Rolf Spangenberg (February 7, 1932 – 7 January 2020) was born in Hamburg and wanted to become veterinarian when he was 6 years old. After his “Abitur” (high school degree) he studied veterinary medicine in Gießen, Hannover and Berlin. Besides his work as veterinarian and his engagement in the protection of animals he worked as a journalist and wrote several books. Today he gives tips in a bunch of papers and magazines as well as in TV and radio broadcasts. If he has some time left over he goes travelling and hiking with his wife and goes biking with his motor bike just besides his participation in marathon runs. Apart from sharks and certain insects there is no animal race he does not like. At home he has a snake (“Kornnatter”) named Karoline as pet and likes its beauty and its tolerance when he is out of house so often.
“It is proof that I wanted to become veterinarian at age 6. For a child in an established Hamburg family rather unusual. After studies in Gießen, Hannover and Berlin this target was reached at age 25.
When assisting at births of animals I often had to entertain the people standing around so they would not go away and would be at disposition to help out a little. Often the farmers’ wives said: “Doctor your sutures are much better than those on my belly!”
My first microphone was in my hands at RTL (radio) talking about “all my animals” with Rainer Holbe. After this RTL-TV called and we made “simply animalistic” for three years. In the early 80-ies I began the “veterinarian visit” at SWR 4 radio and felt like home there besides TV productions with 3sat and ZDF. Then SWR-TV produced “Rat & Tat” and our team worked like a big family. WHERE is it possible to continue a production for nearly 20 years??”
Gunther Philipp (8 June 1918 – 2 October 2003) was an Austrianfilm actor, physician and swimmer.[2]
From 1949 to 2002 he appeared as an actor in 147 movies for cinema and television, mainly in comic roles. As an author, Philipp wrote 21 film scripts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37YfeJ6MoBY
During World War II, Philipp studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar and at the University of Vienna philosophy, majoring in psychology and then medicine. In 1943 he received his doctorate in medicine (Dr. med. univ.) He held the Austrian record in the 100-meter breaststroke for 14 years. He was also in the squad of the Austrian Olympic team in Berlin in 1936, but was not nominated for political reasons because he did not want to join the National Socialist-dominated “First Vienna Amateur Sports Club”. After the war, he ran a practice in Eberstalzell in Upper Austria and was active until in the 1990s at the Vienna University Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry.
1939 the Austrian record in the 100 m breaststroke (at the same time European year best performance: 1:11,3)
1939 academic world record at the German University Championships in Schrießheim Mannheim / year highs 100 m breaststroke (second in the world rankings)
1962 Austrian State Championship on Ferrari 250 GT
1963 Austrian State Championship on Ferrari GTO
1963 four times first in the Grand Prix of Austria (Zeltweg)
Miller’s first work, the short film Violence in Cinema: Part 1 (1971), polarised critics, audiences and distributors so much that it was placed in the documentary category at the 1972 Sydney Film Festival due to its matter-of-fact depiction of cinematic violence.[7] In 1979, Miller made his feature-length directorial debut with Mad Max. Based on a script written by Miller and James McCausland in 1975, the film was independently financed by Kennedy Miller Productions and went on to become an international success.[5] As a result, the film spawned the Mad Max series with two further sequels starring Mel Gibson: Mad Max 2 also released as The Road Warrior (1981) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). The third film in the series Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.
In 1987, Miller directed The Witches of Eastwick, starring Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Cher and Michelle Pfeiffer. The film proved to be a troubling experience for Miller. “I quit the film twice and Jack [Nicholson] held me in there,” said Miller. “He said, ‘Just sit down, lose your emotion, and have a look at the work. If you think the work is good, stick with the film.’ And he was a great man. I learnt more from him than anybody else I think I’d worked for – he was extraordinary.”[9] Nicholson also coached Miller to exaggerate his needs during the production, asking for 300 extras when he only needed 150, knowing that his producers would give him less than he requested.[10] The award-winning production designer Polly Platt also collaborated closely with Miller on The Witches of Eastwick. Cher later said that prior to working on the film, Miller called her at home, the day after her 40th birthday, to inform her that he and Nicholson didn’t want her in the film. She was deemed “too old and not sexy”.[11]
Following The Witches of Eastwick, Miller focused primarily on producing Australian projects.[12] His role as producer of Flirting, Dead Calm and the TV miniseries Bangkok Hilton and Vietnam, all starring Nicole Kidman, was instrumental in the development of her career.
In 1993, Miller was hired to direct Contact based on the story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan.[14] After working on the film for over a year, Warner Bros. and Miller mutually agreed to part ways and Robert Zemeckis was eventually brought on to direct.[15]
Miller also co-wrote the comedy-drama Babe (1995) and wrote and directed its sequel Babe: Pig in the City (1998).[16]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gch2Mm1wPEE
Miller was also the creator of Happy Feet, a musical epic about the life of penguins in Antarctica.[17] The Warner Bros.-produced film was released in November 2006. As well as being a runaway box office success, Happy Feet also brought Miller his fourth Academy Award nomination, and his first win in the category of Best Animated Feature.
In 2011, the Happy Feet sequel Happy Feet Two was released.[21] The following year, Miller began principal photography on Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth film in the Mad Max series, after several years of production delays.[22]Fury Road was released on 15 May 2015.[23] The film was met with widespread critical acclaim and received 10 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, while Miller himself was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.[24]
In April 2017, Miller said that he and co-writer Nico Lathouris have finished two additional post-Fury Road scripts for the Mad Max series. The Fury Road lead, Tom Hardy, is committed to the next sequel.[27] In 2015, and again in early 2017, Miller said “the fifth film in the franchise will be titled Mad Max: The Wasteland.”[27][28] In 2020, it was reported that Miller would next direct the Mad Max spinoff Furiosa.[29]
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Miller was married to actress Sandy Gore from 1985 to 1992; they have a daughter. He has been married to film editor Margaret Sixel since 1995; they have two sons. The two initially met during the production of Flirting,[dubious – discuss] and Sixel has since worked on all of Miller’s directorial efforts in some capacity.
Miller has said on multiple occasions that the 1940 version of Pinocchio is one of his favourite films.
Miller is a feminist, having told Vanity Fair in May 2015, “I’ve gone from being very male dominant to being surrounded by magnificent women. I can’t help but be a feminist.”
4/11/02 Michael Crichton ’64, HMS ’69 speaks on “The Media and Medicine” at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA on Thursday, April 11, 2002. staff photo by Jon Chase/Harvard University News Office
John Michael Crichton (/ˈkraɪtən/; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American writer and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres.
John Michael Crichton[1] was born on October 23, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois,[2][3][4][5] to John Henderson Crichton, a journalist, and Zula Miller Crichton, a homemaker. He was raised on Long Island, in Roslyn, New York,[1] and he showed a keen interest in writing from a young age; at 16, he had an article about a trip he took to Sunset Crater published in The New York Times.[6][7]
Crichton later recalled, “Roslyn was another world. Looking back, it’s remarkable what wasn’t going on. There was no terror. No fear of children being abused. No fear of random murder. No drug use we knew about. I walked to school. I rode my bike for miles and miles, to the movie on Main Street and piano lessons and the like. Kids had freedom. It wasn’t such a dangerous world… We studied our butts off, and we got a tremendously good education there.”[8]
Crichton had always planned on becoming a writer and began his studies at Harvard College in 1960.[6] During his undergraduate study in literature, he conducted an experiment to expose a professor who he believed was giving him abnormally low marks and criticizing his literary style.[9]: 4 Informing another professor of his suspicions,[10] Crichton submitted an essay by George Orwell under his own name. The paper was returned by his unwitting professor with a mark of “B−”.[11] He later said, “Now Orwell was a wonderful writer, and if a B-minus was all he could get, I thought I’d better drop English as my major.”[8] His differences with the English department led Crichton to switch his undergraduate concentration. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in biological anthropologysumma cum laude in 1964[12] and was initiated into the Phi Beta Kappa Society.[12] He received a Henry Russell Shaw Traveling Fellowship from 1964 to 1965 and was a visiting lecturer in anthropology at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom in 1965.[12] Crichton later enrolled at Harvard Medical School.[9][page needed] Crichton later said “about two weeks into medical school I realized I hated it. This isn’t unusual since everyone hates medical school – even happy, practicing physicians.”[13]
According to Crichton’s brother Douglas, Crichton was diagnosed with lymphoma in early 2008.[118] In accordance with the private way in which Crichton lived, his cancer was not made public until his death. He was undergoing chemotherapy treatment at the time of his death, and Crichton’s physicians and relatives had been expecting him to recover. He died at age 66 on November 4, 2008.
Marianne Koch (German: [maˈʁi̯anə ˈkɔx]ⓘ; born 19 August 1931) is a German actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her appearances in Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films of the 1960s. She later worked as a television host and as a physician.
Frau im Besten Mannesalter | KOLORIERT | Marianne Koch | Deutsche Komödie – YouTube
Between 1950 and 1971, Koch appeared in more than 65 films. She had numerous leading roles in the German cinema of the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1954 American thriller Night People, she appeared in a supporting role alongside Gregory Peck. Koch also had major roles in the Hollywood films Four Girls in Town and Interlude, both released in 1957. She remains perhaps best known internationally for Sergio Leone‘s 1964 production A Fistful of Dollars, which showcased her with Clint Eastwood as a civilian tormented by ruthless local gangsters, torn between her husband and child and the villains.
in “Eine Faust voll Dollars” | “a fist full of dollars”
In Germany, she was probably best known for her many years of participation as one of the regular panelists in the highly popular TV game show Was bin ich?, the German adaption of the American TV show What’s My Line?, which ran from the 1950s until 1988 and achieved ratings of up to 75% at its peak.
In 1971, she resumed the medical studies she had broken off in the early 1950s to become an actress.[1] In 1974, she earned her degree and practiced medicine until 1997 as a specialist for internal medicine in Munich. Also in 1974, she was one of the initial hosts of Germany’s pioneering talk show 3 nach 9 (Three After Nine), for which she was awarded the Grimme-Preis, one of the most prestigious awards of the German television industry. She also hosted other television shows, and in 2014, still had a medical advice program on radio.
Together with his brother Christian he opened an own theatre in Essen and performed since 1995 with his comedy program. After retiring from his medical job and closing his doctors office he only performed there and in a TV series or the WDR.
(DE): Seit 1995 schrieb Ludger Stratmann, der in der Kabarettszene als „der Doktor“ bekannt wurde, etwa alle zwei Jahre ein neues Solobühnenprogramm und spielte seine Programme auf der Bühne zunächst gemeinsam mit dem Pianisten Hagen Rether. Ab 2005 trat er solo auf. Die Titel der Programme lauten: Hauptsache, ich werde geholfen! (1995), Heute komm’ ich mal mit mein’ Bein! (1997), Hauptsache nich fettich … (1999), Machensichmafrei, bitte! (2005), Kunstfehler (2009) und Pathologisch (2015). Insgesamt besuchten diese Bühnenprogramme bis 2007 ca. 1,2 Millionen Menschen live in seinem Theater sowie auf Bühnen von Flensburg bis München. Stratmann gehörte zu den erfolgreichsten Kabarettisten und Livekomikern Deutschlands. Die ersten drei Programme übertrug der Fernsehsender WDR in voller Länge. Mehrfach füllte Ludger Stratmann die Grugahalle mit bis zu 4500 Zuschauern. Im Jahr 2003 spielte er vor jeweils 1500 Zuschauern in der Stadthalle Hagen an drei aufeinanderfolgenden Abenden die drei verschiedenen Zweistundenprogramme. Er verkörperte hier stets den Hypochonder, Bühnenarbeiter und Kleingartenpräsidenten Josef Kwiatkowski „Jupp“, der über Krankheitsverläufe pseudowissenschaftlich referiert und amüsante Milieubeschreibungen abliefert, wobei sich Stratmann an seinem Arbeitsplatz, im Wartezimmer oder dem Krankenbett befindet.
Tezuka MuseumTOKYO, JAPAN – NOVEMBER 01: Manga artist Osamu Tezuka speaks during a symposium of the National Cultural Festival circa November 1986 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫, born 手塚 治, Tezuka Osamu; 3 November 1928 – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as “the Father of Manga” (マンガの父, Manga no Chichi), “the Godfather of Manga” (マンガの教父, Manga no Kyōfu) and “the God of Manga” (マンガの神様, Manga no Kami-sama). Additionally, he is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during Tezuka’s formative years.[2] Though this phrase praises the quality of his early manga works for children and animations, it also blurs the significant influence of his later, more literary, gekiga works.
Tezuka began what was known as the manga revolution in Japan with his New Treasure Island published in 1947. His output would spawn some of the most influential, successful, and well-received manga series including the children mangas Astro Boy, Princess Knight and Kimba the White Lion, and the adult-oriented series Black Jack, Phoenix, and Buddha, all of which won several awards.
Tezuka died of stomach cancer in 1989. His death had an immediate impact on the Japanese public and other cartoonists. A museum was constructed in Takarazuka dedicated to his memory and life works, and Tezuka received many posthumous awards. Several animations were in production at the time of his death along with the final chapters of Phoenix, which were never released.
Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫, born 手塚 治, Tezuka Osamu; 3 November 1928 – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as “the Father of Manga” (マンガの父, Manga no Chichi), “the Godfather of Manga” (マンガの教父, Manga no Kyōfu) and “the God of Manga” (マンガの神様, Manga no Kami-sama). Additionally, he is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during Tezuka’s formative years.[2] Though this phrase praises the quality of his early manga works for children and animations, it also blurs the significant influence of his later, more literary, gekiga works.
Tezuka began what was known as the manga revolution in Japan with his New Treasure Island published in 1947. His output would spawn some of the most influential, successful, and well-received manga series including the children mangas Astro Boy, Princess Knight and Kimba the White Lion, and the adult-oriented series Black Jack, Phoenix, and Buddha, all of which won several awards.
Tezuka died of stomach cancer in 1989. His death had an immediate impact on the Japanese public and other cartoonists. A museum was constructed in Takarazuka dedicated to his memory and life works, and Tezuka received many posthumous awards. Several animations were in production at the time of his death along with the final chapters of Phoenix, which were never released.
Tezuka’s childhood nickname was gashagasha-atama: “messy head” (gashagasha is slang for messy, atama means head).[citation needed] As a child, Tezuka’s arms swelled up and he became ill. He was treated and cured by a doctor, which made him also want to be a doctor. At a crossing point, he asked his mother whether he should look into doing manga full-time or whether he should become a doctor. At the time, being a manga author was not a particularly rewarding job. The answer his mother gave was: “You should work doing the thing you like most of all.” Tezuka decided to devote himself to manga creation on a full-time basis. He graduated from Osaka University and obtained his medical degree, but he would later use his medical and scientific knowledge to enrich his sci-fi manga, such as Black Jack.[50][70]
Tezuka met Walt Disney in person at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. In a 1986 entry in his personal diary, Tezuka stated that Disney wanted to hire him for a potential science fiction project.[citation needed]
In January 1965, Tezuka received a letter from American film director Stanley Kubrick, who had watched Astro Boy and wanted to invite Tezuka to be the art director of his next movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey (which was eventually released in 1968). Although flattered by Kubrick’s invitation, Tezuka could not afford to leave his studio for a year to live in England, so he had to turn down the offer. Although he was not able to work on 2001, he loved the film, and would play its soundtrack at maximum volume in his studio to keep him awake during long nights of work.[74][75]
Founded in 1946, the Gdańsk Medical University Choir is one of the oldest and most successful academic choirs in Poland. Over the course of our many years of operation, we have performed in dozens of countries around the world in Europe, Asia and North America. Our group has won top awards at numerous Polish and foreign choir festivals. We sing a cappella pieces as well as great oratorios and cantatas. Our repertoire includes works by many Polish and foreign composers from different musical styles and eras, such as church music, spirituals and gospel, as well as music from films and musicals. When producing oratorio works, we cooperate with many cultural institutions, especially with the Baltic State Philharmonic and the Polish Chamber Philharmonic in Sopot. Our members are mainly students from the Medical University of Gdańsk, but we also have people from outside this group who have decided to stay with us longer and have been singing with us for many years. The artistic director and conductor of the choir is Błażej Połom.
Luis Alposta has contributed to many radio programs, has written dozens of books and many of his poetry has been composed with music, mainly tango music. (see listing in wikipedia):
Tango del Vampiro – Letra de Luis Alposta – 22/X/98.
Luis Alposta (n. Buenos Aires el 30 de junio de 1937), médico, poeta y ensayistaargentino. Fueron sus padres Alejandro Alfredo Alposta y Ángela Dina Montanaro. En 1984 se casa con Leonor Virginia Castiglione, con quien tiene cuatro hijos: Luis, Ignacio, Emilio y Virginia. Sus poemas, traducidos al francés, inglés, italiano y japonés, figuran en numerosas antologías y han sido musicalizados por Edmundo Rivero, Rosita Quiroga, Osvaldo Pugliese y Daniel Melingo entre otros. Prologuista, conferencista, autor de numerosas comunicaciones académicas sobre el lunfardo y el tango y de colaboraciones varias en periódicos, revistas literarias y programas radiales.
