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Deepa Mehta is a transnational artist and a screenwriter, director, and producer whose work has been called "courageous", "provocative" and "breathtaking". Her visually lush and emotionally resonating films have played at every major international film festival; receiving numerous awards and accolades, and have been distributed around the world. Deepa was born in India and received a degree in philosophy from the University of New Delhi before immigrating to Canada. She began her career making documentaries in India.
In 1991, Deepa's first feature film Sam & Me, which stars Om Puri, won a Special Jury Mention in the Camera D'Or section at the Cannes Film Festival. Between 1992-1994 she directed two episodes of The Young Indiana Jones, produced by George Lucas for ABC. In 1993, Deepa directed her second feature film Camilla, a Canada-UK co-pro starring Jessica Tandy, Bridget Fonda, Elias Koteas, Maury Chaykin, Graham Greene, and Hume Cronyn. Fire, which Deepa wrote and directed, is the first film in her Elemental Trilogy (Fire, Earth, Water). Fire opened Perspective Canada at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was runner-up for the People's Choice Most Popular Film Award. It played at the New York Film Festival and won many awards worldwide, including the Audience Award for Best Canadian Film at the Vancouver International Festival, the Special Jury Prize at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival and Silver Hugo Awards for Best Direction and Best Actress in Chicago.
Earth, based on Bapsi Sidhwa's acclaimed novel about Partition, Cracking India, is the second film in the Elemental Trilogy. It premiered as a Special Presentation at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival, and won the Prix Premiere du Public at the Festival du Film Asiatique de Deauville and the Critics' Award at the Verona Schermi d'Amore International Film Festival. Bollywood/Hollywood was a change of pace. Written and directed by Deepa, it is a lighthearted, affectionate comedy about two mismatched lovers. It opened Perspective Canada at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival and was a tremendous crossover box office success. It remains one of the top 10 grossing English language Canadian movies. In 2003 Deepa co-wrote and directed the Canada-UK co-pro The Republic of Love, based on a Carol Shields novel.
After a disrupted and hazardous production history Deepa's final film in the Elemental Trilogy Water opened the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, and was the first Canadian film acquired by US distributor Fox Searchlight. Water is a powerful, hauntingly tragic story, set in Benares (Varanasi) about a child widow who at the age of eight is forced to enter a house of widows where she has to live for the rest of her life. The movie was to have been shot in India in 2000, but Hindu fundamentalists fomented riots, burnt sets, and issued death threats against the director and actors, forcing production to shut down and the filmmakers to leave the country. Water was successfully remounted in Sri Lanka and completed shooting in June 2004, and features many of India's most renowned actors.
Water was an enormous success. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Annual Academy Awards, and has screened at festivals around the world, winning many awards, and remains an audience favourite. The Vancouver Film Critics Circle named Deepa Mehta the Best Canadian Director of 2006. This fall (2015) is the 10th anniversary of Water's launch.
In 2006 Deepa made a documentary about domestic violence in Toronto's immigrant families called Let's Talk About It, which continues to be used in community outreach programs. She then thematically segued into the feature film Heaven On Earth, which explores arranged marriages and isolation. Starring Preity Zinta, the film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2008. It was awarded a Silver Hugo for Best Actress at the Chicago International Film Festival, and received the Best Screenplay Award at the Dubai International Film Festival. It also won the Youth Jury Award at the Schermi d'Amore Film Festival in Verona and the Audience Award at the River to River Florence Indian Film Festival.
In 2012, Deepa completed her epic cinematic adaptation of Salman Rushdie's famous novel about the history of India in the 20th century, Midnight's Children. A novel that won three Booker prizes. The movie, with 127 speaking parts, and covering five distinct time periods from 1917-1977, was a vast, ambitious undertaking and has screened all over the world, including the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, and the BFI London Film Festival. Midnight's Children was chosen as the Best Feature Film of 2013 at the Directors Guild of Canada's Awards.
Deepa's work as an artist, as a progressive voice about social issues, and her generous mentorship have often been recognized. She has received numerous honorary degrees and many awards and honours, among them: The Life of Distinction Award from the Canadian Centre of Diversity, The Excellence in the Arts Award from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and the Woman of Distinction, President's Award from the YMCA. She is a recipient of the Governor General's Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award for Film. Most recently, in 2013, Deepa was appointed as an officer to the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour, for her work as a "groundbreaking screenwriter, director, and producer." She is also a recipient of the province of Ontario's highest honour, the Order of Ontario.- Actress
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Doran Godwin was born on 1 January 1950 in Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Emma (1972), Shoestring (1979) and Game, Set, and Match (1988).- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Steve Barkett was born on 1 January 1950 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Aftermath (1982), Empire of the Dark (1990) and Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds (1995). He was married to Denise Gibson. He died on 3 March 2023 in Reno, Nevada, USA.- Oscar DeGruy was born on 1 January 1950 in the United States. He is an actor, known for Toma (1973), Backlash (2006) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972).
- Angela Grant was born on 1 January 1950 in Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Carry on Girls (1973), Tales from the Crypt (1972) and The Protectors (1972).
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Shaji Neelakantan Karun was born on new years day 1950 as the eldest son of Mr. N. Karunakaran and Mrs. Chandramati in Kollam district of the state of Kerala, India. The family moved to Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the state in 1963. He did his schooling in Palkkulangara H.S., and took a batchelor's degree from University College, Thiruvananthapuram. In 1971 he entered the Filim and Television Institute of India where he took his diploma in Cinematography. He won the President's medal on passing out in 1975. Got married to Anasuya Warrier, who incidentally was his neighbour in Trivandrum for quite some time again on New years day 1975. After a brief stint in the south Indian city of Madras, he returned to Thiruvananthapuram in 1976 where he got an appoinment as film officer in the newly formed state Film Development Corporation. His first son Anil was born on 19 June 1976. His association with the legendary malayalam film maker, G.Aravindan Began at this time and it led to Shaji defining a new outlook in cinematography in Malayalam cinema. His second son Appu was born on 6 June 1981. He made his first major carrer shift in 1988 wher he directed his first feature, Piravi, which received much critical acclaim worldwide. In 1994 he completed his second film Swaham.- Anniqa Järlefors, born 1950 in Piteå, is a Swedish actress, exotic dancer/performer, snake charmer, singer, fitness instructor and artist. Her career as an exotic dancer and snake charmer started in the late 60's in Swedish amusement parks and fun fairs. She made her screen debut in "Pippi Långstrump" 1969. The following years she relocated to Denmark performing at cabarets and clubs. In the middle of the 70's Anniqa appeared in a couple of movies and married the Danish boxer Hans Jørgen Jacobsen. In 1985 she emigrated to the United States with her new husband, body builder Sven-Ole Thorsen. The couple settled in California where Anniqa started her new career now as a fitness instructor and body builder. She also started painting and subsequently exhibitions in both the US and Europe followed.
- Patrizia Adiutori was born on 1 January 1950 in Rome, Italy. She is an actress, known for Indian Summer (1972), Winged Devils (1972) and The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971).
- Novak Bilbija was born on 1 January 1950 in Rusko Selo near Kikinda, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for South Wind (2018), Vuk Karadzic (1987) and Meso (2017).
- Tony Currie was born on 1 January 1950 in Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for When Saturday Comes (1996), A Question of Sport (1970) and Superstars (1973).
- Originating from Kaiping, Guangdong, Chen grew up in Hong Kong, where he trained in Tai Chi. As a middle-weight boxer, he was once famous for challenging a heavyweight in a Southeast Asia teenage martial arts contest in 1971. He joined Shaw Brothers the following year as an actor and made five films with them, the final being Tai ji quan (1974) "The Shadow Boxer", , which was to be marked as Chen's final act as tragically, he committed suicide by gas poisoning in 1974, before the film was released. Chen was only 24 when he died.
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Patrick Cabouat was born on 1 January 1950 in Nîmes, Gard, France. He is a director and writer, known for Les loulous (1976), Secrets of the Dead (2000) and Un drapeau, pour quoi faire? (1998).- Horst Buder was born on 1 January 1950 in Germany. He is an actor, known for SAS 181 Does Not Reply (1959), On the Sunny Side (1962) and Ohne Paß in fremden Betten (1965).
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Bastian Clevé was born on 1 January 1950 in Munich, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Empor (1978), Am Wegerand (1979) and Exit Sunset Boulevard (1980).- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Steve Ripley was born on 1 January 1950 in Boise, Idaho, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for JJ Cale in Session (2002), Deportee (1976) and L'dor V'dor: Generation to Generation (2019). He was married to Charlene Ripley. He died on 3 January 2019 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, USA.- Composer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Morgan Fisher was born Stephen Morgan Fisher in Mayfair, London. An English keyboard player / composer most known for being a member of Mott the Hoople in the early 1970s. However, his career has covered a wide range of musical activities, and he is still highly active in the music industry. In recent years he has expanded his creative work into the area of fine art photography.
From 1966 to 1970, he played organ with the soul / pop band, The Soul Survivors, who in 1967 renamed themselves The Love Affair. They had a number one hit in 1968 with "Everlasting Love", although this occurred while Fisher had taken a break from the band to complete his final year of grammar school.
From 1972-73, he formed the progressive rock band called Morgan, with singer Tim Staffell (the vocalist with the band Smile, who later became Queen).
From 1973 to 1976, after a brief liaison with Third Ear Band, Fisher joined seminal British rock band, Mott the Hoople, just after the period during which they were produced by David Bowie. Several successful US/Europe tours followed (including two tours and a week on Broadway where a new band called Queen opened for Mott).
In 1977-78, while in Mott, Fisher contributed keyboards to John Fiddler's Medicine Head, and when Mott folded, it was Fisher who invited Fiddler to join the remnants of Mott in what would become British Lions. They would record two albums, and have three international hit singles, including Kim Fowley's "International Heroes", Garland Jeffries's "Wild in the Streets", and Fiddler's own "One More Chance to Run".
In 1980, Fisher conceived and produced the unique Miniatures album (51 one-minute tracks by Robert Fripp, Gavin Bryars, Michael Nyman, The Pretenders, XTC, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Robert Wyatt, Ivor Cutler, The Damned etc.). A sequel was released in 2000. At this time he also, in his home studio in Notting Hill Gate, London, recorded an ambient/minimal album "Slow Music" with sax legend Lol Coxhill, and two art/punk albums, "Hybrid Kids" and "Claws" on which he sang and played all the instruments.
In 1982, he played with Queen on their 1982 tour of Europe and is introduced by Freddie Mercury to the audience just before the band's performance of Crazy Little Thing Called Love on the band's Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl album.
In 1985, Fisher moved to Japan, and started to make ambient and improvised music. He became a leading TV commercial music writer, including songs written or arranged for Cat Power, Karin Krog, Jose Feliciano, Zap Mama and Swing Out Sister. Japanese artists he has worked with include Yoko Ono, Dip in the Pool, The Boom, Heat Wave, Shoukichi Kina, Haruomi Hosono and Kokoo. He also scored the Japanese anime/live-action hybrid film Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987) and the documentary "A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki" (2006).
In November 2003, Morgan started performing monthly solo improvisation concerts at a club called Superdeluxe in Roppongi, Tokyo. He calls this concert series (still running as of 2011) "Morgan's Organ" and has started to release live recordings of the series as downloads.
In 2005, Fisher collaborated with German musician Hans-Joachim Roedelius (of Cluster and Harmonia) on the ambient album Neverless (on the Klanggalerie label).
Fisher has maintained a lifelong interest in photography and in recent years has been holding an increasing number of solo exhibitions of his work. He has evolved a technique of abstract photography which he calls Light Painting, influenced by the photograms of Man Ray and László Moholy-Nagy, by pendulum-created harmonographs, and in particular by the abstract cinema of Len Lye, Norman McLaren and Oskar Fischinger. Samples of his Light Paintings may be seen at his official website, and several were used in the booklet of his March 2009 album release Non Mon, a collection of his most well-known TV commercial compositions (Japan, DefSTAR/Sony Records). His light paintings were featured on the front cover and in a 7-page spread in the Winter 2010 edition of Artworks Magazine (Carmel, California).
He is on occasion mistaken for the Los Angeles film artist of the same name.- Actor
- Stunts
Sattar Dikambayev was born on 1 January 1950 in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for The Way Back (2010), Ne stavte Leshemu kapkany... (1981) and Dikoe pole (2008).- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Avrumie Schnitzer was born on 1 January 1950. Avrumie is a producer and writer, known for Summer Camp (1979), Murder by Numbers (1989) and Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985).- Gaby van Laak was born on 1 January 1950. She was an actress, known for Der Komödienstadel (1959), Auf Achse (1980) and Lobster (1976). She died on 14 December 2013 in Holzhausen am Ammersee, Bavaria, Germany.
- Actor
- Animation Department
Eugeniusz Karczewski was born on 1 January 1950 in Woznawies, Podlaskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Psy (1992), Prywatne sledztwo (1987) and Pan Kleks w kosmosie (1988).- Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Jack Enyart was born on 1 January 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1990), DuckTales (1987) and Fraggle Rock (1987). He died on 13 October 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ilona Jirotková was born on 1 January 1950 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973), Miss Golem (1972) and Já, truchlivý buh (1969).
- Mohammed Rouicha was born on 1 January 1950 in Khénifra, Morocco. Mohammed was a composer, known for Coup de soleil (2011). Mohammed died on 17 January 2012 in Khénifra, Morocco.
- Yuriy Lesnoy was born on 1 January 1950. He is an actor, known for Gosudarstvennaya granitsa (1980), Davay pozhenimsya (1982) and Nezabytaya pesnya (1975).
- Ana Barón was born on 1 January 1950 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She died on 21 August 2015 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
- Pär Lundin was born on 1 January 1950 in Stockholm. He is an actor, known for Kastrullresan (1950).
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- Director
- Actor
Plamen Maslarov graduated in Drama Theatre Directing from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia in 1972. Postgraduate in Film Directing in France. He has made some 50 films as a director, scriptwriter and producer. Former Director of the Ivan Vazov National Academic Theatre. He was Director of the Bulgarian National Film Archive. He has made Green Fields (fic., 1984), The Judge (fic., 1985), Not for Adults (fic., 1987), Mayor, Mayor (fic., 1989), The Iron Father (1995).- Composer
- Soundtrack
Paul Curtis was born on 1 January 1950 in England, UK. He is a composer, known for Mummy Fell Asleep (2009), Top of the Pops (1964) and Vive la France (2010).- William Brotherton grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and hopped freight trains for fun as a youth. Always adventurous, and satisfying a childhood dream of his, he became a railroad brakeman, conductor and trainmaster for the Burlington Northern Railway in North Dakota, and worked freight trains throughout the Midwest, ending up as a trainmaster in Denver. His book, "Burlington Northern Adventures: Railroading in the Days of the Caboose", tells about those days, and can be found at Amazon.com.
He's worked as a respiratory therapist, driven tractor-trailers, worked as an oilfield roughneck, operated sewage treatment plants, and taught environmental law at Texas Christian University, among many other things. In 1994, he became a licensed attorney in Texas, and his many courtroom appearances, and frequent speaking opportunities, led him to pursue acting. _Heavens Fall (2005)_ is his first movie appearance. - Davy Wathne was born on 1 January 1950 in Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Flaugstad (2017), Formel 11 (2008) and TV2 sporten (1992).
- Wolfgang Kaschuba was born on 1 January 1950 in Göppingen, Württemberg-Baden [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany.
- John Colucci was born on 1 January 1950 in the USA. He is an actor, known for Vigorish (2003).
- Stunts
- Actor
- Producer
Gary Morgan was born on 2 January 1950 in New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Logan's Run (1976), Pete's Dragon (1977) and The Mask of Zorro (1998). He has been married to Suzy Madigan since 1 December 1973. They have two children.- Débora Duarte was born on 2 January 1950 in São Paulo, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Corpo a Corpo (1984), Beto Rockfeller (1968) and Terra Nostra (1999).
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Francesco Laudadio was born on 2 January 1950 in Mola di Bari, Puglia, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Madame (2004), Grog (1982) and Roma dodici novembre 1994 (1995). He died on 6 April 2005 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Heidi Weigelt was born on 2 January 1950 in Blumroda, German Democratic Republic [now Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany]. She is an actress, known for Geheime Spuren (1969), Asya (1978) and Ferienheim Bergkristall (1983).- Editorial Department
- Editor
- Director
Michael E. Polakow was born on 2 January 1950 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is an editor and director, known for The Emperor's New Groove (2000), The Cutting Edge (1992) and A Star Is Born (1976).- Khalekuzzaman was born on 2 January 1950 in Bogra, East Pakistan [now in Bogura, Bangladesh]. He was an actor, known for Anirban (1973), Chuye Dile Mon (2015) and Brihonnola (2014). He died on 21 March 2023 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Mark Sharman was born on 2 January 1950 in the UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Safe and Effective: A Second Opinion (2022), The Big Match (1968) and Mark Steyn (2021).- Additional Crew
Nora Guthrie was born on 2 January 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. She is known for Where Are You, Jay Bennett? (2021), Sonic Highways (2014) and When Pop Went Epic: The Crazy World of the Concept Album (2016).- Marian Krawczyk was born on 2 January 1950 in Solec nad Wisla, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Zloty pociag (1986), Uciec jak najblizej (1972) and Aftermath (2012).
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Leo van der Goot was born on 2 January 1950 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He is a director and assistant director, known for Great Castles of Europe (1993), Ik ben je moeder niet (1995) and Gemene verhalen (1987).- Editorial Department
Hayrettin Çakmak was born on 2 January 1950 in Erzincan, Turkey. Hayrettin is known for Saban, Son of Saban (1977), Kibar Feyzo (1978) and The Chaos Class Is on Vacation (1978).- Jan Houdek was born on 2 January 1950. He is an actor, known for Jak se budí princezny (1978) and Nejmladsí z rodu Hamru (1975).
- Grant Adcox was born on 2 January 1950 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He died on 19 November 1989 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Natale was born on 2 January 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and assistant director, known for Alternate Universe: A Rescue Mission (2016), Detectives Club (2015) and The Very Funny Show (2009).- Mabrouk Staïfi was born on 2 January 1950 in Alger, Algeria. He was an actor, known for Matrix Zone (2013), Je suis allé chez elle en marchant (2007) and La moraliste (2007). He died on 21 March 2016 in Alger, Algeria.
- Helena Marsálková was born on 2 January 1950 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Actress
- Producer
- Executive
Principal is the elder daughter of Ree (née Veal) and Victor Rocco Principal. Her paternal grandparents were Italian, while her mother's family was from Gordon, Georgia, and South Carolina. Her father, a United States Air Force sergeant, was often transferred to different duty stations, so the family constantly moved, and Victoria grew up in London, Florida, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, and Georgia, among other places. She and her sister attended 17 different schools. Victoria's acting career began when she made a commercial at age five, and she began modeling in high school. She enrolled at Miami-Dade Community College, and wanted to study chiropractic medicine. However, being seriously injured in a car crash at age 18 made her refocus her energy on her love of acting. She moved to New York City, where she worked as a model and actress. She then studied at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1971.
Her first film was as a Mexican mistress in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), starring Paul Newman. Four years later, she became so disappointed with her career that she quit acting and spent the next three years working as an agent. In 1978, she planned on going to law school and later become a studio executive, but Aaron Spelling offered her a year's tuition to accept a role in the pilot of Fantasy Island (1977). She agreed, and soon after that, she landed the role of Pamela Barnes Ewing on CBS' long-running soap opera Dallas (1978). She left the series after nine years, and began her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions. She continues to work as an actress and producer, and has also created a line of skin care products and written three books about beauty and skin-care.- Margo Skinner was born on 3 January 1950 in Middletown, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Quick Change (1990), American Playhouse (1980) and ABC Afterschool Specials (1972). She died on 11 April 2005 in New York City, New York, USA.