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- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Art Director
Robert E. Stanton was born on 15 December 1960 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an art director, known for Aladdin (1992), The Little Mermaid (1989) and The Princess and the Frog (2009). He was married to Mindy Ann Needham and Kimberly Skurkay. He died on 13 August 2021 in Glendale, California, USA.- Actress
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Nanci Griffith was born on 6 July 1953 in Seguin, Texas, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for The Firm (1993), How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and Milk Money (1994). She was married to Eric Taylor. She died on 13 August 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.- Fadil Karup was born in 1949 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for The Meeting Point (1989), Miris dunja (1982) and Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981). He died on 13 August 2021 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Actress
Dolores Boucher was born on 8 April 1931 in Farmington, Michigan, USA. She was an actress. She died on 13 August 2021 in California, USA.- Kaycee Moore was born on 24 February 1944 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Killer of Sheep (1978), Daughters of the Dust (1991) and The Boss' Son (1978). She was married to John Moore Jr. and Stephen Jones . She died on 13 August 2021 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Peter Clarson was born on 4 August 1952 in Australia. He was a cinematographer, known for Arlington Road (1999), Backdraft (1991) and The Mist (2007). He was married to Cheryl Fitzsimmons. He died on 13 August 2021 in Waxahachie, Texas, USA.- Gino Strada was born on 21 April 1948 in Sesto San Giovanni, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for A guerra finita (2022), Once Upon a Time in Italy (2022) and Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin (2001). He was married to Simonetta Gola and Teresa Sarti. He died on 13 August 2021 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
- Maxime Leigh-Wood was born on 17 October 2001. He was an actor, known for Grace Stirs Up Success (2015), Dino Dana (2017) and Dot. (2016). He died on 13 August 2021.
- Additional Crew
Carolyn Shoemaker was born on 24 June 1929 in Gallup, New Mexico, USA. She is known for Deep Impact (1998), The Infinite Voyage (1987) and National Geographic Specials (1965). She was married to Eugene Shoemaker. She died on 13 August 2021 in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.- Pil Trafa was born on 1 February 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 13 August 2021 in Lima, Peru.
- Make-Up Department
- Additional Crew
Anna-Lena Melin was born on 24 June 1945 in Stockholm, Sweden. She is known for Fanny and Alexander (1982), Arn: The Knight Templar (2007) and Beck (1997). She died on 13 August 2021.- Carmen Morales was born on 10 October 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for El show de Barbieri y Pelele (1975), Domingos de teatro cómico (1969) and Los caballeros de la cama redonda (1973). She was married to Juan Carlos Garcia Acha. She died on 13 August 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Art Department
John P. Maynier was born on 3 April 1952. John P. is known for The Matrix Reloaded (2003), High Crimes (2002) and The Spirit of '76 (1990). John P. died on 13 August 2021 in California, USA.- Angela Milner was born on 3 October 1947 in Gosforth, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. She was married to Andrew Milner. She died on 13 August 2021 in the UK.
- Rich Milot was born on 28 May 1957 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 13 August 2021 in the USA.
- Director
- Producer
Don Poynter was born on 14 May 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Mummynappers (1965) and What's My Line? (1950). He died on 13 August 2021 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.- Writer
- Additional Crew
Steve Perrin was born on 22 January 1946 in the USA. He was a writer, known for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (1997), The Real Ghostbusters (1986) and My Summer of Love (2004). He was married to Luise Perenne. He died on 13 August 2021 in the USA.- Producer
- Additional Crew
James C. Hormel was born on 1 January 1933 in Austin, Minnesota, USA. He was a producer, known for From Zero to I Love You (2019), Pursuit of Equality (2005) and Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021). He was married to Michael P. Nguyen-Hormel and Alice. He died on 13 August 2021 in San Francisco, California, USA.- Louie Knuxx was an actor, known for Louie Knuxx: Stan Howse (2012), PNC feat. Jordache, David Dallas, Louie Knuxx & Percieve: Take It All (2012) and Louie Knuxx: Stan Howse (41 Remix) (2013). He died on 13 August 2021 in Melbourne, Australia.
- Vladimir Mendelssohn was a composer, known for The Violin Player (1994). He died on 13 August 2021 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Baba Zumbi was an actor, known for Zion I: Tech $ (2016). He died on 13 August 2021 in Oakland, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
Jean-Pierre Pichard is known for Nuit Celtique 3 (2004), Nuit Celtique (2003) and Nuit Celtique II (2003). He died on 13 August 2021 in Lorient, Morbihan, France.- Kazimierz Czapla was born in 1951 in Poland. He was an actor, known for Darmozjad polski (1998), Television Theater (1953) and Blisko, coraz blizej (1983). He died on 13 August 2021 in Greece.
- Stephen 'Zumbi' Gaines was an actor, known for This Close or This Far (2009). He died on 13 August 2021 in Oakland, California, USA.
- Enzo Facciolo died on 13 August 2021 in Italy.
- Jayquan Lewis was an actor, known for Joyland (2019). He died on 13 August 2021 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.
- Zumbi was an actor, known for Zion I: Kali Yuga (2019). He died on 13 August 2021 in Oakland, California, USA.
- Editor
- Producer
- Director
Scott Allen Nollen is an American historian, biographer, archivist, filmmaker and musician known widely as the author of a series of popular books on the history of film, music, literature and African American studies. His father, Harold N. Nollen, served in the United States Coast Guard prior to running a successful petroleum distribution business, to which his mother, Shirley A. (Stoltz) Nollen, also contributed. From age 12 in 1975, Nollen worked for his father until beginning his university studies in 1984. The surname "Nollen" is a variant of a clan that originated in Ireland. The maternal line of his father's family has been traced back to Bavaria in 1676.
Nollen's literary collaborators include science-fiction legend Ray Bradbury, author-filmmakers Nicholas Meyer and Michael A. Hoey, British musicians Ian Anderson and Dave Pegg, R&B singer Ruth Pointer, television producer Tony Oppedisano, celebrity offspring Dame Jean Conan Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), Sara Jane Karloff (Boris Karloff) and Chris Costello (Lou Costello), film scholar Paul M. Jensen, and Theron Denson, "the World's Only African-American Neil Diamond Tribute Artist." He also is known for producing, directing and playing two roles in the independent film "Lofty" (2005), with his nephew, Ryan C. Baumbach, and co-writing the screenplays for the award-winning documentaries "Kreating Karloff" (2006) and "Finnigan's War" (2013).
Nollen's parents began reading to him at a very early age, and he was able to read and write by the age of four, before attending Kindergarten. He has cited his favorite authors as Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, H. G. Wells and Mark Twain. He has noted that his greatest writing "teachers" have been Stevenson, Conan Doyle and Poe, all of whose considerable works (including essays and uncompleted material) he has read in their entirety. Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island" (1883) he describes as a "perfect literary work and perhaps the only truly 'cinematic' work ever created entirely in another medium, especially prior to the invention of film." His favorite poet is Scottish bard Robert Burns, whose works are written in English and the Auld Scots dialect, which Nollen also reads and writes.
Nollen's top 10 classic film directors are John Ford, Akira Kurosawa, Charles Chaplin, John Huston, James Whale, Yasujiro Ozu, Masaki Kobayashi, Michael Curtiz, F. W. Murnau and Fritz Lang. His five top post-1960 directors are Sidney Lumet, Nicholas Meyer, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood.
Since 1979, Nollen has written scores of articles and essays, as well as authoring and editing over 50 books, including "The Boys: The Cinematic World of Laurel and Hardy" (1989), "Boris Karloff: A Critical Account of His Screen, Stage, Radio, Television and Recording Work" (1991), "Robert Louis Stevenson: Life, Literature and the Silver Screen" (1994), "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Cinema: A Critical Study of the Film Adaptations" (1996), "Boris Karloff: A Gentleman's Life" (1999), "Robin Hood: A Cinematic History of the English Outlaw and His Scottish Counterparts" (1999), "Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968-2001" (2001), "The Cinema of Sinatra: The Actor, on Screen and in Song" (2003), "Louis Armstrong: The Life, Music and Film Career" (2004), "Warners Wiseguys: All 112 Films that Robinson, Cagney and Bogart Made for the Studio" (2007), "Abbott and Costello on the Home Front: A Critical Study of the Wartime Films" (2009), "Jilly! Sinatra's Right Hand Man" (2009), "Paul Robeson: Film Pioneer" (2010), "Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond" (2013), "Black Diamond: The Real Illusion" (2013), "Glenda Farrell: Hollywood's Hardboiled Dame" (2014), "The Making and Influence of 'I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'" (2016), "Takashi Shimura: Chameleon of Japanese Cinema" (2019) and, with his wife, Yuyun Yuningsih Nollen, "Chester Morris: His Life and Career" (2019)..
Of all his editing assignments, Nollen is most pleased to have worked on the U.S. edition of the autobiography of one of his heroes, Sir Christopher Lee, "Tall, Dark and Gruesome" (1999). Along with Sir Christopher, his favorite acquaintance and correspondent was actor, author and gourmet chef Vincent Price. His closest film-industry friend will always remain "the beloved Michael A. Hoey," whose original screenplay for the bizarre comic Elvis Presley film "Stay Away, Joe" (1967) he called (in the writer's presence) "a tragically under-rated experimental masterpiece."
Nollen co-wrote the Grammy-nominated book for the Time Warner CD box set Frank Sinatra in Hollywood 1940-1964 (2002), joining other Sinatra scholars including film historian Leonard Maltin, jazz authority Will Friedwald, and record producer Chuck Granata. In 2002, Nollen's "Jethro Tull" was nominated for Best Rock 'n' Roll/R&B book by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.
Educated at the University of Iowa, Nollen earned a BA in Honors History (1988), a BA in Broadcasting and Film (1988), and an MA in United States, Modern European and African American History (1989). His main influences while at the University were Professor Lawrence Gelfand (History) and Professor Samuel Becker (Communication Studies), who had been recommended to him by Nicholas Meyer, who has maintained a strong relationship with the school. Another highlight for Nollen were his private discussions with legendary astronomer and physicist James Van Allen.
From 1991-2001, Nollen served as a federal archivist, filmmaker and lecturer for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Washington, DC, and at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. His travels took him to institutions throughout the U.S., including a "private visit" in the boarding house where President Abraham Lincoln passed away and a night sleeping in the (very short) bed of President Rutherford B. Hayes.
The onset of two serious, permanent progressive illnesses, requiring long term hospitalizations and major surgeries during 2010-11, ended Nollen's extensive traveling to do research for book projects. Often confined to home under strict diet and medication regimens, Nollen nonetheless remains more active than ever as a scholar, working on many book projects simultaneously.
In 2014, Nollen was selected by the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress to contribute to the National Film Registry website, writing essays on Paul Robeson's "The Emperor Jones" (1933) and John Ford's "Stagecoach," "The Quiet Man," "The Searchers" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." . Nollen also wrote chapters on Robert Louis Stevenson's novels "Treasure Island" and "Kidnapped," for a two-volume book on the Walt Disney films, and John Ford for a book on films and television programs about the U.S. Civil War, for Rowman & Littlefield. He and his researcher-writer-actress wife also are writing three more books: "Mike Connors: The Life, Military, Athletic, Film and Television Career" and "The Eastern Films of Boris Karloff" for McFarland; and "Sons of Charlie Chan: Keye Luke, Sen Yung, Benson Fong" for Midnight Marquee. Nollen's long-awaited "Setsuko Hara: Madonna of Japanese Cinema" (McFarland) will follow, as well as a new volume on film and television adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.
The composer of hundreds of "home-grown" songs and tunes over the past four decades, Nollen served as drummer for the Midwestern-based jazz quintet "Together" during 1978-1984, and constantly collaborated with his cousin, guitarist and songwriter Todd M. Jacobsen, from 1974 to 2017.
Nollen maintains a permanent residency in the United States but, as of December 2017, resides with Yuyun, and stepson, Julio, in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, where they began working on "Five Indo Samurai," a short film tribute to Akira Kurosawa, for their own family company, What-Is-Mean Productions, during 2019.- Charlie Johnson was born on 17 February 1952 in West Columbia, Texas, USA. He died on 13 August 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.