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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He...
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Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov (Russian: Сергей Тимофеевич Аксаков) (September 20, 1791—April 30, 1859 (OS); October 1, 1791—May 12, 1859 (NS)) was a 19th century Russian literary figure remembered for his semi-autobiographical tales of a landlord's family life, hunting, fishing, and butterfly...
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Doug Jeffries is an award winning director, Writer and pornographic actor (porn star) from the United States who appears in pornographic films since 1993. While most of his films have been gay pornographic films, he has also made bisexual videos. Although he has directed for other studios, he...
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Clyde A. Bruckman (September 20, 1894 – January 4, 1955) was an American writer and director of comedy films during the late silent era as well as the early sound era of cinema. Bruckman collaborated with such legendary comedians as Buster Keaton, W.C. Fields, Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges,...
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Peter Cameron (born 29 November 1959 in Pompton Plains, New Jersey) is an American novelist and writer living in New York, NY. He is best known for his novels Andorra, The Weekend and The City of Your Final Destination.
Cameron grew up in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, and in London, England. He spent...
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Perry Henzell (March 7, 1936, Annotto Bay, St. Mary's, Jamaica – November 30, 2006, Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth's, Jamaica) was most famous for being the director of the first Jamaican feature film, The Harder They Come (1972), starring Jimmy Cliff.
Henzell, whose ancestors included Huguenot...
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Charles Z. Wick (October 12, 1917 – July 20, 2008) was director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) under President Ronald Reagan (1981–1989). As USIA director, Wick launched the first live global satellite television network.
Wick also established the Voice of America's Radio Marti...
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Noel Langley (December 25, 1911 – November 4, 1980) was a successful novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director. While under contract to MGM he was one of the screenwriters for The Wizard of Oz. He was chosen for the job on the basis of his children's story, The Tale of the Land of Green...
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Norman Albert Maurer (May 13, 1926 – November 23, 1986) was a comic book artist, and a writer, director and producer of films and TV shows.
His life-long association with the Three Stooges began about the time of his marriage to Joan Sally Howard, the daughter of the comedy team's Moe Howard on...
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For the cartoonist of the same name, see Chris Browne.
Christopher Browne is a documentary film maker/director in the USA. He is noted for directing the ten-pin bowling sports documentary A League of Ordinary Gentlemen.
Browne is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
After graduating Browne...
