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- Make-Up Department
A.J. Crimson was born on 10 August 1994 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is known for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), The Perfect Match (2016) and Back 2 Life (2017). He died on 30 March 2022.- A.J. Ofodile was born on 9 October 1973 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- Cinematographer
- Editor
- Producer
Aaron 'Chop Slaughter' Paige was born on 18 April 1986 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a cinematographer and editor, known for Memory Lanes (2023) and Memory Lanes (2023).- Aaron Kyle was born on 6 April 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- Producer
- Writer
- Animation Department
Aaron Simpson was born on 23 June 1971 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Do, Re & Mi (2021), Johnny Test (2005) and Esme & Roy (2018).- Abdul 'Duke' Fakir was born on 26 December 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for The Fall Guy (1981), New York Undercover (1994) and The Four Tops: Indestructible (1988). He has been married to Piper Fakir since 1974. They have two children. He was previously married to Inez.
- Adam Genei was born on 30 January 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is married to Pam Genei.
- Adam Thielen was born on 22 August 1990 in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, USA. He has been married to Caitlin Graboski since 23 May 2015. They have two children.
- Adrian Bailey was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is known for The Kings of Brooklyn (2004), N.Y.P.D. Mounted (1991) and Sophisticated Ladies (1982).
- Agnes Anderson was born on 9 November 1913 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for I'll Name the Murderer (1936), The Girl from Scotland Yard (1937) and The Wedding Night (1935). She died on 16 February 2008.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Al Beaudine's career started in the early 1960s when he started receiving work as an extra and as a stand-in for films. Beaudine struggled to find work in westerns because his plus sized appearance really didn't lend itself towards Hollywood's characterizations of the old west so he can mainly be found in dramas usually working as a stand-in.
Like most extras, Beaudine built a reputation for being dependable and a good stand-in. With the increase of detective dramas, he found himself constantly in work in shows like Columbo and Kojak. He was usually a stand-in for a guest actor and sometimes found steady work in movies like All the Presidents Men because he worked stand-in as an actor for as long as the actor was involved in the production.
By the late 1970s, he became the regular stand-in for Edward Asner on Lou Grant. It also provided another source of income for him because his wife started to appear as an extra in various productions. After the cancellation of Lou Grant, Beaudine decided to retire with his wife Jeanette until he passed away in 2000.- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
Al Milgrom was born on 6 March 1950 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-villain High (2018), Him (1984) and Justice League Action (2016).- Alan Ball was born on 29 March 1986 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Producer
Alan Ett was born on 2 March 1952 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a composer and producer, known for Elektra (2005), The Experiment (2010) and Hitchcock (2012).- Alan Madlane is a Detroit-based actor, script revisionist and screenwriter, best known for "Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo" (aka: "Wendigo," "Beyond the Mask," and "Train Station."
He is also a former critic, copywriter and associate editor for the seminal rock and roll magazine CREEM from 1977-79.
A proud member of SAG-AFTRA since 2014, he has been acting in films since 1980 and onstage since 1983. He has about 20 films and 75 stage productions to his credit, virtually all in the greater Detroit area.
Other major roles or more notable films include "Dirty Trousers" (never completed) and "Amsteroid (aka Magic Mentah)," as well as "P. I. Blues," "Happy Hour" and "Malignant Separation."
Born in Detroit, he grew up in Detroit and the nearby suburb of Livonia. He graduated from Livonia Churchill High School, class of 1975 (which is the same year Judy Greer, who also attended Churchill, was born). While at Churchill, he participated in the drama club, but not as an actor.
He was recommended for his role in "Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo" by good friend Ron Asheton, late guitarist for The Stooges.
He worked as a zookeeper and docent in the Detroit Zoological Park system from 1998-2000, and as a degreed librarian at several public libraries in the Detroit area. Other past jobs include having been an English professor, having tended bar in a strip joint, and having recovered dead bodies; also: film projectionist, cab driving, landscaping, waiting tables, selling tropical fish, and journalism.
He is a member of MENSA and is listed in Who's Who in America. He holds a Masters degree in Library Science, as well as a Bachelors in English/Creative Writing with a minor in the Biomedical Sciences. He attended Wayne State University, Western Michigan University and Schoolcraft College.
In addition to being an actor, he is a writer, poet, musician and photographer. His show biz idol has long been the late David Bowie.
Among his many varied interests are: metaphysics and human potential; animal and human welfare; record, book and art collecting; sports, gambling and racing; astronomy; zoology and species survival; antiques, auctions and estate and garage sales; and more.
He was born a twin, but his younger twin sister Denise died 30 minutes after being born. He has one living sister, Karen, eight years his junior. Despite several relationships, he has never married or had any known children. From 1992 to 2018, he had the stated privilege of having raised 13 stray and rescue cats. Alan still lives in the suburban Detroit area. - Editor
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Albert Allen Chan was born on 26 February 1971 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is an editor and cinematographer, known for Aura Boroughs (2015), Organic Cyanide and And One.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Albert and Allen Hughes began making movies at age 12, but their formal film education began their freshman year of high school when Allen took a TV production class. They soon made a short film entitled How To Be A Burglar and people began to take notice. Their next work, Uncensored videos, was broadcast on cable, introducing them to a wider audience. After high school Albert began taking classes at LACC Film School: two shorts established the twins' reputation as innovative filmmakers and allowed them to direct Menace II Society (1993), which made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and grossed nearly 10 times as much as its $3 million budget. After following up with Dead Presidents (1995) they directed the feature-length documentary American Pimp (1999) .- Albert Karnatz was born on 9 February 1905 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He died on 15 July 1934 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- Albert Perry was born in 1869 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Her Excellency, the Governor (1917). He died on 6 May 1933 in St. George, Staten Island, New York, USA.
- Aleck Block was born on 5 May 1918 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a writer, known for Embraceable You (1948). He was married to Ruth. He died on 18 July 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Alessia Costantini was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Alessia is known for MacGyver (2016), Still the King (2016) and Club de Cuervos (2015).- Alex English was born on 16 December 1988 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), That Damn Michael Che (2021) and Pause with Sam Jay (2021).
- Location Management
- Additional Crew
Alex Fields was born on 4 November 1983 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Alex is known for The Island (2005), Real Steel (2011) and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).- Alex Shelley was born on 23 May 1983 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004), TNA Wrestling: Unbreakable (2005) and TNA Wrestling: No Surrender (2005).
- Alexander Jefferson was born in November 1921 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He died on 22 June 2022 in the USA.
- Actress
- Script and Continuity Department
- Writer
Alexandra Blatt was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is known for The Big Picture (2010), Pocket Girl and Pioneer One (2010).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Alexandra Pia was born on 6 April 1981 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is known for Ralphie May: Just Correct (2004).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Alexi Lalas was born on 1 June 1970 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for Arli$$ (1996), The Big Green (1995) and Good Rivals (2022). He has been married to Anne Rewey since 14 December 2002. They have two children.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ali Woodson is best known as a former lead singer of The Temptations. Yep, that was Ali that wrote and sang lead vocals on "Treat Her Like A Lady." Since leaving The Temptations, Ali has been visible not only in a multitude of films, but has been seen internationally in a string of Gospel musical productions and in pursuing his own solo career.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Alice Coltrane was born on 27 August 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is known for God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines (2022), Stolen Moments.: Red Hot+Cool (1994) and Branford Marsalis Quartet: Coltrane's a Love Supreme (2003). She was married to John Coltrane. She died on 12 January 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Music Artist
- Actor
- Composer
Alice Cooper was born Vincent Damon Furnier, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of a minister. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona, at a young age and still lives in the state today. At age 17, he formed a rock band called the Earwigs, who changed their name to The Spiders and then The Nazz, before finally settling on Alice Cooper. The line-up included himself, Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton and Neal Smith. Rumors (which the band did not necessarily make efforts to deny) to the contrary, the name was not chosen from a Ouija board reading nor was it named after a woman once burned at the stake for witchcraft -- it was picked because the random name had a twisted sense of originality and misleading innocence, complementing the band's bizarre and macabre stage theatrics and lyric themes.
The band got their first big break playing at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles one night in 1969 when Frank Zappa discovered them and signed them to his record label. After two albums-and relocating to Detroit -- they were signed by Warner Bros., hooked up with famous producer Robert Ezrin and came out with their third album, the breakthrough "Love It to Death" in 1971. Several albums followed, including "Killer", the highly successful "School's Out", "Billion Dollar Babies" and "Muscle of Love". The band made an appearance in the movie Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) and their own theatrically released documentary Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper (1974). Alice himself also starred in an episode of The Female Instinct (1972).
The original Alice Cooper band broke up in 1975, with the lead singer getting his name legally changed to Alice Cooper -- and performing under the name ever since -- while some of the other members formed a band called the Billion Dollar Babies. That same year saw the release of a Greatest Hits album, while Alice as a solo artist completed the album "Welcome to My Nightmare" and his incredibly theatrical tour. It was on this tour that he met his future wife Sheryl Cooper, who had been hired as a dancer.
Along with the album and tour came a television special, Alice Cooper: The Nightmare (1975), and both included dialog from horror movie legend Vincent Price. Alice made a number of other television and movie appearances in the second half of the decade, including The Muppet Show (1976), Mae West's final film Sextette (1977), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and several appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962).
However, by the late 1970s, Alice's problems with alcohol became life-threatening, and he was checked into a clinic for rehabilitation. He told of his experiences on the semi-fictional album "From the Inside" (there was also a comic book of the same title), and explored different sounds in the early 1980s with four albums ("Flush the Fashion", "Special Forces", "Zipper Catches Skin", "DaDa"). After having a severe "falling off the wagon" to the point of almost dying, he sobered up once more -- this time for good -- and returned with the albums "Constrictor", "Raise Your Fist and Yell" and the 1989 album "Trash", which featured the hit song "Poison". The 1980s also saw Alice starring in the horror films Monster Dog (1984) and Prince of Darkness (1987), as well as having mostly new songs for the soundtracks to Roadie (1980), Class of 1984 (1982), Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988) and Shocker (1989).
However, it was the 1990s that brought Alice's most memorable movie appearance: playing himself in Wayne's World (1992). The phrase uttered by characters Wayne and Garth in his presence, "We're not worthy!", became one of the most popular movie catchphrases of the decade. Alice also played the father of Freddy Krueger in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991), and himself on That '70s Show (1998) and Something Wilder (1994). The decade also saw the release of his "Hey Stoopid" and "The Last Temptation". Alice toured occasionally but took a break from releasing albums until 2000, when he released "Brutal Planet". He followed this up with "Dragon Town", "The Eyes of Alice Cooper" and "Dirty Diamonds", and continues to tour regularly, performing shows with the bizarrely dark and horror-themed theatrics that he's best known for.- Alice Maison was born on 20 February 1900 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for The Kitchen Lady (1918), Miss Adventure (1919) and Lawful Larceny (1923). She died on 9 February 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
Allan Balter was born on 28 August 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Mission: Impossible (1966), San Francisco International Airport (1970) and The Powers of Matthew Star (1982). He was married to Lana Wood. He died on 23 September 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Allana Galli was born on 13 July 1990 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actress
Allee Willis was born on 10 November 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was a composer and actress, known for Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Friends (1994) and Howard the Duck (1986). She died on 24 December 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Special Effects
Allen Bastien was born on 23 February 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is known for Get Smart (1965) and The Witchmaker (1969). He was married to Frances Bastien and Frances. He died on 1 July 2003 in Huntington Beach, California, USA.- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Albert and Allen Hughes began making movies at age 12, but their formal film education began their freshman year of high school when Allen took a TV production class. They soon made a short film entitled How To Be A Burglar and people began to take notice. Their next work, Uncensored videos, was broadcast on cable, introducing them to a wider audience. After high school Albert began taking classes at LACC Film School: two shorts established the twins' reputation as innovative filmmakers and allowed them to direct Menace II Society (1993), which made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and grossed nearly 10 times as much as its $3 million budget. After following up with Dead Presidents (1995) they directed the feature-length documentary American Pimp (1999).- Allen L. Smith grew up in the inner city and suburban areas of Detroit, Michigan. This is where he developed his passion for acting and music. Once in high school, Smith participated in the school's play, which started his love for acting. After graduation, he began taking acting and modeling classes with Jacky Lawrence in Royal Oak, Michigan. He started auditioning and going on open calls to starring in several independent films and modeling in major fashion shows. He continued to work on his music as well and began producing phenomenal tracks. Most recently Allen has moved to Los Angeles, California to further his career in the entertainment industry. He is now training at Howard Fine's Acting Studio, auditioning, and working to accomplish his dreams.
- Allen Shepherd was born on 18 August 1985 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for Black America (2023) and Snapped: Killer Couples (2013).
- Actress
- Visual Effects
Allyson Kay is an actress and professional wrestler best known for her time spent in Impact Wrestling where she wrestled under the name Sienna and was a former two time TNA/Impact Knockouts Champion as well as a former one time GFW Women's Champion. She is also won the prestiges NWA World Women's Championship and competed in the 2018 WWE Mae Young Classic.- Alphonso Williams was born on 20 July 1962 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was married to Manuela. He died on 12 October 2019 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Alto Reed was born in 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Santorini Blue (2013), Super Sucker (2002) and Escanaba in da Moonlight (2001). He was married to Monica. He died on 30 December 2020 in the USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Alvin R. Mifelow was born on 31 March 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for Inside Story (1974), The New Candid Camera (1974) and The United States Steel Hour (1953). He died on 20 March 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Alyssa McMillan was born on 7 November 1985 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- Amanda Wright was born on 7 September 1983 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Obama-ology (2014), Little Red Devil (2008) and Casualty (1986).
- Ambur Marie was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024), Block Party (2022) and One More Dream (2022).
- Actress
Amelia Stone was born on 5 December 1885 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Armand Kaliz. She died on 30 March 1966 in New York, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
- Cinematographer
Ami Nicole (Legal: Amy Bean) AKA ACRONYM is an Internationally Published Photographer, Journalist, Event Curator, Influencer, and Director born and raised in Metro Detroit, Michigan. In addition to her laundry list of talents, she began Directing Music Videos, Documentary Projects, and Short Films, and has worked as a Still Photographer on productions such as Wolf Hound (2019), and has been an actress both in Supporting Roles and Background Acting for Music Videos.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Amp Fiddler was born on 16 May 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Sometimes in Life (2008), The Night Before (1988) and Hope Collective: Give and Let Live (2005). He was married to Tombi Stewart. He died on 17 December 2023 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Director
Amy Gershwin wrote and directed the short film "The Extra" which screened at The Sundance Film Festival.
She has sold several screenplays to Disney/Touchstone and Dreamworks as well as television pilots to 20th Century Fox.
She wrote for the television shows The King of Queens, The Weakest Link, and The Stephanie Miller Show, and online for Muppets.com and National Lampoon.
She earned her MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University, during which time she interned on Saturday Night Live.
She earned a BA in English/Creative Writing from UCLA.
Amy lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children.