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Ross Kagan Marks
Ross Kagan Marks is an American filmmaker and professor at New Mexico State University. Personal life Marks is married to Debra Medoff and is the father of three children: Grace, Mason and Kagan. His father-in-law was playwright Mark Medoff. As of September 2023, Marks resides in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Select filmography as director *''Homage'' (1995) *''The Twilight of the Golds'' (1997) *''Walking with Herb ''Walking with Herb'' is a 2021 American comedy film directed by Ross Marks and starring Edward James Olmos, George Lopez and Kathleen Quinlan. It is based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Joe Bullock. Olmos also serves as an executive produ ...'' (2021) *'' The Santa Assist'' (TBA) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marks, Ross Kagan Living people American film directors Film directors from New Mexico New Mexico State University faculty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public land-grant research university based primarily in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest public institution of higher education in New Mexico and one of the state's two flagship universities, along with the University of New Mexico. NMSU has extension and research centers across the state, including campuses in Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Doña Ana County, and Grants. Initially established as Las Cruces College, NM State was designated a land-grant college in 1898 and subsequently renamed New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; it received its present name in 1960. NMSU had approximately 21,700 students enrolled as of Fall 2021 and a faculty-to-student ratio of roughly 1 to 16. NMSU offers 28 doctoral degree programs, 58 master's degree programs, and 96 baccalaureate majors. New Mexico State's athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Western Athletic Conference exce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Medoff
Mark Medoff (March 18, 1940 – April 23, 2019) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director, actor, and professor. His play '' Children of a Lesser God'' received both the Tony Award and the Olivier Award. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay Award for the film script of '' Children of a Lesser God'' and for a Cable ACE Award for his HBO Premiere movie, ''Apology''. He also received an Obie Award for his play ''When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?'' Medoff's feature film ''Refuge'' was released in 2010. ''When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?'' was adapted into a film with a screenplay by Medoff in 1979. Biography Early life Medoff was born on 18 March 1940 in Mount Carmel, Illinois, to a Jewish family, the son of Thelma Irene (Butt), a psychologist, and Lawrence R. Medoff, a physician. He was raised in Miami Beach. In 1967, while working as an instructor at the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute in Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces (; "the crosses") is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County. As of the 2020 census the population was 111,385. Las Cruces is the largest city in both Doña Ana County and southern New Mexico. The Las Cruces metropolitan area had an estimated population of 213,849 in 2017. It is the principal city of a metropolitan statistical area which encompasses all of Doña Ana County and is part of the larger El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area. Las Cruces is the economic and geographic center of the Mesilla Valley, the agricultural region on the floodplain of the Rio Grande which extends from Hatch to the west side of El Paso, Texas. Las Cruces is the home of New Mexico State University (NMSU), New Mexico's only land-grant university. The city's major employer is the federal government on nearby White Sands Test Facility and White Sands Missile Range. The Organ Mountains, to the east, are dominant in the city's l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homage (film)
''Homage'' is a 1995 American crime thriller drama film written by Mark Medoff, directed by Ross Kagan Marks and starring Blythe Danner, Frank Whaley and Sheryl Lee. It is based on Medoff's play ''The Homage That Follows''. Plot The film opens with Archie holding a gun over Lucy and shooting her dead while her mother Katherine looks on in horror at the ranch they are all at. Archie is arrested and many headlines are made over Lucy's tragic death. Archie while in jail, plots his strategy with his lawyer. He taunts the deputy watching him with racial slurs and stereotypes. The movie flashes back to Archie first showing up at the ranch looking to apply for the farmhand position. Katherine considers herself lucky to get Archie and hires him immediately. He finds out Katherine's daughter is Lucy Samuel from the TV show "Banyon's Band" and is shocked. She comes and Archie immediately sees the hostile estranged relationship Lucy and Katherine have. He tries to mend the burned bridges be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twilight Of The Golds (film)
''The Twilight of the Golds'' is an American drama film directed by Ross Kagan Marks, based upon the play ''The Twilight of the Golds'' by Jonathan Tolins. The film was screened at the January 1997 Sundance Film Festival prior to its broadcast premiere on Showtime in March 1997. The cast includes Jennifer Beals, Brendan Fraser, Garry Marshall, Faye Dunaway and Jon Tenney. The film deals with the issue of fictional genetic testing, and asks the question – if testing could reveal the sexual orientation of your unborn child, and you knew he or she would be gay, would you abort? Plot Suzanne and her husband Rob are thrilled to discover she's pregnant. Rob is a doctor specializing in genetic research, so they run full tests on the fetus. Suzanne discovers that although she has a healthy baby, the boy will most likely be born gay. Rob and Suzanne are no longer thrilled. Do they really want a gay child? Is it better to spare him a life of societal marginalizing? Suzanne talks to her p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking With Herb
''Walking with Herb'' is a 2021 American comedy film directed by Ross Marks and starring Edward James Olmos, George Lopez and Kathleen Quinlan. It is based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Joe Bullock. Olmos also serves as an executive producer of the film. Cast *Edward James Olmos as Joe *George Lopez as Herb *Kathleen Quinlan as Sheila * Billy Boyd as Archibald "Archie" Borthwick *Christopher McDonald as Wiley Saunders *Melissa Chambers as Karen Plot Summary In a small New Mexico town, Joe and Shelia are a seasoned married couple grieving alongside their daughter Audrey, after the unexpected deaths of Audrey's Army physician husband and subsequently, her toddler daughter. With his faith in God greatly diluted, especially so after the loss of his beloved granddaughter, current bank president / former amateur golfer Joe becomes bitter and angry with God. He begins to take out his frustrations on his office punching bag. Joe also attempts to verbally spur with his wife Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Santa Assist
''Santa's Cousin'' (formerly titled ''The Santa Assist'') is an upcoming Christmas romance movie written by Judy Pinnel and Mary Harmer, directed by Ross Kagan Marks and starring Eric Roberts. Cast *Eric Roberts as Santa Claus Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a Legend, legendary figure originating in Western Christianity, Western Christian culture who is said to Christmas gift-bringer, bring ... *John Stoddard *Alexandra Harris *Eliza Roberts Production The film was shot in Las Cruces, New Mexico in November 2023. Release The film will be released in December 2024. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Santa Assist, The American Christmas films American romance films Upcoming films Films shot in New Mexico Santa Claus in film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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American Film Directors
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Directors From New Mexico
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
