Curated category
2010 deaths
- Hans L. TrefousseHans Louis Trefousse spent eleven hours in Leipzig arguing with a Nazi commander who had barricaded himself and his troops inside a fortified position.
- Mitsuyo SeoMitsuyo Seo died on the 24th of August 2010 at the age of 98, outliving nearly the entire world he had helped create. He was a Japanese animator…
- Bruria KaufmanBruria Kaufman spent five years working alongside Albert Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, co-authoring two articles with him and…
- Alexander McQueenAlexander McQueen drew a dress on the wall of his East London family home when he was three years old. That crayon scrawl in Stratford is where the story of…
- Kihachirō KawamotoKihachirō Kawamoto first walked into the art department of Toho film studio in 1946 as a young production design assistant in his early twenties.
- Carl MacekCarl Frank Macek was born on the 21st of September 1951 in a quiet corner of California. He grew up in Topanga Canyon, a place known for its rugged hills and…
- Angus MaddisonAngus Maddison was born on the 6th of December 1926 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. He attended Darlington Grammar School before entering Selwyn College at…
- Bo HanssonBo Hansson spent his early years in a village surrounded by pine forests in Jämtland, northern Sweden. His family moved to Stockholm when he was young…
- Irvin KershnerIrvin Kershner was born Isadore Kershner on the 29th of April 1923 in Philadelphia. His parents were Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants who filled his early years…
- Vladimir MotylVladimir Yakovlevich Motyl was born on the 26th of June 1927 in Lepiel, Belarus, into a family that the Soviet state would soon shatter.
- John Eric HolmesJohn Eric Holmes stood on the frozen ground of Korea in 1952. He was a first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps at that time.
- Éric RohmerÉric Rohmer wore a false moustache to the New York premiere of one of his films. The man who would be called "the most durable filmmaker of the French New…
- Frank KermodeFrank Kermode was born on the 29th of November 1919 on the Isle of Man, the only son of a delivery truck driver and a former waitress, in a family he later…