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Messenger (Andor)
''Andor'', also known as ''Star Wars: Andor'' and ''Andor: A Star Wars Story'' for its second season, is an American dystopian science fiction political spy thriller television series created by Tony Gilroy for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the ''Star Wars'' franchise and a prequel to the film ''Rogue One'' (2016), which in itself is a prequel to the original ''Star Wars'' film (1977). The series follows thief-turned-rebel spy Cassian Andor during the formative five years leading up to the events of the two films, exploring how he becomes radicalized against the Galactic Empire and how the wider Rebel Alliance is formed. Diego Luna reprises his role as Cassian Andor from ''Rogue One'' and serves as an executive producer. The series also stars Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, Stellan Skarsgård, Fiona Shaw, Genevieve O'Reilly, Denise Gough, Faye Marsay, Varada Sethu, Elizabeth Dulau, Ben Mendelsohn, Benjamin Bratt, and Alan Tudyk. Lucasfilm announced a series foc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action-adventure Fiction
Action fiction is a literary genre, genre in literature that focuses on stories involving high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of subgenres, such as Spy fiction, spy novels, Adventure fiction, adventure stories, tales of terror, intrigue ("cloak and dagger"), and Mystery fiction, mysteries. These kinds of stories utilize Thriller (genre), suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the Conflict (narrative), conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or the solution to a mystery of a Thriller (genre), thriller. The intricacies of human relationships or the nuances of philosophy and psychology are rarely explored in action fiction, typically being fast-paced mysteries that merely seek to provide the reader with an exhilarating experience. Action fiction can also be a plot element of Literature, non-literary works such as graphic novels and film. Genre fiction Action genre is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varada Sethu
Varada Sethu (born Varada Sethumadhavan, 12 May 1992) is a British actress. Her credits include '' Sket'' (2010), '' English: An Autumn in London'' (2012), ''Doctors'' (2015), '' New Blood'' (2016), '' Doctor Foster'' (2017), '' Hanna'' (2019), '' Strike Back: Vendetta'' (2020), ''Jurassic World Dominion'' (2022), and ''Annika'' (2023). She portrayed Detective Sergeant Mishal Ali in ''Hard Sun'' (2018), Cinta Kaz in the Disney+ ''Star Wars'' series '' Andor'' (2022–2025), and Belinda Chandra in ''Doctor Who'' (2025). Early life Sethu and her twin sister Abhaya were born in Kerala, India, and are of Malayali ancestry. Sethu's parents are doctors. She moved to the North East of England at a young age and she grew up in Benton, Tyne and Wear, near Newcastle upon Tyne. Sethu attended Dame Allan's Schools and was a member of the National Youth Theatre. During her final year of sixth form, Sethu won the 2010 Miss Newcastle competition. She went on to study veterinary medicine a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Miles
Yan Miles, ACE, is an English television and film editor. He is best known for his work on the Netflix series ''The Crown'' and BBC Television series '' Sherlock''. Career Yan began his career working for Stanley Long. Yan won his first Emmy award for the Nick Hurran directed '' Sherlock: His Last Vow'' in 2014. He is a member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) and the British Film Editors (BFE). His latest project with A24 and Apple TV+ Apple TV+ is an American subscription over-the-top streaming service owned by Apple. The service launched on November 1, 2019, and it offers a selection of original production film and television series called Apple Originals. The service w ... features '' Sharper''. Filmography Awards and nominations References External links * Living people British television editors British film editors Year of birth missing (living people) {{Film-editor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Porter
Tim Porter (born May 1974) is a British film editor, best known for his work on the HBO series, ''Game of Thrones'', as well as several other notable British television series. He worked as an editor and co-producer on the ''Game of Thrones'' prequel, ''House of the Dragon''. Career He won the 2016 Emmy for " Battle of the Bastards", directed by Miguel Sapochnik. He 'sifted through nearly 100 hours of footage to create a seamless battle scene.' He was also given both the 2016 HPA and Eddie awards. In 2019, he won his second Emmy award (Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for A Drama Series) for ''Game of Thrones'' "The Long Night", (season 8, episode 3). The episode was directed again by Sapochnik. Porter describes it as "a constant search for the correct rhythm." He was awarded the American Cinema Editors 2020 Eddie for that same episode. He was recognised in ''Variety'' 2016 'Below The Line Impact Report' as, 'an editor capable of building suspense and excruciating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gilroy (film Editor)
John M. Gilroy (born June 24, 1959) is an American film editor whose work includes ''Michael Clayton'', '' The Bourne Legacy'', ''Warrior'', ''Pacific Rim'', '' Nightcrawler'' and ''Suicide Squad''. Life and career Gilroy was born in 1959 in Santa Monica, California. He is the son of Ruth Dorothy (Gaydos), a sculptor and writer, and Frank D. Gilroy, a filmmaker. He is the twin brother of screenwriter-director Dan Gilroy and the brother of screenwriter-director Tony Gilroy. He has a daughter, Carolyn, born in 1990. John did not originally plan to enter the film industry. He studied government at Dartmouth College with the intention of continuing on to attend law school, but eventually decided to pursue a career in film rather than law. He moved to New York City, where he worked as a bartender for two years before landing his first job as an assistant editor under Rick Shaine on the 1984 adaptation of Herb Gardner's play '' The Goodbye People''. He was an editorial assistant on s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Rejwan
Michelle Rejwan (born March 8, 1982) is an American film producer and the Senior Vice-president of Live Action Development and Production for Lucasfilm. She produced the ''Star Wars'' film '' The Rise of Skywalker'', alongside Kathleen Kennedy and J. J. Abrams. Biography Rejwan went to University of California, Los Angeles for a year, transferred to University of Southern California, before deciding to take a leave of absence. She got a job as assistant to Allison Jones. She later became an assistant to Jeff Garlin. After a stint in the film industry, Rejwan returned to school and graduated from Columbia University School of General Studies in 2008. After Columbia, Rejwan landed a job as J. J. Abrams' assistant and rose to associate producer on ''Super 8'' and co-produced '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' and '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker''. In 2019, she was named Senior Vice President of Live Action Development and Production of Lucasfilm, where she has been a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Haynes
Toby Haynes is a British television director, notable for his work on ''Doctor Who'' (2010–11), '' Sherlock'' (2012), ''Black Mirror'' (2017–2025), and ''Andor'' (2022). He also directed the Channel 4/HBO television film '' Brexit: The Uncivil War''. He is a graduate of the National Film and Television School, and an alumnus of Falmouth University. He won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) for the Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ... episodes "The Pandorica Opens" and "The Big Bang (Doctor Who), The Big Bang" (2010). Filmography Film * '' Brexit: The Uncivil War'' (2019) Television References External links *Toby Haynes Profile at the Curtis Brown (literary agents), Curtis Brown Agency Living people British televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Kennedy (producer)
Kathleen Kennedy (born June 5, 1953) is an American film producer who has been president of Lucasfilm since 2012. In 1981, Kennedy co-founded the production company Amblin Entertainment with Steven Spielberg and her eventual husband Frank Marshall. Her first film as a producer was '' E.T.'' (1982). A decade later, again with Spielberg, she produced the ''Jurassic Park'' franchise, the first two of which became two of the top ten highest-grossing films of the 1990s. In 1992, she and Marshall founded The Kennedy/Marshall Company. In 2012, Kennedy became the president of Lucasfilm after The Walt Disney Company acquired the company. As Lucasfilm's president, Kennedy has overseen the development, production, and release of projects such as the ''Star Wars'' sequel trilogy (2015–2019), the ''Star Wars'' standalone films '' Rogue One'' (2016) and ''Solo'' (2018) as well as the fifth ''Indiana Jones'' film, '' The Dial of Destiny'' (2023). She has also produced various ''Star Wars' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanne Wohlenberg
Sanne Wohlenberg (sometimes known as Sanne Craddick) is a German-born television producer working primarily in the United Kingdom. She has produced or co-produced episodes of television including ''Wallander'' and the revived series of ''Doctor Who''. In 2019, she won an Emmy Award for her production of the mini-series ''Chernobyl''. Early life Wohlenberg grew up in Wolfsburg and studied in Hamburg before moving to the United Kingdom. Career For ''Doctor Who'', Wohlenberg produced the stories ''A Christmas Carol, The Doctor's Wife'', and ''Night Terrors''. In 2019, she produced the HBO mini-series ''Chernobyl'' which covered the nuclear disaster in Ukraine (at the time part of the Soviet Union), and was filmed in Lithuania. In 2022, she was announced as a producer for the TV series ''Andor'', a prequel to '' Rogue One''. In 2019, she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series, as the producer of ''Chernobyl''. In 2020, she received the Producers Guild of America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Roberts (composer)
Brandon Roberts (born 1976 or 1977) is an American composer for film and television. He, along with Marco Beltrami, won the Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Score) for ''Free Solo'' (2018). He also collaborated with Beltrami on the CBS All Access series ''The Twilight Zone'' (2019–2020). He also composed the score for the 2018 film '' Unbroken: Path to Redemption''. In 2025, he composed the original score for the second season of '' Andor'', taking over scoring duties from fellow composer Nicholas Britell. He is from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. He attended the University of Southern California. Select discography *'' Sea of Fear'' (2006) *'' The Woman in Black: Angel of Death'' (2014) *'' The Axe Murders of Villisca'' (2016) *'' Little Evil'' (2017) *'' Unbroken: Path to Redemption'' (2018) *''Underwater'' (2020) *'' The Way I See It'' (2020) *''Black Box'' (2020) *'' Chaos Walking'' (2021) *'' Fear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Britell
Nicholas Britell (born October 17, 1980) is an American film and television composer. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and a Grammy Award. He has received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score for Barry Jenkins's ''Moonlight'' (2016) and '' If Beale Street Could Talk'' (2018), and Adam McKay's ''Don't Look Up'' (2021). He also scored McKay's ''The Big Short'' (2015) and ''Vice'' (2018). He is also known for scoring '' Battle of the Sexes'' (2017), '' The King'' (2019), '' Cruella'' (2021), and '' She Said'' (2022). The HBO original series ''Succession'' (2018–2023) marked Britell's entry into television. Britell scored all four seasons, earning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music in 2019. His scores for the second, third, and fourth seasons of ''Succession'' each earned Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series nominations in 2020, 2022, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Tudyk
Alan Wray Tudyk ( ; born March 16, 1971) is an American actor. His film work includes roles in '' 28 Days'' (2000), '' A Knight's Tale'' (2001), '' Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'' (2004), voice and motion capture for Sonny in '' I, Robot'' (2004), and '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (2007). He starred in the black comedy horror film '' Tucker & Dale vs. Evil'' (2010). Tudyk has also appeared in the films '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011), '' 42'' (2013), '' Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials'' (2015) and '' Trumbo'' (2015). He has voiced characters in most Walt Disney Animation Studios films since 2012. Tudyk's television roles include Wash on the space Western drama series ''Firefly'' (2002–2003). The show ran for one season and developed a cult following after the series aired. He reprised the role in the 2005 continuation film '' Serenity'' expanding on the events of the final episode of the series. His other roles include the 2007 English black comedy film '' Death at a Funeral' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
