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- 'King Kong' Kashey was born on 28 November 1903 in Homs, Syria. He was an actor, known for Don't Go Near the Water (1957). He died on 24 September 1965 in Lynwood, California, USA.
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- Camera and Electrical Department
Aaron Lenchner was born on 28 November 1978 in Chicago, USA. Aaron is a producer, known for Scored to Death: The Dark Art of Scary Movie Music, A Day at the Driving Range (2003) and Orifice (2001).- Abdelhamid Sabiri was born on 28 November 1996 in Goulmima, Morocco.
- Actress
- Writer
Abigail Marlowe was raised in London, England. She trained at Bard College, Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts, Goldsmiths University, and Steppenwolf West and has appeared in numerous film, television, commercial, video game and animated projects. Abigail splits her time between Los Angeles and New York City with her husband, and dog Reg.- Actor
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Adam Chuckryk was born on 28 November 1979 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Jumper (2008), Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) and Dead Silence (2007).- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Visual Effects
Adam Gough was born on 28 November 1982 in Cornwall, England, UK. He is an editor, known for Roma (2018), Da 5 Bloods (2020) and Children of Men (2006).- Actor
- Music Department
- Director
Adam Paul Hicks, born November 28, 1992, is an American actor, rapper, singer, and songwriter. His first leading role at the age of nine was appearing in the Josh Weinstein and Bill Oakley pilot "The Funkhousers", and "That Was Then", quickly followed by the sitcom "Titus". He then embarked upon movie roles in "Down and Derby", "The Twelve Dogs of Christmas", "How to Eat Fried Worms", "Little Savages", and "Shaggy Dog". He is also known for playing Luther in the Disney XD series "Zeke and Luther" and Wendell "Wen" Gifford in the film "Lemonade Mouth". He had a recurring role in the second season of "Jonas" as DZ and appeared as Boz in the third and final season of the Disney XD Original Series "Pair of Kings". He later went on to play in TV and movie titles such as "CSI Las Vegas", "Southland", "The Boy Next Door" and "Texas Rising". Hicks recorded a remake of the MC Hammer song "U Can't Touch This" with fellow Disney costar Daniel Curtis Lee. He made a remix of the song "In The Summertime" by Mungo Jerry. In the end of 2010, he wrote and recorded the song "Happy Universal Holidays" with Ryan Newman. At the beginning of 2011, he released a song called "Dance For Life", with Drew Seeley for the Disney Channel Original Series "Shake It Up", which was featured on "Shake It Up: Break It Down". Hicks co-wrote the tracks "Determinate", "Breakthrough", and "Livin' On a High Wire" for Lemonade Mouth. He also has a music video featuring Chris Brochu for his single "We Burnin' Up". In most of his songs, Hicks introduces himself as "A Plus". Hicks sang the theme song for the Disney XD show Mighty Med, titled "You Never Know". Most recently, Hicks played Diesel in the series "Freakish" and Jeremy in the movie "Shifting Gears".- Adam Kopciuszewski was born on 28 November 1945 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Salt of the Black Earth (1970), Angelus (2000) and Television Theater (1953).
- Adam McArthur was born on 28 November 1982 in Alameda, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2012) and Krampus (2015).
- Adil Feroz Khan. Born 28, November 1996 is a professional Film and Television actor and model. Currently working in Hindi, English films and TV show projects as an actor with known directors and ad makers. Adil started his career with small role in the famous TV show "Pratigya" and has so far done many TV shows, and few good films. Adil is a performer with sense. He is hard working and willing to accept challenging roles.
- Composer
- Actor
- Producer
After performing live in December of 2000 before 3.4 million people in Lagos, Nigeria, almost the population of his native Puerto Rico, Adlan feels he has fulfilled a dream which consists of visiting every continent of the world by sharing his music.
He was born on Thanksgiving day, 1968 and by the age of three he began to play the piano by ear. His inclination for classical music and his passion for the piano inspired him, two years later, to pursue and master his talent.
His technique was cultivated by two of the most prominent concert pianists in the western hemisphere, Rosita Casanova and Violeta de la Mata. The year 1985 marked Adlan's life when he was selected to represent his country in Spain at the Fifth Centennial Celebration of the Discovery of America where they recorded his piano recitals and was played over twenty countries.
One year later he was awarded finest pianist of his graduating class the medal for Highest Honor, granted by the Ernesto Ramos Antonini School of Music back in his homeland.
In 1988 he was featured with the Puerto Rico Chamber Orchestra at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan, as a result of winning first place at the prestigious Jesús María Sanromá Piano Competition. In 1989 he composed and recorded the soundtrack for the motion picture "The Dancer." That same year he released his first album on religious music entitled "Instrument of Praise," which was nominated later on for the "Tu Música" Awards. This versatility opened a new opportunity for the next 5 years, to present a combined program throughout the churches and conert halls in Countries such as Holland, Spain, Brazil, Argentina and USA. Numerous symphony orchestras have invited Adlan to feature performances such as L.V. Beethoven's Second and Third Piano Concertos, S. Rachmanioff's romantic Concerto No.2 and G. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
In 1993 he released his second recording named "The Way for the Giver," inspired on Proverbs 18:16, being featured in talk shows such as CBN's 700 Club with Pat Robertson and in crusades with Billy Graham, Nicky Cruz and Ron Kenoly. Notable recording artists such as Abraham Laboriel, Justo Almario, Chester Thompson, David Sanchez, Jorge Laboy and Pepe Ojeda were involved in this project. In October of 1994 when thousands of Cuban refugees camped at the military bases in Panama, Adlan was invited to perform one of the nights where celebrities such as Gloria Estefan, Willy Chirino and Andy Garcia also participated.For his third CD in 1995 he envisioned one of his live piano recitals, this time including some of his own compositions. This album was called "Adlan Live." As a result he traveled intensively throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
After the vast exposure to diverse cultures throughout the Globe, Adlan dedicated his efforts to combine his classically trained techniques with the ethnic rhythms of the various countries he has visited, hence giving birth to his latest CD baptized "Piano Latino".
His openness to folkloric music prompted him to identify with his roots, hence incorporating vigorous Puerto Rican, Flamenco, AfroCuban and South American rhythms to his grand piano melodies.- Actor
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Adrian Goessel was born on 28 November 1994 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor and production manager, known for The Colony (2021), Die Tränen meiner Mutter (2008) and Beat (2018).- Visual Effects
- Additional Crew
Adrien Lourdelle was born on 28 November 1982 in Lille, France. He is known for Babylon A.D. (2008), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) and Thor (2011).- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Actress
Adrienne O'Riain was born on 28 November 1977 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is a producer and actress, known for The Last Ship (2014), Raised by Wolves (2020) and The Flight Attendant (2020).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Adrián Rodríguez was born on 28 November 1988 in Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor, known for Tu cara me suena (2011), Physics or Chemistry (2008) and El vuelo del guirre (2007).- Art Director
Agim Zajmi was born on 28 November 1936 in Tirana, Albania. He was an art director, known for Dorina (1979). He died on 3 November 2013 in Albania.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Having graduated from FAMU in Prague film (1971), Agnieszka Holland returned to Poland and began her film career working with Krzysztof Zanussi as assistant director, and Andrzej Wajda as her mentor. Her first feature film was PROVINCIAL ACTORS (1978), one of the flagship pictures of the "cinema of moral disquiet" and the winner of the International Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980. Subsequently, she made the films FEVER (1980) and THE LONELY WOMAN (1981). In 1981, just before the declaration of the state of emergency in Poland, Agnieszka Holland emigrated to France.
She directed ANGRY HARVEST (1985) which was nominated for a foreign-language Oscar. Her film EUROPA EUROPA (1990) also received a U.S. Academy Award nomination (best screenplay) and IN DARKNESS (2011) was again nominated as best foreign-language film. She also collaborated with her friend Krzysztof Kieslowski on the screenplay of his trilogy, THREE COLOURS (1993).
Holland's other films include TO KILL A PRIEST (1988), OLIVIER, OLIVIER (1992), THE SECRET GARDEN (1993), TOTAL ECLIPSE (1995), WASHINGTON SQUARE (1997), THE THIRD MIRACLE (1999), SHOT IN THE HEART (2001), JULIE WALKING HOME (2001), COPYING BEETHOVEN (2006), IN DARKNESS (2011), BURNING BUSH (2013), SPOOR (2017), MR. JONES (2019) and CHARLATAN (2020). She also directed several episodes of many notable TV series, including THE WIRE, JAG, COLD CASE, TREME (for the pilot of the latter she was nominated for an Emmy) and HOUSE OF CARDS. Agnieszka Holland has also written or co-written screenplays for films made by other directors and directed plays for Polish television. She was elected chairwoman of the Board of the European Film Academy in 2014 and was elected as its President in 2021.- Editor
- Producer
Agustín Andrés Martinangeli ( born November 28, 1992) is a songwriter and music producer from Rosario Argentina. Founder and executive director of the record label Doble A Records, Founded April 23, 2020. In 2021 started uploading content to various social media platforms his Youtube channel is called AgusAndresOk and has over 8.000 subscribers,- Actress
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Ai Higuchi was born on 28 November 1989 in Japan. She is an actress and composer, known for Subete Wasurete Shimau kara (2022), Attack on Titan (2013) and A long dream (2023).- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
A Chicago native of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, she made her professional stage debut at the age of seven in Paul Mejia's "Cinderella" at The Auditorium Theatre. By the age of twelve, she was dancing 20 shows a month as "Clara" in "The Nutcracker". She joined the Young People's Company, whose alumni include John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Lili Taylor and Aidan Quinn.
Aimee graduated from Northwestern University with a triple major in economics, journalism and French. While attending Northwestern University, she was put under a two-year contract with Paramount Television after Norman Lear hand-picked her to headline his pilot-in-development, The Chavez Family, and also played the lead role of Diana Morales in "A Chorus Line" for Broadway choreographer Mitzi Hamilton.
After Northwestern, she developed a television career in Los Angeles with Greetings from Tucson (2002), and had continued success as Andy Garcia's daughter and George Lopez's niece Veronica Palmero on George Lopez (2002). She is was at one point the only Latina in her generation to be on syndicated television.
In 2007, she was nominated for an ALMA and Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series.
Aimee also starred in Peter Berg's new high-octane medical drama Trauma (2009) on NBC.- Ajay Chhabra was born on 28 November 1970 in Greenwich, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Tom & Jerry (2021), Bellbottom (2021) and Lucky Man (2016).
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Al Williams was born on 28 November 1912 in Waycross, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942) and The Mighty Treve (1937). He died on 3 May 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Alan Lightman was born on 28 November 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He is a writer, known for Undiscovered Worlds: The Search Beyond Our Sun (2011), Einstein Revealed (1996) and A Trip to Infinity (2022). He has been married to Jean Greenblatt since 28 November 1976. They have two children.- Actor
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Alan Ritchson has carved a space for himself on both the large and small screens since he made the trek from a small town in Florida to Los Angeles.
Alan Michael Ritchson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, to Vickie (Harrell), a high school teacher, and David Ritchson, a U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant. He is of Czech, English, and German descent. Frequently relocating as the middle son of a military family, Alan learned to adapt and entertain in order to build friendships in new and unfamiliar environments. Certainly this has been a key ingredient in his success so far in the industry.
Alan's early credits include portraying Aquaman in the long running series Smallville. This marked the first portrayal of the superhero in an officially licensed live-action production.
Ritchson has also taken on grittier leading man roles in the independent film market with the modern-day western "Rex" and the dramatic love story of "Steam" alongside Ally Sheedy.
In contrast, he also made quite a comedic impression with his love-to-hate-him character of Thad Castle on the football comedy Blue Mountain State. He parlayed his comedic skills to work with Rebel Wilson in her CBS pilot Super Fun Night.
In addition to his acting repertoire, Alan also writes, produces and is a singer/songwriter.
Most recently Alan can be seen as the District 1 victor, Gloss, in Catching Fire; the second installment of the hugely successful Hunger Games franchise. He also portrayed the cool-but-crude Raphael in the Michael Bay produced reboot of TMNT.- Alan Rudkin was born on 28 November 1941 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He died on 22 September 2010 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.
- Alana Weisz is an American actress and writer of Hungarian, German, Spanish and Israeli descent. She began acting as a child and had her theatre debut at the age of 11 in a production of Mozart and Schikaneder's "The Magic Flute". She continued to act, sing, and dance throughout her teens and performed at spoken-word events. After graduating from High School as an honor student she went on to serve in the IDF's English Intelligence Corps. She trained as an actor at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City and got her MA in Acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA). She is currently based in London, UK, and working internationally.
- Actress
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- Cinematographer
Aalia Furniturewala, popularly known by her stage name Alaya F started her career in 2020 with a comedy film. She is born into the Bedi family. Her mother is also an Indian actress and TV host, and her father is a businessman.
Her grandparents are late classical dancer Protima Bedi and actor Kabir Bedi.
Furniturewala studied at the Jamnabai Narsee School in Mumbai. She went on to pursue her diploma from the New York Film Academy. She is also training to be a Kathak and contemporary dancer.
On joining the industry, Furniturewala changed her name to Alaya F and made her acting debut in Nitin Kakkar's Jawaani Jaaneman (2020)
In 2020, Alaya F won the Fresh Face female award at the Vogue Beauty Award. In 2021, she received the Best Female Debut at Filmfare Award for her film Jawani Jaaneman.
Later, in 2022, she won the Most Promising Actor at Lions Gold Award for Jawaani Jaaneman.
She co-starred with Kartik Aryan in the film Freddy. Her other projects include Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat (2022), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024), U Turn (2023) and Srikanth (2024).
Apart from movies, Furniturewala has appeared in Goldie Sohel's music video for Goldie Sohel: Aaj Sajeya (2021). She has also been featured in commercials and print advertisements for brands like Lenskart and Nykaa.Furniturewala was ranked 42nd on the Most Desirable Women List of 2020 by The Times of India. She was the face of Nykaa's 'A Million Nakhras' campaign in 2022. She was also featured in Eastern Eye's '30 under 30 Asians' list in 2023.- He's an actor, known for "36 Hours in New York", "Demise" and "Neverworld".
He recently played a bagpiper in the movie "Candy Cane Lane", directed by Reginald Hudlin. He played the role of runway model in the feature film "Demise", directed by Yara Estrada, and the lead character Max in the horror short film "Neverworld", directed by Alexandra Samton.
He played the registrar in the We Are The Mighty episode "The Code to Catch Cancer" and appeared in sketch comedy episodes for the comedians Shane Gillis and Maz Jobrani.
He directed, produced and starred in the short movie "36 Hours in New York", finalist at the Kosice and Prague International Monthly Film Festival and officially selected by the Chelsea Film Festival in New York, NewFilmmakers NY, the Lift-Off Global Sessions and the Direct Online Monthly Film Festival, nominee for the category Best Short Film. He started his career appearing in music videos of the rapper Bknott, "Sensei" and "Captain Cap".
His acting credits include "Ballad of a Hustler", "Enemy of Reality", "One for the Road", "Undercurrent", "The Reading", "Dating in New York", "SKETCHY Tales of the Black Doodler", "Educate the Monster", "Night Film", "Dream No. 37,091", "Anything for You" and "SMASH!". In 2020, he has been featured in the music videos "Addicted", produced by Project Reese, and "Harmony" of Sarai Korpacz.
He played the double role of 1950's teenager guy and 1980's rural man in Erin Harper's short film "Veral".
In 2019, he played the role of Doug Salinas in the episode "Murder in Paradise" of the first season of the HBO Max series "The Killer Truth". He then appeared in the TV episode "Good Help Is Hard to Find", pilot of the series "Brooklyn Vans", directed by Daniel Jordano.
He has produced and starred in the short movies "Daytime Dreams" and "Without Escape". - Aldo Bonamano was born on 28 November 1924 in Civitavecchia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Deep Red (1975), Fantabulous Inc. (1968) and Per una manciata d'oro (1965). He died on 17 January 1984 in Rome, Italy.
- Aleksandar Sibinovic was born on 28 November 1936 in Aleksinac, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Zene, ljudi i ostalo (1999), Sretni umiru dvaput (1966) and Holiday in Sarajevo (1991). He died on 13 July 2011 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Aleksandr Knaifel was born on 28 November 1943 in Tashkent, USSR [now Uzbekistan]. He is a composer, known for The Italian (2005), Nevozvrashchenets (1991) and Rannie zhuravli (1980).- Aleksandr Palchikov was born on 28 November 1984 in Former USSR. He is an actor, known for Nanolyubov (2010), Bystree, chem kroliki (2014) and ANNdroid (2020).
- Aleksandr Panin was born on 28 November 1993 in Moscow, Russia. He is an actor, known for Dizlayk (2016), Rayskie kushchi (2015) and Nedetskiy dom (2022).
- Aleksey Khardikov was born on 28 November 1968. He is an actor, known for The Stringer (1998), Aeroport (2005) and Vesegonskaya volchitsa (2004).
- Ales Balda was born on 28 November 1976 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Patriot (2015), Gangster Ka (2015) and Cesty domú (2010).
- Alessandro Altobelli was born on 28 November 1955 in Sonnino, Lazio, Italy.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Alessio Caprara was born on 28 November 1995 in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for Detective Bloody Mary (2022) and Branding Love (2018).- Alessio Ruggeri was born on 28 November 1914 in Loro Piceno, Italy. He was an actor, known for Outlaw Girl (1950), Guilt Is Not Mine (1952) and Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966). He died on 11 November 1972 in Rome, Italy.
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Alex Bullick was born on 28 November 1977 in Nassau, Bahamas. Alex is known for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), Pompeii (2014) and The Fountain (2006).- Alex Joganic was born on 28 November 1991 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. He is an actor, known for My Fellow Americans (1996).
- Alex Mondose was born on 28 November 1893 in Liège, Belgium. He was an actor, known for J'ai gagné un million (1936) and La belote de Ture Bloemkuul (1956). He died on 8 January 1972 in Brussels, Belgium.
- Alexander Cushing was born on 28 November 1913 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Nancy Ruth Wendt, Elizabeth Woodward Pratt and Justine Bayard Cutting. He died on 20 August 2006 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
- He was born on Sakhalin Island at the far eastern end of the former Soviet Union and began studying dance at age 9 in the Riga State Ballet School. He later said his mother put him there to prevent his becoming "a hooligan". One of his classmates and friends at the school was Mikhail Baryshnikov. After graduating he toured with the Moscow Classical Ballet. He joined the Bolshoi in 1971; there he received rave reviews for the lead in "Swan Lake", "Giselle" and other classical and contemporary works. In 1973 he won a gold medal at the Moscow International Competition. The same year he received more praise when the Bolshoi toured the United States. He was then marked as a potential defector and not allowed to tour for five years. In August 1979 he did defect. The story grew in importance when his ballerina wife returned to the USSR a few days later. He joined the American Ballet Theater and danced with it until 1982 when he and its director Baryshnikov had a falling out. He was by then a frequent companion of Jacqueline Bisset. His first movie role was as the Amish farmer Daniel in "Witness" (1985). The NY Times reviewer described him as the film's "most riveting presence". The same critic did not take so kindly to his role as Karl in "Die Hard" (1988) ("a sight gag in his terrorist costume"). When he became a US citizen in 1987 he said he planned to celebrate by eating a "hamburger stuffed with caviar". He had been filming a movie in Budapest a few weeks before he was found dead in his West Hollywood home, of "natural causes" according to his physician.
- Actress
- Writer
Alexandra Solnado was born on 28 November 1960 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is an actress and writer, known for Procura-se (1993), Há Petróleo no Beato (1986) and Lisboa, Tejo e Tudo (1987).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Alf Goddard was born on 28 November 1896 in Bethnal Green, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Alf's Button (1930), Fanny Hawthorne (1927) and Downhill (1927). He died on 23 February 1981 in Harlow, Essex, England, UK.- Producer
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- Director
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then immediately started to film everything he saw, showing it afterwards to everyone. In his teen years, films were his hobby. Sometimes he said to his mother he would go to a friend's home, when in fact he would go to the cinema. His ambition was to know every theatre in the city. Near his house there were two studios, Studios Churubusco and Studios 212. After finishing school, Cuarón decided to study cinema right away. He tried to study at C.C.C. (Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica) but wasn't accepted because at that time they weren't accepting students under twenty-four years old. His mother didn't support that idea of cinema, so he studied philosophy in the morning and in the afternoon he went to the C.U.E.C. (Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos). During that time he met many people who would later become his collaborators and friends. One of them was Luis Estrada. Cuaron also became good friends with Carlos Marcovich and Emmanuel Lubezki. Luis Estrada directed a short called "Vengance is Mine", on which Alfonso and Emmanuel collaborated. The film was in English, a fact which bothered many teachers of the C.U.E.C. such as Marcela Fernández Violante. The disagreement caused such arguments that in 1985, Alfonso was expelled from the university.
During his time studying at C.U.E.C. he met Mariana Elizondo, and with her he had his first son, Jonás Cuarón. After Alfonso was expelled, he thought he could never be a director and so went on to work in a Museum so he could sustain his family. One day, José Luis García Agraz and Fernando CáMara went to the museum and made an offer to Cuarón. They asked him to work as cable person in "La víspera (1982)", a job which was to prove to be his salvation. After that he was assistant director in Garcia Agraz's "Nocaut (1984)", as well as numerous other films.
He was also second unit director in "Gaby: A True Story (1987)", and co-wrote and directed some episodes in the series "A Hora Marcada (1967)". One New Year's Eve, he decided he would not continue to be an assistant director, and with his brother Carlos started writing what would be his first feature film: "Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991)" (Love in the time of Hysteria). After the screenplay was written, the problem became how to get financial backing for the movie. I.M.C.I.N.E. (Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografia), which supports movies financially, had already decided which projects it would support that year, much to Alfonso's initial chagrin. However, the director of one of those already-chosen projects was unable to direct it, so his project was canceled, and "Sólo con tu pareja" took its place. Despite this being chosen, there was a lot of tension between Alfonso and the I.M.C.I.N.E. executives. Nevertheless, after the movie was finished, it was a huge success. In Toronto festival the films won many awards, and Alfonso started to be noticed by Hollywood producers. Sydney Pollack was the first one to invite him to shoot in Hollywood. He proposed a feature film to be directed by Alfonso, but the project didn't work and was canceled. Alfonso moved to Los Angeles without anything concrete, and stayed with some friends, as he had no money. Soon after that, Pollack called him again to direct an episode called "Murder, Obliquely (1993)" of the series "Fallen Angels (1993)", that was the first job he had in U.S., and also the first time he worked with Alan Rickman.
After a while, and no real directing jobs, Alfonso wanted to direct something as he needed money. He finally signed a contract with Warner Brothers to direct the film Addicted to Love (1995). However, one night, he read the screenplay for another film, A Little Princess (1995) and fell in love with it. He talked to Warner Brothers and after some meetings he gave up directing "Addicted to Love" in order to do "A Little Princess". Even thought it wasn't a great box office success, the film received two nominations for the Oscars, and won many other awards. After "A Little Princess" Alfonso developed a project with Richard Gere starring. The project was canceled, but Cuarón got an offer from Twentieth Century Fox to direct the modern adaptation of the Charles Dickens' classic Great Expectations (1998). He initially didn't want to direct it but the studio insisted, and in the end he accepted it. The experience was very painful and difficult for him mainly because there was never a definitive screenplay.
He then reunited with producer Jorge Vergara and founded both Anhelo Productions and Moonson Productions. Anhelo's first picture was also Alfonso's next film, the erotic road movie "And Your Mother Too (2001)", which was a huge success. During the promotion of the film in Venice, Alfonso met the cinema critic Annalisa Bugliani. They started dating and married that same year. "Children of Men (2006)" was to be Alfonso's next film, a futuristic, dystopian story. During the pre-production of the film, Warner Brothers invited Alfonso to direct the third Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)", an offer which he accepted after some consideration. The film would prove to be the greatest box office success of his career.
In 2003, he had a daughter named Bu Cuaron, and in February 2005 another son, called Olmo Teodoro Cuarón. Alfonso Cuarón signed a three-year first-look deal with Warner Brothers, which allowed his films to be distributed world-wide. He directed one five-minute segment of the anthology film Paris, I Love You (2006) with Nick Nolte and Ludivine Sagnier. His next project, the futuristic film Children of Men (2006) with Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2006 having been nominated for three Academy Awards. After his youngest son was diagnosed with autism and the divorce from Annalisa Bugliani he took a break from directing and settled in London where he plans to work on his next projects.
In 2013, Alfonso directed the space thriller Gravity (2013), which would go win 7 academy awards.
Alfonso is the only filmmaker to have ever won twice for a clean sweep for the awards, for "Gravity" and "Roma", for Best Director at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and DGA Awards.- Composer
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Alfred Scher was born on 28 November 1900 in Zloczów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Jadzia (1936), American Adventure (1936) and Ksiazatko (1937). He died on 18 January 1968 in New York City, New York, USA.- Alfredo Sainati was born on 28 November 1868 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He was an actor, known for La sonata a Kreutzer (1920), L'unico peccato (1922) and Maestro Landi (1935). He was married to Bella Starace Sainati. He died on 10 January 1936 in Bertinoro, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
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- Writer
Alice Lach was born on 28 November 1893 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress and writer, known for Die inneren Stimmen (1961), Der Strafverteidiger (1961) and ...und ewig knallen die Räuber (1962). She was married to Eugen Jensen. She died on 29 December 1969 in Zürich, Switzerland.- Actor
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Alien Huang was born on 28 November 1983 in Beitou, Taipei, Taiwan. He was an actor, known for Who is the Champion? (2018), Gatao (2015) and Lovestore at the Corner (2014). He died on 16 September 2020 in Taipei, Taiwan.