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Maeve Dermody
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Maeve Dermody is an Australian actress. After a film appearance as a child, her acting career has included work in Australian television, theatre, short films. She characterizes her own acting goal as to be able to play different characters every time and she is the daughter of Susan Murphy Dermody, a film theorist, historian, and director. Dermody attended Mosman High School in Sydney with a near-perfect UAI, while still in high school, Dermody began getting roles in Australian television series such as All Saints, and in short films. Her first major role was in the independent thriller Black Water. Dermodys performance in Black Water earned her nominations for Best Supporting Actress awards in the Australian film industry. Her next major role was in Beautiful Kate, for which she was again nominated for the AFI Best Supporting Actress Award. She had a role in the 2010 well-received film Griff the Invisible. In 2013, Dermody starred in the 10-part TV series drama Serangoon Road as Claire Simpson who is married to Frank, at Christmas,2015, Dermody starred as Vera Claythorne in BBC Ones version of Agatha Christies thriller And Then There Were None. Maeve Dermody at the Internet Movie Database
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Romantic comedy film
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Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is a movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily. Another definition states that its primary distinguishing feature is a plot in which two sympathetic and well-matched lovers are united or reconciled. Romantic comedy films are a genre of comedy films as well as of romance films. However a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres not a new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies, a wedding-bells, fairy-tale-style happy ending is practically mandatory. The basic plot of a comedy is that two characters meet, part ways due to an argument or other obstacle, then ultimately reunite. Sometimes the two meet and become involved initially, then must confront challenges to their union. Sometimes they are hesitant to become involved because they believe that they do not like each other, because one of them already has a partner. However, the screenwriters leave clues that suggest that the characters are, in fact, attracted to each other, the protagonists often separate or seek time apart to sort out their feelings or deal with the external obstacles to their being together. While the two protagonists are separated, one or both of them realizes that they are ideal for each other, or that they are in love with each other. Then, after one of the two makes some effort to find the other person and declare their love, or through an astonishing coincidental encounter. Then, perhaps with some comic friction or awkwardness, they declare their love for each other, the couple does not, however, have to marry, or live together happily ever after. The ending of a comedy is meant to affirm the primary importance of the love relationship in its protagonists lives. There are many variations on this basic plotline, sometimes, instead of the two lead characters ending up in each others arms, another love match will be made between one of the principal characters and a secondary character. Alternatively, the film may be a rumination on the impossibility of love, the basic format of a romantic comedy film can be found in much earlier sources, such as Shakespeare plays like Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Nights Dream. Some comedy films, such as Knocked Up, combine themes of romantic comedies and stoner comedies, often known as bromance, such films usually use sexual elements which bring the two characters together. Films in this genre include American Pie 2 and even Wedding Crashers, romantic comedies have begun to spread out of their conventional and traditional structure into other territory
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Footscray, Victoria
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Footscray is an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, Australia,5 km from Melbournes Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Maribyrnong, at the 2011 Census, Footscray had a population of 13,203. Footscray is characterised by a diverse, multicultural central shopping area, which reflects the successive waves of immigration experienced by Melbourne. Once a centre for Greek, Italian and former Yugoslavian migrants, it became a hub for Vietnamese and East African immigrants in Melbourne. Footscray is named after Foots Cray, on the River Cray in London, Footscray is part of the City of Maribyrnong and was built largely on the traditional lands of the Kulin nation. For thousands of years, Footscray was the place of the lands of the Yalukit-willan, the Marin-balluk. Koories stalked game, collected food and fished along the junction, estuaries, swamps. The first European to visit the area was Charles Grimes in 1803, a park, where he landed, is named after him at Napier St. In 1839 a punt was built on the Maribyrnong River, it was the connecting link between Melbourne and Geelong, Ballarat, Castlemaine and Bendigo. The Punt Hotel opened three years later and was the first building in the area, during the first decade drovers transporting cattle and sheep provided the only business at the hotel. After 1851, when gold was discovered out west, the pub did a trade with diggers. Part of the old pub still stands and it has been renamed The Pioneer, the Post Office first opened on 12 October 1857. Footscray was declared a municipality in 1859 with a population of 300 and 70 buildings, around the same year the first bridge was built across Saltwater River. Between 1881 and 1891 Footscrays population more than tripled from almost 6,000 to 19,000, Footscray developed into an industrial zone in the second half of the nineteenth century, with the manufacturing industry beginning to decline in the 1960s and 70s. Footscray was home to the Aboriginal Woimurrung and Boonwurrung tribes of the Kulin nation, in 2011, Footscrays 13,193 residents came from 135 countries. In 2006 less than half the population was born in Australia, Footscray has Victorias fourth-highest proportion of residents born in South-East Asia. The average person in Footscray is a youthful 33 years of age, Maribyrnong Council predicts a population boom will more than double Footscray resident numbers from 14,100 to 30,500 by 2031, requiring about 7000 new dwellings. Footscray falls within the electorate of Gellibrand and the state electorate of Footscray
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Melbourne International Film Festival
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The Melbourne International Film Festival is an annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1952 and is one of the oldest film festivals in the world, MIFF is one of Melbournes four major film festivals, in addition to the Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne Queer Film Festival and Melbourne Underground Film Festival. As of 2013, the festivals Artistic Director is Michelle Carey, Melbourne is a significant city in the history of film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, the worlds first full-length feature film, was filmed in the city. Established in 1952, the Melbourne International Film Festival is one of the oldest film festivals in the world and has become the most notable event in Australia. MIFF is the largest film festival in both Australia and the hemisphere, and is Australias largest showcase of new Australian cinema. The 2012 festival generated A$8 million for the Victorian economy, as of 2013, the festival is accredited by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Australian Film Institute and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. As of 2013, the festivals CEO is Maria Amato, Carey is the Artistic Director, the 37ºSouth Market is the only international film financing marketplace to take place during a film festival in Australia or New Zealand. As of 2013, the 37ºSouth Market is also the partner of the Londons Production Finance Market for Australia. Since 1962, MIFF has staged a short film competition, as well as feature film award categories. It also presents audience popularity awards for film and documentary. The festivals inaugural award was Best Short Film, but the title was changed to Grand Prix for Best Short Film in 1965, from 1985 onwards, the Grand Prix has been officially presented by the City of Melbourne. The judges for the 2013 MIFF short film awards were Lorin Clarke, Michael Matrenza, Chinese filmmakers withdrew their films from the festival two days before it opened on 24 July 2009. Later, both pro-Chinese and pro-Uyghur activists attempted to disrupt ticketing due to the media coverage, the festival website was hacked soon after the launch of its 2009 program, with information replaced with the Chinese flag and anti-Kadeer slogans. Victoria Police was placed on alert during the screening of the film, Australias Ambassador to China Geoff Raby was summoned by Chinas Deputy Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun to express displeasure about Kadeers attendance at MIFF. In 2000, MIFFs rejection of a film written and directed by Richard Wolstencroft led him to form the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. In subsequent years, MUFF has attracted controversy by criticising the content of MIFF, as well as its management, MUFF prioritises and declares that he has a mandate, as a space for exciting and edgy Australian cinema that may not be played at MIFF. Film festival List of film festivals List of short film festivals St Kilda Short Film Festival Cinema of Australia Official website
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David Stratton
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David James Stratton AM is an English-Australian film critic and television personality. He saw his first foreign film at Bath in 1955 – the Italian Bread, Love and that was soon followed by Akira Kurosawas Japanese classic Seven Samurai tracked down in Birmingham. At the age of 19, he founded the Melksham and District Film Society, David arrived in Australia in 1963, and soon became involved with the local film society movement. He directed the Sydney Film Festival from 1966 until 1983, at the time, he was the subject of surveillance by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, due to the festival showing Soviet films and his late 1960s visit to Russia. This information was not made public until January 2014, a highly regarded expert on international cinema, particularly French cinema, Stratton was President of FIPRESCI Juries in Cannes and Venice. He was also a member of the jury at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival in 1982, Stratton worked for SBS from 1980, acting as their film consultant and introducing the SBS Cinema Classic and Movie of the Week for 24 weeks a year. From 1986 onwards Stratton co-hosted the long-running SBS TV program The Movie Show with Margaret Pomeranz, Stratton and Pomeranz left SBS in 2004. From 2004 Stratton and Pomeranz have co-hosted the ABC film show, on 16 September 2014, Stratton and Pomeranz announced they would be retiring at the end of the 2014 series. The ABC confirmed that the series would end with the last episode to be broadcast on 9 December 2014, Stratton has cited on numerous occasions that his favourite film of all time is Singin in the Rain. He currently writes reviews for The Australian newspaper and formerly did so for the US film industry magazine Variety and he also does film reviews for TV Week, where he has been for a number of years. He lectures in history at the University of Sydneys Centre for Continuing Education. In 2008 he released his autobiography called I Peed on Fellini, Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz have played an important role in challenging the often heavy-handed decisions of the Australian Classification Office throughout their career. On Saturday 14 March 2015 Stratton appeared in a meeting with David Lynch in programm David Lynch, Between Two Worlds 14 March -8 June 2015 | Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane, Australia. On 1 January 2001 Stratton was awarded the Centenary Medal for Service to Australian society and Australian film production. On 22 March 2001 he was appointed with the Croix de Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, in 2001 he received the Australian Film Institutes Longford Life Achievement Award. On 9 June 2006 Stratton received a degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Sydney in recognition of his career. In 2007, he received the 60th Anniversary Medal by the Festival du Film de Cannes, Stratton became a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2015 Australia Day honours. The Last New Wave, The Australian film revival, ISBN 0-207-14146-0 The Avocado Plantation, Boom and bust in the Australian film industry
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The Australian
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The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Paul Whittaker, the editor is John Lehmann and its chief rivals are the business-focused Australian Financial Review, and on weekends, The Saturday Paper. In May 2010, the newspaper launched the first Australian newspaper iPad app, the Australian is owned by News Corp Australia. News Corps Chairman and Founder is Rupert Murdoch, the Australian integrates content from overseas newspapers owned by News Corp Australias parent, News Corp, including The Wall Street Journal and The Times of London. Unlike other Murdoch newspapers, it was neither a tabloid nor an acquired publication, from its inception The Australian struggled for financial viability and ran at a loss for several decades. The Australians first editor was Maxwell Newton, though he would leave the paper within a year and was succeeded by Walter Kommer, during the 1975 election, campaigning against the Whitlam government by its owner led to the papers journalists striking over editorial direction. Editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell was appointed in 2002 and retired on 11 December 2015, Daily sections include National News followed by Worldwide News, Sport and Business News. Contained within each issue is a prominent op/ed section, including regular columnists, other regular sections include Technology, Media, Features, Legal Affairs, Aviation, Defence, Horse-Racing, The Arts, Health, Wealth and Higher Education. A Travel & Indulgence section is included on Saturdays, along with The Inquirer, Saturday lift-outs include Review, focusing on books, arts, film and television, and The Weekend Australian Magazine, the only national weekly glossy insert magazine. A glossy magazine, Wish, is published on the first Friday of the month, the Australian has long maintained a focus on issues relating to Aboriginal disadvantage. It also devotes attention to the technology, Defence and mining industries, as well as the science, economics. It has also published special reports into Australian energy policy. The Australian Literary Review was a supplement from September 2006 October 2011. The Australian has often criticised for being biased against recent Labor governments. In recent years, the paper was scathing of Labors decision to introduce a tax and other carbon emission reduction measures, using reporting. On the newspapers website, there was a section named Stimulus Watch, subtitled How your Billions Are Being Spent, along with the governments insulation stimulus policy, it contributed to perceptions of incompetence and general dissatisfaction with the governments performance. In 2011, Glenn Milne reported on the allegations against Prime Minister Julia Gillard concerning the AWU affair including a claim regarding Gillards living arrangements with Wilson. Gillard contacted the chief executive of The Australian, resulting in the story being removed, however, the story was ignored for a long time by other media outlets
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Pozible
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Pozible is an Australia-based crowdfunding platform and community-building tool for creative projects and ideas. It was developed to help raise funds. Pozible is a platform and creative community. Projects are launched on the Pozible website after a process to make sure the project abides by the platforms project guidelines. Project creators select a deadline and an amount to achieve. Supporters are invited and encouraged to pledge an amount to support the projects campaign, during the projects campaign, project creators are encouraged to publicise their works through embedded videos, word of mouth, social networks and regular project updates. If the nominated target is not met by the deadline, pledges are not processed, supporters require a MasterCard or Visa credit card or debit card to make a pledge. In May 2012, Pozible introduced PayPal as a payment method, in October 2013, Pozible introduced Bitcoin as a payment method. This allows projects from around the world to raise funds in their countrys currency, Pozible takes a 5% service fee from successful projects, and a transfer is made into the project creators bank account or PayPal account. Partners and previously successful project creators are only required to pay a 4% fee for their successful projects, in April 2014, Pozible reduced fees for projects that raise over $100,000 to 4% and over $500,000 to 3%. Creators can choose from the following Models, Standard project Subscription crowdfunding, self-Hosted crowdfunding, For users that dont want to divert traffic from their own websites and have good web design skills. Unsuccessful projects are not required to pay a fee, Pozible was launched as Fundbreak in May 2010 by Alan Crabbe and Rick Chen. The Fundbreak brand was relaunched as Pozible in January 2011, and established offices in Melbourne and Sydney, in May 2012, Pozible launched internationally - switching to www. pozible. com from www. pozible. com. au - and partnered with PayPal to offer multi-currency transactions. Pozible now accepts projects and funding support in 22 major currencies, in 2013 Pozible achieved a number of milestones, it raised AUD $1 million+ in a single month for the first time, this was repeated in September 2013 and in subsequent months. As at 31 December 2013, Pozible went live in Malaysia, as at April 2016, Pozible has hosted 10, 00+ projects and raised a total of $40+ million towards projects from Australia and around the world. Pozible continues to operate from its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia and has opened offices in Silicone Valley, China, pozibles overall success rate is 58%, with individual categories averaging up to 70%. Comparison of crowdfunding services VentureCrowd www. pozible. com
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by Senh Duong and since January 2010 has been owned by Flixster, in February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcasts Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, since 2007, the websites editor-in-chief has been Matt Atchity. The name, Rotten Tomatoes, derives from the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes when disapproving of a stage performance. From early 2008 to September 2010, Current Television aired the weekly The Rotten Tomatoes Show, featuring hosts, a shorter segment was incorporated into the weekly show, InfoMania, which ended in 2011. In September 2013, the website introduced TV Zone, a section for reviewing scripted TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12,1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His goal in creating Rotten Tomatoes was to create a site where people can get access to reviews from a variety of critics in the U. S. As a fan of Jackie Chans, Duong was inspired to create the website after collecting all the reviews of Chans movies as they were being published in the United States, the first movie whose reviews were featured on Rotten Tomatoes was Your Friends & Neighbors. The website was an success, receiving mentions by Netscape, Yahoo. and USA Today within the first week of its launch. They officially launched it on April 1,2000, in June 2004, IGN Entertainment acquired rottentomatoes. com for an undisclosed sum. In September 2005, IGN was bought by News Corps Fox Interactive Media, in January 2010, IGN sold the website to Flixster. The combined reach of both companies is 30 million unique visitors a month across all different platforms, according to the companies, in May 2011, Flixster was acquired by Warner Bros. In early 2009, Current Television launched the version of the web review site. It was hosted by Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox and written by Mark Ganek, the show aired every Thursday at 10,30 EST on the Current TV network. The last episode aired on September 16,2010 and it returned as a much shorter segment of InfoMania, a satirical news show that ended in 2011. By late 2009, the website was designed to enable Rotten Tomatoes users to create, one group, The Golden Oyster Awards, accepted votes of members for different awards, as if in parallel to the better-known Oscars or Golden Globes. When Flixster bought the company, they disbanded the groups, announcing, in the meantime, please use the Forums to continue your conversations about your favorite movie topics. As of February 2011, new community features have been added, for example, users can no longer sort films by fresh ratings from rotten ratings, and vice versa
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AACTA Awards
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The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. The awards recognise excellence of professionals in the film and television industry and it is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the Australian film and television industry. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the Academy Awards, the awards, previously called Australian Film Institute Awards or AFI Awards, began in 1958 and involved 30 nominations across six categories. They expanded in 1986 to cover television as well as film, the AACTA Awards were instituted in 2011. As of 2011, the Australian awards take place at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney and they were instituted in 1958, as a way to improve the impoverished state of Australian cinema, and was part of the Melbourne International Film Festival until 1972. Between 1958–1980, submitted films were presented with a gold, silver or bronze prize, and in some circumstances, a Grand Prix award, which was the highest honour a film could receive. Additionally, films were presented with a gold or silver medallion for technical achievements. Up until 1970, prizes were handed out in recognition of the film and production, rather than achievements of individual filmmakers and crafts people. In 1977 feature film categories became competitive, while non-feature films continued to be awarded the gold, silver and bronze prizes until 1981, in 1976 the awards were broadcast live on television for the first time on the Nine Network at the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne. In 1986 television categories were introduced, presenting awards for mini-series and telefeatures before expanding to dramas, in June 2011, the AFI announced an industry consultation for an Australian Academy. The aim of the Academy is to create awareness for Australian film in local and international markets, the name of the new Academy was revealed on 18 August 2011 as the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, with the awards renamed to the AACTA Awards. The date change was made to align the awards with the awards season. At the time of the inception, a jury of five judges, composed of film critics and filmmakers. In 1976, the system was replaced by a peer voting process for feature films which would allow public members the right to vote in the Best Film category. The nominees and winners were later peer-voted by a jury which was made up of representatives from all industry crafts, including members of guilds, who have a professional membership with the AFI. When the AFI announced the launch of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, the fifteen Chapters consist of professionals from industry guilds and organisations including actors, producers, directors and screenwriters. All television and non-feature film awards, and feature film pre-selection are determined by juries, members of the Australian Film Institute are eligible to vote in the Best Short Fiction Film, Best Short Animation and Audience Choice award categories only. The votes are audited by accounting firm Ernst and Young from 2011, throughout the history of the awards there have been several differently designed awards given to winners
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AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
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The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hands out accolades for achievements in feature films, television, documentaries and short films. From 1971–2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute, when the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. It was presented as an award, from 1971–1975, and was accompanied with a cash prize, before it became a competitive award from 1976. Judy Davis is the most nominated actress in this category, with five wins from eight nominations, candidates for this award must be human and female, and cannot be nominated for the same role in the supporting actress category. In the following table, the years listed correspond to the year of film release, the actress in bold and in dark blue background have received a special award, those in bold and in yellow background have won a regular competitive award. Those that are neither highlighted nor in bold are the nominees, when sorted chronologically, the table always lists the winning actress first and then the other nominees. Official website of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, or PÖFF, is an annual film festival held since 1997 in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. The Festival runs three competitive programs - International Competition, The Tridens First Film Competition and The Tridens Estonian Feature competition, the top prize of the festival is the Golden Wolf, given to the director and producer of the best film of the International Competition programme. In addition BNFF organises two smaller film festivals, Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival and Tartu Love Film Festival tARTuFF. When it began in 1997, PÖFF was principally a showcase for Nordic film with 4500 attendances, today BNFF is one of the largest film events in Northern Europe. In 2010 the festival held the European Film Awards ceremony in Tallinn and it hosts 450+ industry guests annually. The largest regional market, and place to meet the Baltic film industry. Animated Dreams – Animation Film Festival, Just Film – Children and Youth Film Festival. Official website www. justfilm. ee Just Film is the biggest children, the festival includes a competitive programme with €3000 grant for the best youth film, childrens rights programme and a special programme for documentaries. Sleepwalkers – International Short Film Festival
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IMDb
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In 1998 it became a subsidiary of Amazon Inc, who were then able to use it as an advertising resource for selling DVDs and videotapes. As of January 2017, IMDb has approximately 4.1 million titles and 7.7 million personalities in its database, the site enables registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries. Although all data is checked before going live, the system has open to abuse. The site also featured message boards which stimulate regular debates and dialogue among authenticated users, IMDb shutdown the message boards permanently on February 20,2017. Anyone with a connection can read the movie and talent pages of IMDb. A registration process is however, to contribute info to the site. A registered user chooses a name for themselves, and is given a profile page. These badges range from total contributions made, to independent categories such as photos, trivia, bios, if a registered user or visitor happens to be in the entertainment industry, and has an IMDb page, that user/visitor can add photos to that page by enrolling in IMDbPRO. Actors, crew, and industry executives can post their own resume and this fee enrolls them in a membership called IMDbPro. PRO can be accessed by anyone willing to pay the fee, which is $19.99 USD per month, or if paid annually, $149.99, which comes to approximately $12.50 per month USD. Membership enables a user to access the rank order of each industry personality, as well as agent contact information for any actor, producer, director etc. that has an IMDb page. Enrolling in PRO for industry personnel, enables those members the ability to upload a head shot to open their page, as well as the ability to upload hundreds of photos to accompany their page. Anyone can register as a user, and contribute to the site as well as enjoy its content, however those users enrolled in PRO have greater access and privileges. IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and computer programmer Col Needham entitled Those Eyes, others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started an Actors List, while Dave Knight began a Directors List, and Andy Krieg took over THE LIST from Hank Driskill, which would later be renamed the Actress List. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, the goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein. On October 17,1990, Needham developed and posted a collection of Unix shell scripts which could be used to search the four lists, at the time, it was known as the rec. arts. movies movie database
