Alan Gilsenan
Alan Gilsenan is an Irish writer, filmmaker and theatre director.
His most recent work include the cinema documentary" Meetings with Ivor", the feature film" Unless", based on a novel by Carol Sheilds and" The Meeting," which he wrote and directed and premiered at the 2018 Dublin Film Festival.
Gilsenan is a former chairperson of the Irish Film Institute.
He also served on the Irish Film Board, and on the board of the International Dance Festival Ireland.
Between 2009 and 2014, Gilsenan served on the board of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, where he chaired the Editorial and Creative Output Committee.
He is currently on the Board of Fighting Words, a creative writing centre for young people founded by Sean Love& novelist Roddy Doyle.
The Stranger (1984 film)
The Stranger is a South Korean film.
The Stranger (sociology)
The Stranger is an essay in sociology by Georg Simmel, originally written as an excursus to a chapter dealing with sociology of space, in his book" Soziologie".
In this essay, Simmel introduced the notion of" the stranger" as a unique sociological category.
He differentiates the stranger both from the “ outsider ” who has no specific relation to a group and from the “ wanderer ” who comes today and leaves tomorrow.
The stranger, he says, comes today and stays tomorrow.
The stranger is a member of the group in which he lives and participates and yet remains distant from other – “ native ” – members of the group.
In comparison to other forms of social distance and difference( such as class, gender, and even ethnicity) the distance of the stranger has to do with his “ origins. ”
The stranger is perceived as extraneous to the group and even though he is in constant relation to other group members; his “ distance ” is more emphasized than his “ nearness. ”
As one subsequent interpreter of the concept put it, the stranger is perceived as being in the group but not of the group.
In the excursus, Simmel briefly touches upon the consequences of occupying such a unique position for the stranger as well as the potential effects of the presence of the stranger on other group members.
Most notably, Simmel suggests that because of their peculiar positions in the group, strangers often carry out special tasks that the other members of the group are either incapable or unwilling to carry out.
For example, especially in pre-modern societies, most strangers were involved in trade activities.
Also, because of their distance from local factions, they might also be employed as arbitrators and even judges.
The concept of the stranger has found relatively wide usage in the subsequent sociological literature and it is utilized by many sociologists ranging from Robert Park to Zygmunt Bauman.
Like most widely used sociological concepts, however, there has been some controversy regarding its application and interpretation.
King Vidor
King Wallis Vidor( February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades.
In 1979, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his" incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and innovator."
He was nominated five times for a Best Director Oscar, and won eight international film awards during his career.
Vidor's best known films include" The Big Parade"( 1925)," The Crowd"( 1928)," Stella Dallas"( 1937), and" Duel in the Sun"( 1946).
Contrary to common belief, he is not related to fellow director Charles Vidor.
Unless (film)
Unless is a Canadian- Irish drama film, which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Based on the novel" Unless" by Carol Shields, the film was directed by Alan Gilsenan.
The film stars Catherine Keener as Reta, a successful writer struggling to deal with her daughter Norah's( Hannah Gross) decision to drop out of college and live on the streets.
The cast also includes Brendan Coyle, Matt Craven, Chloe Rose, Hanna Schygulla, Martha Henry, Linda Kash, Yanna McIntosh, and Kathryn Greenwood.
The Stranger (video series)
The Stranger is a series of direct- to- video( and audio CD) science- fiction dramas produced by BBV and starring Colin Baker.
They are now available on DVD.
The series began in 1991 with" Summoned by Shadows", co-produced with the BBC Film Club as a knowing homage to the long- running British science fiction television series" Doctor Who"( of which BBV founder Bill Baggs was a fan) and in a pragmatic attempt to take advantage of the consequent pre-existing audience.
" Summoned by Shadows" is a" Who"- style tale of strange doings in an unspecified time period on Earth featuring three actors known for their roles in" Doctor Who" and playing similar characters.
The unnamed protagonist( listed in the credits as" The Stranger") is played by Colin Baker, his assistant Miss Brown by Nicola Bryant, who had played the Doctor's assistant Peri Brown opposite Colin Baker for two years, and the villain of the piece by Michael Wisher, who had been the first actor to play Davros.
The second story," More than a Messiah", adapted the" Doctor Who" Audio Visuals story of the same name, but with the Stranger and Miss Brown substituted for the Doctor and companion Ria( who was modelled after Peri).
In a further connection, it co-starred Sophie Aldred, better known as Ace from" Doctor Who", and Peter Miles, who had co-starred( opposite Wisher) in the TV serial" Genesis of the Daleks" – both in completely different roles.
" In Memory Alone", the third film, found the Stranger and Miss Brown stranded without their mysterious transport( never seen) in a desolate train station with amnesia, and battling a robot and a mysterious man played by Nicholas Briggs( who also wrote the film along with others in the" Stranger" series).
Most releases of this film( including VHS) include a behind- the- scenes featurette and a blooper reel.
While the first three may be( and often were) taken as" Doctor Who" by another name, the departure of the Miss Brown character( for which Nicola Bryant does not speak with Peri Brown's American accent) and the Stranger himself being likewise" returned to his proper time and place" at the story's conclusion allowed for a move to clarify" The Stranger"'s status as separate work of fiction and developed an identity of its own.
The adventures of the Stranger ran in all to six videos( and four audio dramas, although the second audio drama was much the same as the sixth video).
The Stranger (1984 film)
The Stranger is a South Korean film.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
The Stranger's Return
The Stranger's Return is a 1933 American Pre- Code drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Miriam Hopkins, Lionel Barrymore and Franchot Tone.
It was released by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer.
Miriam Hopkins was loaned out to MGM for the picture while under contract to Paramount.
Eli Sanders
Eli Sanders is an American journalist based in Seattle, Washington and the Associate Editor of The Stranger.
In 2012, Sanders won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing.
Sanders hosts a weekly political podcast for The Stranger, the Blabbermouth Podcast.
On September 19, 2017, Sanders announced that he would take a temporary leave from" The Stranger" and work as the deputy communications director to Mayor Tim Burgess until November.
Sanders will return to" The Stranger" to write about his experiences as part of the mayoral transition.

Question: Do both directors of films Unless (film) and The Stranger's Return share the same nationality?
Answer: no