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Yoshishige Yoshida was born on 16 February 1933 in Fukui, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for A Promise (1986), Akitsu Springs (1962) and Wuthering Heights (1988). He was married to Mariko Okada. He died on 8 December 2022 in Japan.- Ronnie Turner was born on 27 October 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for What's Love Got to Do with It (1993). He was married to Afida Turner. He died on 8 December 2022 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Tim Mischel was born in Dickenson North Dakota, USA. He died on 8 December 2022 in McCarthy, Alaska, USA.
- Art Department
- Production Designer
- Art Director
Veteran production designer Albert Brenner has served as production designer or art director on 57 films through four decades, has received five Academy Award® nominations and the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Brenner's nominations were for Beaches (1989), 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), California Suite (1978), The Turning Point (1977), and The Sunshine Boys (1975), and nearly half of his feature film credits are with directors he worked with numerous times. He designed five films for Herbert Ross, including The Sunshine Boys, The Goodbye Girl, California Suite, I Ought to be in Pictures and The Turning Point. He designed more than five films for Garry Marshall including Frankie & Johnny, Princess Diaries II, Georgia Rule, Pretty Woman and Beaches. He also designed four features for Peter Hyams, including Capricorn One, Peeper, The Presidio and Running Scared. His collaboration with Sidney Lumet yielded Fail-Safe and The Morning After. He has also worked with Mel Brooks, Michael Crichton, Billy Crystal (for his directorial debut Mr. Saturday Night), Ron Howard, John Herzfeld and Robert Mulligan.
Born and reared in Brooklyn, Albert studied scenic design for the theater and after graduation, worked in window display for major New York department stores. After serving as an Air Force Gunner during World War II, he attended Yale Drama School of Graduate Studies as a scenic design major. Following that he taught scenic design, costume design and technical theater at the University of Kansas City in Missouri before returning to New York. While designing for the stage, he also worked on live television for the CBS and ABC networks. Albert was involved with many of the classic shows from the Golden Age of television. He worked on Car 54, Where Are You? and The Phil Silvers Show. After his experiences in theater and television, Albert segued into film as an assistant to two-time Oscar® winner Richard Sylbert, and worked with him on The Pawnbroker and with Production Designer Harry Horner on The Hustler, which won an Oscar® for Black-and-White Art Direction.
Albert Brenner's work as a production designer could be viewed as a cornucopia of motion picture styles and genres. He has designed many comedies in addition to The Sunshine Boys including Silent Movie; westerns Monte Walsh, The Legend of the Lone Ranger and Missouri Breaks; thrillers such as Coma, Bullitt, and Point Blank; sci-fi films Capricorn One and 2010: The Year We Make Contact; and dramas Scarecrow, The Morning After, Backdraft and many others.- Visual Effects
- Art Department
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Richard Miller was born on 6 December 1942 in the USA. He is known for Star Trek: Generations (1994), Innerspace (1987) and Planet of the Apes (2001). He died on 8 December 2022 in Northern California, USA.- Sonny Gibson was an actor, known for Hunter (1984), Look (2010) and Dark Before Dawn (1988). He died on 8 December 2022 in the USA.
- François-Xavier Phan was born on 19 September 1984 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was an actor, known for OVNI(s) (2021), Naked (2018) and Terrible Jungle (2020). He died on 8 December 2022 in Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Carl Kleinschmitt was born on 28 August 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961), Middle Age Crazy (1980) and M*A*S*H (1972). He was married to Pamela Burgess. He died on 8 December 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
- Writer
Franck Saurat was born on 30 July 1967 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Franck was a producer and writer, known for Les chansons d'abord (2013), La chanson No. 1 (2002) and Lookalike! Look-alike or Not? (2011). Franck died on 8 December 2022 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Additional Crew
Jean-Louis Bourgeois was born on 4 July 1940 in New York, New York, USA. He is known for Zombie House Flipping (2016) and Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine (2008). He was married to Carollee Pelos. He died on 8 December 2022 in New York, New York, USA.- Giovanni Anzelotti was born on 7 September 1941 in Ronciglione VT - Italy. He was an actor, known for Ein Haus in der Toscana (1991), Segreto di stato (1995) and Il prefetto di ferro (1977). He died on 8 December 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Pinky was born on 11 November 1935 in San Justo, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Ritmo, amor y juventud (1966), La caída (1959) and Las impuras (1969). She was married to Raúl Lavié. She died on 8 December 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
- Cinematographer
Jay Nefcy was born on 7 March 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), The Truman Show (1998) and Love & Other Drugs (2010). He died on 8 December 2022 in Florence, Oregon, USA.- Actor
- Music Department
- Additional Crew
Djalma Correa was an actor, known for The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Bahia (1976) and Beats of the Heart: The Spirit of Samba - Black Music of Brazil (1989). He died on 8 December 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Leno was born on 25 April 1949 in Brazil. He was an actor, known for Jerry - a grande parada (1967). He died on 8 December 2022 in Natal , Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Yitzhak Klapter was born in 1950 in Haifa, Israel. He was a composer and actor, known for Fictitious Marriage (1988), Lo Kolel Sherut (1990) and Ha-Hofesh Ha'Acharon (1989). He was married to Vered Klepter. He died on 8 December 2022 in Israel.- Editorial Department
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Brian Freeland was born on 21 January 1925 in Shawinigan, Québec, Canada. Brian was a producer, known for Black Lodge (2022), Encounter (1952) and The Hill (1956). Brian died on 8 December 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Fred Terna was born on 8 October 1923 in Vienna, Austria. He was married to Rebecca Shiffman and Stella Horner. He died on 8 December 2022 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Editorial Department
- Producer
Since 1994 he has served as President and Chief Technology Officer for Multimedia Programming America (MPA) a company that develops and markets high-tech computer solutions for the television & motion picture industry, and during these years has become a nationally recognized expert. Bart has also been involved as film editor and post-production supervisor on a number of commercially successful feature projects and was founding partner in The HD Suite, one of the very first end-to-end digital High Definition production facilities in America.
Before that Bart was involved in corporate IT with ten years experience in enterprise level database software development, distributed data networking, shared-storage, and multimedia software design. Bart served as the Systems Architect and Senior Developer for Software Systems Design, Inc. from 1988 to 1994.
Prior to beginning his computer career Bart spent five years as a commercial pilot operating such executive class twin-engine aircraft as the Beachcraft Queenair, Cessna 402, and the Rolls Royce manufactured Beagle 206. He also has rotor-craft experience primarily in the Bell J2A Ranger and the Bell G2 series helicopters.
In the early 1970's Bart was an original member of the regionally celebrated hit rock band, Latifundia, touring with such national acts as Canned Heat, Mitch Ryder, Chambers Brothers, and The Steve Miller Band.
Prior to this brief encounter with stardom Bart had fulfilled one of his boyhood dreams when he was hired as an engine crew member on the Norfolk & Western Railroad driving mile-long freight trains back and forth between Montpelier, Ohio and Decatur, Illinois. At the time, it was one of the most sought-after, impossible-to-get jobs in his rural home town of Peru, Indiana.- Krystyna Wolanska was born on 15 August 1946 in Otwock, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was an actress, known for H.M. Deserters (1986), The Maids of Wilko (1979) and Dziecinne pytania (1981). She died on 8 December 2022.
- Art Department
Lee Lorenz was born on 17 October 1932 in the USA. He is known for Command Z (2005) and The Dick Cavett Show (1975). He was married to Jane Plant, Joan Gaillardet and Jill Runcie. He died on 8 December 2022 in Connecticut, USA.- Fernando Pádua was born on 29 May 1927 in Faro, Portugal. He died on 8 December 2022.