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- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Director
American film editor who occasionally directed, but won Oscars in his primary field. The son of Harry W. Gerstad, silent film cinematographer, Harry Donald Gerstad grew up in Hollywood. In his late teenage years he got work as a laboratory assistant at Hal Roach Studios, then Warner Bros., and finally at Republic Pictures.
Following the Second World War, he began editing feature films at RKO, working frequently with director Edward Dmytryk, who mentored Gerstad and helped him find work. In 1949 Gerstad was hired by Stanley Kramer as editorial supervisor and moved to Kramer's unit at Columbia Pictures. He won an Academy Award for his editing of Champion (1949) and shared the Oscar with Elmo Williams for High Noon (1952). He was one of several Kramer staff to work on the TV series Adventures of Superman (1952), and directed episodes as well as editing them. In the 1960s he worked for Bing Crosby Productions and 20th Century-Fox as editorial supervisor, as well as for John Wayne's Batjac Productions. He retired in 1973 and lived the remainder of his life in Palm Springs, where he died in 2002 at 93.- Actor
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
Keith Denny was born on 31 May 1937 in Downham Market, Norfolk, England, UK. He was an actor and costume designer, known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Clash of the Titans (1981) and Good Morning, Vietnam (1987). He died on 17 July 2002 in Slough, England, UK.- Joseph Luns was born on 28 August 1911 in Rotterdam. He was married to Lia van Heemstra. He died on 17 July 2002 in Brussels, Belgium.
- Melitta Hollós was born on 29 April 1910 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. She was an actress, known for Fekete gyémántok (1977), A beszélö köntös (1941) and Füre lépni szabad (1960). She died on 17 July 2002 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Clare Fell was born on 10 October 1912 in Ulverston, Cumbria, England, UK. She died on 17 July 2002 in Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England, UK.
- Jos Op De Beeck was born on 18 May 1921 in Berlaar, Flanders, Belgium. Jos was a producer, known for Leven en dood op het land (1963), The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (1965) and Derrière l'écran (1966). Jos died on 17 July 2002.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Paul Berkenman was born on 13 May 1926 in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. He was a director and writer, known for Une demoiselle sans bagages (1963), Amours d'automne (1962) and Want allen hebben gezondigd (1961). He died on 17 July 2002 in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.- Rickey grew up in Helensburgh, Scotland, and attended Glenalmond College there. He studied at Oxford from 1926 to 1929. He then moved to Paris, where he continued his studies in 1929 and 1930. The first mobiles were created in 1945. He found inspiration for this in the works of the American engineer and sculptor Alexander Calder. In 1968 and 1969, Rickey was a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service West Berlin. In 1972 he received the Fine Arts Award from the American Institute of Architects. In 1974 he joined the American Institute of Arts and Letters. In 1986 he received the New York State Governor's Award in Albany. The following year he was accepted into the Academy of Arts in Berlin. For his art he used the laws of nature or gravity and integrated them into his work of art as an elementary part. With his mobiles, Rickey revealed nature time. He copied the movement from nature.
In this sense, the artist has perfected the kinetic works of art. Later, George Rickey created his kinetic works of art in stainless steel elements. He realized the mobiles as hanging and standing works. The principle of pendulum movement, which occurs without a motor, was transferred to the surrounding space. George Rickey gave his mobiles names like "Two Lines In," "Two Lines Out," or "Six Horizontal Lines." In doing so, they refer to the simple construction, which was implemented with scientific precision. The movable sculpture entitled "One up, one down oblique" was created in 1975. The kinetic mobile, which is only 60 centimeters high, also works without motor power. With this concept, George Rickey differs considerably from the movement games of the French artist Marcel Duchamp or the Swiss kinetic sculptor Jean Tinguely. They built auxiliary motors into their fragile mobiles, which helped the works of art move.
George Rickey took part in the documenta exhibition in Kassel several times. Many of his free sculptures are distributed worldwide. They are often located very close to buildings or are attached to buildings themselves. In doing so, you make a significant contribution to the idea of "art in architecture". Rickey's mobiles in urban spaces shape the image of a city. A free sculpture has been standing on the grounds of the Fulda University of Applied Sciences for 20 years. Previously it was part of the exhibition "Spielraum - Raumspiele" in front of the Alte Oper in Frankfurt/M. The five-meter-high monumental work in the entrance area of the campus consists of asymmetrically attached, needle-like metal arms. They are powered solely by the power of the wind without any motor assistance. Depending on the wind direction, the arms of the free plastic also rotate in different directions. The movement expresses the theme of the artistic work.
A kinetic sculpture by George Rickes also adorns the Hessischer Rundfunk broadcasting building in Frankfurt am Main. It consists of three stainless steel rods. You seem to be in a weightless state of suspension. The wind causes them to move and create ever new constellations. In 2001 there was a group exhibition entitled "Summer Rooms" in the Pels-Leusden gallery in Berlin, which also included works by Rickey. He spent his last years in California near Santa Barbara and in Saint Paul. - Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Bobby Worth was born on 25 September 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Rover (2014), Raging Bull (1980) and Nurse Betty (2000). He died on 17 July 2002 in Mission Hills, California, USA.