Name	Josh Hannah
Caption	Josh Hannah, in Patagonia
Other names	Josh
Occupation	Webmaster of eHow
Website	wikiHow.com}}

Josh Hannah is a webmaster of eHow and was instrumental in helping to provide the initial funding necessary for founding wikiHow by Jack Herrick. In March 2004, Hannah and Herrick bought eHow from IdeaExchange. In 15 January 2005, inspired by Wikipedia, Herrick and Hannah created wikiHow. The date was specifically selected as it marked Wikipedia's fourth anniversary. On May 1, 2006, Herrick and Hannah sold eHow, but not wikiHow, to Demand Media. Hannah is no longer actively involved with wikiHow.

References

Category:Living people

Name	Josie Loren
Birthname	Josie Lopez
Birthdate	March 19, 1987
Birthplace	Miami, Florida
Occupation	Actress

Josie Lopez (born March 19, 1987), professionally known as Josie Loren, is an American actress. She plays the character Kaylie Cruz on the television drama series Make It or Break It.

Personal life

Loren was born in Miami, Florida, and is of Cuban descent.

Before she went to college, she used to cheer for an all-star cheerleading team in Miami called Top Gun All Stars. She studied at UCLA and is the daughter of Mercy Lopez, a middle school teacher at ZGMS. She attended high school at New World School of the Arts in Miami where she studied stage acting/Musical Theater. In college she is studying Mass Media Communication and getting a minor in Spanish. She has said that she would love to work with Sean Penn.

In 2010, she was voted one of the 12 Most Sexiest Singles by OK! magazine.

Career

She has appeared in Veronica Mars, Medium, Drake & Josh, Cory in the House and Hannah Montana. She has also starred in the Lifetime movie Christmas in Paradise as well as other feature films. She also stars in the Disney Channel Original Movie Hatching Pete as Angela Morrissey.

In 2009, Loren appeared in 17 Again as a cheerleader and Alex O'Donnell's girlfriend, Nicole.

Since 2009, she has starred as Kaylie Cruz on the ABC Family original series Make It or Break It.

In late April 2010, Loren and her Make It or Break It co-star Cassie Scerbo guest-starred as their characters Lauren and Kaylie on 10 Things I Hate About You in the episode "The Winner Takes All".

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

|Teen Choice Awards |Choice Summer TV Star Female |Nominated |-

References

External links

Category:1987 births Category:Actors from Florida Category:American film actors Category:American people of Cuban descent Category:American television actors Category:Hispanic and Latino American people Category:Living people Category:People from Miami, Florida

Caption	Hutcherson at the premiere of , 2009
Birth date	October 12, 1992
Birth place	Union, Kentucky, U.S.
Birthname	Joshua Ryan Hutcherson
Occupation	Actor
Yearsactive	2002–present
Homepage	Official site

Joshua Ryan "Josh" Hutcherson (born October 12, 1992) is an American film and television actor. He began working in the early 2000s, appearing in several minor film and television roles. He gained wider exposure with major roles in the 2005 films Little Manhattan and Zathura, the 2006 comedy RV, the 2007 family adventure film Firehouse Dog, and the film adaptations of Bridge to Terabithia, Journey to the Center of the Earth and . On March 30, 2008, Hutcherson won a Young Artist Award (for Leading Young Actor). Hutcherson was also featured on a Celebrity Teens edition of the hit show MTV Cribs, and is set to play Robert in the Red Dawn remake.

Early life

Josh Hutcherson was born in Union, Kentucky. His mother, Michelle, is a former emergency response trainer who now manages his career, and his father, Chris Hutcherson, is an analyst for the EPA. He has a younger brother, Connor, as well as many pets, including two dogs, Diesel and Nixon (a boxer), and two cats, Paws and Jell-O. He has wanted to be an actor since he was four years old, but had only begun auditioning for roles in 2002, at the age of 9.

Career

Hutcherson's first role was in the 2002 made-for-television film, House Blend; in the same year, he appeared in an episode of ER. In 2003, he played the lead role in the comedy Miracle Dogs (which was released directly-to-video), starred opposite Peter Falk and Timothy Daly in the made-for-television film, Wilder Days, and had a minor role in the well-reviewed independent film, American Splendor. He performed for the motion-capture imagery in 2004's The Polar Express.

In 2005, Hutcherson appeared in several Hollywood films: he had a minor role in the Will Ferrell comedy Kicking & Screaming , voiced Markl in the animated film Howl's Moving Castle (June), and played the lead roles in Little Manhattan (September) and Zathura, which was released in November to positive reviews. The following year, Hutcherson appeared in the comedy RV, playing the son of Robin Williams's character, and subsequently played Jesse Aarons in the drama Bridge to Terabithia, which was filmed in New Zealand and released on February 16, 2007, performing well critically and commercially. He had not read the novel that the film is based on before being cast in the role.

Hutcherson's next role was in Firehouse Dog (released on April 4, 2007), in which he played Shane Fahey, a firefighter's son who befriends a dog. Hutcherson filmed Firehouse Dog before Bridge to Terabithia, though the latter film was released first. His next roles were in the "very dark" and playing the nephew of Brendan Fraser's character in Journey to the Center of the Earth,

In September 2008 he went to Italy for the first time. He visited Rome and Milan, and participated in a local event about kids and cinema.

Filmography

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2011 |Detention |rowspan="1"|Executive Producer |- |}

Awards and nominations

In March 2008, he won a Leading Young Artist Award (Leading Young Actor), as did co-stars AnnaSophia Robb and Bailee Madison for Bridge to Terabithia.

{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;" |- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center" ! Award !! Year !! Category !! Result !! Work |- | rowspan=7 | Young Artist Award || 2004 || Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actor || || Wilder Days |- | rowspan=2 |2005 || Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast || || Motocross Kids |- | Outstanding Young Ensemble in a New Medium || || The Polar Express |- | 2006 || Best Performance in a Feature Film (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actor || || |- | 2007 || Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor || || RV |- | 2008 || Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast || || Bridge to Terabithia |- | 2009 || Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor || || Journey to the Center of the Earth |- | rowspan="2"|Saturn Award || 2006 || Best Performance by a Younger Actor || || |- | 2008 || Best Performance by a Younger Actor || || Bridge to Terabithia |- | Breakthrough Of The Year Awards || 2010 || Breakthrough Actor in Film || || The Kids Are All Right |- |}

References

External links

Official website

People in Film: Josh Hutcherson - Focus Features

Josh Hutcherson MySpace

Josh Hutcherson personal YouTube Channel (JawsSweetEyes)

Little-Stars : Josh Hutcherson

Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:American child actors Category:American film actors Category:American television actors Category:Actors from Kentucky Category:People from Boone County, Kentucky

Name	Josh Becker
Caption	Josh Becker, during the filming of Alien Apocalypse
Birthname	Joshua Matthew Becker
Birthdate	August 17, 1958
Birthplace	Detroit, Michigan
Occupation	Motion Picture and Television director and writer
Yearsactive	1981–present
Website	http://www.beckerfilms.com/
Imdb id	0065471

Josh Becker is a writer and director, of films and television, whose credits include episodes of .

Writing

Becker has authored The Complete Guide to Low-budget Feature Filmmaking detailing the ins and outs of independent filmmaking from his own experience. Bruce Campbell penned the introduction.

He has also written a memoir. The book titled "Rushes" was released in 2008.

His third Book, Going Hollywood, which details his time in Hollywood upon first arriving in 1976, was Released in 2010.

Selected Credits

Bibliography

References

External links

Beckerfilms.com

Audio interview with Becker

Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:American television directors

Name	Caroline Thompson
Birthdate	April 23, 1956
Birthplace	Washington, D.C.
Occupation	screenwriter, director, producer

Caroline Thompson (born April 23, 1956) is an American novelist, screenwriter, film director, and producer. She wrote the screenplays for Tim Burton's films, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Corpse Bride. She co-wrote the story for Edward Scissorhands and recently co-adapted a new stage version of the film with director and choreographer Matthew Bourne. Recently it has been announced that she will adapt the screenplay for the film version of Wicked Lovely, a bestselling fantasy series.

Early life

Thompson was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Bettie Marshall (née Warner), a teacher, and Thomas Carlton Thompson, Jr., a lawyer. She received her early education in Washington. Thereafter she went to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Radcliffe College, Harvard University, and eventually graduating from Amherst College in English and classic literature in 1978.

Career

Thompson moved to Los Angeles, supporting herself as a freelance book reviewer and writer. In 1983, she published a novel "First Born" which director Penelope Spheeris chose to make into a film, and from whom she started learning scriptwriting while writing the drafts of the film's screenplay. Though the movie was never made, the project gave her the impetus to find a new career as a screenwriter.

Her other works include Snow White for Hallmark, starring Miranda Richardson and Kristin Kreuk, The Secret Garden, Buddy, Black Beauty, , and The Addams Family.

From the above, she directed Black Beauty (1994) as her directorial debut, followed by Snow White in 2001 for TV and Buddy. She was the producer for Snow White and the associate producer for The Secret Garden and Edward Scissorhands''.

Filmography

Buddy (1997)

Stuart Little (1999)

Snow White TV (2002)

Corpse Bride (2005)

(2006) City of Ember (2008)

Bibliography

First born, Published by Coward-McCann, 1983. ISBN 0-698-11224-5.

Edward Scissorhands, by Thompson & Tim Burton. Published by distributed by Cinestore, 1990.

The Secret Garden, Adapted by Thompson. Published by s.n., 1991.

The Addams Family: A Novelization, by Elizabeth Faucher, Thompson, & Larry Wilson. Published by Scholastic Inc., 1991. ISBN 0-590-45541-9.

Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas: A Novel, by Daphne Skinner, Thompson, Michael McDowell, & Tim Burton. Published by Puffin Books, 1994. ISBN 0-14-037121-4.

Snow White, by Thompson & Julie Hickson. Published by s.n, 2000.

References

Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas: The Film, the Art, the Vision, by Frank Thompson, Tim Burton. Published by Disney Editions, 2002. ISBN 0-7868-5378-6. Caroline Thompson - Page 179.

External links

Caroline Thompson Video Interview

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