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Vanessa Britting was born on 30 August 1980 in Rockaway, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Without a Trace (2002), The Unit (2006) and Desperate Housewives (2004). She has been married to David Krumholtz since 22 May 2010. They have two children.- Actor
- Producer
- Stunts
Sean Ringgold was born on November 3, 1977 and raised in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York. Before becoming an actor, he spent many years working as a Body Guard for BET's 106 and Park. He is best known for playing Shaun Evans on the popular ABC Soap Opera, One Life to Live. His current projects include Orange Is The New Black, Billions, Shades of Blue, The Breaks, and Marvel's Luke Cage.
In 2009, staring as Marion "Suge" Knight, he made his big screen debut in the Notorious B.I.G. Biopic, Notorious. He has also starred in such films as American Gangster, The Smurfs and Before I Disappear. Sean can be seen in several upcoming projects, including No More Mr. Nice Guy, Wetlands and Roxanne Roxanne.
His television credits include Damages, Gotham, Gossip Girl, and Ugly Betty. Sean was featured in episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Criminal Intent. He has also had roles on the popular shows 30 Rock, Are We There Yet?, Taxi Brooklyn, The Carrie Diaries, NYC 22, Blue Bloods, and 106 & Park.
Alongside his work in television and movies, Sean has also appeared in numerous national advertising campaigns and commercials for brands including Budweiser, Burger King, Dr. Scholl's, Dunkin Donuts, Delta Airlines, Kia, Fiat 500 by Gucci, Nexium, Nike, Tampax, Time Warner Cable and Spike TV.- Jana Taylor was born on 27 July 1943 in Far Rockaway, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Dreamscape (1984), Then Came Bronson (1969) and Get Smart (1965). She was married to Louis Michael Perretta and Michael Robert Sinclair. She died on 27 April 2004 in Venice, California, USA.
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John Rich was born on 6 July 1925 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for All in the Family (1971), The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) and The Twilight Zone (1959). He was married to Patricia Dodds, Andrea L. Rich and Sylvia Lewis. He died on 29 January 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Betty Barry was born on 12 February 1923 in Far Rockaway, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Burke's Law (1963), Bat Masterson (1958) and The Adventures of Nellie Bly (1981). She was married to Gene Barry. She died on 31 January 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Writer
Craig Strong was born on 17 January 1968 in Far Rockaway, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Powerpuff Girls (1998), The Apocalypse (1997) and Detroit 1-8-7 (2010). He was previously married to Tara Strong.- Sue Naegle was born on 2 July 1969 in Rockaway, New Jersey, USA. She is a producer, known for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), She Said (2022) and The Staircase (2022). She was previously married to Dana Gould.
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Under-rated producer and director of the 1960s and 1970s.
In the 1960s he directed episodes of several cult TV shows including one episode of The Twilight Zone.
In the 1970s he got caught up in the disaster movie craze by putting out atleast five disaster films, four for TV and one feature (The Concorde...Airport '79).
Horror At 37,000 Feet (1973) combined a flight disaster with supernatural events and wonderful over-acting from William Shatner.
The Runaway Train (1973) may have looked too studio-bound but solid acting from stars such as Vera Miles and Martin Milner held viewers for the whole film.
Adventures Of The Queen (1975), in this film set on The Queen Mary, Rich directed it while Irwin Allen - "The Master Of Disaster" - produced it. The direction of the whole cast seemed very strong and powerful, mainly of Bradford Dillman as the villain.
SST: Death Flight (1977) saw Rich return to an airplane disaster film and the quality acting from Horror At 37,000 Feet is here as well. Also, Martin Milner from The Runaway Train was in this.
The Concorde...Airport '79 (1979) was Rich's first disaster film for theaters and it failed at the box office. In fact, it not only failed but was actually laughed off the screen by many as it was viewed as being just so bad. It ended the Airport movie series.
However, all the above films, including The Concorde...Airport '79, are fun to watch and, unlike some other films of the disaster genre, were never boring. Rich really had a talent for directing actors and getting the most out of them.- Producer
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- Actor
Jamie Dolan is an independent producer. He co-created Day by Day, a narrative podcast of fictional stories which The Face Magazine calls "The best thing to emerge from quarantine." The show has featured talent such as Academy Award nominee Lucas Hedges, Academy Award nominee David Strathairn, Camila Mendes, Julia Fox, Sydney Sweeney, Lucy Hale and many more.
Jamie's work as a producer has been showcased at prestigious festivals across the world including: TIFF, London Film Festival, Cannes, Fantastic Fest and more. He produced the feature Ladyworld which starred and marked Maya Hawke's debut film, the film went on to have a limited theatrical release in NY, LA and the UK. He also produced the one-take feature Fourplay starring Bryan Greenberg and Tammy Blanchard and the stand-out documentary Fire and Water released by The Orchard.- Actor
- Director
Richard Bey was born on 22 July 1951 in Far Rockaway, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Brüno (2009), Meet Wally Sparks (1997) and Son of a... (2018).- Producer
- Production Manager
- Location Management
Peter Pastorelli was born on 25 October 1975 in Rockaway Beach, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Things Heard & Seen (2021), Vanishing on 7th Street (2010) and Before We Go (2014). He died on 27 October 2019 in Rhinebeck, New York, USA.- A well-respected comedian whose been compared to a tornado on amphetamines. His high-energy comedy act is both outrageous and hysterically original. Born in Far Rockaway, New York, and raised on Long Island, Steven Pearl has been performing stand-up comedy professionally since 1979. He began his stand-up career in such prestigious NYC comedy clubs as "Catch A Rising Star" and "The Improv", moving to San Francisco in 1979. In San Francisco he immersed himself in the comedy scene and was often performing seven nights a week. By 1985, he found himself opening for the then up and coming L.A. based comic Sam Kinison. He eventually discovered a comedian could only go so far in San Francisco and moved on to Los Angeles in 1987.
In L.A. he was quickly made a paid regular at the world-famous Comedy Store on Sunset Strip. In his first days there he suddenly found himself following such legendary comedy acts as Sam Kinison, Richard Pryor and Roseanne Barr. In the highly competitive world of the 1980s L.A. comedy scene, he held his own and continued to grow both as a writer and performer.
In the late 1980s he began appearing on numerous TV shows, including _"An Evening at the Improv" (1982)_ , and Caroline's Comedy Hour (1989). During this same period he began touring extensively clubs, colleges, and festivals all across the U.S. and around the world.
Some of his many credits include writing for and working with such comedic legends as Sam Kinison, Bill Hicks, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams and Rodney Dangerfield.
A true journeyman comic, Steven Pearl continues to push the envelope of both good taste and sanity. When in Los Angeles, he can usually be seen performing his "balls-out" brand of frenetic humor at the Comedy Store and the IceHouse Annex in Pasadena. - Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Philip Estrin was born on 16 August 1947 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Guilty or Innocent (1984), The Plastic Men and PickUp (2018).- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Craig Shemin was born on 19 September 1966 in Rockaway, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Tasty Time with ZeFronk (2008), The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996) and Behind the Scenes in Frogtown Hollow (2005). He has been married to Stephanie D'Abruzzo since 17 September 1995.- Murray Korda was born on 18 August 1928 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Family Matters (1989), The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and Rhoda (1974). He died on 30 September 1998 in Orwell, Vermont, USA.
- Robert Xavier Modica graduated from Adelphi College (now University) in 1957, a speech major. A popular student at Adelphi, he was co-president of his class of 1957 and active in sports; remembered as a football, soccer and lacrosse star. He was also a highly regarded performer in the theater and member of Gold Mask at the the Garden City, NY school.
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- Composer
- Director
M.C. Serch was born on 6 May 1967 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Zebrahead (1992), Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (2005) and Gladiator (1992). He has been married to Chantel Berrin since 1992. They have three children.- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Harvey Flaxman was born on 20 December 1934 in Far Rockaway, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Grizzly (1976), The Night They Robbed Big Bertha's (1975) and Interplay (1970).- Ted Hall was born on 20 October 1925 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, USA. He was married to Joan Hall. He died on 1 November 1999 in Cambridge, England, UK.
- Mary Gordon grew up in Valley Stream, New York, a few towns southeast of Queens. Her early books are about the effects of an orthodox Irish-Catholic background on women and her later novels are about being a woman and an artist. Her 1978 novel, 'Final Payments', made her an overnight success at age 29. She continued her career with 1981's bestseller 'The Company of Women', won the O. Henry award for short fiction in 1996, and received much acclaim for the 1996 memoir 'The Shadow Man', her autobiographical search for the true identity of her father, who was born in Vilna, Lithuania, and whose immigrant family spoke only Yiddish; a Jew who converted to Catholicism in 1937, he died when she was 7 years old. Her mother was Anna Gagliano, a legal secretary, the daughter of Italian and Irish immigrants who never went past the eighth grade. Gordon studied at Barnard and at Syracuse University. Her first husband was an Englishman whom she met while living in London.
- Actor
Ellis was a first-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1962 and was the backup center to Wilt Chamberlin on the 1971-72 NBA championship team. He was a forward/center who played 14 seasons in the NBA and averaged 9.7 points and 8.3 rebounds. A New York City native, he played college basketball at St. John's University where he averaged 23.5 points a game as a senior, when he received the 1962 Haggerty Award as the New York metropolitan area's best collegiate player. The Lakers chose him with the sixth pick of the 1962 draft and he played four seasons in Los Angeles before being traded to Baltimore. He spent four seasons with the Bullets, and became the first starting center for the expansion Portland Trail Blazers in 1970. The next year the Trail Blazers traded him back to the Lakers. He was traded to Philadelphia in 1972 and played there four years. He played in the NBA finals four times, all with the Lakers. After his basketball career ended in 1976, he lived in Los Angeles and worked for a tire company, then moved to Portland and worked in property management until his illness forced him to stop working in 2009.- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Doris Schroeder was born on 7 February 1893 in Far Rockaway, New York, USA. Doris was a writer, known for The Silent Avenger (1927), The Wolf and His Mate (1918) and Her Night of Nights (1922). Doris was married to George D. Green. Doris died on 4 January 1981 in Sacramento, California, USA.- Producer
- Additional Crew
Jerry Frankel was born on 1 August 1930 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for August: Osage County (2013), Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (2001) and Death of a Salesman (2000). He was married to Honu Stern and Sandra Light. He died on 17 November 2018 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Music Department
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- Composer
Roy Bittan was born on 2 July 1949 in Rockaway Beach, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Bonnie Tyler: If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man) (1986), Barbra Streisand: Left in the Dark (1984) and David Bowie: Ashes to Ashes (1980).- Susie Goldis was born on 16 February 1974 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Streetz (2017).
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- Additional Crew
Bernadette R. Giacomazzo is an editor, writer, photographer, publicist, and digital marketing specialist with more than two decades of experience in the entertainment arm of the industry. Her work has been featured in more than 100 digital and print publications, including Teen Vogue, People, The Daily Mail, Us Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Post. Moreover, her work has been cited and quoted in places like AdWeek, BET, Business Insider, Bustle, Buzzfeed, Entrepreneur, EssentiallySports, Fandom, TheGrio, Investopedia, NewsOne, OkayPlayer, The Ringer, Rolling Stone, TMZ, and UPROXX, making her a prominent pop culture commentator in the 21st century.
She served as the news editor of Go! NYC Magazine for nearly a decade, the executive editor of LatinTRENDS Magazine for five years, the eye candy editor of XXL Magazine for two years, and the editor-at-large at iOne/Zona de Sabor for two years.
As a digital marketing specialist, Bernadette is Google Adwords certified, has advanced knowledge of SEO, PPC, link-building, and other digital marketing techniques, and has worked for a variety of clients in the legal, medical, and real estate industries.
As the owner of G Force Marketing & Publicity (formerly Akasha Multimedia) she has worked with the likes of Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and his G-Unit record label, rapper Kool G. Rap, the SopranosCon fan convention, and various photographers, artists, and models.
Bernadette has also worked behind the scenes in the film & television industry; she has served as a music supervisor, the head of unit publicity, and an executive producer.
Based in New York City, Bernadette is the co-author of Swimming with Sharks: A Real World, How-To Guide to Success (and Failure) in the Business of Music (for the 21st Century), and the author of the dystopian fiction series, The Uprising, whose first book, The Gathering, is out now. The second book in The Uprising series, Kings & Queens, will be available soon. Bernadette is also writing two books - In Living Color: A Cultural History and The Golden Girls: A Cultural History - which will be available on Rowman & Littlefield in 2022.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Kerwin Young was born in New York City, and is a concert & media composer, recording producer, educator, multi-musician, and Hip-Hop Cultural Ambassador. Kerwin is a producer-member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted group, Public Enemy. He's written and produced original songs for motion pictures as Green Card, Sister Act 2, and He Got Game; and for television series as Euphoria, and the Midnight Club. Composer credits for film and television include Shame of Chicago, After College, Cut Me a New Path, and New York Undercover. As a concert composer, Young has composed nine symphonies, several orchestral fantasies, arias, ballet suites, chamber, wind band, and jazz big-band works; with commissions from Opera Memphis, the Chautauqua Opera Company, Tesla Quartet, the Albany (NY) Symphony, the DC Youth Orchestra, and many others.
Kerwin Young earned a B.M. and M.M. in music composition at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, where he studied with Chen Yi, Zhou Long, and Jazz Messenger legend, Bobby Watson.- Rapper Bynoe was born and raised in Far Rockaway, Queens (New York) Over the corse of the past two decades, He's faced seemingly insurmountable adversity and overcome debilitating events to stand as a solo artist to be reckoned with; he's seasoned and has a level of both style and authenticity that many artists today's market are sorely lacking. Influenced by artists such as Mobb Deep, Bob Marley, CNN, 50 Cent, Maroon 5, Biggie, Nas, and Mary J Blige - and of course surrounded by the aura of the hip-hop Mecca - rapping was second nature to Bynoe. His introduction to the world was alongside C LOE and Marty as 1/3 of the ill-fated group The Predators; It wasn't until he joined Staring 5 (S5) a few years later, though, that he ultimately found success in the game. The group, which also included [in its final iteration] Stack Bundles, Cau2g$, and Chinx went on to work with superstars like Kanye West, Jim Jones,
Maino, Lil' Wayne, Tony Yayo, French Montana, and Mobb Deep. This was due in part to the doors opened to the foursome as a result of Stack's affiliation with DJ Clue's Desert Storm imprint.
The group's collective success was cut short, however, when Stack Bundles was fatally shot outside of his apartment in Far Rockaway. The years that followed saw Bynoe endure not only a three-year jail sentence but - eight years after the death of Stacks - Chinx was killed in a drive-by shooting following a performance in Queens.
Today Bynoe stands tall [literally] as a man, and artist -- he's both a living breathing tribute to his fallen friends and a leader. "I'm working harder than ever," he notes when discussing his current work ethic. To date, he's released two full-length projects, Luke 11:23, and the more recent Still Riot On Everything, which features guests such as Oun-P and Prodigy. It also features the single "End Of Day," featuring the late Chinx.
With a catalogue that features superstars, an ungodly work ethic, and voice that is undeniable NYC hip-hop, Bynoe is cleared for takeoff. - Raymond Odierno was born on 8 September 1954 in Rockaway Township, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Linda Burkarth. He died on 8 October 2021 in the USA.
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Richard Lederer was the co-producer for Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) and vice president of world wide advertising and publicity at Warner Bros. studios for fifteen years. He established a reputation as one of the most versatile and imaginative executives in the film industry.
Campaigns for such major releases as My Fair Lady, Bonnie and Clyde, Summer of '42, Dirty Harry and The Exorcist (1973) were under Lederer's guidance. Exorcist II: The Heretic is Lederer's first film as a solo producer. He returned to produce _Hollywood Nights, The (1980)_. He later worked as a successful financier of Warner Bros, before his death in 2007.- Gil Clancy was born on 30 May 1922 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Nancy. He died on 31 March 2011 in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York, USA.
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- Soundtrack
John Rich was born in 1925 in Rockaway Beach, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Security Risk (1954), The Golden Blade (1953) and I cavalieri della regina (1954). He died on 29 January 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Marc Spitz was born on 2 October 1969 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for How Soon Is Never? and WTF with Marc Maron (2009). He died on 4 February 2017 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Brian Winters was born on 1 March 1952 in Rockaway, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Headphones (2011), 1978 NBA All-Star Game (1978) and 1976 NBA All-Star Game (1976).
- Raymond Smullyan was born on 25 May 1919 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 6 February 2017 in Hudson, New York, USA.
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- Production Manager
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Richard M. Rosenbloom was born on 30 June 1923 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Cagney & Lacey (1981), Sinatra (1992) and 240-Robert (1979). He was married to Jean Simon. He died on 28 March 2015 in Palo Alto, California, USA.- Visual Effects
- Art Department
- Animation Department
James Montalbano was born on 1 August 1983 in Rockaway Beach, New York, USA. He is known for Surrogates (2009), Speed Racer (2008) and 300 (2006).- James F. Ramano was born on 12 April 1947 in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Diana Craig Patch. He died on 16 August 2003 in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York, USA.