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- James B. Douglas was born on 12 October 1929 in Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa. He was an actor, known for The Changeling (1980), Dead Bang (1989) and The Gong Show Movie (1980). He died on 29 December 2009 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
- Longtime professional wrestler "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. Has wrestled in the U.S. in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and well as in Japan and numerous other American promotions.
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- Director
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Vartanov was blacklisted for his debut film, The Color of Land (1969), where he portrayed his dissident friends Parajanov (imprisoned in 1974) and Minas (assassinated in 1975). When Vartanov's artistic freedom was restored 20 years later, he responded with Minas: A Requiem (1989) and Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992), admired by Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and many other of cinema's greatest luminaries.
For bravely campaigning for the release of the imprisoned Parajanov, Vartanov was fired from the Soviet Armenia's sole film studio and deprived of his only source of income (the film industry, like all others, was fully government funded and controlled). Parajanov reacted with a letter written to Vartanov from the Ukrainian prison: "You and your purity are colliding with circumstances and predators".
Thanks to the tireless petitioning of his (V.G.I.K.) classmate Artavazd Peleshian and Gennadi Melkonian, Vartanov was able to work as their cinematographer and exquisitely lensed two films that became classics: Seasons (1975) and Mulberry (1979).
Not until Parajanov was taken off the blacklist in 1984 (due to lobbying by celebrities) was Vartanov also permitted to direct. Even though the studio forced him to make several films such as Roots (1984), he breathed into them his trademark soulfulness.
The publication of his revered Unmailed Letters essays in the top literary magazines, spurred new writings, as well as their translations all over Europe, notably in Cahiers du Cinema, in 1986. His fierce Erased Faces (1987) had terrified the colleagues who doubted the permanence of the Gorbachev reforms.
In the war-torn and blockaded Armenia of the early 1990s, which was plagued by severe shortages of food, water, transportation and electricity, Vartanov's health, already compromised by decades of harassment, worsened. Despite the serious limitations, he persisted and, for the first time, independently produced what became his final film.
When in Moscow, in 1993, he accepted the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts Award for Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992), in a characteristically modest move, he simply bowed, and uttered not a single word to the millions watching the live broadcast.
Festival invitations for this masterwork enabled Vartanov's escape to California, but his early films remained inaccessible and under the control of his old suppressors for the rest of his life. He did not witness the first retrospective and exhibition of his films and art at the Busan International Film Festival, which took place just three years after he passed away in Hollywood.- Dale Rickards was born on 29 June 1921 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Outsider (1994). He was married to Carrie Dee. He died on 29 December 2009 in Malibu, California, USA.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Gábor Lehotka was born on 20 July 1938 in Vác, Hungary. He is known for Trainspotting (1996), Szekszárdi mise (2001) and Muzsika (1984). He died on 29 December 2009 in Vác, Hungary.- Art Department
David Levine was born on 20 December 1926 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Dan in Real Life (2007), Cartoonists' Roundtable (2002) and Portraits of a Lady (2008). He was married to Kathy Hayes. He died on 29 December 2009 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Juan Oncina was born on 15 April 1921 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for The Barber of Seville (1961), Der Barbier von Sevilla (1965) and Cenerentola (Aschenbrödel) (1964). He was married to Tatiana Menotti. He died on 29 December 2009 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Janina Bauman was born on 18 August 1926 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was married to Zygmunt Bauman. She died on 29 December 2009 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK.