring Mädchen Amick and is the creator of the Showtime series ''Masters of Horror'' and the NBC series '' Fear Itself''. Garris won a 1986 Edgar Award for an episode he wrote for the Steven Spielberg-produced television series'' Amazing Stories''. Garris directed the FEARnet web series ''Post Mortem''. He contributes to the web series Trailers From Hell. Garris was also the co-screenwriter and executive producer of '' Hocus Pocus''. Garris directed the 2011 miniseries adaption of Stephen King's novel ''Bag of Bones'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Paltrow
Jake Paltrow is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. Coming from a family of actors, he is the younger brother of Gwyneth Paltrow and the son of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner. Personal life Paltrow is the son of producer-director Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner. He had a Bar Mitzvah. He is a first cousin of actress Katherine Moennig and a second cousin of former US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. In 1999, Paltrow met photographer and artist Taryn Simon, whom he married in 2010; they have two children together. Career Paltrow's most prominent job was directing some ''NYPD Blue'' episodes, such as: ''Andy Appleseed'' (2003), ''Brothers Under Arms'' (2000) and ''Big Bang Theory'' (1999), following in his father's footsteps as a television director. In 2006, he made his debut as a film director with the movie ''The Good Night'', which featured his sister Gwyneth. The movie was released at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Paltrow has produced short film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Whitley
Richard Whitley is an American screenwriter, producer, lyricist, and actor best known for his work on ''Rock 'n' Roll High School''. Career Richard Whitley was born in Elmhurst, Illinois, to Marian and Edward F. Whitley. He had an older half-brother, John Hill, who was a game designer. Whitley began his career by writing the script for Roger Corman's ''Rock 'n' Roll High School'' (1979). His work on ''Rock 'n' Roll High School'' led to writing for several TV shows, including ''Delta House'', '' Homefront'', ''TV Nation'', '' Space: Above and Beyond'', '' Roseanne'', ''Millennium'', '' Recess'', '' Roswell'', '' The Others'', ''Lloyd in Space'', ''Canterbury's Law'', and ''Pound Puppies''. On July 31, 2008, it was announced that actor/writer Alex Winter had been hired to script a remake of ''Rock 'n' Roll High School'' for Howard Stern Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and television personality, comedian, and author. He is best known for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanford Bookstaver
Sanford Bookstaver (born September 1, 1973) is an American film, television director and television producer. Early life In 1995, Bookstaver graduated from the USC School of Cinema-Television The University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) houses seven academic divisions: Film & Television Production; Cinema & Media Studies; John C. Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts; John Wells Division of Writing for Sc .... In 1999, he directed the film ''Scriptfellas''. Television As a television director, some of Bookstaver's episodic credits include ''Prison Break'', ''The O.C.'', Chicago Fire (TV series), Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. (TV series), Chicago PD, ''Dawson's Creek'', ''One Tree Hill (TV series), One Tree Hill'', ''House (TV series), House'', ''Harper's Island'', ''Jericho (2006 TV series), Jericho'', ''White Collar (TV series), White Collar'', ''Fastlane (TV series), Fastlane'' and ''Bones (TV series), Bones''. Personal life Bookstaver married act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Spicer
Bryan Spicer (born April 9, 1964) is an American film and television director. As a television director some his credits include ''Castle'', '' 24'', ''House'', ''Heroes'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Hawaii Five-0'', and ''Magnum P.I.''. Paley Center for Media has preserved the first season ''Salute Your Shorts'' episode "Sponge Saga" in its New York archive, which was directed by Spicer. In 1995, Spicer made his feature film directorial debut with the film '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'', and in 1997 he directed the films ''McHale's Navy'' and ''For Richer or Poorer ''For Richer or Poorer'' is a 1997 American slapstick comedy film directed by Bryan Spicer starring Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley as a New York socialite couple who decide to end their spoiled relationship. The supporting cast includes Jay O. Sande ...''. FilmBug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas J
Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Court and its longest-serving member since Anthony Kennedy's retirement in 2018. Thomas was born in Pin Point, Georgia. After his father abandoned the family, he was raised by his grandfather in a poor Gullah community near Savannah. Growing up as a devout Catholic, Thomas originally intended to be a priest in the Catholic Church but was frustrated over the church's insufficient attempts to combat racism. He abandoned his aspiration of becoming a clergyman to attend the College of the Holy Cross and, later, Yale Law School, where he was influenced by a number of conservative authors, notably Thomas Sowell, who dramatically shifted his worldview from progressive to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Golan
Fred Golan is an American television writer and producer. Golan is best known for his work on series such as '' Justified'' and '' Sneaky Pete'', on which he served as a writer and executive producer. Notable other work includes ''Boomtown'', '' Roswell'', and '' The Big Easy''. In 2013, Fred Golan was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America,Neimeyer, Mark. "Poe and Popular Culture", collected in ''The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe''. Cambridge University Press, 2002. . p. 206. for an "Edgar Allan Poe Award" for writing Justified, Season 3 episode "Slaughterhouse." Notable television work ''The Big Easy'' *''That Voodoo That You Do'' (1.11) *''Long and Short'' (1.15) (with Anne Kenney) *''Vamps Like Us'' (1.20) *''Heavenly Body'' (2.2) *''A Perfect Day for Buffalo Fish'' (2.7) ''Roswell'' *''Harvest'' (2.6) ''Boomtown'' *''Crash'' (1.8) *''Blackout'' (1.17) *''Wannabe'' (2.3) ''Justified'' *''The Hammer'' (1.10) (with Chris Provenzano Chris Prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom McLoughlin
Thomas Maurice "Tom" McLoughlin (born July 19, 1950) is an American screenwriter, film/television director and former mime who is most notable for directing '' Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives'' and ''One Dark Night''. His other credits include numerous television films such as '' Murder in Greenwich'', ''At Risk'', '' Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life'', ''Date with an Angel'' and the 2010 Lifetime Movie Network film ''The Wronged Man''. In 1977, McLoughlin was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for his contributions to ''Van Dyke and Company'', a special starring Dick Van Dyke. Two years later, he portrayed the robot S.T.A.R. (Special Troops/Arms Regiment) in the Disney film ''The Black Hole.'' He also played (along with Kevin Peter Hall) Katahdin, the mutated bear in the 1979 horror film ''Prophecy In religion, a prophecy is a message that has been communicated to a person (typically called a ''prophet'') by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Condon
William Condon (born October 22, 1955) is an American director and screenwriter. Condon is known for writing and/or directing numerous successful and acclaimed films including '' Gods and Monsters'', ''Chicago'', '' Kinsey'', ''Dreamgirls'', '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1'', '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2'', and ''Beauty and the Beast''. He has received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, ''Gods and Monsters'' and ''Chicago'', winning for the former. Early life Condon was born in New York City on October 22, 1955, the son of a police detective, and was raised in an Irish Catholic family. He attended Regis High School and Columbia College of Columbia University, graduating in 1976 with a degree in philosophy. Two films had a significant impact of Condon's early life. At the age of twelve, he found himself drawn to screenplay writing with his first viewing of ''Bonnie and Clyde''. In college he saw '' Sweet Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Arkin
Daniel Arkin is an American television writer and producer. He has written episodes of television series such as '' The Others'', ''Alias'', ''The X-Files,'' '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', '' Suits'', ''Las Vegas'' and '' Chicago PD''. He was also a co-producer on the shows '' The Agency'' and ''Alias''. He was the showrunner of ''Pearson'', which he co-created with Suits creator, Aaron Korsh Aaron Thomas Korsh (born November 7, 1966) is an American television producer, writer, and former investment banker. Previously he wrote for ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', ''Just Shoot Me!'', '' Love, Inc.'', ''Notes from the Underbelly, The Deep .... References External links * American television writers American male television writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-tv-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobe Hooper
Willard Tobe Hooper (; January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in the horror film, horror genre. The British Film Institute cited Hooper as one of the most influential horror filmmakers of all time. Born in Austin, Texas, Hooper's feature film debut was the independent ''Eggshells (film), Eggshells'' (1969), which he co-wrote with Kim Henkel. The two reunited to co-write ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' (1974), which Hooper also directed. The film went on to become a classic of the genre, and was described in 2010 by ''The Guardian'' as "one of the most influential films ever made." Hooper subsequently directed the horror film ''Eaten Alive'' (1977), followed by the 1979 miniseries ''Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries), Salem's Lot'', an adaptation of the novel by Stephen King. Following this, Hooper signed on to direct ''The Funhouse'' (1981), a major studio slasher film distributed by Universal Pictures. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
