Ricou Browning

Ricou Browning (wakababika pa February 16, 1930 - February 27, 2023) wakaŵa director, actor, producer, screenwriter, underwater cinematographer, na stuntman wa ku America. Wakumanyikwa chomene cifukwa ca milimo yake ya kunjilira pasi pa maji, comenecomene mu filimu ya mu 1954 yakucemeka Creature from the Black Lagoon, umo wakacitiranga munthu wakucemeka Gill-man pa nyengo ya vyakucitika vya pasi pa maji (Ben Chapman wakacitanga mulimo wa Creature pa caru capasi). Browning wakawoneseskaso pa vithuzithuzi vya pasi pa maji mu filimu ya Revenge of the Creature (1955) na The Creature Walks Among Us (1956). Browning wakapangaso Flipper pamoza na Jack Cowden, ndipo wakalongosora vigaŵa vinandi vya TV mu ma 1960.

Browning wakayamba kuwoneska mafilimu na Salty (1973), iyo wakalemba pamoza na Cowden, ndipo wakalutizga kuwoneska Mr. Palije Malundi (1978). Browning ndiyo wakapangiska filimu ya Thunderball ya mu 1965, filimu yacinayi ya James Bond ya Eon Productions, kweniso filimu ya Bond ya Never Say Never Again (1983). Wakalongozgaso vithuzithuzi vya pasi pa maji mu mafilimu ghakusekeska gha Hello Down There (1969) na Caddyshack (1980). Browning wakababikira ku Florida, ndipo mu 2012 wakanjira mu Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Mu chaka cha 2019, wakalembeka mu Monster Kid Hall of Fame ya Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.

Pambere wandafwe, Browning wakawonekanga nga ni munthu waumaliro uyo wakawoneleranga viŵanda vya pa TV.

 Umoyo Wakwambilira 
Browning wakababikira ku Fort Pierce, Florida, pa Febuluwale 16, 1930. Iyo wakasambira vya maseŵero pa Florida State University..

 Ntchito 
Browning wakamba kucita maseŵero gha mu maji, ndipo wakalutilira kupanga maseŵero agha. Browning wakagwiranga nchito ku Wakulla Springs mu vyaka vya m'ma 1940 ndipo wakasambira kuvina mu mafilimu gha pa maji agho ghakalembeka na Newt Perry, uyo pamanyuma wakatora Browning apo wakajura Weeki Wachee Springs.

Apo wakagwiranga nchito ku Wakulla Springs mu 1953, Browning wakapempheka kuti wawonelepo ŵanthu awo ŵakagwiranga nchito ya kupanga mafilimu. Browning wakati: "Munthu uyo wakapanganga vithuzi wakanipempha usange ningakwaniska kuskamba panthazi pa vithuzi kuti ŵawonenge umo munthu wakuwonekera na somba na utheka. Ntheura nkhacita nthena". Pakati pajumpha mazuŵa ghachoko waka, ŵanthu ŵakamupa ntchito ya Gill-man mu filimu ya Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). Browning wakazomera, ndipo wakacitanga mulimo wa Gill-man mu vithuzithuzi vya pasi pa maji, apo Ben Chapman wakacitanga mulimo wa cinyama cakofya pa caru. Pa nyengo iyo ŵakacitiranga mafilimu agha, Browning wakaleka kuthuta kwa maminiti ghanayi. Browning wakawoneseskaso udindo wake pakuŵa Gill-man uyo wakaŵa pasi pa maji mu vigaŵa viŵiri, Revenge of the Creature (1955) na The Creature Walks Among Us (1956).

Browning wakalutilira kupanga mafilimu ndipo wakanjira mu studio ya Ivan Tors ku Florida, uko wakalemba na kupanga filimu ya Flipper ya mu 1963 (yakukhwaskana na dolfini wa mu mphuno ya botolo); Browning wakalongosoraso vithuzithuzi vya mu maji vya filimu iyi. Browning wakalutilira kulemba nkhani za pa TV za Flipper izo zikamba mu 1964. Wakalongozga mafilimu gha pasi pa maji mu Hello Down There (1969), ndipo wakalongozga filimu ya mbumba ya Salty (1973) na filimu ya Mr. Palije Malundi (1978). Wakagwiraso nchito nga ni director wa second unit, stunt coordinator na underwater sequence director pa mafilimu ghanandi, kusazgapo Thunderball (1965), Around the World Under the Sea (1966), Island of the Lost (1967), Caddyshack (1980), and Never Say Never Again (1983).

 Umoyo na nyifwa 
Browning wakaŵa na mwana mwanalume, Ricou Browning, Jr., uyo nayo ni mulaŵiliri wa mawoko gha ŵasilikari, wakuchita maseŵero, ndiposo wakuchita maseŵero ghakukhozga. Wakaŵa na ŵana ŵanakazi ŵatatu, Renee, Kelly, na Kim, kweniso ŵazukuru 10 na ŵazukuruŵana 11. Muwoli wake, Fran, wakafwa mu Malichi 2020.

Browning wakafwa pa nyumba yake ku Southwest Ranches, Florida, pa Febuluwale 27, 2023, apo wakaŵa na vyaka 93..

 Mafilimu ghakusankhika 

 Filimu 

 As actor/stuntman 
ChakaMutuRoleNotes1954Creature from the Black LagoonGill-manUnderwater scenes1954 Stunt diver1955Revenge of the CreatureGill-manUnderwater scenes1956The Creature Walks Among UsGill-manUnderwater scenes1964Flipper's New AdventureDr. Burton

 As director/writer/stunt coordinator 
YearTitleDirectorWriterStunt coordinatorNotes1963 | | Underwater scenes; co-wrote story with Jack Cowden; also associate producer1965  Underwater scenes1966 Diving sequences1967 Underwater scenes1969 Underwater scenes1973 | Co-wrote with Jack Cowden1978 1979 1980 1980 1980Island Claws Co-wrote with Jack Cowden1981 1983 Underwater scenes1985The Heavenly Kid 1986Opposing Force 1988 

 Television 

 As actor/stuntman 
YearTitleRoleNotes1958–1961 Second unit stunt double; 30 episodes1960–1961 Stunt double1964–1967FlipperWater Skier/The Monster2 episodes: "Lifeguard" and "Flipper's Monster"

 As director 
YearTitleNotes1958–1961Sea HuntUnderwater scenes; multiple episodes1964–1967Flipper37 episodes

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