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Michael A. Walker
Michael A. Walker is an English film and television screenwriter. Winner and nominee of over 15 awards for his produced work, he has written on several major television series, such as ''Devils, Collision, The Swarm, and Young Wallander''. Career When just 21, Walker's first feature film, ''The Fall'', was released, starring Craig Sheffer. He went on to write and direct several shorts, with his short film ''Does God Play Football'' starring Kevin McKidd and Helen McCrory winning the crystal Bear at Berlinale Film Festival 2005 and went on to win or be nominated for a further nine awards. In 2009, Walker co-wrote with Anthony Horowitz the five-part hit ITV drama, ''Collision''. He would later work on Jed Mercurio's medical drama ''Critical'' in 2015. In 2019, he wrote and executive produced on ''Devils'', a Sky Italia banking thriller series, starring Patrick Dempsey, based on the novel by Guido Maria Brera. Walker wrote Season 2 of ''Young Wallander -'' 'Killer's Shadow' for Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devils (TV Series)
''Devils'' ( it, Diavoli) is a financial thriller drama television series created by Alessandro Sermoneta, Mario Ruggeri, Elena Bucaccio, , Daniele Cesarano, Barbara Petronio, and Ezio Abbate for and Sky Italy. It is based on the 2014 novel of the same title by Brera. ''Devils'' is a Lux Vide and Sky Italy production in association with Orange Studio and OCS. The series premiered on 17 April 2020 on Sky Atlantic in Italy. Ahead of its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season. Plot London, 2011. Italian trader Massimo Ruggero is the Head of Trading at the New York London Investment Bank (NYL). While the financial crisis is raging in Europe, Massimo is making hundreds of millions for NYL out of speculation. As his mentor Dominic Morgan, the American CEO of NYL and the nearest to a father that Massimo has ever had, fully supports him, the talented trader seems to be the first choice in the run for vice-CEO. However, when Massimo is involved in a painful scandal that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea (TV Series)
''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' is a 1964–1968 American science fiction television series based on the 1961 film of the same name. Both were created by Irwin Allen, which enabled the film's sets, costumes, props, special effects models, and sometimes footage, to be used in the production of the television series. ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' was the first of Irwin Allen's four science fiction television series (the three others being ''Lost in Space'', ''The Time Tunnel'', and ''Land of the Giants''), and the longest-running. The show's theme was underwater adventure. ''Voyage'' was broadcast on ABC from September 14, 1964, to March 31, 1968, and was the decade's longest-running American science fiction television series with continuing characters. The 110 episodes produced included 32 shot in black-and-white (1964–1965), and 78 filmed in color (1965–1968). The first two seasons took place in the then-future of the 1970s. The final two seasons took place in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Television Writers
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German Television Awards
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Frank Schätzing
Frank Schätzing (; born 28 May 1957) is a German writer, mostly known for his best-selling science fiction novel '' The Swarm'' (2004). Life Schätzing was born in Cologne and studied communication studies; he later ran his own company, an advertising agency named INTEVI, in Cologne. Schätzing became a writer in 1990, and penned several novellas and satires. His first published novel was the historical '' Tod und Teufel'' (''Death and Devil'') in 1995, and in 2000 his thriller '' Lautlos''. Schätzing achieved his greatest success in 2004 with the science fiction thriller ''The Swarm''. Works Books * '' Death and Devil'' (original title: ''Tod und Teufel'', 1995, ) * ''Mordshunger'', 1996, , (German screen adaptation: '' Mordshunger'') * ''Die dunkle Seite'' (1997), * '' Keine Angst'' (1999), * '' Lautlos'' (2000), * '' The Swarm'' (original title: ''Der Schwarm'', 2004, ) * '' Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum'' (2006), * ''Die tollkühnen Abenteuer de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Swarm (TV Series)
''The Swarm'' (german: Der Schwarm) is a German co-produced science fiction television series directed by Barbara Eder, Luke Watson and Philipp Stölzl. Adapted from the eponymous novel by Frank Schätzing, the series depicts the struggle of humankind against an unknown swarm intelligence that lives in the depths of the sea. Produced with an estimated budget of , which makes it the most expensive German TV production (produced in English) of all time, it had its world premiere at 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in Berlinale Series on 19 February 2023, where the first three episodes were screened out of competition. ''The Swarm'' premiered on ZDF between 22 February and 8 March 2023. Cast * Cécile de France as Dr. Cécile Roche * Alexander Karim as Dr. Sigur Johanson * Leonie Benesch as Charlie Wagner * Joshua Odjick as Leon Anawak * Takuya Kimura as Aito Mifune * Krista Kosonen as Tina Lund * Rosabell Laurenti Sellers as Alicia Delaware * Barbara Sukowa as Prof. Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Time Machine
''The Time Machine'' is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively forward or backward through time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle or device. Utilizing a frame story set in then-present Victorian England, Wells' text focuses on a recount of the otherwise anonymous Time Traveller's journey into the far future. A work of future history and speculative evolution, ''Time Machine'' is interpreted in modern times as a commentary on the increasing inequality and class divisions of Wells' era, which he projects as giving rise to two separate human species: the fair, childlike Eloi, and the savage, simian Morlocks, distant descendants of the contemporary upper and lower classes respectively. It is believed that Wells' depiction of the Eloi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legendary Entertainment
Legendary Pictures Productions, LLC (doing business as Legendary Entertainment or simply Legendary) is an American film production and mass media company based in Burbank, California, founded by Thomas Tull in 2000. The company has collaborated with the likes of Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures and Netflix. Since 2016, Legendary has been a subsidiary of the multinational Wanda Group and Apollo. History Thomas Tull founded Legendary Entertainment after raising $500 million from private equity firms. It was one of the first companies of its kind to pair major motion picture production with major Wall Street private equity and hedge fund investors, including ABRY Partners, AIG Direct Investments, Bank of America Capital Investors, Columbia Capital, Falcon Investment Advisors, and M/C Venture Partners. Legendary Pictures, Inc. was incorporated in California in 2000 and in 2005 it signed an agreement with Warner Bros. to co-produce and co-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collision (TV Series)
''Collision'' is a five-part British television drama serial, which debuted on ITV in November 2009. In the same month, it was also on PBS as a series in two parts. It tells the story of a group of strangers whose lives intertwine following a devastating car crash. The crash opens a number of startling revelations as stories of everything from government cover-ups and smuggling, to embezzlement and murder start to unravel. The original British broadcast of ''Collision'' was edited from the original 5 hours (shown in five parts) down to three and a half hours (210 minutes, shown in two parts). The American broadcast on PBS's ''Masterpiece Contemporary'', the Australian broadcast on ABC1 and the Region 1 (America and Canada) DVD release all featured the shortened version. In Australia, Foxtel and Austar's W Channel aired ''Collision'' in its original format of five 45-minute episodes (excluding advertisements), Tuesday, 15 March 2011. /ref> Cast * Douglas Henshall as DI John T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
