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- Souheila Yacoub was born in Geneva to a Flemish mother and a Tunisian father. She devoted her childhood and adolescence to sports and joined the Swiss National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team as an elite athlete. She attended a theatre and dance school in Geneva, then obtained a scholarship and went to Paris to take part in the "classe libre" at the Cours Florent before entering the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique. Soon, Lebanese-Canadian director Wajdi Mouawad offered her a role in the multi-lingual play, TOUS DES OISEAUX. Souheila charmed the press as well as the public: her career was launched, and the cinema world was quickly very interested in the actress. For her supporting role in CLIMAX by Gaspard Noé, which premiered in Cannes 2019, she was selected as Revelation for the Académie des César. In 2020, she was cast in LE SEL DES LARMES by Philippe Garrel which premiered at the Berlinale, and recently in DE BAS ÉTAGE by Yassine Qnia. In 2019, Yacoub appeared for the first time as one of the leads in a high profile drama series LES SAUVAGES directed by Rebecca Zlotowski and in 2020 in the Arte/Hulu epic war series NO MAN'S LAND directed by Oded Ruskin. ENTRE LES VAGUES by Anaïs Volpé, in which Yacoub plays the leading role and DE BAS ÉTAGE were both screened in Cannes' Directors Fortnight in 2021. In 2022, she will feature in Cédric Klapisch's dance-based film EN CORPS and in Alice and Benoît Zeniter's first feature film AVANT L'EFFONDREMENT.
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Kat Graham is an actress, singer, dancer and producer. Working across a variety of genres in film, television and music, she is one of most accomplished and versatile young talents working today.
Graham was recently seen in the 70s period crime thriller "The Poison Rose" opposite Morgan Freeman and John Travolta. Graham plays Freeman's daughter, a club owner and singer suspected of murder, while Travolta plays a hard-drinking L.A. private eye who takes the case. Previously she starred in Netflix's "How It Ends" as Samantha. The film, follows a man (Theo James) and his estranged father-in-law's (Forest Whitaker) desperate race to save his pregnant wife, Samantha, after a mysterious apocalypse. Graham made history lending her voice to Nickelodeon's animated television show, "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" as the first African-American April O'Neil.
Graham can be seen as the female lead in RZA's "Cut Throat City" starring Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Terrence Howard, and Eiza Gonzalez scheduled for release summer 2020. The film tells the story of a heist set in New Orleans' lower ninth ward after Hurricane Katrina. Graham who stars in Mark Amin's period drama "Emperor" with Dayo Okeniyi, Bruce Dern and James Cromwell following the true tale of Shields Green, a runaway slave who helped spark the civil war, is scheduled for release August 2020. Graham also stars in Netflix's "Operation: Christmas Drop" with Alexander Ludwig. The film, scheduled for release November 2020, follows a congressional aid played by Graham, on a mission to shut down the Christmas Drop mission. Operation Christmas Drop is a real life air force mission that started in 1952 that serves as training for the U.S. Air Force. It has since become the longest-running U.S. Department of Defense mission in full operation, and the longest-running humanitarian airlift in the world. In addition to the "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series and accompanying Netflix 2021 film, Graham's 2020 animation releases will also include Dreamwork's and Hulu's "Trolls", as well as "Robot Chicken".
Graham starred as Jada Pinkett in the highly anticipated Tupac Shakur biopic "All Eyez on Me," released by Lionsgate. She has also starred in Lionsgate's "Where's the Money?" a comedy about a guy who must pledge a fraternity to recover a stash of stolen money, both released in 2017. Graham can also be seen as the lead in Netflix's holiday hit film "The Holiday Calendar" with Quincy Brown. Graham made her television debut in 2002 on Disney Channel's popular teen comedy "Lizzie McGuire." She starred as Bonnie Bennett, considered to be her breakout role, in the CW's "The Vampire Diaries." The show premiered in 2009 and her award winning performances throughout the series received praise from fans and critics alike. The supernatural drama ran for eight seasons. She also appeared on a number of hit television shows for Disney, Fox, CBS and ABC. Other notable film credits include "17 Again", "The Roommate," "Addicted", and the starring role in "Honey 2."
Graham has also produced and sold multiple film and television projects including the series "Breaking the Record" with Disney's Maker Studios. She is set to star in and produce a biopic about iconic Motown singer Tammi Terrell produced with Brad Krevoy. She is currently producing "The Consciousness Collective", a doc series and podcast presented by Deepak Chopra, slated for 2020.
A talented singer and music producer, Graham released her second album, "Love Music, Funk Magic," in 2017 which she worked on with Babyface and Prince. She released her debut EP "Against the Wall" in May 2012 after signing with A&M/Octone/Interscope records, and her first single, "Put Your Graffiti On Me", reached over 7 million views on VEVO and hit #5 on the Billboard Dance Chart. She has had multiple Billboard/Chart top fives including "Sometimes", and the Prince penned "If Eye Could Get UR Attention". Her debut album "Roxbury Drive," which included her single "Secrets" featuring Babyface, was released in 2015. Graham, who has a degree in recording engineering, produced the 90s-inspired album with Jean-Yves "Jeeve" Ducornet and co-wrote the entire album with Babyface.
A trained dancer, Graham has appeared in music videos for a myriad of artists including Grammy winners Pharrell, Missy Elliot, John Legend, Nelly, Diddy and Usher. She has also performed on tracks with Snoop Dogg and Will.I.Am, and toured with the Black Eyed Peas on their 2007 world tour as Will.I.Am's artist.
Graham has served as the face of many campaigns and endorsements for brands such as Wet 'N Wild, Degree, Samsung, Avon, Bing, Ford, Aquafina, Abercrombie, Nivea, Armani Exchange and Fanta. Graham is currently a L'Oreal Ambassador, the face of Foster Grant and the new Dior campaign.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Graham is a strong advocate for human rights. Her PSA short film for Black Lives Matter landed her an Emmy nomination for best PSA short. Graham is particularly passionate about the plight of refugees worldwide. As such, Graham became a High Profile Supporter of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees) in 2013. In 2019, she also became a Goodwill Ambassador for Rotary International, another organization providing key support and services on the global stage. In addition to her work with refugees, Graham is a council member for GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), Governor for the Recording Academy's Atlanta Chapter, as well as co-founder of the Modern Nirvana Wellness Group.- Melia studied contemporary dance, and drama in the UK. Soon after her drama studies she landed her first role in the Neil Jordan-created TV series The Borgias (Showtime) as Bianca Gonzaga, playing alongside Jeremy Irons. She went on to work in television hits such as The Bible (History) and Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel), as well as art-house films Committed (S.Kliris) and Suspension of Disbelief (M.Figgis).
Following these Melia relocated to Los Angeles, California. She went on to become a series regular on the hit TV show Tyrant (FX Networks) for two seasons. She then appeared in Amazon Studios' The Last Tycoon, starred in the film The Last Note by award-winning director Pantelis Voulgaris, before returning to television in Salvation (CBS) and Filthy Rich (Fox). Most recently she can be seen in Mammals by Jez Butterworth (Prime Video) and Emily in Paris (Netfix). - Swiss-born Welsh-American actress Kate Burton is the daughter of Welsh actors Richard Burton and Sybil Williams. She graduated Brown University (1979), majoring in Russian studies and European history. She served on the board of 'Production Workshop', the university's student-run theater group. She earned her master's at Yale Drama School (1983). She received an honorary doctorate from Brown University (2007). Her dedicated stage, film and television work earned a number of awards and nominations.
- Johnny is an actor and musician. He was raised in Batavia, Illinois. Johnny immersed himself in acting and music from a young age. He graduated from Penn State University for his training and relocated to New York, developing a career on stage and screen. Johnny is Hard of Hearing and advocates for accessibility.
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Maya Stojan was born on 28 June 1986 in Geneva, Switzerland. She is an actress and producer, known for Castle (2009), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) and Fatal Affair (2020).- Actress
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Joan Taylor's mother, Amelia Berky, was a vaudeville singing-dancing star in the 1920s. Her father was a prop man in Hollywood during that same period, but, after Joan's birth, the family moved to Lake Forest, Illinois, where her father managed a movie theater. She developed a love of movies from watching so many at her father's theater, and she graduated from the Chicago National Association of Dancing Masters. Heading to Hollywood in 1946, she enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse. Victor Jory arranged an interview for her with producer Nat Holt, and she made her film debut in the Randolph Scott western Fighting Man of the Plains (1949). She appeared in quite a few films over the next several years, many of them westerns. She also made many appearances on TV series, and had a recurring role in The Rifleman (1958), but it's for two sci-fi films that she is fondly remembered by 1950s movie audiences: Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) and 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957). After her two-year stint on "The Rifleman", however, she decided to retire from films, and did so in 1963.- Actress
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Emy Coligado was born in Geneva, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Three Stooges (2012), Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005) and Men in Trees (2006).- Director
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Edoardo Ponti was born on 6 January 1973 in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for The Life Ahead (2020), Between Strangers (2002) and Human Voice (2014). He has been married to Sasha Alexander since 11 August 2007. They have two children.- Actress
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Sonja Kinski is a model and actress of American nationality. She is the daughter of actress Nastassja Kinski and producer Ibrahim Moussa, and granddaughter of actor Klaus Kinski.
Kinski was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 2, 1986.
Her film debut was All God's Children Can Dance (2008). She also starred in Diamond on Vinyl (2013), Dark Hearts (2014), Holidays (2016), and She's Allergic to Cats (2016).- Actress
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Originally from New York, Julie moved to California with her family in 1979. As a child, Julie competed in the U.S. Gymnastic Federation. In 1982, she made her television debut playing Ricky Schroder's girlfriend on NBC's Silver Spoons (1982). This lead to numerous guest star appearances & many film roles. In 1983, Julie won the Bronze Halo award from the Southern California Motion Picture Council for Best Up & Coming Young Actress & received a Young Artist Award nomination for her work guest starring on TV. The following year Julie landed her first series regular role on Personal & Confidential. After graduating high school, Julie was awarded a scholarship to attend The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, West. After finishing 1 year at AADA, Julie landed the role of Tawny Richards on NBC's Santa Barbara (1984). Julie also starred on the UPN series A.J.'s Time Travelers (1995) as Maria. Julie continued to work steadily in both TV & film, and in 1997 Julie co-produced & directed the feature film The Legend of Cryin' Ryan (1998). Julie shared the award for Best Director of a Feature Film at the Riverrun Int. Film Festival in Sept. 1998, Cryan' Ryan also won Best Picture. Julie lives outside of Los Angeles with her husband, Patrick and their son. She enjoys spending time with family, traveling with friends, snowboarding and surfing.- Actor
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The son of a sausage-maker, Michel Simon was conscripted into the Swiss Army at the start of World War I, but was thrown out through a combination of tuberculosis and general insubordination. He was variously a boxer, photographer, general handyman and right-wing anarchist, finally becoming a stage actor in Geneva in 1920. His reputation soon grew, and he moved to Paris in 1923, appearing in his first film in 1925 (the same year he played Boudu for the first time on stage). With the coming of sound, Simon became firmly established as one of France's outstanding character actors, doing unforgettable work for Jean Renoir (La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)), Jean Vigo (L'Atalante (1934)) and Marcel Carné (Port of Shadows (1938), Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)). In the 1950s he worked less frequently, partly thanks to an accident involving makeup dye that paralyzed part of his body and face. Despite this, he still managed to appear in films right up to his death in 1975.- Actor
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Samuel Labarthe was born on 16 May 1962 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for The Divorce (2003), Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie (2009) and Love in a Cold Climate (2001).- Actor
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Gower Champion was born on 22 June 1921 in Geneva, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and director, known for An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte (1969), Lovely to Look At (1952) and Hello, Dolly! (1969). He was married to Karla Most and Marge Champion. He died on 25 August 1980 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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Classically trained at LAMDA - The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art; Actor, director, and poet, Kerim Troeller, is a rising talent in the dramatic world, and a renaissance man of many worlds, gifts, and inspired passions.
In 2013, Kerim starred in his first feature film, 'We Will Part', which he co-wrote and produced. In 2015, he worked with Michael Bay in '13 Hours', which was released in 2016. He later founded his own production company in 2017, through which he has been developing a number of feature films he has written, and is set to direct and star in. In 2019, he played the role of 'Bruce' in the TV series; 'Agent Hamilton', and starred in his latest feature film 'FIVE'. -
Originally half American, and half Turkish, Kerim spent most of his life in Stockholm, Sweden, but has lived all over the world, and speaks English, Swedish, Turkish, Italian, German, as well as being formerly fluent in Japanese.
As a renaissance man of many mastered trades, he's also a gifted musician, and composer in piano, classical guitar, drums and percussion. In addition to his music, he is a passionate and gifted poet, writer, and artist.
Outside of the arts, he's an expert martial artist, and weapons fighter, specializing in Wing Tsun Kung-Fu (Wing Chun), and former semi-professional baseball pitcher, as well as having competed in most competitive and extreme sports.
Early in life, Kerim began getting noticed for his talents, performing in plays and competitions around the world. As he grew from adolescence, he won awards on stage, and trained extensively around the world, including training at LAMDA in London, and Stella Adler in Los Angeles, as well as under the mentorship of legendary acting coach 'Vincent Chase' in Hollywood. It was ever Kerim's impressive dramatic range, which made him stand out as an actor, as well as his talent for voices, accents and impressions, yet as he matured, it was his imposing presence, intensity, ability, and multitude of other talents and a gifted mind which garnered him attention, as he grew into a magnetic, subtle, and powerful character-actor.- Actor
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Thomas Jouannet was born on 30 September 1970 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is an actor and producer, known for Mes chers disparus! (2014), L'été rouge (2002) and Yamakasi (2001). He has been married to Armelle Deutsch since 26 June 2010. They have two children.- Sarah Lahbati was born on 9 October 1993 in Geneva, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Mission Unstapabol: The Don Identity (2019), Ikaw lang ang mamahalin (2011) and Kokak (2011).
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BIOGRAPHY
Stephanie Morgenstern's award-winning career spans many disciplines: beginning as an actor, she branched out into filmmaking, screenwriting, directing and showrunning. She was designated National Indie Treasure by Toronto's Eye Magazine, profiled in Montreal's Voir Magazine as a New Face to Watch, and selected as one of three 'Great Expectations' filmmakers at the Telluride International Film Festival in Colorado.
TELEVISION. Most recently, Morgenstern was Executive Producer on Season 2 of NBC/CTV's medical drama 'Transplant,' developing the season and character arcs with the writing room and writing the Season 2 Premiere episode with Mark Ellis. She has been working as a freelance television director for the last few years on hour-long drama such as 'Nurses,' (NBC/Global), 'Burden of Truth,' (CBC/CW), 'Killjoys' (Space Channel/Syfy), and 'Hudson & Rex' (CityTV).
Morgenstern was Co-Creator, Writer, Executive Producer and Showrunner, alongside Mark Ellis, of CBC's WWII espionage drama 'X Company.' It received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Television Drama in its premiere year and, in the fall of 2017, wrapped its third and final season in Budapest. Morgenstern directed the two-part series finale. Prior to that, Ellis & Morgenstern were Co-creators, Writers, and Executive Producers on 'Flashpoint' (CBS/CTV/Ion), for which they were designated Showrunners of the Year by the Writers' Guild of Canada. They co-wrote twenty of the show's 75 episodes, earning both a Gemini and WGC Award for Best Writing in a Television Drama. The show received the Academy Board of Directors Tribute for Outstanding and Enduring Contribution to Canadian Television in 2013, the 2009 Gemini and 2013 Canadian Screen Awards for Best Dramatic Series, and the Innovative Producers Award at the Banff World Media Festival. The Academy also designated Flashpoint #2 out of the Top 25 Canadian television shows of all time, second only to Degrassi.
FILMMAKING. Morgenstern directed the critically acclaimed 'Remembrance,' a short WW2 drama which she co-wrote and co-starred in with Mark Ellis. It earned a Genie Award nomination for Best Short Live Action Film, won Best Canadian Short at the Worldwide Short Film Festival, and the Jutra Award for Best Short. It was also a Jury Award winner and quintuple nominee (including Best Direction and Best Drama) at Yorktown's Golden Sheaf Awards. 'Remembrance' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, won Certificates of Merit from both the San Francisco and Chicago International Film Festivals, and screened in the prestigious Filmmakers of Tomorrow section at Telluride. She and Ellis won TIFF's national Pitch This! Competition in 2005: the cash prize funded the development of 'Remembrance into longer dramatic form, which later became 'X Company.'
Morgenstern's first short was the bilingual Curtains/Rideau, co-directed with her brother Mark Morgenstern. Like 'Remembrance,' it was a Genie nominee for Best Short as well as a quintuple Golden Sheaf nominee. It earned her the award for Best Script at Yorkton, where she and her brother Mark also jointly won for Best Direction. Curtains/Rideau toured English and French language festivals extensively, and won the Palme D'Or at the Festival mondial du cinema de court metrage in Huy, Belgium.
ACTING. Fluent in English and French, Morgenstern was an actor for over 20 years. Her work spanned film ('Maelstrom,' Denis Villeneuve; 'The Sweet Hereafter,' Atom Egoyan; 'Revoir Julie,' Jeanne Crepeau), TV ('This is Wonderland,' 'At the Hotel,' CBC), and theatre across Canada ('A Midsummer Night's Dream,' Stratford Festival; 'Romeo and Juliet,' Globe Theatre; 'Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet,' Grand Theatre). She also provided the original English dub voice for Sailor Venus in the cult anime series 'Sailor Moon.'
EDUCATION. Stephanie was raised in Montreal where she began her career as a professional actor at the age of 15. She got her BA in English from McGill University, and studied drama at the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts. She then moved to Toronto to pursue her MA at York University's Graduate Programme in Social and Political Thought. Stephanie is also an alumna of the Women in the Director's Chair Master Class, and a graduate of the Berlinale Talent Campus.- Director
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Alain Tanner was born on 6 December 1929 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for Charles, Dead or Alive (1969), In the White City (1983) and Return from Africa (1973). He was married to Janine Giudici. He died on 11 September 2022 in Geneva, Canton de Genève, Switzerland.- Vladimír Polívka was born on 5 July 1989 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Hastrman (2018), Do vetru (2018) and Matky (2021).
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Wayne Crawford was born on 11 February 1947 in Geneva, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Jake Speed (1986), Okavango: The Wild Frontier (1993) and Snake Island (2002). He was married to Olena. He died on 30 April 2016 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.- Steve Golin was the founder and CEO of "Anonymous Content", a multimedia development, production and talent management company based in Culver City, California. The company reunited Golin with such directors as David Fincher, Neil LaBute, David Kellogg, Gore Verbinski and Mark Romanek, all of whom worked with Golin through his first venture, "Propaganda Films". While developing a slate of film and television projects at "Anonymous", Golin guided the company's commercial division to become one of the top commercial production entities in the industry, producing spots and campaigns for Nike, Intel, Citibank, United Airlines, Ford, Audi, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and others. Its music video division, which earned Best Hard Rock New Artist Clip of The Year at the 2000 Billboard Music Video Awards for A Perfect Circle's "Judith", directed by David Fincher, had also produced projects for the Wallflowers, Third Eye Blind, Smashmouth, Filter and Cypress Hill, among other artists. Under Golin's leadership, the company's management division represented more than 50 writers, directors and actors. Previously, as co-founder of "Propaganda Films", Golin helped develop such filmmakers as Michael Bay, Spike Jonze, Dominic Sena, Simon West and Antoine Fuqua. There, he also oversaw the development and production of such acclaimed television projects as Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), Twin Peaks (1990) and the Peabody Award-winning Tales of the City (1993). Golin built "Propaganda" into one of the largest music video and commercial production companies in the world, winning more MTV Video Awards and Cannes Palme d'Or Awards than any other company. He helped revolutionize the music video and commercial industries with sophisticated and award-winning work for such artists as Michael Jackson, Madonna, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Bonnie Raitt, George Michael and The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and major advertisers including Budweiser, AT&T, IBM, Nike, Apple and McDonald's.
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Stephanie Steele was born on 12 December 1954 in Geneva, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama (1981), Emergency! (1972) and Arnie (1970). She has been married to Mark David Zalin since 11 August 1987. They have two children.- Actor
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Sacha Pitoëff was born on 11 March 1920 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was an actor and director, known for Inferno (1980), Le capitaine Fracasse (1961) and Anastasia (1956). He was married to Luce Garcia-Ville. He died on 21 July 1990 in Paris, France.- Producer
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Martin Gero was born on 6 July 1977 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a producer and writer, known for Blindspot (2015), The L.A. Complex (2012) and Stargate: Atlantis (2004). He has been married to Melissa Stetten since 1 December 2018. They have one child.- Actor
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Jean-Luc Bideau was born on 1 October 1940 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is an actor and producer, known for The Red Violin (1998), Mon frère se marie (2006) and Sorcerer (1977).- Carlo Ponti Jr. was born on 29 December 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Lidia Celebrates America (2011), Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) and The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995). He has been married to Andrea Mészáros since 18 September 2004. They have two children.
- Julie Ordon was born on 27 June 1984 in Geneva, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Henry's Crime (2010), Flashbacks of a Fool (2008) and No Limit (2012).
- John was born and raised in suburban Chicago. He earned a B.A. at Columbia College in Chicago, studying broadcasting. A radio announcer for Salem Communications-owned radio stations, including KDAR-FM in Oxnard, California, 2003-2009 and on Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa-owned radio stations in California and Nevada, known as the "K-Wave Radio Network", 2011-present. Also, was the morning radio host on AM 1290, KKDD, Riverside-San Bernardino, California, a Christian radio station known as "Good News Radio For The Inland Empire".
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Sara Macon was born on 15 December 1927 in Geneva, Illinois, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for The Runaway Barge (1975), The Rebel (1959) and The Dream Makers (1975). She was married to Boris Sagal. She died on 1 September 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
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Barbara Andrews was born on 25 October 1942 in Geneva, New York, USA. She was a costume designer, known for Hunter (1984), Moonshine County Express (1977) and The Evil (1978). She was married to Gus Trikonis. She died on 2 April 2012 in Encino, California, USA.- Editor
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Barry is a producer, writer and editor, primarily working in documentary. He has edited several acclaimed projects, including the limited doc-series "The Last Movie Stars" for director Ethan Hawke (HBO Max, 2022) and "American Movie" (Sundance Grand Prize Winner, 1999). Other notable projects are "Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond" (Venice Biennale, 2017, Emmy nominee); "The Pool" (Sundance Jury Prize Winner, 2007), "Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made" (SXSW, 2015), and "I Am Not Alone" (Toronto, 2019 Audience Award for documentary at TIFF, DocNYC & AFI Fest).
He is also the founder and creative director of the documentary editorial collaborative September Club, which has edited or collaborated on projects such as the Netflix multi-part documentary series "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann" (Netflix, 2019), "Boys State" (Sundance Grand Prize Winner, 2020) and "Murder Among the Mormons" (Netflix, 2021).- Born in Geneva, New York. Tyrone is considered one of the most prominent African American theatre actors in the country. Tyrone attended the school of hard knocks... AADA, Hobart College and SUNY Stony Brook included. Highlights include, the National Tour of Bring in Da'Noise Bring in Da' Funk, as well as work with Phylicia Rashad, Patrick Stewart, Suzanne Bertish and Anthony Stewart Head. Tyrone has worked extensively on works of William Shakespeare. He's been honored with The Leon Rabin and Dallas Theatre Critics awards, and is a two time Audelco award nominee. His Television and film credits include: Tyrone recurs as law partner Barry on The Good Fight, FBI, Search Party, God Friended Me, Sneaky Pete, Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, Law and Order (franchise trifecta - six episodes) Tyrone can be seen in The Upside (2019). He's worked with theatre directors George C. Wolfe, Kenny Leon, Billy Porter, Timothy Douglas, Liesl Tommy, Scott Schwartz, and James Lapine.
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Nicolas Petsilas was born on 13 February 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a cinematographer, known for Mad Max (2015), Neutre (2001) and Batman: Arkham Knight (2015). He has been married to Nine Petsilas since 30 August 2003.- Producer
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Born 1964 in Geneva. Nicolas Wadimoff has directed both fictions and documentaries, among them the multi awarded "Clandestins" (1997). His latest films "Jean Ziegler, the Optimism of Willpower" (2016), "Spartiates" (2014), "Operation Libertad" (2012) and "Aisheen, still alive in Gaza" (2010) have been shown at prestigious international film festivals such as Berlinale, Festival del film Locarno and at the Cannes Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. With his company Akka Films, Nicolas Wadimoff has also produced multi awarded films like Buried Secrets (Raja Amari, Venice 2008), Fix Me (Sundance 2010) and Ghost Hunting (Berlinale 2017) by Raed Andoni.- Actress
Clotilde Joano was born on 3 January 1932 in Geneva, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for Z (1969), The Good Time Girls (1960) and Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1960). She was married to François Martin. She died on 23 March 1974 in Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, France.- Dominique Reymond was born on 12 February 1957 in Geneva, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Double Lover (2017), Marie Curie, une femme sur le front (2014) and Will It Snow for Christmas? (1996).
- Albin Sallansonnet was born on 30 August 1979 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a producer, known for The Last Kumite (2024), Black Creek and Mythica: Stormbound (2024).
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Claude Goretta was born on 23 June 1929 in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for The Invitation (1973), The Lacemaker (1977) and La provinciale (1980). He died on 20 February 2019 in Geneva, Canton de Genève, Switzerland.- Sound Department
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François Musy was born on 6 October 1955 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was a composer, known for Dead End (2003), Weiser (2001) and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964). He died on 22 November 2023 in France.- Bob Woodward was born on 26 March 1943 in Geneva, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for All the President's Men (1976), Wired (1989) and The Nightmare Years (1989). He has been married to Elsa Walsh since 25 November 1989. They have two children. He was previously married to Frances Roderick Barnard and Kathleen Middlekauff.
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Raphael is an Italian & Swiss actor/producer born in Geneva, Switzerland. He became passionate about acting and movies at a very young age. It was in the 1980s that he discovered all the happiness and deep emotions that films could create. He grew up watching a lot of French movies starring actors like Jean-Paul Belmondo, Louis de Funès and Bourvil, among others but also American actors such as Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Michael Douglas, Clint Eastwood, Michael J. Fox, Jim Carrey, Nicolas Cage and many more.
He was part of a school play written by his teacher Jean-Marc Hohl in the late 80s in a small village named Puplinge. The show's name was "Il faut vraiment être dans la lune pour voir la vie en rose" ("You really have to be on the moon to see life in pink"). In the early 1990s, he enjoyed and developed his skills in high school (Foron), attending teacher Gus Horn's diction and stage play classes where his natural and emotional skills were said to impress the teacher. His passion became so intense that he began buying various books written by movie critics such as Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide, Roger Ebert's, Halliwell's Film Guide, Gene Siskel's, and was unable to put them down, gaining a huge amount of knowledge of movie history. Later, even when working in Geneva in various roles to make a living, he nurtured his love for the art by discovering tons of movies ranging from classical genres to blockbusters & independent ones. He also attended classes at the Grütli Theater and Cinema Club's lab to get some camera operation work experience and to gain editing skills.
In the early 2000s, he began acting - mostly as an extra and in small roles - in some French, Swiss and international TV series and films. In 2009, he bumped into his childhood friend Joachim Levy, Swiss Director, Screenwriter and Showrunner, with whom he started to work with and joined "The Bank TV Series" project a short while later. He became one of the Executive Producers on The Bank's Production crew working on the financing of, and the development of the series.
Based in Geneva (as November 2019), Raphael travels regularly to many places, such as Paris, Sarajevo, Los Angeles, Riga & the UK, to widen his professional network in the TV and movie entertainment field. He's associated with Showrunner Joachim Levy for years as producer, but later in 2019 he also got associated with German Director Alexander Hahn to co-produce movies & also met UK based producer Russell Gow to develop new projects as co-producer the same year. Lately, he is strongly working along with German producer Willi Kamarad on many solid projects.- Director
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Alexandre Bilardo was born on 1 April 1979 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a director and editor, known for Le Sablier (2021), Soul of Steel (2011) and Phoenix (2020).- Director
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Carmen Jaquier was born in 1985 in Geneva, Canton de Genève, Switzerland. She is a director and writer, known for Thunder (2022), Wonderland (2015) and Les Paradis de Diane (2024).- Topher Bousquet was born on 24 August 1988 in Geneva, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Before I Wake (2016).
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Ben Hibon was born in Geneva, Switzerland where he completed studies in Fine Art. He moved to London in 1996 to study Graphic Design at the Central Saint Matins College of Art and Design, followed by a Masters Degree at the same school.
In 2005 Ben created in-game sequences for Killer7, Capcom's highly acclaimed video game. He also designed and directed a segment for "Tokyo Zombie," a Japanese horror film written and directed by the infamous Sakichi Sato.
Ben's short film Codehunters premiered at the MTV Asia Awards 2006 held in Bangkok, Thailand. Since it's release, Codehunters has been shown in more than 50 festivals all around the world, and received nominations at the Raindance Film Festival and the Rushes Shorts Festival. It won a gold award for Best Animation at the Promax/BDA Asia awards in 2006, the Imagina Award 07 for best short film, a D&AD Nomination for Animation, and most recently the highly coveted Golden Nica award at the Prix Ars Electronica 2007.
In early 2007, Sony Playstation commissioned Ben to create and direct an animated series inspired by their flagship PS3 game "Heavenly Sword". The episodes, made available weekly as a lead-up to the game's release, are also featured on the game disc as extras.
In 2010, producer David Heyman and director David Yates approached Ben to design and create a very particular scene for their next movie "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallow". Ben directed the three minute long scene telling the "Tale of the Three Borthers". The fully animated sequence was produced at post production house Framestore London.
Last year Ben worked closely with Zack Snyder to create a series of animated shorts based around Zack's fantasy feature "Sucker Punch". The shorts were included in the Special Edition Blu-Ray version of the film.
After being picked up by talent agency William Morris Endeavor in Los Angeles, Ben has been developing numerous animation and live-action feature film projects.- Producer
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Michel Merkt was born on 19 November 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a producer, known for Bacurau (2019), Elle (2016) and Toni Erdmann (2016).- Director
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Bernard Weber was born on May 12, 1963 in Geneva, Switzerland. He began his career as an assistant in the Camera Department in films like: Three Colors: Red by Krzysztof Kieslowski and Microcosmos by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérrenou. He is a producer and director, known for Of the Voice (2018), Die Wiesenberger - No Business like Show Business (2012) and Rule of the Fists (2006).- Joël Dicker was born on 16 June 1985 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a writer, known for The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2018), Je t'aime etc. (2017) and En aparté (2001).
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Carlo Brandt was born on 16 December 1954 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is an actor and director, known for 22 Bullets (2010), Marie Antoinette (2006) and Untitled Carlo Brandt Project.