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Wolf Lake
''Wolf Lake'' is an American supernatural drama television series that originally aired on CBS from September 19 to October 24, 2001. Nine episodes were produced, but only five aired before the series was canceled by CBS. The full series, including the four unaired episodes, was later picked up and broadcast on UPN in April–May 2002. ''Wolf Lake'' depicts a pack of werewolves living in a Seattle suburb. Summary Seattle policeman John Kanin proposes marriage to his girlfriend, Ruby Wilder, and she accepts. However, as she gets into her car, she is attacked. The only thing Kanin finds of his now fiancee, is a severed hand. He travels to her hometown of Wolf Lake to find some answers. However, his experiences there raise even more questions. What John doesn't know is that some of the inhabitants of Wolf Lake are actually werewolves. The werewolves, or the ones who survive the change, live on the "Hill" and enjoy special treatment, separated from the normal humans. Cast Main * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supernatural Fiction
Supernatural fiction or supernaturalist fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that exploits or is centered on supernatural themes, often contradicting naturalist assumptions of the real world. Description In its broadest definition, supernatural fiction overlaps with examples of weird fiction, horror fiction, vampire literature, ghost story, and fantasy. Elements of supernatural fiction can be found in writing from the genre of science fiction. Amongst academics, readers and collectors, however, supernatural fiction is often classed as a discrete genre defined by the elimination of "horror", "fantasy", and elements important to other genres. The one genre supernatural fiction appears to embrace in its entirety is the traditional ghost story. The fantasy and supernatural fiction genres would often overlap and may be confused each for each other, though there exist some crucial differences between the two genres. Fantasy usually takes place in another world, where fantast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kellie Waymire
Kellie Suzanne Waymire (July 27, 1967 – November 13, 2003) was an American stage, television, and film actress. She was known for her television roles on '' Six Feet Under'', ''Friends'', and ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. Biography Waymire was born in Columbus, Ohio to Jack and Vickie Waymire. She had two siblings, Tony and Rebecca. The family moved frequently, living in Lake Tahoe, Nevada; Denver, Colorado; Tampa, Florida; and Houston, Texas. In Houston, Waymire attended Lamar High School where she became interested in acting and was the drama club's president. She then attended Southern Methodist University where she won the Greer Garson Award. Waymire completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater at SMU, and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego in 1993. Career After graduating from college, Waymire moved to New York City. She began her television career in the role of "Emily" on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' in 1993. In 1997, she move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Talalay
Rachel Talalay (born July 16, 1958) is a British-American film and television director and producer. She is also a University of British Columbia film professor. Early life and education Talalay was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father Paul Talalay was a pharmacologist, born in Berlin to a Russian Jewish family, and her mother Pamela is an English biochemist. She has two sisters and a brother. She was raised mostly in Baltimore, Maryland, with two years of her childhood in Britain. Talalay attended Yale, where she majored in mathematics, graduating in 1980. She also ran the Yale Film Society. Career Talalay worked in a number of different capacities in filmmaking before making her directorial debut with the film '' Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'' (1991). Talalay also worked on the first four ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' films. Her work with the earlier ''Nightmare'' films utilized her computer skills and finding ways to create better special effects while still keeping c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Chappelle
Joseph Chappelle is an American screenwriter, Film producer, producer, and Film director, director of film and Television director, television. He is perhaps best known for his work on the critically acclaimed HBO series ''The Wire'', where he directed six episodes and served as co-executive producer for three seasons. In 2018, his episode Middle Ground (The Wire), "Middle Ground" was named the 6th Best TV Episode of the Century by pop culture website The Ringer (website), The Ringer. He has also produced and directed several other popular cable television programs, including ''CSI: Miami'', ''Fringe (TV series), Fringe'' and ''Chicago Fire (TV series), Chicago Fire''. Chappelle wrote and directed the political thriller ''An Acceptable Loss'', starring Tika Sumpter and Jamie Lee Curtis, which was released by IFC Films in January 2019. Career Chappelle graduated from Northwestern University with a Master of Fine Arts in Film and worked in Chicago's advertising community before wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Knauf
Daniel Knauf, sometimes credited under the pseudonyms Wilfred Schmidt and Chris Neal, is an American television screenwriter and producer, as well as comic book writer, best known for his creation of the 2003 HBO series '' Carnivàle''. Biography Born and raised in Los Angeles, Knauf attended several colleges in Southern California studying fine art, and later graduated from the California State University, Los Angeles with a bachelor's degree in English in 1982. He began work as an employee benefits consultant and later a health insurance broker, writing once he was able to support himself and his family financially. Hoping to become a screenwriter, Knauf's first draft of '' Carnivàle'', written in 1992, was 180 pages long and twice the length of the average feature film. Convinced the screenplay could not work as either a standard television series or a film, he put it aside, planning to one day adapt it into a novel. ''Carnivàle'' evolved as a result of Knauf's childh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwight Little
Dwight Hubbard Little (born January 13, 1956) is an American film and television director, known for directing the films ''Marked for Death'', '' Rapid Fire'', '' Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home'', ''Murder at 1600'' and '' Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers''. He has also directed several episodes of acclaimed television series such as '' 24'', ''Prison Break'', ''Dollhouse'', ''Bones'' and ''Nikita''. Little was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied film at USC. Career Dwight Little got his first break in the film business when producer Sandy Howard asked him to shoot additional material for ''Triumphs of a Man Called Horse.'' Howard needed the film to be longer in order to be able to sell it oversees. When Little was finished, Howard asked him to make him an action film for the video market. Little made '' KGB: The Secret War'' for a budget of 300,000 dollars. From that film, Little edited a show-reel that got him the attention of several members of the Hunt-Hill family ... [...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] |
Jodelle Ferland
Jodelle Micah Ferland (born October 9, 1994) is a Canadians, Canadian actress. She debuted as a child actress at the age of four in the television film Mermaid (2000 film), ''Mermaid'' (2000) for which she won a Young Artist Award and received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination, making her the youngest nominee in Emmy history. Her career progressed with roles in the television film Carrie (2002 film), ''Carrie'' (2002), the horror films ''They (2002 film), They'' (2002), Tideland (film), ''Tideland'' (2005), Silent Hill (film), ''Silent Hill'' (2006) and ''Case 39'' (2009), and the comedy film ''Good Luck Chuck'' (2007). She also led the television series ''Kingdom Hospital'' (2004). From the 2010s, Ferland had roles in the romantic fantasy film ''The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' (2010) and the horror films ''The Cabin in the Woods'' (2011) and The Tall Man (2012 film), ''The Tall Man'' (2012). She has also starred in the television series Dark Matter (2015 TV series), ''Dark Matter'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Robbins
Ryan John Currier (born November 26, 1972), better known as Ryan Robbins, is a Canadian actor. Early life Robbins was born in Victoria, British Columbia. Career Robbins is known for his roles as Ladon Radim in ''Stargate Atlantis'', Henry Foss on ''Sanctuary'' and is the only actor to have played two different characters (not counting different incarnations of Cylon models as different characters) in the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'', having originally starred in the 2003 ''Battlestar Galactica'' miniseries, with heavy makeup and prosthetics to age him, as the Colonial officer assigned to Armistice Station, followed by a recurring role as Charlie Connor in the third and fourth seasons of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' 2004–2009 TV series. Robbins later played Diego in the 2010 ''Battlestar Galactica'' prequel series ''Caprica''. Robbins has also guest starred in the TV series ''jPod'' as Alistair Parish and as Wendell on the Canadian series ''The Guard''. In 2011 he p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Carter
Sarah Sanguin Carter (born October 30, 1980) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for her recurring role as Alicia Baker in the superhero series ''Smallville'' (2004–2005), Madeleine Poe in ''Shark'' (2006–2008), and main role as Maggie in the TNT science fiction series ''Falling Skies'' (2011–2015). Early life Carter was born in Toronto and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was in the prestigious Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Carter was also on the debate team and named one of the top three public speakers in the world. She competed in various countries including Austria, England, and Argentina. After graduating high school, Carter moved to Switzerland where she studied fine arts at Neuchâtel Junior College for one year. She subsequently attended Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto. At some point, Carter took time off from acting, spending time in India and Cuba, where she worked in an orphanage. Career Carter's early television career included appearances in ''Wolf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Olejnik
Craig Olejnik is a Canadian actor. Early life Olejnik graduated from West Kings District High School in Auburn, Nova Scotia. His father was in the military. His grandparents immigrated to Canada from Poland. Career Olejnik is known for his lead role in the television series '' The Listener'' as Toby Logan, a paramedic with the power to read minds by hearing others' thoughts and seeing events that happened to them from their point of view. His previous work includes '' Runaway'', ''Thir13en Ghosts'', ''Margaret's Museum'' and ''Wolf Lake''. He is also the director, writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, p ... and producer of the film ''Interview with a Zombie''. Filmography Film Television References External links * Living people 21st-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Anderson
Sam Anderson (born April 2, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his character roles such as Sam Gorpley on '' Perfect Strangers'', Holland Manners on ''Angel'', dentist Bernard Nadler on ''Lost'' and in film, as the principal in ''Forrest Gump''. Early life Anderson was born in Wahpeton, North Dakota. He received a Master of Arts degree in American literature and creative writing at the University of North Dakota and the University of Wisconsin. During the 1970s, he taught drama at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California. Career Anderson is best known for his roles as mailroom supervisor Mr. Gorpley on '' Perfect Strangers'', the lawyer Holland Manners on the first two seasons of ''Angel'' and as Bernard on ''Lost''. He notably played the school principal in ''Forrest Gump''. He is also known as the assistant manager of the Hotel Royale in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode " The Royale", and as Mike Seaver's adversarial Principal DeWitt on ''Growi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
