All Entries Tagged With: "Francis Ford Coppola"
Susan Landau Finch
Mini Biography: Susie Landau Finch is a producer-writer-director with a background in film and theater production. She has worked extensively for American Zoetrope in all aspects of film production under the aegis of Francis Ford Coppola’s Los Angeles and San Francisco studios among others. She received her B.A. from Hampshire College and pursued graduate study [...]
R. Lee Ermey
Date of Birth: 24 March 1944 Birth Name: Ronald Lee Ermey Nickname: The Gunny Height: 6′ (1.83 m) Mini Biography: A talented character actor known for his military roles, R. Lee Ermey was in the US Marine Corps for 11 years. He rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant, and later was bestowed the honorary [...]
Kaj-Erik Eriksen
Date of Birth: 15 February 1979 Nickname: Kaiser Mini Biography: Kaj-Erik Eriksen (Kaj-Erik is pronounced “Kai”-Erik) was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Kaj begin acting at the age of six. After only a few jobs as an extra and a couple of small speaking roles, He got his first break when he landed a role [...]
Nicolas Cage
Date of Birth: 7 January 1964 Birth Name: Nicholas Kim Coppola Nickname: Nick Height: 6′ (1.83 m) Mini Biography: The son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (a brother of director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang, Cage changed his name early in his career to make his own reputation, succeeding brilliantly with a [...]
Dorothy Arzner
Date of Birth: 3 January 1897 Height: 5′ 4″ (1.63 m) Mini Biography: Dorothy Arzner, the only woman director during the “Golden Age” of Hollywood’s studio system during the 1920s, 30s and early 40s and the woman director with the largest oeuvre in Hollywood to this day, was born on January 3, 1897 (some sources [...]
James Caan
Date of Birth: 26 March 1940 Birth Name: James Edmund Caan Nickname: Jimmy Height: 5′ 9¼” (1.76 m) Mini Biography: A masculine and enigmatic actor whose life and movie career have had more ups and downs than the average rollercoaster and whose selection of roles has arguably derailed him from achieving true superstar status, James [...]
Wendy Baker
Birth Name: Wendy Lee Baker Mini Biography: Wendy Baker attended the AFI as a Producing Fellow in 1990. Prior to this, she attended Harvard University and the University of California at Berkeley. Ms. Baker was a script-reader for Francis Ford Coppola/American Zoetrope and Geena Davis at 20th Century Fox Studios. She worked on the crew [...]