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Ken Kristensen
Ken Kristensen is a screenwriter, TV writer, and comic book author. Kristensen has served as writer-producer on multiple series including '' Shantaram'' (Apple TV+/Paramount), '' The Continental: From the World of John Wick'' (Peacock/Lionsgate TV), ''Echo'' (Disney+/Marvel), ''Spidey and his Amazing Friends'' (Disney Junior/Marvel), ''The Punisher'' (Netflix/Marvel) and ''Happy!'' (SyFy), and authored comic book series published by Image Comics, IDW Publishing, and Dark Horse Comics. His television pilots have been developed at UCP, HBO, FX, A&E, Paramount Network, and Pivot TV. Kristensen is also a member of the Writers Guild of America West, Producers Guild of America, The Animation Guild, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Career Ken Kristensen received an MFA from Columbia University Film School. While still in film school he was selected to both the Sundance and IFP labs, and worked as an associate producer under Gary Winick (''Charlotte's Web'') and Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shantaram (TV Series)
''Shantaram'' is an American drama thriller television series created by Eric Warren Singer and Steve Lightfoot, based on the novel of the same name by Gregory David Roberts. The story drew inspiration from Roberts' own life, which is about a bank robber from Australia who flees the country to India. The series will consist of twelve episodes directed by Justin Kurzel and Bharat Nalluri. Steve Lightfoot joined as showrunner after Eric Warren Singer departed the project. It is produced by Fair Honest Positive Creative, The 4 Keys, Bohemian Risk Productions, Square Head Productions, Anonymous Content and Paramount Television Studios and was distributed by Apple Inc. for their streaming service, Apple TV+. The series premiered on 14 October 2022. On 15 December 2022, the series was cancelled after one season. Cast Main * Charlie Hunnam as Dale Conti/Lindsay "Linbaba" Ford, an Australian former paramedic-in-training who was arrested and subsequently imprisoned for a series of ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Animation Guild, I
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Bernthal
Jonathan Edward Bernthal (; born September 20, 1976) is an American actor. Beginning his career in the early 2000s, he came to prominence for portraying Shane Walsh on the AMC horror series '' The Walking Dead'' (2010–2012; 2018), where he was a starring cast member in the first two seasons. Bernthal achieved further recognition as The Punisher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). He originated the role on the second season of the Netflix action series ''Daredevil'' (2016), and he headlined an eponymous series from 2017 to 2019. Bernthal's likeness was also used for the character in the Marvel Comics series '' The Punisher: War Machine'' (2017) and an ongoing ''Punisher'' comic book series. His film roles include ''Snitch'' (2013), '' The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013), '' Fury'' (2014), '' Sicario'' (2015), '' The Accountant'' (2016), ''Baby Driver'' (2017), '' Wind River'' (2017), ''Widows'' (2018), ''Ford v Ferrari'' (2019); ''Those Who Wish Me Dead'', '' King R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Lightfoot
Steve Lightfoot (sometimes credited as Steven Lightfoot or Robert Scott Fraser) is a British television writer and producer who worked as an executive producer and writer on the NBC thriller television series ''Hannibal'', the Netflix series '' Marvel's The Punisher'' and, recently, the Netflix thriller miniseries '' Behind Her Eyes''. Education Lightfoot graduated from the University of East Anglia with an MA in creative writing. Television career Since the early 2000s, Lightfoot has worked on a number of high-profile television series as a producer and writer, including ''Casualty'', '' Taggart'', '' House of Saddam'', ''Camelot'', '' Transporter: The Series'', ''Hannibal'', and ''Narcos''. He also serves as showrunner for ''The Punisher''. On January 25, 2019, it was announced that Lightfoot would be credited as an executive producer and writer in the Netflix thriller miniseries, '' Behind Her Eyes''. Filmography ''Camelot'' * (1.07) "The Long Night" * (1.08) "Igra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darby Pop Publishing
Darby Pop Publishing is an American comic book publishing company founded in 2013 by film writer and producer Jeff Kline. Sixteen original series and 100+ issues/TPs have been published to date. Creators have included Eric Garcia (''City: The Mind in the Machine''), John Raffo (''The 7th Sword''), Scott Marder/Rob Rosell/Jack Lambert (''Doberman''), Matthew Federman & Stephen Scaia (''Dead Squad''), and Kline himself (''Indestructible''). In July 2015, Darby Pop partnered with Magnetic Press and released ''Side-Kicked'' by Russell Brettholtz, ''Dead Man's Party'' by Jeff Marsick, ''Fake Empire'' by Eric Palicki, ''The Living Finger'' by Garth Matthams, and ''Sweet Lullaby'' by A.J. Scherkenbach. In October 2015, Darby Pop announced a collaboration with Bruce Lee Entertainment to produce ''Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises'', which chronicles the return of the beloved actor, philosopher, teacher, and — of course — martial artist in a present-day, all-ages comedy/action/adventure. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Kline
Jeff Kline is an American film and television writer-producer and former television executive. He has been involved in more than 40 animated and live-action series and pilots, has received multiple Emmy nominations and wins. Early life Jeff Kline was born in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. Kline graduated from Boston University College of Communication, Boston University's College of Communication in 1987. Career After graduating from Boston University, Kline interned at Roger Corman's Concorde/New Horizons and worked in feature development for Michael Shamberg and Harold Ramis's Ocean Pictures. He served as a television executive in Daytime Programming at NBCUniversal, NBC Entertainment for one year then spent five years at Columbia Pictures Television, eventually serving as the senior vice president of drama before transitioning into writing/producing at the suggestion of his first writing partner, Frank Lupo, co-creator of ''The A-Team'' and ''Wiseguy (TV series), Wiseguy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner, who was a regular participant in the award ceremony until his death in 2005."The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards" Comic-con.org WebCitation archive (requires scrolldown). The Eisner Awards include the Comic Industry's [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graphic Novel
A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry professionals. It is, at least in the United States, typically distinct from the term ''comic book'', which is generally used for comics periodicals and Trade paperback (comics), trade paperbacks (see American comic book). Comics historian, Fan historian Richard Kyle coined the term ''graphic novel'' in an essay in the November 1964 issue of the comics fanzine ''Capa-Alpha''. The term gained popularity in the comics community after the publication of Will Eisner's ''A Contract with God'' (1978) and the start of the ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' line (comics), line (1982) and became familiar to the public in the late 1980s after the commercial successes of the first volume of Art Spiegelman's ''Maus'' in 1986, the collected editions of Frank Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escapist (comics)
The Escapist is a superhero character created by Michael Chabon in the 2000 novel '' The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay''. In the novel, the Escapist is a fictional character created by the comics writer protagonists. The character later featured in the metafictional work ''Michael Chabon Presents the Amazing Adventures of the Escapist'' and Brian K. Vaughan's comic ''The Escapists''. Chabon created the Escapist as an homage to the heroes of the Golden Age of Comic Books. The character's abilities as an escape artist are inspired by escape artist Harry Houdini as well as Robin Hood and Albert Schweitzer. Another inspiration was the early illusionist career of comic book artist Jim Steranko. Publication history ''Kavalier & Clay'' Introduced in Chabon's novel in 2000, the Escapist is said to be the creation of the book's protagonists, the cousins Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay, a pair of Jewish comic book creators in the 1930s and 1940s. The character's modus operandi is part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon ( ; born May 24, 1963) is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer. Born in Washington, DC, he spent a year studying at Carnegie Mellon University before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1984. He subsequently received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine. Chabon's first novel, '' The Mysteries of Pittsburgh'' (1988), was published when he was 25. He followed it with '' Wonder Boys'' (1995) and two short-story collections. In 2000, he published '' The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay'', a novel that John Leonard would later call Chabon's magnum opus. It received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001. His novel '' The Yiddish Policemen's Union'', an alternate history mystery novel, was published in 2007 and won the Hugo, Sidewise, Nebula and Ignotus awards; his serialized novel '' Gentlemen of the Road'' appeared in book form in the fall of the same year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by Columbia University. Prizes are awarded annually in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$15,000 cash award (raised from $10,000 in 2017). The winner in the public service category is awarded a gold medal. Entry and prize consideration The Pulitzer Prize does not automatically consider all applicable works in the media, but only those that have specifically been entered. (There is a $75 entry fee, for each desired entry category.) Entries must fit in at least one of the specific prize categories, and cannot simply gain entrance for being literary or musical. Works can also be entered only in a maximum of two categories, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Waters (director)
Mark Stephen Waters (born June 30, 1964) is an American filmmaker who directed the comedy films '' Freaky Friday'', '' Mean Girls'', '' Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'', '' Mr. Popper's Penguins'', and '' Vampire Academy''. Filmography Film Producer *'' 500 Days of Summer'' (2009) Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Waters, Mark 1964 births AFI Conservatory alumni Living people American male screenwriters Film producers from Michigan People from Wyandotte, Michigan English-language film directors Film directors from Michigan Screenwriters from Michigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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