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Rebellious. Passionate. Gifted. Beautiful. Béatrice Dalle could be a mix of some artist from many centuries ago and a rock star. Discovered in Betty Blue (1986), Dalle has become a sex symbol and a respected performer. Known for her problems with justice, her relationships with rapper JoeyStarr and her explicit talking, Béatrice Dalle is anyway starring in many independent works of art such as La belle histoire (1992) ("The beautiful story") by Claude Lelouch, Six Days, Six Nights (1994) ("Six days, six nights") alongside Anne Parillaud, Seventeen Times Cécile Cassard (2002) ("17 times Cecile Cassard") with Romain Duris or Trouble Every Day (2001) with Vincent Gallo.- Actor
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Pierre Brice was born on 6 February 1929 in Brest, France. After enlisting as volunteer to the French Army and fighting in Indochina, he attended acting lessons and got a first small role in Ça va barder (1955). In 1962, the German producer Horst Wendlandt searched for an actor who should play the Native American chief Winnetou on a Western movie adapted from novels by Karl May and got to know Brice at the Berlin Film Festival. He got the role and portrayed "Winnetou" in ten more movies with his co-star Lex Barker as "Old Shatterhand". These very successful productions made him a superstar in Germany, winning several awards such as Bambi or the Golden Otto of teenager magazine "Bravo". Although appearing on countless other movies and TV shows, he will always be best remembered as "Winnetou", whom he also played at the Bad Segeberg open air theater.- Writer
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- Actor
Born in Brest, France, in 1922, Alain Robbe-Grillet initially studied mathematics and biology. He graduated from the Paris-based Institut National Agronomique (National Institute of Agronomy) in 1945 and embarked on a career of scientific research in the tropics and in France. Then at age 30 he decided to change the direction of his career and concentrate on the thorny problem of literature. His novels were at first panned by the fashionable critics of the time, but he succeeded in winning (along with such now famous friends as Samuel Beckett, Nathalie Sarraute, Claude Simon and Marguerite Duras) worldwide recognition and wide readership for the last literary movement in France known as "Le Nouveau Roman". or "New Novel". His books have been translated in some 30 languages and include "Le Voyeur: (1955), "La jalousie" (1965), "La maison de rendez-vous" (1965), "Project pour une révolution à New York e Djinn" (1981), "Le miroir qui revient" (1985) and "Les Derniers jours de Corinth" (1994). At 40 he emabarked on a parallel career as screenwriter and film director, venturing once again into unorthodox narrative structures. With Alain Resnais he won the "Golden Lion" in Venice in 1961 for Last Year at Marienbad (1961) ("Last Year at Marienbad") and won the Louis Delluc Prize two years later for L'Immortelle (1963), the first film which he wrote and directed himself. This was followed by Trans-Europ-Express (1966), The Man Who Lies (1968) ("The Man who Lies"), Eden and After (1970) ("Eden and Afterwards"), Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974) ("The Slow Slidings of Pleasure"), Playing with Fire (1975) ("Playing with Fire"), )La belle captive (1983)_ ("The Beautiful Captive") and Un bruit qui rend fou (1995) ("The Blue Villa"). He lives in seclusion in the countryside in Normandy, where he tends to his collection of cacti. He continues to travel the world, and to teach modern literature and film to graduate students in several American universities.- Gaëlle Legrand was born on 15 July 1961 in Brest, Finistère, France. She is an actress, known for Pile ou face (1980), Zone rouge (1986) and Flickan vid stenbänken (1989).
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Martin Provost was born on 13 May 1957 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Seraphine (2008), Le ventre de Juliette (2003) and Violette (2013).- Fathia Youssouf was born on 1 August 2006 in Brest, France. She is an actress, known for Cuties (2020), Rencontres de cinéma (2007) and La nuit des Césars (1976).
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- Actor
Yann Tiersen was born on 23 June 1970 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is a composer and writer, known for Amélie (2001), Good Bye Lenin! (2003) and Inescapable (2012).- Director
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- Producer
Damien Manivel was born in 1981 in Brest, France. He is a director and writer, known for The Night I Swam (2017), Les enfants d'Isadora (2019) and A Young Poet (2014).- Gonzalo Higuaín was born on 10 December 1987 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is an actor, known for Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis (2011), Winner Stays (2014) and LaLiga (1954). He has been married to Lara Wechsler since January 2018. They have one child.
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Kayden Boche (born June 3, 1985 in Brest, France) is a model, actor, film director, cinematographer, music producer and songwriter - best known for starring in the Dior Addict: Be Iconic (2012) and Dior Addict: Eau Délice (2013) fragrance campaigns by Christian Dior alongside supermodel Daphne Groeneveld.
His mother died at age 33 on February 24, 1994 - three weeks after giving birth to his younger sister. Kayden was later placed in a foster family in 1999, after suffering repeated physical and emotional abuses over 5 years. He graduated from high school in 2004 and launched his international modeling career a year later.
Kayden started his modeling career in 2005, first discovered and photographed by Fred Goudon - acclaimed French photographer and author of the Dieux du Stade rugbymen calendars. Two years later, he was scouted and signed by Request Model Management in New York City and Elite Model Management in Milan - leading international modeling agencies.
After acquiring representation, Kayden's modeling portfolio quickly began to expand and feature material by world-renowned photographers such as Tim Walker, François Rousseau, Fred Goudon, Olivier Rieu, Bruna Kazinoti, Marc Hervouet, Joe Laï, Marcelo Capizzano, Michael Baumgarten, Sam Scott Schiavo, Julien Cozzolino, Matthieu Dortomb, Quentin Caffier, and more.
He is notable for starring in the Dior Addict: Be Iconic (2012) and Dior Addict: Eau Délice (2013) fragrance campaigns by Christian Dior alongside top model Daphne Groeneveld, and appearing in editorials for Vogue, Jalouse, Spray and 1814 Magazine. As a runway model, Kayden walked the catwalks for designers such as Christian Dior, Prada, Kenzo, Francesco Smalto, Alexis Mabille - among others.
Kayden has produced several international recording artists including Jessica Lowndes, James Rendon, Angelika Vee, and French American Idol finalist Jérémy Amelin.
He is the music video director and songwriter of Jérémy Amelin's fourth single "Oh, Oh !" (feat. Angelika) - released worldwide on January 25, 2010. As of June 15, 2017, the single has been streamed over 11.8 million times worldwide and the music video watched over 2.3 million times on YouTube.
Kayden also teamed up with 90210 TV star Jessica Lowndes and music producer James Rendon to record the featuring version of Jérémy Amelin's fifth single "Undone" - released worldwide on May 23, 2011.- Actor
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Mathieu Spinosi was born on 6 June 1990 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is an actor, known for Summer Nights (2014), The Visitors: Bastille Day (2016) and Clem (2010).- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Yvan Le Bolloc'h was born on 20 December 1961 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Caméra café (2001), Espace détente (2005) and Le séminaire Caméra Café (2009).- Menachem Begin was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. Before the creation of the state of Israel, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah. He proclaimed a revolt, on 1 February 1944, against the British mandatory government, which was opposed by the Jewish Agency. As head of the Irgun, he targeted the British in Palestine. Later, the Irgun fought the Arabs during the 1947-48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and its chief Begin was also noted as "leader of the notorious terrorist organization" by the British government and banned from entering the United Kingdom.
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Composer ("The Emperor Jones") and pianist, educated at the Vienna Conservatory (Master Class), and a student of F. E. Koch. He came to the USA in 1885 and made his debut as pianist with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Berlin in 1912. From there and through 1919 he continued giving concert tours throughout Europe and the USA. Between 1931 and 1933 he was chairman of the composition department at the Chicago Musical College. His leadership positions included the presidency of the International Society of Contemporary Music, and he was a co-founder of the League of Composers and a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.- Actress
- Writer
Bronia Clair was born on 8 August 1906 in Brest, Belarus. She was an actress and writer, known for La galerie des monstres (1924), Le voyage imaginaire (1926) and Au théâtre ce soir (1966). She was married to René Clair. She died in 2004 in Paris, France.- Writer
- Director
Madeleine Leroyer was born on 14 June 1984 in Brest, Brittany, France. Madeleine is a writer and director, known for Number 387 (2019), Taiwan vs China: A Fragile Democracy (2020) and 1996, hold-up à Moscou (2021).- Producer
- Writer
Aleksey Trotsyuk (born November 30, 1978, in Brest) Graduated from BSU with a degree in Technology of Mechanical Engineering. He played for the BSU KVN team (1999 and 2001 Major League Champion). Co-founder, Executive Producer, and a member of the Board of Directors of Yellow, Black and White - one of Russia's most prominent Film and TV studios. Executive Producer on the following TV projects: The Cleaned Up, Offside, The Kitchen, Hotel Eleon, Traffic Light, The Last of the Magikyans, Forever Young, One for All, as well as the successful feature films, The Kitchen in Paris, SuperFamily, Without Borders, Have Fun, Vasya!, The Kitchen. Mortal Combat, The Last Warrior, Superfamily: Better Than Avengers, and Son of a Rich - Russia's biggest box office hit to date. Executive Producer of SUPER TV channel projects. Co-founder of the subscription based video service START, a new online cinema catering to a global audience and a new state-of-the-art studio which creates and distributes exclusive Russian-language films and series.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Yann Le Masson was born on 27 June 1930 in Brest, Finistère, France. He was a cinematographer and director, known for J'ai huit ans (1962), The Mafia Wants Blood (1970) and L'homme qui voulait violer le monde (1974). He died on 20 January 2012 in Avignon, Vaucluse, France.- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Alexander Ramati was born in 1920 in Brzesc, Poleskie, Poland [now Brest, Belarus]. He was a writer and producer, known for Sands of Beersheba (1964), And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988) and Beyond the Mountains (1967). He was married to Didi Ramati. He died on 18 February 2006 in Montreux, Switzerland.- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Jerzy Lipman was born on 10 April 1922 in Brzesc, Poleskie, Poland [now Brest, Belarus]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Das falsche Gewicht (1971), Knife in the Water (1962) and Gangsterzy i filantropi (1963). He died on 10 November 1983 in London, England, UK.- Director
- Editor
- Writer
Aliaksei Paluyan, a film director and writer, was born 1989 in Baranovichi in the Republic of Belarus. In 2012 he moved to Germany and studied film and television directing at the Kunsthochschule Kassel (Academy for the arts). He has become known to audiences as a director of fiction short films and documentaries that have been presented at festivals worldwide. With his unique artistic signature, Aliaksei Paluyan has achieved to transform highly personal stories from his homeland into themes of universal meaning and relevance. In 2019 his short fiction drama "Lake of Happiness" premiered in Clermont-Ferrand, won a numerous awards at international festivals, was a candidate for European Short Film at the 33rd European Film Awards in 2020 and also longlisted for the Oscars 2021. Aliaksei's documentary film debut "Courage" had its world premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival.- French author and novelist Louis Hémon was born in Brest, France, in 1880. His father was the Inspector-General of the University of Brest, and Louis was educated at the Ecole Coloniale, intending on a career in the diplomatic service. However, during his school days he wrote articles on sports events and some fiction stories for various Paris newspapers, and in 1906 he won a literary prize for one of his stories. He soon moved to London, England, where his writing career began to take off, and he met and married a local woman. However, the death of his wife in 1911 left him unable and unwilling to stay in London anymore, and he journeyed to Canada. He documented his travels in a journal, later published as "The Journal of Louis Hémon" (1924).
While in Canada he got a job as a laborer on a farm in Quebec. He stayed there for six months. During that time he met a woman named Eva Bouchard, who lived on a neighboring farm. Taken with her, he used her as the heroine for his most famous novel, "Maria Chapdelaine" (1921).
In 1913 he left the farm and headed west, looking for material for further stories. On July 8 of that year he was walking alongside a railroad track near Chapleau in Ontario when he was struck and killed by a passing train. He was buried in Chapleau. - Nina Andrycz was born on 11 November 1912 in Brzesc, Poland, Russian Empire [now Brest, Belarus]. She was an actress, known for Uczta Baltazara (1954), Horror w Wesolych Bagniskach (1995) and Television Theater (1953). She was married to Józef Cyrankiewicz. She died on 31 January 2014 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Georges Chaperot was born on 24 April 1902 in Brest, Finistère, France. He was a writer, known for The Chorus (2004), A Cage of Nightingales (1945) and Vacances payées (1938). He died on 16 July 1970 in Montargis, Loiret, France.
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- Producer
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Mathilde Zampieri grew up in Raiatea island, French Polynesia.
After two documentaries about her windsurfing career (Junior World's podium in 2017), Zampieri started to write and direct her own films. She made her debut with the short film "Deux Soeurs" (2022)
Mathilde is a "Coral Gardeners Ambassador" to help raise awareness about the environment and the reef protection.- Christian Cloarec was born on 31 October 1957 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is an actor, known for Joan of Arc, the Power and the Innocence (1989), Un ami parfait (2006) and Boy Meets Girl (1984).
- Roman Bartosiewicz was born on 5 August 1938 in Brzesc, Poleskie, Poland [now Brest, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985), Tulipan (1986) and Gdzie jest general... (1964). He died on 2 November 2019.
- Alice Parizeau was born on 25 July 1927 in Luniniec, Brest, Poland (now Bielorussia). She was married to Jacques Parizeau. She died on 30 September 1990 in Outremont, Québec, Canada.
- Henri Queffélec was born on 29 January 1910 in Brest, Finistère, France. He was a writer, known for God Needs Men (1950), Provinces (1968) and François Malgorn, séminariste ou celui qui n'était pas appelé (1972). He died on 13 January 1992 in Paris, France.
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Mikhail Ptashuk was born on 28 January 1943 in Fedyuki, Brest Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. He was a director and actor, known for V avguste 44-go (2001), The Burning Land (2003) and Kooperativ Politbyuro ili budet dolgim proshchanie (1992). He died on 26 April 2002 in Moscow, Russia.- Monique Isnardon was born on 21 December 1919 in Brest, Finistère, France. She was an editor, known for La Cage aux Folles (1978), Animal (1977) and Dis-moi qui tuer (1965). She was married to Robert Isnardon. She died on 4 March 2021 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Eric Ollivier was born on 19 November 1927 in Brest, Finistère, France. He was a writer, known for On n'enterre pas le dimanche (1960), Wise Guys (1961) and Églantine (1972). He died in 2015 in Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Victor Segalen was born on 14 January 1878 in Brest, Finistère, France. He was a writer, known for Les Immémoriaux (1984). He was married to Yvonne Hebert and Yvonne Hébert. He died on 21 May 1919 in Huelgoat, Finistère, France.
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- Soundtrack
René Morizur was born on 5 February 1944 in Brest, Finistère, France. He was an actor, known for Salut les musclés (1989), TPMP refait la semaine! (2018) and Club Dorothée (1987). He died on 25 August 2009 in Seillons-Source-d'Argens, Var, France.- Aleksandr Kurs was born on 2 March 1892 in Brzesc, Poland, Russian Empire [now Brest, Belarus]. He was a writer, known for The Great Consoler (1933), Vasha znakomaya (1927) and Kotofei Kotofeevich Cat (1937). He died on 30 December 1937.
- Chaim Weizmann was born on 27 November 1874 in Motol, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Brest Oblast, Belarus]. He died on 9 November 1952 in Rehovot, Israel.
- Serge Le Borgne was born on 16 November 1971 in Brest, Finistère, France. He is an actor, known for Roméo & Juliette: De la haine à l'amour (2002), Stars 80 (2012) and La grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (2004).
- Faustine Merret was born on 13 March 1978 in Brest, Finistère, France.
- Janusz Kapuscinski was born on 19 October 1943 in Brzesc, Poleskie, Poland [now Brest, Belarus]. He is an actor, known for Zerwane cumy (1979) and Penelopy (1989).
- Mischa Guterson was born on 21 December 1879 in Pinsk, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Brest Oblast, Belarus]. Mischa was a composer, known for The Lover of Camille (1924), The Siren of Seville (1924) and Hail the Woman (1921). Mischa was married to Bertha Hertsberg. Mischa died in 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Elena Vorobey was born on 5 June 1967 in Brest, Belorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]. She is an actress and writer, known for Zolotoy klyuchik (2009), Streets of Broken Lights (1998) and Strasti po Anzhelike (1993).- Eugeniusz Szatkowski was born on 6 August 1920 in Brzesc, Poleskie, Poland [now Brest, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for The Dead Cast a Shadow (1979), Blisko, coraz blizej (1983) and Operacja Himmler (1979). He died on 14 February 2000 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland.
- Harry Rybnick was born on 4 July 1915 in Pinsk, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Brest Oblast, Belarus]. He was a producer, known for Untamed Women (1952), Godzilla (1957) and Girls on the Loose (1958). He died on 2 September 2000 in the USA.
- Aleksander Benczak was born on 25 January 1923 in Brzesc, Poleskie, Poland [now Brest, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Zaczarowany rower (1955), Zagrozenie (1976) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 25 May 2010 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
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Jan Wlodarczyk was born on 22 June 1934 in Horodyszcze, Nowogródzkie, Poland [now Haradzisca, Brest Voblast, Belarus]. He was a production manager and producer, known for Czerwone berety (1963), Show (2003) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958). He died on 19 February 2013 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Sound Department
Aleksandr Izbutsky was born on 15 November 1912 in Brest, Belarus. He is known for Propavshaya ekspeditsiya (1975), We'll Live Till Monday (1968) and Vzorvannyy ad (1967). He died in 1998 in Moscow, Russia.- Igor Vepshkovskiy was born on 16 January 1985 in Brest, USSR. He was an actor, known for Fortress of War (2010), Enemy Lines (2020) and Zoya (2020). He died on 31 March 2020 in Brest, Belorussiya.
- Music Department
Francois Bahaud was born on 5 March 1932 in Brest, Brittany, France. Francois is known for Bitter Sugar (1996). Francois died on 6 December 2020 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.- Cinematographer
- Director
Philippe Brault was born in 1965 in Brest, Finistère, France. Philippe is a cinematographer and director, known for Prison Valley (2009), Character (2013) and Undine Gruenter - Le projet d'aimer (2016).- Mikhail Starokadomskiy was born on 13 June 1901 in Brest-Litovsk, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Brest, Brest oblast, Belarus]. Mikhail was a composer, known for Kak possorilis Ivan Ivanovich s Ivanom Nikiforovichem (1941), Dym v lesu (1955) and Hare the Tailor (1937). Mikhail died on 24 April 1954 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].