Tag: novelist

Victor Hugo

(1802–1885) Victor-Marie Hugo The artist’s works: Paysage avec un burg en ruine 1842 Musée du Louvre, Paris Paysage avec deux châteaux en ruines 1847 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Victor Hugo sur le rocher des Proscrits c.1853 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Le vieux pont…

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

(1741–1803) Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos Works: • Les liaisons dangereuses (French) ◊ Dangerous Connections (English) Filmography as Writer: Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich   Born October 18 1741 Amiens (France) Died November 5 1803 Taranto (Italia)…

Pier Paolo Pasolini

(1922–1975) Filmography as Director: Edipo re 1967 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Starring: Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti     Medea 1969 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Starring: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti     Filmography as Writer: Le notti di Cabiria 1957 Director: Federico Fellini Starring: Giulietta…

Lupe Marín

  (1895–1983) María Guadalupe Marín Preciado Lupe in Film: Frida 2002 Director: Julie Taymor Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina   Born October 16 1895 Ciudad Guzmán (Mexico) Died September 16 1983 Mexico City (Mexico) Husband (1922–1928) Diego Rivera (1886-1957) Occupation Art Model Novelist Writer

Terence Davies

(1945–2023) Filmography as Director: A Quiet Passion 2016 Director: Terence Davies Starring: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle   Born November 10 1945 Liverpool (England) Died October 7 2023 Mistley (England) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Novelist Playwright Occupation Screenwriter Writer

Stephen Collins

(1947) Stephen Weaver Collins Filmography as Actor: Dark Mirror 1984 Director: Richard Lang Starring: Jane Seymour, Stephen Collins     The First Wives Club 1996 Director: Hugh Wilson Starring: Diane Keaton, Bette Midler   Born October 1 1947 Des Moines, IA (USA) Occupation…

Robert Shaw

(1927–1978) Robert Archibald Shaw Filmography as Actor: From Russia with Love 1963 Director: Terence Young Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi     A Man for All Seasons 1966 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller     Robin and Marian 1976 Director: Richard Lester Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey…

Richard Dreyfuss

(1947) Richard Stephen Dreyfuss Filmography as Actor: The Graduate 1967 Director: Mike Nichols Starring: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman     Book Club 2018 Director: Bill Holderman Starring: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda   Born October 29 1947 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Novelist Writer Awards Academy…

Nora Ephron

(1941–2012) Nora Louise Ephron Filmography as Writer: When Harry Met Sally… 1989 Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan     Filmography as Director: Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Director: Nora Ephron Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan     You’ve Got Mail…

Jules Verne

(1828–1905) Jules-Gabriel Verne Works: • Abandoned (English) • All Around the Moon (English) • Around the World in Eighty Days (English) • Autour de la lune (French) • In Search of the Castaways (English) • Les enfants du capitaine Grant (French)…