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Patti Harrison was born on 31 October 1990 in Orient, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Together Together (2021), The Lost City (2022) and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019).- Actor
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born in Birán, Holguin Province, Cuba, the fifth of nine children of Ángel María Bautista Castro y Argiz, a plantation owner originally from Galicia, Spain, who operated a plantation in Cuba's Oriente Province. His mother, Lina Ruz González, was a servant in his father's home who bore Fidel out of wedlock (they later were married several years after Angel's first wife died). Known as a rebellious, loud, and troublesome child, Fidel was sent to a Jesuit boarding school in Santiago de Cuba, where he was often teased by his wealthier classmates who called him a "peasant." He later attended Belen College before enrolling at the University of Havana, where he earned a law degree. After graduating from the university, Castro briefly practiced law, before he went on to marry Mirta Diaz-Balart, a wealthy philosophy student with family ties to Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. They had a son, Fidelito, but after 5 years, the couple divorce and went their separate ways. After several years in prison and exile (he lived in Mexico and New York City before starting the revolution) Castro led an attack on the Moncada barracks on July 26, 1953. The attack, which was a major attack on Batista's hold of Cuba, found Castro once again imprisoned before he was released. After his release he went to the Yucatan, where he organized a rebel force that landed in Cuba in 1958 and after many successful battles, Castro rode triumphantly into Havana on January 8, 1959.- Actress
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Carmi Martin was born on 9 August 1963 in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines. She is an actress, known for Bagong hari (1986), No Other Woman (2011) and Working Boys (1985).- Bella Cortez was born on 16 December 1942 in Oriente, Cuba. She is an actress, known for The Tartars (1961), Simbad contro i sette saraceni (1964) and The Seven Tasks of Ali Baba (1962).
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Not all of our most important filmmakers are the most well-known. Hailed as a genius by Stanley Kubrick and described by Jonathan Demme as "the best designer of film titles in the country today," Pablo Ferro has distinguished himself in film for more than three decades as a director, editor and producer specializing in graphic design, special effects, sequences and main titles, trailers and print campaigns. A significant influence on the "look" of the 1960s, he may have had an even more decisive impact on the world of advertising. In addition to creating and designing some of the more striking TV and print ads of the decade (one highlight was creating the corporate logo or Burlington Mills with fast-moving multicolored stitching animation for a classic commercial campaign), Ferro helped bring the "hard-sell" visual razzmatazz of cutting-edge advertising techniques to Hollywood films that strove to reflect the changing social scene. Often pointed and satirical, much of his best film work has been in association with directors once allied, to varying degrees, with so-called countercultural values such as Kubrick. Ferro may be best known as an early master of quick-cutting and for using multiple images within the frame. In his commercials and title sequences, he would create a continuous flow of imagery that drew upon a wide range of graphic materials from various media. The goal was to sell a product, a movie or an idea by visualizing abstract concepts with a thought-provoking mixture of animation, live-action, clips from newsreels, still photographs and original art work. His style of montage seemed strangely apt for the dawn of the age of media overload; Ferro found the poetry in the potential cacophony of too much information. With a strong foundation in animation, Ferro was a filmmaker in his own right. He produced and helmed a number of experimental shorts, pioneered the use of video for narrative storytelling and did second unit work for a number of his assignments. Despite a decided fondness for high-tech, another Ferro trademark is his elongated hand-drawn lettering--such as in the title sequence of Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove"--which emphasized the all-too-human hand of the artist in the filmmaking process. Raised on a remote farm in Cuba, Ferro emigrated to NYC with his parents as a teen. In 1953, as a high school student, he began teaching himself animation techniques from a book by Preston Blair (a frequent collaborator with celebrated animation director Tex Avery at MGM) with which he and two Brooklynite friends joined Abe Liss to build their own animation boards and stand for their own modest animation studio. The teens were able to shoot artwork with a 16mm Bell and Howell camera that photographed single frames. The young Ferro expanded his interest in the cinema working as an usher in a 42nd Street theater that screened foreign films. Ferro sharpened his graphic sense working with Stan Lee (the future editor of Marvel Comics) at Atlas comics where, as a penciller, he churned out a reasonable series of EC-inspired horror, sci-fi and adventure stories before segueing into animation. He landed his first job at a studio that produced black-and-white commercials. There he got firsthand training from a legendary animator, former Disney veteran William Tytla, who was best known for animating the devil in "The Night on Bald Mountain" sequence of "Fantasia" (1940). Ferro learned his lessons well, graduated to animation director and toiled at various NYC-based animation houses. In 1997 Ferro had a stellar year, creating the title designs and sequences for the Oscar award winning films "Good Will Hunting", "As Good as It Gets", "L.A. Confidential" and "Men in Black". Some of his other credits for this time period include the remake of "Dr. Dolittle" (1998), Forrest Whitaker's "Hope Floats" (1998), and the HBO biopic "Winchell" (1998) which we are happy to report did received a Golden Globe Award as well as an Emmy. Also in 1998, Pablo entered into his 7th collaboration with Jonathan Demme on the Oscar nominated film "Beloved". In October of 1998, Pablo was honored with a Special Achievement Award, presented by Michael Cimino at an Award Presentation at the Directors Guild of America. A Night With Pablo Ferro, hosted by the Latino Committee of the DGA was well attended by the industries finest. Pablo's peers and admirers were there to congratulate him, and see a special montage of his work, and attend the reception following the award presentation. In his most recent collaboration with Sam Raimi and Kevin Costner, he created the nostalgic title sequence in "For Love of the Game" (1999). On the small screen, Pablo has created titles for HBO's "Witness Protection" (1999), the new NBC pilot M.Y.O.B. (2000), as well as the new FOX pilot "The Street" (2000), a Darren Singer Production. In addition, Pablo has again been recognized by his peers, and has won the DaimlerChrysler Design Award for Film Design in 1999. The Daimler Chrysler award has honored elegant and innovative task solving, in activities ranging from human-powered flight to compelling visual persuasion. Spouse - (1957-1967) Susan Aurora Ferro, Model, artist / Divorced Daughter - born c. 1965 Joy Michelle Moore, Business Manager, Publicist Son - born c. 1957 Allen Ferro, Film editor, screenwriter- Actor
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Robert Arevalo was born on 6 May 1938 in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines. He was an actor and director, known for Hubad na bayani (1977), Yesterday's Promise (1994) and Sino'ng pipigil sa pagpatak ng ulan? (1979). He was married to Barbara Perez. He died on 10 August 2023 in Quezon City, Philippines.- Cuban actor of great success in television telenovelas (soap operas) and films. He was born in the city of Holguín, province of Oriente in Cuba. (The Oriente province no longer exists and Holguín was officially declared a province in recent years). His parents were Idelfonso Moro and Margot Rueda whose marriage had produced three children, Frank, Fernando and Flor.
In 1960, when Frank was barely 16 years old, his parents went into exile in Miami, Florida in order to escape the harsh communist dictatorship that had taken over Cuba. Frank finished his studies in Miami and when he reached adulthood decided he wanted to be an actor. Since there was not much happening at the time in Miami in the performing arts, Frank moved to Puerto Rico where the television industry offered more opportunities. With his good looks and charisma, Frank found work at the beginning as a supporting actor in various television broadcasts. He was also given the opportunity to work in the films "Antesala de la silla eléctrica" (1968) and "Libertad para la juventud" (1970) which gave evidence of his potential for the big screen. After demonstrating his born acting talent, he became a leading actor in telenovelas of great success.
By the mid 1970's Frank Moro was a household name in Puerto Rico as well as in other Latin American countries, and was considered one of the hottest commodities in Latin television. Ernesto Alonso, a Mexican actor turned influential producer, was impressed by Frank's talent and offered him an exclusive contract with Mexico's powerful Televisa Network. Frank accepted the offer sensing its magnitude and moved immediately to Mexico. With Alonso's experienced guidance, Frank Moro was enormously successful in Mexican television and in films from 1975 and throughout the early 1990's.
Always missing his family and friends in Miami, he accepted a contract from Miami based Univision Network to host a television show that was broadcast all over the American continent. Frank Moro was at the top of his power as an actor when a heart attack cut his life short at age 49, a death that shocked Latin show business and his fans. He was survived by his Miami family, and by a son also named Frank, born in Puerto Rico during a short-lived marriage. - Actor
- Soundtrack
Jason Francisco was born on 11 October 1987 in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. He is an actor, known for Banana Split (2008), Ang probinsyano (2015) and Owe My Love (2021).- Al Espinosa was born on 18 August 1968 in Oriente, Cuba. He is an actor, known for Mob Rules (2010), NCIS (2003) and Che: Part One (2008).
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- Music Department
- Composer
Mark Bautista was born on 10 August 1983 in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Philippines. He is an actor and composer, known for Lastikman (2004), In Your Eyes (2010) and Chain Mail (2015).- Writer
- Producer
Beverly Donofrio was born on 23 September 1950 in Orient, Long Island, New York, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Phenom (1993) and Roadtrip Nation (2004).- Raúl Castro was born on 3 June 1931 in Biran, Oriente Province, Cuba. He is an actor, known for La guerra necesaria (1980), The New Yorker Presents (2015) and Castro (2003). He was previously married to Vilma Espin.
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- Writer
Cuban stage, radio, and television actress, as well as a gifted writer, producer and director. The daughter of celebrated stage actors José María Béjar and Beatriz Fernández Llaneza, she made her acting debut when she was barely forty days old, playing Baby Jesus in a stage production based on the Gospels. From then on, every time a child was needed in a play in which her parents acted, Hada (pronounced Ada in Spanish) would be chosen. At ten years old she was a regular performer in a children's radio show, but at that point her parents insisted that their daughter concentrate on a formal education. With high school and college diplomas on her wall, Hada went back to acting on radio serials in which her exquisite soft feminine voice won over national audiences and her performances were highly praised by critics. From then on, Miss Béjar was much in demand as a leading lady and her career was unstoppable.
When television arrived In Cuba in 1950, Miss Béjar became a pioneer of the new medium starring in two highly rated telenovelas (soap operas), La Novela Gravi and La Luz En El Camino. It must be noted that Miss Béjar, a devout catholic, insisted on playing clean heroines and refused roles as a femme fatale or as "the other woman". The public cherished her image as the embodiment of the ideal female, feminine, good-looking, elegant and educated; the kind of lady that women would like to emulate and men would like to marry. Actually, about this time, the actress found true love and married Mr. Manolo García Suárez, a businessman not connected to show business. The wedding was a storybook affair, amply covered by the media, and the successful marriage would produced two sons.
Hada Béjar proceeded with her career not only appearing Monday through Friday in the always popular soap operas but also on Saturdays in countless teleplays based on the world's greatest plays and literature. One such a play ended up being quite a memorable affair for reasons nobody suspected. It was Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan in which Hada costarred with the legendary Mexican actress Dolores del Río in a live broadcast that made history. During an important scene Miss del Río forgot the dialog, an unfortunate occurrence that would have spelled disaster for any play, except for Hada's quick response to the situation ad-libbing lines until Miss del Rio remembered hers. After this remarkable showing, Miss Béjar was perceived not only as a capable actress but as an accomplished professional.
By the late 1950's Hada Béjar remained a household name, who organized and managed her career so effectively that in spite of her many television commitments, she continued appearing on radio and stage sometimes even writing her own scripts. With the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and the subsequent confiscation by the new Marxist government of all private business including theaters, radio, and television stations, Miss Béjar saw her whole world crumbling. She was now expected to work under a strict censorship which controlled all aspects of Cuban culture including a fierce religious persecution, most especially of Catholics. Miss Béjar and her family knew they could no longer live in the unfortunate island, but leaving the country was not at all easy. The opportunity presented itself thanks to friends in Mexico connected to the movie industry who knew of the actress' predicament. They issued a formal contract with the required temporary visas for Hada, accompanied by her family, to act in Mexico in the film "El derecho de nacer" (1966) based on the popular novel by Cuban writer Félix B. Caignet. It was a very well known work for Hada since she had acted on radio and television adaptations of the same novel. When the filming was over, Hada, with family in tow, managed to escape to the United States where they were granted political asylum.
Settling in Miami, the center of the Cuban diaspora, it was not easy for Miss Béjar to relaunch her career. After the initial struggles, the actress found opportunities to display her talents on Miami stages as well as Spanish language radio and television. She triumphed in prestigious plays such as "The Lady of the Camellias" by Alexandre Dumas fils, "Tea And Sympathy" by Robert Anderson, "The Lady of the Dawn" by Alejandro Casona, and many others. On radio and television Miss Béjar acted in various soap operas and plays including some that she wrote herself. As the years passed she took on roles according of her age and revealed herself as an accomplished writer selling her novels and scripts in Miami, Puerto Rico and Central America where they were made into telenovelas. It was clear that nothing could stop this remarkable woman as she also wrote biographies and articles for the Spanish edition of The Miami Herald, and for magazines such as Buenhogar, Intimidades, and other publications. At the same time she was featured in television serials including the very successful "Guadalupe", "Gata salvaje" or "Ángel rebelde".
As she neared retirement age, Miss Béjar took a post at catholic Radio Paz, hosting her own radio show named "Vidas ejemplares" (Exemplary Lives) in which she read biographies of Christian saints she herself researched and wrote. It was a work very dear to her heart and it became another success for the actress-author and one that lasted almost to the end of her life. She worked tirelessly and very few people knew she had begun a painful struggle against cancer in absolute privacy. Hada Béjar, one of the most prolific and outstanding talents of her generation, lost the battle surrounded by family and dear friends on February 28th, 2014. She was 83 years old.- Karen Reyes was born on 17 October 1996 in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. She is an actress, known for Beauty and the Bestie (2015), Ngayon at kailanman (2018) and She's Dating the Gangster (2014).
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- Actor
- Executive
Rey "Cacoi" Rodis II is the chief executive officer of Rodis Entertainment Digital Inc. and also the executive producer.
In this position, Rodis heads responsibility for all film and project development and production for Rodis Entertainment Digital Inc. He also oversees the infrastructure and guides RED growth in becoming an innovative production company.
Prior to Rodis Entertainment Digital Inc., Rodis worked on political campaigns for presidential candidates, congressman, and governors in the Philippines. His work in the Filipino entertainment industry includes promoting beauty pageants and acting as a television host for local networks.
Additionally, Rodis' career included time spent as a boxing promoter, becoming the third generation of nationally respected promoters in the family. Upon entering the US, Rodis worked as Al Pacino's assistant at CHAL Production. In that position, he acquired essential knowledge of the entertainment industry and was moved to create his own production company.
Rodis graduated from the school of Arts in Mindanao, Philippines. He lives in Los Angeles, California.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Cliff Hall was born on 11 September 1925 in Oriente, Cuba. He is known for Where the Boys Are (1984), And the World Listened (1965) and Twice a Fortnight (1967). He was married to Janet Massie and Dorothy. He died on 26 June 2008 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.- Raul Arellano was born on 13 December 1965 in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Philippines. He is an actor, known for Manila Skies (2009), West Side Avenue (2001) and Akin ang puri (1996).
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Pedro Rigual was born on 29 June 1918 in Banes, Oriente, Cuba. He was an actor, known for México nunca duerme (1959), Las tres coquetonas (1960) and I maniaci (1964). He died in 2012.- Enrique Amorim was born on 25 July 1900 in Salto Oriental, Uruguay. He was a writer, known for Canción de cuna (1941), Capitán Veneno (1943) and Kilómetro 111 (1938). He died on 28 July 1960 in Salto Oriental, Uruguay.
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- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Mario Rigual was born on 19 November 1922 in Antilla, Oriente Province, Cuba. He was an actor, known for Point of No Return (1993), Snatched (2017) and Instructions Not Included (2013). He died on 1 October 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Preston Gomez was born on 20 April 1922 in Central Preston, Oriente, Cuba. He died on 13 January 2009 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- Dazzy Vance was born on 4 March 1891 in Orient, Iowa, USA. He was married to Edyth. He died on 16 February 1961 in Homosassa Springs, Florida, USA.
- Marilou Nadonza was born on 13 December 1982 in Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines. He is an actor, known for Rosita (2015).
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Jojie Alcantara was born in Mati, Davao Oriental, Mindanao, Philippines. She is known for Agusan Marsh Diaries (2011) and Halo-Halo Sunday Special (2004).- Edelfa Romano is an Actress known for her roles in short films such as By Any Means Necessary (2021) and Finding Francine (2022). Edelfa Romano is based in San Francisco, CA as well as Los Angeles, CA. She is the 6th child of 8 children, was born in the Philippines and moved to San Francisco with her family at the age of 6.
- Bernard Catindig was born on 14 August 1975 in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines. He was an actor, known for Blue Moon (2005), All My Life (2004) and Le marquis (2011). He died on 21 February 2020 in the Philippines.