Franklin J. Schaffner
Born in Japan to American Protestant missionaries, director Franklin J. Schaffner first set foot on American soil at age five. After spending his childhood in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Schaffner studie...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
05/29/1920
Tokyo, Japan |
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Ben Affleck wins Best Director at DGA Awards
February 03, 2013 4:00am ESTBen Affleck became only the third person to pick up a Directors Guild of America Award without an Oscar nomination since 1948 when he continued his awards season dominance on Saturday night (02Feb13).
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Blade Runner star Morgan Paull dead at 67
July 18, 2012 5:00am ESTBlade Runner star Morgan Paull has died, aged 67.
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UNSPOOLED: 'Apes,' 'Superman' Redux?
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 17, 2000 -- Charlton Heston, call your agent. Twentieth Century Fox's long-anticipated "Planet of the Apes" remake is not extinct. And ditto for -- Warner Bros.' new-look "Superman" movie may fly after all. Word comes today from the Hollywood Reporter that these big-budget sci-fi and super-hero projects -- two of the most highly anticipated movies of the 1990s that never came to pass -- may soon be salvaged from development hell after years of on-again, off-again dire
