Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Dana Blankstein
Dana Blankstein- Cohen( born March 3, 1981) is the director of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television.
She is a film director, and an Israeli culture entrepreneur.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Better Than Chocolate
Better Than Chocolate is a 1999 Canadian romantic comedy movie shot in Vancouver directed by Anne Wheeler.
Duane Hopkins
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Anne Wheeler
Anne Wheeler, OC (born September 23, 1946) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer, and director.
Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta
she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad.
Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of old friends to form a film collective.
From 1975 to 1985 she worked for the NFB where she made her first feature film, "A War Story" (1981), which was about her father, Ben Wheeler and his time as a doctor in a P.O.W. camp during World War II.
The war is a common theme in her work
and she revisited it later in her films
"Bye Bye Blues" (1989) and "The War Between Us" (1995).
Her first non-NFB film was "Loyalties" in 1986.
In addition to her films, Wheeler has directed episodes of "Cold SquadDa Vinci's InquestMysterious WaysThis
Is Wonderland" and "The Guard".
Wheeler has been nominated four times for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction for her films "Loyalties" (1986),
"Cowboys Don't Cry" (1988), "Bye Bye Blues" (1989), and "Suddenly Naked" (2001).
Her 1998 television miniseries, "The Sleep Room", won Gemini awards for best television movie and best direction.
In 2017 Wheeler won a Leo Award for Best Direction (Television Film) for the Hallmark movie "Stop the Wedding".
Wheeler was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995.
In 2012 she received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Wheeler has also been awarded seven honorary doctorates.
Marine Life (film)
Marine Life is a Canadian drama film, directed by Anne Wheeler and released in 2000.
Based on the short story collection of the same name by Linda Svendsen, the film stars Cybill Shepherd as June, a jazz singer coping with feelings of failure in her career and her complicated relationships with her teenage daughter Adele( Alexandra Purvis) and her boyfriend Robert( Peter Outerbridge).
Shepherd agreed to take the role in part because she had been a fan of Wheeler's previous film" Better Than Chocolate".
The film's cast also includes Gabrielle Miller, Michael Hogan and Tyler Labine.
The film premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002, for Best Actor( Outerbridge) and Best Sound Editing( Gael MacLean, Jim Harrington, Patrick Haskill, Michael Keeping and Gina Mueller).
John Farrell (businessman)
John Farrell is the director of YouTube in Latin America.
Karyn Dwyer
Karyn Dwyer( born Karyn Elizabeth Dwyer; 22 March 1975 – 25 September 2018) was a Canadian actress, whose best known role was as Maggie in the 1999 film" Better Than Chocolate".

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