Christian Magdu, born 15 October 1977 in Ploieşti in Romania, is an actor from Sweden.

A recognizable name and face in Sweden, Christian started working as an actor straight out of high school in the touring play "Europe 1697". Even though he studied sciences in high school it was the liberal arts and most of all theater, that was his great passion. He attended two famous, Swedish theater conservatories - Wendelsberg in 1998 and the highly prestigious, highly competitive Skara Skolscen in 2000. Christian describes Skara Skolscen as his most valuable time evolving as a new actor.

Magdu started out in feature films in 2002, with the premiere of Camp Slaughter in 2004, a film he also starred in and got rave reviews internationally. According to Internet Movie Database (IMDb) ([1]) he has several international films in the works. He's starred and co-starred in over 10 feature films and won awards such as The Crystal Bear (Berlin for the short Aldrig en Absolution). He loves working high and low, mixing big budget theater releases with low budget indie-flicks and loves working with talented and promising new filmmakers. He speaks five languages fluently and was selected Sweden's Hottest Male Actor by a Swedish Gay Magazine.

In 2007 Swedish film magazine Stardust - Allt om Film (nowadays Cinema) named Christian Magdu Talent of the Month (other recipients have included Emile Hirsch and Zooey Deschanel). Fall 2009 he can be seen in the drama-comedy feature Starring Maja (Prinsessa) and on the second season of the hit series Wrongfully Convicted (Oskyldigt Dömd)^[1]

Selected films[link]

• 2009 - Wrongfully Convicted (Oskyldigt Domd - TV-series)
• 2009 - Starring Maja (Prinsessa)
• 2008 - Dead on arrival
• 2008 - Craig
• 2006 - Beck - In the name of God
• 2006 - Deja Vu
• 2005 - The Medicin Man (mini-series, TV)
• 2005 - Never an Absolution
• 2003 - Blood red roses (TV)
• 2004 - Camp Slaughter

External links[link]

• Christian Magdu, officiell webbplats
• IMDb - Christian Magdu

References[link]

Merete Van Kamp (born November 17, 1961 in Kolding) is a Danish-born model turned actress who found success in American television.

She played the lead role in the 1983 TV movie Princess Daisy and then was a major cast member in the drama series Dallas as Grace Van Owen during the 1985-1986 season.

She has also guest-starred on Hotel and Remington Steele and appeared in the film The Osterman Weekend.

She is often mistaken for Michelle Pfeiffer, due to their similarities in looks.^{[citation needed]}

External links[link]

• Merete Van Kamp at the Internet Movie Database
• 41 minute documentary on DR1, Danish National talkradio

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Lloyd Kaufman
Kaufman at left, promoting Getting Lucky at the 2009 San Diego Comic Convention
Born	Stanley Lloyd Kaufman, Jr. (1945-12-30) December 30, 1945 (age 66) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	director, producer, screenwriter, actor
Years active	1969–present
Spouse	Pat Swinney Kaufman (3 daughters)

Lloyd Kaufman (born December 30, 1945) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and occasional actor. With producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment film studio, and the director of many of their feature films, including The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo and Juliet. Kaufman also serves on the board of the Independent Film & Television Alliance of which he is the former President.

Early life[link]

Kaufman was born Stanley Lloyd Kaufman, Jr. in New York City, New York, the son of Ruth (née Fried) and Stanley Lloyd Kaufman, Sr. a lawyer.^[1]

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Kaufman graduated from Yale University with the class of 1968, where he majored in Chinese studies. His Yale classmates included Oliver Stone and George W. Bush. Originally intending to become a social worker, he became fast friends with student filmmaker Robert Edelstein and Eric Sherman (son of filmmaker Vincent Sherman), who introduced him to his future lifelong obsession, cinema. Some of Lloyd's favorite filmmakers include John Ford, Kenji Mizoguchi, Ernst Lubitsch, Stan Brakhage and Franklin Schaffner.^[2] Like the members of Monty Python troupe, who were a big influence on him, Kaufman read Punch magazine and enjoyed the theatrical performances of Beyond the Fringe, Flanders & Swann, etc.

In 1966, Lloyd went on a hiatus from his studies and spent a year in Chad for USAID as a pathfinder for the Peace Corps.

Returning to Yale, he produced Robert Edelstein's low-budget film Rappaccini and directed his own first feature film, an experimental black and white film titled The Girl Who Returned. The film was presented at film societies at Yale, Harvard, and other east coast institutions. Following his graduation, Kaufman went on to work for Cannon Films, where he met John G. Avildsen (future Academy Award-winning director of Rocky and The Karate Kid). The two collaborated for several years, making low-budget films including Joe and Cry Uncle! During this period, Kaufman also directed and starred in his second feature film, The Battle of Love's Return, which garnered positive reviews in publications such as The New York Times, wrote and produced the lesbian thriller Sugar Cookies (with Oliver Stone), and wrote and directed another film, the Israeli comedy flop Big Gus, What's the Fuss?. Kaufman also served as executive in charge of locations for Saturday Night Fever, and was influential in choosing 2001 Odyssey as the nightclub in the film.^[3]

From 1973-1979, Kaufman produced and directed a handful of adult films in New York under the pseudonym "Louis Su." He directed at least three movies: The Divine Obsession, The Newcomers, and Sweet & Sour,^[4] and has been credited for producing at least three more.

Troma Studios[link]

In 1974, Kaufman and his business partner Michael Herz founded Troma Entertainment and began producing and distributing independent action and comedy films. In order to pay the bills, Kaufman did some freelance work for major Hollywood productions, including Rocky (edited on Troma's flatbed machines), Saturday Night Fever, and The Final Countdown, which he also produced (Kaufman has said that it was his experience on this film that made him never want to deal with a major studio again^[5]). From 1979 to 1981, the two wrote, produced and directed a series of profitable "sexy comedies" including Squeeze Play!, Waitress!, Stuck on You! and The First Turn-On!. On most of these early films, Kaufman is credited as "Samuel Weil." Kaufman also made a small appearance in Rocky and served as the production manager on Louis Malle's My Dinner With Andre.^[6][7][8]

In 1985, Troma experienced mainstream success with the violent, darkly comic superhero film The Toxic Avenger. Toxic went on to become Troma's most popular movie, inspiring three sequels, a Saturday morning children's television show, comic books and tons of merchandise. The Toxic Avenger, or "Toxie," is now Troma's official mascot.

Kaufman's follow-up to The Toxic Avenger was Class of Nuke 'Em High, which he co-directed with Richard W. Haines. Riding on the success of the Toxic Avenger, Nuke 'em inspired two sequels and a healthy run on late night cable shows such as USA Up All Night. At one time, Class of Nuke 'Em High was the highest-selling VHS for Troma.^{[citation needed]}

Troma's popularity waned after the box office failure of Troma's War; Kaufman attributed the film's lack of success to cuts made to the movie after the MPAA refused to release it with an R-rating in its intended form.[1] Troma's attempt to reboot its popularity with the super hero satire Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. was unsuccessful, failing to make an impression at the box office. From 1995 to 2000, Kaufman retrofitted the studio into an independent film company, finding success amongst cult movie fans and critics with the independent film Tromeo and Juliet (1996), a loose parody of Shakespeare's play. Other independent films that followed were the less successful Terror Firmer (1999), a slasher film set on the set of a Troma movie (with Kaufman playing a caricature of himself), and the fourth installment in the Toxic Avenger franchise Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV.

It would not be long, however, before Troma would once again experience financial hardship, this time after the botched funding of a low-budget video feature titled Tales from the Crapper, which cost $250,000 despite most of the footage being unusable. Lloyd supervised a reshoot in an attempt to salvage the film, dividing the footage into two parts and recasting the film as a double-feature. Tales from the Crapper was released on DVD in September 2004.

Troma still produces and acquires independent films.^[9] Troma Films has distributed many films from third parties including Trey Parker's Cannibal! The Musical. Lloyd himself encourages independent filmmaking, making cameo appearances in low-budget horror films, often for free. Recent appearances include screen time in former collaborator James Gunn's directing debut, Slither, as well as Gunn's Super and Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's Crank and Gamer.

Kaufman's latest film, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, made its official New York premiere on May 9, 2008 (although the film had previewed numerous times on single screens for over a year). On its opening weekend, it had the second highest per-screen average ticket sales, beating out the big-budget Speed Racer, and opened to positive reviews from Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times,^[10] and was made a critics pick by New York Magazine and Salon.com.

In September 2008, a staged musical version of The Toxic Avenger opened at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Directed by Tony Award winner John Rando, The Toxic Avenger Musical features music from Bon Jovi founding member, David Bryan. On 17 September 2009, Kaufman announced he would have a cameo in the remake of the Charles Kaufman/Troma movie Mother´s Day alongside his brother Charles.^[11]

Kaufman is the subject of the forthcoming book Toxic Schlock: Conversations with Lloyd Kaufman by Andrew J. Rausch and Chris Watson. An author himself, Kaufman has most recently been working on adding to his Your Own Damn Movie! series. Having completed Make Your Own Damn Movie!, Direct Your Own Damn Movie! and Produce Your Own Damn Movie!, he is now working on Sell Your Own Damn Movie!.

As of July 2010, Kaufman is set to direct the upcoming The Toxic Avenger 5: The Toxic Twins. Troma is also preparing for both the remake of The Toxic Avenger by Akiva Goldsman, Richard Saperstein and Charlie Corwin, and the upcoming Father's Day, a shocking film from Canadian powerhouse Astron-6 which Troma is producing. Kaufman appeared on the Discovery Channel series, Oddities, on season 3 episode ten.

Select filmography[link]

As director[link]

All films from Waitress to Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. were co-directed with college friend and Troma Vice President Michael Herz

• The Girl Who Returned (1969)
• The Battle of Love's Return (1971)
• Big Gus, What's the Fuss? (1973) (co-directed by Ami Artzi)
• Squeeze Play! (1979) (as Samuel Weil)
• Waitress! (1981) (as Samuel Weil)
• Stuck on You! (1982) (as Samuel Weil)
• The First Turn-On! (1983) (as Samuel Weil)
• The Toxic Avenger (1984) (as Samuel Weil)
• Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986) (as Samuel Weil; co-directed by Richard W. Haines)
• Troma's War (1988) (as Samuel Weil)
• The Toxic Avenger Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)
• Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990)
• Tromeo and Juliet (1996)
• Terror Firmer (1998) (based on his book All I Need To Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger)
• Troma's Edge TV (1999–2001) (26 half-hour episodes)
• Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000)
• All The Love You Cannes (2002)
• Parts of the Family (2003) (as Gabriel Lloyd) (co-directed by Léon Paul De Bruyn)
• Tales from the Crapper (2004)
• Make Your Own Damn Movie! (2005)
• Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
• Splendor & Wisdom (2008)
• Direct Your Own Damn Movie (2009)
• Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (2010)
• Lenge: Ledgends of Troma (2011)
• Toxic Twins: The Toxic Avenger V (2011)

As producer only[link]

• Rappacini (1968)
• Sugar Cookies (1973)
• Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974)
• Mother's Day (1980)
• The Final Countdown (1980)
• The Dark Side of Midnight (1984)
• Screamplay (1985)
• Igor and the Lunatics (1985)
• Girls School Screamers (1986)
• Combat Shock (1986)
• Fortress of Amerikkka (1988)
• Dialing for Dingbats (1989)
• Class of Nuke 'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991)
• Class of Nuke 'Em High 3: The Good, the Bad and the Subhumanoid (1994)
• Blondes Have More Guns (1995)
• DeCampitated (1998)
• Sucker: The Vampire (1998)
• The Rowdy Girls (2000)
• Parts of the Family (2003)
• Slaughter Party (2005)
• Mother's Day (2010)
• Teenape Vs. the Nazi Monster Apocalypse (2011)
• Mr. Bricks: A Heavy Metal Murder Musical (2011)
• Father's Day (2011)
• Hack Job (2011)

As actor[link]

• The Battle of Love's Return (1971) - Abacrombie
• Cry Uncle! (1971) - Hippie #2
• The Love Thrill Murders (1971) - Squeegee
• Rocky (1976) - Drunk
• Slow Dancing in the Big City (1979) - Usher
• The Final Countdown (1980) - Commander Kaufman
• Rocky V (1990) - Drunk (Scenes Deleted)
• Cannes Man (1996) - Troma Chief
• Tromeo and Juliet (1996) - Bar Patron (Uncredited)
• Orgazmo (1997) - Doctor
• Terror Firmer (1998) - Larry Benjamin
• Tales from the Crapper (2003) - The Crap Keeper
• LolliLove (2003) - Father Lloyd
• Slither (2006) - Sad Drunk
• Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006) - Old Arbie
• Crank: High Voltage (2009) - Maintenance Guy#2
• Gamer (2009) - Genericon
• Incest Death Squad (2009) - Mr. Reamburg
• Hanger (2009) - Melvina The Tranny
• Super (2010) - 911 Man
• Killer Hoo Ha (2010) - Man in road
• Hatchet II (2010) - Hunter
• Tetherball: The Movie (2010) - Larry Lewinski
• Caesar and Otto meet Dracula's Lawyer (2010) - Judge Stoker Browning
• Caesar and Otto's Deadly XMas (2011) - Grandpa Denovio
• Hack Job (2011) - Rabbi Lloyd
• Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2012) - Lloyd Kaufman
• Spidarlings (2012) - Mr Banner

Books[link]

• All I Needed To Know About Filmmaking I Learned From The Toxic Avenger (with James Gunn)
• Make Your Own Damn Movie (with Adam Jahnke and Trent Haaga)
• The Toxic Avenger: The Novel (with Adam Jahnke)
• Direct Your Own Damn Movie (with Sara Antill and Kurly Tlapoyawa)
• Produce Your Own Damn Movie (with Ashley Wren Collins)
• Sell Your Own Damn Movie (with Sara Antill)

See also[link]

• Michael Herz
• Joe Fleishaker
• James Gunn

Bibliography[link]

• All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger with James Gunn (1998)
• Make Your Own Damn Movie: Secrets of a Renegade Director with Adam Jahnke and Trent Haaga (2003)
• The Toxic Avenger: The Novel with Adam Jahnke (2006)
• Interview with AgonyBooth.com

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lloyd Kaufman

• Lloyd Kaufman at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website
• Lloyd Kaufman Daughters' Memoir
• Spencer Fornaciari and Greg Upton for The MacGuffin Film Podcast Episode 4 - In Bed With Lloyd Kaufman, June 2009

Anna Bård (born 2 April 1980 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish actress and model.

She has appeared in numerous commercials on Danish TV, but she has also starred in a couple of Danish films. She also guest appeared in an episode of the Danish sitcom Klovn, in episode 19: "Franks fede ferie".

In 2006, Anna Bård appeared on the Danish edition of Deal or no deal, as one of the suitcase girls.

Filmography[link]

• Regel nr. 1 (2003), BJ-girl
• Overlagt (2004), Louise
• Betonhjerter (2005), Sussie
• Brutal Incasso (2005), Louise
• Far til fire - i stor stil (2006), girl
• Westbrick Murders (2007), Barbara
• Pistoleros (2007), Stripper
• Happiness (2008), Lea

Television[link]

• Klovn (2005), beach girl
• Deal or No Deal (Denmark) (2006), suitcase girl #11

External links[link]

• Anna Bård at the Internet Movie Database

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Kim Sønderholm (or Kim S. Andersen / Kim Andersen) is a Danish actor, film producer and radio personality.

By the age of 12, Kim was familiar with the media business. He was started as a weekly co-host at a local radio station in his hometown, Aarhus in Denmark. Already after a few shows he was given his own DJ program each week. At a few occasions Kim also went on-air on the National Danish Radio. During this time, he also starred in several commercials on both radio and television. As the local radio station had to close, he went on to writing for a couple of magazines, both paper and internet based, in most cases film-related. Since then starring in quite a few underground short films before finally being accepted to theaterschool in 1998, where, during his stay, he and a fellow student wrote manuscripts for no less than three feature films.

After graduation in 2001 he moved to Copenhagen, where he was soon offered a minor role in the blockbuster, Klatretøsen (2002) ("Catch That Girl"), and since then things have quickly taken off.

In 2004 he produced and starred in the feature film Brutal Incasso (2005) that we wrote back in theatre school. The film has later won the Audience Award for Best Film at The Weekend Of Fear Film Festival in 2006 and nomiated for Best Foreign Film at a couple of other film festivals.

In 2006 he directed his first short film Mental Distortion (which was released as part of The Horror Vault (2008)) alongside doing his first feature film as a director Craig (2008). Besides directing both films, he also played the lead character and both films were finished in late 2007.

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Kim Sønderholm at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Kim Sønderholm on (re)Search my Trash

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