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- Sean Fagan was born on 22 July 1966 in Butler, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Friday the 13th: The Series (1987), The Gate (1987) and The Edison Twins (1982). He died on 6 October 2006 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Claude Luter was born on 23 July 1923 in Paris, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Carambolages (1963), Rendezvous in July (1949) and Isabelle and Lust (1975). He was married to Annie Romestant and Michèle Descoins. He died on 6 October 2006 in Poissy, Yvelines, France.- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Eduardo Mignogna was born on 17 August 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer and director, known for Autumn Sun (1996), La fuga (2001) and The Lighthouse (1998). He died on 6 October 2006 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- As a boy near Sarasota, Florida, Buck O'Neil hung around the New York Yankees spring training camps, and occasionally would be allowed inside to see them play. However, as a young black boy in 1920s America, O'Neil had no chance to play baseball in the major leagues. Nevertheless, he started out as a first baseman with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues, soon becoming known for his solid performance with the bat and his dazzling glove work in the field. He labored in the Negro Leagues well after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the major leagues, and was soon considered too old to ever play for any of the major league teams. He became known as a manager and led the Monarchs to several pennants. However, a lifetime in baseball had provided O'Neil with the strategic and tactical know-how needed in a good coach, so in 1962, O'Neil became the first black appointed as a coach in the major leagues, filling that position for the Chicago Cubs. Although Robinson was the first black to play in the modern major leagues, O'Neil was the first black to make decisions affecting the play on the field. In later years, particularly after his appearance in Ken Burns' epic Baseball (1994), the engaging and eternally affable O'Neil was in great demand as a motivational speaker. His cheerful optimism sustained him even when, in 2006, he missed induction - by one vote - into the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of a group of Negro League players and executives. In July 2006, he became the oldest man ever to appear in a baseball game when he appeared in a minor-league All-Star game.
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
The family soon moved to Königsberg in East Prussia, where Sielmann grew up. During his school days he was already interested in the animal world. At the age of 18, Sielmann presented his scientific observations at the Zoological Institute in Königsberg. After graduating from high school, Sielmann studied biology at the University of Königsberg. While studying, he turned to animal observation, which he also captured on film. Sielmann made his debut as an animal filmmaker in 1938 with his first sound film "Birds over Haff and Meadows". After the outbreak of the Second World War he was exempted from military service for ornithological research.
Among other things, he worked on the island of Crete, which was occupied by the German Wehrmacht. After the end of the war, Sielmann joined the Institute for Film and Image in science and teaching in 1947, where he worked as a director and cameraman until 1958. The animal observer also produced film material for school lessons here, which shaped generations of students in western post-war Germany. The sophisticated technology that Sielmann used in his animal films attracted particular attention. In his documentary about "The Carpenters of the Forest" in 1954, for example, he filmed the woodpeckers from inside a previously prepared tree trunk.
The co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Briton Peter Scott, brought Sielmann into his BBC television series, which then took over and broadcast all of the animal observer's films. Sielmann shot his first feature film in the Congo in 1957 on behalf of the Belgian royal family: "Ruler of the Jungle" was an international success and won a prize at the Moscow Film Festival. In 1960, Sielmann became self-employed. He subsequently provided German television and school lessons with numerous productions. Sielmann undoubtedly achieved his greatest fame and popularity through the TV series "Expeditions into the Animal Kingdom", which he produced continuously in over 170 episodes for ARD until 1991.
During the 1980s, Sielmann became increasingly involved in ecological issues. He drew attention to threatened natural and landscape areas in the Federal Republic. The animal and nature conservationist hit the headlines in the wake of German reunification in 1989/90 when he suggested converting the former "death strip" on the inner-German border into a national park. In the fall of 1991, Sielmann opened a new broadcast project on RTLplus with "Sielmann 2000 - Return to the Future", which led to the discontinuation of his ARD series. However, the new series also had to be stopped early for financial reasons.
Following this, Sielmann realized the series "The Heinz-Sielmann-Report" on Sat.1, which he produced together with the WWF and was first broadcast in 1993. In 1996 he produced four episodes of the program "Sielmann's Nature Adventure" for the same private broadcaster. In 1994, Sielmann set up a nature conservation foundation named after him, which acquired a natural area in Brandenburg around 2002 as a habitat for endangered animal species. In 1995 he published his autobiography with the book "My Life". In the meantime, Sielmann had withdrawn from active filmmaking to devote himself entirely to his foundation.
Sielmann has received numerous awards for his film work, including five federal film awards. In 1987 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit First Class and in 1993 the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Also in 1993 he received the WWF's "Golden Ark". Sielmann has been an honorary professor at the University of Munich since 1994. The Grand Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic followed in 1997. In autumn 2001, the animal researcher was awarded the Görlitz Meridian Nature Film Prize. In October 2004, the animal filmmaker received the international prize from the economic and environmental initiative B.A.U.M.
In 2005 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Brandenburg and the German Environmental Prize. In 2006, a primary school in Crinitz was named "Heinz-Sielmann-Schule". Sielmann was married and the father of a son who had already died.- Norman Franklin was born on 2 July 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Empire of the Ants (1977). He died on 6 October 2006 in the USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Denis Cameron was born on 19 October 1928 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Denis died on 6 October 2006 in London, England, UK.- Sharon Mulka was born on 10 February 1944 in Rockville, Connecticut, USA. She was an actress, known for The Supermarket (2009). She died on 6 October 2006 in Vernon, Connecticut, USA.
- Bill Martin was born on 19 March 1927 in Aldershot, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Are You Being Served? (1972), The Big 'H' (1978) and Yus My Dear (1976). He died on 6 October 2006 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Mona Inglesby was born on 3 May 1918 in London, United Kingdom. She was an actress, known for The Swan Lake (1953). She died on 6 October 2006 in Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom.
- Josep Faulí was born on 8 September 1932 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He died on 6 October 2006 in Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain.
- Eve Collyer was born on 26 November 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Boston Strangler (1968). She died on 6 October 2006 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Additional Crew
Timo Sarpaneva was born on 31 October 1926 in Helsinki, Finland. He is known for To Love (1964), 4. ulottuvuus (1986) and Finland Designs for Living (1960). He was married to Marjatta Svennevig and Ann-Mari Holmberg. He died on 6 October 2006 in Helsinki, Finland.