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Born in upstate New York, after one viewing of La Dolce Vita (1960), David Weisman dropped out of Syracuse University's School of Fine Arts in the early 1960s to design film-posters in Rome -- where, by learning fluent Italian, he managed to meet Federico Fellini, create the poster for Otto e mezzo (8 1/2) and work for Pier Paolo Pasolini. The teenager's linguistic skill also enabled him to freely work as an artist in Québec, France, Holland, Israel, Germany, and Brazil. Back in New York, Weisman was discovered by Otto Preminger, who hired him to replace Saul Bass, to create the titles for Hurry Sundown (1967). Having interned as Preminger's assistant on the Paramount movie, Weisman turned to experimental film-making with a splinter-group from Andy Warhol's Factory and, in 1967, he began the five-year-long production of underground cult classic Ciao Manhattan (1972), a chronicle-à-clef about and starring sixties-icon Edie Sedgwick (featuring Isabel Jewell, Roger Vadim, plus Factory luminaries Brigid Berlin, Viva and Paul America), which Weisman co-wrote and co-directed with Warhol alumnus, John Palmer. Weisman then worked as associate director on avant-garde film The Telephone Book (1971), and created an English-language film edited from a series of Japanese samurai-movies which was successfully released as Shogun Assassin (1980) by Roger Corman's New World Pictures. In 1981, after producing Bad Manners (1984) (a comedy with Martin Mull and Karen Black), Weisman's collaboration with Leonard Schrader began on The Killing of America (1981), a feature documentary created for Japanese theatrical release about the evolution of U.S. violence. Schrader's background in Latin American literature and Weisman's familiarity with Brazil prompted them to look for a film project they could make "below the equator". In 1982, when Ciao Manhattan (1972) was re-released (breaking box-office records at The Quad Cinema in New York upon publication of bestseller "Edie: An American Biography", by Jean Stein & George Plimpton), Weisman used the proceeds to acquire the "Kiss of the Spider Woman" screen rights from Manuel Puig, then develop the screenplay with Schrader and commence pre-production on the film with Burt Lancaster and Raul Julia in the lead roles. In October of 1983, with William Hurt replacing the ailing Lancaster, Weisman began Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) in São Paulo Brazil with director Hector Babenco -- financed only by private investors on two continents who believed in the project. After Babenco's health crisis in mid-1984, Weisman completed the film's problematic editing with Schrader. Post-production took 14 arduous months, much of it (for lack of funds) done in Weisman's home. He was obliged to re-dub most of the film's dialogue, re-cut the negative and mix the soundtrack twice, before "Kiss of the Spider Woman" was accepted in Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985, where William Hurt won the Best Actor award. Weisman subsequently collaborated with novelist Manuel Puig on two original screenplays (Seven Tropical Sins, Chica Boom). They were working on Madrid 1937 for Milena Canonero to direct, at the time of Puig's death in 1990. After the international success of Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) in 1986, Weisman was recipient of an Academy Award Nomination for Best Picture -- a first for an independent film made for little more than a million dollars. Weisman began producing the $40-million Ironweed (1987) for Taft-Barish but left the production in early 1987 over creative differences with director Babenco. Weisman then produced the indie film Spike of Bensonhurst (1988) with Sasha Mitchell and Ernest Borgnine, directed by ex-Warhol associate, Paul Morrissey. Continuing his Latin American-themed collaboration with Leonard Schrader, Weisman produced Schrader's directorial debut, Naked Tango (1990), a mythic love-story set in the bordellos of 1920s Buenos Aires, starring Vincent D'Onofrio, Mathilda May, Esai Morales and the late Fernando Rey. Working with Schrader, Weisman adapted Spirit Break (1997) from the novel "The Long Walk" and co-wrote Girl on Fire (2011), an original screenplay based on Weisman's experiences with Edie Sedgwick during the making of Ciao Manhattan (1972).- Pam La Testa was born on 2 April 1944 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Don't Mess with My Sister! (1985) and Blood Sisters (1987). She died on 9 October 2019 in Staten Island, New York, USA.
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Graham Timbes was born on 8 February 1944 in Mobile, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Firehead (1991), A Time to Kill (1996) and Glory Road (2006). He died on 9 October 2019 in the USA.- Animation Department
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Jay Won So is known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), Jeonja ingan 337 (1977) and Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994). He died on 9 October 2019.- Additional Crew
Michael Neve is known for Madness (1991), Thinking Aloud (1984) and Surveillance (2001). He died on 9 October 2019 in London, England, UK.- Sam Hynes was born on 29 August 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 9 October 2019 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
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Talley Griffith was born and raised in Virginia, and attended East Tennessee State University, Radford University, and the North Carolina School Of The Arts School Of Filmmaking. He produced, and directed the indie feature "Decision", from his own script in 1995. He formed his production company Dream Image Productions in 1992, to produce television and commercial video productions. He produced the music video "Wait A Minute" for the group "The Hutchens" on Atlantic Records. Talley joined with Producers Robert Kosberg, Alan Riche, and Director Renny Harlin and set up the film "Time Out" at Warner Bros. in 1998. He was an original partner in Legendary Pictures and Anonymous Content with Steve Golin.- Art Director
- Production Designer
- Art Department
John W. Corso is from the rather small town of Wabash, Indiana. Since working in Hollywood on, most notably, such timeless classics of the 1980s as the John Hughes standards Ferris Bueller's Day Off (think of the artistic genius of the art museum montage), The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Weird Science, he has returned there to reside in his retirement. He owns several properties there and yet lives in a quite humble abode. The Emmy in his living room easily seems out of place in his very normal, somewhat cluttered living room. Many of his neighbors undoubtedly have no idea who the low-key fellow in the inconspicuous house with ivy growing up the sides really is. Mr. Corso has long been a member of the Academy and remains a supporter of the arts in his community and beyond.- Actor
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Charles Matumbi Jackson was born on 6 January 1955 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was an actor, known for Dawn (2010). He died on 9 October 2019 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA.- Angelo Nargi was born on 1 November 1932 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for A Question of Trust (1996), Easy Listening (2002) and The A Plate (2011). He died on 9 October 2019 in Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
- Dieter Jasslauck was born on 4 March 1934 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Weg! (2002), Tatort (1970) and Verwandte und Bekannte (1971). He was married to Christa Meier. He died on 9 October 2019 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
- Andrés Gimeno was born on 3 August 1937 in Barcelona, Spain. He was married to Cristina Corolla. He died on 9 October 2019 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Rashel Gedalyova was born on 7 December 1954 in Tambov, RSFSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Holdárnyék (1990) and Isklyuchenie bez pravil (1986). She died on 9 October 2019 in Jerusalem, Israel.
- Ronald Simone was born on 6 June 1935 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mexican (2001). He died on 9 October 2019.
- Jill Freedman, a hard-working, hard-living photographer who immersed herself for months at a time in the lives of street cops, firefighters, circus performers and other tribes she felt were misunderstood. After the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, she took up residence in a plywood shantytown erected in Washington by the Poor People's Campaign, which he had organized. There she took photos that landed her in Life magazine and produced her first book, "Old News: Resurrection City," in 1971.
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- Actor
Tamás Vekerdy was born on 21 September 1935 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Boldogtalan kalap (1981), Koreszmék és táborok (2007) and Értelmezö próba (1980). He died on 9 October 2019.- Dorothea Buck was born on 5 April 1917 in Naumburg (Saale), Germany. She died on 9 October 2019 in Hamburg, Germany.
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andy Jenkins was born on 18 August 1970 in Chatham, New Jersey. He was a producer and editor, known for Altered (2006), Exists (2014) and The Eliminator (2004). He died on 9 October 2019 in San Diego, California, USA.- Lorand Gaspar was born on 28 February 1925 in Targu Mures, Romania. He was a writer, known for 4 Days in France (2016), Aires 06 (2006) and L'invité (2000). He was married to Francine. He died on 9 October 2019 in France.
- Yuri Losev was born on 29 January 1949 in Daugavpils, USSR. He was an actor, known for Liktena Lidumnieki (2003) and Sindikat-2 (1981). He died on 9 October 2019 in Daugavpils, Latvia.