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Jeff Wright was born on 2 February 1960. He was an actor and writer, known for The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994). He died on 20 July 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Saskia Cohen Tanugi was born in 1959 in Tunis, Tunisia. She was an actress and writer, known for Never Say Never Again (1983), Le faucon (1983) and Le maître des éléphants (1995). She died on 20 July 2020 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Actor
- Writer
Robert Martin was the original editor of "Fangoria", the magazine of horror and exploitation film. Martin steered the publication from 1979 to 1986 -- the slasher-film boom years. Martin's so-called "acting" was a by-product of his career as a journalist, and included a prominent role as a wheelchair-bound geek in "Madhouse", the first video made by the band Anthrax (who were Fangoria readers), directed by Amos Poe. A collaborative relationship with writer-director Frank Henenlotter resulted in two produced screenplays, with Martin writing initial drafts from Henenlotter's detailed outlines. In 1994, Martin, under the name "Ed Flixman" became editor of "Sci-Fi Entertainment", the "Official Magazine" of the Sci-Fi Channel, and continued in that capacity through October of 1996. His column of film news continued to run in that magazine, until an argument with the editor regarding remarks in his column that the new editor feared might incur the wrath of the Sci-Fi Channel. In December of 1996, Martin relocated from his native New York to Los Angeles, where he mostly worked as an Internet techie, but also wrote press materials for a few films, most notably "The People vs. Larry Flynt," in which his description of Flynt as "the last champion of the sexual revolution" stirred the wrath of Gloria Steinem, generating considerable press for the film. (In Martin's original, the phrase had been "the last champion of a failed sexual revolution.") As of January, 2006, he is working as a blackjack dealer in Las Vegas.- Roy Den Hollander was born on 26 September 1947 in the USA. He died on 20 July 2020 in New York, USA.
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- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bijay Mohanty was born in 1940 in Pandiri, Orrisa, India. He was an actor and director, known for Arati (1981), Jaga Hatare Pagha (1985) and Mo Bhai Jaga (1995). He was married to Tandra Roy. He died on 20 July 2020 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
- Actress
Born in Masterson on New Zealand's North Island in 1952, young Rosslyn led a nomadic life, the family following her bank manager father to branches nationwide before settling in Taupo in 1975. She began her film career as a typist for the Auckland based exhibition outfit Amalgamated Theatres prior to decamping to the the U.K. where she found office work in the film production community.
Her antipodean ties gave her the edge when director Mike Newell was crewing his New Zealand production Bad Blood (1981), an account of the manhunt for farmer-turned-murderer Stanley Graham. Abernethy returned from England to act as production secretary, a role for which she earned a credit on such productions as Buddies; The Return of Captain Invincible; and, BMX Bandits.
The all-encompassing role provided training for the position of production co-ordinator, to which Abernethy progressed on the films The Coolangatta Gold; Cassandra; and, Slate, Wyn & Me.
It would be as the industry's pre-eminent production manager that Rosslyn Abernethy earned her reputation as one of Australia's most in-demand professionals. From her debut in the role in 1985 on Best Enemies, she would work steadily on productions like the mini-series Sword of Honour (1986); Howling III; the hit TV series Police Rescue (1989); the Kylie Minogue vehicle, The Delinquents; Traps; the international shoot Street Fighter with Jean Claude van Damme; The Real Macaw; the Hugh Jackman hit, Paperback Hero; and, the global hit TV series, The Sleepover Club (2003).
During this period, Abernethy adapted her organisational skills and legendary rapport with crew to oversee the art department of Fortress, starring Christopher Lambert. The Queensland shoot was a massive undertaking, an experience that prepared her for working with producer James Cameron on the cave-diving adventure Sanctum (2011) as production manager. On the 2017 thriller Out of the Shadows, Abernethy expanded her production manager role into that of line producer, a function she also undertook on the war drama, Escape and Evasion (2019). Her final production manager credit was on the thriller The Second, starring Rachael Blake, Susie Porter and Vince Colosimo.- Nikolay Kharitonov was born on 17 December 1948 in Leningrad, USSR, [now Saint Petersburg, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Noch greshnikov (1991), Streets of Broken Lights (1998) and Avstriyskoe pole (1991). He died on 20 July 2020.
- Ahmad Pourmokhber was an actor, known for Children of Heaven (1997), Sweet Life (2009) and Afsane Gol Abad (2017). He died on 20 July 2020 in Iran.
- Jochen Breiter was born on 16 March 1936. He was a writer, known for Das fiel uns auf (1973), Sie und er im Kreuzverhör (1971) and Terra X - Rätsel alter Weltkulturen (1982). He was married to Almut Breiter and Brigitte Breiter. He died on 20 July 2020 in Pulheim, Rhein-Erftkreis, Germany.
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- Director
- Writer
Robert Uth was born on 12 September 1949 in the USA. He was a producer and director, known for Korean War Stories (2001), Hallowed Grounds (2009) and Tesla: Master of Lightning (2000). He died on 20 July 2020 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.- Aleksandr Belyaev was born on 5 January 1949 in Moscow, USSR. He was an actor, known for Aziris nuna (2006), Shkola zlosloviya (2002) and Evening Urgant (2012). He died on 20 July 2020 in Russia.
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Aleksandr Bogolyubov was born on 29 December 1934. He was a director and assistant director, known for Batalyony prosyat ognya (1985), Brief Encounters (1967) and The Wizard of Oz (1974). He died on 20 July 2020 in Russia.- Darryl Macdonald was born on 16 November 1949 in the USA. He was a producer, known for About Us (2003) and Twenty-Five Palms (2015). He died on 20 July 2020 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
- Doug Rogers was married to Jane Marrian Hughes. He died on 20 July 2020 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Producer
- Writer
Michael Brooks was a producer and writer, known for The Michael Brooks Show (2017) and Secular Talk (2008). He died on 20 July 2020.- Mickey McGee was born on 25 October 1947 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He died on 20 July 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
- Josie Dapar was born on 10 May 1937. She was an actress, known for Volcano (1997), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Stone Cold (1991). She died on 20 July 2020.