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A writer is a person who produces literature or nonfiction, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, essays, articles, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images.
A writer's output sometimes contributes to the cultural content of a society, and a society may value his or her work as art.
Broadly, a writer is anyone who writes, especially one who writes professionally. The term writer is customarily used as a synonym of author, although the latter term has a somewhat broader meaning.
Aaron Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an Academy and Emmy award winning American screenwriter, producer, and playwright, whose works include A Few Good Men, The American President, The West Wing, Sports Night, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Charlie Wilson's War, The Social Network, and Moneyball.
After graduating from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre in 1983, Sorkin spent much of the 1980s in New York as a struggling, sporadically employed actor. He found his passion in writing plays, and quickly established himself as a promising young playwright. His stage play A Few Good Men caught the attention of Hollywood producer David Brown, who bought the film rights before the play even premiered.
Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977. After Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, Knopfler went on to record and produce six solo albums, including Golden Heart (1996), Sailing to Philadelphia (2000), and Get Lucky (2009). He has composed and produced film scores for eight films, including Local Hero (1983), Cal (1984), and The Princess Bride (1987). In addition to his work with Dire Straits and as a solo artist and composer, Knopfler has recorded and performed with many prominent musical artists, including Phil Lynott, Chet Atkins, The Chieftains, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Jools Holland, Sonny Landreth, and Van Morrison. He has produced albums for Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, and Randy Newman.
Knopfler is one of the most respected fingerstyle guitarists of the modern rock era, and was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Knopfler and Dire Straits have sold in excess of 120 million albums to date. A four-time Grammy Award winner, Knopfler is the recipient of the Edison Award and the Steiger Award, and holds three honorary doctorate degrees in music from universities in the United Kingdom.
Actors: Javi Araguz (producer), Javi Araguz (editor), Javi Araguz (actor), Javi Araguz (director), Javi Araguz (writer), Pau Bertomeu (producer), Carles Araguz (actor), Isabel Hierro (producer), Isabel Hierro (writer), Gloria Ariza (composer), Kim Smits (actor), Raul Tigel (actor), Axel Bertran (actor), Josep Adell (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Brynn Baron (actress), Brynn Baron (producer), gregg Alexander (actor), Stefan Feuerherdt (producer), Christopher Alley (director), Ruth Witteried (producer), Barbara McCormick Thomas (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Cassian Elwes (actor), Michael De Luca (actor), Leonardo DiCaprio (actor), Neal Dodson (actor), Russell Crowe (actor), Michael Fassbender (actor), Johnny Depp (actor), George Clooney (actor), George Clooney (actor), Woody Allen (actor), Woody Allen (actor), George Clooney (actor), Willem Dafoe (actor), Ryan Gosling (actor), Harrison Ford (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Varsha Usgaonkar (actress), Kishore Kadam (actor), Anand Abhyankar (actor), Ashok Samarth (actor), Jyothi Kunkolienkar (producer), Pramod Salgaocar (producer), Chandrakant Barve (writer), Jyothi Kunkolienkar (writer), Chandrakant Barve (director), Prabhakar Panshiker (actor), Dilip Ghare (actor), Sachin Natekar (editor), Arvind Haldipur (composer),
Plot: This is debate between two friends; a jailer and an author of international repute on capital punishment. The author is an abolitionist whereas the jailer believes that a criminal terrorist must be hanged. The terrorist is sentenced to death and the author loses hopes of saving him. So now he decides to interview him in order to understand the mental condition of the murderer who is about to be hanged for murdering an innocent person. He wants to know how he feels, whether he repents, whether he is scared. The interview is organized by his jailer friend but the author gets into a nightmare like situation from which he is facing death himself.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller,Actors: Franco Castan (producer), Franco Castan (actor), Daniel Dowding (editor), Daniel Dowding (director), Daniel Dowding (producer), Chaz Ahern (actor), Laura Dowding (composer), Sudan Jeffers (actor), Danny Watters (actor), Kevin Hazzard (writer), Kevin Hazzard (writer), Noah Fleming (actor), Renae Sallee (actress), Elizabeth Fleming (actress), Elizabeth Langmade (actress),
Plot: All of humanity is linked; by lineage, by history, by space, by experience and by emotion. And yet somehow we remain so completely insulated from one another, refusing to unlatch that door chain. In short, this piece is less about what divides us than it is about what connects us.
Genres: Short,Actors: Mohamed Zineddaine (writer), Mohamed Zineddaine (producer), Mohamed Zineddaine (director), Mohamed Zineddaine (editor), Silvio Piersanti (composer), Wahabi Noureddine (actor), Harrada Abdelkader (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Bill Irwin (actor), Charles Inslee (actor), Richard Attenborough (actor), Woody Allen (actor), Charles Chaplin (actor), Woody Allen (actor), Syd Chaplin (actor), Syd Chaplin (actor), Woody Allen (actor), Winston Churchill (actor), Johnny Depp (actor), Robert Downey Jr. (actor), Robert Downey Jr. (actor), Milos Forman (actor), Bill Irwin (actor),
Plot: Narrated by Sydney Pollack, film critic Richard Schickel's dazzling two-hour plus documentary to one of the towering figures in film: Charles Chaplin. Hardcore Chaplin fans may not find much new material here, but more unfamiliar admirers will gain some valuable information about one of the most famous personalities of the 20th century. Schickel has constructed the documentary as a chronological survey of Chaplin's work, starting with his most significant shorts and covering all of his features. Schickel supports his narration with testimony from artists familiar with Chaplin's work and family members who offer personal insights into the comedian's life. The documentary plays down but doesn't ignore the controversies that swirled around Chaplin's private life. But the main focus is on the films. They include some of the best-loved movies of all time. Clips from "Kid Auto Races at Venice," the 1914 Keystone short in which Chaplin first used his Tramp costume, reveal a startlingly modern technique and sensibility, as if the filmmakers were predicting and mocking reality TV. Subsequent shorts show Chaplin refining his 'Little Tramp' character while absorbing the essentials of filmmaking. By the time he made "Easy Street," in 1917, Chaplin had perfected a combination of knockabout farce and Victorian sentiment that still proves irresistible. Chaplin's early features, including "The Kid," "The Gold Rush" and "City Lights," were such blockbuster hits that he could essentially ignore the coming of sound for almost a decade. Those making appearances on the program include Woody Allen, Richard Attenborough, Jeanine Basinger, Claire Bloom, Geraldine Chaplin. Sydney Chaplin, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr., Milos Forman, Bill Irwin, Norman Lloyd, Marcel Marceau, David Raksin, David Robinson, Andrew Sarris, Martin Scorsese and Jeffrey Vance.
Keywords: actor, character-name-in-title, comedian, comedy-filmmaking, film-director, filmmaker, filmmaking, silent-filmmakingActors: Kristy Swanson (actress), Charlie Sheen (actor), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (actor), Valeria Golino (actress), Lloyd Bridges (actor), Jon Cryer (actor), Cary Elwes (actor), Pat Proft (actor), Pat Proft (actor), Jim Abrahams (actor), Jim Abrahams (actor), William O'Leary (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Short,Actors: Jack May (actor), Lindsay Shonteff (producer), Lindsay Shonteff (director), Lindsay Shonteff (writer), Jack Smethurst (actor), Anthony Jacobs (actor), Sue Bond (actress), Neville Barber (actor), Fred Hugh (actor), Alan Gorrie (composer), Toby Lennon (actor), Linda Dean (actress), Jackson J. Bowdell (editor), Louisa Livingston (actress), Greta Nelson (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Holbrook N. Todd (editor), George M. Merrick (director), Ernie Adams (actor), Tom Herbert (actor), Arthur Loft (actor), Norbert A. Myles (actor), Hal Taliaferro (actor), Mae Busch (actress), Luana Walters (actress), Douglas MacLean (producer), Lester F. Scott Jr. (producer), Betty Burbridge (writer), George Cowl (actor), David Callis (actor),
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