user: Facts:   - name: nick lyon      - birth place: portland , oregon , u.s.    - occupation: director , producer   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nick lyon .
Ans: nick lyon is a los angeles-based film director and screenwriter .a native of portland , oregon , he spent 9 years in germany where he attended the renowned film academy baden-württemberg in ludwigsburg , germany .in germany , lyon went on to direct academy award winner maximilian schell in `` i love you , baby '' , a thriller produced by warner bros. .lyon has since directed numerous international films and award winning independent films .lyon is the winner of the dga directors award at moondance , for his independent film punk love .his credits include `` grendel '' and `` annihilation earth '' for nbc/universal , `` species : the awakening '' for mgm and `` north sea '' for rtl germany .

Facts:   - residence: fiji    - death date: december 2013    - field: ethnography adventure , photography , author      - birth date: 1936    - name: james siers    - death place: fiji    - birth place: poland   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james siers .
Ans: james siers is an author of numerous books on the pacific islands , a film maker and record producer and was well known for his work on television in wellington , new zealand .

Facts:   - death place: woodland hills , california    - caption: l to r : harry ruby and bert kalmar    - death date: 23 february 1974      - birth date: 27 january 1895    - name: harry ruby    - image size: 330px    - image: harry ruby & bert kalmar00.jpg    - birth place: new york city    - occupation: composer , screenwriter   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of harry ruby .
Ans: harry ruby -lrb- january 27 , 1895 -- february 23 , 1974 -rrb- was a jewish american composer and screenwriter , who was inducted into the songwriters hall of fame in 1970 .

Facts:   - spouse: pauline banks gene morrison rosalie comeau    - order: 16th    - successor: robert stanfield district dissolved    - party: liberal    - death date: 9 december 1990    - monarch: elizabeth ii    - office: premier , nova scotia mla for annapolis of nova scotia senator for the annapolis valley    - lieutenant governor: alistair fraser    - predecessor: harold connolly john d. mckenzie    - term end: november 7 , 1960 20 , 1956 march 5 , 1990 june    - appointed: pierre trudeau    - birth date: 5 march 1915    - term start: september 23 , 1945 30 , 1954 april 27 , 1972 october    - name: henry davies hicks      - birth place: bridgetown , nova scotia    - religion: united church of canada    - occupation: lawyer , university administrator   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of henry hicks -lrb- nova scotia politician -rrb- .


assistant: Ans: henry davies hicks , cc , qc -lrb- march 5 , 1915 -- december 9 , 1990 -rrb- was a lawyer , university administrator , and politician in nova scotia .born in bridgetown , nova scotia , the son of henry hicks and annie kinney , hicks was educated in bridgetown and at mount allison university , dalhousie university and oxford university .he was admitted to the nova scotia bar in 1941 .during world war ii , he served as a captain in the royal canadian artillery .hicks was elected to the nova scotia house of assembly in 1945 as a liberal for annapolis county and served as nova scotia 's first minister of education from 1949 to 1954 in the government of angus lewis macdonald .when macdonald died , hicks ran for the liberal party leadership against interim leader and then premier harold connolly .the party was badly split along religious lines with protestants uniting behind hicks to defeat connolly who was a roman catholic .as the new premier , hicks was unable to unite the party and his government was defeated in the 1956 election by robert stanfield 's progressive conservatives .hicks resigned as leader of the opposition in 1960 and took the post of dean of arts and science at dalhousie university .he later became a vice president of the school and then president in 1963 .he served as president until august 31 , 1980 and is recognized as transforming dalhousie university from a tiny `` college by the sea '' into a leading national research university .during hicks ' tenure , the campus underwent a complete transformation as new facilities were built , expanded , or acquired for all areas of the university from academics and research to arts and athletics , as well as student housing .in september 2002 , the henry hicks academic administration building was named after him .in 1949 , hicks married pauline banks -lrb- d. february 1963 -rrb- .they had four children ; catherine , henry , john , and francess .in 1965 , he married gene morrison -lrb- d. january 1988 -rrb- .in 1988 , he married rosalie...