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Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, and entertained audiences nearly his entire life. His father, Joe Jackson (no relation to Joe Jackson, also a musician), had been a guitarist, but was forced to give up his musical ambitions following his marriage to Michael's mother Katherine Jackson (née Katherine Esther Scruse). Together, they prodded their growing family's musical interests at home. By the early 1960s, the older boys Jackie, Tito and Jermaine had begun performing around the city; by 1964, Michael and Marlon had joined in.
A musical prodigy, Michael's singing and dancing talents were amazingly mature, and he soon became the dominant voice and focus of the Jackson 5. An opening act for such soul groups as the O-Jays and James Brown, it was Gladys Knight (not Diana Ross) who officially brought the group to Berry Gordy's attention, and by 1969, the boys were producing back-to-back chart-busting hits as Motown artists ("I Want You Back," "ABC," "Never Can Say Goodbye," "Got to Be There," etc.). As a product of the 1970s, the boys emerged as one of the most accomplished black pop / soul vocal groups in music history, successfully evolving from a group like The Temptations to a disco phenomenon.
Solo success for Michael was inevitable, and by the 1980s, he had become infinitely more popular than his brotherly group. Record sales consistently orbited, culminating in the biggest-selling album of all time, "Thriller" in 1982. A TV natural, he ventured rather uneasily into films, such as playing the Scarecrow in The Wiz (1978), but had much better luck with elaborate music videos.
In the 1990s, the downside as an 1980s pop phenomenon began to rear itself. Michael grew terribly child-like and introverted by his peerless celebrity. A rather timorous, androgynous figure to begin with, his physical appearance began to change drastically, and his behavior grew alarmingly bizarre, making him a consistent target for scandal-making, despite his numerous charitable acts. Two brief marriages -- one to Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie Presley -- were forged and two children produced by his second wife during that time, but the purposes behind them appeared image-oriented.
Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. His passion and artistry as a singer, dancer, writer and businessman were unparalleled, and it is these prodigious talents that will ultimately prevail over the extremely negative aspects of his troubled adult life.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Michael Jackson was born on 8 November 1970 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Trailer Park Boys (2001), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) and Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006).- Michael Jackson is known for Bugsy Malone (1976).
- Michael Jackson was born on 16 April 1934 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012) and The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988). He was married to Alana Ladd. He died on 15 January 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Prince Michael Jackson was born on 13 February 1997 in Beverly Hills, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Nano: Hold On (2017), The Soundflowers: Your look (Glorious) (2020) and 90210 (2008).- Actor
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Michael Alexander Jackson is known for Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), No2 (2001) and Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990).- Art Department
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Michael Anthony Jackson is an Angeleno. After receiving degrees in Illustration (BFA) and Art (MA) he began work as an Art Director in advertising and subsequently, Visual Consultant, Storyboard Artist and Concept Illustrator in Hollywood. Jackson has worked on over 90 feature films, with an extensive group of A-list directors including: Tim Burton, Taika Waititi, Ben Stiller, Mike Nichols, Ang Lee, John Schlesinger, Harold Ramis, and John Woo. When not painting abstracts he can be found capturing photographic documentation (Reperage) of street art. He has taught in the Film department of ArtCenter College of Design, and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.- Art Department
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Gary Smith is known for Camp Getaway (2019) and The House on Seahorse Bay (2019).- Producer
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Gary Smith is known for Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin (1978), The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997) and The Judy Garland Show (1963). He is married to Maxine Smith. They have one child.- Director
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Gary Smith is a filmmaker originally from Northern California, located in Los Angeles. With a love of skydiving and motorcycles, he combines them with his passion for storytelling. He has been very open about his struggles with alcoholism, and his road to sobriety. In his newest feature film, SkyFly, the lead character fights a similar fight.
His approach to filmmaking has been from an entrepreneurial mindset where he embraces the business side of show business so he can support his love for the creative. Gary has been an entrepreneur since 2017, with his first company helping apartment complexes save money on their waste bill while improving their carbon footprint.
Gary's spiritous entrepreneurial side was triggered by watching and living in the most diverse place in the United States, Los Angeles, "one of my favorite things about Los Angeles is the diversity and enormous opportunity"- Camera and Electrical Department
Gary Smith is known for Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), John Carter (2012) and The Count of Monte Cristo (2002).- Gary Smith is a film producer whose experience covers production finance sales and distribution. He has helped in the financing and production of over forty films around the world with budgets in excess of $300 million, from Number 1 US box office studio films to small independent films. His first production was Rainbow, which is the first film to be shot entirely in the digital format. He founded and built two public companies specializing in film sales finance and production, namely Winchester Entertainment LLC which he built to a valuation of over $100million and Intandem Films plc. He is a major shareholder in Vumanity Content Ltd, a sophisticated mobile video technology company which owns "thefilmindustry.com", an online video network dedicated to the film industry set for launch in the Fall 2017. Mr Smith spent four years out of the film industry building his other business interests but in 2016 founded Blueshore Films with Dayo Beverly. Blueshore is a Los Angeles based film production finance and consulting business dedicated to bringing quality commercial feature films to a worldwide audience. Mr Smith and Ms Beverly have also established Culver City Productions in the UK which is dedicated to raising funds for films to be produced under the "Will and Jada Smith Presents" banner. Mr Smith is resident in Los Angeles but is a regular visitor to London. He is a member of BAFTA LA Academy Circle.
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