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Liviu Ciulei was one of the most important directors in Romanian cinema. Born on July 7th 1923 in Bucharest, he was raised in a family of intellectuals. His father was a renowned architect. Ciulei studied architecture himself, and then he attended 'The Royal College of Theater and Music of Bucharest'. His debut as an actor came with the 1946 stage version of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Odeon Theater in Bucharest. In 1954, Ciulei made his directorial debut with N. Richard Nash's "The Rainmaker" at Bulandra Theater (then called The Municipal Theater). He also started a prodigious career as a stage designer, mainly for his own theatrical productions. In 1964, Ciulei became the first Romanian filmmaker to win the 'Best Director' award at the Cannes Film Festival for his acclaimed epic Forest of the Hanged (1965). This was his 7th picture as a film actor and the 3rd and last as a film director. He continued to work hard as a director, actor and stage designer for the theater in Romania, but also abroad, in Canada, Australia and the US. He became the director of the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1980. After the Romanian Revolution (1989), Ciulei returned to Romania for several new plays, as the Honorary Manager of the Bulandra Theater. In his last decades, Liviu Ciulei's interactions with the film world were limited to filmed plays (O scrisoare pierduta - 1977, Hamlet - 2000) and a documentary about his greatest stage designs. Ciulei died on the 24th October 2011 shortly before the first US retrospective of his complete films in New York City.- Hal Studer was born on 17 August 1923 in Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for SuperBook (1981), Rocky King, Detective (1950) and The Plainclothesman (1949). He was married to Billie Lou Watt. He died on 24 October 2011 in Orangeburg, New York, USA.
- Lew Dee - the Lubbock radio and television legend, birth name Lewis Thomas D'Elia, passed away after a battle with cancer. Lew' birth place was in Hell's Kitchen in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Italian immigrants who had arrived in America in 1901. At age 17, after the death of his mother, Bernadette, his father, an Air Force recruiter, insisted that Lew and his brother, Walter, enlist in the U.S. Air Force. Lew's father was concerned that the two motherless teenagers might fall victim to street gangs. After basic training in San Antonio, Texas, the brothers were separated, with Lew assigned to Reese Air Force Base, while Walter went to another Texas base. This separation was a bitter disappointment to the two young brothers, who had been told they would be stationed together. After getting out of the Air Force in 1954, Lew went back to New York, only to return and start his broadcasting career with the Cuckoo Network of radio stations owned by R.B. (Mac) McAlister in Post and Littlefield. He sold advertising in Littlefield and went on the air for the first time on KZZN. Eventually, Lew moved to Lubbock, where he worked at KSEL-AM (AM 950) and KSEL Television, also owned by Mac McAlister. During his time at KSEL, Lew was a radio and television personality and was eventually promoted to the position of Vice President and sales manager at KSEL-AM & TV. While he was sales manager at KSEL, he called on one of his most loyal advertisers, Latham's Department Store. Latham's owner had recently named Diana Karvas as marketing director, and Lew was told he needed to talk to her about her account. Diana went on the air as his partner in 1978 on KEND radio and continued, at various stations, until 2008. Lew and Diana were married on Valentine's Day in 1988. In the late 1960s, Lew starred in a KSEL-TV show called Lew Dee's Saturday Night Theatre, hosting bad horror movies. Lew was master of ceremonies while fellow KSEL broadcasters were dressed in monster costumes, creating entertaining skits that were presented during breaks in the movies. The show won a national award for most-viewed program on a UHF station. He and Bill McAlister earned the highest rating in the nation with their acclaimed TTO-This, That, and the Other-morning show on KSEL Radio. The show garnered 62 percent of the Lubbock audience. Bill McAlister was the son of station owner Mac McAlister. In 1971, Lew left KSEL and helped form KEND Radio (KDAV-AM 1590, with Paul R. Beane. Years later, after the sale of KEND, Lew was at KKIK, and then, from 1991 to 2002, he and Diana starred in KKCL (98 Kool) radio's morning show while managing that station. During the 1990s, the Dees also produced two cable shows: TTO (This, That, and the Other) and Country Music Video's Live from The Midnight Rodeo. In 2002, they launched a new radio station, Stars 104.3, for Ramar Communications, as general manager, sales manager and co-hosts of the station's morning show. After going off the air in 2008, they continued in their roles as advertising consultants for Ramar's four radio stations. On the air from 1978 through 2008, the Lew Dee and Diana morning show became Lubbock's longest running morning. Lew Dee's radio broadcasting career was 48 years on the airwaves of Lubbock and the South Plains. During those years he mentored dozens of aspiring broadcasters and advertising sales persons, and they still remember him fondly and acknowledge the impact he had upon their lives. His colleagues, dating back to the early years, consider him one of the most, if not the most, influential radio personality ever in Lubbock. More than that, though, they cite his huge heart, his kindness and love, his unswerving loyalty and devotion to those he called friends. One former colleague said Lew Dee had the greatest heart he had ever seen, and another said he was the best advertising person he had ever known. On June 28, 2011, Lew and Diana received Lubbock Advertising Federation's highest honor at the organization's annual Silver Medal Award dinner. The Silver Medal Award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to advertising and who has been active in furthering the industry's standards, creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern.
- Oleg Reif was born on 20 September 1928 in Úvaly, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for Sherlock Holmes v pánském klubu aneb Komisar Dreyfus zasahuje (1992), Ctrnáctý v rade (1975) and Gen: Galerie elity národa (1993). He died on 24 October 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Florence Parry Heide was born on 27 February 1919 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Florence was a writer, known for The Shrinking of Treehorn (2024) and Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain (1983). Florence was married to Donald C. Heide. Florence died on 24 October 2011 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA.
- Actor
- Sound Department
Ken Yamaguchi was born on 24 April 1956 in Fukushima, Japan. He was an actor, known for Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990), Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (2007) and Sonic X (2003). He died on 24 October 2011 in Japan.- Costume Designer
Margit Brandt was born on 27 January 1945 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was a costume designer, known for Z.P.G. (1972), Min bedste ven (2007) and Feinschmecker (2008). She was married to Erik Brandt. She died on 24 October 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark.- Wesley Durden was born on 13 December 1982 in North Carolina, USA. He died on 24 October 2011 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA.
- Caroll Denning was born on 15 October 1936 in Russell, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004) and Where Pigeons Go to Die (1990). He died on 24 October 2011 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
- Additional Crew
Ernie Cheeka was born on 7 February 1939 in Neah Bay, Washington, USA. He is known for Dead Man (1995). He died on 24 October 2011 in Spray, Oregon, USA.- Writer
- Actor
Morio Kita was born on 1 May 1927 in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for My Uncle (2016), Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad (1962) and A Thousand & One Nights (1969). He died on 24 October 2011 in Tokyo, Japan.- Hans Fuchs was born on 26 April 1920. He was an actor, known for Knife in the Head (1978), Jannan - Die Abschiebung (1986) and Gemini: The Twin Stars (1988). He died on 24 October 2011.
- Bruno Weber was born on 10 April 1931 in Dietikon, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland. He died on 24 October 2011 in Spreitenbach, Kanton Aargau, Switzerland.