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- Actor
- Soundtrack
Max Wright was born on 2 August 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for ALF (1986), All That Jazz (1979) and The Shadow (1994). He was married to Linda Ybarrondo. He died on 26 June 2019 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.- Producer
- Actress
Beth Chapman was born on 29 October 1967 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She was a producer and actress, known for Corner Gas (2004), Dog the Bounty Hunter (2003) and Hawaii Five-0 (2010). She was married to Duane 'Dog' Chapman and Keith A. Barmore. She died on 26 June 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.- Édith Scob was a French stage and screen actress. Though Édith Scob was a major figure in French theater for over half a century and appeared in over a hundred feature film and television productions, she will always be remembered first for her performance as Christiane in Georges Franju's "Les yeux sans visage/Eyes Without a Face" (1960). It was two years before that Scob, still a student of French and drama at the Sorbonne, had begun appearing onstage, launching a remarkable theatrical career that would include cofounding a theater in the late 1960s with her husband, composer Georges Aperghis. Later she appeared in films by Luis Buñuel, Raúl Ruiz, Jacques Rivette, Andrzej Zutawskiand, Olivier Assayas and Mia Hansen-Løve. Leos Carax cast Édith Scob in "Les amants du Pont-Neuf/The Lovers on the Bridge" (1991) and two decades later, he offered her the role of Céline, the close friend and chauffeur of Denis Lavant's mysterious Oscar in "Holy Motors" (2012).
- Douglas Fielding is a British actor of film and television, best known for playing the role of policeman Roy Quick in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1985 until 1986.
He had previously played another long-running role in another mainstream television show, appearing as Sergeant Quilley, previously Police Constable, in the police procedural drama Z-Cars (1969-1978), coincidentally playing another policeman.
Douglas made his television debut in 1968 playing Young Hodge in an episode of Mystery and Imagination. He has also appeared in other successful television shows including Softly, Softly, Callan, Blake's 7, Angels, Juliet Bravo, The Bill, ChuckleVision and Doctors. In 2000 he made another reappearance on EastEnders playing a different character named Will.
In London's west end he has appeared as Sgt. Hallett in the The Business of Murder, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, DCI Payne in The Accused and The Mousetrap. He has also been a member of The National Theatre Company.
Douglas has numerous Radio credits and enjoys every aspect of Theatre from Pantomime (three seasons) to Shakespeare.
Douglas has also appeared in the 1996 video game Privateer 2: The Darkening and the 1999 film Holding On. Most recently he played the role of Bill in the feature film Hooligan Legacy due for release early 2016. - Actor
- Soundtrack
Tadao Takashima was born on 27 July 1930 in Kobe, Japan. He was an actor, known for King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) and Son of Godzilla (1967). He was married to Hanayo Sumi. He died on 26 June 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.- Loredana Simioli was born on 27 February 1974 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She was an actress, known for Reality (2012), Perez. (2014) and Troppo napoletano (2016). She died on 26 June 2019 in Naples, Campania, Italy.
- Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. was born on 30 June 1951 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA. He died on 26 June 2019 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA.
- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Director Ben Barenholtz has been a key presence in the independent film scene - as an exhibitor, distributor, and producer.
In 1968 he opened the Elgin Cinema. The theater became the world's most innovative specialty and revival house, relaunching the films of Buster Keaton among others and screening cult, underground, and experimental films for the emerging counter-cultural audience.
Barenholtz also developed new ways of screening movies. Most notably, he originated the Midnight Movie concept in 1970 with Jodorowsky's El Topo. and followed by John Waters' Pink Flamingos and Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come.
Barenholtz formed Libra Films in 1972. The first film Libra distributed was a revival of Jean-Pierre Melville's Les Enfants Terrible, followed by Tacchella's Cousin, Cousine, which became one of the largest grossing foreign films in the US and was nominated for 3 Academy Awards. Libra also launched and distributed, among others, George Romero's Martin, John Sayles' first feature Return of the Secaucus Seven, and David Lynch's first feature Eraserhead.
In 1984 he joined with Ted and Jim Pedas to form Circle Releasing. Among the films released by Circle were Yoshimitsu Morita's The Family Game, Guy Maddin's first feature Tales From the Gimli Hospital, Vincent Ward's The Navigator, John Woo's The Killer, Catherine Breillat's 36 Fillette, Alain Cavalier's Therese, and Blood Simple, the first film by Joel and Ethan Coen. He continued working with the Coens on the production of Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink, which won the Palme d'Or at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, as well as awards for Best Director and Best Actor. This was the first and last time the three top honors have all gone to the same film at Cannes.
Barenholtz went on to produce George Romero's Bruiser, J Todd Anderson's The Naked Man, executive-produced the only film Gregory Hines ever directed, Bleeding Hearts, and Ulu Grossbard's Georgia. He served as co-executive producer of Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. Barenholtz directed his first feature, Music Inn, a documentary about the famed fifties jazz venue. His second documentary, Wakaliwood, was shot entirely in the slums of Kampala, Uganda.
In 2016, he received the Berlinale Camera award from the Berlinale Film Festival to honor his contributions to the independent film scene.
He has directed his first fiction film, Alina, starring Darya Ekamasova, which will release in Fall 2017. He is developing an autobiographical film, Aaron, and the sequel to Alina.
But his real claim to fame is a five second appearance in George Romero's original Dawn of the Dead.- Michael McClanathan was born on 7 February 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Panic in Needle Park (1971), The Sky Pirate (1970) and Alice's Restaurant (1969). He died on 26 June 2019 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Mika Mae Jones was an actress, known for Untitled Crispin Hellion Glover Project, Gaslighting the No Exit Zone (2019) and The One: Horror - Cupido, Divinitas (2017). She died on 26 June 2019 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Mike Frift was born on 14 September 1941 in Bedfont, Middlesex, England, UK. He was a cinematographer, known for Lifeforce (1985), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and Runaway Train (1985). He was married to Catherine Amey. He died on 26 June 2019 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, UK.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Georges Brossard was born on 11 February 1940 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Blue Butterfly (2004), The Hidden Fortress (2001) and Le coeur au poing (1998). He was married to Suzanne. He died on 26 June 2019 in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Québec, Canada.- Gene Pingatore was born on 25 October 1936 in Cicero, Illinois, USA. He was married to Mary Beth Kurtz. He died on 26 June 2019 in Westchester, Illinois, USA.
- Ivan Cooper was born in January 1944 in Killaloo, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK. He was an actor, known for Killer Crack (2010), Kelly (1989) and Bloody Sunday: Ivan Cooper Remembers (2003). He was married to Frances. He died on 26 June 2019 in Northern Ireland, UK.
- Zdzislaw Tygielski was born on 31 January 1943 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Mokry szmal (1986). He died on 26 June 2019 in Gdynia, Pomorskie, Poland.
- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Csaba Ökrös was born on 16 June 1960 in Szolnok, Hungary. He was a composer and actor, known for Keleti szél: A film (2010), Kereszthegy (2014) and Halhatatlanok: Limanova - a magyar gyozelem 1914 (2016). He died on 26 June 2019.- Peter Glocko was born on 2 June 1946 in Murán, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was a writer, known for Popolvár najväcsí na svete (1982), Plavcík a Vratko (1982) and Rosný bod (1979). He died on 26 June 2019.
- Tony Hall was born on 1 April 1928 in Avening, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Rock You Sinners (1958), Oh Boy! (1958) and Discwizz (1964). He died on 26 June 2019 in Brighton, England, UK.
- Costume Designer
Gerald McCann was born on 11 November 1931 in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, UK. Gerald was a costume designer, known for For Men Only (1967). Gerald died on 26 June 2019 in Thornton, Lancashire, England, UK.