Defamation (Hebrew: השמצה‎; translit. Hashmatsa) is a 2009 documentary film by award-winning filmmaker Yoav Shamir. The film examines antisemitism, and in particular the way perceptions of antisemitism affect Israeli and U.S. politics. The film won Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

Content[link]

The film examines whether anti-Semitic has become an all purpose label for anyone who criticizes Israel and the possibility that some Jews' preoccupation with the past -- i.e., the Holocaust -- is preventing progress in the here and now.^[1] Shamir decided to make this film after a critic of an earlier film accused him of antisemitism.^[1]

Filmmaker Yoav Shamir states in the beginning of the film that as an Israeli he has never experienced antisemitism himself and wants to learn more about it since references to antisemitism in countries all over the world are common in the Israeli media.

The film includes interviews with Abraham Foxman, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, John J. Mearsheimer, co-author of New York Times Best Seller The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, Norman Finkelstein, a critic of Israeli government policy, as well as many others. The film also follows a group of Israeli high school students on a class trip to Poland where they tour Auschwitz, as well as a number of other notable Holocaust locations.

The film notes that in 2007, the ADL reported a spike in antisemitism, claiming that there were 1,500 anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, yet when Shamir contacts the ADL they can only list minor incidents such as websites with inflammatory comments, letters from employees denied time off for a Jewish holiday, or people offended by a cop's use of the word "Jew". A case presented concerns a group of African American boys, aged between 10 and 12, who pelted a school bus with rocks, breaking two windows.

Shamir also interviews a rabbi who says that the hypervigilance of the ADL inflames relations between Jews and non-Jews in the United States. He also finds that among his interviewees there is more sensitivity to antisemitism among secular Jews than religious ones.^[1][2]

Reception[link]

Rotten Tomatoes lists 13 positive and 3 negative reviews, giving it an 81% approval rating.^[3]

After the film was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, the Anti-Defamation League issued a statement denouncing the film, stating that it "belittles the issue (of antisemitism) ... and cheapens the Holocaust. It is Shamir's perverse, personal, political perspective and a missed opportunity to document a serious and important issue."

New York Times reviewer Neil Genzlinger states that while these ideas deserve a thorough and dispassionate discussion, Shamir has not provided it in this film. "...it feels like just another day on the Op-Ed page."^[4]

Boston Globe reviewer Ty Burr wrote "Unlike many agit-docs, Defamation wants to get you thinking, and it knows the epithet “self-hating Jew’’ can be used as a club by those who don’t want you to think at all." He reviewed the film positively, highlighting how the film argues that raising "Israelis to define themselves as a nation of victims...is a disservice to modern complexities - and, not coincidentally, makes it almost impossible to see any other people as victims."^[5]

The review in the Los Angeles Times praised the documentary for showing "how accusations of anti-Semitism can easily be exploited for political purposes."^[6] The reviewer commended the filmmaker for his fairness writing that "even though Defamation, which is sprinkled with unexpected moments of wry humor, will be inescapably controversial, Yoav Shamir strives admirably to be evenhanded."^[6]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Defamation at the Internet Movie Database
• Defamation from First Run Features.com
• Defamation from Hartley Film Foundation

John Madden

U.S. Senator Susan Collins with John Madden in December 2007
Head coach (retired)
Personal information
Date of birth: (1936-04-10) April 10, 1936 (age 76)
Place of birth: Austin, Minnesota, United States
Career information
High school: Jefferson High School (Daly City, California), US
College: College of San Mateo, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
NFL Draft: 1958 / Round: 21 / Pick: 244
No regular season or postseason appearances
Made coaching debut in 1967 for the Oakland Raiders
Last coached in 1978 for the Oakland Raiders
Career history
As coach:
Oakland Raiders (1967–1968) (linebackers coach) Oakland Raiders (1969–1978) (head coach)
Career highlights and awards
1969 Pro Football Weekly AFL Coach of the Year Super Bowl XI victory (1976) 103–32–7 (regular season record) 9–7 (playoff record) 112–39–7 (overall record)
Career NFL statistics
Win-loss record 103–32–7 Winning % 76.3 Games 142
Pro Football Hall of Fame

John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936)^[1] is a former American professional football player in the National Football League, a former Super Bowl-winning head coach with the Oakland Raiders in the American Football League and later the NFL, and a former color commentator for NFL telecasts. In 2006, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his coaching career. He is also widely known for the long-running Madden NFL video game series he has endorsed and fronted since 1988.

Madden broadcast with Pat Summerall in the 1980s and 1990s, on CBS and later Fox. He was also the last color commentator for ABC's Monday Night Football before it moved to ESPN in 2006. His last regular role was as a commentator for NBC Sunday Night Football.

Madden has also written several books and has served as a commercial pitchman for various products and retailers. He retired from broadcasting on April 16, 2009 in order to spend more time with his family.^[2]

Early life[link]

John Madden was born in Austin, Minnesota, to Earl Russell Madden and Mary Margaret (Flaherty) Madden. His father, an auto mechanic, moved the Madden family to Daly City, California, a suburb of San Francisco, when he was young.^[3] He attended middle school at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and then Jefferson High School, graduating in 1954.

John Madden married Virginia Fields on December 26, 1959. They live in Pleasanton, California, and have two sons, Joseph and Michael. Joe played football at Brown University and Mike attended Harvard University where he started at receiver on the football team.^[4]

Playing career[link]

A football standout in high school, he then played college football at Oregon^[5] and the College of San Mateo before transferring to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, where he played both offense and defense for the Mustangs while earning a BS in Education in 1959 and an MA in Education in 1961.^[6][7] He won all-conference honors at offensive tackle, and was a catcher on Cal Poly's baseball team. Madden was drafted in the 21st round (244th overall) by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1958, but a knee injury in training camp a year later ended his playing career before he ever got a chance to play professionally.

Coaching career[link]

College coaching[link]

In 1960, he became an assistant coach at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, and was promoted to head coach in 1962. Following the 1963 season, he was hired as a defensive assistant at San Diego State, where he served through 1966. During that final campaign, the Aztecs were ranked among the top small college teams in the country. While at SDSU, Madden coached under Don Coryell, whom Madden credits as being an influence on his coaching and who he feels will one day be included in the Hall of Fame.^[8]

Professional coaching[link]

Building on that success, Madden was hired by Al Davis as linebackers coach for the AFL's Oakland Raiders in 1967, putting him in the Sid Gillman coaching tree. He helped the team reach Super Bowl II that season. A year later, after Raiders head coach John Rauch resigned to take the same position with the Buffalo Bills, Madden was named the Raiders' head coach on February 4, 1969, becoming professional football's youngest head coach at the age of 32. According to current Raider's coach Dennis Allen, John Madden was arguably the best Oakland Raiders coach in the history of the team.

Madden's Raiders reached and lost five AFC title games in seven years, which left the Raiders with the same image that the Dallas Cowboys had previously had—as a team unable to "win the big one." Despite a 12–1–1 mark in 1969, the team lost 17–7 to the Kansas City Chiefs in the final American Football League championship game. Three years later, what appeared to be a last-minute victory over the Steelers instead became a part of football lore when Franco Harris' "Immaculate Reception" gave Pittsburgh a 13–7 win. Then, in 1974, after defeating the two-time, and defending Super Bowl champion Miami Dolphins in dramatic fashion, the Raiders lost again to the Steelers in the AFC Championship game.

In 1976, the Raiders went 13–1 in the regular season, and escaped the first round of the playoffs with a dramatic and controversial victory over the New England Patriots. In the second round of the playoffs they defeated the Steelers for the AFC Championship. On January 9, 1977, Madden's Raiders finally captured their first Super Bowl with a convincing 32–14 win over the Minnesota Vikings.

The Raiders lost the AFC Championship Game in 1977 to the Denver Broncos with Madden battling an ulcer for most of the season. He retired after the 1978 season when the Raiders failed to make the playoffs.

Madden retired as a Super Bowl winning head coach and was the youngest coach ever to reach 100 career regular season victories, a record he compiled in only ten full seasons of coaching at the age of 42. He is still the coach with the most wins in Raiders history.

Madden's overall winning percentage including playoff games ranks second in league history. He won a Super Bowl and never had a losing season as a head coach. Madden has a winning record as a head coach against other future Hall of Fame head coaches.^[9]

Television[link]

From 1979 through 2008, Madden worked as a color commentator/analyst on NFL games for all four major American television networks.

CBS Sports[link]

After working lower profile contests for CBS during his first three years, he was elevated to the network's top football broadcasting duo with Pat Summerall in 1981, replacing Tom Brookshier. The team of Madden and Summerall would go on to call eight Super Bowls together (five for CBS and three for Fox). On occasions in which Summerall was unavailable (during the CBS years, Summerall was normally scheduled to commentate on U.S. Open tennis tournament during the early weeks of the NFL season), Madden would team with the likes of Vin Scully and subsequently, Verne Lundquist. On their final CBS telecast together (the NFC Championship Game on January 23, 1994), Madden told Summerall that while CBS may no longer have the NFL (for the time being, as CBS would eventually regain NFL rights in 1998 by outbidding NBC for the rights to AFC telecasts), at least they have the memories. On ABC's final Monday Night Football telecast in 2005, Madden used a similar choice of words.

Fox Sports/ABC Sports[link]

When the Fox Network gained the rights in 1994, the pair shifted to that network with Madden reportedly making US$8 million per year. Following his appearance during Super Bowl XXXVI in February 2002, Madden left Fox to become a commentator on ABC's Monday Night Football, working with longtime play-by-play announcer Al Michaels.^[10]

NBC Sports[link]

In 2005, Dick Ebersol, president of NBC Sports, announced that Madden would do color commentary for NBC's Sunday night NFL games beginning with the 2006 season, making him the first sportscaster to have worked for all of the "Big Four" U.S. broadcast television networks. Madden also reached the milestone of calling the Super Bowl on all of the "Big Four" broadcast networks when he appeared on the 2009 broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII. On October 13, 2008, NBC announced that Madden would not be traveling to the October 19 Sunday Night Football Tampa Bay Buccaneers–Seattle Seahawks game in Tampa, Florida, marking the end of Madden's 476-weekend streak of consecutive broadcast appearances. Madden, who travels by bus because of a fear of flying (see below) decided to take the week off because he had traveled from Jacksonville to San Diego, and would have had to go back to Florida before returning to his Northern California home. Madden was replaced by Football Night in America studio analyst Cris Collinsworth for the game,^[11] and returned for the following telecast on November 2, 2008 in Indianapolis (the NFL does not schedule Sunday night games for one week in October, as not to overlap with the World Series taking place roughly around the same time).

Retirement[link]

On April 16, 2009, Madden officially announced his retirement as an NFL broadcaster after 30 years saying "It's time."^[12][13] Cris Collinsworth was announced as his replacement.

Style[link]

Madden's lively and flamboyant delivery has won him critical acclaim and fourteen Sports Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sports Event Analyst. His announcing style is punctuated with interjections such as "Boom!", "Whap!", "Bang!" and "Doink!"', and his use of the telestrator, a device which allows him to superimpose his light-penned diagrams of football plays over video footage. Madden's use of the telestrator helped to popularize the technology, which has become a staple of television coverage of all sports.

Thanksgiving[link]

Madden was also known for working the annual Thanksgiving Day games for CBS and later Fox. He would award a turkey or turducken to players of the winning team. He would also award a turkey drumstick to players of the winning team during the Thanksgiving Day game, often bringing out a "nuclear turkey" with as many as eight drumsticks on it for the occasion. The drumsticks served as an odd take on the "player of the game" award. Madden stopped announcing the Thanksgiving Day games after he moved to ABC in 2002, but the tradition continued. Fox, CBS, and the NFL Network present the Galloping Gobbler, the All-Iron Award, and the Pudding Pie Award, respectively, to the Game MVP.

All-Madden[link]

In 1984, Madden took the advice of NFL coach John Robinson – a friend of Madden's since elementary school – and created the "All-Madden" team, a group of players whom Madden thought represented football and played the game the way he thought it should be played.^[15] Madden continued to pick the All-Madden team through the 2001 season when he left to move to ABC and Monday Night Football. Madden added his "Haul of Fame" for his favorite players,^[16] he created a special 10th Anniversary All-Madden team in 1994, an All-Madden Super Bowl Team in 1997 and an All-Time All-Madden team in 2000. All Madden was also the title of Madden's third best-selling book (after Hey, Wait A Minute I Wrote a Book and One Knee Equals Two Feet).^[1]

Madden explained, "What does it mean to be 'All-Madden'? It's a whole range of things. For defensive linemen and linebackers, it's about Jack Youngblood playing with a busted leg, Lawrence Taylor wreaking havoc on the offense and Reggie White making the other guy wish he put a little more in the collection plate at church. It's about a guy who's got a dirty uniform, mud on his face and grass in the ear hole of his helmet."^[17] ABC Sports stated, "the All-Madden Team has become synonymous with greatness."

Other NFL greats who have been on various All-Madden teams are Howie Long, Dan Hampton, Ronnie Lott,^[18] Richard Dent,^[18] Jackie Slater,^[18] Andre Tippett, Walter Payton,^[18] Mark Bavaro^[18] and Bruce Smith among many others.

Fear of flying[link]

Madden's fear of flight is well known. Two different theories have developed as to the cause. One theory relates to the October 29, 1960 Cal Poly football team plane crash that claimed the lives of sixteen players, the team’s student manager, and a football booster. Having graduated from Cal Poly-SLO only two years prior, Madden lost many friends in the accident. However, it is known that Madden flew up until 1979, when he had a panic attack on a flight originating in Tampa. Madden, however, stated once in an interview that his fears were not about turbulence, flying, or heights, but primarily claustrophobia.^[19] He also once noted that when he did fly, traveling all over the United States, it did not allow him to see anything.

During his Saturday Night Live hosting appearance in the early 1980s, a short film aired depicting Madden making the journey to New York to host SNL by train. In the mid-1980s Madden was a frequent rider on Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited.^[20] However, beginning in 1987, he has traveled around the country in a customized coach-bus, which he has dubbed the Madden Cruiser. The Madden Cruiser shells are manufactured by Motor Coach Industries. The coach sponsors over the years have included Walker Advantage Muffler and Outback Steakhouse. The most recent coach, Madden's sixth, was built in 2005.

Because of this, Madden has never done commentary during a Pro Bowl, which was held in Hawaii until 2010. Likewise, Madden has never called any pre-season game held outside of North America, even if his play-by-play partner was on the telecast.

Madden found an unexpected use for his bus in New York after the September 11, 2001 attacks, when he provided transportation for former ice skating champion Peggy Fleming, whose flight home to Los Gatos, California had been grounded.^[21]

In contrast to Madden's own fear of flying, his wife Virginia holds a private pilot license.^[22]

Honors[link]

The Pro Football Hall of Fame honored Madden with its Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2002. In August 2005 the Hall's Veterans' Committee selected Madden and Rayfield Wright as candidates for entry into the Hall in 2006. Madden was inducted into the Hall of Fame on August 5, 2006.

Madden was placed as number two on David J. Halberstam's list of Top 50 All Time Network Television Sports Announcers by Yahoo! Sports.^[23]

On August 25, 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announced that Madden would be one of 13 California Hall of Fame inductees in The California Museum's yearlong exhibit. The induction ceremony was on December 1, 2009 in Sacramento, California.

Radio[link]

Madden does a 6–9 minute on-air chat on KCBS radio in San Francisco with the sports and news anchors every weekday morning at 8:15 am Pacific Time, with recorded repeats throughout the day. Podcasts are available at http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/tag/john-madden/ and on iTunes.

Madden has also aired sports commentaries in syndication on the Westwood One radio network in the United States.

Advertising[link]

In recent years he has appeared in a variety of radio and television commercials including Ace Hardware, Outback Steakhouse (the current corporate sponsor of the Maddencruiser – see below), Verizon Wireless, Rent-A-Center, Miller Lite, Sirius Satellite Radio and Tinactin. In particular, the Miller beer advertisements cemented Madden's image in the public eye as a bumbling but lovable personality. He had a brief movie role playing himself in the 1994 youth football film Little Giants and in the 2000 film The Replacements. Madden appeared in a 1999 episode of The Simpsons "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday". Madden also hosted an episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live in 1982 with musical guest Jennifer Holliday. As well, Madden was featured in the Irish band U2's music video for the song "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of". In the video, Madden is commenting on a fake football game featuring Paul Hewson as the kicker who misses a short kick to win the game.

He has also recorded radio and television public service announcements for a number of causes, including Vascular Cures (formerly the Pacific Vascular Research Foundation) in Redwood City, CA (based on the health experiences of his wife, Virginia Madden).

To minimize travel to studios, Madden built Goal Line Productions in Pleasanton, Calif., a facility that is now managed by his son, Joe. The facility features a 7,000-square-foot (650 m²) sound stage, one of the largest in Northern California.

[edit] Madden NFL video games

In addition to his real-world exploits, Madden lends his voice, personality and name to the Madden NFL series of football video games, which has been around since 1988, published by Electronic Arts. The games, the most recent being Madden NFL 12, have consistently been a best seller so much so that they have even spawned TV shows where people compete playing the video games. Despite Madden's retirement as a broadcaster in 2009, he still continues to lend his name, as well as provide creative input, for the game.^[24]

Head coaching record[link]

See also[link]

• Bang Cartoon
• Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
• Frank Caliendo
• Holy Roller (American football)
• List of American Football League players
• Madden Most Valuable Protectors Award

References[link]

External links[link]

• Madden's official website
• John Madden at pro-football-reference.com
• Madden's daily show on KCBS radio
• EA Sports Madden video game
• John Madden quotes

Frank Caliendo
Caliendo performing impressions in March 2009.
Birth name	Frank Caliendo
Born	(1974-01-19) January 19, 1974 (age 38) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up comedy, television
Nationality	American
Years active	2000–present
Genres	Observational comedy
Subject(s)	Impersonations, popular culture
Influences	Jonathan Winters, Robin Williams[1], Dana Carvey
Spouse	Michele Caliendo, 2 kids Joe and Juliet Caliendo
Notable works and roles	Frank TV Fox NFL Sunday
Website	frankcaliendo.com

Frank Caliendo (born January 19, 1974) is an American comedian and impressionist, best known for his work on the Fox Network television series MADtv, and as the in-house prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday. In 2007 and 2008, he performed his impersonations on his own show, Frank TV, which aired on TBS. He is known for his impressions of Charles Barkley, NFL color commentator John Madden, sportscaster Jim Rome, comedian Robin Williams, actor William Shatner, and United States Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, and for his frequent appearances on The Bob & Tom Show. He has released six solo CDs, and has performed as many as 120 impressions. From 2009 to 2011 he had a show at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. He now tours.

Biography[link]

Early life and career[link]

Caliendo was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he attended Waukesha South High School. He is of Italian ancestry.^[2] Before graduating from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Caliendo began performing stand-up comedy at many different local night clubs and comedy clubs, eventually taking a job as a master of ceremonies at a local comedy club. Frank quickly became known for his spot on impressions of Colombo, the Seinfeld crew, Jonathan Winters, and many more which he mastered while bedridden after a painful back surgery. Within just a few short years, he was very active on the college circuit, putting thousands of miles on a beater of a car. During these years, he built a reputation as one of the circuit's top performers. Between 2000-2001, Caliendo made his television debut on sketch comedy series Hypeand later gaining significant national exposure on the comedy series MADtv.

Caliendo has performed stand-up on such series as cable's Premium Blend, The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The View, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He was featured in Comedy Central's animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties in 2004.

His signature 'John Madden' impression is frequently seen on Fox NFL Sunday, The Best Damn Sports Show Period and Mohr Sports. Caliendo has also appeared on Comedy Central's Comedy Central Presents, as well as many radio shows, including the WDVE Morning Show with Jim Krenn and Randy Bauman in Pittsburgh PA, The Dan Le Batard Show, The Junkies, Bob & Sheri, The Bob & Tom Show, Mike and Mike in the Morning, Opie and Anthony, The Don and Mike Show, Rise Guys, Bubba the Love Sponge, The John Boy and Billy Big Show, The Howard Stern Show, Mike and the Mad Dog, Elliot in the Morning, The Sports Inferno, The Rick and Bubba Show, The Roe Conn Show, Preston and Steve, The Glenn Beck Program, and Holmberg's Morning Sickness, and Lamont & Tonelli on 107.7 The Bone in San Francisco.

[edit] Frank TV

For two short seasons, Caliendo starred on Frank TV, his own sketch show on the TBS that began airing in November 2007. Frank was its host and performed in sketches in full makeup as characters he impersonated. Frank joked that he "wanted the show to be called 'The Chappelle Show,' but the lawyers wouldn't allow it," referring to the publicity he would likely receive from naming his show after another popular comedian.

In early 2008, TBS announced that they ordered eight more episodes, which ran later that year.^[3] The show ended after the fifteenth episode, which aired on December 23, 2008.

[edit] MADtv

Caliendo officially joined the cast of MADtv in 2001 as a repertory performer, for the seventh season, and as MADtv's equivalent to Saturday Night Live's Darrell Hammond. In 2002, Caliendo replaced Will Sasso as the impersonator of George W. Bush, but he won audience members over with an offbeat impersonation of former Fox sports announcer John Madden and also many other Fox personalities. Both became some of the cast member's most popular impressions on MADtv, and were featured quite prominently during his tenure. Frank also did the announcing for the best of scenes on the MADtv season 1 DVD, and the announcing for the Season 2 DVD release which was cancelled due to poor sales of the first season DVD.

In August 2006, Caliendo announced he would not return to MADtv for its 2006-2007 season.

[edit] Fox NFL Sunday

On November 5, 2000, Caliendo appeared on Fox NFL Sunday, as a guest to comedian Jimmy Kimmel. He performed his increasingly noteworthy John Madden impression and was well-received. He returned again the same season on January 7 during the playoffs.

In 2001 and 2002, Caliendo returned as a semi-regular guest on Fox NFL Sunday. He frequently appeared impersonating Madden or occasionally as pundit Jim Rome during some of Kimmel's prognostication skits. At times he appeared live in the studio with the main hosts.

In 2003, Kimmel departed the program, and Caliendo was named his permanent replacement. As the prognosticator for the NFL on Fox, he gives his predictions ("Cold Hard Picks") for the day's NFL games. Typically these come during a skit (usually a one-man skit), where he does one of his famous impersonations. For example, for the first week's Fox NFL Sunday of the 2006 NFL season, he impersonated James Brown, who left the show in the off-season to join The NFL Today on CBS. He also imitates all the panelists of Fox NFL Sunday on occasion, most frequently Terry Bradshaw.

[edit] The Comebacks

Caliendo appeared in the 2007 film The Comebacks. He impersonates John Madden and Al Michaels in the championship game between the Comebacks and The Unbeatables. His Character is "Chip Imitation".

White House Correspondent's Dinner[link]

Caliendo’s impression of President George W. Bush earned him an invitation to perform during the 2007 annual White House Correspondents Dinner.

[edit] The Comedy Festival Presents: Funniest Movies of the Year 2008

During The Comedy Festival Caliendo hosted a special called The Comedy Festival Presents: Funniest Movies of the Year 2008 where, from Caesars Palace, Caliendo introduced the top ten list for funniest films of 2008 based on an Internet poll.

Television and film appearances[link]

In addition he has been a frequent guest of the Fox News Channel show Huckabee.

Discography[link]

• Make the Voices Stop (2002)
• Frank on the Radio (2003)
• Frank on the Radio 2, Volume 1 (2007)
• Frank on the Radio 2, Volume 2 (2007)
• All Over the Place (2008)
• National Lampoon Live: Unleashed (2009)

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Frank Caliendo at the Internet Movie Database
• Frank Caliendo at AllRovi
• Official website
• Official MADtv site

Yoav Shamir is an Israeli documentary filmmaker most noted for the films Checkpoint and Defamation. Shamir's films have received awards from independent film festivals including Best Feature Documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Best International Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and the Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival.^[1] Shamir's viewpoint of Israeli political policies in his documentaries made him a focal point of criticism and garnered accusations of anti-semitism.^[2][3] His latest film - 10% - What Makes A Hero? - A Documentary is focused on the premise that a small minority of people, less than 10%, will always fight for what is just regardless of circumstance.^[4]

Recent News[link]

Yoav Shamir recently launched a fundraising appeal for his latest movie - 10%.^[5] One of the first Israeli documentary makers to use online crowd-funding website Indiegogo to help raise money for a film.

Personal life[link]

Yoav Shamir was born in Tel Aviv in 1970. He graduated from Tel Aviv University with a BA in History and philosophy. He obtained a MFA in cinema with honours.^[6]

Controversies[link]

After the success of Checkpoint, Shamir was referred to as the "Israeli Mel Gibson" by American journalists and accused of antisemitism. This inspired him to do a project about contemporary antisemitism, the film Defamation.^[7]

Filmography[link]

• Full Gas (2010)
• Hashmatsa (International title: Defamation) (2009)
• Flipping Out (2008)
• 5 Days (2005)
• Machssomim (International title: Checkpoint) (2003)

External links[link]

• Yoav Shamir at IMDb
• [3] Yoav Shamir Films website
• [4] Yoav Shamir Films - 10% - at Indiegogo

References[link]

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Sidhartha Mallya
Sidhartha Mallya at People magazine party
Born	(1987-05-07) May 7, 1987 (age 25) United States
Occupation	Director of Royal Challengers team and Mohun Bagan General Manager of Marketing in United Spirits Ltd.
Parents	Vijay Mallya, Sameera

Sidhartha Mallya (born 7 May 1987) is the son of Vijay Mallya. He is the director of the Indian Premier League team Royal Challengers Bangalore and the football club Mohun Bagan.^[1][2] He is the General Manager of Marketing in United Spirits Ltd., and has been named by Vijay Mallya as the future head of UB Group.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

References[link]