Richard Parfitt
Richard Parfitt is a musician and academic from Newport in south Wales, most publicly notable for his role as a founding member of 90's rock band
The 60ft.
Dolls.
He had previously played in local mod band
The Colours, who were renowned for busking on the streets of Newport.
The Colours only released the one single, The Dance, on the Loco label before he left to join The Truth in 1984, playing bass on their Five Live ep which was recorded at the 100 Club as well as their 1985 album Playground.
After having several UK Top 40 hits during the 90's, along with moderate success in the US, The 60 ft.
Dolls split and Parfitt began working as a professional songwriter and session musician, going on to be credited by Welsh singer Duffy of discovering her talents and' changing her life'.
Parfitt helped write several songs for the artist's debut studio album Rockferry- which had considerable commercial success around the world, reaching UK No. 1 and becoming one of the ten best- selling albums in the world in 2008 – including the title song from the film How To Lose Friends and Alienate People,' Enough Love'.
Parfitt also worked as a session guitarist on British artist Dido's second studio album, Life For Rent.
He has since written articles and papers in various musical contexts, taught as a lecturer, and directed the world's first songwriting degree programme, the MMus in Songwriting, at Bath Spa University in Bath, England.
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."
Robert B. Weide
Robert B. Weide (born June 20, 1959) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director, perhaps best known for his work on documentaries and "Curb Your Enthusiasm".
Katherine Parkinson
Katherine Jane Parkinson( born 9 March 1978) is an English actress.
She is best known for appearing in several comedy series, most notably as Jen Barber in Channel 4's" The IT Crowd", for which she received a British Comedy Best TV Actress Award in 2009 and again in 2014, and a BAFTA TV Award in 2014( having received a nomination in 2011).
She was also a main cast member of the series" Doc Martin" for three series, and performed the voice- overs for the games" Worms Clan Wars" and" Worms Battlegrounds".
She co-starred in Series 1- 3 of" Humans", a science- fiction drama on AMC/ Channel 4, which premiered in June 2015.
She has also appeared in such films as" How to Lose Friends& Alienate People" and" The Boat That Rocked."
Toby Young
Toby Daniel Moorsom Young( born 17 October 1963) is a British journalist and formerly Director of the New Schools Network, a free schools charity.
He is currently the London associate editor at" Quillette" and has written for them since 2017.
Young is the author of" How to Lose Friends and Alienate People", an account of his" stint" in New York as a contributing editor at" Vanity Fair" magazine, and a columnist at" The Spectator".
He served as a judge in seasons five and six of the television show" Top Chef" and co-founded the West London Free School.
In early January 2018, he was briefly a non-executive director on the board of the Office for Students; a controversial appointment, he resigned over a week later after misogynistic and homophobic Twitter posts were uncovered.
Brian Saunders (weightlifter)
Brian Saunders( date of birth and death unknown) was a male weightlifter who competed for England.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst( born April 30, 1982) is an American actress.
She made her debut in the 1989 anthology film" New York Stories", appearing in the segment" Oedipus Wrecks" directed by Woody Allen.
At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as Claudia in" Interview with the Vampire"( 1994), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
She appeared in" Little Women" the same year and in" Jumanji" the following year.
After a recurring role on the third season of" ER"( 1996 – 1997), and appearances in films such as" Wag the Dog"( 1997)," Small Soldiers"( 1998), the 1998 English dub of" Kiki's Delivery Service"( 1989) and" The Virgin Suicides"( 1999), Dunst starred in a string of comedies, including" Drop Dead GorgeousDick"( both 1999)," Bring It On"( 2000)," Get Over It", and" Crazy/ Beautiful"( both 2001).
Dunst achieved fame for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's" Spider- Man" trilogy( 2002 – 2007).
Since then, she has also played roles in" Mona Lisa Smile"( 2003)," WimbledonEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"( both 2004), Cameron Crowe's" Elizabethtown"( 2005), the title role in Sofia Coppola's" Marie Antoinette"( 2006)," How to Lose Friends& Alienate People"( 2008)," Bachelorette"( 2012), and" The Two Faces of January"( 2014).
In 2011, she won Best Actress at Cannes for her performance in Lars von Trier's" Melancholia".
In 2015, Dunst starred as Peggy Blumquist on the second season of the television series" Fargo".
Her performance garnered critical acclaim, leading to her winning the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress, and being nominated for Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy awards.
In 2017, she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in the film" Hidden Figures", and co-starred in her third collaboration with Sofia Coppola," The Beguiled".
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is a 2008 British comedy film based upon Toby Young's 2001 memoir "
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People".
The film follows a similar storyline, about his five-year struggle to make it in the United States after employment at "Sharps Magazine".
The names of the magazine and people Young came into contact with during the time were changed for the film adaptation.
The film version (adapted by Peter Straughan) is a highly fictionalized account, and differs greatly from the work upon which it was built.
Directed by Robert B. Weide, it stars Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Megan Fox and Jeff Bridges, alongside Max Minghella and Margo Stilley.
"How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" was released simultaneously by Paramount Pictures on 3 October 2008.

Question: What is the date of birth of the director of film How To Lose Friends & Alienate People (Film)?
Answer: June 20, 1959