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Antonin ArtaudArtist · PaintingsAntoine Maria Joseph Paul Artaud (lang; 4September 18964March 1948), better known as Antonin Artaud, was a French artist who worked across a variety of media.
Brandon LeePerson · Film memorabiliaBrandon Bruce Lee (February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993) was an American actor and martial artist.
Bruce LeungPerson · Film memorabiliaBruce Leung was born on 28 April 1948. Leung i
César AiraAuthor · BooksCésar Aira (Argentine Spanish: ˈsesaɾ ˈajɾa; born 23 February 1949 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine writer and translator, and an exponent of contemporary…
Christopher McQuarriePerson · Film memorabiliaChristopher McQuarrie (born October 25, 1968) is an American filmmaker. He received the BAFTA Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the…
Clark GreggPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert Clark Gregg Jr. (born April 2, 1962) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter.
Colin FarrellPerson · Music memorabiliaColin James Farrell (born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s, he has received various accolades, including three Golden…
Dalton TrumboAuthor · BooksJames Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday…
Damon HerrimanPerson · Film memorabiliaDamon Herriman (born 31 March 1970) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Dewey Crowe on the FX neo-western crime series Justified (2010–15), Romeo on the Starz drama…
Derek JacobiPerson · Film memorabiliaSir Derek George Jacobi (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen as well as for his work at the Royal National Theatre, he has received numerous…
Dragoslav MihailovićAuthor · BooksDragoslav Mihailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Михаиловић; 17 November 1930 – 12 March 2023) was a Serbian writer.
Eve EnslerPerson · Film memorabiliaV (born Eve Ensler; May 25, 1953) is an American playwright, author, performer, feminist, and activist. V is best known for her play The Vagina Monologues.
F. W. MurnauPerson · Film memorabiliaFriedrich Wilhelm Murnau (Plumpe; 28 December 188811 March 1931) was a German film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Forest WhitakerPerson · Film memorabiliaForest Steven Whitaker III (born July 15, 1961)[1] is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist.
Gabriele SalvatoresPerson · Film memorabiliaGabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter.
Gennady ShpalikovAuthor · BooksGennady Fyodorovich Shpalikov (6 September 1937 – 1 November 1974) was a prominent Soviet Russian poet, screenwriter and film director.
George MillerPerson · Film memorabiliaGeorge Miller (born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker. In a career spanning four decades, he has received critical and popular success, and is widely known for creating and directing…
Gotthold Ephraim LessingAuthor · BooksGotthold Ephraim Lessing (22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic. He was a representative of the Enlightenment.
Guillermo del ToroPerson · Film memorabilia
Ivan PyryevPerson · Film memorabiliaIvan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (17 November 1901 – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, actor and pedagogue remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema.
Jason LeeAuthor · BooksJason Michael Lee (born April 25, 1970) is an American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and former professional skateboarder.
Jason MillerPerson · Film memorabiliaJohn Anthony Miller Jr. (April 22, 1939May 13, 2001), better known by his stage name Jason Miller, was an American playwright and actor.
Jérémie RenierPerson · Film memorabiliaJérémie Renier (born 6 January 1981) is a Belgian actor. His film debut was in 1992 at the age of 11 in a small Belgian film entitled "Les sept péchés capitaux (The Seven Deadly Sins)".
Jet LiPerson · Film memorabiliaJet Li Lianjie (courtesy name Yangzhong; born 26 April 1963) is a martial artist, actor, and philanthropist.
Julie MichaelsPerson · Film memorabiliaJulie Michaels is an American actress and stuntwoman. Her first film role was Denise in Road House (1989).
Károly MakkPerson · Film memorabiliaKároly Makk (December 22, 1925 – August 30, 2017) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Five of his films were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival;
Kim Chi-haAuthor · BooksKim Jiha or Kim Chi-ha (born Kim Yeongil; 4 February 1941 – 8 May 2022) was a South Korean poet and playwright.
Lina RomayPerson · Film memorabiliaRosa María Almirall Martínez (25 June 1954 – 15 February 2012), known by the stage name Lina Romay, was a Spanish actress and filmmaker.
Linda HamiltonPerson · Film memorabiliaLinda Carroll Hamilton (born September 26, 1956) is an American actress. Known for portraying tough, resilient characters, she made her film debut in 1979 before achieving fame with her…
Michael ArlenAuthor · BooksMichael Arlen (born Dikran Sarkis Kouyoumdjian, ', 16 November 1895 – 23 June 1956) was an essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter.
Nicolette KrebitzPerson · Film memorabiliaNicolette Krebitz (born 2 September 1972) is a German director, actress, model, and singer. She is often credited as Coco in her creative works.
Patrick BachPerson · Film memorabiliaPatrick Bach (born 30 March 1968) is a German actor. He was discovered while playing a football game and was given the title role in the miniseries Silas, based on the books by Cecil Bødker.
Pedro Calderón de la BarcaAuthor · BooksPedro Calderón de la Barca y Henao (17 January 160025 May 1681) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer.
Pierce BrosnanPerson · Film memorabiliaPierce Brendan Brosnan (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor. He achieved worldwide fame playing James Bond in four James Bond films from 1995 to 2002: GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies…
Robert ThomasPerson · Film memorabilia
Rose LesliePerson · Film memorabiliaRose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie (born 9 February 1987) is a Scottish actress. She portrayed Gwen Dawson in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey and Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series Game of…
Sándor ZsótérPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Sándor Zsótér, photo by Gáspár Stekovics
Sergio CorbucciPerson · Film memorabiliaSergio Corbucci (6 December 1926 – 1 December 1990) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer.
Sidney SheldonPerson · Film memorabiliaSidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1940s and 50s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably…
Stanisław WyspiańskiArtist · PaintingsStanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański (15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907) was a Polish playwright, painter, poet, and interior and furniture designer.
Stephen FurstPerson · Film memorabiliaStephen Furst (born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein; May 8, 1954 – June 16, 2017) was an American actor, director and producer.
Stephen PoliakoffPerson · Film memorabiliaStephen Poliakoff (born 1 December 1952) is a British playwright, director and screenwriter.
Suleyman Sani AkhundovAuthor · BooksSuleyman Sani Rzagulu bey oghlu Akhundov (Süleyman Sani Rzaqulu bəy oğlu Axundov; 3 October 1875 – 29 March 1939), was an Azerbaijani playwright, journalist, author, and teacher.
Thomas Haden ChurchPerson · Film memorabiliaThomas Haden Church (born Thomas Richard McMillen; June 17, 1960) is an American actor.
Virginia WoolfAuthor · BooksAdeline Virginia Woolf ("wolf";[1] Stephen; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer and one of the most influential 20th-century modernist authors.
William GibsonAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gibson in 1964
Yuriy FedkovychAuthor · BooksOsyp-Yuriy Adalbertovych Fedkovych (8 August 1834, Putyla - 11 January 1888, Chernivtsi) was a Ukrainian writer, poet, folklorist and translator.
Zhang ZiyiPerson · Film memorabilia

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