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January Jones was born on January 5, 1978 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She is the daughter of Karen Sue (née Cox), a sporting goods store manager, and Marvin Roger Jones, a gym teacher and fitness director. She is of Czech, Danish, English, Welsh, and German ancestry. She was named after the character January Wayne in Jacqueline Susann's potboiler novel turned film, Once Is Not Enough (1975). She has two sisters, Jacey Jones and Jina Jones].

Her family moved to the small town of Hecla, South Dakota, with a population of just some 400 souls in 1979, when she was one year old; they moved back to Sioux Falls in 1986. After graduating from Roosevelt High School, she moved to New York City to become a model. Despite her stature (5'6", which is short for a fashion model), she got modeling gigs, including Abercrombie & Fitch ads. However, modeling was just a means to an end, to get out of South Dakota and avoid going to college.

She got her first taste of acting from TV commercials and found that she had flair for it, even though she did not act in high school and had no training. January appeared in a couple of television pilots and a cable television series before making her big screen debut in All the Rage (1999), an indie that never got a real release. She followed it up with a small role in the teen thriller The Glass House (2001). Her actual debut in the sense of attracting attention was in the near silent role of the beauty who entices Jane Fonda's son, Troy Garity, in the Bruce Willis-Cate Blanchett-Billy Bob Thornton comedy Bandits (2001). It was not a career-making part. At the time the movie was released, she was ending a three-year relationship with Ashton Kutcher.

Small roles followed, including a "don't blink or you won't see me" part in the Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson comedy Anger Management (2003). She gained some career traction with a good role in another comedy, American Wedding (2003), a sequel to American Pie (1999). Until she landed the part on Mad Men (2007), which made its debut on AMC in 2007, her career was steady but undistinguished. "I choose roles that are not me", January has said. The role of Betty Draper has garnered her two Golden Globe nominations and an Emmy nomination as Best Actress. Her cool, Grace Kelly-ish blonde ice queen looks -- counterpointed by her soul burning in her bright blue eyes -- have established her as a retro icon of the 21st Century.

January LaVoy was born in December 1975 in the USA. She is an actress, known for War of the Worlds (2005), One Life to Live (1968) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). She was previously married to Mat Hostetler.

Born in McAllen, Texas, Lois January trained as a dancer almost from infancy. Her mother believed that Lois and her younger brother were talented enough as dancers to make it in the movies, and she took the two children to Los Angeles for a short period to check out employment opportunities for child dancers and performers. Though she returned to Texas, the family eventually moved to California, settling in Los Angeles, and Lois not only continued her dancing but began taking acting lessons in school. After graduating high school Lois joined a touring dance troupe, and when the group broke up in 1931, she focused most of her efforts toward acting rather than dancing. She began appearing in plays at the famed Pasadena Playhouse, where she was spotted by a Universal Pictures executive, who offered her a contract. She got some small parts in several Universal "B" pictures, then the studio loaned her out to Columbia Pictures, where she made several appearances in that studio's comedy shorts, and she also made a string of ultra-cheap "B" westerns for such independent producers as Willis Kent and Sam Katzman. After her contract at Universal was up, she signed with Republic Pictures and made more westerns, appearing with such staples of the genre as Johnny Mack Brown and Bob Steele. She had a small part in the classic The Wizard of Oz (1939) as a manicurist doing Dorothy's nails in the city of Oz. After completing that film she journeyed to New York and appeared on Broadway in "Yokel Boy". When that play's run was completed, she got an engagement singing at the world-famous Rainbow Room. Throughout the 1940s she alternated between nightclub engagements and stage work. Eventually she was offered her own radio show, and took it. She appeared in her last film in 1961, but in the late 1960s and early 1970s she made a spate of TV guest-starring roles. She died in Los Angeles in August of 2006 of Alzheimer's Disease.

Fredric March began a career in banking but in 1920 found himself cast as an extra in films being produced in New York. He starred on the Broadway stage first in 1926 and would return there between screen appearances later on. He won plaudits (and an Academy Award nomination) for his send-up of John Barrymore in The Royal Family of Broadway (1930). Four more Academy Award nominations would come his way, and he would win the Oscar for Best Actor twice: for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). He could play roles varying from heavy drama to light comedy, and was often best portraying men in anguish, such as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman (1951). As his career advanced he progressed from leading man to character actor.

March was born Jane March Horwood in Edgware, London. Her father, Bernard Horwood, is a secondary school teacher of English and Spanish ancestry. Her mother, Jean, is Vietnamese and Chinese. March has one brother.

At age 14, March won a local "Become a Model" contest. She signed with Storm Model Management and began working as a print model using her middle name March, which was also her birth month.

After being spotted on the cover of Just Seventeen by French director Jean-Jacques Annaud, she was chosen to play the female lead in his film The Lover (1992), based on a semi autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras.

Two years after The Lover (1992), she co-starred with Bruce Willis in the erotic thriller Color of Night (1994), directed by Richard Rush. She later said, "I didn't like the script at all, but it was a Bruce Willis film and I wasn't going to turn it down".

While Color of Night (1994) was in production, March began dating the film's co-producer Carmine Zozzora. The couple married in June 1993 in an 11-minute ceremony at which Bruce Willis was the best man and Demi Moore was the maid of honor. They separated in 1997 and finally divorced in 2001.

Stephanie March is an actress and producer, known for The Invention of Lying (2009), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). She has been married to Dan Benton since September 1, 2017. She was previously married to Bobby Flay. Stephanie is on the board of the Panzi Foundation, OneKid OneWorld, The Gotham FIlm & Media Institute, Northwestern University's School of Communication, and The Whitney Museum of American Art.

April is known for Cycle 2 of 'America's Next Top Model', 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' Netflix, 'Guiding Light' CBS, 'Lipstick Jungle' NBC, 'Royal Pains' USA, and indie comedy 'SAM', producer Mel Brooks. She is a correspondent for the NY Rangers & CBS Sports. She is a Mental Health Advocate for AFSP & #988.

April Michelle Bowlby was born on 30 July 1980 in Vallejo, California, USA. She and her family moved to Manteca, California, when she was a small child. She studied ballet, French, and marine biology at Moorpark College, before deciding to pursue an acting career. She studied drama with Ivana Chubbuck before landing her first role in a major television series, "Kandi" in series Two and a Half Men (2003)), within weeks of her first Hollywood audition.

Born in Muskegon Michigan the second oldest of 6 children. April is an active space advocate, videographer and live science show presenter for Griffith Observatory in Hollywood California.

Awarded multiple scholarships for both drama and Teen Bible Quiz, April graduated from Evangel University (aka/cbc) with a B.A. in Communications and Bible.

Aprils first Television appearance was in 2005 as co-host of "Material Girls" a DIY-Network home-makeover show. After 2 seasons, co-hosts Cat Wei-Dean, April Eden and Kelly Keener co-authored the book, "Material Girls"

Best known for her ability to play a wide range of eccentric extreme roles (Trish "Parks and Recreation", Jessica/Jaden "Mirror Image").

Jamia Suzette Mays was born in Bristol, Tennessee, to Susan (Norris) and James Mays, and was raised in Grundy, Virginia with her older brother and sister. Her father was a high school teacher at Grundy Senior High School for seven years, before spending 25 years working in the coal-mining industry. He is now retired and lives with Jayma's mother in Bristol.

At school, Jayma enjoyed Math and singing. She graduated from high school in 1997. She then went on to get an Associate degree from Southwest Virginia Community College. She then did a year at Virginia Tech, transferring to Radford University. After earning her degree in Theatre in 2000, she moved to California.

She started out with an internship with actor Timothy Busfield, of the television series Thirtysomething (1987). In 2004, she had her screen television debut on Joey (2004). Her first feature film came, a year later, in Red Eye (2005). Her breakthrough role came when she won the role of "Emma Pillsbury" on the hit show Glee (2009).

Elaine May (born under the name Elaine Iva Berlin) is an American actress, comedian, film director, playwright, and screenwriter from Philadelphia. Her professional career started in the 1950s and is still ongoing. She has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She is best remembered for directing the Cold War-themed action comedy "Ishtar" (1987). She won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director, but the film has had a vocal minority of critics who defend its quality.

In 1932, May was born to a Jewish-American family. Both her parents were theatrical actors. Her father Jack Berlin was also a theater director and led his own traveling Yiddish theater company. Her mother was actress Ida Aaron. May made her stage debut c. 1935, at the age of 3. Her father had decided to include her in his performances. As a a child actress, she was reportedly cast in the roles of boys.

The theater company toured extensively, and May was part of their tours. She kept changing schools, enrolling for a few weeks and then moving to another city. May reputedly hated school, but loved reading books on her own. Her favorite topics were fairy tales and mythology.

Jack Berlin died c. 1942, and May's career as a child actress consequently ended. She was left in the custody of her mother. The duo settled in Los Angeles, and May eventually enrolled in Hollywood High School. In 1946, May dropped out of school. In 1948, she married her her first husband, the toy inventor Marvin May. She was only 16-years-old at the time of her marriage. She would later keep her husband's surname as her professional name.

In 1949, May had her only child, Jeannie Brette May. Jeannie would later become a professional actress in her own right, under the name Jeannie Berlin. May and her husband separated c. 1950, and she received a divorce in 1960. She started supporting herself through a series of odd jobs.

In 1950, May was interested in attending college, but most colleges in California required applicants to have high school diplomas. As a high school dropout, she did not have the necessary diploma. Learning that the University of Chicago did not use this requirement, she hitch-hiked her way to Chicago, At the time her personal fortune consisted of 7 dollars.

Once she arrived in Chicago, May started informally taking classes at the university by auditing, sitting in without enrolling. She habitually engaged in discussions with her instructors. She once had a fight with a philosophy instructor because of their different interpretations of the motives behind Socrates' apology. May was introduced to aspiring actor Mike Nichols (1931-2014),who was also attending the University. They bonded over their shared passion for the theater.

In 1955, May became one of the charter members of the Compass Players, a Chicago-based improvisational theater group. Nichols joined the group shortly after. The two of them formed a working partnership, jointly developing improvised comedy sketches. May helped the Compass Players to become a highly popular comedy troupe, due to her talent for satire. She helped in the training of novice members of the group.

In 1957, Nichols was asked to leave the Compass Players. His popularity had outshone most members of the group, and had caused internal conflicts. May left the group with him. They then decided to form their own stand-up comedy team, "Nichols and May". Their improvisational skills, and ability to come up with fresh material allowed them to impress their audience.

In 1960, the comedy duo made their Broadway debut, with the show "An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May". A recording of the show won the 1962 "Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album". "Nichols and May" became very popular in New York City, performing in sold-out shows. They also started making appearances in radio and television, and even recorded commercials.

May was reportedly surprised with her own success. She had spend much of her adult life in near-poverty, but she was now earning a regular income from show business. She joked in an interview that she was practically barefoot when she arrived in New York, and now had to get used to wearing high heels.

In 1961, the duo was at the height of their fame. But they decided to dissolve their partnership in order to pursue solo careers. Nichols started working as a Broadway stage director, while May started her new career as a playwright. Her most successful play was "Adaptation" (1969), which she also directed. For her work as a theatrical director, she won the 1969 "Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Director".

May made her debut as a film director with the black comedy "A New Leaf" (1971). It was an adaptation of a short story by Jack Ritchie (1922-1983), depicting the story of an impoverished patrician who marries a wealthy heiress for her money. The main character initially considers murdering his wife to inherit her wealth, but first he has to protect her from other predators who were after her money.

Her first film found little success at the box office, but was praised by critics and was nominated for the "Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy". It later earned a reputation as a cult classic, and in 2019 it was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.

Her second film was the romantic comedy "The Heartbreak Kid" (1972). It concerns a newlywed man who falls madly in love with a younger woman while on his honeymoon. He pursues his romantic interest obsessively despite all signs that his love is unrequited, and despite the disapproval of the woman's protective father. The film was critically acclaimed, and has at times been listed in retrospectives concerning the funniest American films.

In an unusual career move, her third film was not a comedy. It was the rather bleak gangster film "Mikey and Nicky" (1976). It depicts a small-time mobster whose life is in danger, resorting to asking for help from his childhood friend. While creating this film, May got involved in a legal dispute with the film studio Paramount Pictures. The studio eventually decided to only allow a limited release for the film. The film found a niche audience in the home video market, but May's career as a director suffered from this dispute. She was effectively blacklisted.

May decided to focus on her screenwriting career. She found success with the script to the fantasy-comedy "Heaven Can Wait" (1978), about the afterlife of a man who died prematurely. The film was based on a 1938 play by Harry Segall (1892-1975), and also served as a remake to the classic film "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (1941) which was based on the same play. The film earned about 99 million dollars at the worldwide box office, and was a critical hit. May was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, but the award was instead won by rival screenwriter Oliver Stone (1946-).

During the early 1980s, May mainly worked as an uncredited script doctor. She "polished" scripts by other screenwriters. Her greatest success in this role was the romantic comedy "Tootsie" (1982), for which she wrote several additional scenes. She attempted her comeback as a director with the action comedy "Ishtar" (1987), which became a box office flop for the film studio Columbia Pictures. The film's failure reportedly convinced Columbia's parent company Coca-Cola to sell the under-performing studio to Sony.

"Ishtar" was derided at the time as the worst film of its era by many critics, but was also defended by a vocal minority of critics. It has since attracted a cult audience, who consider this to be a great film. However the film's failure ended May's career as a film director and damaged her reputation. She also ceased working as a screenwriter for several years, reduced to working as an actress again.

May made her comeback as a screenwriter with the comedy film "The Birdcage" (1996), a remake of the European comedy "La Cage aux Folles" (The Cage of Madwomen, 1978). In the film, the openly gay parents to a young man have to pretend to be straight in an attempt to impress their son's prospective in-laws. The film earned about 185 million dollars at the worldwide box office, the greatest hit in May's career up to that point. She was nominated for the "Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay", but the award was instead won by rival screenwriter Billy Bob Thornton (1955-).

May found more critical success with her next screenplay, for the political film "Primary Colors" (1998). It was an adaptation of the roman à clef novel "Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics" (1996) by Joe Klein (1946-). The novel itself was a fictionalized version of Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, and depicts an idealistic campaign worker's disillusionment with the politician. The film's cast were nominated for several awards. May herself received her second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, but the award was instead won by rival screenwriter Bill Condon (1955-).

May largely retired from screenwriting since the end of the 1990s. As an actress, she had a supporting role in the crime-comedy "Small Time Crooks" (2000). The film concerned nouveau riche criminals, who attempt to socialize with the American upper class. For this role, she won the "Best Supporting Actress Award" at the National Society of Film Critics Awards.

May lived in retirement until joining the cast of the television mini-series "Crisis in Six Scenes" (2016), her first television role in several decades. The series was created by Woody Allen (1935-), who happened to be an old friend of May.

In 2018, May made a theatrical comeback in Broadway. She played the elderly gallery owner Gladys Green in a revival of the play "The Waverly Gallery" (2000) by Kenneth Lonergan (1962-). In the play, Gladys shows early signs of Alzheimer's disease, and her family has to deal with her mental decline. May received critical acclaim for this role. For this role, she won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. At age 87, she was the second-oldest winner of a Tony Award for acting.

As of 2021, May is 89-years-old. She is no longer very active, but she reportedly has plans to direct another film. She remains a popular actress.

Jodhi was born in 1975. She was born and brought up in London, England, UK. She went to Wadham College, Oxford University 1994-1997. She studied and received a Masters in English. During her time at Wadham she read a lot of literature. She has been acting since she was twelve.

June Diane Raphael is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She has starred in TV comedy programs Burning Love, Adult Swim's NTSF:SD:SUV::, and Grace and Frankie. Notable film work includes supporting roles in Year One and Unfinished Business, as well as her 2013 Sundance film Ass Backwards, which she co-wrote and starred in with her creative partner Casey Wilson. She also co-hosts the movie discussion podcast How Did This Get Made? alongside Jason Mantzoukas and her husband Paul Scheer.

Born in New York City on June 25, 1925, the daughter of actors Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart, June Lockhart made her professional debut at age eight in a Metropolitan Opera production of "Peter Ibbetson", playing Mimsey in the dream sequence. In the mid-1930s, the Lockharts relocated to California, where father Gene enjoyed a long career as one of the screen's great character actors. June made her screen debut in MGM's version of A Christmas Carol (1938), playing--appropriately enough the daughter of stars Gene Lockhart and Kathleen Lockhart. June appeared in a dozen or more movies before 1947, when she made her Broadway bow playing the ingénue in the comedy "For Love or Money" with John Loder. She got a standing ovation on opening night; one critic compared her debut to the first big hits of Helen Hayes and Margaret Sullavan. The overnight toast of Broadway, she went on to win a Tony Award, the Donaldson Award, the Theatre World Award and the Associated Press citation for Woman of the Year for Drama for her work in that play. On television, she has co-starred in popular series like Lassie (1954) and Lost in Space (1965).

American leading lady whose sweet smile and sunny disposition made her the prototypical girl-next-door of American movies of the 1940s. Raised in semi-poverty in Bronx neighborhoods by her divorced mother, Allyson (nee Ella Geisman) was injured in a fall at age eight and spent four years confined within a steel brace. Swimming therapy slowly gave her mobility again, and she began to study dance as well. She entered dance contests after high school and earned roles in several musical short films. In 1938, she made her Broadway debut in the musical "Sing Out the News." After several roles in the chorus of various musicals, she was hired to understudy Betty Hutton in "Panama Hattie." Hutton's measles gave Allyson a shot at a performance and she impressed director George Abbott so much that he gave her a role in his next musical, "Best Foot Forward." She was subsequently hired by MGM to recreate her role in the screen version. The studio realized what it had in her and offered her a contract.

Her smoky voice and winning personality made her very popular and she made more than a score of films for MGM, most often in musicals and comedies. She became a box-office attraction, paired with many of the major stars of the day. In 1945, she married actor-director Dick Powell, with whom she occasionally co-starred. Following Powell's death from cancer in 1963, she retreated somewhat from film work, appearing only infrequently on screen and slightly more often in television films. Occasional nightclub appearances and commercials were her only other public performances since, and she died of pulmonary respiratory failure and acute bronchitis on July 8, 2006, after a long illness.

Filmmaker Magazine rated her #1 in their "25 New Faces of Indie Film" in 2004!

She is a performance artist and published short story writer. Since becoming a filmmaker, her debut feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) has won several film awards.

She is the daughter of Lindy Hough and Richard Grossinger, writers and publishers who founded North Atlantic Books.

August Diehl was born on 4 January 1976 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), A Hidden Life (2019) and 23 (1998). He was previously married to Julia Malik.

August Maturo may be best known nationally and internationally for his starring role on the hit Disney Channel Original Series "Girl Meets World." He was a scene-stealer as 'Auggie,' the precocious son of Cory [Ben Savage] and Topanga [Danielle Fishel] Matthews. 'Girl Meets World' was an instant hit and premiered to 5.2 million viewers and Maturo filmed over 70 episodes. The show was nominated for three Emmy Awards for 'Outstanding Children's Program' as well as three Teen Choice Awards, and a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award. Additional credits for Maturo include: 'Teachers,' 'The Odd Couple', 'Weeds', 'Dads', 'Bones', 'Raising Hope', 'See Dad Run', 'Suburgatory', 'The Connors', 'S.W.A.T.', and 'How I Met Your Mother'. In 2023, Maturo will be seen guest-starring in the new FOX crime anthology series 'Accused' by Howard Gordon opposite Rachel Bilson, Jack Davenport, and Reid Miller, as well as a guest-starring role opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt in FOX's '9-1-1'.

Maturo made the jump from television to film in the wildly successful horror movie 'The Nun' (Warner Bros) which grossed over $366 Million worldwide. Maturo portrayed 'Daniel', opposite Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, and Bonnie Aarons.

Maturo can also be seen starring as the lead in two feature films. He plays Joshua in the independent feature 'Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog' (also released as 'Shepherd: The Story of a Hero Dog'). Based on the bestselling Israeli novel 'The Jewish Dog' by Asher Kravitz, it is written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Lynn Roth ('The Little Traitor') and produced by Howard Rosenman ('Call Me By Your Name'). This award-winning film was one of the first films to be shown in theaters during the pandemic, alongside 'Cruella' and 'A Quiet Place 2'. Maturo won the MovieBuff 2021 Independent Film Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for his role in the film.

Maturo also plays the lead role of Lucas in the Shudder/AMC+ horror/thriller 'Slapface' currently streaming on all platforms. 'Slapface' follows the story of a young boy who deals with the death of his parents and the physical and emotional abuse of being bullied by creating a dangerous relationship with a monster. Maturo won the Best Actor Award at Grimmfest in the UK for this role and received incredible reviews with a 91% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Born in Ventura, California in 2007 to an Italian father and Jordanian mother, Maturo began acting professionally at the age of four after appearing in a church play. He loved being on stage and bringing stories to life, so his parents decided to take him to a handful of film and TV auditions, testing the waters in the entertainment world. Maturo instantly captivated casting directors and producers and began landing back to back projects. His first major television role was a top of show guest star appearance at only four years old on HBO's 'Weeds'. He shortly thereafter was cast in a recurring role on 'How I Met Your Mother' He booked 'Girl Meets World' at the age of 5, the youngest person ever to be offered a Disney Channel contract.

A cause that is important to Maturo is spreading awareness and promoting the importance of creating an action plan for children and adults who are affected by life-threatening food allergies, something that has challenged Maturo and his family since he was three years old. In 2022, Maturo launched his own production company 'Maturo Entertainment' For his first production, he partnered with Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmakers 'Just Like You Films' to produce and star in a docu-drama hybrid feature film about food allergies. The film was also shot in virtual reality, and through immersive story-telling, will show audiences first-hand what it's like to be a young person living with life-threatening food allergies.

In 2022, Maturo graduated high school and began attending college at age the age of 14. He currently lives in the Los Angeles area with his parents and younger brother, actor Ocean Maturo.

John August's screenwriting credits include Go (1999), Big Fish (2003), Titan A.E. (2000), Charlie's Angels (2000), and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003).

Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, John earned a degree in journalism from Drake University in Iowa and an MFA in film from the Peter Stark program at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles. John has a weekly screenwriting column on Internet Movie Database, in the "Ask a Filmmaker" section of indie.imdb.com.

Lauran September was born and raised in Kentucky. She studied and performed Improv and sketch comedy in Chicago with The Second City and iO (formerly improv Olympic). She can been seen opposite Amy Adams in HBO's Sharp Objects (2018). She has guest appeared in ABC's The Muppets. (2015) opposite Jason Bateman, Masters of Sex (2013) opposite Michael Sheen, and Yuriy Sardarov quirky love interest on NBC's Chicago Fire (2012).

September Williams is an American physician-writer, bioethicist and filmmaker.The romances and characters she writes exist in a realm punctuated by diversity,much as has her clinical practice and life. All of her work focuses on promoting resilience for people who are ill, aging, dying, or stressed by environmental and humanitarian violation. She is a member of the National Writers Union(UAW local 1981/AFL-CIO), and an affiliate of the International Federation of Journalists.

Born in Kansas city, September was raised in California. Her mother a progressive activist, September completed her first academic degree in Winnipeg, Canada. She graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine, followed by Cook County Hospital's Internal Medicine residency and a Surgical Hyperalimentation & Nutrition fellowship.These all focused her interest in bioethics and film. She was a Lowell T. Coggleshall Fellow at the University of Chicago's McClean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. There she was particularly influenced by the late film director-physicist-bioethicist Dr. Stephen Toulman, She began to explore film and media impact on peoples' autonomy related to expectations of medicine and science.

September also owes her film and television interest to her childhood relationships with writer Guy Endore and writer-producer Joanna Lee. September began learning her filmmaking/script writing craft in the Screenwriting and Directing MFA program at Columbia College, Chicago. There she studied with the indomitable filmmaker and educator Paul Hettel. She was a National Endowment for Humanities Institute Fellow in Black Film during the inception of the Zora Neal Hurston Institute for Documentary Studies at the University of Central Florida.

September served as a part of the inaugural team opening the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care. She was the center's first physician ethicist and communications specialist. She is a contributor to, and reviewer of, books related to film and bioethics. She also blogs on popular film and television at bioethicsscreenreflections.com, with the goal of providing analysis of films with sometimes hidden bio-ethical significance for educators and students in film and medicine. Williams has been consultant to a number of filmmakers, television directors, producers and writers. In her unique role as medical ethicist and filmmaker, she has appeared in and provided research for film and television broadcasts, as well as clinical medical ethics consultation, through the non profit Ninth Month Consults.

Williams is a writer/director/producer of short films including Shared Decisions ( 1992) and Dance for Joy (2008). She also made the feature length documentaries, A conversation on Moral Intuition ( 2001) about the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee Alabama, as well as the 2015 feature length When We Are Asked:About Crossing Over. September Williams makes films through Ninth Month Productions; a part of the Cross Quarter Publishing Group. Prolific filmmaker, editor, founding member of Kartemquin Films, and Media Monster, Sharon Karp, has worked with Williams since 1991. September Williams next film project is called the Ecology of Aging. September is the author of the novel Chasing Mercury. Available in 2017, it is a romance set in the time when human mercury poisoning was first identified in North America.

September Williams lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, has two adult millennial children and is an avid open water rower.

September Carter is known for Stuck! (2009), Followed (2011) and Final Acts (2011).

October Moore is known for The Morning Show (2019), Pig (2021) and Trinkets (2019).

October Kingsley is a producer, poet, actress, and director. Ms. Kingsley made her feature film acting and directorial debut with the edgy, cult thriller, "The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi", co-starring opposite Hollywood legend and Oscar winner, Faye Dunaway. In addition to acting, directing, and producing films, Ms. Kingsley is also a successful commercial and music video director. She is also an accomplished poet. Ms. Kingsley graduated from UCLA with a double major in Philosophy and Psychology. She is currently working on several upcoming feature films, and developing numerous other business enterprises. Ms. Kingsley is an active supporter of many different charities and philanthropic groups. She is an avid supporter of animal rights, and various other humanitarian and spiritual organizations.

November Christine is known for Epic Rap Battles of History (2010), Vicious (2016) and Vamperifica (2012).