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American choreographer, theatrical producer and director. Michael Bennett Freelancer Writer, Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Actor at Exploding Head Theory Greater Atlanta Area 21 connections Filming & Production Found insideI owe a huge debt to two of the theater's late, great artists, Bob Fosse and Michael Bennett, for their respective influences on this project. I was fortunate to watch documentary footage of both masters working with actors during the ... She first captured national attention as one of the three original Dreamgirls in Michael Bennett’s classic award-winning Broadway musical. 17 likes. He is known for his roles as a child actor in Daddy Day Care, Hostage, The Amityville Horror, Poseidon, Evan Almighty, Orphan, Shorts, and as young James T. Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek. Mortal Engines (2018) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The American-based boxer lost his WBO belt to Herbie Hide at The Den, Bermondsey, United Kingdom, in 1994. His other amateur titles included the 1981 New York City Police Athletic League Champion, 1980 NYC Kids Gloves Champion, Empire State Games Heavyweight Champion (1982, 1983, 1984). Michael Connell Biehn (born July 31, 1956) is an American actor, primarily known for his roles in science fiction films directed by James Cameron; as Sgt. Michael landed the coveted role of Sonny Liston, while also serving as both Smith's chief sparring partner and assistant trainer during the six months of boxing training before principal photography began on the film. This included a Moscow decision-win over Bentt's older brother Winston, himself a member of the United States National Team. In the winter of 2011 and summer of 2012 Bentt directed the critically received off-Broadway production of 'Kid Shamrock', a play about the struggles, triumphs, demons and redemption of 1970s Long Island New York middleweight contender 'Irish' Bobby Cassidy Sr. Bentt is cited by jazz and film composer, Terence Blanchard, as having provided the inspiration for his Opera Theatre Of St.Louis' 2013 production of 'Champion'. He is featured in the first episode of the 2019 American web television documentary series Losers. Of Jamaican heritage, he was born in East Dulwich, London, but raised in the Cambria Heights section of Queens in New York City. re: Would a Michael Bennett 'variety' or 'highlight' show work? Bentt is regarded as the most decorated boxer in the history of American amateur boxing never to have competed on a United States Olympic boxing team.[2]. In his younger days, Bennett had a relationship with Larry Fuller, a dancer, choreographer and director. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, associate producer (as Carlos Ramirez Laloli), additional makeup artist (as Kate Fox-Heywood), hair concept artist / makeup concept artist, hair designer (as Nancy Hennah-Vincent) / makeup designer (as Nancy Hennah-Vincent), Head of Production: Park Road Post Producttion, second unit additional on set production assistant, on set / second second assistant director, concept artist: Weta Workshop (uncredited), production design assistant to Tom Sanders (uncredited), props and modelmaking department supervisor: Weta Workshop, finaling compositor-artist: Deluxe Stereo D, visual effects technical director: Weta Digital, senior lighting technical director: Weta Digital, digital imaging technician (as Dan Ashton), department head/technical direction: Weta Digital, motion capture editorial assistant: Weta Digital, senior rotoscope artist/paint artist: Weta Digital, lighting & compositing coordinator: weta digital, senior production manager assets: Weta Digital, senior fx technical director: Weta Digital, lead camera technical director: weta digital, lead lighting technical director: WETA digital, software engineer: rendering: Weta Digital, lighting technical director: weta digital, assistant technical director: Weta Digital, virtual art department manager: Weta Digital, senior visual effects editor: Weta Digital Ltd, head of facial models department: Weta Digital (as Stephen Cullingford), manager ingest/delivery & final qc: Stereo D, senior effects technical director: Weta Digital, creatures lead technical director: Weta Digital, lead lighting technical director: Weta Digital, lead creature technical director: Weta Digital, virtual art department senior artist: Weta Digital (as Martin Gilbert), Purchasing & Logistics Manager: WETA Digital, senior on-set technical director: weta digital, lighting technical director: Weta Digital, assistant technical director: weta digital, VFX Animation Production Manager: Weta Digital, Department Production Manager: Weta Digital, layout technical director: Weta Digital (as Keith Lumb), information systems developer: Weta Digital, lead effects technical director: Weta Digital, lead motion editor: Weta Digita / lead motion editor: Weta Digital, senior visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital, senior production manager: motion: Weta Digital, animation technical director / animation technical director: weta digital, Depth and EQC Department: Production Coordinator, compositing department crew manager: weta digita, assistant depth supervisor / depth supervisor, lighting technical director: WETA Digital, senior creature pipeline technical director: Weta Digital, senior head of optical department: Weta Digital, visual effects: Layout Department Production Manager, animation department manager: Weta Digital, junior motion r&d technical director: Weta Digital, lead compositing pipeline td: Weta Digital, art dept production manager: weta digital, software developer: rendering: Weta Digital, digital compositor / motion graphics designer, visual effects artist: lighting technical director, assistant visual effects editor: Weta Digital Ltd, head of textures department: weta digital, post production manager: Deluxe 3D/Stereo D, senior digital paint artist: Weta Digital, virtual art head of department: Weta Digital, visual effects production runner: Weta Digital, senior camera technical director: weta digital, crowds production coordinator: weta digital, visual effects department production manager: weta digital, layout artist / lighting technical director, layout technical supervisor: Weta Digital, creature puppet technical director (as Wang Sun), lead virtual art dept artist: weta digital, lead rotoscope artist paint artist: WETA Digital, senior production manager look development: Weta Digital, senior layout technical director: Weta Digital, senior camera technical director: Weta Digital, senior effects technical director: WETA Digital, visual effects supervisor: Assistant supervisor - Deluxe Pune/Stereo D, lead stereoscopic compositor/paint artist: stereo d, camera technical director/onset data processing, visual effects supervisor: Park Road Post, additional compositing (as Jonno Woodford-Robinson), digital compositor/stereo compositor: stereoD (as Xiao Zhao), operations coordinator: Stereo D (uncredited), Element QC artist: Stereo D (uncredited) / depth artist: Stereo D (uncredited), rotoscope artist: Weta Digital (uncredited), production coordinator: Stereo D (uncredited), lighting technical director: Weta Digital (uncredited), element qc senior artist/compositor: Stereo D (uncredited), stunt double: Jihae and Hera Hilmar (as Rosalie van Horik) / stunt double: Jihae (as Rosalie van Horik), stunt performer (as Patrick 'Paddy' Church), stunt double (as Mike Homick) / stunt performer (as Mike Homick) / utility stunts, second second assistant camera (as Jimmy Bollinger), behind the scenes camera / first assistant camera: additional, second assistant camera (as Nicole Winer), extras casting: Chaperone (as Danielle Parsons), media operations supervisor: Park Road Post Production, picture manager: Park Road Post Production, assistant stereo editor: Stereo D (uncredited), music scoring mixer / orchestrator / programmed by, vp credits: Universal Pictures (as Alison Claire-Genis), Assistant Production Coordinator / production secretary, body double: Jihae / film extra / film extra: Salzhakaner (as Danielle Parsons) / film extra: Scavenger (as Danielle Parsons) / film extra: Scuttlebutt (as Danielle Parsons) / fit model: Jihae / hand double: Caren Pistorius / hand double: Hera Hilmar / hand double: Sarah Peirse / stand-in: Caren Pistorius / stand-in: Jihae. In an homage to Stephan Johnson, a former amateur teammate at the Bed-Stuy famed (Bedford-Stuyvesant) Boxing Association and fellow Golden Glover who succumbed to injuries suffered in a professional boxing match in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Michael privately presented Stephan's mother with a pair of his own New York Golden Gloves champion medallions. Jonathan Bennett is engaged! Hire Voice Actor Michael Bennett Today on Voice123. #2. Here is the less-publicized side of his story-his surprising ascent from the world of sleazy Chicago strip joints to the glitter of Broadway. A legend's memory is preserved in this eloquent biography. [21] In 2011 he wrote, directed and starred in The Victim. Born Michael Bennett DiFiglia, he grew up in Buffalo, New York, where he studied dance as a teenager and choreographed his high school musicals. While Pele does not have an actual career, she is a full-time homemaker. Director Michael Mann handpicked Bentt to play Herbert Youngblood, who along with Dillinger staged the infamous Crown Point Jail break. AAU Region #2 Championships (heavyweight), Radisson Hotel, Wilmington, Delaware, October 1983: Sweden–USA Duals (heavyweight), Stockholm, Sweden, January 1984: Sweden–USA Duals (heavyweight), Gothenburg, Sweden, January 1984: FRG–USA Duals (heavyweight), Gothenburg, Sweden, January 1984: United States National Championships (heavyweight), Indianapolis, Indiana, November 1984: USA–Canada Duals (heavyweight), Orlando, Florida, December 1984: USA–South Korea Duals (heavyweight), Las Vegas, Nevada, March 1985: U.S. National Sports Festival (heavyweight), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 1985: North American Championships (heavyweight), Beaumont, Texas, August 1985: World Cup (heavyweight), Seoul, South Korea, November 1985: United States National Championships (heavyweight), Beaumont, Texas, April 1986: World Champ Box-offs (heavyweight), Caesars Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada, April 1986: World Championships (heavyweight), Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, May 1986: Goodwill Games (heavyweight), Moscow, Soviet Union, July 1986: USA–USSR Duals (heavyweight), Orlando, Florida, March 1987: United States National Championships (heavyweight), Buffalo, New York, March–April 1987: U.S. Olympic Festival (heavyweight), Raleigh, North Carolina, July 1987: Pan Am Box-offs (heavyweight), International Center of the Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 1987: Pan American Games (heavyweight), Indianapolis, Indiana, August 1987: North American Championships (heavyweight), Toronto, Canada, August 1987: Eastern Olympic Trials (heavyweight), Fayetteville, North Carolina, June 1988: Olympic Trials (heavyweight), Concord Pavilion, Concord, California, July 1988: Olympic Box-offs (heavyweight), Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 1988: Bentt finished his amateur career with a record of 148 wins, 8 losses (no stoppages.). 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