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TERRY NOTARY began taking gymnastics class at the age of eight and by the time he graduated high school was the top collegiate pick with athletic scholarships to Berkeley, West Point, Stanford and UCLA. While at UCLA, Notary was a four-time NCAA All American and captain of the gymnastics team. Upon graduating with a major in theater, he was immediately recruited by the Cirque du Soleil, where he and 10 other performers from around the world assembled to form Cirque's prestigious 'troupe maison'. For 9 months they work-shopped in Montreal and created the show "Mystere'. Notary performed in the acclaimed production for four years, as a lead character and acrobat on the teeter board, Chinese poles and trampoline as well as a musician on the Taiko drums. Terry and his wife moved to New York where he was cast in eight different productions at the Metropolitan Opera and worked alongside talents such as Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. Simultaneously, Notary formed a circus production where he served as the creative director. Terry and his wife moved to Los Angeles when he was requested by Ron Howard to help create the world of Whoville for his upcoming film 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'. Howard then requested Terry to teach the actors movement and thus Terry's career in the film industry began. Through Terry's seventeen year career, he has become an actor, director, creature performer, animal movement specialist, movement choreographer and stunt coordinator who has worked with the industry's leading directors, including, Ron Howard, James Cameron, Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg. As a movement choreographer, Notary works extensively with cast to design and develop the signature character that is within a specific actor. Notary has served as movement choreographer and performed in a slate of films on the cutting edge of performance capture. He will next be seen in The Lion King, Avengers: Infinity War and Jungle Book: Origins. In addition to choreographing and appearing in Jungle Book, Notary also served as its 2nd unit director. Other films in which he appears and served as movement choreographer include Avatar, The Hobbit trilogy, The Incredible Hulk, Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Adventures of Tintin, The BFG, Warcraft and Suicide Squad. Notary recently played the iconic character, Kong in Kong: Skull Island and also previously portrayed the alpha chimp Rocket in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and the upcoming War for the Planet of the Apes where he also served as the stunt coordinator and movement choreographer for the ape-playing cast. Terry also enjoys teaching master class movement workshops around the world.- Actor
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Jonathan Stoddard was born on 31 March 1984 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Furry Little Christmas (2021), Black Monday (2019) and Somewhere in Montana (2024).- Actress
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Olivia Rose Keegan was born in San Rafael, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Gotham Knights (2023), Daisy Jones & The Six (2023) and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019).- Actor
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Sullivan was born and raised in the San Francisco, Bay Area. In college, he played basketball and majored in Theater at Brown University, before transferring to the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Sullivan's breakout came in the 2019 Off-Broadway production of "Slave Play" at New York Theater Workshop. Directed by Robert O'Hara and written by Jeremy O. Harris, "Slave Play" eventually transferred to Broadway and was nominated for 13 Tony awards. Since then, Sullivan has appeared in TV series for Netflix, Hulu, HBO, FX, Amazon and in feature films for A24 and Sony.- Actor
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Dan Green was born on 7 February 1975 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016), Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000) and Sonic X (2003). He was previously married to Michal Friedman.- Actor
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The very talented voice actor, Marc Diraison, started voicing characters in anime that was being dubbed in New York City in early 2000s. He has since given his voice to many characters in anime shows and feature films, and in other animated shows. In addition to that, he has also directed and written scripts for several anime dubs. A favorite of the fans for over a decade and praised for his performance as Guts, the protagonist of the Berserk anime series and movies. In 2013, he relocated to Los Angeles, where he continues to work in voiceover in animation and video games.- Actor
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Kale Browne was born on 16 June 1950 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Another World (1964), One Life to Live (1968) and Days of Our Lives (1965). He was previously married to Karen Allen.- Daniel Stewart Sherman was born on 16 August 1970 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Lodge 49 (2018), Marshall (2017) and Run All Night (2015).
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Jim Garrity was born in San Rafael, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Call Me Kat (2021), American Horror Story (2011) and Bullet Train (2022).- Candy Ann Brown was born on 19 August 1958 in San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Ali (2001), Baby Boy (2001) and Quantum Leap (1989).
- Scott Palmer was born on 25 January 1953 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) and The Doctors (1963).
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Marin Sais was descended from one of the earliest Spanish families of California (Marin County was named after one of her ancestors). She was possessed of a fine singing voice. and after graduation from school journeyed to New York to pursue an operatic career. However, not long after her arrival she apparently changed her mind about her career path, and before long she was appearing in two-reel comedies for Vitagraph. Her career progressed steadily, and she was soon working in full-length films and serials. She soon journeyed to Hollywood, and began appearing in westerns, often with Hoot Gibson. She also became a fixture in action serials. In 1920 she married cowboy actor Jack Hoxie, and they appeared in several films together, but divorced five years later. With the coming of sound she began appearing in character roles rather than the leading or featured roles she was used to, and the films she appeared in were often for the cheap independent market. She seemed to specialize in westerns, and with few exceptions her pictures up until her retirement in 1953 were all in that genre.- Director
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Anna David is the New York Times bestselling author of eight books, founder of Legacy Launch Pad Publishing and three-time TEDx speaker who has appeared on Good Morning America, Today Show, The Talk and dozens of other programs. Her first novel, Party Girl, is in development as a feature film and her journaling program, The Write Method, is taught in institutions worldwide. She's the on-air book critic for KATU Portland and hosts the hit podcast, Entrepreneur Publishing Academy, which has been named one of the best publishing podcasts by numerous publications.- Writer
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George Saunders was born in San Rafael, California, in 1959. He became a professional ballet dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, and then later danced with other companies in South America and Europe. He attended NYU and Juilliard, working in summer stock and Broadway shows, touring eventually with On Your Toes, starring Leslie Caron. He now acts, writes and directs in Los Angeles.
George is very proud to have worked with the Navy Seals through the Coronado Special Warfare Center and the men and women of the U.S. Army and the Marines during his involvement with Military Films. The research for those documentaries, and his connection as the writer for those narratives, is dedicated to these fine people who put their lives on the line for their country every day.- Robert Trumbull was born on 8 February 1938 in San Rafael, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Undercover Brother (2002), Pootie Tang (2001) and Quantum Leap (1989). He died on 11 August 2006 in Milan, New York, USA.
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Cory McAbee was born in northern California. He spent the first 12 years of his adult life working as the head of security in bars and nightclubs throughout San Francisco. It was during this period that he became involved in theater. His early stage performances included the role of Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar.
From 1989-2011, McAbee was the singer/songwriter for the musical group, The Billy Nayer Show. His first film was the hand-painted, animated musical short, Billy Nayer (1992). It premiered at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival. In 1995 McAbee returned to the Sundance Film festival with a live musical stage presentation of his early short films. It was called, The Billy Nayer Chronicles. It was the first multi-media event ever to be featured at Sundance.
Following a US tour of the Billy Nayer Chronicles, McAbee became homeless for three years. It was during this period that he wrote the screenplay for his first feature film, The American Astronaut (2001). The screenplay was accepted into the Sundance Screenwriter lab. In 2000 the film was financed and produced with McAbee as writer, director, composer and lead actor. The American Astronaut (2001) has gone on to win numerous awards and continues to play theaters, festivals and universities worldwide.
Following the release of The American Astronaut (2001), McAbee toured the world with The Billy Nayer Show while continuing to write screenplays. In 2003 he performed at the NYC Lincoln Center and Guggenheim Museum as a musician in the Chinese opera, The Orphan of Zhao.
In 2007 Cory McAbee was commissioned by the Sundance Film Festival and GSM Association to create a short film for newly emerging mobile phone film distribution technologies. Following this experience McAbee began working in alternative forms of self distribution. In 2009 he created the episodic feature film, Stingray Sam (2009). The film was written and designed for screens of all sizes, and premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival as part of the New Frontier Program.
As a filmmaker and for his work in alternative forms of self distribution Cory McAbee has taught Masters Classes and lectured at universities and symposiums worldwide. In 2010 McAbee wrote and directed a non-budget feature entitled, Crazy and Thief (2012) which was released at festivals around the world in 2012.
In 2012 McAbee founded the international arts collaborative, Captain Ahab's Motorcycle Club with the goal of creating international solidarity between artists through the creation of a globally generated feature film. The film is called Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences (2022). From 2012 through 2017 McAbee has performed concerts in support of this project throughout the US, Europe and Australia. In 2015 McAbee recorded and produced his first solo album, Small Star Seminar, which become a catalyst for the film's narrative. In 2017 McAbee developed a live performance entitled Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences. These performances were created for the purpose of live entertainment and as events to be documented by collaborators for use in this feature film, and premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences (2022) is due to be completed in 2018 for festival release in 2019.
Cory McAbee lives in New York.- The adopted daughter of an Air Force colonel, strawberry blonde Cynthia Patrick grew up in Europe, acting and modeling there before relocating (and finding the same sort of work) in Hollywood. A Universal-International contractee, she appeared in a small handful of pictures (mostly bits) before she began to freelance in TV. Patrick later went into real estate.
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Mario Cipollina was born on 10 November 1954 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Big (1988), For All Mankind (2019) and Huey Lewis and the News: The Power of Love (1985).- Ana María Lynch was born on 13 December 1918 in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina. She was an actress, known for La quintrala (1954), Confesión (1940) and El puente del castigo (1946). She died on 25 January 1976 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
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Scott Squires was born on 7 November 1956 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), DragonHeart (1996) and The Mask (1994).- Music Department
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George Duke is an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer.
He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a professor of music. He first made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He was known primarily for thirty-odd solo albums, of which A Brazilian Love Affair from 1979 was his most popular, as well as for his collaborations with other musicians, particularly Frank Zappa.- Producer
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A producer and Berlin-based Bohemia Group manager, Alex links multi-lingual actors and writers from Europe with the US Industry. And vice versa.
Born in San Francisco to Swiss parents - making her the only American in her family - she grew up in Vancouver and Basel, was shipped off to Houston as an exchange student, returning to graduate in Zurich, adding proper German, French and Latin to her native Schwyzerdüütsch and English.
Debuting on stage with a renowned Children's Theater aged 8, she went on to receive her BA of Fine Arts at Zurich University, as well as studying with Uta Hagen at H.B. Studio, NY. After a decade as an actor on German stages, Film and TV, she joined the Shakespeare Company Berlin, directing the Shakespeare Kids in her own translations, as well as running a business for Diversity Management and Family Constellation, while studying screenwriting with Wolfgang Pfeiffer (Oscar Nominee for 'Children of Nature' in 91).
Back in Hollywood from 2009-2016, she began working on set as production assistant, 2nd AD and honing her writing skills at ScreenwritingU.
She joined Friends Connection Berlin as agent in 2017, from where she moved on to Bohemia Group as a EU manager in 2018.- Jamie Kern was born on 16 July 1977 in San Rafael, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Forever Yours (2001), Big Brother (2000) and CBS This Morning (2012). She has been married to Paulo Lima since 7 July 2007.
- Bill LeCornec was born on 20 December 1915 in San Rafael, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The New Howdy Doody Show (1976), The Howdy Doody Show (1947) and It's Howdy Doody Time (1987). He died on 19 September 1997 in Miami, Florida, USA.
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Benjamin A. Burtt was born on 10 March 1984 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is known for Black Panther (2018), Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022).- Molly Griffith was born in San Rafael, California. She grew up in Seattle where she began taking ballet lessons at age 5 and started acting and singing in high school plays. After graduating, she moved to New York City to study acting with Donna McKechnie and Uta Hagen. She went back to Seattle to attend Cornish College of the Arts Actor Training Conservatory. She moved to New York permanently and started singing in bands and acting in plays and student and independent films. In 2002, she was cast as the "Blonde" in "Monday Night Mayhem" directed by Ernest Dickerson. She continues to work in theater and film and performs regularly at various NYC venues. She is based in New York City.
- David Arthur Faraday was born on 2 October 1951 in San Rafael, California, USA. He died on 20 December 1968 in Benicia, California, USA.
- Amelia Hoy was born in San Rafael, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Head (2020), En el corredor de la muerte (2019) and Killing Eve (2018).
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Stephen Marinaccio continues to gain experience working in various positions on feature films, television series and reality productions. With a varied background working in aspects such as development, production, post and marketing while shooting worldwide in 22+ countries, Marinaccio understands taking a project from script to screen requires concentration, teamwork, and lots of patience.
After working at a local CBS affiliate, he became the youngest Director of News for a CBS Affiliate - but news was not his calling. Hollywood had beckoned since a young age.
Marinaccio worked his way from Set PA to Assistant Director, then again from Office PA to Producer. As a UPM, he has worked on smaller independent and large studio-based projects, from $300k to over $250M.
In 2001, he worked as the UPM overseeing the Mexico Unit shoot for Ghosts of the Abyss under the direction of James Cameron (Avatar, Titanic). He went on to work with Cameron on two additional projects.
Steve McEveety (Passion of the Christ, Braveheart) hired Marinaccio in 2007 as VP of Production & Post for his company. While there, he worked on a number of projects and also managed the Oscar campaign for one of their films.
In 2014, he was the lead UPM on the highest-budgeted premiere season for a television series to that date, Marco Polo for Netflix.
In 2016, he was hired as interim VP of Television Production at Paramount to help oversee productions during a transition of staff within the studio's division, shepherding shows such as 13 Reasons Why and The Alienist to their green-light.
As of this writing (mid-2020), Marinaccio is the lead UPM on the top-rated Amazon series, Jack Ryan, shooting across seven countries starting in 2021.
In addition, Marinaccio writes for LineProducing.com, a website he created to help others understand the often perplexing details involved with the position. In 2015, he became president of the charity Win Place Home, which rescues and rehabilitates former racehorses.- Writer
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Harry G. Peter was born on 8 March 1880 in San Rafael, California, USA. Harry G. was a writer, known for Wonder Woman (2009), MultiVersus (2024) and Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019). Harry G. died on 2 January 1958 in Richmond, New York, USA.- Donte Calarco was born on 28 November 1972 in San Rafael, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Boat Trip (2002), The Breed (2001) and Grind (2003).
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Sam Nicolary was born on 30 January 1970 in San Rafael, California, USA. Sam is known for Requiem for a Dream (2000). Sam has been married to Sharon Nicolary since 28 May 1995.- Cinematographer
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Tom Houghton was born on 23 July 1947 in San Rafael, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Godsend (2004), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and Stuart Little 2 (2002). He died on 3 May 2023.- Additional Crew
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David Suther was born on 23 September 1969 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is an editor, known for Brave (2012), Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) and Luca (2021).- Music Department
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Rubén Valtierra was born on 26 December 1954 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022), Sesame Street: Monster in the Mirror (1991) and 'Weird Al' Yankovic: White & Nerdy (2006).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Gary Katsuya Ushino was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. Fascinated by film making, and growing up in the shadow of Industrial Light and Magic, he pursued a career in camera work in Hollywood. He earned an Associates Degree in Communications and Media Studies at the College of Marin and then his Bachelors Degree in Radio-TV-Film Production at California State University Northridge in Los Angeles. According to IMDB, he is credited with at least 115 TV and feature films including some sound department credits for animation work at DIC Entertainment while still "breaking into" Hollywood. In 2019, after 31 years of TV and cinema, he left the industry in favor of a better more tranquil life in North Carolina. He has since formed his own small video production company for business promotional videos in the Raleigh, North Carolina area called Applebox-Media. Why North Carolina you may ask? The answer is that Gary fell in love with North Carolina while filming the action stunt/racing unit of "Talladega Nights", in the Charlotte and Rockingham areas of North Carolina.- Sean W.T. Brown was born on 18 November 1971 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Terror in Beverly Hills (1989) and Walker, Texas Ranger (1993). He is married to Tonja.
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Aubrey Hodges was born on 3 November 1966 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Quake (1996), Robotron 64 (1996) and Doom 64 (1997).- Josefina Romagnoli was born on 18 October 1920 in San Rafael, Veracruz, Mexico. She was an actress, known for Al son de la marimba (1941), El recuerdo de aquella noche (1945) and El capitán Centellas (1941). She died on 24 June 1951 in Huachinango, Puebla, Mexico.
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- Producer
Curran G. Engel has worked in the motion picture industry for over 15 years. He has worked on more than 200 music videos, commercials, documentary, corporate and feature films, laboring his way up from intern to producer. Over the course of his career he has worked, in varying capacities, for Walt Disney Co., Warner Bros., NBC Television, and more, including a number of independent productions like This Space Between Us (1999) featuring Jeremy Sisto, Poppy Montgomery, Erik Palladino, Alex Kingston, Vanessa Marcil, and Garry Marshall. His screen credits include The Sculptress (2000) starring Jeff Fahey, Patrick Bauchau, and Katie Wright; Cherish (2002) starring Robin Tunney and Tim Blake Nelson; Heartwood (1998) starring Jason Robards, Eddie Mills, and Hilary Swank; The Net (1995) starring Sandra Bullock; and James and the Giant Peach (1996) starring Paul Terry, Miriam Margolyes, and Joanna Lumley. He has produced and consulted for various production companies and independent film makers around the country. Mr. Engel frequently serves as a guest lecturer on film industry topics. Mr. Engel is a member of the faculty at The Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. He teaches courses in producing, production management and creating demo reels.- Director
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Alan Bloom was born on 24 May 1951 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Computer Illusions (1998), Health Care (1993) and Teaching: Imagine It (1990).- Kylee Lin was born on 27 September 1990 in San Rafael, California, USA.
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Carlo Felice Cillario was born on 7 February 1915 in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina. He is known for Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Lucia di Lammermoor (1971) and Blood Feud (1978). He died on 13 December 2007 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Rebekkah Ross is an actor, singer, writer, producer, and award winning audiobook narrator with over 100 published titles including several New York Times Best Selling books. She is a founding partner and Artistic Director of SparkPlug Productions - a not-for-profit, multi-media production company.
She was a founding partner and Artistic Director of 2texans Theatre Co. which produced five fully staged plays (Romeo & Juliet, Measure for Measure, Antigone, The Tempest, and The Star Play); the PlaygroundZero: explorations staged-reading series; and two nights of short theatre called Git Up & Do Yer Thang. She is a company member of Food for Thought Productions. With Food for Thought she has performed with Danny Aiello, Mercedes Ruehl, Austin Pendleton, Robert LuPone, Hayley Mills, Rex Reed, Matthew Arkin, Karl Kenzler, Kathleen Chalfant, Laila Robbins, Bob Dishy and Cliff Robertson among others.
She also stars as Vanessa Fitzgerald in "Handsome Town", an internet sitcom from the Emmy Award winning Phoebeworks Productions. - Mario Sánchez was born on 16 January 1936 in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Tres veces mojado (1989), Los extraterrestres (1983) and R.R.D.T (1997). He died on 9 November 2007 in Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba, Argentina.
- Michael Malone was born on 25 April 1942 in San Rafael, California, USA. He died on 17 April 2007 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Peter Stackpole was born on 15 June 1913 in San Rafael, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Adventure Construction Set (1985), The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) and Secret Lives (1995). He died on 11 May 1997 in Novato, California, USA.- Reggie Carolan was born on 25 October 1939 in San Rafael, California, USA. He died on 1 January 1983 in Novato, California, USA.
- Isabel Chorobik was born on 19 November 1923 in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina. She was married to Enrique José Mariani. She died on 20 August 2018 in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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James Todt was born on 26 November 1923 in San Rafael, California, USA. James is known for The Storm Rider (1957). James was married to Judith. James died on 14 February 2011 in San Rafael, California, USA.