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- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Bimal Roy (July 12, 1909 - January 8, 1966) was an Indian film director. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films such as Do Bigha Zamin (1953), Bandini (1963), Biraj Bahu (1954), Madhumati (1958) which he employed to portray realism. He won a number of awards throughout his career, including eleven Filmfare Awards, two National Film Awards, and the International Prize of the Cannes Film Festival. Madhumati won 9 Filmfare Awards in 1958, a record held for 37 years.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vladimir Petrov was born on 22 July 1896 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Peter the First (1937), Bez viny vinovatye (1945) and Conquest of Peter the Great (1938). He died on 7 January 1966 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Adele DeGarde was born on 3 May 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Lights of New York (1916), Within the Law (1917) and And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1909). She was married to Harris N. Jespersen. She died on 7 January 1966 in Valley Stream, New York, USA.
- Frank Richardson Pierce was born on 21 October, 1881, at Greenfield, Massachusetts, the son of Frank R. and Kitty (or Kittie) A. Pierce. His father had worked as a hardware dealer in Milwaukee before relocating to Seattle in the early 1900s. As a young man Pierce had served for a year and a half in the US Navy as a boatswain's mate, graduated from the University of Washington and worked for the city of Seattle as a clerk stenographer.
After selling his first short story for $40 Pierce dropped out of law school to pursue what would turn out to a lucrative career in writing. Primarily remembered for his westerns, Pierce became one of America's more prolific writers. His career spanned nearly 50 years and produced over 1,500 short stories, 3 novels, and 4 feature films. His popularity was such that over a thousand of his short stories appeared in Argosy and the Saturday Evening Post magazines. A number of his short stories were penned under the pseudonyms Erle Stanly Pierce and Seth Ranger. Pierce had also worked as a photo journalist for Motorcycling and Bicycling Illustrated while traveling on his 1919 Indian Scout motorcycle from the remote villages in Alaska to the small dusty towns along the Mexican/American border. Pierce was a founding member (May 5, 1921) and one time president of the Northwest Writers Association (later named the Seattle Free Lances) as well as a member of the Author League of America, the League of Western Writers and the Authors Guild of America.
According to his obituary, Frank Richardson Pierce was 78 when he passed away in Seattle on 7 January, 1966, but his 1917 draft registration card and the 1900 and 1910 US Census records indicate that he was actually 84. He was survived by his wife, Vivian G Gill, daughter, Dorothy and two sons, Frank Jr. and Frederick. . - Rózsi Völcsei was born on 16 December 1895 in Árpád, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Mágnás Miska (1949), Két emelet boldogság (1960) and Forró mezök (1949). She died on 7 January 1966 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Herbert Sandberg was born on 26 February 1902. He was a composer, known for Gröna hissen (1944), Tidsrejsen (2014) and Det vackraste på jorden (1947). He died on 7 January 1966 in Danderyd, Sweden.- Valeska Stock was born on 17 May 1887 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for A Girl You Don't Forget (1932), Laubenkolonie (1930) and Die Weber (1927). She died on 7 January 1966 in Berlin, Germany.