question: who won the medals in men's figure skating 2018

answers: Yuzuru Hanyu

answers: Javier Fernández

answers: Shoma Uno

title: Andrei Mozalev

text: Andrei Mozalev Andrei Mikhailovich Mozalev (, born 24 March 2003) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2018 JGP Czech Republic champion. Mozalev was born on 24 March 2003 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Mozalev began learning to skate in 2008. He is coached by Kirill Davydenko. In November 2016 Mozalev made his international junior level debut at the 2016 Volvo Open Cup where he won the gold medal. Three weeks later he won another gold medal at the 2016 NRW Trophy. In November 2017 Mozalev won his 3rd international gold medal at the 2017 Tallinn Trophy. At the 2018

title: Mikhail Kolyada

text: won his 2nd consecutive Russian figure skating title, and despite errors won bronze for the 2nd consecutive year at the European Figure Skating Championships. He was selected to skate both programs for Team Russia in the Olympic Team Figure Skating event, helping the Olympic Athletes of Russia to the Team Silver medal. He won the bronze medal at the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships in Milan, Italy, being 2nd after the short, but dropping to 3rd after errors in the long. Kolyada started his season by competing in two ISU Challenger Series events. In mid September he won the gold

title: Roman Savosin

text: won the silver medal at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships after placing 6th in the short program and 2nd in the free skate. In March 2018 Savosin competed at the 2018 Junior Worlds where he placed 5th after placing 12th in the short program and 5th in the free skate. Savosin started his season by competing in the 2018 JGP series. At his first JGP event of the season he placed 5th in Bratislava, Slovakia. At his 2nd JGP event he won the bronze medal in Linz, Austria. In late November Savosin finished 5th at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy.

title: Artur Danielian

text: In February 2018, he won the bronze medal at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships. In March, Danielian competed at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria; he won the silver medal, behind teammate Alexey Erokhov, after placing 8th in the short program and second in the free skate. Danielian started his season by competing in the 2018 JGP series. At his first JGP event of the season he placed 5th in Ljubljana, Slovenia. At his 2nd JGP event he placed 4th in Yerevan, Armenia. "CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix" "Small medals for short and free programs awarded

title: Paul Fentz

text: in the men's event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. "GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix" Paul Fentz Paul Fentz (born 8 September 1992) is a German figure skater. He has won four senior international medals and is the 2018 German national champion. He has competed in the final segment at four ISU Championships. Fentz began appearing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2008–09 season. His senior international debut came at the 2011 Triglav Trophy. In the 2011–12 season, he won the silver medal at the 2012 German Championships and

title: Alexander Samarin

text: at the 2017 Skate Canada and placed 4th at the 2017 Internationaux de France. In December 2017 Samarin competed at the 2018 Russian Championships where he won the silver medal behind Mikhail Kolyada. In January 2018 he competed at the 2018 European Championships where he placed 6th. Samarin started his season at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy where he finished 5th. In his Grand Prix events, he placed 4th at 2018 Skate Canada and 3rd at 2018 Internationaux de France. In early December Samarin competed at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb where he won the bronze medal.

title: Deniss Vasiļjevs

text: 5th in the free skate and climbed to 6th overall. He went on to win gold at Cup of Tyrol for the second time. In December, Vasiļjevs won his 3rd national title, and along with Diāna Ņikitina, was subsequently selected to represent Latvia in figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics. At the 2018 European Championships in January, he placed 3rd in the short program and earned a small bronze medal. He was 5th in the free skating after falling on a downgraded quad toeloop and finished 4th, matching the record finishes of Angelīna Kučvaļska and Konstantīns Kostins at previous

title: Andrei Lazukin

text: medal. In early November he placed 6th at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. Two weeks later he finished 7th at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup. "GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix" Andrei Lazukin Andrei Olegovich Lazukin (, born 19 November 1997) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2015 Bavarian Open champion, 2017 Triglav Trophy silver medalist, and 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy bronze medalist. Earlier in his career, he won gold at the 2014 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Germany. Andrei Olegovich Lazukin was born on 19 November 1997 in Tolyatti, Russia. Lazukin began learning

title: Dmitri Aliev

text: compete at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy but withdrew due to ankle inflammation . In October 2017 Aliev made his debut at the Grand Prix series. He placed 6th at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup and 8th at the 2017 NHK Trophy. He then won his first ISU Challenger Series gold medalt at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy. He came in third in the 2018 Russian Nationals. In January 2018 he won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championship after placing 2nd in both the short program and the free skate. At the Europeans he scored his personal best

title: Deniss Vasiļjevs

text: Deniss Vasiļjevs Deniss Vasiļjevs (born 9 August 1999) is a Latvian figure skater. He is the 2016 Youth Olympics silver medallist. He is also the 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy bronze medalist, the 2016-17 and 2017-18 Cup of Tyrol champion, the 2018 Minsk-Arena Ice Star champion, and a three-time Latvian national champion. He finished in the top ten at the 2017 European Championships, in the top five at the 2018 European Championships and in the top ten at the 2018 World Championships. Earlier in his career, Vasiļjevs won two silver medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. He is

title: Ivan Bukin

text: won two bronze medals in the Grand Prix series, the first bronze came at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup and the 2nd bronze came at the 2017 Internationaux de France. They then won the silver medal at the 2018 Russian Championships. A month later they won the Bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships after placing 2nd in the short dance and 3rd in the free dance. They weren't sent to the 2018 Winter Olympics because it was announced by the Russian Figure Skating Federation on 23 January 2018 that the International Olympic Committee did not invite Bukin to compete at

title: Dmitri Aliev

text: Dmitri Aliev Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev (, born 1 June 1999) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2018 European silver medalist and 2018 Russian national bronze medalist. He is also the 2017 World Junior silver medalist, the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time medalist at the 2016 Youth Olympics (bronze in the men's singles discipline and gold in the team event), and a two-time (2016, 2017) Russian national junior champion. Dmitri Sergeyevich Aliev was born on 1 June 1999 in Ukhta, Komi Republic, Russia. His father, Sergey, is the director of a skating club in Ukhta. Having

title: Jin Boyang

text: Chinese athlete competing in men's single skating in Olympic history so far. At the 2018 World Championships, he placed fourth in the short program but dropped to 19th overall after ranking 23rd in the free skate. "GP: Grand Prix"; "CS: Challenger Series"; "JGP: Junior Grand Prix" "Small medals for short and free programs are awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals are awarded for team results only." Jin Boyang Jin Boyang (; ; born October 3, 1997) is a Chinese figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist (2016–2017), the 2018 Four Continentschampion, the 2017 Asian Winter

title: Felipe Montoya

text: PyeongChang, South Korea. He placed 29th in the short program. Felipe Montoya Andrés Felipe Montoya Pulgarín (born 30 August 1990) is a Spanish competitive figure skater. He has won seven international medals and is an eight-time Spanish national medalist, having won two silver and six bronze medals. He finished within the top twenty at two European Championships (2016, 2018) and placed 29th at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Montoya was born on 30 August 1990 in Pereira, Colombia. He moved to Spain when he was eight years old. Montoya began learning to skate in 2003. He trained at Txuri-Berri Club de

title: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's singles

text: With his victory at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Yuzuru Hanyu became the first male figure skater to win two consecutive gold medals after Dick Button, who did so in 1952. Fellow countryman Shoma Uno won the silver medal, and Spain's Javier Fernández won the bronze medal.  Fernández won Spain's first figure skating medal and fourth medal at the Winter Olympics.

title: Nathan Chen

text: Nathan Chen Nathan Chen (born May 5, 1999) is an American figure skater who competes in the men's singles discipline. He is the 2018 World champion, the 2018 Winter Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, the 2017 Four Continents champion, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion (2017, 2018), and a two-time U.S. national champion (2017, 2018). Chen is the first and currently only skater competing with five quadruple jumps: toe loop, salchow, loop, flip and lutz. Nathan Chen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and he has four older siblings. He attended West High School in Salt Lake

title: Oleksii Bychenko

text: ranked third in the short program, 9th in the free skate, and 5th overall at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In March, he placed 11th in the short, 12th in the free, and 10th overall at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Due to his result, Israel qualified two spots in the men's event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Bychenko competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Men's Single Figure Skating in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and served as Israel's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. Bychenko finished the men’s figure

title: Artur Dmitriev Jr.

text: debut at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup where he placed 10th. A week later he skated his 2nd GP event at the 2016 Trophée de France where he placed 9th. In December 2016 he placed 8th at the 2017 Russian Championships. In February 2017 he competed at the 2017 Winter Universiade where he finished 4th. In the 2017–18 season, he won the bronze medal at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and finished 5th at the 2018 Russian Championships. In the 2018–19 season, he started his season at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy where he won the bronze medal. At

title: Keiji Tanaka

text: 8th at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy after placing 4th in the short program and 9th in the free skate. He received two Grand Prix assignments, 2017 Rostelecom Cup and 2017 Cup of China. He withdrew from the first event due to a muscle injury in his right hip-pelvic area. In December, Tanaka won his second National silver medal, and was named to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships. At the 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Tanaka set new personal bests in the short program,

title: Zhang He (figure skater)

text: overall. "GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix" Zhang He (figure skater) Zhang He (; November 5, 1996) is a Chinese figure skater. He is the 2018 Chinese national silver medalist. He has won six ISU Junior Grand Prix medals and has competed at four World Junior Championships, placing as high as 6th. Zhang debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in 2010, placing 9th and 10th in his two events. The next season, he won his first medal, silver in Latvia, and placed 5th in his other event in Austria. He was sent to his first World

title: Artur Danielian

text: only at ISU Championships." Artur Danielian Artur Ashotovich Danielian (, born 17 December 2003) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2018 World Junior silver medalist and 2018 Russian junior national bronze medalist. Danielian was born on 17 December 2003 in Volgograd, Russia. He is the youngest of three children. Danielian began learning to skate in 2008, after an ice rink opened near his home in Volgograd. In 2016, he moved to Moscow and joined CSKA Moscow. Marina Selitskaia and Elena Buianova became his coaches. In September 2017, Danielian competed at his first Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignment, placing

title: Matteo Rizzo

text: Matteo Rizzo Matteo Rizzo (born 5 September 1998) is an Italian figure skater. He is the 2018 World Junior bronze medalist and 2017 JGP Italy champion. On the senior level, he is the 2018 NHK Trophy bronze medalist and 2018 Italian national champion, and has won three ISU Challenger Series medals, including gold at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup. He represented Italy at the 2018 Winter Olympics, qualifying to the free skate and finishing 21st overall. Matteo Rizzo was born on 5 September 1998 in Rome. His parents, Brunilde Bianchi and Valter Rizzo, and sister, Francesca Rizzo, all competed in

title: Zhang He (figure skater)

text: Zhang He (figure skater) Zhang He (; November 5, 1996) is a Chinese figure skater. He is the 2018 Chinese national silver medalist. He has won six ISU Junior Grand Prix medals and has competed at four World Junior Championships, placing as high as 6th. Zhang debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in 2010, placing 9th and 10th in his two events. The next season, he won his first medal, silver in Latvia, and placed 5th in his other event in Austria. He was sent to his first World Junior Championships, finishing 6th. In 2012–13, Zhang missed

title: Ilia Skirda

text: Ilia Skirda Ilia Valeryevich Skirda (, born 21 September 2002) is a Russian figure skater who competes in men's singles. He has won two silver medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. Skirda skated at Sokolniki Sports school before relocating to Sambo 70 skating club in 2013. He finished 7th at his first junior nationals, in 2015. After a year, he finished 4th at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships, behind Roman Savosin. In August 2016, at age 13, Skirda made his international debut at the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) competition in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France. Ranked 9th in the short

title: Matteo Rizzo

text: Junior Grand Prix" "Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only." Matteo Rizzo Matteo Rizzo (born 5 September 1998) is an Italian figure skater. He is the 2018 World Junior bronze medalist and 2017 JGP Italy champion. On the senior level, he is the 2018 NHK Trophy bronze medalist and 2018 Italian national champion, and has won three ISU Challenger Series medals, including gold at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup. He represented Italy at the 2018 Winter Olympics, qualifying to the free skate and finishing 21st overall.

title: Mitsuki Sumoto

text: Croatia. His results qualified him for the 2017-18 Junior Grand Prix Final. He won the 2017–18 Japanese Junior National title in November, placing first in both segments of the competition. At the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final, Sumoto won the bronze medal, placing third in both the short program and the free skate. He placed 6th on the senior level at the 2017-18 Japan Figure Skating Championships, and was assigned to the 2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, where he placed third in the short program and ninth in the free skate, finishing in ninth place overall. Sumoto revealed that

title: Vladimir Morozov (figure skater)

text: started their season by competing at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy, where they won the gold medal. At their first Grand Prix assignment, the 2018 Skate America, they placed first in both segments to win the gold medal. They outscored the silver medalists, their teammates Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin, by about 25 points. Tarasova said they were "happy that we’re halfway in the Final." In mid-November they competed at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup where they won their second Grand Prix gold medal of the season. Again they were ranked first in both programs and beat the silver medalist, Nicole

title: Daniel Samohin

text: that they were not yet consistent for him. In March 2017 he won the bronze medal at the Cup of Tyrol in Innsbruck, Austria. He also won a bronze medal in the ISU CS Minsk Arena Ice Star 2017, in Minsk, Belarus. Samohin withdrew from the 2017 Skate America in November 2017, after dislocating his left shoulder when he fell on a quad Salchow. He noted: "I like to take risks, because I skate for Israel." He competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Men's Singles Figure Skating in Pyeongchang, South Korea, at the age of 19. He

title: Nikita Katsalapov

text: where they won the bronze medal. At their GP events they first placed 4th at the 2017 NHK Trophy and then they won the bronze medal at the 2017 Skate America. At the 2018 Russian Championships they had to withdrew after the short dance. Sinitsina/Katsalapov started their season at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy where they won the gold medal with a personal best score of 196.42 points. In late October they won the silver medal at the 2018 Skate Canada. In late November they won their second Grand Prix silver medal of the season at the 2018 Internationaux

title: Sergei Voronov (figure skater)

text: Voronov competed in two Challenger events. His first event was 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy where he won the silver medal behind his teammate Mikhail Kolyada. He then skated at the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star where he won the gold medal. In November 2017 Voronov won his first Grand Prix series gold medal when he won the 2017 NHK Trophy with a personal best score of 271.12 points. He then won the bronze medal at the 2017 Skate America. These results qualified him to the 2017–18 Grand Prix Final where he placed 4th after placing 5th in the short

short_answers:
Javier Fernández
Shoma Uno
Yuzuru Hanyu


question: the first permanent european settlement on future united states soil was located where

answers: Jamestown

answers: St. Augustine

answers: Puerto Rico

title: Parkwood, Philadelphia

text: Before the first permanent European settlement of the area in the 17th century, Native American inhabited the area, including the Algonquian and Iroquois nations The dominant Algonquian group, the Lenni-Lenape, settled in this area because of the proximity to the Poquessing Creek, where fishing, hunting, and water resources were readily accessible. Despite their dependence on water, the Lenape created well established paths to major features in the region. Early explorers and European settlers, who arrived in the 17th century, utilized these paths, which became wagon trails and major highways such as Knights Road, Bristol Pike and Roosevelt Boulevard. In 1645,

title: Marietta, Ohio

text: outpost built three years prior. Bringing with them the first government sanctioned by the US for this area, they established the first permanent United States settlement in the Northwest Territory. (Older European settlements in the Northwest Territory region include Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 1668; Detroit, 1701; Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, 1720; and Vincennes, Indiana, 1732, all settled by ethnic French colonists from Canada.) The Americans named Marietta in honor of Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France, who had aided the colonies in their battle for independence from Great Britain. The Indians were unhappy to see white settlers moving into their

title: North Carolina

text: I granted a charter to Sir Walter Raleigh, for whom the state capital is named, for land in present-day North Carolina (then part of the territory of Virginia). It was the second American territory which the English attempted to colonize. Raleigh established two colonies on the coast in the late 1580s, but both failed. The fate of the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke Island remains one of the most widely debated mysteries of American history. Virginia Dare, the first English child to be born in North America, was born on Roanoke Island on August 18, 1587; Dare County is named for

title: Spanish assault on French Florida

text: the first permanent European settlement in what is now the continental United States. By the doctrine of "uti possidetis de facto", or "effective occupation", they legitimized their claim to Florida, stretching from the Panuco River on the Gulf of Mexico up the Atlantic coast to Chesapeake Bay, leaving England and France to establish their own colonies in regions farther north. Jean Ribault founded his colony at Port Royal in 1562, having previously come upon the St. Johns, which he called "la Rivière de Mai" (the River of May), because he saw it on the first of that month. Two years

title: St. Johns River

text: was the location of the first permanent European settlement in what would become the United States, it was the last U.S. territory on the east coast to be developed; it remained an undeveloped frontier into the 20th century. When attention was turned to the state, however, much of the land was rapidly overdeveloped in a national zeal for progress. The St. Johns, like many Florida rivers, was altered to make way for agricultural and residential centers. It suffered severe pollution and human interference that has diminished the natural order of life in and around the river. In all, 3.5 million

title: Parris Island, South Carolina

text: Europeans in 1562, when members of a French expedition led by Jean Ribaut temporarily settled on the island. This was the first semi-permanent European settlement in what are considered now the United States. Four years later, a town named Santa Elena was founded here by Spanish Conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. It was the capital of La Florida from 1566 to 1587, during which time Spanish explorers sailed from Santa Elena to explore the Tennessee valley and Chesapeake Bay. An expedition also traveled overland into the interior to western North Carolina and points west. Parris Island was captured by the

title: Delaware Colony

text: the shoreline of what would become Delaware for inclusion in the New Netherland colony. Initial Dutch settlement was centered up river at Fort Nassau at Big Timber Creek south of what is now Gloucester City, New Jersey. Neither the Dutch nor the English showed any early interest in establishing any kind of settlement on this land. The first true attempt to settle Europeans in the territories that would become the State of Delaware was not made until 1629 when agents of the Dutch West India Company Gillis Hossitt and Jacob Jansz arrived to negotiate with the Native Americans to "purchase"

title: Poesten Kill

text: and its tributaries. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Mohicans occupied the land through which the Poesten Kill flows. The first permanent European settlement in the area was Fort Orange, a trading post built by the Dutch West India Company in 1624, about south of the mouth of the creek. However, the mouth of the Poesten Kill at the Hudson is said to be first genuine European frontier settlement outside the barricades of Fort Orange. The land making up much of current-day Albany and Rensselaer counties was sold by the Mohicans in 1630 to Kiliaen van Rensselaer, a Dutch

title: History of Indianapolis

text: to establish a permanent seat of state government. Two years later, under the Treaty of St. Mary's (1818), the Delaware relinquished title to their tribal lands in central Indiana and agreed to leave the area by 1821. This tract of land, which was called the New Purchase, included the site selected for the new state capital in 1820. The availability of new federal lands for purchase in central Indiana attracted settlers, many of them descendants of families from northwestern Europe. Although many of these first European and American setters were Protestants, a large proportion of the early Irish and German

title: Fairlawn (Washington, D.C.)

text: visit the region in A.D. 1612, naming the river the "Nacotchtank". War and disease decimated the Nacochtank, and during the last 25 years of the 17th century the tribe ceased to exist as a functional unit and its few remaining members merged with other local Piscataway Indian tribes. European settlement in Southeast Washington first occurred in 1662 at Blue Plains (now the site of the city's sewage treatment plant just to the west of the modern neighborhood of Bellevue), and at St. Elizabeth (now the site of St. Elizabeths Hospital psychiatric hospital) and Giesborough (now called Barry Farm) in 1663.

title: Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

text: distinction of being the site of the first recorded European settlement in Pennsylvania. Fort Nya Gothenborg, located on the South River, was settled by colonial Swedes in 1643. It served as capital of the New Sweden colony, under the rule of Royal Governor Johan Björnsson Printz. Governor Printz built his manor house, The Printzhof, on Tinicum Island, from which he administered the colony. The original Lenape called the place "Tin-eek Unk". The township is the site of the Philadelphia Lazaretto, the first quarantine hospital in the United States. It and the Printzhof are listed on the National Register of Historic

title: History of Georgia (U.S. state)

text: attempted to establish a colony on an island, possibly near St. Catherines Island. It was during this colonial attempt, known as San Miguel de Guadalupe, that the first Catholic Mass took place in the present-day United States. From 1539 to 1542 Hernando de Soto, a Spanish "conquistador" led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day southern United States searching for gold, and a passage to China. A vast undertaking, de Soto's North American expedition ranged across parts of the modern states of Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas and included traversing

title: New York City

text: roughly north, past the site of the present-day New York State capital city of Albany, in the belief that it might be an oceanic tributary before the river became too shallow to continue. He made a ten-day exploration of the area and claimed the region for the Dutch East India Company. In 1614, the area between Cape Cod and Delaware Bay was claimed by the Netherlands and called "Nieuw-Nederland" (New Netherland). The first non-Native American inhabitant of what would eventually become New York City was Juan Rodriguez (transliterated to Dutch as "Jan Rodrigues"), a merchant from Santo Domingo. Born in

title: Washington, Connecticut

text: Washington, Connecticut Archeological evidence suggests that Native Americans first settled along the banks of the Shepaug River about 10,000 years ago, following the conclusion of the last ice age. Before the arrival of European settlers, the lands today comprising Washington were inhabited by the Wyantenock tribe. In 1734, Joseph Hurlbut settled the eastern section of what is now Washington, marking the beginning of the town's inhabitation by Colonists. The area around the Hurlbut homestead came to be known as the Judea Parish, a name preserved in the still active Judea Cemetery. It was initially part of Woodbury. In 1746, when

title: Colonial history of the United States

text: Spain established several small outposts in Florida in the early 16th century. The most important of these was St. Augustine, founded in 1565 but repeatedly attacked and burned by pirates, privateers, and English forces.  Its buildings survived, even as nearly all the Spanish left. It claims to be the oldest European settlement in the continental United States.

title: Bergen Township, New Jersey (1661–1862)

text: his efforts regain a foothold on the North River's western shore and expand beyond New Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan, under the condition that a garrison be built. It is the first permanent European settlement and oldest municipality in what would become the state of New Jersey. It became and remained the seat of government for the province until 1709, when the British moved it to Hackensack, which was seen as more centrally located. In 1664, a negotiated surrender gave control of New Netherland to the English and on September 22, 1668, the original town charter was confirmed

title: Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón

text: approximately 15 km north, near Pawleys Island. They found the area unsuitable, and Ayllón decided to move further south. Some accounts say that some settlers took an overland voyage, while others left on a new boat built at the temporary settlement. If true, this would probably have been the earliest example of European-style boat building in what is now the United States. Heading southward, likely by both land and sea, the group reunited. On October 8, 1526, they established the short-lived colony of San Miguel de Guadalupe, the first European settlement in the present United States, probably at or near

title: Territories of the United States on stamps

text: formation. The landmark setting is taken from Franconia Notch, NH, with the state motto, "Live Free or Die" below. Kentucky's first settlement 200th anniversary was commemorated with a 10-cent stamp on June 15, 1974. Fort Harrod was the first permanent settlement founded by James Harrod. The scene depicts two settler's wagons approaching the fort. Settlement of the Northwest Territory under the Ordinance of 1787 was celebrated on its 150th anniversary by a 3-cent stamp on July 15, 1938. The first permanent place was Marietta, Ohio. The Territory included Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. The stamp features

title: Territorial evolution of North America since 1763

text: the second permanent Russian settlement in Alaska (after Unalaska) on the island's Three Saints Bay. Delegates from the North Carolina counties of Washington, Sullivan, Spencer (now Hawkins) and Greene — all in present-day Tennessee — convened in the town of Jonesborough and declared the lands the State of Frankland, independent of North Carolina. A constitution modeled on that of North Carolina was adopted with few changes, and the state name was changed to "Franklin". By 1790, the state government had collapsed entirely and the territory was again firmly under the control of North Carolina. In 1789, in attempt to assert

title: North Manitou Island

text: to reach the shore - the Sleeping Bear Dunes. Most archeologists believe early habitation by Native Americans was only temporary due to the island's scarcity of natural resources and the abundance of resources on the mainland. Despite this, there are signs of activity by Native Americans and some of the earliest archeological sites ever found in Michigan are located there. This includes seven sites, mostly on the east side. These sites date back to between 8,000 and 600 BC. Items found include: stone and flint tools, a copper awl, pottery and the remains of a canoe. The initial European settlements

title: South Fayette Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

text: of a stream that would be named Millers Run. Before later emigrating to Kentucky, Miller sold an expansive tract of land to a land speculator named Campbell for a pair of shoes. The first permanent settler was Christian Lesnett, a German immigrant who came from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1770. In 1770, George Washington is believed to have acquired of land from his neighbor John Posey in exchange for forgiveness of debt. Washington was an absentee landlord and treated the property as a land investment. Today, this parcel of land includes what is now known as the Hickory Heights community located

title: Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

text: Susquehannock to the west along with devastating smallpox and measles epidemics had significantly reduced their numbers. The first permanent Europeans settlers arrived in late 1653 with a group from New Sweden. Soon after, in 1655, New Sweden was taken over by the Dutch, and then came under English rule in October 1664 as part England's overall conquest of New Amsterdam. The region was controlled as a possession of the English king until it was included in a large land grant to William Penn in 1681. Upon Penn's founding of the colony of Pennsylvania the next year, the area was designated

title: History of the United States

text: the Mississippi River, the Grand Canyon and the Great Plains. In 1540, Hernando de Soto undertook an extensive exploration of the Southeast. In 1540, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado explored from Arizona to central Kansas. Small Spanish settlements eventually grew to become important cities, such as San Antonio, Texas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Tucson, Arizona; Los Angeles, California; and San Francisco, California. New Netherland was a 17th-century Dutch colony centered on present-day New York City and the Hudson River Valley; the Dutch traded furs with the Native Americans to the north. The colony served as a barrier to expansion from New England.

title: Norwood, Ohio

text: the first permanent settlement on the banks of the Ohio River in what would later become Cincinnati was established. In 1793, General "Mad Anthony" Wayne led several companies of troops from Fort Washington in Cincinnati to advance against a hostile tribe of Native Americans encamped on the banks of the nearby Millcreek in what is now St. Bernard. Historians believe that a company of troops under the direction of General Wayne made their way through Norwood during this campaign and widened an old Native American trail, which followed the path of present-day Smith Road, Montgomery Road, and Carthage Avenue. In

title: East Jersey

text: included Pavonia (1633), Vriessendael (1640) and Achter Col (1642) These settlements were compromised in Kieft's War (1643–1645) and the Peach Tree War (1655–1660). Settlers again returned to the western shores of the Hudson River in the 1660 formation of Bergen, New Netherland, which would become the first permanent European settlement in the territory of the modern state of New Jersey. During the Second Anglo-Dutch War, on August 27, 1664, New Amsterdam surrendered to English forces. Between 1664 and 1674 most settlement was from other parts of the Americas, especially New England, Long Island, and the West Indies. Elizabethtown and Newark

title: La Porte, Indiana

text: of the purchasers of the site, constructed the first sawmill in that year. The first settler arrived in October, building a permanent cabin just north of what would become the courthouse square. After the US extinguished land claims by the Potowatomi and other historic tribes of the area by treaty and removal to Indian Territory, in 1833 a Federal Land Office was established in La Porte. People would come to this office from newly established surrounding counties to buy land from the government, including Solon Robinson, founder of Crown Point. The office was moved to Winamac in 1839. By 1835

title: Paulins Kill

text: and the Lenape roots "hannek" meaning "stream" and the suffix "-ong" denoting "place". The first human settlement along the Paulins Kill was by early Native Americans circa 8,000–10,000 BC at the close of the last ice age (known as the Wisconsin glaciation). At the time of the first settlement by emigrating Europeans in this region, it was populated by the Munsee tribe of the Lenni Lenape (or Delaware) Indians. Artifacts (often of stone, clay or bone) of the Native American culture are often found in nearby farm fields and at the site of their ancient villages. Typically, early European settlement

title: Washington, Connecticut

text: revival. Portions of the 1981 horror movie "Friday the 13th, Part 2", were filmed in New Preston. Washington, Connecticut Archeological evidence suggests that Native Americans first settled along the banks of the Shepaug River about 10,000 years ago, following the conclusion of the last ice age. Before the arrival of European settlers, the lands today comprising Washington were inhabited by the Wyantenock tribe. In 1734, Joseph Hurlbut settled the eastern section of what is now Washington, marking the beginning of the town's inhabitation by Colonists. The area around the Hurlbut homestead came to be known as the Judea Parish, a

title: Hispanophone

text: nation's total population by the year 2050. Historically, a continuous Hispanic presence in the territory of the United States has existed since the 16th century, earlier than any other group after the Amerindians. Spaniards pioneered the present-day United States. The first confirmed European landing on the continent was that of Juan Ponce de León, who landed in 1513 on the shore he christened "La Florida". Within three decades of Ponce de León's landing, the Spanish became the first Europeans to reach the Appalachian Mountains, the Mississippi River, the Grand Canyon, and the Great Plains. Spanish ships sailed along the East

title: Corn Island (Kentucky)

text: The island was flooded by the construction of a dam in the 1920s. It now lies permanently underwater. Corn Island was first surveyed in 1773 by Thomas Bullitt's party and called "Dunmore's Island" (after John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, Crown Governor of Virginia). Surveying expeditions like this helped to provoke Dunmore's War the following year. During the American Revolutionary War, the island was settled on May 27, 1778 by George Rogers Clark's militia and 60 civilian settlers, who remained behind when Clark's party departed on June 24. Clark established the farming colony on the island as a communication post

title: Colonial history of the United States


question: who played violet in a series of unfortunate events netflix

answers: Malina Weissman

title: A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series)

text: age and change, we're trying to film everything as quickly as possible." In March 2017, Netflix revealed the series had been renewed for a second season by releasing a video on their social media pointing to a viral marketing website, where a letter written by Snicket revealed the decision. A month later, the series was "quietly" renewed for a third season, which Harris confirmed would be the final one for the series. On December 3, 2015, an open casting call was announced for the roles of Violet and Klaus Baudelaire. In January 2016, Netflix announced that Neil Patrick Harris had

text: whom Netflix contracted to make a title sequence for the series after the video's popularity, though they did not go ahead with the concept. In October 2016, Netflix released the first teaser trailer for "A Series of Unfortunate Events", where Warburton narrates the events of the series as Lemony Snicket. A trailer, featuring footage from the series and Neil Patrick Harris's character, Count Olaf, was released by Netflix in November 2016, followed shortly by the first full trailer. The second trailer was released in December 2016, followed by a "holiday-themed" trailer from Count Olaf leading fans to a viral marketing

text: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (also simply known as A Series of Unfortunate Events) is a 2004 American gothic dark comedy film directed by Brad Silberling. It is a film adaptation of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket, covering the first three novels "The Bad Beginning", "The Reptile Room", and "The Wide Window". The film stars Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Timothy Spall, Catherine O'Hara, Billy Connolly, Cedric the Entertainer, Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Coolidge and Meryl Streep, as well as Jude Law as Lemony Snicket (the pen name

title: A Series of Unfortunate Events

text: A Series of Unfortunate Events A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of thirteen novels by Lemony Snicket, the pen name of American author Daniel Handler. Although they are classified "children's novels", the books often have a dark, mysterious feeling to them. The books follow the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. After their parents' death in a fire, the children are placed in the custody of a murderous relative, Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inheritance and, later, orchestrates numerous disasters with the help of his accomplices as the children attempt to flee. As the

text: website for the fictional Valorous Farms Dairy, which featured four holiday e-cards for download. As part of the marketing for the third season, Netflix released a YouTube trailer of Count Olaf and Lemony Snicket on November 13, 2018 giving alternative accounts of the events of the previous seasons, with the former describing them as a series of "learning experiences" and the latter as a "series of unfortunate events." On December 10, Netflix released a second YouTube trailer, featuring Allison Williams as Kit Snicket and introducing Richard E. Grant as the villainous "Man with a Beard but No Hair" and Beth

title: A Series of Unfortunate Events

text: 76 Pick", and "The Grim Grotto" is an Amazon.com Customers' Favorite. A Series of Unfortunate Events A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of thirteen novels by Lemony Snicket, the pen name of American author Daniel Handler. Although they are classified "children's novels", the books often have a dark, mysterious feeling to them. The books follow the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. After their parents' death in a fire, the children are placed in the custody of a murderous relative, Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inheritance and, later, orchestrates numerous disasters with the help

title: Louis Hynes

text: Louis Hynes Louis Oliver Hynes (born 9 October 2001) is an English actor. He is best known for his leading role as Klaus Baudelaire in the Netflix series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" series in 2017. Louis Hynes was born and raised in Oxford, England, the middle of three children. Hynes plays bass guitar when he is not acting. He loves live music and goes to gigs as often as possible. He lives with his parents, Andrew and Lisa Hynes, his elder brother Milo, and younger sister Lara just outside Oxford. Hynes began his career in an acclaimed performance as

text: casting of Patrick Warburton as Lemony Snicket, and Aasif Mandvi as Uncle Monty. In September 2016, it was revealed that Dylan Kingwell and Avi Lake were cast as the Quagmire siblings, Duncan and Isadora, respectively. In November 2016, Handler revealed Catherine O'Hara, Don Johnson, and Alfre Woodard had been cast as Dr. Georgina Orwell, Sir, and Aunt Josephine, respectively; O'Hara had previously portrayed Justice Strauss in the 2004 film adaptation of "A Series of Unfortunate Events". It was also revealed that Presley Smith would play Sunny Baudelaire, whose quasi-nonsensical lines are voiced by Tara Strong, and Rhys Darby would play

title: A Series of Unfortunate Events

text: of the 13th book, The End. Author Daniel Handler will serve as a writer and executive producer. On September 4, 2015, it was announced that filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld and "True Blood" showrunner Mark Hudis had agreed to helm the series. Hudis would serve as showrunner, Sonnenfeld as director, and both as executive producers. Daniel Handler is penning the scripts. On December 3, 2015, an open casting call was announced for the roles of Violet and Klaus Baudelaire, with the casting call confirming that the series would begin production in March 2016. In January 2016, Netflix announced that Hudis had left

title: Daniel Handler

text: Fields. He has gone on to play accordion in several other Merritt projects, including music by The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths and The Gothic Archies, the last of which provided songs for the audiobooks in the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" children's book series. On October 10, 2006, an album by the Gothic Archies was released with all thirteen songs from the thirteen audiobooks in "A Series of Unfortunate Events", along with two bonus songs. In the audio commentary on the film adaptation "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events", Handler plays a song about how depressing it is to

title: Emily Browning

text: and Orlando Bloom in 2003's "Ned Kelly", and reunited with Connolly the following year in the film adaptation of "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events", in which she played Violet Baudelaire. In 2006, Browning appeared in the music video for Evermore's "Light Surrounding You". In the behind-the-scenes video for the clip, the band stated, "[We] suck as actors, so we decided to get Emily". She attended the L'Oreal Fashion Festival as a festival ambassador on 1 February 2007. Browning played the lead role in the 2009 horror film "The Uninvited", an American remake of the 2003 South Korean film

title: Cleo King

text: Netflix's adaptation of "A Series of Unfortunate Events", which premiered in 2017. Cleo King Cleo King (born Harriet Cleo King; August 21, 1962) is an American character actress, best known for her roles on television. King was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was the youngest of seven children in her family. She graduated from University of Missouri and later moved to New York to pursue an acting career, appearing on stage productions. In mid-1990s, King moved to Los Angeles, California, when she began appearing on television shows such as "The Wayans Bros.", "Living Single", "Malcolm & Eddie", "Murphy Brown",

text: Media outlets were almost unanimous in agreement that the trailer was fan-made. However, Caitlin Petrakovitz of CNET argued that the trailer may be real and that Netflix's carefully worded denial was a marketing campaign, noting the user name "Eleanora Poe" being the same as a character from the series, and that a vinyl record seen in the trailer was of The Gothic Archies, a band who provided the theme music for the audio books of "A Series of Unfortunate Events". The trailer was later revealed to be a spec promo, similar to a spec script, by an independent commercial director,

title: Catherine O'Hara

text: Comedy Series, at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016 and the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. Her other notable television appearances include the recurring roles of Dr. Georgina Orwell in the Netflix series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" and Carol Ward in "Six Feet Under", and the voices of Jackie Martin in "Glenn Martin, DDS", Miss Malone in "The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley", Kaossandra in "Skylanders Academy" and Liz Larsen in "Committed". She has also hosted "Saturday Night Live" twice during her career, and made numerous guest appearances on sitcoms, variety shows, and late night television.

text: for the destruction of Josephine's house, landscape shots of Lake Lachrymose and some of the more movement heavy Sunny Baudelaire shots. All eight episodes of the first season of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" were released worldwide on Netflix on January 13, 2017, in Ultra HD 4K. The second season was released on March 30, 2018. The third season is slated to be released on January 1, 2019. On July 5, 2015 a video titled "An Unfortunate Teaser" was uploaded to YouTube by a user named "Eleanora Poe". Netflix quickly released a statement saying "This was not released from Netflix."

title: A Series of Unfortunate Events

text: the first three titles in the series, mixing the various events and characters into one story. It was released on December 17, 2004. Directed by Brad Silberling, it stars Jim Carrey as Count Olaf, Meryl Streep as Aunt Josephine, Billy Connolly as Uncle Monty, Emily Browning as Violet, Liam Aiken as Klaus, Timothy Spall as Mr. Poe, and Jude Law as the voice of Lemony Snicket. The film was successful, however it was also criticized because the tone was comical, when the books were solemn and serious with occasional wry humor. Considering the success of the movie, the director and

title: Daniel Handler

text: as Lemony Snicket, he derides the Lemony Snicket in the film – played by Jude Law – as an impostor, as well as choosing to play accordion and sing about leeches rather than pay attention to the film. At numerous times during the track he shows great sympathy towards the Baudelaire children, and implies that he is being held captive by the director in order to do the commentary. Handler was a writer on the Netflix series "A Series of Unfortunate Events", also contributing lyrics to the show's theme song, which varies each episode. The show has won several accolades,

text: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (video game) Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is a game based on the Lemony Snicket book series and the 2004 film of the same name. The game is based primarily on the film, which in turn is based on the plots of the first three books of the series: "The Bad Beginning", "The Reptile Room" and "The Wide Window". Players take the roles of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, solving puzzles, fighting villains and finding objects. Players encounter characters such as Mr. Poe, Uncle Monty and Aunt Josephine, along with villains

title: Lorraine Toussaint

text: Potts in first time as of "Any Day Now" finale in 2002. Toussaint starred in the second season of Netflix's original comedy-drama series, "Orange Is the New Black" in 2014. She played the role of Yvonne "Vee" Parker, the main antagonist of season two, described as a street-tough inmate who returns to jail after a long stint as a drug dealer. Her performance earned massive critical acclaim. In the series Toussaint, in her 50s, appeared nude on-screen for the first time in her career. For her performance, she won Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama

text: Grant as the villainous "Woman with Hair but No Beard". As Netflix does not reveal subscriber viewership numbers for any of their original series, Symphony Technology Group compiled data for the first season based on people using software on their devices that measure television viewing by detecting a program's sound. According to Symphony, 3.755 million viewers age 18-49 were watching an episode of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" over the average minute in its first weekend of release. The first season of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" received critical acclaim. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the season an approval rating

title: Violett Beane

text: Violett Beane Violett Beane (born May 18, 1996) is an American actress, best known for her role as Jesse Wells / Jesse Quick in The CW's "The Flash", as well as Markie Cameron in the 2018 horror film "Truth or Dare". Since 2018, she has starred as Cara Bloom in the CBS television series "God Friended Me". Beane was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. At ten years old, she moved to Austin, Texas, where she grew up and considers her hometown. After moving to Austin, Beane fell in love with performing and took theatre all throughout middle and high school.

title: Violet Turner

text: Violet Turner Dr. Violet Marianne Turner is a fictional character on the American television drama "Private Practice", a spin-off from "Grey's Anatomy". She is portrayed by Amy Brenneman. Violet is a psychiatrist at the Oceanside Wellness Centre. Though she tells her patients that "happiness can be attained with focus", she fails to find any happiness in her own life and she even questions the usefulness of her chosen profession. Six months previously, her boyfriend Allan had ended their romantic relationship, devastating her. The situation was made worse when she ran into Allan in a supermarket, only to discover that he

title: Violett Beane

text: in theaters on April 13, 2018. Beane has starred in the CBS television series "God Friended Me" opposite Brandon Micheal Hall. Beane is vegan and posed nude for PETA in support of that lifestyle. Beane currently resides in New York to film her series "God Friended Me". Violett Beane Violett Beane (born May 18, 1996) is an American actress, best known for her role as Jesse Wells / Jesse Quick in The CW's "The Flash", as well as Markie Cameron in the 2018 horror film "Truth or Dare". Since 2018, she has starred as Cara Bloom in the CBS television

title: Violet Evergarden

text: written by Reiko Yoshida. Akiko Takase designed the characters and Yota Tsuruoka handles the sound direction. The opening theme is "Sincerely" by True while the ending theme is by Minori Chihara. Netflix began streaming the series worldwide on January 11, 2018, except for the United States and Australia, where they began streaming on April 5, 2018. Anime Limited acquired the series for home video distribution in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and premiered the first episode at MCM London Comic Con on October 28, 2017. When the "Violet Evergarden Gaiden" light novel was released, the jacket band announced that a

title: Vanessa Kirby

text: In May that year, it was reported that Kirby was cast as Princess Margaret after a six-month search, in Netflix's first original British series "The Crown" written by Peter Morgan and directed by Stephen Daldry. She was nominated for the BAFTA in 2017, and then went on to win the BAFTA for her performance in season two in 2018. Baz Bamigboye reported Kirby would play Elena in Robert Icke's "Uncle Vanya" at the Almeida Theatre in 2016, for which she won rave reviews, with Matt Trueman of "Variety" writing: "Kirby is a superlative Elena: lithe, fickle, hypocritical, shallow and yet

title: Vicky Jeudy

text: Vicky Jeudy Vicky Jeudy (born January 23) is a Haitian-American actress, known for her role as Janae Watson in the Netflix comedy-drama series, "Orange Is the New Black". Jeudy was born and raised in Queens, New York. She is of Haitian descent. Jeudy graduated from St. John’s Preparatory school in Astoria and studied theatre at State University of New York at New Paltz. During her years in college, she was a top 25 Semifinalist in the Miss New York competition. Jeudy appeared in a number of short films before she landed the recurring role of Janae Watson in the Netflix

title: Thomasin Lawson

text: by Ciaran McConville and produced by GreanTea Productions, as the leading female role: Violet. Throughout her career as a promising young actress, Thomasin has starred in a number of small scale short films. Once studying at Bristol University, Thomasin Lawson became involved with the prestigious performances societies: Dramsoc and Spotlights, however she was also heavily involved in smaller scale society productions thoughtout her first year, playing Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Phedra Cox in Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem (play). Thomasin Lawson Thomasin Miranda "Thomy" Lawson is an English actress, born in Surrey in 1997, currently studying Experimental Psychology in her

title: A Series of Unfortunate Events

text: released on March 30, 2018, and consisted of ten episodes that adapt books five through nine of the novel series. The television series was also renewed for a third and final season, which will air in early 2019 and will also adapt the four remaining books(The Slippery Slope, The Grim Grotto,The Penultimate Peril, and The End. The last season will have 7 episodes, The End only being one episode instead of the standard two episodes. (It is assumed Handler will remain on as screenwriter of the new seasons. "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" is a film adaptation of

text: open to Carrey's idea of improvisation for various scenes, especially the Stephano and Captain Sham alter egos. To make his prosthetic makeup more comfortable and easier to apply, Carrey shaved his head bald for the part. The actor's inspiration for Olaf's voice was combining the voices of Orson Welles and Bela Lugosi. Emily Browning was cast as Violet Baudelaire when she auditioned at a casting call in Australia. She was sent Handler's original script when Barry Sonnenfeld was planning to direct, and she screen tested for the part using an English accent. Browning became a fan of the books after

long_answer: On December 3, 2015, an open casting call was announced for the roles of Violet and Klaus Baudelaire. In January 2016, Netflix announced that Neil Patrick Harris had been cast as Count Olaf and Malina Weissman and Louis Hynes were cast as Violet and Klaus. Handler had first considered Harris for the role of Olaf after seeing him perform the opening number "It's Not Just for Gays Anymore", at the 65th Tony Awards in 2011, noting "I just immediately saw someone who could pull off a million things at once" as was necessary for the character of Olaf, who utilizes various disguises and accents in his quest to steal the Baudelaire fortune.


question: who played the mom in the partridge family

answers: Shirley Mae Jones

title: Suzanne Crough

text: dysplasia, a rare form of cardiomyopathy. Several of Crough's "Partridge Family" co-stars paid tribute to her, including Shirley Jones and Danny Bonaduce. Bonaduce lamented, "Everyone thought I'd be the first Partridge to go. Sadly it was little Tracy. Suzanne was a wonderful lady and a good mom. She will be missed." Suzanne Crough Suzanne J. Crough (March 6, 1963 – April 27, 2015) was an American child actress best known for her role as Tracy Partridge on "The Partridge Family". On "The Partridge Family", Crough played Tracy Partridge, the youngest Partridge sibling, who played the tambourine. After "The Partridge Family",

title: Suzanne Crough

text: Suzanne Crough Suzanne J. Crough (March 6, 1963 – April 27, 2015) was an American child actress best known for her role as Tracy Partridge on "The Partridge Family". On "The Partridge Family", Crough played Tracy Partridge, the youngest Partridge sibling, who played the tambourine. After "The Partridge Family", she made several TV movies and made guest appearances on television shows, including "Mulligan's Stew". Her last credited on-screen role was as Kate in the 1980 TV movie "Children of Divorce". Crough graduated from Los Angeles Pierce College and until 1993 owned and operated a bookstore. She married William Condray in

title: The Partridge Family

text: The Partridge Family The Partridge Family is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones played a widowed mother, and Cassidy played the oldest of her five children who embarked on a music career. It ran from September 25, 1970, until March 23, 1974, on the ABC network as part of a Friday-night lineup, and had subsequent runs in syndication. The family was loosely based on the real-life musical family The Cowsills, a popular band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the pilot episode, a group of musical siblings in the fictitious city of

title: Susan Dey

text: Susan Dey Susan Hallock Dey (born December 10, 1952) is a retired American actress, known for her television roles as Laurie Partridge on the sitcom "The Partridge Family" from 1970 to 1974, and as Grace Van Owen on the drama series "L.A. Law" from 1986 to 1992. A three-time Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for "L.A. Law" in 1988. Dey was born Susan Hallock Dey in Pekin, Illinois, to Ruth Pyle (née Doremus) Dey, a nurse, and Robert Smith Dey, a newspaper editor for

title: Emma Stone

text: sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle", she decided that she was more comfortable with "Emma". She chose to use "Emma" in honor of Emma Bunton, aka Baby Spice from the Spice Girls. She made her television debut as Laurie Partridge on the VH1 talent competition reality show "In Search of the New Partridge Family" (2004). The resulting show, retitled "The New Partridge Family" (2004), remained an unsold pilot. She followed this with a guest appearance in Louis C.K.'s HBO series "Lucky Louie". She auditioned to star as Claire Bennet in the NBC science fiction drama "Heroes" (2007) but was unsuccessful and

title: Whit Bissell

text: the actors' branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board of governors. Bissell was married three times and had three daughters (Kathy Marden, Victoria Brown and Amanda Whiteley) and a stepson, Brian Forster. Forster was the second actor to play the role of Chris Partridge on "The Partridge Family" TV series. Wives: Adrienne Marden (23 November 1938 – 1954) (divorced), two children. Dilys Mary Shan Jukes (5 December 1954 – 11 January 1958) (her death), one child. Jennifer Raine (24 November 1967 – 5 January 1993) (her death). Bissell died in 1996 at the Motion Picture &

title: David Cassidy

text: David Cassidy David Bruce Cassidy (April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017) was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was known for his role as Keith Partridge, the son of Shirley Partridge (played by his stepmother Shirley Jones), in the 1970s musical-sitcom "The Partridge Family", which led to his becoming one of popular culture's teen idols and superstar pop singers of the 1970s. He later had a career in both acting and music. Cassidy was born at Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City, the son of singer and actor Jack Cassidy and actress Evelyn Ward. His

title: Shirley Jones

text: role that ultimately went to her best friend, Florence Henderson, Jones was the producers' first choice to audition for the lead role of Shirley Partridge in "The Partridge Family", an ABC musical sitcom based loosely on the real-life musical family The Cowsills. The series focused on a young widowed mother whose five children form a pop rock group after the entire family painted its signature bus to travel. She was convinced that the combination of music and comedy would be a surefire hit. Jones realized, however, that: During its first season, it became a hit and was screened in over

title: The Partridge Family

text: reinstated at the end of the credits. No U.S. DVD releases contain the epilogue to episode #25 (which does appear on Region 2 & 4 releases), nor the unaired 1969 pilot, nor any episodes of the spin-off series "Getting Together". The Partridge Family The Partridge Family is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones played a widowed mother, and Cassidy played the oldest of her five children who embarked on a music career. It ran from September 25, 1970, until March 23, 1974, on the ABC network as part of a Friday-night lineup, and had

title: The Partridge Family

text: the ongoing series were recorded by music producer Wes Farrell. The Partridge Family songs heard in the show, and on the several Partridge Family singles and albums, were not performed as seen on-screen. Actor David Cassidy sang lead on most of the records, and actor Shirley Jones can be heard on a few. But the other voices and all the instruments were recorded by session musicians. The Partridge Family's instrumental sound was provided by musicians informally known as The Wrecking Crew, who did many of the pop hits of the day attributed to other performers. The actors pretended to play

title: Susan Dey

text: a relationship when production on the show finished, but Cassidy broke it off as he did not reciprocate her feelings. In 1994, Cassidy disclosed details on his relationship with Dey in his autobiography, "C'mon, Get Happy ... Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus". Dey's response was to sever all contact with Cassidy. Susan Dey Susan Hallock Dey (born December 10, 1952) is a retired American actress, known for her television roles as Laurie Partridge on the sitcom "The Partridge Family" from 1970 to 1974, and as Grace Van Owen on the drama series "L.A. Law" from 1986 to

title: Danny Bonaduce

text: played the role of Danny Partridge, a member of the musical Partridge family. In the show, the Partridges were a family band that toured the country in their hip, Mondrian-inspired, painted school bus. Danny Partridge played bass guitar for the band and his younger siblings, Tracy and Chris, contributed to the band as percussionists. The series ran for four seasons, from 1970 to 1974 and, in 2003, Bonaduce was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for his role on the series. Bonaduce's self-titled debut LP was released in 1973 by Lion Records,

title: Alan Napier

text: marriage, actor Jennifer Raine, was the mother of former child actor Brian Forster, best known as "Chris Partridge" on the 1970s television show "The Partridge Family". Napier suffered a stroke in 1987, was hospitalized from June 1988, and had been gravely ill for several days, before his death of natural causes on 8 August 1988, in the Berkeley East Convalescent Hospital in Santa Monica, California. He was 85 years old. Napier was a resident of Pacific Palisades, California. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the garden of his home at 17919 Porto Marina Way in the Pacific

title: Joanna Cassidy

text: Upper East Side socialite and mother-in-law to the show's protagonist Jill Weber (Jill Kargman). On March 12, 2018, Joanna Cassidy appeared in a 30 minute television interview talk show with Host Ken Boxer on "Ken Boxer Live," taped in Santa Barbara, California. Joanna Cassidy Joanna Cassidy (born August 2, 1945) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as the replicant Zhora Salome in Ridley Scott's film "Blade Runner" (1982) and Dolores in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988). She has won a Golden Globe Award, was nominated for three Emmy Awards and also was nominated for a

title: Shirley Jones

text: Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American actress and singer.  In her six decades of show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of well-known musical films, such as Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970–74), which co-starred her real-life stepson David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.

title: Joanna Cassidy

text: Whisperer", "Desperate Housewives", "", and was also seen in the recurring guest role of Amanda Hawthorne, the mother-in-law of Jada Pinkett Smith's eponymous character on the medical drama "Hawthorne". In 2011, Cassidy began to appear in a recurring role on the ABC series "Body of Proof" as Judge Joan Hunt, the mother of Megan Hunt, Dana Delany's character on the series. The series was canceled by ABC after three seasons in May 2013. In 2015, Cassidy was cast as a main character in the Bravo scripted series Odd Mom Out. She plays the role of Candace Von Weber, a snobbish

title: The Partridge Family

text: early development, the Cowsill children were considered by the producers, but because the Cowsills were not trained actors and were too old for the roles as scripted, Slade and Claver abandoned that idea. Shirley Jones had already been signed as mother Shirley Partridge and star of the show. The pilot was filmed in December 1969. This unaired pilot differs from the pilot broadcast in 1970. In the unaired pilot, Shirley's name is "Connie" and she has a boyfriend played by Jones' real-life husband at the time, Jack Cassidy, father of David Cassidy. Laurie mentions her late father once getting drunk

title: The Partridge Family Album

text: album and TV show began David Cassidy was promoted by Wes Farrell to lead singer. From that point on they provided the backup vocals for all of the "Partridge Family" albums, along with Shirley Jones and assorted other singers. The songs on the album were written by such people as Tony Romeo, Terry Cashman, Tommy West, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil. All tracks from the album were featured in first season episodes of the TV show The Partridge Family Album The Partridge Family Album is the first studio album by The Partridge Family. It was released in October 1970 and

text: Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story is a 1999 American made-for-television biographical film about the 1970–1974 television series "The Partridge Family", focusing on star David Cassidy and co-star Danny Bonaduce through the four years the show was on. Directed by David Burton Morris and written by Jacqueline Feather, the 90-minute film premiered on November 13, 1999 at 8:00pm on ABC. The story is told from the viewpoint of Danny Bonaduce, narrated by Bonaduce himself and played on-screen by a pre-"Desperate Housewives" Shawn Pyfrom. Upon landing the coveted role of Danny

title: Nancy Lenehan

text: Your Mother", "Judging Amy", "Gilmore Girls", "Caroline in the City", "Dharma & Greg", "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", "3rd Rock from the Sun", "ER", "Boy Meets World", "The Nanny", "Quantum Leap", "Roseanne", "Grace Under Fire", "V", "The Facts of Life", "Hill Street Blues" and "Alice". Lenehan attended Yankton College in Yankton, South Dakota. Nancy Lenehan Nancy Lenehan (born April 26, 1953) is an American actress who has appeared in film and television since the 1980s. Lenehan was born in Long Island, New York. She co-starred on the short-lived sitcom "Worst Week". She also co-starred as Sandy Kelly, the matriarch in the

title: David Cassidy

text: Happy ... Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus". Cassidy also wrote a memoir, "Could It Be Forever? My Story", published in the United Kingdom in March 2007, which gives further details about his personal life. David Cassidy David Bruce Cassidy (April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017) was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was known for his role as Keith Partridge, the son of Shirley Partridge (played by his stepmother Shirley Jones), in the 1970s musical-sitcom "The Partridge Family", which led to his becoming one of popular culture's teen idols and superstar pop singers of

title: The Partridge Family

text: their instruments. None of the actors sang background; they lip-synched to recorded singing by the Ron Hicklin Singers, composed of brothers John and Tom Bahler, Jackie Ward (who as Robin Ward had a #14 hit "Wonderful Summer" on Dot Records in 1963 ), and Ron Hicklin. Actor David Cassidy was originally to lip sync with the rest of the cast, but convinced Farrell that he could sing and was allowed to join the studio ensemble as the lead singer. He and his step-mother, Shirley, are the only two show actors allowed to sing for recording. "The Partridge Family" theme song,

title: Jeremy Gelbwaks

text: He married Patricia Polander, and moved to New Orleans, where he works as a business and technology planner. He appeared in a 1995 "Partridge Family" reunion on the Danny Bonaduce Show with his television family (including Brian Forster, who replaced him on the show). Jeremy Gelbwaks Jeremy R. Gelbwaks (born May 22, 1961; Los Angeles) is a former American child actor who starred in the television series "The Partridge Family" (1970–71). Gelbwaks was the first actor to play the role of Chris Partridge. He left the program (and the business) after the first season, and was replaced by Brian Forster

title: The Partridge Family

text: DeCamp played Shirley's mother in four episodes. Then-Governor Ronald Reagan's daughter, Maureen Reagan, was also featured in one episode. Future "Charlie's Angels" stars Jaclyn Smith, Farrah Fawcett and Cheryl Ladd all made guest appearances on separate episodes. Bobby Sherman appeared in the last episode of the first season (Episode 25) as struggling songwriter Bobby Conway. This episode led into a short-lived spinoff series on ABC, "Getting Together", starring Sherman and Wes Stern as Bobby Conway's business partner Lionel Poindexter. At the end of the first season, Jeremy Gelbwaks' family moved out of the Los Angeles area, and the part of

title: Partridge Family 2200 A.D.

text: version of "The Partridge Family" instead. The Partridge Family had already been recurring characters on a previous Hanna-Barbera production, "Goober and the Ghost Chasers". Danny Bonaduce, Suzanne Crough and Brian Forster voiced their respective characters from the live action series. Susan Dey provided Laurie's voice for only two episodes before she was replaced by former "Mouseketeer" Sherry Alberoni. Chuck McLenan served as both the speaking and singing voice of Keith Partridge instead of David Cassidy; Joan Gerber voiced Shirley Partridge in place of Shirley Jones. Micky Dolenz, a member of a previous made-for-television band (The Monkees), had various recurring roles

title: Amy Hill

text: the Sun", "The Sarah Silverman Program", and "My Wife & Kids". She has had many notable recurring roles on TV shows as well, such as the lesbian daughter of D. L. Hughley's neighbor (played by Pat Morita) on "The Hughleys", the upstairs neighbor of Monica and Rachel on "Friends", Mrs. DePaulo on "That's So Raven", Mama Tohru on "Jackie Chan Adventures", Mrs. Hasagawa on "", Penny Candy on "The Puzzle Place", Maureen Nervosa, the owner of "Cafe Nervosa" on Frasier"," Mah Mah the adopted mother of Francine on "American Dad!", Dr. Lauren Brown on "General Hospital", and Suji on "The

title: Ronne Troup

text: years (1970–72). In the Season 4 episode of "The Partridge Family" entitled "Hate Thy Neighbor" (1973), she appeared as Donna Stevens, the daughter of the new family who move in next door to the Partridges. She then appeared often on popular dramas "Emergency!" (in which her stepmother and father co-starred), "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "S.W.A.T." and "Adam-12". From 1987 to 1990, she portrayed "Barbara" on the CBS show "Knots Landing". In more recent years, Troup has appeared in guest roles on "Strong Medicine", "The West Wing" , and "Cold Case". On June 19, 2010, Troup appeared with her "My Three Sons"

title: Shirley Jones

text: 70 countries. Within months, Jones and her co-stars were pop culture television icons. Her real-life 20-year-old stepson David Cassidy, who was an unknown actor at the time, played Shirley Partridge's eldest son Keith and became a teen idol. The show also spawned a number of albums and singles by The Partridge Family, performed by David Cassidy and Shirley Jones. That same year, "I Think I Love You" reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 music chart, making Jones the second person, after Frank Sinatra, and the first woman to win an acting Oscar and also have a number-one hit

title: Shirley Jones

text: her hand at television for the second time, starring in the NBC show "Shirley", which, like "The Partridge Family", featured a family headed by a widowed mother, but the show failed to win ratings and was cancelled toward the middle of the season. Jones also played the "older woman" girlfriend of Drew Carey's character in several episodes of "The Drew Carey Show", and reprised Shirley Partridge in a cameo in a 2000 episode of "That '70s Show." She was also in the dramatic project "There Were Times, Dear", in which she played a loyal wife whose husband is dying of

title: Florence Henderson

text: year, she accepted the similar role of a mother with five children, named Shirley Partridge, in "The Partridge Family", which aired from 1970–1974. Primarily owing to her role on "The Brady Bunch", Henderson was ranked by TV Land and "Entertainment Weekly" as number 54 on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Icons. An avid game-show fan, Henderson was a frequent panelist on the original version of "Hollywood Squares" and made occasional appearances on "The $25,000 Pyramid". Her other game show appearances include "Password", the original "Match Game", "What's My Line" (as panelist and mystery guest), "To Tell The Truth",

title: Shirley Jones


question: who directed the iconic animated short educational film ek anek aur ekta

answers: Vijaya Mulay

title: Ek Anek Aur Ekta

text: "Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiyan". The assistants were S.M. Hasan, Mahesh Taavre and Girish Rao. The film won the National Film Award for Best Educational Film., and it was the first film from the animation studios of then Center for Education Technology. The film also won the Best Children's Film award in Japan. The film is considered to be one of India's greatest examples of animation story-telling, and well remembered by the 80s generation as a classic illustration of "Anekta mein Ekta". Ek Anek Aur Ekta Ek Anek Aur Ekta or "One, Many, and Unity" (also known as "Ek Chidiya, Anek

title: Ek Anek Aur Ekta

text: Ek Anek Aur Ekta Ek Anek Aur Ekta or "One, Many, and Unity" (also known as "Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiyan" after the title song) is a traditionally animated short educational film released by the Films Division of India (Government of India). It was released in 1974. It was aired on the public broadcaster channel Doordarshan and became very popular among children. The film was intended to teach the value of unity and teamwork to children (Unity in Diversity). It also contains the message of how India is stronger if its citizens stand united, regardless of cultural differences. It begins with

title: Ram Mohan

text: filmmakers – an animated song for B.R. Chopra's "Pati Patni Aur Woh" (1978), a title sequence for Satyajit Ray's "Shatranj Ke Khilari", a sequence for Mrinal Sen's Hindi film, "Bhuvan Shome", and for such films as "Biwi O Biwi", "Do aur Do Paanch" and "Kaamchor". Ram Mohan Ram Mohan (born 1931) is an Indian animator, title designer and design educator, who is also known as father of Indian Animation and was a veteran in the Indian animation industry, who started his career at the Cartoon Films Unit, Films Division of India, Government of India in 1956. He is chairman and

title: Suresh Eriyat

text: things. Suresh Eriyat Suresh Eriyat, popularly known as E Suresh, is an Indian animator, director and founder of his animation studio Studio Eeksaurus. His film "Fateline" won Annecy Cristal Award and both "Fisherwoman and Tuk-Tuk" and "Tokri" won National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film. He started his animation career with Famous House of Animation. He was the first to launch clay animation commercials in India. He created Amaron battery advertisements, music video "Bindu re Bindu", the Simpu series for Channel V, MTV Poga series, Johnny Bravo going to Bollywood, Levis Slim vs. Slim, Google Tanjore paintings and many

title: Suresh Eriyat

text: Suresh Eriyat Suresh Eriyat, popularly known as E Suresh, is an Indian animator, director and founder of his animation studio Studio Eeksaurus. His film "Fateline" won Annecy Cristal Award and both "Fisherwoman and Tuk-Tuk" and "Tokri" won National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film. He started his animation career with Famous House of Animation. He was the first to launch clay animation commercials in India. He created Amaron battery advertisements, music video "Bindu re Bindu", the Simpu series for Channel V, MTV Poga series, Johnny Bravo going to Bollywood, Levis Slim vs. Slim, Google Tanjore paintings and many more

title: Kireet Khurana

text: film produced by Sony Pictures and Abis Rizvi. The film follows the journey of an illiterate villager who brings literacy to his village through a unique social enterprise. This documentary profiles the celebrated Hindi film director, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, known as much for his embrace of leftist politics and social concerns as lyrical cinema. Producer: Animation: Writer: Production manager: Actor: Kireet Khurana Kireet Khurana (born 25 October 1967, Mumbai, India) is an Indian filmmaker, storyteller, and ad-film director. He graduated from Sheridan College in Canada with high-honors. After graduating, he founded the production house Climb Media, and later its animation

title: Ram Mohan

text: the Cartoon Films Unit. Another important person to join at the same time was Bhimsain Khurana, who also became a notable animator ("Ek Anek Aur Ekta"). Mohan worked as an animator with the Films division till the late 1960s, and thereafter founded Ram Mohan Biographics, in 1972. It ultimately merged with UTV Toons, a division of United Studios Limited (USL) (UTV Group) in 1998. Mohan started out by doing character design and story boards for "This Our India", an animated film adapted from a book by Minoo Masani. He scripted, designed and animated many of Cartoon Film unit's productions from

title: Annu Kapoor

text: has directed several plays. He also directed a feature film "Abhay (The Fearless)", starring Nana Patekar, Moon Sen and Benjamin Gilani) for the Children's Film Society, India. The film won the 1994 National Film Award for Best Children's Film. Kapoor produced a musical talent contest for children ("Aao Jhoomein Gaayen" for SAB TV) and a Bengali-language musical talent-hunt show, "Gaan Gaao Taaka Naao" on Rupashi Bangla TV in Kolkata. He also produced a musical in Mathura entitled "Ek Sunhari Shyam". Annu Kapoor Annu Kapoor (born as Anil Kapoor on 20 February 1956) is an Indian film actor and television presenter

title: Preeti Sagar

text: is also well known for her contribution to the children's entertainment and education industry. She worked with “Sa Re Ga Ma” (earlier known as HMV) to create audio and video versions of several children's nursery rhymes collections in Hindi and English. She also created a Fairy Tales series. Her Nursery Rhyme collections “Nursey Rhymes”, “Phulwari Bachchon Ki”, became Platinum and “Fun & Frolic” turned gold. She now runs her own production company called Angela Films, which undertakes advertising, short films, Public service advertisements, Corporate films, films for CSR and feature-film dubbing. In the 1990s, she produced the hit children's TV

title: Pankaj Advani (director)

text: Pankaj Advani (director) Pankaj Advani (Hindi: पंकज आडवाणी) (1 August 1965 – 11 November 2010) was an Indian film director, editor, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director, and painter, known for his works in Bollywood, and cross over cinema. Pankaj made his Hindi film screenwriting debut with "Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa" (1993) which went on to win the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. In 1994, he scripted, and directed the short film "Sunday" which won the Children's Film Society of India Award for best writing, and the National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film. The film was screened at the

title: Indian animation industry

text: a short traditionally animated educational film released in 1974. The film is presented as a fable meant to teach children the value of unity, and was frequently broadcast on India's state-run television station, Doordarshan. The first Indian animated television series was "Ghayab Aaya", which aired in 1986 and was directed by Suddhasattwa Basu. The first Indian 3D and VFX were done for the television series "Captain Vyom" by animation. The first Indian 3D animated film was "Roadside Romeo", a joint venture between Yash Raj Films and the Indian division of the Walt Disney Company. It was written and directed by

title: Vineet Verma

text: bachelor's degree in Information Technology from the Indira Gandhi National Open University in India. He also earned a Higher National Diploma in computing from Edexcel, London. He began his career as a 2D (Classical and Flash) animator and gradually moved to 3D (Maya and Max) animation and later to live action filmmaking. He was one of the senior animators of the series WordWorld, which is broadcast on PBS Kids and won a 2009 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Animated Program. In 2008, Verma moved to New York City, where he completed a 1-year intensive filmmaking program at New York Film

title: Kireet Khurana

text: is also the first Indian animation character to be licensed. The 2004 comedy film made history using an animation-live action technique for a song in a film for the first time in Bollywood. This song won the Seagate Technical Excellence Award for best visual effects in a feature in 2005. This short film about paedophilia was funded by international bodies like UNIFEM and Save the Children India. It won the Best Public Service Message film award at the Seagate Technical Excellence Awards in 2006. It was also part of the official selection at the Bimini Festival. Director: The Indian animation

title: Amitabh Aurora

text: Thoughts Productions. He directed and acted in several short films including Captain The Struggler, which was shortlisted in Paraj Mumbai Short Film Festival in 2014. He wrote Television shows including Bani - Ishq Da Kalma and Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara. In 2015 he assisted Tigmanshu Dhulia on feature film Yaara. He is the founder and creative director of Mumbai-based production house Have Camera Make Films (HCMF). In early 2016 HCMF received critical acclaim in the Deccan Chronicle for their short film "Free Basics" featuring popular South Indian actress Shradda Das. The Chronicle described it as a "brilliant production"

title: Ek Anek Aur Ekta

title: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

text: Chetan Anand and "Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani" for V. Shantaram. In 1945, he made his directorial debut with a film based on the Bengal famine of 1943, "Dharti Ke Lal" ("Children of the Earth") for the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). In 1951, he founded his own production company called Naya Sansar, which consistently produced films that were socially relevant including, "Anhonee", "Munna", "Rahi" (1953), based on a Mulk Raj Anand story, was on the plight of workers on tea plantations, the National Film Award winner, "Shehar Aur Sapna" (1964) and "Saat Hindustani" (1969), which won the Nargis Dutt

title: Dhvani Desai

text: and Desai co-directed with her elder brother a short animation film, "The Mahatma," which depicted the principles of Gandhiji. The film was selected at the Tehran International Animation Festival in 2001 and at the Mumbai International Film Festival. The Children's Film Society of India produced and Desai directed an 11-minute long animated film, ("The Perfect Match)". It was screened at the 9th Hamburg Children's Short Film Festival and won a medal at the 2008 New York Festival's Film and Video Awards. The Panchatantra-based tale used the Vaishnavite Sanjhi art style, a form of stencil art, and took over two years

title: Prem Prakash Modi

text: as a full-time professional actor in films, television serials and theaters. Inspired by the creative aspect of film-making in 1999 he shifted himself behind the camera and started assisting directors like Gul Bahar Singh, Anjan Das, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Anjan Dutt, Aparna Sen etc. His first film as an assistant director was The Goal, a CFSI production starring Irrfan Khan as a protagonist,directed by Gul Bahar Singh which won Best Children's Film Award at 47th National Film Awards – India, Special International Jury Prize at 11th Cairo International Film Festival – Egypt and Special Mention at Zlin International Federation of Film

title: Varun Mehta

text: Varun Mehta Varun Mehta is an Indian short film and animation filmmaker. Mehta is known for his critically acclaimed short films based on social and environmental issues. He is mainly known for his work for internationally acclaimed films like The Unknown World "The Wonder Stone" and "Save Trees". Varun Mehta hails from Aligarh City of India. He has set up his film studio where he produces animation and short films. At present Mehta has made around 30 award winning short films featuring both animated and non-animated. His biggest achievement till date is winning 'Buzzgoo' Short Film Competition where he won

title: Indian animation industry

text: Indian animation industry The Indian animation industry encompasses traditional 2D animation, 3D animation and visual effects for feature films. In 1956, Disney Studios animator Clair Weeks, who had worked on "Bambi", was invited to Films Division of India in Mumbai to establish and train the country's first animation studio as part of the American technical co-operation mission. He trained a core group of Indian animators, whose first production was a film called "The Banyan Deer" (1957). Veteran animator Ram Mohan started his career at Films Division's Cartoon Unit. Another landmark animated film from Films Division is "Ek Anek Aur Ekta",

title: Apurba Kishore Bir

text: camera. Bir was one of the first-unit cameramen for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. He won two more awards for "Best Cinematography" for "Daasi" (1988) and "Aadi Mimansa" (1991). The latter also marked his directional debut. It won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. As a director Known for his work in Parallel Cinema. Bir's films focused on children as two of his films—"Lavanya Preeti" and "Baaja" won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film in 1993 and 2002 respectively. The former received the "Best Asian Film" award at the Osaka International Film Festival in addition

title: Kireet Khurana

text: animation co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and UNICEF It also won the National Award for Best Animation Film Direction in 1998. "Mahagiri" won two President's National Awards for Best Animation Film Direction and Animation in 1995, as well as a Certificate of Merit at the Mumbai International Film Festival in 1996. "O" won two National Awards (Best Animation Film; Direction and Animation) in 1996, as well as a Silver Ebensee Award at the Festival Der Nationen in Austria in 1995. "Chotta Birbal" won the Seagate Technical Award for Excellence in 2004 for Best Animated Series. Chhota Birbal

title: Shilpa Ranade

text: Shilpa Ranade Shilpa Ranade (born 1966) is an acclaimed Indian designer, animator, illustrator, filmmaker and academician. She has been faculty at Industrial Design Centre in Mumbai since 2001. She has directed animated short films for Channel 4, UK and her films have been screened all over the world, winning accolades in some of the most prestigious film festivals. The award-winning animation movie Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya was her last full-length feature film which world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Her other films are "Naja Goes to School" and "Mani's Dying". As a child, she was deeply interested in

title: Mahek

text: Mahek Mahek is an award-winning Indian children's film by writer-director Kranti Kanade. It's about 11-yr old dreamer Mahek who wants to be the best at everything, but is unsure of how to achieve her goals. The film was produced by the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI). Legendary artist and cartoonist Mario Miranda did the illustrations for the film. The crew was FTII alumnus who subsequently did notable work. Mrinal Desai, the DOP, was the second unit director of photography on 'Slumdog Millionaire' and later shot universally acclaimed film 'Court'. Editor Suchitra Sathe and Sound designer Anmol Bhave worked on

title: History of animation in India

text: by painters Raja Ravi Verma and Madhavrao Dhurandhar were also recreated. It is said that Raja Harishchandra's story in the form of an animated slide show was an influence behind prolific filmmaker Dadasaheb Phalke’s first movie "Raja Harishchandra," produced in 1913. "Raja Harishchandra" is notable for being India’s first indigenous silent feature film. Considered as the Father of Indian Cinema, Phalke dabbled in animation as well. His 1912 short "The Growth of a Pea Plant" introduced the concept of time-lapse photography, with one frame shot per day. In 1915 he produced the animated short "Agkadyanchi Mouj" ("Matchsticks' Fun"). He had

title: Ram Mohan

text: Ram Mohan Ram Mohan (born 1931) is an Indian animator, title designer and design educator, who is also known as father of Indian Animation and was a veteran in the Indian animation industry, who started his career at the Cartoon Films Unit, Films Division of India, Government of India in 1956. He is chairman and chief creative officer at Graphiti Multimedia, a Mumbai-based animation company which was established in 1995, and later he also established the Graphiti School of Animation in 2006. He had won the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film twice, "You Said It" (1972) and

title: Avhiroop Mazzumdar

text: Edition). He also received La Fémis Scholarship, Paris in 2007. Avhiroop's short film, Cognition was felicitated at BYOFF and Inscreen (Orissa). Avhiroop Mazzumdar Avhiroop Mazzumdar, born Abhiroop Dutta Mazumdar is an Indian television and film director who was associated with popular television shows like Fear Files, Koi Laut Ke Aaya Hai, Tashn-E-Ishq, Miley Jab Hum Tum, Sangam, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kasturi, and many others popular Indian TV soaps. He has also directed Delhi Diary, a documentary on 100 years of New Delhi which was released by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. He has made several other documentaries and

title: Gitanjali Rao

text: has served in the judge's panel at various festivals including the 2011 Cannes Critic's Week short films jury. In 2013, she directed a segment in "Shorts", a compilation of five short films, along with Neeraj Ghaywan, Vasan Bala, Anubhuti Kashyap and Shlok Sharma, and produced by Anurag Kashyap. At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, her animated short, "True Love Story" was one of 10 selected short films at Critics' Week. Gitanjali Rao Gitanjali Rao (born 1972) is an Indian theatre actress, animator and film maker. Gitanjali graduated as an applied artist from Sir. J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai,

title: Avhiroop Mazzumdar

text: Avhiroop Mazzumdar Avhiroop Mazzumdar, born Abhiroop Dutta Mazumdar is an Indian television and film director who was associated with popular television shows like Fear Files, Koi Laut Ke Aaya Hai, Tashn-E-Ishq, Miley Jab Hum Tum, Sangam, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kasturi, and many others popular Indian TV soaps. He has also directed Delhi Diary, a documentary on 100 years of New Delhi which was released by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. He has made several other documentaries and films, including Astitva, Sabr, Sambhav. Sabr won Best Jury and Best Non-Fiction Award at the National Film and Video Festival (Student

title: Gul Bahar Singh

text: Irfan Khan in main lead won Golden Lotus at 47th National Film Awards as best children film and received special Jury award at 11th, Cairo International Children's Film Festival held in Egypt, received special mention by the jury of International Federation of Film Societies in 2001 in Czech Republic. The film was also selected in India Panorama in 2001, and also participated in Golden Elephant Children's Film Festival in the same year. His feature film Dattak starring Rajit Kapoor and A. K. Hangal as main lead was the only Indian film which participated in the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival,

title: Ek Anek Aur Ekta

long_answer: The film was directed by Vijaya Mulay. The film's design, animation and creation was done by Bhimsain Khurana. The lyrics of Hind Desh ke Niwasi were written by Pandit Vinay Chandra Maudgalya. Sadhna Sargam sang Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiyan. The assistants were S.M. Hasan, Mahesh Taavre and Girish Rao. The film won the National Film Award for Best Educational Film., and it was the first film from the animation studios of then Center for Education Technology. The film also won the Best Children's Film award in Japan. The film is considered to be one of India's greatest examples of animation story-telling, and well remembered by the 80s generation as a classic illustration of Anekta mein Ekta.