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Daniel Toscan du Plantier (7 April 1941 – 11 February 2003) was a French film producer. Educated at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques he became advertising manager for the France Soir daily newspaper in 1966 and between 1975 and 1985 was director-general of the Gaumont Film Company, and president of Unifrance, an organisation for promoting French films, from 1988 until his death. Toscan du Plantier was married four times and had three sons and two daughters. His first marriage was to French actress Marie-Christine Barrault, with whom he had one son and one daughter. His second marriage was with Italian film director and producer Francesca Comencini, with whom he had one son. His third wife was Sophie Toscan du Plantier, who was murdered in 1996 (the crime is considered unsolved in Ireland, where it happened, and solved in France, where Ian Bailey was convicted in May 2019). His fourth marriage was with Melita Nikolic in 1998, with whom he had one son and one daughter. Source: Article "Daniel Toscan du Plantier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jeremy Newson (April 7, 1947 - December 16. 2020) was an actor and director, known for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Shock Treatment (1981) and McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971). He was married to Gina Newson. He died from motor neurone disease on December 16, 2020 in England. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeremy Newson, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

A urmat cursurile Liceului Constantin Negruzzi din Iași și în 1966 a absolvit Facultatea de Filologie din cadrul Universității A.I.Cuza din Iași, la secția de limbă franceză. Pasionat de cinematografie, în 1972 a absolvit și Institutul de Artă Teatrală și Cinematografică din București, la secția de regie. A debutat ca regizor în anul 1975, cu filmul Cursa, pentru care a primit premiul de debut din partea ACIN și care a participat la festivaluri internaționale de film la Belgrad, New Delhi, Cairo, Moscova, Barcelona. Următorul film, Ediție specială, apărut în 1977 îi aducea premiul ACIN pentru regie și participa la Festivalul de Film de la New Delhi. Când a apărut Proba de microfon în 1988, talentul lui Mircea Daneliuc era confirmat de primul Mare Premiu al ACIN. A participat cu această peliculă la festivalurile de la Atena, Los Angeles, Roma, Poitiers. Următoarele filme regizate de el au avut mare succes: 1980- Vânătoarea de vulpi , 1981- Croaziera, 1984- Glissando, distins de ACIN cu Marele Premiu, 1988- Iacob, cu o nominalizare la premiul european Felix ca cel mai bun film și Marele Premiu ACIN, 1991- A 11-a porunca - UCIN Marele Premiu, 1992- Tusea și junghiul, cu Premiul special al juriului la UCIN, 1993- Patul conjugal - Marele Premiu UCIN, 1994- Aceasta lehamite, 1995- Senatorul Melcilor, 2003- , Ambasadori, căutam patrie, 2005 , Sistem nervos- distins cu premiul Anno Uno in Italia, 2008- Legiunea străina, 2009- Marilena, 2009- Cele ce plutesc. A semnat și regia câtorva spectacole de teatru ca Emigranții de S. Mrozeck la Teatrul Mic din capitală, Regele desculț de Paul Anghel la Teatrul Bulandra, O noapte furtunoasă de I.L. Caragiale la Teatrul Maria Filotti din Brăila, propria piesa Doi Pinguri la Teatrul Național din Craiova. Propensiune pentru subiectele preluate din actualitate, pentru lumea celor de condiție modestă pe care ii privește fără compasiune. Filmele sale dau glas propriilor nemulțumiri, dezamăgiri și dureri pe care i le produce o societate bolnavă politic și social. Printre cărțile scrise de Mircea Danieliuc se număra Pisica ruptă - roman pentru care a primit premiul ASPRO, Cea mai bună carte a anului 997, Marilena și câteva voluptăți - roman, Șchiopul binemirositor - teatru, Apa din cizme - roman, Doi pinguri- teatru, Strigoii fără țară - roman, Carlo Carlini, iluzionism - teatru, Petru și Pavel - roman, Femei în ghips - teatru, Ora Lanti - roman, pentru care a primit premiul de proză al revistei Ateneu, Cele ce plutesc - roman, cel mai nou volum este Spălări pe cap,care conține proză scurtă și a fost publicat în 2010. A scris scenariile pentru 19 din filmele pe care le-a regizat și a jucat ca actor în câteva dintre ele. A divorțat de actrița Tora Vasilescu și în prezent este căsătorit cu Cecilia Bârbora.

Deborah Scranton is the director of The War Tapes, a documentary detailing the personal stories of soldiers in the Iraq War. It was the first of its kind in that she sent the soldiers video cameras so they can shoot raw footage of their actual, on hand experiences in combat. The film won several honors, including Best International Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival and Best International Documentary at BritDoc in 2006. Scranton also produced and directed Bad Voodoo's War, for Frontline/PBS and ITVS. The show first aired April 1, 2008. It reprised her virtual embed technique, focusing on a squad of U.S.soldiers deploying as part of the 'Surge'. Her latest film, Earth Made Of Glass, will have its world premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival in World Documentary Competition. A political thriller set in Rwanda and France, Earth Made of Glass features the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame as one of the film's main characters. In 2007, she was a visiting fellow at The Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University with the Global Media Project in the Global Security Program and taught a senior seminar on documentary filmmaking and social change. Scranton speaks internationally on her "virtual embed" filmmaking technique. She has spoken at conferences and institutions including TED2007, Nordic Media Festival, The Frontline Club, Harvard, Yale, Center For Irregular Warfare - Quantico and the Tribeca Cinema Film Series. Scranton started her career in television covering sports events including the Tour de France, the Winter Olympics, and US Open Tennis and was also a special assignment reporter. Her work has been profiled in publications including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the International Herald Tribune. A former US ski team member, she resides on a farm in the mountains of New Hampshire. She holds degrees from Brown University and Dartmouth College. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Scranton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.