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Masters Of Science Fiction
''Masters of Science Fiction'' is a television anthology series by some of the producers of ''Masters of Horror''. The show debuted on ABC on August 4, 2007, at 10PM for a run of four episodes. It was originally scheduled to run in six parts, but two episodes were removed from the schedule for undisclosed reasons. The show follows a similar format as ''Masters of Horror'', with each hour long episode taking the form of a separate short film adaptation of a story by a respected member of the science fiction community, hence the ''Masters'' in the title. In December 2007, the show was picked up by Space in Canada. This was followed by the North American premiere of the missing two episodes. A Region 1 DVD of all six episodes was released on August 5, 2008. On February 12, 2012, the Science Channel Science Channel (often simply branded as Science; abbreviated to SCI) is an American pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The channel features programming focusi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garry Chalk
Garry Chalk is a British-born Canadian actor. He has provided the voices for Optimus Primal of '' Beast Wars: Transformers'' and '' Beast Machines'', as well as Optimus Prime in the anime English dubs of '' Transformers: Armada'', '' Transformers Energon'', and '' Transformers: Cybertron''. He has lent his voice to over 30 animated television series and has been in films such as ''The Fly II'', ''Godzilla'' and ''Freddy vs. Jason''. He played the recurring role of Col. Chekov on ''Stargate SG-1''. He is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Inspector Andrew Pawlachuk on ''Cold Squad''. Early life Chalk was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England. At the age of 5, his family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Career Chalk has been involved with theatre since 1978 and has performed at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company (VPTC), the Arts Club Theatre Company (ACTC), The Vancouver Theatresports League and various low budget theatres in Canada. The last live s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Kelly (actor)
Terence Kelly (born June 12, 1944) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor. Education Kelly is an early graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Career Kelly work worked artistic director of the White Rock Summer Theatre in White Rock, British Columbia. He also had recurring roles in ''The Beachcombers'', ''The Odyssey'', '' Higher Ground'', '' Tom Stone'', ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and ''Da Vinci's City Hall'', made guest appearances on ''The X-Files'', '' Bordertown'', ''Mom P.I.'', ''Neon Rider'', ''The Commish'' and ''21 Jump Street''. He also appeared in the films '' Beyond the Stars'', ''The Mermaid Chair'', ''Jane's House'', ''Chautauqua Girl'',''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' and '' Finding Father Christmas''. In 1987, for his roles as RCMP officer Sgt. Wilkes in ''Red Serge'', he was nominated for a Gemini Award in the Best Actor in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series category at the 2nd Gemini Awards."Red Serge star spared red face". ''Vancouv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Moloney
Robert Moloney is a Canadian actor, best known for playing Professor ''Alistair Gryffen'' in the TV series '' K-9''. Life and career Moloney was trained at the Langara College in Vancouver, where he took the theatre Arts program Studio 58. In 1995 he made his first TV appearance as Kevin McSwain in Highlander. In 2001 he appeared as Borren in Stargate SG-1, in 2008 as Koracen in Stargate: Atlantis. In 2007 he got Leo Award as ''Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama'' for playing ''Lou Boyd'' in ''Christmas on Chestnut Street''. In K-9 Moloney played the main character Professor ''Alistair Gryffen''. In 2012 Moloney appeared as David in ''Random Acts of Romance''. Next to his appearances in film and television, Robert Moloney also appears on theatre. For his role in the play ''Clybourne Park'' Robert Moloney got the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award as best supporting actor. He also appeared as Astrov in Uncle Vanya. Furthermore he played the radio host Tommy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Butler (actor)
Tom Butler is a Canadian television and film actor. He best known for his television role on the science fiction series ''Sliders'' as Michael Mallory, the father of Quinn Mallory in the pilot episode, and reprised his role in the season 2 episode '' Gillian of the Spirits''. Butler appeared in ''Hostage Rescue Team'' (TV movie, 2001) as Special Agent David Nelson. Butler has appeared in a number of films, including '' Renegades'' (1989), ''Ernest Rides Again'' (1993), ''First Target'' (2000), ''Freddy vs. Jason'' (2003) and '' Everything Gone Green'' (2006). Butler appeared on such shows as '' Highlander: The Series'', ''The Commish'', '' The Outer Limits'', ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Smallville'', '' Check It Out!'', ''The Secret Circle'', '' The Killing'', and as a recurring character on ''Gracepoint''. In 2013, he starred in 9 seasons of the series «Supernatural», playing Jim Myers.https://ottawaski.com/uk/eternal-1460-znamenytyj-tom-batler-z-ottavy-vid-povzunkiv-do-nadpryrodno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Hossack
Allison Hossack (born January 26, 1965) is a Canadian actress. Early years Born in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada, Hossack grew up in Killarney, Manitoba, and participated in musical theatre productions while a student there. She began her studies at Brandon University as a piano major but changed to a major in voice. Then she tried drama, and she later said, "By the time I graduated I was only interested in acting." She graduated from Brandon with a degree in music, after which she studied at Banff School of Fine Arts. Career Following her collegiate studies, Hossack worked on stage at venues including the Muskoka Festival in Ontario and the Rainbow Stage in Winnipeg. Her television roles include '' Another World'' from 1989 to 1992; '' Cobra'' from 1993 to 1994; '' Profit'' in 1996; '' Hope Island'' in 1999; and Stephen King's ''Kingdom Hospital'' in 2004. She starred in the Canadian TV series, ''Falcon Beach'' in 2006. Hossack has made guest appearances on television shows s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Davis
Judith Davis (born 23 April 1955) is an Australian actress in film, television, and on stage. With a career spanning over 40 years, she has been commended for her versatility and regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. Frequent collaborator Woody Allen described her as, "one of the most exciting actresses in the world". She is the most awarded recipient for the AACTA Award with nine accolades and has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, and two nominations for Academy Awards. Davis is a 1977 graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where she starred opposite Mel Gibson in ''Romeo and Juliet''. Most of Davis's stage work has been in Australia, including ''Visions'' (1979), '' Piaf'' (1980), ''Miss Julie'' (1983), ''King Lear'' (1984), ''Hedda Gabler'' (1986), ''Victory'' (2004) and ''The Seagull'' (2011), but she also starred in the 1982 London production of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Waterston
Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor. Waterston is known for his work in theater, television and, film. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award, and has received various award nominations including an Academy Award, Tony Award, and a British Academy Film Award. Having starred in over 80 film and television productions during his 50-year career, he is also known for numerous stage productions on Broadway and Off-Broadway. AllMovie historian Hal Erickson characterized Waterston as having "cultivated a loyal following with his quietly charismatic, unfailingly solid performances." Waterston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2012. Waterston studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and the American Actors Workshop. He started his career in theater on the New York stage, appearing in multiple revivals of Shakespeare. In 1975, he st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Egan
Sam Egan is a journalist, and a screenwriter and producer for television. Career His credits include writing and producing for such shows as ''Quincy, M.E.'', ''The Incredible Hulk'', ''The Fall Guy'', ''Northern Exposure'', '' The Outer Limits'', ''Sanctuary'' and ''Jeremiah''. He is the son of a Holocaust survivor and based ''The Outer Limits'' episode "Tribunal" on his father's experience in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp where his father's first wife and daughter were killed by the Nazis. As a journalist, Egan has written for ''Rolling Stone'' magazine and was editor of the arts magazine '' The Every Other Weekly''. Egan has most recently worked for Shaw's Canadian Sci-Fi Series "Continuum" and "Beloved Mr. Fox," along with Alexander McCall Smith, as a creative consultant. He is also the developer for Television of Robert Rotenburg's "Old City Hall" for CTV. Before working here, he was the creative consultant on the Canadian mini-series "Bloodletting and Other Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kessel
John Joseph Vincent Kessel (born September 24, 1950) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer, and the author of four solo novels, '' Good News From Outer Space'' (1989), ''Corrupting Dr. Nice'' (1997), '' The Moon and the Other'' (2017), and ''Pride and Prometheus'' (2018), and one novel, ''Freedom Beach'' (1985) in collaboration with his friend James Patrick Kelly. Kessel is married to author Therese Anne Fowler. Education Kessel obtained a B.A. in Physics and English from the University of Rochester in 1972, followed by a M.A. in English from University of Kansas in 1974, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Kansas in 1981, where he studied under science fiction writer and scholar James Gunn. Since 1982 Kessel has taught classes in American literature, science fiction, fantasy, and fiction writing at North Carolina State University, and helped organize the MFA Creative Writing program at NCSU, serving as its first di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Rydell
Mark Rydell (born Mortimer H. Rydell; March 23, 1929) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has directed several Academy Award-nominated films including '' The Fox'' (1967), '' The Reivers'' (1969), ''Cinderella Liberty'' (1973), '' The Rose'' (1979), and '' The River'' (1984). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for '' On Golden Pond'' (1981). Actor Rydell initially trained in music. As a youth, he wanted to be a conductor. He said he left music because of the proliferation of drugs among the musicians: "Heroin was the drug of choice," he said. "Knowing that I have an addict's personality in that a little is good but a lot is better, I knew I was in danger. So I went back to college and went to the Neighborhood Playhouse". He studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. His first significant roles were as Walt Johnson on ''The Edge of Night'', and as Jeff Baker on ''As the World Turns'', which he playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
