Filmmakers Filmmakers Abner E. "Abby" Singer worked as a production manager and assistant director in film between the 1950s and the 1980s. He's famous for misleading his crew into thinking that the second-to-last shot of the day was actually the last shot. For this reason, the second-to-last shot of the day on a film set is now called an "Abby Singer." ...more on Wikipedia about "Abby Singer"
Aimee G (1978 - ), born Aimee Genter, is a multimedia artist based in Portland, Oregon, USA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aimee G"
Anthony Radziwill was a television executive, filmmaker, and cousin of the late John F. Kennedy, Jr.. He was born Antoni Radziwiłł on August 4, 1959 in Lausanne, Switzerland and died of fibrosarcoma on August 10, 1999, in New York, New York at the age of 40. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anthony Radziwill"
Bruce Brown (born December 1 1937) is the father of filmmaker Dana Brown and is an early pioneer of surf films. His surf films were Slippery When Wet ( 1958), Surf Crazy ( 1959), Barefoot Adventure ( 1960), Surfing Hollow Days ( 1961), Waterlogged ( 1962), and his most well known film, The Endless Summer ( 1964) which received a nationwide theatrical release in 1966. Thirty years later he would film The Endless Summer II in 1994. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bruce Brown"
Bruce Parramore (born 1961) is an independant film-maker. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bruce Parramore"
Cecilia Dougherty (sometimes credited as Cecilia Doughterty) creates short films which focus on the themes of lesbianism and popular culture. While her early work places lesbians in a cultural territory separate from mainstream society, other projects portray the lesbian experience in terms of commonly-held norms; in her own words, "the life of an ordinary lesbian and her working-class family." ...more on Wikipedia about "Cecilia Dougherty (filmmaker)"
Charles Boot of Sheffield, England was the creator and builder of Pinewood Studios on the estate of Heatherden Hall at Iver Heath in the parish of Iver in Buckinghamshire, England. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Boot"
David Stoten is an Oscar-nominated short film maker and caricaturist on TV's Spitting Image. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Stoten"
Dewitt Jones is best known for his 20 year career as a freelance National Geographic photographer. Some of the most famous pictures in National Geographic's history were taken by Dewitt. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dewitt Jones"
Douglas G. Shearer ( November 17, 1899 - January 5, 1971) was a Canadian-born pioneer sound designer and director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Douglas Shearer"
Fiona Graham is an anthropologist and producer and director of anthropological documentaries. She has directed and produced a number of programmes for NHK – Japan’s national broadcaster - and has also worked on programmes for National Geographic, Channel 4, and BBC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fiona Graham"
Hans Richter was a Dada artist, filmmaker and writer. He was born on April 6, 1888 in Berlin and died on February 1, 1976 in Minusio, near Locarno, Switzerland. One of the founders of the Dada movement, he was active in Zürich, Switzerland from 1916 to 1920. He moved to the United States in 1940 and became an American citizen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hans Richter (artist)"
John Tarnoff is an executive at Dreamworks Animation where he is Head of PODs, the studio’s “incubator” department - a workshop responsible for developing the initial artistic designs and storyboards for the Company’s feature animated films. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Tarnoff"
Lana Salah is a young documentary director. Past projects include Jaimie's School Diners, It's me or the Dog and Never on a Sunday. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lana Salah"
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Leopoldo Laborde (born in November 6th, 1970) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, photographer, editor and self-made producer. He enters the movie- business in 1984 as a production assistant in Mexico City. In the years between 1988- 1995 he shoots four feature films on home-video and develops his skills as a story-teller as well as his visual aesthetics. In 1997 he shoots his first feature film in 35mm., Angeluz, a horror film which later became a cult movie. Immediately afterwards, he writes and shoots Sin Destino ( 1999) and Un Secreto de Esperanza ( 2002). Main actors are, respectively, Roberto Cobo and Katy Jurado, being these two films the last acting performances they gave. Sin Destino is known as “a key piece in raw realism”, and Un Secreto de Esperanza won 12 awards in several film festivals around the world. During 2005 he shoots Enemy, this time with debutant performers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Leopoldo Laborde"
Margaret Caroline Tait (born November 11, 1918) was a Scottish film maker and poet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Margaret Tait"
Marie-Josee Saint-Pierre was born in Murdochville, Quebec in 1978 and is a french canadian filmmaker based in Montreal, Canada. The award winning director and film animator has directed several short films. In 2004, she released "Post-Partum", an autobiographical film which has been screened in over 35 international film festivals, shown in museums, galleries and receiced several awards such as the Special Prize for Most Innovative Approach at the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival in China as well as the Gold Special Jury Award for Best Art Film at the Houston Worldfest, Texas, U.S.A. In 2006, she will release her first professional film "McLaren's Negatives", an animated documentary on the legendary canadian animator Norman McLaren. She is currently directing her first feature film "Les Patriotes de Saskatoon". For more information : www.mjstpfilms.com ...more on Wikipedia about "Marie-Josee Saint-Pierre"
Merion C. Cooper ( 1893, Jacksonville, Florida - 1973) was an influential Hollywood director, producer, writer, cinematographer, and actor. He is most famously known for working along with Ernest B. Schoedsack to conceive, produce, and direct the 1933 RKO film King Kong. ...more on Wikipedia about "Merion C. Cooper"
Sir John Davis ( 1906- 1993) was an English accountant and film executive. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sir John Davis"
Filmmaker and television producer, Stephen Anderson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 8th November 1975 to mother Jean and father Brian Anderson, a succesful Rugby Union Referee. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stephen Anderson (film)"
The Yes Men are a group of culture jamming activists who practice what they call "identity correction". They pretend to be powerful people and organizations and then use their newfound authority to espouse what they think those groups really believe. Its two leading members are known by a number of aliases, most recently, and in film, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno. Their real names are Jacques Servin and Igor Vamos, respectively. Servin is an author of experimental fiction, and was known for being the man who inserted images of men kissing in the computer game SimCopter. Vamos is an assistant professor of media arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York. They are assisted by numerous people across the globe, including media artist Patrick Lichty, graphic designer Matt McElligott, costume designer Sal Salmone, and many others. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Yes Men"
Tim Watts is an Oscar-nominated short film maker and caricaturist on TV's Spitting Image. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tim Watts"
Tzang Merwyn Tong is an underground filmmaker and script writer from Singapore. His debut film e’TZAINTES is a dark teenage comedy about a bunch of social misfits who band together to stand up against oppression. The film was made under tight budget constraints, but attracted international attention when it premiered at film festivals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tzang Merwyn Tong"
Wesleyan Film Mafia is a tightly knit group of trusted associates working in the entertainment industry and having in common attendance at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wesleyan Film Mafia"
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