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."
Dominick Dunne
Dominick John Dunne
( October 29, 1925 – August 26, 2009) was an American writer, investigative journalist, and producer.
He began his career as a producer in film and television, noted for involvement with the pioneering gay film" The Boys in the Band"( 1970) and the award winning drug film" Panic in Needle Park"( 1971).
He turned to writing in the early 1970s.
After the 1982 murder of his daughter Dominique, he came to focus on the ways in which wealth and high society interacts with the judicial system.
A frequent contributor to" Vanity Fair", Dunne also appeared regularly on television discussing crime from the 1980s to the end of his life.
James Mills (author)
James Mills( born 1932) is an American novelist, screenwriter and journalist.
Mills wrote two New York Times bestsellers," Report to the Commissioner", a novel, and" The Underground Empire", a study of international narcotics trafficking.
As a result, he testified before a panel of the House Foreign Affairs Committee as an expert.
His books" The Panic in Needle Park" and" Report to the Commissioner" were later made into major motion pictures by 20th Century Fox and United Artists respectively.
Kitty Winn
Katherine Tupper" Kitty" Winn( born February 21, 1944) is an American theatre and film actress.
She is best known for her roles as the heroin addict Helen in the romantic drama" The Panic in Needle Park" and her recurring role of Sharon Spencer in the horror film franchise" The Exorcist".
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.
Jerry Schatzberg
Jerry Schatzberg (born June 26, 1927) is a photographer and film director.
Sully Boyar
Irving" Sully" Boyar( December 14, 1924 – March 23, 2001) was an American actor of Russian- Jewish descent.
Boyar was one of seven children, some of whom grew up to become lawyers and businessmen.
He also worked as a lawyer before turning to acting.
He had a twin brother named Samuel.
A life member of the Actors Studio, he worked with Al Pacino in" Dog Day Afternoon"( 1975) as the bank manager Mulvaney.
His many other film credits included" The Panic in Needle Park"( 1971)," The King of Marvin Gardens"( 1972)," The Gambler"( 1974)," Car Wash"( 1976)," The Deadliest Season"( 1977)," Oliver's Story"( 1978)," Night of the Juggler"( 1980)," The Jazz Singer"( 1980)," Fort Apache, The Bronx"( 1981)," The Entity"( 1982)," Too Scared to Scream"( 1985)," Prizzi's Honor"( 1985)," Best Seller"( 1987)," The Lemon Sisters"( 1989)," Betsy's Wedding"( 1990)," In the Soup"( 1992), and" Just the Ticket"( 1999).
He was also a theater actor.
On television, he regularly appeared in the first 4 seasons of" Law& Order", mostly in a cameo role as an arraignment judge.
He also guest starred on" The Sopranos", in 2001, playing Dr. Krakower, a psychiatrist consulting with Carmela Soprano.
The episode aired 16 days after Boyar's death.
On March 23, 2001, while waiting for a city bus in Queens, New York, Sully Boyar died of a heart attack at 76.
Alan Vint
Alan Richard Vint (November 11, 1944 – August 16, 2006) was an American character actor.
Vint was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He appeared in a number of supporting roles during the 1970s in films such as "The McMasters" (1970), "Two-Lane Blacktop" (1971), "The Panic in Needle Park" (1971), "Welcome Home, Soldier Boys" (1971), "Unholy Rollers" (1972), "Badlands" (1973), "Macon County Line" (1974), "Earthquake" (1974), "Breakout" (1975), "Checkered Flag or Crash" (1977) and "The Lady in Red" (1979).
He also made guest appearances on such television series as "CentennialPolice Story,Emergency!Hawaii Five-OAdam-12Lou Grant" and "Baretta".
Vint appeared in several films with his brother Jesse Vint.
He was married to Susan Mullen and had three daughters — Kelly, Kate and Megan Vint, also actors.
Vint and Mullen eventually divorced.
Alan Vint's long-running disease was diagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis many years before his death.
Ultimately his major organs failed as a result of this disease, and he died in Sherman Oaks, California, in 2006.
Marcia Jean Kurtz
Marcia Jean Kurtz is an American film, stage, and television actress and director.
She has appeared in such films as" The Panic in Needle ParkIn Her Shoes Dog Day Afternoon" and" Big Fan".
Kurtz won an Obie Award for her performance as Doris in Donald Margulies'" The Loman Family Picnic".
She was also nominated for both an Obie and a Drama Desk Award for her role in Martin Sherman's" When She Danced".
Kurtz also directed Matty Selman's" Uncle Phillip's Coat" and Evan Handler's" Time of Fire".
She has appeared several times on the television series" Law& Order".
Kurtz is a 1964 graduate of the Juilliard School, where she earned a B.S. degree in dance.
The Panic in Needle Park
The Panic in Needle Park is a 1971 American romantic drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Al Pacino, in his second film appearance.
The screenplay was written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, adapted from the 1966 novel by James Mills.
The film portrays life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in "Needle Park" (then-nickname for Sherman Square on Manhattan's Upper West Side near 72nd Street and Broadway).
The film is a love story between Bobby (Pacino), a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen (Kitty Winn), a restless woman who finds Bobby charismatic.
She becomes an addict, and life goes downhill for them both as their addictions worsen, eventually leading to a series of betrayals.

Question: When was the director of film The Panic In Needle Park born?
Answer: June 26, 1927