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Kosinski (other)
Kosinski may refer to: * Kosiński uprising (1591–1593), two rebellions in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth * Kosinski, a recurring ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' character who premiered in "Where No One Has Gone Before" * "Kosinski", a song by Angels of Light from the album ''Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home'' People * Izidoro Kosinski (1932–2017), Roman Catholic bishop * Krzysztof Kosiński (1545–1593), Cossack noble from the Podlachia region * Richard Kosinski, keyboard player * Michal Kosinski, Computational Psychologist, Professor at Stanford University Americans * Alexandra Kosinski (born 1989), American distance-runner * Dorothy Kosinski, American scholar of nineteenth and twentieth-century art * Gerard Kosinski (born 1954), former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives * Jerzy Kosiński (1933–1991), Polish-American novelist * Joseph Kosinski (born 1974), American television commercial and feature film director * Michelle Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Kosiński
Jerzy Kosiński (; born Józef Lewinkopf; 14 June 19333 May 1991) was a Jewish-Polish-American writer and two-time president of the American chapter of P.E.N., who wrote primarily in English. Born in Poland, he survived World War II there, together with his family, with the help of their Polish villager neighbors; and, as a young man, he emigrated to the U.S., where he became a citizen. He was known for novels including ''Being There'' (1971) and the controversial '' The Painted Bird'' (1965), which were adapted as films, respectively, in 1979 and 2019. Life Kosiński was born Józef Lewinkopf to Jewish parents in Łódź, Poland, in 1933. As a child during World War II, he lived in occupied central Poland under a false identity, Jerzy Kosiński, which his father gave him. Eugeniusz Okoń, a Catholic priest, issued him a forged baptismal certificate, and the Lewinkopf family survived the Holocaust thanks to local villagers who offered assistance to Polish Jews, at gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldemar Kosiński
Waldemar Kosiński (born 17 March 1965) is a Polish weightlifter. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe .... References 1965 births Living people Polish male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Poland Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Weightlifting Championships medalists 20th-century Polish sportsmen 21st-century Polish sportsmen Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship {{Poland-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryszard Kosiński
Ryszard Kosiński (12 January 1955 – 18 August 2010) was a Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ..., he was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-1 500 m event. ReferencesRyszard Kosiński's profile at Sports Reference.com 1955 births 2010 deaths Canoeists at the 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cezary Kosiński
Cezary Kosiński (born 8 April 1973) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1997. Selected filmography References External links * 1973 births Living people Polish male film actors Male actors from Podlaskie Voivodeship {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbert A
Norbert is a Germanic given name and infrequent surname, from ''nord'' "north" and ''berht'' "bright". People with the given name Academia * Norbert Angermann (born 1936), German historian * Norbert A’Campo (born 1941), Swiss mathematician * Norbert Berkowitz (1924–2001), Canadian scientist * Norbert Bischofberger (born 1954), Austrian scientist * Norbert Bolz (born 1953), German philosopher * Norbert Elias (1897–1990), German Jewish sociologist * Norbert Fuhr (born 1956), German computer scientist * Norbert Geng (born 1965), German legal scholar * Norbert Guterman (1900–1984), American translator * Norbert von Hellingrath (1888-1916), German literary scholar * Norbert Hirschhorn (born 1938), American physician * Norbert Hornstein, American linguist * Norbert Jokl (1877–1942?), Austrian Jewish linguist * Norbert Klatt (1949–2015), German religious scholar * Norbert Leser (1933–2014), Austrian political scientist * Norbert Lynton (1927–2007), British art histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Kosinski
Michelle Kosinski is an American journalist, host, and public speaker. She most recently wrote and hosted the podcast ''The Perfect Scam''. Previously she was a Senior Diplomatic Correspondent for CNN and White House Correspondent for CNN until 2019. She was a foreign correspondent for NBC News based in London (2010–2014); before that, she was a correspondent based in Miami (2005–2009). She has covered numerous international news stories, including the US war in Afghanistan, the Arab Spring, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Haiti earthquake, the BP oil spill, the Virginia Tech shootings, the Obama White House, and the tenure and firing of Rex Tillerson. Career Kosinski began work in broadcast journalism in Rockford, Illinois for WIFR while earning her BA and MA from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Leaving WIFR, she moved to Charlotte, North Carolina at WSOC-TV and founded the Piedmont Bureau. In 2001, she was voted the Best Reporter in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Kosinski
Joseph Kosinski (born May 3, 1974) is an American film director. He directed the films ''Tron: Legacy'' (2010), ''Oblivion (2013 film), Oblivion'' (2013), ''Only the Brave (2017 film), Only the Brave'' (2017), ''Top Gun: Maverick'' (2022), ''Spiderhead'' (2022), and ''F1 (film), F1'' (2025). His previous work in computer graphics and computer-generated imagery (CGI) was primarily with CGI-related television commercials including the "Starry Night" commercial for ''Halo 3'' and the award-winning "Mad World" commercial for ''Gears of War (video game), Gears of War''. Life and career Kosinski grew up in Marshalltown, Iowa, the son of Patricia (née Provost) of French-Canadian (Quebec, Québec) descent, and Joel Kosinski, a doctor of Polish descent. After graduating from Marshalltown High School in 1992, he studied mechanical engineering at Stanford University and architecture at Columbia University. His first major film was the special effects-heavy ''Tron: Legacy''. The film wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Kosinski
Gerard A. Kosinski is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It .... He is a member of the American Polish Advisory Council and has received a number of awards from American Polonia. References Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1954 births Living people Politicians from Philadelphia 20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly {{Pennsylvania-PARepresentative-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where No One Has Gone Before
"Where No One Has Gone Before" is the sixth episode of the American science-fiction television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', which originally aired October 26, 1987, in broadcast syndication in the United States. A high-definition, remastered version of the episode received a limited theatrical release for one day (along with the episode "Datalore") to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series on July 23, 2012. The story was originally developed with the title "Where None Have Gone Before" and was based on Diane Duane's book, ''The Wounded Sky''. Duane and Michael Reaves pitched the idea to David Gerrold and Gene Roddenberry, and then submitted a script. Their script was subsequently rewritten by Maurice Hurley, whose first effort was poorly received; however, he subsequently rewrote it and that version was filmed. The episode was the first of the series directed by Rob Bowman (filmmaker), Rob Bowman, who went on to direct 12 more episodes. It was the only ''Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Kosinski
Dorothy M. Kosinski is an American scholar of nineteenth and twentieth-century art, curator and the former director (2008--2023) of The Phillips Collection, an art museum in Washington, D. C. Biography Kosinski was born in Meriden, Connecticut, into a Catholic family and grew up in Wallingford, Connecticut, and got her BA from Yale University and her MA and PhD degrees from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts. After being an intern and curatorial assistant at the Guggenheim Museum, she became a curator for the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, and, from 1985 to 1997, for the private collection of cubist art left by Douglas Cooper in Basel, Switzerland. From 1995 to 2008, she worked at the Dallas Museum of Art, where she worked in different capacities before she eventually became senior curator of painting and sculpture, then was appointed director at The Phillips Collection, where she succeed Jay Gates. She was also an independent curator for the National Galler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Kosinski
Alexandra Kosinski (born March 29, 1989) is an American distance-runner. She broke the U.S. high school girl's national record for the 1600 meters in 2007. She went on to attend and run with University of Oregon in cross country and track. Running career High school Kosinski attended and ran with Oak Ridge High School from El Dorado Hills, California. She and another Californian high schooler, Jordan Hasay, were two of the fastest high school women in the state and frequently raced each other before they would both go to University of Oregon. Collegiate Kosinski attended University of Oregon with an athletic scholarship. She majored in Sociology and maintained a 3.83 GPA while in college. On January 29, 2011, she set the school's record for the indoor 5000 meter at 15:44.60. Kosinski placed third in 2011 and placed eighth in the women's 5000 meter finals at the 2012 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2012 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
