Alan Silvestri
In his ongoing, decades-long career as a composer, Alan Silvestri has blazed an innovative trail with his exciting and melodic scores, winning the applause of Hollywood and movie audiences the world over. With a credit list of over 100 films Silvestri has composed some of the most recognizable and beloved themes in movie history. His efforts have been recognized with two Oscar nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, three Grammy awards, two Emmy awards, and numerous International Film Music Critics Awards, Saturn Awards, and Hollywood Music In Media Awards. Born in New York City and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, Silvestri first dreamed of becoming a jazz guitar player. After spending two years at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, he hit the road as a performer and arranger. Landing in Hollywood at the age of 22, he found himself successfully composing the music for 1972's "The Doberman Gang" which established his place in the world of film composing. The 1970s witnessed the rise of energetic synth-pop scores, establishing Silvestri as the action rhythmatist for TV's highway patrol hit "CHiPs." This action driven score caught the ear of a young filmmaker named Robert Zemeckis, whose hit film, 1984's "Romancing the Stone," was the perfect first date for the composer and director. It's success became the basis of a decades long collaboration that continues to this day. Their numerous collaborations have taken them through fascinating landscapes and stylistic variations, from the "Back to the Future" trilogy to the jazzy world of Toontown in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" the tension filled rooms of "What Lies Beneath" and "Death Becomes Her", to the cosmic wonder of "Contact;" the emotional isolation of "Castaway", to the magic of the "Polar Express". But perhaps no film collaboration defines their creative relationship better than Zemeckis' 1994 Best Picture winner, "Forrest Gump", for which Silvestri's gift for melodically beautiful themes earned him an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination and the affection of film music lovers everywhere. This 35 year, 21 film collaboration includes such recent films as "Flight", "Allied" and most recently "Welcome To Marwen". Zemeckis and Silvestri are currently working on "The Witches" based on Roald Dahl's 1973 classic book scheduled for release in October of 2020. Though the Zemeckis/Silvestri collaboration is legendary, Silvestri has scored films of every imaginable style and genre. His energy has brought excitement and emotion to the hard-hitting orchestral scores for Steven Spielberg's "Ready Player One", James Cameron's "The Abyss" as well as "Predator" and "The Mummy Returns." Alan's diversity is on full display in family entertainment films such as "The Father of the Bride 1 and 2", "Parent Trap", "Stuart Little 1 and 2", Disney's "Lilo and Stitch", "The Croods" as well as "Night at the Museum 1, 2 and 3" while his passion for melody fuels the romantic emotion of films like "The Bodyguard" and "What Women Want". Most recently, Alan has composed the music for Marvel's "Avengers: Endgame." The film is the culmination of a partnership with Marvel that began in 2011 with Alan's dynamically heroic score for "Captain America: The First Avenger" followed by "Avengers". Since 2011 Alan's collaboration with Marvel helped propel "The Avengers" and "Avengers: Infinity War" to spectacular world-wide success. Silvestri's success has also crossed into the world of songwriting. His partnership with Six-Time Grammy Award winner Glen Ballard has produced hits such as the Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated song "Believe" (Josh Groban) for "The Polar Express", "Butterfly Fly Away" (Miley Cyrus) for "Hannah Montana The Movie", "God Bless Us Everyone" (Andrea Bocelli) for "A Christmas Carol" and "A Hero Comes Home" (Idina Menzel) for "Beowulf". Alan and his wife Sandra are long time residents of California's central coast. In 1998 the Silvestri family embarked on a new venture as the founders of Silvestri Vineyards. Their wines show that lovingly cultivated fruit has a music all its own. "There's something about the elemental side of winemaking that appeals to me," he says. "Both music making and wine making involve a magical blending of art and science. Just as each note brings it own voice to the melody, each vine brings it's own unique personality to the wine." Their other great passion is the ongoing search for the cure to Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes. With the diagnosis of their son at two years of age (now 29) they continue to work the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and dream of the day this disease (and all of the suffering it brings to so many) will finally become a thing of the past.
Alan Silvia
Alan Silvia is known for No Name & Dynamite (2022) and Fall River (2021).
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson was born on October 2, 1983. He is an actor and producer, known for Camden, Pasadena (2001) and Untitled Three Stooges Sequel.
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson was born on September 2, 1931 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He is known for Dave (1993), Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) and This Is Ragtime: The Birth of American Music.
Alan Sivell
One of the world's least famous and least distinguished actors, Alan Sivell was born Alan Sivell in Rockville Centre, New York. His mother - of Italian descent - was an art major, studying fashion design. She gave up that ambition to create great pizza for friends and family. His father sold ceiling tile and insulation, making most of his calls in the morning so he could spend his afternoons on the golf course. Alan Sivell teaches at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa and hosts a podcast, Alan Sivell's A Boomer Life (https://alansivell.com/).
Alan Smith
Alan Smith is known for The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith (2022).
Alan Smith
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Alan Smithee
'Alan Smithee' is a common pseudonym for directors whose film was clearly taken away from her/him and recut heavily against her/his wishes in ways that completely altered the film. The Directors Guild contract generally does not permit a director to remove her/his name from films. The Directors Guild has been striving for decades to establish the director as the "author" of a film, and part of getting the credit for the successes is taking the blame for the failures. The only exceptions they make are cases in which a film was clearly taken away from a director and recut heavily against her/his wishes in ways that completely altered the film. Directors are required to appeal to the Guild in such cases. If the appeal is successful, their name is replaced by Alan Smithee. So if you notice a film directed by Alan Smithee, it is certain it is not what its director intended, and likely that it is not any good.
Alan Smyth
Alan Smyth was born in 1972 in Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for The Outfield (2015) and Poor Behavior (2016).
Alan Squats
Alan "Squats" Squatrito is a rock and roll musician, improviser, stand-up comedian, and actor from Fairfield, New Jersey. He started performing at the age of fifteen playing the bass & singing in original rock and heavy metal bands [The Scarlet Scourge, The Sotto Voce Band, Inklept, The Pullman Standard]. He got the acting and stand-up comedy bug over the last decade. He claims that when he moved to LA he almost got jumped by a Mexican gang. Luckily, he got out of it. He told the Mexican gang that he really missed Selena, then they let him go. He also claims that Joe Rogan had a threesome with Jonah Hill and Eddie Vedder, and that they kept it under wraps and put him up for adoption. Freaking weird man. If you know where of any of his 3 dads are, please contact him here: [email protected]. Thank you. Fun Facts In 2002, he was nominated by his teammates to be one of the captains of a future bound state championship winning high school football team, The West Essex Knights. He has interviewed Peyton Manning, Brian Billick, Marshall Faulk, Warren Sapp, Pete Carroll, and Gil Brandt. He toured the country three times. Once as a stand-up comedian and twice as a musician. When he was eight years old, he tried to walk on a beach until he reached its end, but luckily his parents tracked him down and informed him that the beach kept on going. He credits his success and achievements to the positive influences and role models in his life, i.e.; father, mother, brother, sister, uncle, and a grateful-list of childhood friends and coaches.