Curated category
1973 births
- Simon KinbergSimon Kinberg has a small cameo in one of his own scripts. In Mr. & Mrs. Smith, he plays the banker who chats with John Smith at a dinner party.
- Michael Patrick McGillMichael Patrick McGill appeared as Babe Ruth in 2001, in an episode of Touched by an Angel titled "The Perfect Game." It was an unlikely early assignment.
- Hiromasa YonebayashiHiromasa Yonebayashi was, according to producer Toshio Suzuki, the most skilled animator at Studio Ghibli. That is a remarkable thing to say about anyone at…
- Mitsuto SuzukiIn the early 1980s, Mitsuto Suzuki's life changed when his older brother brought home a synthesizer. The instrument became a playground for the young boy who…
- Amy FinkelsteinAmy Finkelstein wanted to know whether health insurance actually made people healthier. It sounds like an obvious question.
- Kevin FeigeKevin Feige was born on the 2nd of June, 1973, in Boston, Massachusetts, into a family with a quiet thread connecting him to Hollywood before he ever set…
- Stephen Thomas ErlewineStephen Thomas Erlewine grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with music criticism running in the family. His uncle, Michael Erlewine, founded AllMusic, one of the…
- Rian JohnsonRian Craig Johnson was born on the 17th of December 1973, in Silver Spring, Maryland, and grew up to make one of the most divisive films in modern…
- MadlibMadlib sampled his first song at 11 years old, pulling a record from his father's collection in Oxnard, California. That early act of borrowing and reshaping…
- Damon LindelofDamon Lindelof has spent his career building television that refuses to let its audience go quietly. Born on the 24th of April, 1973, in Englewood, New…
- Makoto ShinkaiMakoto Shinkai spent June of 2000 sketching a single image: a girl gripping a mobile phone inside a cockpit. That drawing became the seed of Voices of a…
- Cavan ScottCavan Scott was born on the 18th of April 1973, and by any measure his career defies easy categorisation. He has written for Doctor Who and Star Wars.
- Marc OvermarsMarc Overmars was born in Emst, Gelderland, on the 29th of March 1973. He grew up on a family farm where physical labor defined his childhood.
- Naoki YoshidaNaoki Yoshida, known to millions of players as Yoshi-P, inherited one of the most troubled games in the history of Japanese role-playing: a massively…
- Ryukishi07Ryukishi07 dreamed of becoming a video game developer but could not get hired at any game manufacturer. His pen name encodes two Final Fantasy references…
- Nick BostromNick Bostrom was born Niklas Boström on the 10th of March 1973 in Helsingborg, Sweden, and he grew up disliking school so much that he spent his final year…