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#81797 Richard-Brooks

Richard-Brooks - Richard Brooks was an Academy Award-winning film writer who also earned six Oscar nominations and achieved success as a film director and producer.He was born Ruben Sax on May 18, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants. He graduated from West Philadelphia HS, attended Philadelphias Temple University for two years, before dropping out and later working as a sports reporter and radio journalist in the 1930s. After a stint as a writer for the NBC network, he worked for one season as director of New Yorks Mill Pond Theatre, and then headed to Los Angeles. There he broke into films as a script writer of B movies, Maria Montez epics, serials, and did some radio writing. During the Second World War, he served with the US Marines for two years.Richard Brooks made his directorial debut with MGMs Kryzys (1950) starring Cary Grant. He scripted and directed Bracia Karamazow (1958) and Kotka na goracym blaszanym dachu (1958) and two years later won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay for Elmer Gantry (1960). He had six Oscar nominations and 25 other nominations during his film career. Brooks was a writer and director of Chekhovian depth, who mastered the use of understatement, anticlimax and implied emotion. His films enjoyed lasting appeal and tended to be more serious than the usual mainstream productions. Brooks was regarded as independent even before he officially broke away from the studio system in 1965. In the 1980s, he had his own production company.Richard Brooks died of a heart failure on March 11, 1992, in Beverly Hills, California, and was laid to rest in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6422 Hollywood Blvd., for his contribution to the art of motion picture.. Date of Birth, 18May 1912,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ,Date of Death, 11March 1992,Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (congestive heart failure) ,Birth Name,Reuben Sax,Height, 63(1.91m)

Richard Brooks was an Academy Award-winning film writer who also earned six Oscar nominations and achieved success as a film director and producer.He was born Ruben Sax on May 18, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants. He graduated from West Philadelphia HS, attended Philadelphias Temple University for two years, before dropping out and later working as a sports reporter and radio journalist in the 1930s. After a stint as a writer for the NBC network, he worked for one season as director of New Yorks Mill Pond Theatre, and then headed to Los Angeles. There he broke into films as a script writer of B movies, Maria Montez epics, serials, and did some radio writing. During the Second World War, he served with the US Marines for two years.Richard Brooks made his directorial debut with MGMs Kryzys (1950) starring Cary Grant. He scripted and directed Bracia Karamazow (1958) and Kotka na goracym blaszanym dachu (1958) and two years later won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay for Elmer Gantry (1960). He had six Oscar nominations and 25 other nominations during his film career. Brooks was a writer and director of Chekhovian depth, who mastered the use of understatement, anticlimax and implied emotion. His films enjoyed lasting appeal and tended to be more serious than the usual mainstream productions. Brooks was regarded as independent even before he officially broke away from the studio system in 1965. In the 1980s, he had his own production company.Richard Brooks died of a heart failure on March 11, 1992, in Beverly Hills, California, and was laid to rest in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6422 Hollywood Blvd., for his contribution to the art of motion picture.. Date of Birth, 18May 1912,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ,Date of Death, 11March 1992,Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (congestive heart failure) ,Birth Name,Reuben Sax,Height, 63(1.91m) .

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#10447 Matt-Dillon

Matt-Dillon - Matt Dillons successful film career has spanned over three decades and has showcased his wide range of dramatic and comedic talents. Dillon displayed his versatility with an arresting performance co-starring as a racist cop in the critically acclaimed Paul Haggis film Crash. This role earned him nominations for an Academy award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics Choice Award, BAFTA Award and won him an Independent Spirit Award. In addition, the film earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics Choice Award for Best Ensemble. As the New York Times Film Critic A.O. Scott put it, He seems to be getting better with every film.He starred opposite Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson in Universal Pictures comedy, You, Me and Dupree and in Factotum for which he received glowing reviews for portraying Charles Bukowskis alter ego when the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. From his breakthrough performance in The Outsiders to his hilarious turn as an obsessed private investigator in Theres Something About Mary, he has proven himself to be one of the most diverse actors of his generation.In 1990 Dillon won an IFP Spirit Award for his gritty performance as a drug addict in Gus Van Sants Drugstore Cowboy. From there he went on to star in such films as Ted Demmes Beautiful Girls opposite Uma Thurman and Natalie Portman, Cameron Crowes Singles, In & Out with Kevin Kline, Kevin Spaceys Albino Alligator, Francis Ford Coppolas Rumble Fish, Garry Marshalls Flamingo Kid, Van Sants To Die For with Nicole Kidman, and John McNaughtons Wild Things. He starred in Nothing But The Truth, opposite Kate Beckinsale and Vera Farmiga, Disneys Old Dogs, opposite John Travolta, Robin Williams and Kelly Preston, and the Screen Gems films Armored and Takers.Aside from being an accomplished actor, Dillon wrote, and made his feature film directorial debut with City of Ghosts, in which he also starred with Gérard Depardieu, Stellan Skarsgård, and James Caan. Prior to City of Ghosts, Dillon made his television directorial debut in 1997 with an episode of HBOs gritty prison drama Oz.Dillons achievements continued with television appearances in an HBO adaptation of Irwin Shaws Return To Kansas City and a part co-narrating the documentary Dear America: Letters From Home.Dillons multi-talents have also landed him on stage starring on Broadway in The Boys In Winter as well as the PBS/American Playhouse production of The Great American Fourth Of July And Other Disasters.His recent film credits include the comedy Girl Most Likely opposite Annette Bening and Kristen Wiig; the drama Sunlight, Jr. opposite Naomi Watts, and the heist comedy The Art Of The Steal opposite Kurt Russell. Dillon most recently starred in M. Night Shyamalans hit television event series Wayward Pines for FOX.. Date of Birth, 18February 1964,New Rochelle, New York, USA ,Birth Name,Matthew Raymond Dillon,Height, 6(1.83m)

Matt Dillons successful film career has spanned over three decades and has showcased his wide range of dramatic and comedic talents. Dillon displayed his versatility with an arresting performance co-starring as a racist cop in the critically acclaimed Paul Haggis film Crash. This role earned him nominations for an Academy award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics Choice Award, BAFTA Award and won him an Independent Spirit Award. In addition, the film earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics Choice Award for Best Ensemble. As the New York Times Film Critic A.O. Scott put it, He seems to be getting better with every film.He starred opposite Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson in Universal Pictures comedy, You, Me and Dupree and in Factotum for which he received glowing reviews for portraying Charles Bukowskis alter ego when the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. From his breakthrough performance in The Outsiders to his hilarious turn as an obsessed private investigator in Theres Something About Mary, he has proven himself to be one of the most diverse actors of his generation.In 1990 Dillon won an IFP Spirit Award for his gritty performance as a drug addict in Gus Van Sants Drugstore Cowboy. From there he went on to star in such films as Ted Demmes Beautiful Girls opposite Uma Thurman and Natalie Portman, Cameron Crowes Singles, In & Out with Kevin Kline, Kevin Spaceys Albino Alligator, Francis Ford Coppolas Rumble Fish, Garry Marshalls Flamingo Kid, Van Sants To Die For with Nicole Kidman, and John McNaughtons Wild Things. He starred in Nothing But The Truth, opposite Kate Beckinsale and Vera Farmiga, Disneys Old Dogs, opposite John Travolta, Robin Williams and Kelly Preston, and the Screen Gems films Armored and Takers.Aside from being an accomplished actor, Dillon wrote, and made his feature film directorial debut with City of Ghosts, in which he also starred with Gérard Depardieu, Stellan Skarsgård, and James Caan. Prior to City of Ghosts, Dillon made his television directorial debut in 1997 with an episode of HBOs gritty prison drama Oz.Dillons achievements continued with television appearances in an HBO adaptation of Irwin Shaws Return To Kansas City and a part co-narrating the documentary Dear America: Letters From Home.Dillons multi-talents have also landed him on stage starring on Broadway in The Boys In Winter as well as the PBS/American Playhouse production of The Great American Fourth Of July And Other Disasters.His recent film credits include the comedy Girl Most Likely opposite Annette Bening and Kristen Wiig; the drama Sunlight, Jr. opposite Naomi Watts, and the heist comedy The Art Of The Steal opposite Kurt Russell. Dillon most recently starred in M. Night Shyamalans hit television event series Wayward Pines for FOX.. Date of Birth, 18February 1964,New Rochelle, New York, USA ,Birth Name,Matthew Raymond Dillon,Height, 6(1.83m) .

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