Adrienne Mancia Film curator
“To discover people who have new ways of saying things with film is thrilling. It keeps the idea alive that there are still surprises out there.”
From This is True for 18 December 2022
art
Creator/collector/conservationist of art, including musicians and photographers. Actors are under Entertainment.
Vincent DeRosa Hornist
Born in Kansas City, Mo., to a clarinetist father and a singer mother, DeRosa went into the family business playing a French horn, usually as a studio musician, available for hire for anyone who needed a horn for a recording. Classical? Jazz? Movie/TV soundtracks? He did it all, playing for Henry Mancini, Lalo Schifrin, John … Read more
From This is True for 24 July 2022
Margaret Keane Big eyes painter
Keane’s husband took all the credit for her work, yet he couldn’t paint at all.
From This is True for 3 July 2022
Ken Knowlton Computer art pioneer
“BEFLIX” (for Bell Flicks) was the first language specific to generating computer-driven animation.
From This is True for 26 June 2022
Colin Cantwell Concept artist
“I didn’t originally plan for the Death Star to have a trench,” but suggested it to George Lucas.
From This is True for 22 May 2022
Jerry Uelsmann Photographic surrealist
“There are no uninteresting things. There are just uninterested people.”
From This is True for 10 April 2022
Charles Csuri Computer artist
Csuri was the “father of computer art.”
From This is True for 6 March 2022
Douglas Trumbull Special effects wizard
Trumbull was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame as an “innovative master of special effects.”
From This is True for 13 February 2022
Emmett Chapman Stick player
A jazz musician, Chapman invented a new instrument: the Chapman Stick.
From This is True for 8 November 2021
Takao Saito Gekiga artist
Without Saito’s influence, “we probably wouldn’t live in a society where it’s natural for adults to read comics.”
From This is True for 3 October 2021