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- Producer
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- Director
Canadian producer and director Ivan Reitman created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and worked with Hollywood's acting elite. Reitman produced such hits as the ground-breaking sensation National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), which introduced John Belushi to American filmgoers, and the family features Beethoven (1992) and Beethoven's 2nd (1993). His directing credits include Meatballs (1979), Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), films starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis; Dave (1993), which starred Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver, Junior (1994) which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito and Emma Thompson. Reitman also produced the HBO telefilm The Late Shift (1996), based on Bill Carter's non-fiction book about the late-night television wars which received seven Emmy nominations. Other producing endeavors include Commandments (1997), starring Aidan Quinn and Courteney Cox, Private Parts (1997), starring Howard Stern, as well as the animation/live action film Space Jam (1996), starring Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes characters. With Twins (1988), Reitman created an entirely new comedic persona for action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger -- and forged a personal and professional relationship that continued with Kindergarten Cop (1990) and Junior (1994). Acclaimed dramatic actors such as Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Sigourney Weaver, and Emma Thompson also revealed untapped comic talents under Reitman's direction. In 1984, Reitman was honored as Director of the Year by the National Association of Theater Owners and the next year received a Special Achievement Award at the Canadian Genie awards. In 1979 and again in 1989, for the films National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and Twins (1988), Reitman was honored with the People's Choice Award. In November of 1994, Reitman became the third director honored by Variety magazine in a special Billion Dollar Director issue.
Reitman was born in Czechoslovakia, to Jewish Holocaust survivors, and left with his family for Canada at the age of four. He attended Canada's McMaster University, where he produced and directed several television shorts. He followed with a live television show, Greed: The Series (1999), with Dan Aykroyd as its announcer. "Spellbound," which Reitman produced for the live stage, evolved into the Broadway hit "The Magic Show," starring Doug Henning. He continued producing for the stage with the Off-Broadway hit "The National Lampoon Show," and returned to Broadway to produce and direct the musical "Merlin," earning a Tony nomination for directing. Reitman headed The Montecito Picture Company, a film and television production company, with partner Tom Pollock. His television credits included the Emmy-nominated children's show The Real Ghostbusters (1986) and the Saturday morning animated series Beethoven (1994) for CBS. His last directing credited was Draft Day (2014), before his death in February 2022 in Montecito, California.- Producer
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- Actress
Beryl Vertue initially worked as secretary to Alan Simpson, although when Alan Simpson and his writing partner Ray Galton joined Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes to form Associated London Scripts, Vertue moved to the new co-operative. She eventually, and almost accidentally, became an agent with ALS, responsible not only for finding work for members of the co-operative and negotiating their fees, but also selling formats of British TV successes abroad. "Sanford and Son", based on "Steptoe and Son" was one of her placements. When Robert Stigwood bought out the majority of the ALS business, Vertue became MD of the new company. She founded Hartswood Films when the Stigwood organisation decided to divest itself of its TV interests.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Zinaida Kirienko was born on 9 July 1933 in Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Republic of Dagestan, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Quiet Flows the Don (1957), Kazaki (1961) and Tikhiy Don II (1958). She was married to Valery Alekseevich Tarasevsky. She died on 12 February 2022 in Moscow, Russia.- Koryy3x was born on 25 November 2008. He was an actor, known for Koryy3x: Heat (2020) and Koryy3x feat. BMO Lil B, BMO Curtman, BMO Lil Scooby & BMO Kris: Like Nip (2021). He died on 12 February 2022 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Composer, conductor, noted percussionist and teacher, educated at Columbia University (Bachelor/Master of Arts, Seidl Fellowship), and a student of Otto Luening, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Jack Beeson and Henry Cowell, and also with Boris Orr at Cambridge University in England. He organized and directed the Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, and he was timpani soloist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and on the faculty of USC as well as a member of the International Society of Contemporary Music and, since 1962, a member of ASCAP.- Mary Ann Thebus was born on 29 March 1932 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was an actress, known for Rudy (1993), Rent-a-Cop (1987) and My Life (1993). She was married to William Thebus. She died on 12 February 2022 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Cemil Özbayer was born in 1955 in Ankara, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Milat (2015), Berlin Kaplani (2012) and Köpek (2005). He died on 12 February 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Animation Department
- Director
- Writer
Manabu Ôhashi was born on 17 January 1949 in Tochigi, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Metropolis (2001), Venus Wars (1989) and Space Adventure Cobra (1982). He died on 12 February 2022 in Japan.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
- Cinematographer
Richmond L. Aguilar was born on 27 June 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Ghostbusters (1984), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) and Multiplicity (1996). He died on 12 February 2022 in Mendocino, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Jit Murad was born in 1960 in Malaysia. He was an actor and writer, known for Spilt Gravy on Rice (2015), Selubung (1992) and Beyond Rangoon (1995). He died on 12 February 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.- Art Department
- Additional Crew
Carmen Herrera was born on 31 May 1915 in Havana, Cuba. She is known for Upgraded (2024), Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (1967) and Carmen Herrera: 5 Degrees of Freedom (2005). She was married to Jesse Lowenthal. She died on 12 February 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Jagoda Murczynska was born in 1982. She was an actress, known for Perseids (2016). She died on 12 February 2022.
- Actor
- Director
Miguel Vicens was born on 21 June 1943 in O Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for Amor y simpatía (1969), Los chicos con las chicas (1967) and Dame un poco de amooor...! (1968). He died on 12 February 2022 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.- Justin Falls was born on 17 December 1993 in Houston, Texas, USA. He died on 12 February 2022 in Texas, USA.
- Calvin Jones died on 12 February 2022 in the USA.
- Aurelio de la Vega was born on 28 November 1925 in Havana, Cuba. He was married to Anne-Marie Ketchum de la Vega and Sara Lequerica. He died on 12 February 2022 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Gundi Scharpf was married to Heinz Scharpf. She died on 12 February 2022 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.