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- Script and Continuity Department
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- Producer
Anthony Minghella was the son of immigrants from Italy, who own an ice-cream factory on the Isle of Wight, where Anthony was born on January 6, 1954. He and his two siblings, Edana Minghella and Dominic Minghella, grew up there, a popular British holiday spot. After graduating from the University of Hull, Minghella took a position as a university lecturer, but quit academia to focus on the theater and songwriting. He oversaw the music in many of his movies.
Minghella was employed as a scriptwriter on the British TV series Maybury (1981) and Inspector Morse (1987) and, as a script editor on the British TV series Grange Hill (1978), before succeeding as a dramatist in the West End, London's equivalent of Broadway. In 1984, the London Theatre Critics named him Most Promising Playwright of the Year and, two years later, his drama "Made in Bangkok" won the the London Theatre Critics' award for best play.
An Anthony Minghella film assured movie-goers would enjoy a film blessed with a literate script, superlative performances and first-rate production values. His great craftsmanship was apparent from the beginning, with the bittersweet comedy Truly Madly Deeply (1990), in which the ghost of Alan Rickman comes back to his lady love, Juliet Stevenson, with unintended consequences. The theme of a ghostly love also was present in The English Patient (1996) his greatest success.
It is for that film he will be best remembered. Minghella claimed that with The English Patient (1996), which won nine Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, that he had reached the heights of his directing career.
In addition to his theater and film awards, in 2001, Anthony Minghella was appointed a Commander of the British Empire, a step just below knighthood, in the Queen's Birthday Honors List.
Anthony Minghella died of a hemorrhage on the morning of March 18, 2008 at Charing Cross Hospital in London, England. The 54-year-old Minghella had undergone an operation to remove a growth on his neck the previous week. He was survived by his wife, Carolyn Choa, and their two children, Max Minghella, who is an actor, and Hannah Minghella, who worked as a production assistant.- Animation Department
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Justin Wright was born on 8 March 1981 in Sacramento, California, USA. Justin was a writer, known for WALL·E (2008), Toy Story 3 (2010) and The Incredibles (2004). Justin died on 18 March 2008 in Emeryville, California, USA.- Zivojin 'Zika' Milenkovic was born on 26 January 1928 in Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Porodicno blago (1998), Ljubav na seoski nacin (1970) and Vise od igre (1976). He died on 18 March 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Writer
- Actor
Wein attended Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, PA, graduating in 1957. At Harvard in the early 1960s, he met a young Radcliffe heiress named Edie Sedgwick, reportedly in their psychiatrist's office. When Chuck decided to move to New York, Edie went with him. With fair skin, natural blond hair, and blue eyes, Chuck was convinced that he and Edie could become society darlings. Recognizing that Edie had great social potential but was too disorganized to promote herself, he took over her life. Acting as her promoter, he introduced Edie to Andy Warhol in January 1965, and began taking her regularly to Warhol's Factory. According to friends, Chuck plotted their every move - whom he was going to introduce to Edie that night, what they could do for her. Chuck called himself and Edie "mock elitists in fellowship... I was her roommate, shrink, astrologer, and Tarot instructor." He was a product of the Timothy Leary acid-experiment days. He was largely responsible for several Factory films, including 'Poor Little Rich Girl' and 'Beauty #2,' as well as conceiving 'My Hustler' and 'Ciao Manhattan.' After becoming disillusioned with Factory life, he spent the rest of the 60s adventuring in the Far East, managing bizarre nightclub acts, and focusing on the occult.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Sound Department
- Additional Crew
Philip Jones Griffiths was born in Wales in 1936. He launched his career as a free-lance writer for Britain's Observer newspaper in 1961. He covering the Algerian war in 1962 before traveling across central Africa.
In a career that took Philip to more than 120 countries, he covered everything from Buddhism in Cambodia, drought in India, poverty in Texas or the legacy of the Gulf war in Kuwait.
From 1966 to 1971, he reported on the Vietnam war, publishing a photojournalism book focused on the suffering of civilians, "Vietnam Inc", which helped turn US public opinion against the conflict.
For a 2003 book, "Agent Orange", he turned his camera upon the impact of the defoliant used by the US military on post-war generations in Vietnam.
Philip Jones Griffiths' work was the subject of a US exhibition in 2005 and 2006 titled "50 years on the Frontline". He died at his home in England, where he had been suffering from cancer.- Additional Crew
- Actor
Oreste Rizzini was born on 27 March 1940 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for Help Me Dream (1981), L'Agnese va a morire (1976) and Evelina e i suoi figli (1990). He died on 18 March 2008 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Manya Raducheva was born on 21 January 1922 in Bulgaria. She was an assistant director, known for S dakh na bademi (1967), Inspektorat i noshtta (1963) and Na vseki kilometar (1969). She died on 18 March 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Anton Pongratz was born on 18 March 1948 in Tirgu Mures, Romania. He died on 18 March 2008 in Tirgu Mures, Romania.
- Actress
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Gaselle Müller was born on 9 April 1923 in Bergen, Norway. She was an actress and writer, known for Vi vil skilles (1952) and Svendsen går videre (1949). She was married to Nils R. Müller. She died on 18 March 2008 in Spain.- Elfriede Sandner was born on 26 February 1912 in Österreich-Ungarn, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for Once a Great Lady (1934), Befehl ist Befehl (1936) and Fortsetzung folgt (1938). She was married to Willy Clever. She died on 18 March 2008 in Munich, Germany.
- Jochen Petersdorf was born on 12 October 1934 in Liegnitz, Silesia, Germany [now Legnica, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Burgparty (1975), Zwischen Frühstück und Gänsebraten (1959) and Berlin Original (1972). He died on 18 March 2008 in Berlin, Germany.
- Actor
- Cinematographer
Boris Sharlandzhiev was born on 1 February 1920 in Bulgaria. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Karambol (1966), Otechestven kinopregled (1982) and Valchitsata (1965). He died on 18 March 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Writer
- Actor
- Composer
Jyrki Hämäläinen was born on 27 July 1942 in Tampere, Finland. He was a writer and actor, known for Ohimennen - nuorten nonstop (1965), Eurovision laulukilpailu 1975 - Suomen karsinta (1975) and T Is for Torture (2011). He died on 18 March 2008 in Haukilahti, Espoo, Finland.- Wolfgang Altenburger was born on 19 September 1931 in Burgstädt, Saxony, Germany. He died on 18 March 2008 in Berlin, Germany.
- Raisa Savelyeva was born on 4 July 1926. She was an actress, known for Andro i Sandro (1974) and Stupeni (1973). She died on 18 March 2008.