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Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott
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Philip K. Dick Personal life[edit] The family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. When Philip turned five, his father was transferred to Reno, Nevada. When Dorothy refused to move, she and Joseph divorced. Both parents fought for custody of Philip, which was awarded to the mother. Dorothy, determined to raise Philip alone, took a job in Washington, D.C., and moved there with her son. From 1948 to 1952, Dick worked at Art Music Company, a record store on Telegraph Avenue. Dick was married five times: Jeanette Marlin (May to November 1948)Kleo Apostolides (June 14, 1950 to 1959)Anne Williams Rubinstein (April 1, 1959 to October 1965)Nancy Hackett (July 6, 1966 to 1972)Leslie (Tessa) Busby (April 18, 1973 to 1977) Dick had three children, Laura Archer (February 25, 1960), Isolde Freya (now Isa Dick Hackett) (March 15, 1967), and Christopher Kenneth (July 25, 1973). Career[edit] Paranormal experiences and mental health issues[edit] Pen names[edit] Style and works[edit] Themes[edit] —Steven Owen Godersky

Jason Reitman §Early life[edit] Reitman was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,[1] the son of Geneviève Robert, an actress sometimes billed as Geneviève Deloir, and comedy director Ivan Reitman. Reitman has two younger sisters, Catherine, an actress who is three years younger than him, and Caroline, a nurse who is 12 years younger than he.[3] Reitman's father was born in Czechoslovakia, to Jewish parents who were Holocaust survivors. Reitman's paternal grandfather ran a dry cleaner and then a car wash.[3] His mother is from a Christian background, and of French-Canadian descent; she converted to Judaism.[4][5][6] When he was still a child, his family moved to Los Angeles.[7] Jason described his childhood self as "a loser... a movie geek... Reitman graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in 1995; Reitman was a high jumper in high school.[9] On his father's career and legacy and not worrying about box office success: "Being the son of a director who was so successful... §Film career[edit] §Other work[edit]

Blade Runner Blade Runner is a 1982 American neo-noir dystopian science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is a modified film adaptation of the 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019, in which genetically engineered replicants, which are visually indistinguishable from adult humans, are manufactured by the powerful Tyrell Corporation as well as by other "mega-corporations" around the world. Their use on Earth is banned and replicants are exclusively used for dangerous, menial, or leisure work on off-world colonies. Blade Runner initially polarized critics: some were displeased with the pacing, while others enjoyed its thematic complexity. Seven versions of the film have been shown for various markets as a result of controversial changes made by film executives. Plot[edit]

Ivan Reitman Ivan Reitman, OC (born October 27, 1946) is a Jewish Czechoslovak-born Canadian film producer and director, best known for his comedy work, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. He is the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 2000. §Early life[edit] Reitman was born in Komárno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), the son of Klara and Ladislav "Leslie" Reitman. Reitman attended McMaster University,[3] receiving a Bachelor's of Music in 1969. §Career[edit] Reitman's first producing job was with the then-new station CITY-TV in Toronto. In Toronto, he produced the stage production Spellbound (1973) which evolved into Broadway production The Magic Show. Reitman is a founder of the McMaster Film Board at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.[8] In 2007, Reitman was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.[9] Reitman founded The Montecito Picture Company, a film production company located just south of Santa Barbara, founded in 2000. §Personal life[edit] §Recurring cast members[edit]

Wolfgang Petersen Early life[edit] Career[edit] Petersen made his first theatrical feature film in 1974, the psychological thriller One or the Other of Us (German: Einer von uns beiden), based on the novel of the same name by Horst Bosetzky and published anonymously under his pseudonym and starring Jürgen Prochnow. Although hired to direct a film adaptation of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card that was scheduled for release in 2008, he "moved on"[3] from the project. Filmography[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]

Bill Plympton Early life[edit] Bill Plympton was born in Portland, Oregon, to Don and Wilda Plympton,[2] and raised on a farm in nearby Oregon City, with five siblings.[1] From 1964 to 1968, he studied Graphic Design at Portland State University, where he was a member of the film society and worked on the yearbook. In 1968, he transferred to the School of Visual Arts[2] in New York City, where he majored in cartooning. Career[edit] As of 2012[update], Plympton had created over 40 animated short films and six animated features. From 2001 to 2003, he teamed with Don Hertzfeldt for the touring "The Don and Bill Show", which played throughout the United States. His films The Fan and the Flower, Eat, Your Face, Guard Dog, and Santa: The Fascist Years were included in the Animation Show of Shows. In 2011, Alexia Anastasio completed a documentary on Plympton's life, Adventures In Plymptoons! Personal life[edit] Awards[edit] Filmography[edit] Animated features[edit] Documentaries[edit] Live-action features[edit]

Max Ophüls Life[edit] Youth and early career[edit] Max Ophüls was born in Saarbrücken, Germany, the son of Leopold Oppenheimer, a Jewish textile manufacturer and owner of several textile shops in Germany, and his wife Helen. He took the pseudonym Ophüls during the early part of his theatrical career so that, should he fail, it wouldn't embarrass his father. Initially envisioning an acting career, he started as a stage actor in 1919 and played at the Aachen Theatre from 1921 to 1923. He then worked as a theater director, becoming the first director at the city theater of Dortmund. It is at the Burgtheater of Vienna that Ophüls met the actress Hilde Wall. Exile and post-war career[edit] Predicting the Nazi ascendancy, Ophüls, a Jew, fled to France in 1933 after the Reichstag fire and became a French citizen in 1938. Max Ophüls's son Marcel Ophüls became a distinguished documentary-film maker, director of The Sorrow and the Pity and other films examining the nature of political power. Style[edit] Sources

Tarsem Singh Tarsem Singh Dhandwar (Punjabi: ਤਰਸੇਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਧੰਦ੍ਵਾਰ; born 26 May 1961), known professionally as Tarsem, is an Indian-American director who has worked on films, music videos, and commercials. Early life[edit] Career[edit] Filmography[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit] Henry Keazor/Thorsten Wuebbena: Video Thrills the Radio Star – Musikvideos: Geschichte, Themen, Analysen, Bielefeld. 2005, p. 256–260. External links[edit] Patrick Yau Patrick Yau Tat-Chi is a Hong Kong film director and assistant director best known for making independent films for Milkyway Image, the production company owned by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai. Career[edit] Filmography[edit] Awards and nominations[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Patrick Yau at the Internet Movie Database

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