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Donna Berwick
Donna M. Berwick (October 30, 1958 – July 14, 2024) was an American costume designer, best known for her work on films by Spike Lee and Ernest Dickerson. Early life and education Berwick was born in Queens, the daughter of Norman Berwick and Hermine D. Berwick. She earned degrees from the School of Visual Arts and the Fashion Institute of Technology, both in New York City. Career Berwick began her career as a fashion designer in New York city, and was a member of Rodeo Caldonia, a Black feminist arts and performance collective based in Brooklyn. She worked in costuming on Spike Lee films including ''Mo' Better Blues'' (1990) and ''Malcolm X'' (1992) with designer Ruth E. Carter. She also assisted designer April Ferry on costumes for '' U571'' (2000), ''Donnie Darko ''Donnie Darko'' is a 2001 American Science fiction film, science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly (filmmaker), Richard Kelly in his List of directorial debuts, directori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Merwick
Donna Jeanne Merwick (February 14, 1932 Chicago – August 22, 2021 Melbourne) was a historian who was Senior Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne, Long Term Visiting Fellow at Australian National University, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Swinburne Institute for Social Research at the Swinburne University of Technology. Early life After studying history at Mundelein College, Merwick entered the Order of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In 1962 she earned a MA from DePaul University and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She began teaching at Mundelein in 1966, left the Order in 1968 and began teaching at the University of Melbourne in 1971 (she retired in 1995). Personal life Merwick married Australian historian Greg Dening Gregory Moore Dening (29 March 1931 – 13 March 2008) was an Australian historian of the Pacific. Dening was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. He was educated at two Jesuit scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |