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Farrands
Farrands is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Daniel Farrands (born 1969), American filmmaker *Frank Farrands (1835–1916), English cricketer and umpire *John Farrands Dr John Law Farrands (11 March 1921 – 14 July 1996) was a scientist and senior Australian Public Servant. Life and career John Farrands was born on 11 March 1921 in Melbourne. He studied part-time at University of Melbourne for his Bachelor ... (1921–1996), Australian public servant and scientist See also * Farrand {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Farrands
Daniel Farrands (born September 3, 1969) is an American filmmaker who specializes in the horror film genre. His first major credit was as screenwriter of '' Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'' (1995). He has subsequently worked as a producer, writer, and director of both feature and documentary films. He produced the 2009 horror film ''The Haunting in Connecticut'' before directing '' Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy'' (2010), a documentary on the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' film series. Farrands subsequently wrote, produced and directed '' Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th'' (2013), a documentary film on the ''Friday the 13th'' film series. Biography Farrands was born September 3, 1969, in Providence, Rhode Island, but was raised in Santa Rosa, California, in a "strict Catholic household." Farrands developed an interest in horror films as a child, and became enamored with John Carpenter's ''Halloween'' (1978) after seeing it air on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Farrands
Dr John Law Farrands (11 March 1921 – 14 July 1996) was a scientist and senior Australian Public Servant. Life and career John Farrands was born on 11 March 1921 in Melbourne. He studied part-time at University of Melbourne for his Bachelor of Science, majoring in physics and mathematics. Farrands was the Chief Defence Scientist and he was Secretary of the Australian Government science department between 1977 and 1981. Farrands retired from the Australian Public Service on Christmas Eve 1981. Farrands died in Melbourne on 14 July 1996. Awards Farrands was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in December 1981 when he was Secretary of the Department of Science. In June 1990 Farrands was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of service to science and technology. References 1921 births 1996 deaths Australian Companions of the Order of the Bath Australian public servants Officers of the Order of Australia University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Farrands
Frank Henry Farrands (28 March 1835 – 22 September 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and Test match umpire. A right-handed roundarm fast bowler, Farrands took 128 wickets for Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influenc ... (1868–1880), Nottinghamshire (1871) and others in 30 matches at an average of 15. he was on the ground staff at Lord's from 1868 to 1908. In 1870, at Lord's, he came into the Players' team at the last moment as a substitute and took 10 wickets in the match for 88 runs, including his best first-class figures of 6 for 23 in the second innings. He umpired in first-class cricket from 1868 to 1900, standing in seven Ashes Tests on the Australian tours of 1884, 1886 and 1888. He umpired 216 first-class cricket matches, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |