List of people from Manhattan Beach, California
Notable people who are from or have lived in Manhattan Beach, California:
Fernando Cortés
Fernando" Papi" Cortés( October 4, 1909 – 1979) was a Puerto Rican film actor, writer and director.
He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City, where he died.
On 1932, while in New York City, Fernando Cortés married Puerto Rican childhood friend María del Pilar Cordero, who adopted the stage name of Mapy Cortés.
The couple soon traveled to Spain with a Cuban theatrical troupe.
They worked on the Spanish stage, radio and film until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1936.
Fernando progressively began to take a backseat as actor and baritone and focused on promoting the career of his wife Mapy, who became a noted" vedette"( showgirl with star status) in Barcelona.
After the Spanish Civil War interrupted their careers, the couple worked in New York, San Juan, Buenos Aires, Havana and Caracas, occasionally starring in movies.
They arrived to Mexico City in late 1940 and made their stage debut at the Teatro Follies, in a show headlined by the popular Mexican comedian Cantinflas.
Despite early struggles to become household names, Mapy achieved Mexican film stardom in late 1941 and the couple settled in Mexico City.
Initially, Fernando Cortés played supporting roles in his wife's films.
He then made a successful debut as director with" La pícara Susana"( 1945) a comedy vehicle for his wife.
On March 1954, Fernando and Mapy Cortés returned to Puerto Rico to help launch local television.
Cortés became the first director at WKAQ- TV, Channel 2, and the couple co-starred in" Mapy y Papi", the first Puerto Rican sitcom.
Despite their success on local TV, the couple returned the following year to Mexico City, which offered more opportunities.
The couple starred in a Mexican version of their Puerto Rican sitcom and Mapy returned to the stage.
Fernando Cortés became known as a reliable director of Mexican comedies on stage, television and film.
After writing and directing star vehicles for his wife Mapy in the 1940s and comedians like Resortes and Tin-Tan in the 1950s, Fernando Cortés produced and directed Puerto Rican co-productions in the 1960s and launched the film career of La India María in the 1970s.
Francis Gouldman
Francis Gouldman(" c." 1607–1688/89) was a Church of England clergyman and lexicographer whose Latin- English dictionary( 1664) went through several editions.
Gouldman was also one of the directors who oversaw the publication of the monumental" Critici sacri", a major collection of Biblical criticism.
William Henry (actor)
William Albert Henry( November 10, 1914 – August 10, 1982) was an American actor who worked in both films and television.
Puss Without Boots
Puss Without Boots( Spanish: El gato sin botas) is a 1957 Mexican comedy film directed by Fernando Cortés and starring Germán Valdés, Martha Valdés and Nono Arsu.
Glowing Stars
Glowing Stars is a Swedish film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 30 January 2009, based on the award- winning novel of the same name by author Johanna Thydell.
It revolves around a girl named Jenna who has to deal with her teenage life while at the same time taking care of her mother who is sick with cancer.
The film was directed by Lisa Siwe and written by Linn Gottfridsson.
It received critical acclaim from critics.
The film won several film awards.
Void (film)
Void is a 2013 Lebanese drama film written by Georges Khabbaz and directed by seven different directors, who are all graduates from Notre Dame University.
The film was nominated as the Lebanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not selected.
Lisa Siwe
Lisa Christina Siwe( born 17 August 1968) is an award- winning Swedish director from Tynnered, Gothenburg.
She studied directing at Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm and graduated in 1999.
As part of her studies there, Siwe directed the 30- minute short film" Födelsedagar och andra katastrofer"( starring Swedish actress Sissela Kyle).
It was well received and won her many awards, both in and outside of Sweden.
As a result, she was able to get a job at the production studio Madstone Pictures in New York City.
Siwe was hired along with three other directors, and the studio's plan was that each of them would direct their own film.
However, only one of them was able to follow through because he had already begun working on his project before he got the job at Madstone.
Although she felt that she learned a lot while working at the studio, Siwe decided to return to Sweden to further her career.
After reading the 2003 novel" I taket lyser stjärnorna" one night, Siwe received the idea to adapt it into a film.
She approached Linn Gottfridsson, a friend she met at Dramatiska Institutet, about the idea.
They eventually decided the Siwe should direct the film and Gottfridsson should write it.
Once they had acquired the rights from the author of the novel, production began.
The film, distributed internationally as" Glowing Stars", was released in Sweden on 30 January 2009.
It marked Siwe's feature- length film debut.
" Glowing Stars" was critically acclaimed and won several awards.
Siwe won a Guldbagge Award, the most prestigious film award in Sweden, in the" Best Director" category for directing the film.
Recently, she headed Modus for SvTV, which had the largest TV audience in Swedish TV history on its premiere.
Modus 2 just premiered in Sweden.
She is currently living at Södermalm in Stockholm.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
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Question: Do both films, Glowing Stars and Puss Without Boots, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no