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A. Veerappan was born on 1 August 1933 in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a producer and director, known for Zameen Aasmaan (1972), Paisa Ya Pyar (1969) and Raja Enga Raja (1995).- Additional Crew
A.C. Zoulis was born on 1 August 1901 in Ohio, USA. He died on 13 July 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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AJ Donnelly is a British actor and voice artist. Born in Bedford, England, AJ has worked in professional TV, film, theatre productions and commercials for more than a decade. In 2021, he was chosen by directors Zhang Yimou and Zhang Mo to play southern US Army officer Captain Williams in the movie 'Ju Ji Shou' (Snipers), which was released in Chinese cinemas on February 1st 2022. Most recently, he has worked with directors Chen Kaige (The Great War) and Li Jun (The Silicon Waves), meaning he has now worked with the three highest acclaimed directors in China.
While commonly seen in dramatic roles, AJ's passion is for comedy. He performed for the first time at the age of 7, and appeared in multiple productions throughout his childhood, both at school and with various drama clubs, continuing into early adulthood when he joined local amateur theatre group the Bedford Marionettes, where he developed his skills in physical comedy.
Having been involved in theatre throughout his entire childhood and teen years, in 1999 AJ took a break from acting, returning to the stage in 2011 with amateur theatre group Beijing Playhouse's production of the comedy 'Love, Sex and the IRS', playing the lead role of Leslie Arthur, and then in the Christmas panto 'Cinderella', playing Cinderella's father, The Baron. After spending several years focusing on theatre in Beijing, in 2013 he landed a small role in the Chinese TV drama 'Rong Hong', which reignited his interest in on-camera acting.
AJ Donnelly returned to the stage in 2016 and 2017, as the first foreigner to star in a Chinese play at the Beijing Capital Theatre, playing Mr. Sattel in the drama 'Paifang', directed by Yang Lixin. Some of his many film and TV roles over the past few years include 'Stride Across the Yalu River' (2020), 'The 13 Hongs of Canton' (2021) and 'Sea of Stars' (2022).
Aside from acting, AJ also works as a voice artist, providing voice work for educational institutes in China, the UK and Singapore and doing movie narration and dubbing in Chinese productions such as The 800, The Foreigner, Defiance, Chasing the Dragon and Karl Marx.- Aamir Dalvi was born on 1 August 1975. He is an actor, known for Aladdin - Naam Toh Suna Hoga (2018), Kennedy (2023) and Nyay (1999).
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Abbas is an Egyptian bilingual professional script writer, fluent both in written and spoken Arabic and English. Abbas was born and raised in Egypt where he grew up in an artistic environment. His late father was a sculpture and painter and his late mother is an acclaimed high fashion designer in the Arab world.
He graduated with a BA in Banking. Abbas is very well traveled, and he is very familiar with the western culture and has also lived for several years in California. During his early twenties, he won several titles of Junior and National HW bodybuilding Mr. Egypt. Having always a passion for all forms of art, he produced interior design work and has recently created Fugoura, a line of trendy fusion ladies wear. Abbas started writing a weekly political article in "Altahrir", one of Egypt's newest and trendiest newspaper. He completed a degree in film at NYU School of Continued Education in 1999, studied a Screenwriters Mastering and Acting techniques for Writers and Directors, as well as Camera in action and Directing.- Ace Lundon was born on 1 August 1936 in Unknown. He was an actor, known for Best Day Ever (2014). He died on 24 October 2016 in Bullhead City, Arizona, USA.
- Ada Voytsik was born on 1 August 1905 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Sorok pervyy (1927), The Day the Earth Froze (1959) and Anna (1936). She died on 2 September 1982 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
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Adam Duritz is an innovative lyricist and piano player who brings the same soul to his friends and lifestyle as he does to the beautiful lyrics and music that he performs. Duritz joined and performed in the Bay area band "The Himalayans" until 1991 at which time he left to form Counting Crows. Before he left, however, material was recorded which eventually lead to the release of the 2002 album "She likes the Weather". The album has a track called "round here" which was eventually re-recorded on the Counting Crows album "August and Everything After". During this period in his life he was also involved in the San Francisco based band 'Sordid Humour'. After the Himalayans lost Duritz and the Counting Crows were formed, Duritz's new band gained a huge following and the release of their acclaimed 1993 album was a huge success. The band toured extensively before heading into the studio again for the 1996 album "recovering the satelites". The album was a worthy follow up and it bookmarked the bands place in the music industry. The album was followed by 1998's 'This Desert Life' and 2002's 'Hard Candy'. The two albums house such hits as 'Hangin' around', 'American Girls' respectively. After a long season of touring, the band put together the greatest hits album "Films about ghosts" which not only had Crows material but also housed the new track "She Don't Want Nobody Near" and a Grateful Dead cover song. The album was released in 2003 and it saw even more success for the band with songs playing on shows such as the WB's One Tree Hill (2003).
He also tried his hand at film production with the Vince Vaughn-Ashley Judd film The Locusts (1997).- Actor
Adam Jones was born on 1 August 1985 in San Diego, California, USA. He is an actor, known for On Deck, Sunday Night Baseball (1990) and Uncle Grandpa (2010).- Born August, 1st 2000 in Riverside California. Known for her role in "The Righteous Gemstones" (2019) as Mary Gemstone. Adara grew up in California as "Adara Ariana Huntington", she has done lessons in singing. she is also the eldest of 3 siblings. she is a triplet. she has done Equestrian sports in high school.
- Adina Popescu is a Romanian film and theater actress.She was born on August 1, 1947 in Bucharest, Romania. She graduated from Institute of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1969.In 1972, she plays first role in the movie Dragostea începe vineri.Other notable roles in films :Pentru patrie (1978) ),Nea Marin Miliardar (1979),Alo, aterizeaza strabunica! (1981) .Play on the stage of the theater ''Teatrul de Comedie ''from Bucharest.
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Adrian Dunbar was born on 1 August 1958 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Crying Game (1992), Line of Duty (2012) and Hear My Song (1991). He has been married to Anna Nygh since 1986. They have one child.- Additional Crew
Adrian Wyatt was born on 1 August 1936 in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, UK. Adrian is known for The Secret of Eel Island (2004) and Morse's Oxford (1993). Adrian died on 20 December 2021 in Witney, Oxfordshire, England, UK.- Adriano Sofri was born on 1 August 1942 in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Lo sguardo di Ofelia (2006) and Il giudice e lo storico: il caso Sofri (2001).
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Aerts Nathalie was born on 1 August 1991 in Belgium. She is a costume designer, known for Szvo (2015).- Art Department
Afzal Khan was born on 1 August 1998 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Afzal is known for An Action Hero (2022), Deva (2024) and Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar (2023).- Aidan Devine was born on 1 August 1968 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Outlander (2008), Suicide Squad (2016) and A History of Violence (2005).
- Aitor Merino Martínez was born on 1 August 1995 in Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain. He is a composer, known for Aprendan (2017) and Para Max (2015).
- Dr. Ajay Prakash is an Indian researcher, academic, and clinician widely recognized for his significant contributions to the fields of oral and maxillofacial pathology, cancer epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, molecular biology, DNA profiling, and immunology. Born in Vijayawada, India, his early life was shaped by his father, P.S. Rama Murthy, a government police officer, and his mother, P.S. Uma Rani, a homemaker married to Dr. Sushma Bushan, a dentist and nutritionist. Dr. Ajay Prakash conducted groundbreaking research under the guidance of Professor Anjali A. Karande at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India. His research focused on P53 expression in head and neck cancer, with a particular emphasis on biochemistry. Additionally, he explored DNA fingerprinting in human dental pulp under the supervision of Dr. GV Rao at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD). This involved utilizing techniques such as PCR and SSCP, investigating amelogenin gene expressions, and exploring HLA DQ a gene expressions with applications in molecular biology.
- Akinori Aoto was born on 1 August 1979 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Love Exposure (2008), Nagi's Long Vacation (2019) and Aibou: Tokyo Detective Duo (2000).
- Akira Tatematsu was born on 1 August 1913 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Koi no ukishima (1935), Shinshû tenmakyô (1958) and Prince of Space: Spaceship of Fear (1959).
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Ako Salemi was born on 1 August 1981 in Iran. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Shadegan (2020), Kulturplatz (2004) and Iran #NoFilter (2017).- Alakina Mann was born on 1 August 1990 in Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Others (2001), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) and Fungus the Bogeyman (2004).
- Alan Moore was born on 1 August 1914 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was married to Alison and Maria. He died on 24 September 2015 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
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Albert J. Nader was born on 1 August 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer, known for It's a Miracle (1998), Touring Civil War Battlefields (1992) and The Last Hours of Jesus (2016). He died on 22 December 2016 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Music Department
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Albert M. Newman was born on 1 August 1900 in San Francisco, California, USA. Albert M. is known for Call of the South Seas (1944), Earl Carroll Vanities (1945) and Atlantic City (1944). Albert M. died on 3 November 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Alberto Comesaña was born on 1 August 1961 in Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001), Paco y Veva (2004) and Rivales (2008).- Actor
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Alberto Cunha was born on 1 August 1973 in Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor and writer, known for Pratos combinados (1995), Tarde Taina (1990) and Tequelexou (2000).- Additional Crew
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Alberto Farassino was born on 1 August 1944 in Caluso, Piedmont, Italy. He was a writer, known for L'ultima mazurka (1986), Rossellini visto da Rossellini (1993) and Pier Paolo Pasolini (1995). He died on 31 March 2003 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Composer
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Alberto Soifer was born on 1 August 1907 in Argentina. He was a composer and producer, known for Buenos Aires a la vista (1950), Amorina (1961) and La guitarra de Gardel (1949). He died on 1 September 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Additional Crew
Alec Modzeleski was born on 1 August 1987 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. Alec is known for Inside Job (2010). Alec died in October 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.- Aleksandr Aleksandrov was born on 1 August 1949 in Dmitrov, Moskovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Gibel imperii (2005), Ya sluzhu na granitse (1974) and Russkie strashilki (2001). He died on 7 April 2009 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Aleksandr Karpov was born on 1 August 1964 in Karaganda, USSR. He is an actor and writer, known for Forsaken (2018), Muzhskoy sezon. Barkhatnaya revolyutsiya (2005) and Forbidden Empire (2014).- Aleksandr Naumov was born on 1 August 1958 in Gorkiy, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Brat 2 (2000), Dikiy (2009) and The Star (2002).
- Aleksandr Zhukov was born on 1 August 1898. He was an actor, known for Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938), Kapitanskaya dochka (1928) and Moroka (1925). He died on 14 July 1965.
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Aleksey Ageyev was born on 1 August 1978 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a producer and manager, known for Kicks (2016), Brooklyn Love Stories (2019) and Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite (2015).- Aleksei Glazyrin was a Russian film actor best known for his portrayal of a WWII veteran in Belorusskiy vokzal (1970).
He was born Aleksei Aleksandrovich Glazyrin on August 1, 1922, in Glazov, Russia. In 1944 he graduated from State Institute of Theatrical Art (GITIS) in Moscow. During the 50s and 60s he worked with various stage companies in Russia, including the Stanislavsky Theatre in Moscow.
Glazyrin made his film debut in 1957, in 'V pogone za slavoi'. His best known film appearances were as Malinin in 'Zhiviye i myortvye' and as Kharlamov in 'Belorusskiy vokzal (1970)'.
Aleksei Glazyrin died of a heart attack, aged 48, on April 13, 1971, and was laid to rest in Vvedenskoe cemetery in Moscow, Russia - Director
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Alessio Rigo de Righi was born on 1 August 1986 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Tale of King Crab (2021), Belva nera (2013) and Il solengo (2015).- Actor
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Alex Nyborg Madsen was born on 1 August 1960. He is an actor and writer, known for Italiensk for begyndere (2000), Hannibal & Jerry (1997) and Scor kassen (1999).- Alex Shu-Yuan Ko was born on 1 August 1971 in Taiwan. He is an actor, known for Jing ji sen lin (2019), Far and Away (2017) and The Treasure Hunter (2009). He was previously married to Ying Feng.
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Russian-born French experimental short artist Alexeieff, who with his wife American-born Claire Parker invented the pinscreen animation technique,is most known for designing the prologue sequence for Orson Welles's The Trial.He grew up in Constantinople, then the Ottoman Empire, where in 1906 his military attaché father was killed by the German secret service.Returning to Czarist Russia with his school principal mother, he entered the Cadets military academy of Saint Petersburg and his 16 years there would influence his later fondness for Russian themes in his art work and filmmaking. After the Revolution, in 1922, Alexeieff settled in Paris where he studied painting, did stage decor, and beginning in 1925 lent his hand to illustrating editions of classic literature.Under the influence of the avant garde Cinema movement of the time, he aspired to move into directing.His landmark work, Night on Bald Mountain, in 1933 was a fusion of a musical piece and imagery 7 years before Wait Disney attempted the same piece as part of Fantasia.Two years later he would produce the first promotional film in France made in color.- Actor
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Welbat was one of the founders of the cabaret "Die Stachelschweine". He was very famous in dubbing (German voice for Anthony Quinn, Peter Ustinov and the Cookie Monster). He was married to actress Siegrid Hackenberg.- Alexander of Greece was born on 1 August 1893 in Tatoi Palace, Athens, Greece. He died on 25 October 1920 in Athens, Greece.
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Alexandra Marriott was born on 1 August 1990 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She is an editor and producer, known for Kilai (2015), Kilai (2014) and Calling Out Fire (2013).- Director
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A skilled and celebrated film maker, Alexandre Rockwell is perhaps best known for his works In the Soup (1992) and 13 Moons (2002). Rockwell's characters are as intricate as they are flawed. He abstains from the shotgun pop of mainstream film and uses classical techniques and sheer creativity to tell his stories.
Rockwell hails from Boston, Massachusetts. It is fair to say that Alexandre has film-making in his blood. His grandfather, the Russian-born animator Alexander Alexeieff, and his grandmother, American artist Claire Parker, met and married in France. They spent their lives making animated films together and famously originated pin-screen animation. Rockwell went to Paris to train in filmmaking with his grandfather during his late teens. He later attended the Cinémathèque Française where he formally studied the craft.
Rockwell managed to establish himself by the early 1980s. He already had several short films under his belt and his work was shown at Boston's Institute for Contemporary Art and New York City's Association of Independent Video and Film. This led to him landing his first feature film, Lenz (1982) which was shown at the 1982 Berlin Film Festival and enjoyed success. Rockwell followed up with the release of Hero (1983), which won a Special Jury Prize at the 1984 Sundance Film Festival. In 1986, he married Yale graduate and Flashdance (1983) star Jennifer Beals. He didn't make any films until Sons (1989).
Praise rained on Rockwell at The Sundance Film Festival when he released In the Soup (1992). The movie featured Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel and Jennifer Beals. Rockwell's next film Somebody to Love (1994) was less successful, though the omnibus movie Four Rooms (1995) was popular, in which Rockwell directed the segment "The Wrong Man". Rockwell's marriage to Beals ended in 1996 but they remained close friends. Unfortunately, Rockwell's next offering, Louis & Frank (1998), reprising two minor characters from In The Soup, flopped with audiences.
Rockwell hit his stride again with the release of the successful 13 Moons (2002), a comedy which featured a strong ensemble cast including Steve Buscemi and Karyn Parsons. Rockwell later married Parsons (best known for her work as "Hilary Banks" on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)) on Valentine's Day, 2003. After Pete Smalls Is Dead (2010), he made the critically acclaimed Little Feet (2013), starring his two young children, son Nico and daughter Lana, which was entirely funded by a Kickstarter campaign. With this feature, Rockwell continued the form that made him an iconoclast of the independent New York film movement of the nineties. After a break of 7 years, he returned to filmmaking with Sweet Thing (2020), starring his wife Karyn and their two kids, winning the Crystal Bear award at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival.- Director
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Alexey Kotolevskiy was born on 1 August 1992 in Dubna. He is a director and writer, known for Bribe (2022), Lovecraft: Going to the Call of Cthulhu (2022) and Olga Knows Best?.- Alfonse D'amato was born on 1 August 1937 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Devil's Advocate (1997), Spin City (1996) and All In: The Poker Movie (2009). He has been married to Katuria Elizabeth Smith since 18 July 2004. He was previously married to Penelope.
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Alfred John West (1857-1937) was a film pioneer active from 1897 to 1913 and an award winning marine photographer from the mid 1880s to 1900. His family were all involved in the business founded by his photographer father, (also a Master Carpenter) George West at 97 High Street in Gosport. He later moved to 'Rozel' at 7 Villiers Road, Southsea, opened photographic studios at 72 and 84 Palmerston Road Southsea. He died on 10 January 1937 and is buried with his wife Elizabeth Lucy (1858-1930) in Highland Road Cemetery (E Plot, Row 19, Grave 14).
His contemporary Obituary says 'His claim to be " the grandfather of the films " is one that cannot be challenged'
A.J. West claimed to be amongst the first (after R.W. Paul) to exhibit publicly in the UK, and his films of nautical and Naval subjects were presented under the general title of 'Our Navy'.
He also showed his films privately to Queen Victoria in 1898 and Edward VII in 1901 - these were some of the earliest 'Royal Command' film performances in the UK.
The negatives of his films are thought to have been destroyed during the Blitz in Portsmouth 1942, but fragments remain in the British National Film Archive and more may yet be found in other national archives (especially in former British Colonies and Dominions). Curation of existing material for posterity is the responsibility of the Wessex Film and Sound Archives in Winchester, England (re David Lee). Substantial ephemera archives are held int he 'Barnes Collection' at Hove Museum, Sussex, England and in private hands.- Actor
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Alfred Shestopalov was born on 1 August 1930 in Bikin, RSFSR, USSR. He was an actor and director, known for Dovge vidlunnya (1983), Zhmenyaki (1987) and Tumannost Andromedy (1967). He died on 12 February 1995 in Kiev, Ukraine.