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Martin Horsey was born on 12 December 1945 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Centurion AD: Demons Within (2017), Alias (2001) and The President's Analyst (1967). He was married to Minadora Demyashkin. He died on 9 October 2016 in Ventura, California, USA.- Director
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Andrzej Wajda is an Academy Award-winning director. He is the most prominent filmmaker in Poland known for The Promised Land (1975), Man of Iron (1981), and Katyn (2007).
He was Born on March 6, 1926, in Suwalki, Poland. His mother, Aniela Wajda, was a teacher at a Ukrainian school. His father, Jakub Wajda, was a captain in the Polish infantry. Wajda described his childhood as a happy pastoral country life before the Second World War. In 1939, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany and Soviet Union. In 1940, Wajda's father was killed by Stalin's agents in the Katyn massacre.
Young Wajda survived the Second World War with his mother and his brother in Nazi-occupied Poland. In 1942, Wajda joined the Polish resistance and served in the Armia Krajowa until the war ended in 1945. In 1946 he moved to Kraków. There Wajda went to Academy of Fine Arts. He studied painting, particularly the impressionist and post-impressionist painting, and was especially fond of Paul Cezanne. From 1950-1954 he studied film directing at the High Film School in Lódz under directors Jerzy Toeplitz and Aleksander Ford. Later, Wajda described the influential and eye-opening experience from seeing French avant-garde films, like Ballet mécanique (1924) by artist-director Fernand Léger.
In 1955 he made his debut as director of full-length A Generation (1955), about the generation of youth coming of age during the Nazi occupation of Poland. His award-winning Kanal (1957) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958) concluded the trilogy about life in Poland during WWII. Although he was under pressure from the Soviet-dominated Polish authorities, Wajda positioned himself as an artist who was above the conflict. He still managed to show the undeclared civil war between two anti-Nazi Polish forces, which were divided by political ideology: the Polish communists and the partisans - folk heroes of the Home Army.
His Oscar-nominated The Promised Land (1975) was a work of multi-layered allegory and Symbolism. Wajda's witty depiction of the 19th century capitalism in Poland actually alluded to the contemporary Communist politics. The shooting of workers in the final scenes was actually unmasking of the official politics of killing workers in the Soviet Union in 1962, under Nikita Khrushchev, and in Poland a few years later. The story of a film student who traces the life of defamed "hero" in Man of Marble (1977) was a deconstruction of the false impressions that official propaganda was using to brainwash the public. The same main characters in Man of Iron (1981) continued unmasking the Communist regime's manipulations against working class people. In 1981, Wajda joined the "Solidarity" labor movement of Lech Walesa.
From 1989 to 1991 Wajda was elected Senator of the Republic of Poland. From 1992 to 1994 he was Member of Presidential Council for Culture. In 1994 he founded the Center of Japanese Art and Technology in Kraków, and was awarded the Order of Rising Sun in Japan (1995). Wajda was President of Polish Film Association (1978-1983). He was Member of "Solidarity" Lech Walesa Council (1981-1989). He won an honorary Oscar (2000) for his contribution to cinema, and an honorary Golden Bear (2006) at the Berlin Film Festival.
Wajda's Katyn (2007) was nominated for Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year in 2008, and received many other awards and nominations. The film shows historic events in Katyn during WWII, where Wajda's father was among thousands of Polish officers killed by Soviet communists under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. Wajda's film was well received by the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, who initially opened the facts about Katyn to help people understand each other and overcome the tragic past.
"We never hoped to live to see the fall of the Soviet Union, to see Poland as a free country", said Andrzej Wajda.- Zara Nutley was born on 19 August 1924 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Mind Your Language (1977), Jane Eyre (1973) and Tales of the Unexpected (1979). She died on 9 October 2016 in Uckfield, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Susan Aceron was born on 6 July 1972 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was an actress, known for The In-Laws (2003), Sailor Moon (1995) and The Ladies Man (2000). She was married to Jundee Gray. She died on 9 October 2016 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- El Mongol was born on 7 April 1930 in Mexico. He was an actor, known for Sharky's Machine (1981). He was married to Maria. He died on 9 October 2016 in Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA.
- Måns Edwall was born on 3 January 1960 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Varuhuset (1987), Femte generationen (1986) and Cameleonterna i Underjorden (1986). He died on 9 October 2016 in Gustavsberg, Sweden.
- Writer
- Actor
Rene Aviles Fabila was born on 15 November 1940 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. He was a writer and actor, known for The barrio kings (1985), La manzana de la discordia (1968) and Homenaje a Diego Rivera (1975). He died on 9 October 2016 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Michiyuki Kawashima was born on 24 August 1969 in Morioka, Iwate, Japan. He was married to Risa Sudou. He died on 9 October 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Production Manager
- Producer
- Actor
Zbigniew Romatowski was born on 29 July 1944 in Dziemianówka, Podlaskie, Poland. He was a production manager and producer, known for Pole niczyje (1988), Mala sprawa (1975) and O rany, nic sie nie stalo (1987). He died on 9 October 2016 in Prosienica, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Music Department
Guy Nadon was born in January 1934 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He is known for Au chic resto pop (1990), Le roi du drum (1992) and Beau et chaud (1988). He died on 9 October 2016 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.- Soundtrack
Angus Grant was born on 14 February 1967 in Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. Angus died on 9 October 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland.- Aaron Pryor was born on 20 October 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was married to Frankie Banks. He died on 9 October 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- Donn Fendler was born on 29 August 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Maryrose. He died on 9 October 2016 in Bangor, Maine, USA.