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Ben Rock
Ben Rock is an American film and theatre director, based in Los Angeles. Rock's career was launched when he served as production designer on the independent sensation ''The Blair Witch Project'' made by fellow University of Central Florida graduates Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Robin Cowie and Michael Monello. Rock created the infamous "stick man" symbol that became synonymous with the hit film. Biography Following the success of ''Blair Witch'', Rock wrote three and directed two television specials in the mocumentary format, ''Curse of the Blair Witch'' (which Rock served as writer), an''The Burkittsville 7''an''Shadow of the Blair Witch'' which Rock wrote, produced, and directed promoting the release of the sequel, '' Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2'' that many deemed better than the film itself. For over a year, Rock served as consultant on all the tie-in books and games for the Blair Witch franchise, which included The Blair Witch Files series of books. He f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, and its Greater Los Angeles, sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raw Feed
Raw Feed was a label of Warner Premiere, the direct-to-DVD division of Warner Home Video, that focused on releasing horror films, many of them unrated, that were geared mainly towards mature audiences. History In March 2006, it was announced John Shiban, Tony Krantz and Daniel Myrick would form genre label, Raw Feed, for Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The films were announced have a budget of roughly $5 million each with an open ended deal encompassing science fiction, horror and thrillers. The first films produced under the label were ''Rest Stop'', ''Sublime'' and ''Believers'' Following the initial success of the label, Warner Home Video greenlit development on thriller ''Alice’s Apartment'', science fiction thriller ''Supermarket'', and horror film ''Otis''. over the course of the label's life, six films were released, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instant Films
In physics and the philosophy of science, instant refers to an infinitesimal interval in time, whose passage is instantaneous. In ordinary speech, an instant has been defined as "a point or very short space of time," a notion deriving from its etymological source, the Latin verb ''instare'', from ''in-'' + ''stare'' ('to stand'), meaning 'to stand upon or near.' The continuous nature of time and its infinite divisibility was addressed by Aristotle in his ''Physics'', where he wrote on Zeno's paradoxes. The philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, philosopher, logician, and public intellectual. He had a considerable influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, linguistics, ... was still seeking to define the exact nature of an instant thousands of years later. , the smallest time interval certify in regulated measurements is on the order of 397 zeptosecon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Rossi
Leo Rossi (born June 26, 1946) is an American actor, writer and producer. A character actor with over 100 credits to his name, he is known for his role as foul-mouthed EMT Vincent "Budd" Scarlotti in the 1981 horror film '' Halloween II'', as the serial killer Turkell from the 1990 horror sequel '' Maniac Cop 2'', and as Detective Sam Dietz in the ''Relentless'' franchise. His other films include ''Heart Like a Wheel'' (1983), ''River's Edge'' (1986), ''The Accused'' (1988), ''Analyze This'' (1999), '' One Night at McCool's'' (2001), and '' 10th & Wolf'' (2006). Career Rossi began his career with small roles in successful films, such as the Rick Rosenthal-directed – John Carpenter-scripted – '' Halloween II'' (1981) with Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence, in which he falls victim to the suburban maniac Michael Myers. Subsequent roles in Jonathan Kaplan's ''Heart Like a Wheel'' (1983) opposite Bonnie Bedelia and Beau Bridges, Tim Hunter's ''River's Edge'' (1986) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Napier (actor)
Charles Lewis Napier (April 12, 1936 – October 5, 2011) was an American character actor known for playing supporting and occasional leading roles in television and films. He was frequently cast as police officers, soldiers, or authority figures, many of them villainous or corrupt. After leaving his Kentucky hometown to serve in the Army, he graduated from college and worked as a sports coach and art teacher before settling on acting as a career. Napier established himself in character roles and worked steadily for the next 35 years. He made numerous collaborations with director Jonathan Demme, including roles in '' Something Wild'' (1986), '' Married to the Mob'' (1988), '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), '' Philadelphia'' (1993), ''Beloved'' (1998), and '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004). Other notable roles include the short-tempered country singer Tucker McElroy in '' The Blues Brothers'', gruff army Commander Gilmour in '' Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandahl Bergman
Sandahl Bergman is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Valeria in the film ''Conan the Barbarian'' (1982), for which she won a Golden Globe and a Saturn Award. Early life Bergman was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas. She grew up tall, athletic, and statuesque. Career In her 20s, she moved to New York City and appeared in a number of Broadway shows, catching the eye of choreographer Bob Fosse, who cast her as a replacement dancer in '' Pippin''. She had a secondary lead in the stage version of the film '' Gigi'' in 1973, and later appeared in '' Mack & Mabel'', and as Judy in the renowned "new New York cast" of '' A Chorus Line'' (when many of the original actors left the show in 1977). She was cast again by Fosse in his critically acclaimed 1978 dance concert/musical '' Dancin''', which featured many of the top dancers on Broadway at the time. Bergman's movie ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen (; born Gitte Nielsen; 15 July 1963) is a Danish actress, model, and singer. She began her career modelling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton. She subsequently acted in the 1985 films ''Red Sonja'' and ''Rocky IV'', later returning to the ''Rocky'' series in ''Creed II'' (2018). Nielsen married Sylvester Stallone, with whom she starred in the 1986 film '' Cobra''. She played a villain in ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987) and starred as the Black Witch in the 1990s Italian film series '' Fantaghirò.'' She later built a career starring in B-movies, hosting TV shows, and appearing on reality shows. Early life Brigitte Nielsen was born Gitte Nielsen in Rødovre, Denmark. She is the daughter of Hanne, a librarian, and Svend Nielsen, an engineer, and the ex-sister-in-law of film director Nicolas Winding Refn. Career Modelling Standing , at the beginning of the 1980s, Nielsen did some modelling work, and was photographed by Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton. Nielsen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Keener
Catherine Ann Keener (born March 26, 1959) is an American actress. She has portrayed disgruntled and melancholic yet sympathetic women in independent films, as well as supporting roles in studio films. She has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for ''Being John Malkovich'' (1999) and for her portrayal of author Harper Lee in '' Capote'' (2005). Keener also starred in live-action roles in the films '' The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' (2005), '' Into the Wild'' (2007), ''Synecdoche, New York'' (2008), '' Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief'' (2010), and '' Get Out'' (2017), as well as a starring voice role in ''Incredibles 2'' (2018). Keener is the muse of director Nicole Holofcener, having appeared in each of Holofcener's first five films. She also appeared in each of director Tom DiCillo's first four films, and three films directed by Spike Jonze. From 2018 to 2020, she starred in the Showtime dramedy series ''Kidding''. Early lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Armstrong
Curtis Armstrong (born November 27, 1953) is an American actor and singer best known for playing the role of Booger in the '' Revenge of the Nerds'' movies, Herbert Viola on the TV series ''Moonlighting'', Miles Dalby in the film ''Risky Business'', and record producer Ahmet Ertegun in the film ''Ray'' as well as for playing the role of Metatron on the TV series ''Supernatural.'' He is also known for providing his voice for such characters as Schmuley "Snot" Lonstein on the animated TV series ''American Dad!'' and Maru in the animated film '' Planes: Fire & Rescue'' in addition to portraying the title character on the animated TV series '' Dan Vs.'', Mr. Moleguaco in ''The Emperor's New School'', Ezekiel the Cockroach on ''Doom Patrol'', and Robot Default on '' Robot and Monster''. From 2013 to 2015, he served as the co-host of the TBS reality television competition series '' King of the Nerds''. Personal life Armstrong was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Norma E. Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenelle Riley
Jenelle Lynn Riley (born September 26, 1982) is an American screenwriter, actress, journalist, and producer. Riley wrote the 2015 short film ''Warning Labels'', directed by Jennifer Morrison, and is the host of ''Variety''s ''Actors on Actors'', for which she has won a Daytime Emmy Award and two Los Angeles Emmy Awards. She is also an editor for ''Variety'' and contributor to ''The Huffington Post''. She wrote and directed the award-winning play "A Kind of Love Story" which had its world premiere at Sacred Fools Theater Company The Sacred Fools Theater Company is a Los Angeles-based theatre company and nonprofit organization. Founded in January 1997, it's a member organization of the LA Stage Alliance. For 18 years the company resided at 660 N. Heliotrope in The Heliotr ... in Los Angeles. She is the regular host of career conversations for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, where she has conducted lengthy interviews with various actors. Theater career Riley's first play, "Just Julie," ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Krantz
Tony Krantz (born June 16, 1959) is an American film and television producer, writer, and director. Krantz started his career in the American entertainment industry as an agent, spending 15 years at Creative Artists Agency (CAA). He started there as a mailroom trainee and rose to eventually run the primetime television department, where he personally packaged the television series '' ER'', ''Twin Peaks,'' ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', ''Melrose Place'' and ''The West Wing'', among many others. He also put together the movies ''The Doors'' and '' Wild at Heart''. Under his leadership at CAA, there were 32 shows on the primetime lineup that the agency represented when Krantz left to start the next part of his career. Krantz transitioned into producing television, and was one of three founders of Imagine Television, serving as its Co-Chairman and CEO. There he produced '' Felicity'', '' Sports Night'', ''The PJs'', '' 24'' and the movie ''Mulholland Drive''. Krantz left Imagine in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Shiban
John Shiban is an American television writer and producer. He worked in both capacities on ''The X-Files'' and its spin-off '' The Lone Gunmen'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', '' Smallville'', '' Supernatural'', '' Legend of the Seeker'', '' Breaking Bad'', and '' The Vampire Diaries''. In 1997, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for his work on ''The X-Files'' episode " Memento Mori". He shared the nomination with co-writers Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, and Vince Gilligan. In 1998, Shiban shared a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series with ''The X-Files'' production team. In 2009 Shiban reunited with Gilligan to work as a writer/producer on the second season of Gilligan's series ''Breaking Bad''. Shiban was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for episodic drama for the episode "Phoenix" in 2010. Shiban and the writing staff also shared a nomination for the WGA award for best drama seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
