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The $treet
''The Street'' (stylized as ''The $treet'') is an American drama television series that aired on Fox from November 1 to December 13, 2000. Created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star, only 12 episodes were produced, and the series was pulled from American airwaves after seven episodes aired. The entire show aired overseas. Premise The series was about a small brokerage house called Belmont Stevens located in New York City and the lives of its employees. Cast Main *Tom Everett Scott as Jack Kenderson * Nina Garbiras as Alexandra "Alex" Brill * Bridgette Wilson-Sampras as Bridgette Dishell *Christian Campbell as Tim Sherman * Melissa De Sousa as Donna Pasqua *Rick Hoffman as Freddie Sacker *Sean Maher as Chris McConnell *Giancarlo Esposito as Tom Divack *Jennifer Connelly as Catherine Miller *Adam Goldberg as Evan Mitchell Recurring *Jennie Garth as Gillian Sherman *Bradley Cooper as Clay Hammond * Heather Burns as Joanne Sacker Episodes Production Each episode of the series cost $2. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Rake
Jeffrey Paul Rake is an American television producer and writer. He is known for his work on ''Boston Legal'' and creating the NBC shows ''Manifest'', '' The Mysteries of Laura'' and '' Miss Match''. Biography Rake was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Encino, Los Angeles. He attended Harvard-Westlake School and graduated from Columbia University in 1990. He was the president of Columbia College Student Council during his senior year. At Columbia, he was also a classmate of television producer Gina Fattore and Academy Award-winning film producer Dede Gardner. He received a J.D. degree from UC Berkeley School of Law, where he was a finalist in the James Patterson McBaine Honors Moot Court Competition and an executive editor of the ''California Law Review''. After graduating from law school, Rake clerked for two federal judges and joined one of L.A.'s top law firms. During his tenure as a lawyer, he took a leave of absence and wrote the musical ''Hound Dog: A hip hOpera, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennie Garth
Jennifer Eve Garth (born April 3, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for starring as Kelly Taylor throughout the Beverly Hills, 90210 (franchise), ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' franchise and Val Tyler on the sitcom ''What I Like About You (TV series), What I Like About You'' (2002–06). In 2012, she starred in her own reality show, ''Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country'' on Country Music Television, CMT. Her memoir titled ''Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde'' was published by New American Library on April 1, 2014. Early life Garth was born in Urbana, Illinois, to John and Carolyn Garth. The youngest of seven children (though their only child together), Garth spent much of her youth on a 25-acre horse ranch between Sadorus, Illinois, Sadorus and Arcola, Illinois. For a time, the family stayed in Tuscola, Illinois; but eventually, they settled in Glendale, Arizona, when Garth was around 13 years old. She studied dance and modeled, and was soon discovered at a local talent c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John David Coles
John David Coles is an American director and producer. Coles was nominated in 2015 for an Emmy and PGA Award for his work as an executive producer and director on '' House of Cards.'''' '' He also has directing credits on the Showtime series ''Homeland,'' the Epix original series '' Berlin Station'', '' 11/22/63'' for Hulu, and Amazon’s '' Mad Dogs''. His production company, Talking Wall Pictures, has focused on the development of feature and television projects after securing a first round of equity financing in 2019. Early life Coles shot his first full length 16mm film at age 17 – an update of ''Casablanca (1942)'' re-imagined in a high school. While at Amherst College he directed a documentary about the school that was aired on PBS, and soon after was making short films for NBC’s ''Saturday Night Live'' and directing industrial films for AT&T and Pepsi-Cola. Career Coles began his career as an editor on Francis Ford Coppola’s ''Rumble Fish'' (1983) and '' The Cotto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Po Bronson
Po Bronson (born March 14, 1964) is an American journalist and author who lives in San Francisco. Early life and education Bronson was born in Seattle, Washington. After attending Lakeside School in Seattle, he graduated from Stanford University in 1986, and briefly worked as an assistant bond salesman in San Francisco. Career Bronson abandoned finance to pursue writing, publishing short stories and eventually a comedic novel based upon his bond trading experiences. This first novel, ''Bombardiers'' (1995), was an international bestseller. ''Publishers Weekly'' reviewed the book saying, "Bronson writes with panache, and while his novel finally lacks the depth of feeling that can distinguish a great satire like ''Catch-22'', it's a witty and cutting send-up that marks him as a writer with a likely big and bright future." Bronson went on to write articles for ''The New York Times Magazine'' and others, but perhaps became best known for his work in ''Wired'' magazine and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Deitch
Donna Deitch (born June 8, 1945, San Francisco, California) is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter, and actor best known for her 1985 film '' Desert Hearts''. The movie was the first feature film to "de-sensationalize lesbianism" by presenting a lesbian romance story with positive and respectful themes. Career Deitch segued from documentary filmmaker to producing and directing ''Desert Hearts'', the landmark hit of the 1985 Telluride and Toronto International film festivals, and the 1986 Sundance Film Festival. The film was picked up for worldwide distribution by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. Shortly after seeing the film, Oprah Winfrey hired Deitch to direct the Emmy-nominated four-hour miniseries '' The Women of Brewster Place''. After the success of ''Brewster Place'', Deitch directed four pilots, three of which were picked up for series, including '' Second Noah''. She has directed numerous episodes of one-hour dramas including ''NYPD Blue'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Glasberg
Gary Glasberg (July 15, 1966 – September 28, 2016) was an American television writer and producer. He was born in New York City. He was the showrunner on '' NCIS'' and creator of '' NCIS: New Orleans''. Glasberg's production company is called When Pigs Fly Incorporated. Career Glasberg started out writing for animated shows such as '' Rugrats'', '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' and '' Duckman''. Glasberg's credits include '' The Street'', '' Crossing Jordan'', '' The Evidence'', '' Bones'', ''Shark'', '' The Mentalist'' and '' NCIS''. From 2011 until his death he was showrunner, and the producer in charge of day-to-day operations, on ''NCIS''. Screenwriting * '' Rugrats'' (1992) * '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' (1993) * '' Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad'' (1994) * ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' (1994) * '' Duckman'' (1995) * '' Swift Justice'' (1996) * '' L.A. Firefighters'' (1996) * '' Viper'' (1997) * '' Recess'' (1997) * '' Ghost Stories'' (1997� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael W
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (fashion designer), Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers Byzantine emperors *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I *Michael II (770–829), called "the Stammerer" and "the Amorian" *Michael III ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Pressman
Michael Pressman is an American film and television producer and director. Early life A native of Manhattan, Pressman was born into a theatrical family. His mother, Sasha, a modern dancer, was an original member of Martha Graham's first dance troupe. His father, David Pressman, was a theatrical and television director who helped launch Boston University’s distinguished school of theater and helmed Broadway plays, including ''The Disenchanted'', Jason Robards' first Broadway appearance; and the original '' Actor’s Studio'' Anthology Series in the late 1940s, for which he discovered and cast an unknown Grace Kelly. David Pressman’s pioneer career in live television in the early 1950s was suddenly derailed when he was targeted by Senator Joseph McCarthy during his blacklisting of alleged communist sympathizers. Unable to work in television for close to 15 years, he survived the blacklist by teaching. When the Blacklist itself derailed in the early 1960s, he began working re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Pinkner
Jeff Pinkner (born November 16, 1964) is an American television and movie writer and producer. Early life and education Born to a Jewish family,Variety Magazine: "Abrams keeps it all in the fan family – J.J. and his collaborators conquer Hollywood" By Cynthia Littleton October 16, 2009 , ''"We're all self-deprecating short Jews, with the exception of Bob Orci"'' Pinkner graduated from Pikesville High School in in 1983, |
Stephen Gyllenhaal
Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal ( , ; born October 4, 1949) is an American film director and poet. He is the father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Early life Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Virginia Lowrie (née Childs) and Hugh Anders Gyllenhaal. He is of Swedish and English descent; through his father, he is a member of the Gyllenhaal family, and a descendant of the cavalry officer Nils Gunnesson Haal, who was ennobled in 1652 when Queen Christina of Sweden conferred upon him the crest and family name, "Gyllenhaal". Gyllenhaal grew up in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia in a close-knit Swedenborgian family. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1972, with a degree in English. His mentor at Trinity was the poet Hugh Ogden. Career Gyllenhaal directed the film version of the Pete Dexter novel '' Paris Trout'', which was nominated for five Emmy Awards and won him a DGA Award. In 1990, Gyllenhaal directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellie Herman
Ellie Herman is an American television writer, teacher and blogger, based in Los Angeles, California. Career She has written for ''Melrose Place'', ''My So-Called Life'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Jericho'', ''Century City'', ''That Was Then'', '' Significant Others'', '' Relativity'', '' Chicago Hope'', '' Doogie Howser, M.D.'', ''Northern Exposure'', '' Gabriel's Fire'', ''Newhart'', '' Moon Over Miami'' and ''The Riches''. She has a teaching blog, "Gatsby In L.A.," about a teacher's journey through the classrooms of Los Angeles. Awards In 1989, she received an O. Henry Award for her short story "Unstable Ground". Received September 26, 2007 She received a |
David Jones (director)
David Hugh Jones (19 February 1934 – 19 September 2008) was an English stage, television and film director. Life and career Jones was born in Poole, Dorset, the son of John David Jones and his wife Gwendolen Agnes Langworthy (Ricketts), and was educated at Taunton School and Christ's College, Cambridge. Originally a television director, he first worked for BBC producer Huw Wheldon working on the ''Monitor (UK TV series), Monitor'' arts television series from 1958 to 1964. His first London stage production was a triple-bill of T. S. Eliot, T.S. Eliot's ''Sweeney Agonistes'', W. B. Yeats, W.B. Yeats's ''Purgatory (drama), Purgatory'' and Samuel Beckett's ''Krapp's Last Tape'' at the Mermaid Theatre in 1961. He directed his first production for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Arts Theatre in 1962, Boris Vian's ''The Empire Builder'', and two years later accepted the administrative post Artistic Controller at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), helping to plan programmes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
