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Xabier Elorriaga (born Xabier González Elorriaga on April 1, 1944 in Maracaibo) is a contemporary Venezuelan film and TV actor, writer and director.
His exiled parents returned to Bilbao in Spain, in 1969 where he commenced studying Law, Engineering and the Merchant Marine but soon switched to the theatre, becoming well known as an actor in the Bilbao of the 1970s. He then moved to Barcelona where he studied journalism and worked in the university. He made his prize-winning film debut in 1975 with La ciudad cremada and he has subsequently appeared in over 50 films.
A number of these have been released internationally in English, including:
Together with Arantxa Urretavizcaya, he is credited with the screenplay of Zorrilla's A los cuatro vientos (1987). He directed the short film Ikuska 4 (1980).
His TV work includes the series Anillos de oro, Clase media, and La verdad de Laura. He has made episodic appearances in Telecinco's Hospital Central and was involved with TVE-1's miniseries Las Cerezas del Cementerio.
Aaron Woolfolk (born in Oakland, California) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He shot his first feature film The Harimaya Bridge in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan and San Francisco. The film had a nationwide theatrical release in Japan in the summer of 2009, and had an independent release in the United States in 2010.
For his first film, the short Rage! Woolfolk won a Directors Guild of America award. His short films Eki and Kuroi Hitsuji won several awards, screened in international film festivals, and played on cable television.
Woolfolk was the recipient of an ABC Talent Development Grant, and was later a Walt Disney Studios/ABC Entertainment Writing Fellow.
With The Harimaya Bridge, Woolfolk became the first African American to make a feature film in Japan, and one of the few non-Asians to direct a movie in the Japanese film industry.
Woolfolk is a veteran of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET). He taught junior high school English in Kōchi Prefecture.
Woolfolk collaborated with playwright Tim Toyama in writing the play Bronzeville for The Robey Theatre Company, which developed the play and presented the world premiere in association with The Los Angeles Theatre Center in Los Angeles in the spring of 2009. Woolfolk and Toyama received a nomination for an Ovation Award in the category Best Playwriting for an Original Play.
Concepción Velasco Varona, known as Concha Velasco or Conchita Velasco, is a Spanish film actress, theatre actress, singer, and TV conductor. She was born at Valladolid November 29, 1939. She worked as dancer with Manolo Caracol and with Celia Gámez.
Actors: Tim Ross (actor), Catherine Trail (actress), Michael Melendez (actor), Gina Travis (actress), D.J. Barton (producer), A. Blaine Miller (writer), A. Blaine Miller (director), Kathryn A. Taylor (editor), Kathryn A. Taylor (producer), Kathryn A. Taylor (writer), Dervin Gilbert (actor), Samantha Mills (actress), Ana Shaw (actress), Jeremy Bonham (actor), Keith Sweeney (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Shirley Jones (actress), Richard Tanner (actor), Peter Oldring (actor), Greg Cipes (actor), Jennifer Lyons (actress), Abhi Trivedi (actor), Guy Perry (actor), Korrina Rico (actress), Korrina Rico (producer), Grady Lee Richmond (actor), Scott White (director), Patrick Lander (actor), Linda Carter (producer), Kiersten Hall (actress), Frank Strick (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Crime,Actors: Kel Mitchell (actor), Kel Mitchell (writer), Affion Crockett (actor), Mike Dennert (miscellaneous crew), Kel Mitchell (producer), Cedric the Entertainer (producer), Cedric the Entertainer (director), Tommy Davidson (actor), Rodney Perry (actor), Kel Mitchell (actor), Cedric the Entertainer (actor), Gary Anthony Sturgis (actor), Andre McCoy (actor), Kat Graham (actress), Kristian Bernard (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Gastón Pauls (actor), Juan Carlos Macías (editor), Luis Dubó (actor), María Izquierdo (actress), Alfredo Castro (actor), Alejandro Trejo (actor), Mateo Iribarren (writer), Mateo Iribarren (actor), José Soza (actor), Willy Semler (actor), Héctor Noguera (actor), Paulina Urrutia (actress), Benjamín Vicuña (actor), Marcial Tagle (actor), Pablo Larraín (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Dorian Missick (actor), J.D. Williams (actor), Neko Parham (actor), Omar Scroggins (actor), Steve Axelrod (actor), Andre De Leon (actor), Angelina Cruz (actress), Gwendolyn Mulamba (actress), Frduah Boateng (actor), Mark Rosenberg (actor), Ian Eaton (actor), Gabriela Urquia (actress), Isidro Urquia (producer), Isidro Urquia (director), Alain Rivas (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Fred Weintraub (producer), Richard Norton (actor), Isaac Hayes (actor), Lance Henriksen (actor), Sherilyn Fenn (actress), Tim Jones (composer), Zachary Weintraub (writer), Zachary Weintraub (director), Tom Kuhn (producer), Rainer Mockert (producer), Leona Paraminski (actress), Stojan Matavulj (actor), Daniel Goddard (actor), Bojana Gregoric (actress), Boris Gregoric (producer),
Plot: In an apocalyptic future, the wake of a lethal meteor strike, normal civilization has been reduced to ashes, with the people that remain left terrified by the existence of super-powered mutants. Human leader Parish a man with extra-human powers goes on the run as he wants to hunt down and kill the mutants in order to preserve the genetic purity of the normal survivors; he's particularly obsessed with murdering Rage, the mutants' commander.
Keywords: bare-chested-male, car-over-cliff, childbirth, discrimination, fistfight, healing-power, independent-film, mind-reading, motorcycle, pregnant-womanActors: Boman Irani (actor), Ram (miscellaneous crew), Vivek Vaswani (producer), Rahul Bose (actor), Pooja Bhatt (actress), Rahul Bose (writer), Rahul Bose (director), Ravi Kale (actor), John (miscellaneous crew), Manohar Singh (actor), Zakir Hussain (composer), Suresh Pai (editor), Sujoy Ghosh (actor), Suchitra Pillai-Malik (actress), Koel Purie (actress),
Plot: Sikander Malik lives a middle-class lifestyle in Bombay, along with his parents, who run a musical band and a recording studio. One day the studio catches fire due to a short-circuit instantly killing them but Sikander survives, and after he recuperates, finds that he has now gained the ability to read people's minds whenever he comes in physical contact with them. Years later he has now opened a Unisexual grooming parlor 'Xen's' and has a number of customers including Bhopal-born Tanya Ruia - who wants no one to know that she has separated from her husband, Jaydeep, and son, Rahul; Misha Patel, who sells cocaine to youngsters so that she can fund her need of this drug; collegians Bobby and Tina who secretly meet after hours in the salon; an eccentric young man who calls himself Rage; a successful but abusive businessman, Siddharth Mittal, and his daughter, Nikita. Things are about to change in Sikander's life - especially after he finds he cannot read Nikita's mind; Misha decides to expose Tanya; Rage is about to kill himself; and Siddharth harbors a dark secret that could change the lives of his wife and daughter forever.
Keywords: bollywood, charity, concealed-nudity, cowboy-sex-position, dating, death-by-fire, death-of-parents, divorce, exclamation-point-in-title, father-daughter-incestActors: 'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka (actor), Tom Laughlin (actor), Peter Gruner (actor), Scott Levy (actor), James Maritato (actor), Tyrone Scott (actor), Jim Fullington (actor), Tonga Fifita (actor), Eddie Fatu (actor), Dave Bautista (actor), Solofa Fatu Jr. (actor), Scott Bigelow (actor), Rodney Anoai (actor), Gail Kim (actress), Philip Stamper (actor),
Plot: Top Rope Productions Inc. (the Parent Company of WXW) was established in 1996 by professional wrestling legend Afa "The Wild Samoan." It is where the stars of tomorrow shine today. Top Rope is the only indie promotion that has live TV coverage. WXW RAGE TV first aired on Service Electric Cable TV, in January of 2002. This followed a recent sucess of WXW programming on the station, which led to the decision to form a weekly program highighting WXW wrestling matches, interview segments and behind-the-scenes action of Top Rope Productions and its product: World Xtreme Wrestling. On WXW RAGE TV, fans are treated to exciting matches, involving the Superstars of WXW, as well as behind the scenes look at the Wild Samoan Pro Wrestling Training Center. As a result of increased popularity of WXW RAGE TV, Top Rope Productions has branched out onto more stations in several other states. Now WXW RAGE TV can be seen in PA, NJ, CT, FL and even the Samoan Islands of the South Pacific.
Keywords: wrestlingActors: Dustin Runnels (actor), Charles Scaggs (actor), Richard Blood (actor), Brian Pillman (actor), Chris Benoit (actor), Jim Ross (actor), Shane Douglas (actor), Mick Foley (actor), Steve Borden (actor), Steve Austin (actor), Scott Levy (actor), Marc Mero (actor), Kevin Nash (actor), Paul Orndorff (actor), Tony Schiavone (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Joey Travolta (actor), Jon Gries (actor), John Alderson (actor), Chris Mulkey (actor), Samuel Z. Arkoff (miscellaneous crew), Mykelti Williamson (actor), Thomas Rosales Jr. (actor), Eric Laneuville (actor), Talia Balsam (actress), Grand L. Bush (actor), Frank Sivero (actor), Brenda Weisman (miscellaneous crew), Peter Kwong (actor), Billy Jayne (actor), David Byrd (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,