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Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director whose films were known for their colorful visual style, was born in Parma, Italy. He attended Rome University and became famous as a poet. He served as assistant director for Pier Paolo Pasolini in the film Accattone (1961) and directed The Grim Reaper (1962). His second film, Before the Revolution (1964), which was released in 1971, received an Academy Award nomination for best screenplay. Bertolucci also received an Academy Award nomination as best director for Last Tango in Paris (1972), and the best director and best screenplay for the film The Last Emperor (1987), which walked away with nine Academy Awards.

Dominick Brascia was born on 6 April 1957 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), Evil Laugh (1986) and Hard Rock Nightmare (1988). He died on 26 November 2018 in Bozeman, Montana, USA.

Stephen McDannell Hillenburg is the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants (1999), Nickelodeon's highest-rated cartoons for children and a staple of American television. He was born on August 21, 1961 in Fort Sill, a United States Army post in Lawton, Oklahoma, to Nancy (Dufour) Hillenburg and Kelly Neugent Hillenburg Jr.

Raised in Anaheim, California, he became fascinated with marine biology as a child and later developed an interest in art. He started his professional career in 1984 teaching marine biology at the Orange County Marine Institute. He wrote 'The Intertidal Zone', a comic book about tide-pool animals which he used to educate his students.

In 1989, two years after leaving teaching, Hillenburg enrolled at the California Institute of the Arts to pursue a career in animation. He was later offered a job on the Nickelodeon animated television series Rocko's Modern Life (1993), after his success with short films The Green Beret (1992) and Wormholes (1992), which he created while studying animation.

In 1994, Hillenburg began developing The Intertidal Zone characters and concepts for what would become SpongeBob SquarePants. The show premiered in 1999 and has aired since then. He also directed The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), which he originally intended to be the series finale. However, Nickelodeon wanted to produce more episodes, so Hillenburg resigned as the showrunner. He went back to making short films, with Hollywood Blvd, USA (2014).

In 2015, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) was released; It marked Hillenburg's return to the franchise, after he co-wrote the story and acted as an executive producer on the project.

Aside from two Emmy Awards and six Annie Awards for SpongeBob SquarePants, Hillenburg also received an accolade from Heal the Bay for his efforts on elevating marine life awareness, as well as the Television Animation Award from the National Cartoonists Society. Despite all this, he was involved in public controversies, including one that centered on speculation over the SpongeBob character's intended sexual orientation.

Hillenburg was diagnosed in 2017 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He stated that he would continue to work on his show for as long as possible. He died at age 57 on November 26, 2018 in San Marino, California, a year and a half after his diagnosis.

Hugh Dickson was born on 19 August 1927 in Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Canterbury Tales (1969) and Poldark (1975). He was married to Dorothy White. He died on 26 November 2018 in London, England, UK.

In 1978, on graduating from the University of Paris, Samuel Hadida founded Metropolitan Filmexport through which he has distributed over 100 films in France and French-speaking territories including David Fincher's Se7en (1995), the number one box-office hit in France in 1996. In 1990, Hadida set up Davis Films to produce genuinely international projects such as Tony Scott's True Romance (1993), written by Quentin Tarantino (whose debut feature Reservoir Dogs he had distributed in France), and Roger Avary's Killing Zoe (1993).

Other films produced by Hadida include Sheldon Lettich's Only the Strong (1993), Christophe Gans' Crying Freeman (1995) and the co-directed H. P. Lovecraft's _Necronomicon (1994)_, Steve Barron's The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), Matthew Bright's Freeway (1996), Gabriele Salvatores' Nirvana (1997) and Michael Haussman's _Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest (1996)_. Hadida recently produced the epic fantasy blockbuster _Pacte des Loups, Le (2001)_ (Brotherhood of the Wolf), directed by Christophe Gans, a box-office hit in France, and Resident Evil (2002).

Andrew C. Boothby was born on 1 March 1963 in Belfast, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for Hannibal (2001), Mickey (2004) and The Contender (2000). He died on 26 November 2018 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.

Rachel Weinberg was born on 25 October 1928 in Roanne, Loire, France. She was a director and writer, known for La flambeuse (1981), Pic et pic et colegram (1972) and L'ampélopède (1974). She was married to Guy Casaril. She died on 26 November 2018 in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France.

Pál Solymos was born on 9 May 1951 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Linda (1984) and Salome (1985). He died on 26 November 2018 in Pécs, Hungary.

Gavin Ford was an actor, known for The Legend of Ruby Pasha (2017). He died on 26 November 2018 in Beit Meri, Lebanon.

Adel Amin was born on 20 October 1935 in Alexandria , Egypt. He was an actor, known for El Bashayer (1987), El-katl El-laziz (1998) and Abu Al Elaa 90 (1996). He died on 26 November 2018 in Cairo, Egypt.

Calin Ghibu was born on 23 April 1939 in Bucharest, Romania. He was a cinematographer, known for Intre oglinzi paralele (1978), Next Stop Paradise (1998) and Hyperion (1975). He died on 26 November 2018 in Bucuresti, Romania.

Blvd Quick was an actor, known for Blvd Quick x Da Real Gee Money x GeeMoneyPimpin: Pressure Been Applied (2017), Blvd Quick & Da Real Gee Money: Set Trippin (2017) and Blvd Quick feat. Fredo Bang: Slept On (2018). He died on 26 November 2018 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Stanislav Gorkovenko was a Soviet and Russian conductor who graduated from the Azerbaijan and Saint Petersburg Conservatories. From 1967 to 1978 he was in charge of the Leningrad Music Hall Orchestra and since 1978 was a head conductor of the Solovyov-Sedoi Gubernatorial Orchestra. He is also an author of numerous songs and operas that are designed for children. Gorkovenko participated in the creation of over 60 films as a partner of the Lenfilm film studio and the Melodiya record company.

Jean Barker was born on 23 October 1922 in Paddington, London, England, UK. She was married to William Alan Barker. She died on 26 November 2018 in the UK.

Lutz Nicolai was born on 21 August 1946 in Lüneburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for A Case for Two (1981) and Datenpanne - Das kann uns nicht passieren (1983). He was married to Christine Fuhr. He died on 26 November 2018 in Heidesheim-Heidenfahrt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.