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- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu was born on 2 July 1949 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Vanishing (1988), The Tenant (1976) and The Professional (1981). He was married to Claire Gompertz, Catherine Fournier and Andrée Redureau. He died on 27 December 2010 in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, France.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Louise Dhour was born on 4 January 1934 in Douai, France. She was an actress, known for Aurélien (1978), The Demoniacs (1974) and The Escapees (1981). She died on 27 December 2010 in Paris, France.- Ramaprasad Banik was born in 1954. He was an actor, known for Santan Jakhan Satru (1999), Amar Mayer Shapath (2003) and Adhikar (2004). He died on 27 December 2010 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Visual Effects
- Special Effects
- Actor
American special effects wizard and miniature model-making virtuoso. McCune partnered John Dykstra as head of Apogee Inc. between 1978 and 1992. He was chief model maker for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) (in which he also had a small acting role as a Death Star gunner), the pilot for Battlestar Galactica (1978) and 80's classics Spaceballs (1987) and Ghostbusters II (1989). McCune created the iconic Millenium Falcon model, the X-Wing and Tie Fighter models, as well as bounty hunter Boba Fett's helmet. He is credited with putting the finishing touches to the famous droid R2 D2, originally designed by John Stears. For Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) he worked on the Klingon K'tinga Battlecruiser and the V'ger model. In 1992,taking over the lease and some of the remaining infrastructure from Apogee, he set up his own company, Grant McCune Design. In the capacity of miniature effects supervisor, he put his stamp on a number of seminal blockbusters, including Speed (1994), Batman Forever (1995) and Daylight (1996). McCune Design eventually folded in March 2016.
McCune held a degree in biology from California State University in Northridge and began his career as a laboratory technician. Much of his free time was spent creating models and dioramas. In 1978, he was selected by George Lucas to work on Star Wars, on the strength of his collaborative effort in creating the Great White Shark model for Jaws (1975). An expert photographer, McCune provided a brief insight into his work during a 2009 interview, stating: "The most important thing is what you see with your eye. Movies are a lot different from reality. This is because you've isolated the viewer's eye to a certain spot-you can't look anywhere else. If you're a photographer, you get the idea of what you need to do by analyzing what it is that needs to be set and where it is and how much detail it should have. All the best people who ever worked for me were first good with the eye".- Script and Continuity Department
- Producer
- Editor
Joan Rodker was born on 1 May 1915 in Kensington, London, England, UK. Joan was a producer and editor, known for Armchair Thriller (1978), ITV Playhouse (1967) and Tempo (1961). Joan died on 27 December 2010 in Westminster, London, England, UK.- Art Department
Roy Culley is known for Ivy League Killers (1959) and Hudson's Bay (1959). Roy was married to Ruth Westerby. Roy died on 27 December 2010 in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.- Director
- Actor
Luis Mariñas was born on 7 August 1947 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He was a director and actor, known for Vista pública (2007), Los desayunos de TVE (1994) and Años luz (2005). He died on 27 December 2010 in Madrid, Spain.- Dorothy Warenskjold was born on 11 May 1921 in San Leandro, California, USA. She was an actress, known for NBC Television Opera Theatre (1949), The James Melton Show (1951) and The Voice of Firestone (1949). She died on 27 December 2010 in Lenexa, Kansas, USA.
- Production Designer
Yuriy Gorobets was born on 8 August 1931 in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. Yuriy was a production designer, known for Formula radugi (1966), Derzost (1972) and Tovarishch pesnya (1966). Yuriy died on 27 December 2010 in Olshanka, Krivogorodskaya oblast, Ukraine.- Philip Nixon was born on 28 January 1926 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was a producer, known for Write On!, Fitness Over Forty (1986) and The Ugly Little Boy (1977). He was married to Pamela Rogers. He died on 27 December 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Don Martin was born on 16 October 1945 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He died on 27 December 2010 in Altoona, Iowa, USA.
- Steve Kurtz was born in 1962 in the USA. He was married to Allison. He died on 27 December 2010 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Tadeusz Rejniak was born on 19 September 1920. Tadeusz was a writer, known for Zniszczyc pirata (1973) and Teraz i w kazda godzine (1973). Tadeusz died on 27 December 2010 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Inez Randall was born on 15 September 1959 in the USA. She died on 27 December 2010 in California, USA.
- Viktor Maurer was born on 6 April 1932 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for The Death of Tarzan (1963), Prague Nights (1969) and I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970). He died on 27 December 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Producer
Luigi Araneda was a producer, known for Cirqo (2013), Baby Shower (2011) and For Rent (2005). He died on 27 December 2010 in Santiago de Chile, Chile.