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Born in 1931, Bruno Mattei grew up in Rome, Italy, where his father owned a small film editing studio. At age 20 Bruno started working odd jobs at his father's company as his assistant, then went on to other small spots. He wanted to follow in his father's footsteps as a film editor, and soon found himself working as an editor for a number of directors, including Roberto Bianchi Montero and Nick Nostro. Mattei claimed to have edited over 100 films in the 1960s and early 1970s. After working with famed Spanish director Jess Franco, Mattei made his debut as a director with the drama Armida, il dramma di una sposa (1970) under the alias "Jordon B. Matthews". He eventually had more pseudonyms than any working director in the world. He returned to editing before making another comeback in 1976 with two low-budget Nazi exploitation films, Women's Camp 119 (1977) (aka "Women's Camp 119") and Casa privata per le SS (1977) (aka "SS Girls"). Mattei followed these taboo-breaking films with excursions into porno films and mondo "shockumentaries", all directed under his many pseudonyms, concentrating on "shock value" with films such as Mondo erotico (1973), "Libiodomania" and "Libidomania 2". Always on the lookout for new exploitation avenues, Mattei followed with "nunsploitation", with the softcore sex film The True Story of the Nun of Monza (1980) and the violent sex thriller The Other Hell (1981). Both films involved a partnership with writer/director Claudio Fragasso, who helped him write and direct the back-to-back productions. Using yet another alias, "Vincent Dawn", Mattei directed Hell of the Living Dead (1980) (aka "Night of the Zombies"), a low-budged zombie picture inspired by other zombie cannibal movies such as Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Lucio Fulci's Zombie (1979). "Virus" was filmed in Spain and used jungle footage from New Guinea and a patch soundtrack from Goblins "Dawn of the Dead" soundtrack, which was a minor hit in Italy and abroad. After directing two women's prison films starring Laura Gemser, Mattei moved to directing sword-and-sorcery flicks, starting with The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983). Both Mattei and Fragasso collaborated on the sci-fi/horror flick Rats: Night of Terror (1984), inspired by the futuristic movies of the early 1980s. Mattei considers this his best work, despite his still having to work with a very low budget. He worked relentlessly through the 1980s, directing a pair of "spaghetti westerns", some action flicks and about half of Zombie 3 (1988) after Lucio Fulci was taken off the production, though Mattei was not credited with it. In the early 1990s Mattei directed a series of erotic thrillers and a made-for-TV movie, Cruel Jaws (1995), which was inspired by Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975). Mattei continued making films, with more than 50 to his credit by the 200s. In early 2007 his health began to decline rapidly after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Despite his doctor's warnings, he went through with a surgical operation to have the tumor removed in May of that year. After the surgery he fell into a coma from complications, and died a few days later on May 21, 2007 at age 75. Though some people consider his films to be cheap, insipid and technically inept due in large part to their low budgets and poor production values, Bruno Mattei remains an influential cult film director around the world for his radical film making and willingness to direct pretty much anything with a taboo-breaking topic.- Camera and Electrical Department
Maurice Oldham was born on 30 December 1958 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. He is known for Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) and A Guy Walks Into a Bar (1997). He was married to Kimberly Elise. He died on 21 May 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
Diana Mack was born on 20 July 1914 in New York, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Alexander Hunter and Bob Woodward. She died on 21 May 2007 in Riverside, California, USA.- Editor
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Bud Molin was born on 26 May 1925 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an editor, known for The Man with Two Brains (1983), The Jerk (1979) and I Spy (1965). He was married to Nita Molin. He died on 21 May 2007 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.- Director
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Julian Dziedzina was born on 21 October 1930 in Lesko, Podkarpackie, Poland. He was a director and writer, known for The Dead Cast a Shadow (1979), Koniec nocy (1957) and Rachunek sumienia (1964). He died on 21 May 2007 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.- Mel Casson was born on 25 July 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 21 May 2007 in Westport, Connecticut, USA.
- Dara Vukotic-Plaovic was born on 22 August 1919 in Kraljevo, Serbia, Yugoslavia [now Serbia]. She was an actress, known for Something in Between (1982), Cetiri kilometra na sat (1958) and Zuta (1973). She died on 21 May 2007 in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Surfer and lifeguard John Gordon Goodwin was born on August 24, 1942 in California. Goodwin grew up in Manhattan Beach, California and graduated from Mira Costa High School in 1960. John spent one year at the University of Arizona before returning to the South Bay in California and switching to El Camino College, where he swam and played water polo. Goodwin went on to attend California State University in Long Beach and earned a teaching credential from UCLA. Moreover, John not only worked as a Los Angeles County Lifeguard for forty years, but also worked at the annual surf festival held in Hermosa Beach, California and spent fifteen summers as a Junior Guard instructor. He first met his future wife Darlene on the ski slopes of Sun Valley and proposed to her two days after making her acquaintance. Goodwin and Darlene got married in matching ski suits in Averell's restaurant on the mountain a year after they met.
In addition, John also made clay works of art with his potter's wheel and was the owner of the Goodwin Stoneware store on Aviation Boulevard in the 1970's and 1980's as well as taught ceramics for both the South Bay Adult School and Palos Verdes Art Center. As a surfer, Goodwin surfed for the Hab Jacobs surf team from 1963 to 1965, was photographed for both books and surfing documentaries, and continued to surf his all of his life up and down the West Coast as well as at such far-flung places as Fiji, Hawaii, and Australia. Outside of surfing, John also enjoyed playing tennis and bicycle riding. Goodwin died at age 64 after suffering a massive stroke on May 21, 2007. He was survived by his wife Darlene and daughter Ann McNee. - Animation Department
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Caren Scarpulla was born on 9 December 1955 in the USA. She is known for Home on the Range (2004), Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) and No Secrets (1991). She was married to Gary Terry. She died on 21 May 2007 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.- Viktor Gvozditsky was born on 30 September 1952 in Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Zakat (1990), Letnie lyudi (1995) and Igra v shindai (2007). He died on 21 May 2007 in Moscow, Russia.