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Joseph Wiseman was born on May 15, 1918 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He came to Broadway in the 1930s, where he was critically hailed for performances in Shakespeare's "King Lear", Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy" and Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya". Motion pictures in which Wiseman has been seen include Detective Story (1951), starring Kirk Douglas, Viva Zapata! (1952) with Marlon Brando, The Garment Jungle (1957), The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), The Valachi Papers (1972) and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) which brought him back to his native Canada for a co-starring role with Richard Dreyfuss.- Joan Orenstein was one of the most accomplished actors on the Canadian stage. Born in England, she emigrated to Canada in the 1940s. She began acting late in life, in her forties, and rose to prominence as a dynamic and brave performer. She played on most of the major stages in Canada, often at Neptune Theatre in Halifax (Forever Yours, Marie-Lou, Memories of You) and Montreal's Centaur Theatre (Juno and the Paycock, People Are Living There, Stone Angel, Road to Mecca, Albertine, en cinq temps , and La Sagouine). She also appeared at the National Arts Centre (Waiting for the Parade , Mother Courage, Ghosts), Belfry Theatre (The Magnificent Voyage of Emily Carr, If We Are Women), Manitoba Theatre Centre ('Night Mother), Canadian Stage ( Odd Jobs ), Theatre Calgary ( Transit of Venus ), Tarragon Theatre (Mrs. Klein), and the Shaw Festival (Mrs. Warren's Profession, Hedda Gabler). Her fiery stage performances were enthralling.
Her screen work was irregular but luminous. She made her feature debut in Henry & Verlin (1994) and won acclaim for her performance in The Hanging Garden (1997) which garnered her a Genie nomination and an Atlantic Film Festival Award. She won the Atlantic Film Festival Award again for her cameo performance as mother to Parker Posey in The Event (2003).
Early in her career Orenstein became blind in one eye. She retrained herself so that her partial blindness was unnoticed by audiences. In 2006 she became fully blind which frustrated her acting career. Orenstein was always known as a passionate and dedicated artist. Anyone who worked with Joan Orenstein will remember her wry and sophisticated sense of humor, an intimidating ferocity, and an ability to elevate the work of her collaborators.
She was married to Henry Orenstein, an artist and CBC production designer. Their children include stage actor Sarah Orenstein, dancer Cia Tweel, and designer Edie Orenstein. - Director
- Producer
- Additional Crew
John Sheppard was born on 24 June 1940 in London, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for It Was 20 Years Ago Today (1987), Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964) and Screenplay (1979). He was married to Olga Sheppard. He died on 19 October 2009 in Clapham, London, England, UK.- Brian Hogg was born in 1949 in Brampton, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Catherine Cookson's Tilly Trotter (1999), Eden Valley (1995) and Spender (1991). He was married to Angie Oxberry. He died on 19 October 2009 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK.
- Writer
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Alberto Testa was born on 11 April 1927 in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a writer and composer, known for Game Night (2018), Superman Returns (2006) and After Hours (1985). He died on 19 October 2009 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Born in 1940 in Sétif, after an internship at Yugoslav Television in Belgrade, then Idhec in Paris for eight months, he joined the FLN audiovisual group in Tunis where he found Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina in particular. From 1963 to 1966, he studied at the National School of Cinema, Theater and Television in Lodz, Poland. Back in Algiers, he distinguished himself that year with Elles, a powerful documentary portrait that gives a voice to first and final year high school girls about their difficulties and their expectations. In 1996, Ahmed Lallem found four of them. Algerian Women 30 Years Later confronts yesterday's aspirations and hopes with today's disappointments.
Between these two films and in addition to about fifteen subjects between reportage and documentary, he signs in particular Forbidden Zone (Al-Faiza, 1974) and Barriers (Al-Hawajiz, 1977). The first observes the ferment of the revolt and the appearance of the first nationalist militants in an Algerian village on the eve of the war of independence, while, at the time of the extinction of large landed property and under the pressure social movements, the second describes the disintegration of the family of the feudal Hadj Mokhtar.
In his Dictionary of new Arab cinemas (Sindbad, 1978), Claude Michel Cluny describes him as "the most intellectual undoubtedly in Algeria in his approach, but also the most original, the most inventive, technically and plastically of his generation".
Anxious to remain an assiduous and lucid witness to the upheavals of Algeria, he shot many images, including those of a beautiful and combative Nabila Djahnine in Tizi Ouzou, in Letter to my sister by Habiba Djahnine. From this period, Jeunes d'Alger enété (1993) strives to capture the words of young people from working-class neighborhoods on their daily lives, their concerns, their representations of marriage and women. Based on archival and newsreel images, Kabylie, pays des Amazighs (1999) paints in its own way a portrait of the Amazigh (Berber) cultural claim in Algeria. A keen observer of the changes of his time, Ahmed Lallem will sign China Yellow, China Blue in 1997, a vast fresco rich in exceptional unpublished archival documents on China, from Empress Ts'eu-hi to Deng Xiaoping.
Ironic and caustic, a discreet worker, the artist died at the age of 69. For its remarkable intuition and its documentary qualities, the strength of its immersion and the clear and sure speech of its interviewees, for having been only rarely shown and, to our knowledge, never broadcast on the small screen, Elles by Ahmed Lallem Should be prescribed by prescription on TV and to all students.
In the mid-1990s, under pressure from the Islamists, the filmmaker left Algeria for France where he tried to continue making films. A time established in Paris, heart-sick since that time, he then retired to Tours. Ahmed Lallem died on October 19, 2009 at Tours hospital.- Production Designer
- Set Decorator
- Art Department
Woody Crocker was born on 9 June 1941 in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. He was a production designer and set decorator, known for Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988), Northern Exposure (1990) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996). He died on 19 October 2009 in Salem, Oregon, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Director
Harri Sipilä was born on 17 November 1964 in Rovaniemi, Finland. Harri was a cinematographer and director, known for Dancer in the Dark (2000), Spy Games (1999) and Blackout (2008). Harri died on 19 October 2009 in Porvoo, Finland.- Additional Crew
- Writer
Kirill Laskari was born on 17 July 1936 in Leningrad, USSR. He was a writer, known for Fuflo (1990), Budte moim muzhem (1981) and V starykh ritmakh (1982). He was married to Nina Urgant and Irina Maguto. He died on 19 October 2009 in St. Petersburg, Russia.- Producer
Earl Berman was born on 7 July 1929 in Long Island, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Brainscan (1994). He was married to Sharon MacDuffee. He died on 19 October 2009 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Kirill Glazunov was born on 25 November 1923. He was an actor, known for Sobaka Baskerviley (1971), Boris Godunov. Stseny iz tragedii (1970) and Chelovek so storony (1973). He died on 19 October 2009 in Moscow, Russia.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Sound Department
- Visual Effects
William Louthe was born on 27 June 1957 in Dublin, Ireland. He is known for I Am Legend (2007), The Adjustment Bureau (2011) and Fallen (1998). He was married to Jodie. He died on 19 October 2009 in New York, USA.- Aleksey Korkishchenko was born on 30 March 1926 in Yeremeyev, Azovskiy rayon, Rostovskaya oblast, USSR. Aleksey was a writer, known for Rosa (1975). Aleksey died on 19 October 2009.