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L. David Syms-Greene (22 February 1921 – 7 April 2003), born Lucius David Syms Brian Lederman, was a British television and film director who was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, who emigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1953, where he trained in television production with the CBC, and then moved on to Hollywood, California.
Greene's career began as a stage actor and director in Britain in 1948. In 1950, he appeared in the film The Wooden Horse. In Hollywood, Greene became best known for television and film productions. Among these were:
Actors: Ylian Alfaro Snyder (miscellaneous crew), Karina Michel (actress), Karina Michel (producer), Michael Bienvenu (actor), Michael Berthold (actor), Robin Martino (actress), Luzandra Diaz (producer), Luzandra Diaz (actress), Warren Fast (actor), Phoebus Castle (writer), Phoebus Castle (director), Timothy Labato (actor), Kevin Narwich (actor), Chaz Lingaitis (actor), Andrea Gentry (actress),
Genres: Short, Thriller,Actors: Bill Ferris (actor), Bella Favela (actress), Stephen Panning (editor), Jesus Nunez (actor), Maritza Nazario (actor), Lucia Munoz (actress), Stefan L. Smith (composer), Mary Song (miscellaneous crew), Diana Mucci-Beauchamp (producer), Rosie Vargas (producer), Michael Mangual (actor), Mara Monserrat (actress), Franco Reins (actor), Mark Perlman (actor), Susan Veronika Adler (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Chris O'Donnell (actor), Zeljko Ivanek (actor), Jayce Bartok (actor), Peter McRobbie (actor), Ben Affleck (actor), Ed Lauter (actor), Will Lyman (actor), Matt Damon (actor), Randall Batinkoff (actor), Michael Higgins (actor), Peter Donat (actor), Eric Bruno Borgman (actor), Brendan Fraser (actor), Kevin Tighe (actor), Kent Osborne (actor),
Plot: David Green is brought into a prestigious 1950s school to help their football team to beat the school's old rivals. David, however, is from a working class background, so he isn't really "one of them", but he's very successful at making friends. David is a Jew, and has to keep this a secret from his friends for fear of being rejected.
Keywords: 1950s, academic-fraud, american-football, anti-semitism, assimilation, athlete, bare-butt, bigotry, bully, bully-comeuppanceActors: Marshall R. Teague (actor), Sandy Martin (actress), David Newman (composer), Roger Corman (producer), Hoke Howell (actor), Eugene Robert Glazer (actor), Joe Brooks (actor), Roberta Collins (actress), Kin Shriner (actor), Will Hare (actor), Jack Kosslyn (actor), Jeff Begun (producer), Ken Solomon (actor), Pleasant Gehman (actress), Ken Solomon (producer),
Plot: Stuntwoman Laurie Collins invites her sister Bonnie to visit on location in a small town. Bonnie is accosted by a local boy whose father is influential in the community, and ends up in prison when she defends herself, victim of local political corruption. Laurie hears bad things about her sister's treatment in the hoosegow, and gets herself jailed in order to even the score with Kay the queen bee prisoner and her loyal followers.
Keywords: beating, female-nudity, female-protagonist, fighting-women, handcuffed-woman, independent-film, lesbian, lesbianism, murder, nudityActors: David Shire (composer), Bert Remsen (actor), Jeffrey Weissman (actor), Sandor Stern (writer), Laurence Fishburne (actor), Harold Sylvester (actor), Connie Sawyer (actress), Ray Quiroz (miscellaneous crew), Michael Warren (actor), Gabe Kaplan (actor), K Callan (actress), James Jeter (actor), Jack Smight (actor), Jack Smight (director), Reb Brown (actor),
Plot: David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along some players, who are a bit odd but good. Like Swish who unknown to the rest of the team is a girl. Preacher, who's being sought by some nefarious characters. And D.C., who's a fugitive. And along with some of the students at the college, he turns them into a contender. In order to give the tam the respect they deserve and some exposure, Greene schemes to try and get the number 1 team led by Bo Winnegar, to play them.
Keywords: basketball, basketball-movie, basketball-team, coach, college, college-basketball, culture-clash, gender-disguise, nevada