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- Actor
- Producer
Born 17th March 1944 in Southmoor, Berkshire, England, Christian Roberts was educated at Cranleigh School, Surrey, England from 1953 to 1962 and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, England from 1964 to 1966. He debuted in To Sir, with Love (1967). Laurel Award and Filmdom's Famous Fives. Apart from films and TV, between 1972 and 1980 he acted in theater seasons at the Redgrave Theatre, Surrey; The Salisbury Playhouse, Theatre Royal, York; and the Watford Palace Theatre. In 1980 he joined the board of his family business, Job's Dairy, and was also a director of the Theatre Royal, Windsor. In 1988 he returned to acting and Produced and starred in "Return to the Forbidden Planet" (Laurence Olivier Award 1990) and "From a Jack to a King", both in London's West End. In 1995 he went to live in Barbados in the Caribbean, where he now runs the famous "Lone Star" Restaurant and Hotel on the island's fashionable West Coast. He is keen to act again. He has just completed filming "Holding on " for the Barbados Film Festival, Produced by Laura Lin Hutchinson. Directed by Martinique's Maharaki. In 2016 he was Executive Director for the Film "A Caribbean Dream" written and Directed by Shakirah M Bourne and Produced by Melissa Simmonds for Caribbean Film Productions Ltd. The film has already won Best Film at the London Independent Film Festival and Best Screenplay at The Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Blasco Giurato was born on 7 June 1941 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer, known for Cinema Paradiso (1988), A Pure Formality (1994) and Octav (2017). He died on 26 December 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Emilian Kaminski was born on 10 July 1952 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Akcja pod Arsenalem (1978), Tanie pieniadze (1986) and U Pana Boga w Królowym Moscie. He was married to Justyna Sienczyllo. He died on 26 December 2022 in Jozefow, Poland.- Moeko Ezawa was born on 28 March 1939 in Hyogo, Japan. She was an actress, known for Great Edo: Secret Story of a Female Doctor in Trouble (1975) and I Want To (1979). She died on 26 December 2022 in Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
- Production Manager
- Producer
- Writer
Paul Mason was a production manager and producer, known for Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) and Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009). He died on 26 December 2022 in West Hills, California, USA.- Director
- Animation Department
- Art Director
In 1951 he is admitted in the Suzhou Movie School Animation Section, and in 1953 he graduated in the Beijing Central Movie School Animation Section. Later he enters in the Shanghai Fine Arts Motion Picture Studio and in 1960 debuted as animation director with the awarded short film "The Small Tadpole Looks for his Mother". In 1964 co-directed the last part of the film "Da no tien gu" ("Uproar in Heaven", 1961-65), the first color animation film in China, directed by Wan Lai-Ming. In 1979 he co-directed with Wang Shu-Shen and A Da (Xu Jingda) the first Chinese animation film made in panoramic screen, "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King".- Producer
- Production Manager
Si Litvinoff optioned Anthony Burgess"s novel "A Clockwork Orange" in 1965 and immediately got the book to Stanley Kubrick. While paying for screenplays by Burgess, Terry Southern and Michael Cooper and continuing option payments all those years he tried to get financing with Mick Jagger starring and several known directors until having no commitment from Kubrick, he chose Nic Roeg. When Max L Raab agreed to provide 1 million dollars to produce the film with Roeg directing Jagger in the lead from the Southern screenplay, Kubrick decided that he wanted to direct it. Warner Brothers agreed to finance it and Litvinoff made the deal and used the million dollars to produce "Walkabout" directed by Roeg.
Prior to film production Litvinoff was for 12 years a New York City lawyer who represented many iconic figures including artists Andy Warhol, Jim Dine and Jack Youngerman, writers Terry Southern, Jack Gelber, actors Joel Grey, Beatrice Arthur, Rip Torn, Delphine Seyrig and Orson Bean, directors Shirley Clarke, Gene Saks agents Peter Witt and Toby Cole, theatre producers Ted Mann and his Circle in the Square, Lucille Lortel and her Theater De Lys. Also more than 50 stage productions as well as The Theater Studio of New York and The Cecilwood Playhouse where Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman, Peter Fonda and Ron Rifkind amongst others began.
His own stage productions include "I and Albert" directed by John Schlesinger in London's West End with music by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, script by Jay Presson Allen, choreography by Pat Birch and sets and costumes by Luciana Arrighi, all of whom have distinguished themselves in film. On Broadway he produced "Hail Scrawdyke" ("Little Malcom And His Struggle Against The Eunuchs") directed by Alan Arkin as well as "Leonard Bernstein's Theater Songs" and others. He serves as Senior Executive in Charge of Production for Harry Nilsson and Terry Southern"s Hawkeye Entertainment and with Nillson was Executive Producer Of the Doobie Brothers HBO special "Listen To The Music".- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Dieter Pröttel was born on 31 October 1933 in Offenburg, Baden [now Baden-Württemberg], German Reich [now Germany]. He was a director and writer, known for Geld oder Leber! (1986), Europarty (1967) and Hätten Sie heut' Zeit für mich? (1972). He was married to Birte Pröttel. He died on 26 December 2022 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Lasse was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 19 August 1928. His mother was Sally Lönndahl, his father unknown. His breakthrough was 1949 with "Tangokavaljeren". In the 50s he became one of the most popular Swedish singers with songs like "Cindy Min Cindy", "Tulpaner Från Amsterdam", "Volare", "Piccolissima Serenata". In 1962 he became the first artist to top the new started hit chart "Svensktoppen", the song were "Midnattstango". Osmond Brothers recorded songs with Lasse in the mid 60s and Anni-Frid from "Abba" toured with him in the later 60s. In December 1970, Lasse's daughter and her mother were killed in an accident in USA and that became a big tragedy and slowed down his very hot career, but despite that, he had a remarkable way of keeping his fans and his reputation is well known even in these days, with over 50 big tours.
From 1962 and onwards he had 37 hit songs on the Swedish hit chart "Svensktoppen".- Aleksandr Skvortsov was born in 1950. He was an actor, known for Ivan Groznyy (2009) and Vokrug Smekha (1978). He died on 26 December 2022.
- António Mega Ferreira was born on 25 March 1949 in Mouraria, Lisbon, Portugal. He was a writer, known for Amigos Como Dantes (2005), O Nosso Século (1988) and Uma Viagem na Nossa Terra (1983). He died on 26 December 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Bruno Petrali was an actor, known for Kapelski kresovi (1974), Velo misto (1980) and Povratak (1979). He died on 26 December 2022 in Rijeka, Croatia.
- Dorothy Iannone was born on 9 August 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was married to James Upham. She died on 26 December 2022 in Berlin, Germany.
- Editorial Department
Jay Berryman is known for Boy (2010), Eagle vs Shark (2007) and The Locals (2003). Jay was married to Judy Spry. Jay died on 26 December 2022 in Wellington, New Zealand.- Gabriele Piemonti was an actor, known for Stesso mare stessa spiaggia (1983). He was married to Ambra Orfei. He died on 26 December 2022 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Additional Crew
- Stunts
Pat Magie is known for Godzilla (1998) and The Phantom (1996). Pat died on 26 December 2022 in the USA.- Peter Jochen Kemmer was born on 7 May 1941 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Laible und Frisch: Do goht dr Doig (2017) and Der Hammermörder (1990). He died on 26 December 2022.
- Emma Lovell was an actress, known for Broken English (1996). She was married to Lee Lovell. She died on 26 December 2022 in North Lakes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- Aleksandr Shevchenko was born on 22 July 1961 in Mary, USSR. Aleksandr was a composer, known for Akim (2019), Upon the Magic Roads (2021) and Instagramshizza (2018). Aleksandr died on 26 December 2022.