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Rosamunde Pilcher was born on 22 September 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Rosamunde Pilcher (1993), September (1996) and Another View (1995). She was married to Graham Pilcher. She died on 6 February 2019 in Scotland, UK.- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana on August 19, 1952, David was the third child of Jack Gray Beaird Sr. and Mary Jane Hunter. He was a graduate of Chicago's Goodman School of Drama. In Chicago, he began his professional career as an actor, playwright, director, and acting coach that spanned four decades.
At 19, David won acclaim for his role in "Look Homeward, Angel" as the character Eugene Gant. The Chicago Tribune called him, "a young man who will one day be a consummate and famous actor." After a number of successful acting roles, he founded the Wisdom Bridge Theatre in 1974 on a shoestring budget. The theatre's name was inspired by a painting whose subtitle read: "The bridge to wisdom is in the continual asking of questions." This was David's method. Using his plays to ask big questions, David built Wisdom Bridge into a critically-acclaimed avant-garde theatre, with innovative stagings of "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Twelfth Night". There he also developed one of his original plays, "Dignity," a life story of Socrates. He even adapted the comic strip, "The Wizard of ID" and staged it with a life-sized dragon puppet. By 1975, when David was 22, the Shreveport Times called him, "the nation's youngest theatrical genius" who was "setting the Chicago theatrical world on its ear." He left the Wisdom Bridge in 1977 due to health problems.
In the 1980's he headed to Hollywood where he wrote (or rewrote) and directed a series of films, including "Octavia" (1984), "The Party Animal" (1984), "My Chauffeur" (1986), "It Takes Two" (1988) and "Pass the Ammo" (1988), a satire of televangelism that was presciently made before the Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker scandal made news. Directing films was new territory and David recalled having to be told to say "action" and "cut" during his early turns as director. While "Party Animal" was a wild and bawdy romp, with "My Chauffeur" he was channeling screwball comedies of the 1930's. "It Takes Two" was also a romantic comedy. His films had commercial success and led to other offers, not all of which he wanted to pursue.
He did want to pursue theatre and in California, David founded the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, which was close enough to his house at the time that he could walk to work. He ran acting classes at the theatre that became very popular. There was often the chance for students to work in the theatre in exchange for tuition. These classes gave actors a chance to work through material they would later audition elsewhere, which helped many land roles and certainly saved a lot of embarrassment.
It was at the Whitefire that David began staging "Scorchers", a play he had written about a cajun wedding night in the bayou. The play ran for at least two years and won several awards. The theatrical success of "Scorchers" led to a film version that was released in 1991. Although the budget for the film was fairly low, the strength of the material, and no doubt the charisma of the director, helped attract numerous stars to appear. Faye Dunaway, Emily Lloyd, James Earl Jones, Denholm Elliot, and Jennifer Tilly all contributed their talents. The opening monologue of the film is particularly captivating. In it, the character Jumper, played by David's lifelong friend and collaborator, Leland Crooke, describes his baptism in the mystical Lost River: "I hit that water. I swam in pure sunlight, and turned old but got caught young forever."
In 1992, he created the television series "Key West", in which an Ohio factory worker played by Fisher Stevens wins the lottery and goes off to live the writer's life in Florida, with Hemingway as his inspiration. David wrote, directed and produced much of the series, but ultimately felt hemmed in by the way the television network tried to control his work. Stevens begins one episode by saying: "Writing is a solitary exercise... It cannot be done by committee. You have to dig deep down into your gut with no distractions and with discipline." This summed up at least part of David's objection to the television writing process and perhaps helps explain why the show was his only major television writing credit.
Returning to the theater, David brought his heartstopping tale of greed and family dysfunction, "900 Oneonta," to the London stage in 1994. The play opened at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre but then, due to popular demand and rave reviews, moved to the Old Vic. With Jon Cryer, Ben Daniels, Sophie Okonedo, and Leland Crooke in the cast, the darkly-comic show was a hit and garnered an Olivier award nomination for best play. "Disturbingly hilarious& nails you breathless to your seat" went one write-up from the Evening Standard. "900 Oneonta" also played in New York City at the Circle Repertory in 1996. Attesting to its appeal, the play had a long and successful run at LA's Odyssey Theatre, with the main London cast members returning in the cast.
In 2001, David married Shevonne Marie Durkin. They had been together since 1993, when they met and fell in love while working on a project called "Wasted Grace." At one audition, asked to read her lines differently, Shevonne jumped up on David's desk and belted them out. She got the part, of course. With her playfulness, loyalty and intelligence, Shevonne helped to ground and complete David. They shared many happy years together.
David worked for many years on a project that dealt with the power of Buddhism. In "The Civilization of Maxwell Bright," a misogynist played by Patrick Warburton (a Whitefire acting veteran) is humanized by an Asian mail-order bride who also happens to be a Buddhist nun. The film's subject, according to David, was "how one person pulls the other out of hell." It screened at festivals in 2005.
After that, his high-profile public output dropped off. His health suffered. But he never ceased to be an outlandish storyteller, a captivating presence, a lifelong seeker, and a generous soul. There are many stories that encapsulate David's generosity. It was a key part of his character. He would help a family with their mortgage, surprise panhandlers with large donations, pick up big dinner checks, give away a car, or, repeatedly, share his home with family and friends. He left his door unlocked and was open to visitors. He always looked for ways to help others, sometimes simply by giving them his profound attention, sometimes by whisking them out of truly harmful circumstances and giving them a new start.
He also had a profound connection with animals, starting with his childhood dog Skipper. His dog Zeus, with whom he loved to sing, is still waiting for him to come home and sing again.
David helped many people, both personally and professionally, by believing in their abilities. His belief was catching, and people used it to begin believing in themselves. He went out of his way to encourage and celebrate the creativity of others and sought, in his own relaxed and tolerant way, to support his friends and family. He had faith in his personal artistic vision and tried to protect it from whatever self-styled experts or critics said. Just as Jumper had in "Scorchers", David had found Lost River and hoped everyone else could find it too: "The secret, most precious, most beautiful things in your heart -- and in life -- just ain't on any map. But you been there, you know they real, they true whether you can prove it or not & Anything you yourself done swum in, believe."- Born in Nashville Tennessee, Walter first got the acting bug in the 1st grade while playing Santa Clause in a school play. He continued to do plays through high school but was afraid to tell anyone that he wanted to become a professional actor because it seemed like a fantasy to most. Still does. While attending Texas Southern University in Houston, TX, he studied communications and debate under the great Thomas F. Freeman. He then decided to moved to Los Angeles and pursue acting as a career. First taking acting classes at Los Angeles City College, and then through the UCLA Extension. It was there that he had an acting teacher and friend named Don Richardson. Don was an excellent teacher. He had also directed some of the most popular TV shows on television. Shows like "One Day at a Time", "Lost in Space", "Bonanza", "Get Smart", "The Munsters", and "All in the Family". With his help and lots of classes, Walter finally got his first professional acting job in 1991. Still waiting for that "big break", he continues to pursues acting while also writing and directing.
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- Writer
- Director
Ole Stephensen was born on 26 October 1955 in København, Denmark. He was an actor and writer, known for Walter & Carlo i Amerika (1989), Walter and Carlo - Up on Daddys Hat (1985) and Walter and Carlo, Part II, Yes, It's Daddy (1986). He was married to Julie Lund. He died on 6 February 2019 in Vangede, Gentofte, Denmark.- John Cocks was born on 23 August 1966 in New Zealand. He was an actor, known for My House, My Castle (1999), April's Angels (1998) and Treasure Island (1997). He was married to Dana Coote. He died on 6 February 2019 in Tairua, New Zealand.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Joe R. Marquette Jr. was born on 13 March 1946 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Harold and Maude (1971), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and Raging Bull (1980). He died on 6 February 2019 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Lonnie Simmons was born on 12 December 1944 in Texas, USA. Lonnie was a composer, known for Boss Level (2020), Sleepers (1996) and District 13: Ultimatum (2009). Lonnie died on 6 February 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Heidi Toffler was born on 1 August 1929 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Alvin Toffler. She died on 6 February 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Cinematographer
István Erdös was born on 19 July 1940 in Debrecen, Hungary. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for A tücsök hegedüje (1983), Max (2002) and Ticket (2011). He died on 6 February 2019.- Animation Department
- Production Manager
Trista H. Navarro was born on 6 August 1975 in California, USA. Trista H. was a production manager, known for The Simpsons Movie (2007), The Simpsons (1989) and The Longest Daycare (2012). Trista H. died on 6 February 2019 in Monrovia, California, USA.- Editor
- Director
- Writer
Chakradhar Sahu was an editor and director, known for Kebe Tame Naha Kebe Mu Nahi (2012), Nila Masterani (1996) and Tumaku Paruni Ta Bhuli (2007). He died on 6 February 2019 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.- Assauer grew up in Herten, Westphalia. In 1952, at the age of eight, he joined the Herten gaming association. There he learned to play football until 1964. In 1964 he moved to the professional camp in the Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund signed the young player. In 1966 and 1967 he played two games for the German U-23 national team. During his playing days, he won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1966. Assauer played in 121 Bundesliga games for Borussia until 1970. He then played for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen for six years. In 1976 he ended his career as an active professional footballer. Assauer's sporting record includes a total of 307 Bundesliga games. He scored eight goals in European matches. His overall goal tally for the Bundesliga is 12 goals.
After his active career, Assauer remained loyal to football. He took over the position of manager at Werder Bremen full-time and worked in this role at his last club immediately after his career as an active player. In 1981 he left the Bremen club and moved to FC Schalke 04. He worked there until 1986. It wasn't until 1990 that he worked as a manager again, at second division club VfB Oldenburg. The next change came in 1993: Assauer returned to the Schalke 04 football club. There he worked as a full-time manager. As a manager, he was able to record the success of the UEFA Cup winners in 1997. In 2001 his club achieved the title of German Cup winner. The club Schalke 04, managed by Assauer, was able to repeat these successes the following year. On May 17, 2006, Rudi Assauer resigned from all positions at FC Schalke 04. In doing so, he drew the conclusions from a financial affair.
The crisis was triggered by a report in Focus magazine that the club was on the verge of insolvency. Rudi Assauer was in a relationship with Simone Thomalla and was the father of two children. He was one of the most prominent and popular figures in the German Bundesliga. Assauer became the advisor to Wuppertaler SV Borussia. On February 2, 2006, he and Thomalla received the "Golden Camera" television award in the "Best Commercial with Celebrities" category for the Veltins Brewery's "Surprise" commercial. From 1970 to 2007 he was married to Ingrid Aussauer. The couple had been separated since 1986. On January 20, 2009, the separation of Assauer and Simone Thomalla became known. In April 2011 he married Britta Idrizi. At the end of January 2012 it became public knowledge that Assauer was suffering from Alzheimer's.
His autobiography was published in 2012, in which Assauer also discussed his illness. On May 4, 2018, the biographical documentary "Rudi Assauer - Maker. Human. Legend." celebrated its premiere. Directed by Don Schubert in the Veltins Arena premiere.
Rudi Assauer died on February 6, 2019 in Herten. - Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Peter F. Steinbach was born on 10 December 1938 in Leipzig, Germany. He was a writer and assistant director, known for Jahrestage (2000), Tim Frazer (1963) and Tatort (1970). He died on 6 February 2019 in Svendborg, Denmark.- Transportation Department
George Gowing was born on 28 March 1944 in Orrick, Missouri, USA. George is known for The Black Dahlia (2006), The Straight Story (1999) and Ride with the Devil (1999). George died on 6 February 2019 in Orrick, Missouri, USA.- Marcia Falkender was born on 10 March 1932 in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England, UK. She was married to George Williams. She died on 6 February 2019 in the UK.
- Guy Émond was born on 11 June 1941. He was an actor, known for Les Boys (1997) and Surprise sur prise (1987). He died on 6 February 2019 in Joliette, Québec, Canada.
- Bob Massi was born on 24 May 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Lynn Manzonie. He died on 6 February 2019 in Henderson, Nevada, USA.
- Aleksandr Zotochkin was born on 19 May 1984. He was an actor, known for Kino pro Alekseeva (2014). He died on 6 February 2019.
- Mags Portman was born on 27 May 1974 in England, UK. She was married to Martin. She died on 6 February 2019 in Leeds, England, UK.
- Jim Dunlop Sr. was born on 5 July 1936 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was married to Linda and Bernice. He died on 6 February 2019 in Fairfield, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Gerald English was born on 6 November 1925 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Visitation (1971), Going for a Song (1965) and Omnibus (1967). He was married to Linda Jacoby and Jane Ryan. He died on 6 February 2019 in the UK.