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Wayne Roberts (director)
Wayne Roberts is an American film director and screenwriter, known for his work on the films '' Katie Says Goodbye'' (2016) and '' The Professor'' (2018). Life and career Born and raised in Alaska, Roberts attended and graduated from the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He majored in film and philosophy. Roberts made his directorial debut with the drama film ''Katie Says Goodbye''. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016 and was noted for its compelling storytelling and strong performances. The film stars Olivia Cooke as a young small-town waitress that turns to sex work in hopes of building a better future for herself. Christopher Abbott, Mary Steenburgen, Jim Belushi, and Mireille Enos also co-starred. In 2018, Roberts wrote and directed the comedy drama '' The Professor'' (2018), which starred Johnny Depp as a terminally ill college professor. Danny Huston, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Zoey Deutch Zoey Francis Chaya Thompson Deut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska
Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost (the Aleutian Islands cross the 180th meridian into the eastern hemisphere) state in the United States. It borders the Canadian territory of Yukon and the province of British Columbia to the east. It shares a western maritime border, in the Bering Strait, with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of the Arctic Ocean lie to the north, and the Pacific Ocean lies to the south. Technically, it is a semi-exclave of the U.S., and is the largest exclave in the world. Alaska is the largest U.S. state by area, comprising more total area than the following three largest states of Texas, California, and Montana combined, and is the seventh-largest subnational division i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mireille Enos
Marie Mireille Enos (; born September 22, 1975) is an American actress known for the lead role as homicide detective Sarah Linden in the drama series '' The Killing.'' Early life Enos was born on September 22, 1975, in Kansas City, Missouri. She is the daughter of Monique, a French teacher, and Jon Goree Enos. Her father is American, from Texas, and her mother is from France. Enos speaks French fluently. Enos has two brothers and two sisters. Her older sister, Veronique Enos Kaefer, is the vice president of philanthropy at The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Her family moved to Sugar Land, Texas, when she was five years old. She attended Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where she underwent acting training. Enos studied theater at Brigham Young University (BYU) but left during her third year to pursue acting in New York City. While a BYU student, she won the Irene Ryan Award at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., an award annually presented to the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Screenwriters
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Living People
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Zoey Deutch
Zoey Francis Chaya Thompson Deutch ( ; born November 10, 1994) is an American actress and producer. The younger daughter of director Howard Deutch and actress-director Lea Thompson, Deutch made her acting debut in television during the early 2010s, with roles on Disney Channel's ''The Suite Life on Deck'' (2010–2011) and CW's '' Ringer'' (2011–2012). Making her film debut in 2012, Deutch received recognition for her leading roles in the films '' Everybody Wants Some!!'' (2016), '' Before I Fall'' (2017), ''Flower'' (2017), ''Set It Up'' (2018), and '' Buffaloed'' (2019). She also played supporting roles in the comedy horror '' Zombieland: Double Tap'' (2019), the historical thriller '' The Outfit'' (2022), and the legal thriller '' Juror No. 2'' (2024). After headlining the streaming projects '' The Politician'' (20192020), '' Not Okay'', and '' Something from Tiffany's'' (both 2022), she made her Broadway debut in a revival of the Thorton Wilder play ''Our Town'' (2024) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemarie DeWitt
Rosemarie Braddock DeWitt (born October 26, 1971) is an American actress. DeWitt played Emily Lehman in the Fox television series '' Standoff'' (2006–07), co-starring with her future husband Ron Livingston, as well as Charmaine Craine on '' United States of Tara''. She also was the title character in 2008's '' Rachel Getting Married'', garnering several awards and nominations for best supporting actress. She starred as Ryan Gosling's sister Laura Wilder in the Oscar-winning movie '' La La Land''. She also starred in the horror/thriller '' Poltergeist'' (2015), a remake of the 1982 film of the same name. Early life DeWitt was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, the daughter of Rosemarie (Braddock) and Kenny DeWitt. She is a granddaughter of former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Braddock, and played the role of neighbor Sara Wilson in the film '' Cinderella Man'', which depicted James J. Braddock's life. DeWitt lived in Hanover Township, New Jersey, and is a graduate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Huston
Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an American-British actor, director and screenwriter. A member of the Huston family of filmmakers, he is the son of director John Huston and half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston. He is known for his roles in films such as ''Ivans Xtc'' (2000), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, '' 21 Grams'' (2003), ''Birth'' (2004), '' The Aviator'' (also 2004), '' The Constant Gardener'' (2005), ''Marie Antoinette'' (2006), '' Children of Men'' (also 2006), '' The Kingdom'' (2007), '' 30 Days of Night'' (also 2007), ''Robin Hood'' (2010), '' Hitchcock'' (2012), '' The Congress'' (2013), '' Big Eyes'' (2014), ''Wonder Woman'' (2017), '' Game Night'' (2018), '' Stan & Ollie'' (also 2018), and '' Angel Has Fallen'' (2019). Huston portrayed The Axeman on the FX series '' American Horror Story: Coven'' and Massimo Dolcefino on '' American Horror Story: Freak Show''. He played Ben "The Butcher" Diamond on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Depp
John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Johnny Depp, multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. Johnny Depp filmography, His films, in which he has often played eccentric characters, have grossed over $10.8 billion worldwide. Depp began his career as a musician performing in several amateur rock bands before transitioning into film. He made his feature film debut in the horror film ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (1984) and appeared in ''Platoon (film), Platoon'' (1986), before rising to prominence as a teen idol on the television series ''21 Jump Street'' (1987–1990). In the 1990s, Depp portrayed lead roles in ''Arizona Dream'' (1993), ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' (1993), ''Benny & Joon'' (1993), ''Dead Man'' (1995) and title characters ''Ed Wood (film), Ed Wood'' (1994), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Belushi
James Adam Belushi (; born June 15, 1954) is an American actor and comedian. His television roles include ''Saturday Night Live'' (1983–1985), ''According to Jim'' (2001–2009), and '' Good Girls Revolt'' (2015–2016). Belushi appeared in films such as '' Thief'' (1981), ''Trading Places'' (1983), '' The Man with One Red Shoe'' (1985), '' Salvador'' (1986), ''Red Heat'' (1988), '' K-9'' (1989), '' Taking Care of Business'' (1990), '' Destiny Turns on the Radio'' (1995), '' Angel's Dance'' (1999), '' Joe Somebody'' (2001), ''Underdog'' (2007), '' The Ghost Writer'' (2010), '' The Secret Lives of Dorks'' (2013) and '' Wonder Wheel'' (2017). He is the younger brother of late comedy actor John Belushi and the father of actor Robert Belushi. Early life James Adam Belushi was born June 15, 1954, in Wheaton, Illinois, to Adam Anastos Belushi, an Albanian from Qytezë, Korçë, and Agnes Demetri Samaras, who was born in Ohio to ethnic Albanian immigrants from Korçë, south Alba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Steenburgen
Mary Nell Steenburgen (; born February 8, 1953) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and songwriter. After studying at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse in the 1970s, she made her professional acting debut in the Western comedy film '' Goin' South'' (1978). Steenburgen went on to earn critical acclaim for her role in '' Time After Time'' (1979) and Jonathan Demme's comedy-drama film ''Melvin and Howard'' (1980), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Steenburgen received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Miloš Forman's drama film ''Ragtime'' (1981). Her other films include ''A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy'' (1982), '' Cross Creek'' (1983), '' Back to the Future Part III'' (1990), ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' (1993), ''Philadelphia'' (1993), ''Nixon'' (1995), '' The Brave One'' (2007), '' Last Vegas'' (2013), '' A Walk in the Woods'' (2015), '' Book Club'' (2018), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Abbott
Christopher Jacob Abbott (born February 10, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his work in independent films. In 2011, Abbott made his feature film debut in '' Martha Marcy May Marlene'' and his Broadway debut in the revival of the play '' The House of Blue Leaves''. Abbott received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for the drama film '' James White'' (2015). He portrayed astronaut David Scott in the biographical drama film '' First Man'' (2018), and had further supporting roles in the films ''A Most Violent Year'' (2014), '' It Comes at Night'' (2017), '' Possessor'' (2020), '' Black Bear'' (2020), and '' Poor Things'' (2023), and the titular character in the horror film '' Wolf Man'' (2025). Abbott portrayed Capt. Yossarian in the Hulu miniseries '' Catch-22'' (2019) for which he earned a Golden Globe Award nomination. He also acted in the HBO series '' Girls'' (2012–2016), the USA Network series '' The Sinner'' (2017), and the Appl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
