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The Knick
''The Knick'' is an American period medical drama television series on Cinemax created by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler and directed by Steven Soderbergh. The series follows Dr. John W. Thackery (Clive Owen) and the staff at a fictionalized version of the Knickerbocker Hospital (the Knick) in New York City during the early twentieth century. Amiel and Begler wrote the majority of the episodes and are executive producers. Owen, Soderbergh, Gregory Jacobs, and Michael Sugar ( Anonymous Content) were executive producers. The ten-episode first season of ''The Knick'' premiered on Cinemax on August 8, 2014. Another season, also ten episodes long, followed on October 16, 2015. In March 2017, Cinemax announced the series was canceled. In 2020, Soderbergh confirmed that a new season of ''The Knick'' was in development led by Barry Jenkins, and that Amiel and Begler have written a pilot episode. In 2023, Begler confirmed that a spin-off series was still in development, with the pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents history, historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as artistic license, creative dialogue or scenes which compress separate events. The biographical film is a type of historical drama which generally focuses on a single individual or well-defined group. Historical dramas can include romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. Historical drama can be differentiated from historical fiction, which generally present fictional characters and events against a backdrop of historical events. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grainger Hines
Grainger Hines (born August 18, 1948)Adams Sloan, Robin (1981)The Gossip Column, '' Lewiston Morning Tribune'', October 6, 1981, p. 12E. Retrieved November 18, 2013 is an American actor, writer, producer, and director. Career He has appeared in numerous television shows - ''True Blood'', ''Boston Legal'', '' Nip/Tuck'', '' CSI: Miami'', ''Cold Case'', ''Las Vegas'', ''Matlock'', '' Saving Grace'', ''Ghost Whisperer'', '' In the Heat of the Night'', '' Blue Bloods'', ''Airwolf'', '' The Fall Guy'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (uncredited), '' Hell on Wheels'' among others. He also has appeared in many films such as '' Lincoln'', '' Protocol'', ''Innerspace'', ''Rocky II'', ''False Identity'', ''Abuse of Power'', ''Thicker Than Water'', ''Amber Waves'', '' Summer School Teachers'', and others. Hines also appeared in the miniseries '' War and Remembrance'' and '' The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory''. Hines also starred in the soap opera, ''One Life to Live'' as Brian Beck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Drama
A medical drama is a Television film, television movie or film in which events center upon a hospital, clinic, doctor's office, a paramedic, or any other medical topic or environment. Most recent medical drama (film and television), dramatic programming goes beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. The longest running prime-time medical drama in the world is the British series ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', airing since 1986, and the longest running medical soap opera is ''General Hospital'', running since 1963. History ''City Hospital (U.S. TV series), City Hospital'', which first aired in 1951, is usually considered to be the first televised medical drama. (The first serialized medical drama was probably the ''Dr. Kildare'' film series (1937–1947), starring a number of actors in the eponymous role, and Lionel Barrymore throughout the series.) ''Medic (TV series), Medic'', which featured Richard Boone, ran two se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Period Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents history, historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as artistic license, creative dialogue or scenes which compress separate events. The biographical film is a type of historical drama which generally focuses on a single individual or well-defined group. Historical dramas can include romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. Historical drama can be differentiated from historical fiction, which generally present fictional characters and events against a backdrop of historical events. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinemax
Cinemax is an American pay television network owned by Home Box Office, Inc., a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched on August 1, 1980, as a "maxi-pay" service to complement the offerings of its sister premium network, HBO (Home Box Office), Cinemax initially focused on recent and classic films. Today, its programming primarily includes recent and classic theatrically released films, original series, documentaries, and special behind-the-scenes features. It operates eight 24-hour linear channels and offers a traditional subscription video-on-demand service called Cinemax On Demand. Cinemax previously provided a TV Everywhere streaming platform, Cinemax Go, which is no longer available. However, its linear channels are accessible through multichannel video programming distributors such as Apple TV, Amazon Video, and Roku. History Home Box Office, Inc., owned by Time Inc.'s Time Life, Time-Life Broadcasting unit, launched a movie-centered pay service called Take 2 on A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anonymous Content
Anonymous Content (AC) is an independent global entertainment company founded in 1999 by CEO Steve Golin, Dave Morrison and Gore Verbinski. It is based in Los Angeles with offices in Culver City, New York City and London. History Anonymous Content was founded in 1999 by CEO Steve Golin, who had left Propaganda Films, Dave Morrison and Gore Verbinski. The company initially had a deal with USA Films to produce its pictures. The company begin taking on the Anonymous Content name in 2000. In 2002, AC made its first foray into television with '' Crime & Punishment'', a reality show that ran for three seasons on NBC. In May 2011, it was announced that AC's talent management division had added managers Tony Lipp, Sandra Chang and Doug Wald, who brought several major talents with them. In May 2014, it signed a three-year first look production deal with Paramount Television, where Paramount would produce and distribute scripted programming developed by AC. In February 2016, Kevin C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Sugar
Michael Sugar is an American film and television producer and principal at Sugar23, best known for producing '' Spotlight'', ''13 Reasons Why'', ''Maniac'' and ''The Knick''. Life and career Sugar attended the Armand Hammer United World College of the American West in New Mexico after which he completed his undergraduate studies in 1995 at Brandeis University. He went on to study law at Georgetown University. He is the son of the producer/distributor Larry Sugar and is married to Lauren Wall Sugar. He is Jewish. Sugar's list of literary and talent clients includes Steven Soderbergh, Richard Linklater, Cary Fukunaga, Edgar Wright, Marc Webb, Patty Jenkins and Robin Wright. He was previously an executive producer of Cinemax’s critically acclaimed drama series ''The Knick'', starring Clive Owen and directed by Steven Soderbergh. He is currently an executive producer of the Netflix series, '' The OA'' (co-created by Zal Batmanglij client Brit Marling, who also stars), ''Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Jacobs
Gregory Jacobs (born August 14, 1968) is an American film director, assistant director, producer, and screenwriter. He has frequently collaborated with several film directors, most notably Steven Soderbergh, as well as directing himself, having overseen projects such as ''Criminal'' (2004), ''Wind Chill'' (2007) and ''Magic Mike XXL'' (2015). Early life Jacobs was born and raised in Harrington Park, New Jersey, where he attended Harrington Park Elementary School and was first introduced to film making by 7th grade teacher, Eugene Kennedy. He was further educated at Northern Valley Regional High School, Old Tappan. Jacobs is the son of Rafael Jacobs, who works as a lawyer, and Marti Jacobs. He has a brother, Douglas Jacobs, who is the president of Integrated Sports Media, a sports firm, located in Hoboken. Jacobs is also a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts. During a hiatus from the school in 1986, he worked as an assistant director to John Sayles on the independent film ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Martinez
Cliff Robert Martinez (born February 5, 1954) is an American musician and composer. Early in his career, Martinez was known as a drummer notably with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Captain Beefheart, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. Since the 1990s, he has worked primarily as a film score composer, writing music for ''Spring Breakers'' (2012), ''The Foreigner (2017 film), The Foreigner'' (2017), and multiple films by Steven Soderbergh, ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (1989), ''Solaris (2002 film), Solaris'' (2002), ''Contagion (2011 film), Contagion'' (2011) and ''Traffic (2000 film), Traffic'' (2000) and Nicolas Winding Refn, ''Drive (2011 film), Drive'' (2011), ''Only God Forgives'' (2013), ''The Neon Demon'' (2016) and the miniseries ''Too Old to Die Young'' (2019). On April 14, 2012, Martinez was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Early life Martinez was born in the Bronx, New York City. His grandfather migrated from a sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Nathanson (actor)
Michael Nathanson is an American actor, known for roles such as Sam Stein in Marvel's ''The Punisher'', and Dr. Levi Zinberg in ''The Knick''. Career Michael Nathanson grew up in New York. He studied at Northwestern University, but returned to New York because "so much of the work has come back to New York." He had briefly worked as a bartender at a friend's bar to earn some income on the side. He joined the cast of ''The Punisher'' which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films, a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios. The films are based on characters that appe .... Personal life In 2008, he married Hayley Elizabeth Ehrlich. They have twin daughters together. Filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nathanson, Michael 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Lipinski
Tom Lipinski (born 25 June 1982) is an American actor, writer, director and producer known for many recurring television roles, and perhaps best known for his role as Trevor Evans on ''Suits (American TV series), Suits''. Early life and education Lipinski was an All-America, All-American athlete in high school but did not pursue it as a career. Lipinski's father Joseph hoped his son would enter into the medical profession, but Tom caught the acting bug for the performing arts in an experimental theater troupe while at Brown University, where he majored in history from 2000 to 2004. After earning a degree, Lipsinki explored experimental stage performance at ''The Theatre of the Two-Headed Calf'' in Rhode Island, among other venues. Career Lipinski's first film role in ''The Wrestler (2008 film), The Wrestler'' (2008) was cut, after which he appeared in a few short films in 2009. Beginning in 2010, his career gained traction with a television debut in the Law & Order (franchise), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
