Damiano Damiani
Damiano Damiani( 23 July 1922 – 7 March 2013) was an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer.
Poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini referred to him as" a bitter moralist hungry for old purity", while film critic Paolo Mereghetti said that his style made him" the most American of Italian directors".
In 1946 Damiano Damiani became part of the so- called Group of Venice with Fernando Carcupino, Hugo Pratt and Dino Battaglia.
Friday the 13th Part 2
Friday the 13th Part 2 is a 1981 American slasher film produced and directed by Steve Miner in his directorial debut, written by Ron Kurz, and starring Amy Steel and John Furey.
The film also features the return of Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer and Walt Gorney, who respectively portrayed Alice Hardy, Pamela Voorhees, and Crazy Ralph in the prior installment.
It is the second installment in the" Friday the 13th" film series and a direct sequel to" Friday the 13th"( 1980).
It picks up five years later, where a new murderer begins stalking the camp counselors at a nearby training camp on Crystal Lake.
Originally," Part 2" was intended to be part of an anthology series of films based on the Friday the 13th superstition.
However, after the popularity of the original film's surprise ending, the filmmakers opted to continue the story and mythology surrounding Camp Crystal Lake, a trend which would be repeated in every film in the franchise.
Like the original film," Part 2" faced opposition from the Motion Picture Association of America, who noted its" accumulative violence" as problematic, resulting in numerous cuts being made to allow an R rating.
The film was released theatrically in North America on April 30, 1981.
Although it did not gross as much as the original, the sequel grossed$ 21.7 million in the U.S. on a budget of$ 1.2 million.
A sequel," Friday the 13th Part III", was released the following year.
Stuart Charno
Stuart Charno( born September 29, 1956) is an American actor.
He has been a stand- up comic and has starred in film and on television.
His first role was in the 1981 horror film" Friday the 13th Part 2".
Other notable appearances of his include the 1985 comedy film" Just One of the Guys"( as Harold" Reptile" Sherpico) and the 1986 film" Modern Girls", in which he appeared with" Just One of the Guys" co-star Clayton Rohner.
Charno has made guest appearances on various television shows including" M* A* S* HThe X- FilesChicago HopeTeam Knight Rider", and" Profiler".
He also received story credits on three episodes of( and).
Charno played a rare" Friday the 13th" character who is a counsellor and not a hero to have survived.
In" Friday the 13th Part 2" his character, Ted, visits a bar in town and gets so drunk he spends the night in a motel, thus evading the murder spree.
A Complicated Girl
Una ragazza piuttosto complicata( internationally released as A Complicated Girl) is a 1968 Italian giallo film directed by Damiano Damiani.
For her performance in this film and in" Metti una sera a cena", Florinda Bolkan was awarded with a Golden Plate at the 1968 Edition of David di Donatello.
Alex Ebel
Alex Ebel( November 14, 1932 – December 6, 2013) was a science fiction and fantasy illustrator.
Ebel painted the poster for the original" Friday the 13th"( 1980), and an unused poster for" Friday the 13th Part 2".
Steve Miner
Stephen C." Steve" Miner( born June 18, 1951) is an American director of film and television, film producer, and a member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He is notable for his work in the horror genre, including" Friday the 13th Part 2 Friday the 13th Part IIIHouseWarlockLake Placid", and" Day of the Dead".
He has also directed numerous comedy and drama films, as well as episodes of notable television series including" The Wonder Years, Dawson's Creek", and" Smallville."
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Friday the 13th
Part
VI: Jason Lives( stylized onscreen as Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI) is a 1986 American slasher film written and directed by Tom McLoughlin, and starring Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, and C.J. Graham as Jason Voorhees.
It is the sixth installment in the" Friday the 13th" film series.
The film follows Voorhees who, after being accidentally resurrected, stalks another group of camp counselors.
The original concept called for Tommy Jarvis, the protagonist of and, to become the new villain, but after the poor fan reception of" A New Beginning", the producers brought Jason Voorhees back as the series' antagonist.
In resurrecting Jason, McLoughlin made him an explicitly supernatural force for the first time in the series.
This version of Jason, an undead and more powerful superhuman, would become the standard depiction for the rest of the series.
The film introduced metahumor and action film elements, including shootouts and car chases, into the series.
" Jason Lives" was the first in the series to receive some positive reception from critics since the original.
In the years since its release, its self- referential humor and numerous instances of breaking the fourth wall have been praised for prefiguring Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven's" Scream" series.
" Jason Lives" is considered a fan favorite of the series, in addition to receiving positive notice from horror film historians.
It grossed$ 19.4 million at the U.S. box office on a budget of$ 3 million.
It is followed by.
Tom McLoughlin
Thomas Maurice" Tom" McLoughlin( born July 19, 1950) is an American screenwriter, film/ television director and former mime who is most notable for directing and" One Dark Night".
His other credits include numerous television movies such as" Murder in GreenwichAt RiskDate with an Angel" and the 2010 Lifetime Movie Network film" The Wronged Man".
In 1977 McLoughlin was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for his contributions to" Van Dyke and Company", a special starring Dick Van Dyke.
Two years later, he portrayed the robot S.T.A.R.( Special Troops/ Arms Regiment) in the Disney film" The Black Hole."
He also played( along with Kevin Peter Hall) Katahdin, the mutated bear in the 1979 horror film" Prophecy."
Friday the 13th Part III
Friday the 13th Part III( also known as Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D) is a 1982 American slasher film directed by Steve Miner, produced by Frank Mancuso Jr., and starring Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, and Richard Brooker as Jason Voorhees.
It is the third installment in the" Friday the 13th" film series.
Set immediately after the events of" Friday the 13th Part 2", the plot follows a teenage girl and her friends at a house on Crystal Lake, where a wounded Jason Voorhees has taken refuge.
The film marks the debut of Voorhees wearing his signature hockey mask, which has become a trademark of both the character and the franchise, as well as an icon in American cinema and the horror genre in general.
The original storyline was supposed to focus on a post-traumatic
Ginny Field who began learning self defense and returned to college after surviving her ordeal in the previous film.
After finding Paul's corpse inside her dormitory, she prepares to track down Voorhees and face him in a final confrontation.
However, this concept was abandoned when Amy Steel declined to reprise her role.
" Part III" was theatrically released in 3D, and is the only film in the series to be released in that format.
The film was intended to end the series as a trilogy, however the film did not include a moniker in its title to indicate it as such.
The film was theatrically released on August 13, 1982, grossing$ 36.7 million at the US box office on a budget of$ 2.2 million and received negative reviews from critics.
It was the first film to remove" E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial" from the number- one spot and became the second highest- grossing horror film of 1982, behind" Poltergeist".
It has the third most attendance of the" Friday the 13th" franchise, with approximately 11,762,400 tickets sold.
It was followed by.
Richard Brooker
Richard Brooker( 20 November 1954 – 8 April 2013) was an English actor and stuntman, perhaps best known for his role in" Friday the 13th Part III" as Jason Voorhees.

Question: Which film has the director born earlier, A Complicated Girl or Friday The 13Th Part Vi: Jason Lives?
Answer: A Complicated Girl