Born on May 21, 1902 as Mikhail Anatol Litvak in Kiev (then part of the Russian Empire) Anatole Litvak grew up in a Lithuanian Jewish family. As a teenager, he worked at a theater in St. Petersburg and took acting lessons at the state drama school. Litvak worked with Leningrad’s Nordkino Studios as assistant director […]
Directors: Debuts—First Time Directors Around the World
December 5, 2019 by
Research in Progress (Sep 8, 2021) Directing Debuts (First-Time Directors), 1955-1970 1955 Hall Bartlett – Unchained Earl Bellamy – Seminole Uprising Roger Corman – Swamp Women Hubert Cornfield† – Sudden Danger Blake Edwards – Bring Your Smile Along José Ferrer – The Cockleshell Heroes Stanley Kramer – Not as a Stranger Charles Laughton – The […]
Directors: Debuts–First-Time Directors in 2019
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First-Time Directors in 2019 (from A to Z)
Oscar Actors: Phoenix, Joaquin–Person of the Year by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
December 2, 2019 by
Joaquin Phoenix, star of Joker and frontrunner for the Best Actor Oscar, has been named by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) as its 2019 Person of the Year.
Oscar Actors: Pollard, Michael (Bonnie and Clyde) Dies at 80
November 22, 2019 by
Oscar nominee Michael J. Pollard, known for his roles in Bonnie and Clyde and House of 1000 Corpses, has died. He was 80.
