Sarita Choudhury
Born: August 18, 1966 in London, England, UK
Spent three weeks rehearsing classical Indian Dance with guru Protima Gauri on the edge of Bangalore, India, in preparation for her role as Princess Tara in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)
 DAMAGES Season 1Starring: Glenn Close Rose Byrne |
 HOMELAND SEASON 32013 Best of the series |
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Patrick Swayze (1952–2009)
Born: August 18, 1952 in Houston, Texas, USA
Died: September 14, 2009 (age 57) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Married to: Lisa Niemi (12 June 1975 – 14 September 2009) (his death)
| Red Dawn 1984 dir. John Milius Starring Swayze Lea Thompson |
 Youngblood1986 dir Peter Markle Starring Rob Lowe Swayze |
| 11:14 2003 dir. Greg Marcks Starring Henry Thomas Blake Heron |
 DONNIE DARKO2001 dir. Richard Kelly Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal Jena Malone |
 DIRTY DANCING1987 dir. Emile Ardolino Stars: Patrick Swayze Jennifer Grey |
 GHOST1990 dir. Jerry Zucker Stars: Patrick Swayze Demi Moore |
Roman Polanski
Born: August 18, 1933 in Paris, France
Married to: Emmanuelle Seigner (30 August 1989 – present) (2 children)
Sharon Tate (20 January 1968 – 9 August 1969) (her death)
Barbara Lass (19 September 1959 – 1962) (divorced)
Has not been back to the United States since 1978.
Convicted of the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl after plea bargaining, Polanski then served time in prison in California. But prison officials released him sooner than the judge’s original sentence had intended. The judge then sought to have Polanski brought to court again for further sentencing. Rather than do so, Polanski fled to Europe to avoid and escape a second arrest and incarceration. In 2013, his former victim, Samantha Geimer-who was now 50 years old and had long before forgiven him for the crime–detailed her story in a book called “The Girl”.
 Polanski Short Films1950s/60s Reviews of all his short movies |
 Knife in the Water1962 dir. Polanski starring Leon Niemczy Jolanta Umecka |
 Repulsion1965 dir. Polanski Starring Catherine Deneuve Ian Hendry |
 Rosemary’s Baby1968 dir. Polanski starring Mia Farrow John Cassavetes |
 CARNAGE dir. Roman Polanski Stars: Jodie Foster Kate Winslet |
 Chinatown1974 dir. Polanski starring Jack Nicholson Faye Dunaway |
 The Tenant1976 dir. Polanski Cast Roman Polanski Isabelle Adjani |
 Bitter Moon1992 dir. Polanski starring Hugh Grant Peter Coyote |
 Death and the Maiden1994 dir. Polanski starring Sigourney Weaver Ben Kingsley |
 The Pianist2002 dir. Polanski starring Adrien Brody |
Robert Redford
Born: August 18, 1936 in Santa Monica, California, USA
Married to: Sibylle Szaggars (11 July 2009 – present)
Lola Van Wagenen (12 September 1958 – 12 November 1985) (divorced) (4 children)
Turned down the leading roles in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Graduate (1967), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Love Story (1970) and The Day of the Jackal (1973).
 Barefoot in the Park1967 dir. Gene Saks Starring Robert Redford Jane Fonda |
 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969 dir. George Roy Hill starring Paul Newman Redford |
 The Candidate1972 dir. by Michael Ritchie starring Redford Peter Boyle |
 The Sting1973 dir. by Roy Hill starring Paul Newman Redford |
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Christian Slater
Born: August 18, 1969 in New York City, New York, USA
Married to:
Brittany Lopez (2 December 2013 – present)
Donated all of his paycheck from Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) to River Phoenix’s favorite charities after the young actor’s untimely death at age 23.
 The Name of the Rose 1986 dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud Starring Sean Connery Slater |
 YOUNG GUNS 21990 dir. Geoff Murphy Starring: Emilio Estevez Kiefer Sutherland |
 Heathers 1988 dir. Michael Lehmann Starring Winona Ryder Slater Shannen Doherty |
 TRUE ROMANCE1993 dir. Tony Scott Cast: Christian Slater Patricia Arquette |
| Interview with the Vampire 1994 dir. Neil Jordan Starring Brad Pitt Tom Cruise |
 BULLET TO THE HEAD dir. Walter Hill Stars: Sylvester Stallone Jason Momoa |
 TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE1990 dir. by John Harrison Stars: Deborah Harry Matthew Lawrence |
 3000 Miles to Graceland 2001 dir. Demian Lichtenstein Starring Kurt Russell Kevin Costner |
 BOBBY2006 dir. Emilio Estevez Stars: Anthony Hopkins Demi Moore |
 NYMPHOMANIAC VOL. II2014 dir. Lars von Trier Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg Stellan Skarsgard |
Edward Norton
Born: August 18, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Married to: Shauna Robertson (April 2013 – present) (1 child)
Got the role for Fight Club (1999) because director David Fincher enjoyed his performance in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), which was the only film of the actor that he had seen.
| Fight Club 1999 dir. Fincher starring Brad Pitt Norton |
 25th Hour2002 dir. Spike Lee starring Norton Philip Seymour Hoffman |
 Death to Smoochy2002 dir. Danny DeVito starring Norton Robin Williams |
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John Sturges (1910–1992)
Born: January 3, 1910 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Died: August 18, 1992 (age 82) in San Luis Obispo, California, USA
When he met Akira Kurosawa, Kurosawa told him that he loved The Magnificent Seven (1960), which was a remake of Kurosawa’ Seven Samurai (1954). Sturges always maintained that this was the single proudest moment of his life.
Don Pardo (1918–2014)
Born: February 22, 1918 in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: August 18, 2014 (age 96) in Tucson, Arizona, USA
Married to: Catherine (Kay) Lyons (1938 – 8 July 1995) (her death) (5 children)
[for his famous Saturday Night Live introduction, which is cried out at the end of the cold open skit] Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!
He became famous for “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”, which was cried out at the end of the opening skit, and then he followed up with announcing the show’s title, then names the cast members and musical guest(s) in a voice-over during the opening montage.
Arthur Hiller, the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the director of “Love Story,” died on Wednesday at the age of 92. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of our beloved friend Arthur Hiller,” current Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs said. “I was a member of the Board during his presidency and fortunate enough to witness firsthand his dedication to the Academy and his lifelong passion for visual storytelling. Our condolences go out to his loved ones.”
| THE LONELY GUY 1984 dir. Arthur Hiller Starring: Steve Martin Charles Grodin |
 THE BABE1992 dir. Arthur HIller Stars: John Goodman Kelly McGillis |
 THE IN-LAWS1979 dir. Arthur Hiller Starring: Peter Falk Alan Arkin |
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These films are heavily boarded & pre-vised, far more than anything else I’ve ever done. The pre-vis process starts very early in the film’s development so that’s when you have to get in there to help start guiding the process along with the directors so that it fits in with what everyone is aiming for and what the production team is going to do on set.
The Marvel films are incredibly collaborative and that’s a huge part of their success I think. We have worked with the vfx supervisor Dan Deleeuw on these last two films and he is in charge of building the pre-vis sequences so that is an invaluable resource to start the discussion with the whole team before you get out there on the real-time clock burning production money.
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THE WAY WE WERE
ALL IS LOST
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP
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CHARLOTTE’S WEB
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