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Widely known for his frequent collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a creative partnership which lasted 10 years and produced over 20 films, Ulli Lommel is one of the most consistently creative filmmakers to come from the New German Cinema movement.
The son of German comic performer Ludwig Manfred Lommel, Ulli Lommel began his career in show business as a child. His second feature film as a director Tenderness of the Wolves (1973) brought Lommel to New York, where he began working with Andy Warhol at The Factory. The Warhol / Lommel years spawned several features, including Cocaine Cowboys (1979) and Blank Generation (1980), both of which were directed by Lommel and feature Warhol in an acting role.
In the summer of 2013 Lommel went for nine months to Brazil, where he wrote a book and also made a film about Campo Bahia, the official camp for the German National Soccer Team. His autobiography, entitled Tenderness of the Wolves, is due out in late 2015.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Jazz legend Mundell Lowe learned to play guitar from the age of six, growing up in and around Laurel, Mississippi, the son of a Baptist minister. He helped his father hoe cotton on his farm but had no aspirations to work on the land. Aged ten, he acquired his first six-string guitar and became hooked on jazz. Having listening to Charlie Christian, he knew at once which style to emulate. Three years later, he absconded from home and headed for New Orleans where he frequented the Bourbon Street jazz clubs.
Although his father eventually caught up with him, Lowe ran away again -- this time to Nashville where he briefly joined the Pee Wee King band. In 1940, he graduated from school, had a stint with the orchestra of Jan Savitt and was in 1943 drafted for military service, posted at a camp near New Orleans. There, he had the good fortune to meet the resident entertainment officer, John Hammond Jr. Though assigned to Fort McPherson near Atlanta and posted to the Engineering Corps, Lowe's acquaintance with Hammond proved beneficial after his demobilization. In 1945, Hammond helped Lowe get a job with the Ray McKinley Orchestra (leader of the post-war Glenn Miller band). After that, Lowe worked in small combos, recording sessions and club dates with most of the big names of the genre, including Benny Goodman, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Ben Webster and Red Norvo.
Between 1948 and 1965, Lowe was engaged as guitarist/arranger by the NBC Orchestra in New York and also acted as musical director on TV's Today Show. In 1965, he relocated to Los Angeles where the head of Screen Gems, Jackie Cooper, offered him work as conductor/composer of music for television. Lowe also subsequently branched out into music education. During the succeeding decades he was active as a teacher of film composition at the Grove School of Music in Studio City and at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles. In 1983, he formed a small group called TransitWest which performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival and included among its personnel bass player Monty Budwig and flutist Sam Most. Mundell Lowe was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame and received a Lifetime Achievement prize at the San Diego Music Awards in 2008.- Hannes Schiel was born on 31 May 1914 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for Der Kongreß amüsiert sich (1966), The Last Ten Days (1955) and Charleys Tante (1963). He was married to Irmgard E. Walter. He died on 2 December 2017 in Vienna, Austria.
- Les Whitten was born on 21 February 1928 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He was a writer, known for Moon of the Wolf (1972) and American Expose: Who Murdered JFK? (1988). He was married to Phyllis Webber. He died on 2 December 2017 in Adelphi, Maryland, USA.
- Marianne Means was born on 13 June 1934 in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. She was married to James J. Kilpatrick, Warren Weaver Jr., Emmet Riordan, Cecil Paul Means and Edward H. DeHart. She died on 2 December 2017 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Director
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alecu Croitoru was born on 8 December 1933 in Bogza, Vrancea, Romania. He was a director and actor, known for Razbunarea (1972), Vîrstele omului (1969) and Der Seewolf (1971). He died on 2 December 2017 in Bucharest, Romania.- William Blankenship was born on 7 March 1928 in Gatesville, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Otello (1965), All My Children (1970) and Das Spiel kann beginnen (1978). He was married to Barbara Connally. He died on 2 December 2017 in Vienna, Austria.
- Leena Kaskela was born on 25 December 1939 in Turku, Finland. She was an actress, known for Lomalla (2000), Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti (1992) and Liian iso keikka (1986). She was married to Reinhard Rousek. She died on 2 December 2017 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Clifford Morris was born on 7 March 1937 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Rebel Without a Cause (1955). He was married to Suzanne Pankow. He died on 2 December 2017 in Verona, Wisconsin, USA.
- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Norihiko Hashida was born on 7 January 1945 in Kyoto, Japan. He was an actor and composer, known for Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968), Mysterious Dog Ton Ton (1978) and Chiisana koi no monogatari (1972). He died on 2 December 2017 in Kyoto, Japan.- Art Department
- Producer
- Production Designer
Ivan Chermayeff was born on 6 June 1932 in London. He was a producer and production designer, known for America at the Movies (1976), Carrier (2008) and Camera Three (1955). He was married to Jane Clark and Sara Anne Duffy. He died on 2 December 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Lowell Hawthorne was born on 1 May 1960 in Border, St. Andrew, Jamaica. He was a writer, known for A Baker's Son, OnePeople: The Celebration (2012) and Undercover Boss (2010). He was married to Lorna. He died on 2 December 2017 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Stunts
Bill Vergis was born in 1947 in Liberty, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Tremors (1990), Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) and Problem Child (1990). He died on 2 December 2017 in Seffner, Florida, USA.- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
- Additional Crew
Nava Semel was born on 15 September 1954 in Jaffa, Israel. She was a writer, known for And the Rat Laughed, Lost Relatives (2013) and The Last Winter (1983). She was married to Noam Semel. She died on 2 December 2017 in Israel.