movie producerBorn: 2/28/1921Birthplace: Passaic, New Jersey Zaentz has a pretty good Oscar batting average. He has produced only eight movies since 1975 and three won the best picture Oscar: The…
film producerDied: 7 November 2008Best Known as: British-born Academy Award-winning film producer Birthplace: London, England John Daly was a British-born movie…
(Encyclopedia) Carey, Peter, 1943–, Australian novelist, b. near Melbourne. Carey's combination of science fiction and fantasy motifs with a realistic style, displayed in the short stories in The Fat…
Eratosthenes 276–195 B.C. This Greek astronomer was the first to measure the size of Earth accurately. He determined that the earth's polar diameter was about 7,850 miles. (In fact, the distance is…
actorBorn: 12/28/1954Birthplace: Mount Vernon, New York Academy Award-winning film and television actor whose films include Cry Freedom (1987), Glory (1989) (for which he won a best-supporting…
actorBorn: 9/1/1920Birthplace: Los Angeles Early in his career, the Oscar-nominated actor vowed to never take a speaking role. He kept his promise for many years, appearing in scores of films as…
producer, director, actorBorn: 7/1/1934Birthplace: Lafayette, Indiana A director of TV series including Ben Casey (1961) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Pollack has risen to distinction as a…
The 83rd Academy Award Hosts Find out more about the hosts of the 83rd Academy Awards, James Franco and Anne Hathaway. Biographies of the Oscar Hosts James FrancoAnne Hathaway…
