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Don Edmonds was born on September 1, 1937, in Kansas City, MO. He came to Hollywood in the mid to late 1950s. He studied acting with noted acting coach Estelle Harmon and began performing in various California stage productions. His initial forays into television acting included such live TV shows as Playhouse 90 (1956), Studio One (1948) and The Loretta Young Show (1953). He was usually cast as a goofy sidekick in such "beach party"-type movies as Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961), Beach Ball (1965) and Wild Wild Winter (1966). He made guest appearances on such TV shows as Hunter (1984), Green Acres (1965), Combat! (1962), Petticoat Junction (1963), The Munsters (1964), Gidget (1965) and Father Knows Best (1954).
Edmonds made his directorial debut with the soft-core features Wild Honey (1972) and Tender Loving Care (1973). He achieved his greatest enduring cult exploitation cinema popularity by directing the infamous Nazisploitation classic Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975) and its marvelously outrageous sequel Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976). After "Ilsa" Edmonds went on to direct the superbly gritty urban action winner Bare Knuckles (1977), the cruddy slasher horror entry Terror on Tour (1980), the action comedy Tomcat Angels (1991) and the pilot of the TV series Silk Stalkings (1991). As the vice president of production at Producers Sales Organization, Don was responsible for getting movies like Short Circuit (1986), 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) and The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986) greenlit and subsequently made. He had also been involved as either a producer, co-producer or executive producer on a sizable number of pictures, including Larceny (2004), Fast Money (1996), True Romance (1993) (he was part of the production team which helped Quentin Tarantino get his early professional filmmaking career off and running), Skeeter (1993) and The Night Stalker (1986). In later years, Don attended screenings of his 1970s drive-in flicks and appeared as a guest at film conventions held all over the country.
He died at age 71 of liver cancer on May 30, 2009.- Actor
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- Soundtrack
Waldemar Matuska was born on 3 July 1932 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was an actor, known for Cekání na dést (1978), Rebelové (2001) and Kdyby tisíc klarinetu (1965). He was married to Olga Blechová. He died on 30 May 2009 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.- Günter Glaser was born on 27 April 1924 in Neuwied, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Präsidentin (1982), Tatort (1970) and Der spanische Bürgerkrieg (1969). He died on 30 May 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
- Václav Mares was born on 1 September 1940 in Strázkovice, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Poéma o svedomí I-II (1979), Gottwald (1986) and The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981). He was married to Alena Smolová. He died on 30 May 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Krystyna Borowicz was born on 25 January 1923 in Kalisz, Wielkopolskie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Akcja Brutus (1971), Pingwin (1965) and Motodrama (1971). She died on 30 May 2009 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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- Writer
- Producer
Joseph Tan was born in the large industrial town of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, on the 12th December 1979 to a Turkish father and English mother. 2 years later it was discovered that he carried the rarest form of a heart condition called Tetralogy of Fallot.
At the age of two he had open heart surgery to have it repaired, an operation that carried a huge amount of risk due to it being a highly complex procedure to complete. Joseph would have died without it.
Joseph later had a second operation when he was 13 for the same reasons as his first, to try and amend the defects in his heart and lungs caused by the Tetralogy of Fallot.
Film-wise Joseph didn't start working until he was 24 although he'd been known to produce small, limited animations as a child before then on his Amiga. His first major work was "Gangsters In Love" (2006), a 75 minute crime movie based in a mythical city called "Paradise City". The film revolved around three main characters, Aiko Mana, Frank Lee and The Boss. All three had once been friends, until Frank betrayed The Boss. To counter this The Boss sent his greatest assassin Aiko to extract revenge - something she finds hard to do due to the fact that shes in love with him!
Since the release of "GiL" as its come to be known Joseph has dabbled in more than just feature films. He's produced over 20 short film and produced the odd music video or too as well. As for December 2007 he's completing work on his third feature, Vampire Mermaids From Mars.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Steve Dekter was a cinematographer, known for UFO: The Greatest Story Ever Denied III - UFOs from Outer Space (2016), The Five Cent War (2003) and This Is Daniel Cook (2004). Steve died on 30 May 2009 in Aurora, Ontario, Canada.- Violet Pullbrook was a writer, known for Darkroom (1981). She died on 30 May 2009 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Actor
Stefan Gardev was born on 16 August 1947 in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. He was an assistant director and director, known for Vse otlagam da te zabravya (1990), Inspektor bez orazhie (1985) and Fokstrot (1986). He died on 30 May 2009 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Susanna Haapoja was born on 13 November 1966 in Kauhava, Finland. She died on 30 May 2009 in Tampere, Finland.