We wanted to give you a list of famous celebrities that were born in Schenectady NY. Many of these you've heard of some you have'nt. This list has taken some time to do, so we hope you like and share it with some of your Schenectady friends!
1) Mickey Rourke
Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke, Jr. (born September 16, 1952) is an American actor, screenwriter and retired boxer, who has appeared primarily as a leading man in action, drama, and thriller films.
During the 1980s, Rourke starred in Diner, Rumble Fish, and the erotic drama 9½ Weeks, and received critical praise for his work in Barfly and Angel Heart. In 1991, Rourke, who had trained as a boxer in his early years, left acting and became a professional boxer for a period. He had supporting roles in several later films, including The Rainmaker, Buffalo '66, The Pledge, Get Carter, Once Upon a Time in Mexico and Man on Fire.
In 2005, Rourke made his comeback in mainstream Hollywood circles with a lead role in Sin City, for which he won awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association, the Irish Film and Television Awards and the Online Film Critics Society. In the 2008 film The Wrestler, Rourke portrayed a past-his-prime wrestler, and garnered a 2009 Golden Globe award, a BAFTA award, and a nomination for an Academy Award.
In 2010, he appeared in the blockbusters Iron Man 2 and The Expendables.
2) Jessica Collins
She attended The Royal National Theatre Studio in London and The Howard Fine Actor's Studio in Los Angeles.
Has 2 younger brothers who are fraternal twins, Chad and Zach Capogna
She graduated with honors from the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in 2009.
3) Harold Gould
Harold Gould earned a Ph.D. in theatre and taught speech and drama at Cornell University. Pursuing some off-Broadway work in the 1950s, he decided to practice what he preached, and became a full-time professional actor in the 1960s. He has appeared in hundreds of TV shows since, usually playing a father, grandfather or other authority figure.
Date of Birth
10 December 1923, Schenectady, New York, USA
4) John Sayles-Writer For Lonestar
A bright child, John Sayles began reading novels before age 9. A Williams grad in 1972, he shunned a corporate career to work various blue-collar jobs, moving to east Boston to take a factory job. He wrote stories and submitted them to various magazines, and the Atlantic Monthly gave him the idea of publishing them in a novel--thus "Pride of the Bimbos" (1975) was born.
In the late 1970s he worked for renowned low-budget producer Roger Corman as a screenwriter. He saved much of the money he earned from that job, got some friends together and made Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979) in 25 days. Altough it was a hit, he had trouble obtaining financing for the films he wanted to make because he would not give up his right of final cut. Baby It's You (1983) was Sayles' only film made under studio control.
In 1983 the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship granted him a tax-free income of $32,000 a year for 5 years. That stipend and money he earned for writing such films as The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986), Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983) and Breaking In (1989) enabled him to make the kinds of films he wanted to make. Lone Star (1996) placed Sayles in the ranks of top American filmmakers. In it and his other films, a broadly appealing social consciousness emerges, showing Sayles to be concerned with what's going on with regional cultures, national values and what living in the US is like today. Sayles and Maggie Renzi, whom he met during college, have lived together since the 1970s, splitting their time between a Hoboken, NJ, house and a farm in upstate New York. They have no plans to marry.
5) Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Deborah Van Valkenburgh began her acting on Broadway appearing in the play "Hair". She also appeared in off-Broadway plays as "Honeybee", "The Tempest", "Six Characters in Search of an Author", "Hay Fever", "When Did You Last See Your Mother?", "Iolanthe", "It Ain't Aardvark" and "Minutemen".
In addition to acting in these New York shows, Deborah also acted in regional and touring company productions of "A View from the Bridge", "Mooney's Kid Don't Cry" and "The Children's Hour". Deborah Van Valkenburgh's big acting break came when she played the role of "Jackie Rush" on the hit ABC series "Too Close for Comfort" (1980).
Deborah has studied acting with William Esper and John Shea, ballet with Ballet Arts Carnegie Hall, modern dance with James Cunningham, puppet production with Jim Henson of "The Muppet Show" (1976) fame, voice with Kirk Nurock and Richard Green, and improvisation with Daniel Richter.
7) Patricia Kalember
Patricia was raised in Westport, Connecticut and Louisville, Kentucky. Studied acting at Indiana and Temple Universities after being encouraged by her high-school drama teacher. She finished College with a B.A. degree in theater and immediately started acting in major regional and off-Broadway productions. Back in New York, where she was born, she worked in numerous daytime soaps, commercials and theatrical events. She received a nomination for the Outer Critics Circle Award for her part in the long-running play "The Foreigner". She starred on Broadway in Larry Shue's "The Nerd" and together with her husband, Daniel Gerroll, in "Betrayal" at the Berkshire Theater.
8) Alex Sgambati
Though a New Yorker by birth, Alex Sgambati was raised in the town of Raleigh, North Carolina, where she began her acting career in theatre at the age of seven.
Sgambati's big break came in the fall of 2011 when Craig Ferguson picked her out of the audience at a taping of his show to be a recurring personality for "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson".
She made her professional stage debut in a 1995 Shakespeare Theater production of "Macbeth" in Washington, DC, and starred in Sam Shepard's one-act play "Chicago", for New York's Signature Theater, in 1996. She appeared Off-Broadway in "Edmond" and starred as Helena in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. She has also worked in theater with Anna Deavere Smith, Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory and made her feature-film debut with a brief role as a process server in the romantic comedy Fools Rush In (1997).
Her wide eyes, expressive features and commanding presence make for an enviable appeal, and helped her land a regular role as Dr. Helen Reynolds on the hit NBC drama "Providence" (1999), less than four years after her professional stage debut. As a tough and uncompromising medico, Silva offered impressive work, her skillful portrayal nuanced enough to keep the character from treading into the two-dimensional stereotype of the hard-nosed and ambitious African-American woman all too familiar on contemporary television.
Her previous television credits include guest appearances on the CBS sitcom "Cosby" (1996) in 1997 and as a nun on a 1998 two-part episode of NBC's police drama "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993).
10) Michalina Scorzelli
Michalina is an award winning Director and Producer. She began her career in the entertainment industry 15 years ago first as an actress and soon after began Producing. Over the span of fifteen years she continued to work as an actress, producer and most recently a Director. In 2003 she was in a film titled Nate Dogg that went on to win best debut feature film at the Raindance film festival in London receiving nice notices including a mention in Time Magazine in Europe in an article titled "Sticking it to the Studios."
As a Producer Michalina has produced feature films,several shorts,music videos and trailers.
11) Jason Furlani
actor writer producer
12) Michelle Parylak
Born upstate New York to a set of French/Ukrainian parents, Michelle was hailed a performer just seconds after leaving the womb. Although the Doctors initial prediction of being a born singer never came to fruition, it was a future in the arts that indeed was her calling. Childhood living room performance extravaganzas were commonly dressed, directed and performed in most houses up and down the block by Michelle. Eventually her creativity stretched into tap & ballet classes, then modeling jobs evolved into competing in beauty pageants where she won literally hundreds of regional to national titles. Meeting her first acting agent at the Miss New York Teen U.S.A contest, at age 14, the acting seed was planted. At 18 she moved to New York City. The same day she completed a 4 year theatrical BFA, she shot her first film scene with director James L. Brooks. That scene is unfortunately missing from the film, but she loves James all the same for the opportunity. After graduating from the Atlantic Theater Companies 2 year program, a new bi-coastal agent came into the picture bringing Michelle to Los Angeles. She helped start the short lived "Short Fuse Theater Company" here, continues to study, work hard, play harder, travel tons, and live life to the fullest!
13) Jim Jermanok
An award-winning Writer, Director and Producer, Jim Jermanok wrote and produced "Passionada," a sophisticated romantic comedy that was released in over 120 American cities in summer- autumn, 2003. It was later released in 2004-2005 by Columbia Tri-Star in over 150 countries. The film stars: Jason Isaacs ("The Patriot" "Harry Potter"), Sofia Milos ("CSI: Miami"), Emmy Rossum (" Phantom of the Opera"), Lupe Ontiveros, Theresa Russell and Seymour Cassel.
"Passionada" was the prestigious closing night film of the Seattle International Film Festival. Since its release by The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Columbia Tri Star, the film received high praise from prominent American film critics. Ebert and Roper gave it "Two Thumbs Up!" on their weekly television program and syndicated column.
Most recently, Mr. Jermanok produced "Em" a romantic drama about loss and love. "Em" had its world premiere in 2008 at the Seattle Intl. Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize. It went on to win the Criterion Collection's Intl. Inspiration Award, International Film Guide Award and Best Producer Award at the Brooklyn Intl. Film Festival. Mr. Jermanok will soon finish directing a feature documentary, "Agganis: Portrait of a Legend" about the extraordinary and beloved New England sports legend of years past, Harry Agganis. Jim previously wrote and produced a highly praised thirty-minute film, "Clear Cut", starring Calista Flockhart and Stephen Fry. He has also written "High Moon," a full-length screenplay commissioned by Just Betzer, the Academy Award-winning Producer of "Babette's Feast."
In the world of theater, Mr. Jermanok has directed over fifteen professional and regional productions ranging from G.R. Point to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. His latest directorial effort, The Tramway End was presented for three months at the Chelsea Playhouse. The Off Broadway production drew over forty positive reviews.
Jim was an agent at International Creative Management for eight years. Within a year of starting in the mailroom, he was promoted to a full-fledged agent at the age of 25. Mr. Jermanok represented: Alan Arkin, John Chancellor, E.L. Doctorow, Helen Hayes, Burt Lancaster, Shirley MacLaine, Arthur Miller, Dudley Moore, Harry Reasoner, Andy Rooney, General H. Norman Schwartzkopf and Henry Winkler, among others.
A former exchange student and journalist in South Africa, Mr. Jermanok has traveled and worked extensively throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In London, he interned at the British Parliament, where he directed a short documentary which was screened before a Parliamentary committee. Jim Jermanok was educated at Cornell University and The London School of Economics.
Other people that you may know that were born and orig from Schenectady NY
Michael J. Carnevale
Michael caught the acting bug after moving to South Florida in 1986, and working as an actor on various films like "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise" (1987) and several episodes of: "Miami Vice" (1987).
After studying acting in different classes and workshops between Florida and Los Angeles, he moved to NYC to pursue a more formal education/training, enrolling in the Filmmaking program at New York University. Michael's thesis short film "The Case" (1990), {about a daydreaming student whose fantasies blur the line between reality and his imagination, injecting himself into his own noir detective story}, garnered him critical acclaim by faculty, and local reviewers.
Later, Michael co-wrote and starred in the indie film "A Subject of Color" (1991) {About an interracial couple and the affect their relationship has on their friends} produced by Erika/Lynn Productions.
In 1993, Michael then formed his own production company, Archangel Pictures, and Executive Produced the indie feature "Me, Tommy and the Brothers" (1998) which he also wrote and directed.
In September 2007, Michael's debut novel "Dark Obsessions" was published by Lulu.com, and is available at bookstores worldwide.
While not touring for his book signing, Michael is working on the financing/pre-production stages for his action/adventure screenplay "Dice and Ice," through Archangel Pictures Inc.
And on a new horror script with writing partner Dan Karpf.
Anthony Ferraro
Born and raised in Schenectady, New York Anthony holds an MA in Directing from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London (RADA). In the 90's he co-produced several music videos for Caroline Record Company including Ben Folds Five, The DelRubio Triplets and several others. Beginning in 2000 Anthony directed a string of critically acclaimed short films until 2004 saw the release of his first feature film, "Everything Unspoken" which he wrote and directed. In 2005 Anthony focused on short film projects and documenting current events. Since 2006 Anthony has been producing and editing for the Emmy award winning independent media company and cable TV network led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Current TV. This summer Anthony is releasing his presently untitled second feature film. Several of Anthony's films have shown throughout the United States as well as Italy, Spain and Austria.
Anthony DiCocco
His first acting job was as an extra in the Jack Nicholson Film "Ironweed" which was filmed in Albany, NY. From that point on Anthony knew what he wanted to do with his life. He performed in several plays in elementary and middle school but caught a break in High School playing the part of Bill Sykes in the high school musical "Oliver". After high school Anthony attended college at SUNY Albany where he studied drama. After college Anthony moved to Los Angeles where he studied at the famed Playhouse West run by the great actor Jeff Goldblum.
Anthony has had small roles on television series and several feature films. He was set for the leading role in the indie film "Beverly Hills Massacre" but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with another project
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Schenectady NY Events1) Mickey Rourke
Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke, Jr. (born September 16, 1952) is an American actor, screenwriter and retired boxer, who has appeared primarily as a leading man in action, drama, and thriller films.
During the 1980s, Rourke starred in Diner, Rumble Fish, and the erotic drama 9½ Weeks, and received critical praise for his work in Barfly and Angel Heart. In 1991, Rourke, who had trained as a boxer in his early years, left acting and became a professional boxer for a period. He had supporting roles in several later films, including The Rainmaker, Buffalo '66, The Pledge, Get Carter, Once Upon a Time in Mexico and Man on Fire.
In 2005, Rourke made his comeback in mainstream Hollywood circles with a lead role in Sin City, for which he won awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association, the Irish Film and Television Awards and the Online Film Critics Society. In the 2008 film The Wrestler, Rourke portrayed a past-his-prime wrestler, and garnered a 2009 Golden Globe award, a BAFTA award, and a nomination for an Academy Award.
In 2010, he appeared in the blockbusters Iron Man 2 and The Expendables.
Date of Birth
16 September 1952, Schenectady, New York, USA
2) Jessica Collins
Spouse
| Robert Tyler | (2 November 1996 - February 2002) (divorced) |
Trivia
First runner-up in Miss Teen USA Pageant [1988]She attended The Royal National Theatre Studio in London and The Howard Fine Actor's Studio in Los Angeles.
Has 2 younger brothers who are fraternal twins, Chad and Zach Capogna
She graduated with honors from the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in 2009.
Date of Birth
1 April 1971, Schenectady, New York, USA
3) Harold Gould
Harold Gould earned a Ph.D. in theatre and taught speech and drama at Cornell University. Pursuing some off-Broadway work in the 1950s, he decided to practice what he preached, and became a full-time professional actor in the 1960s. He has appeared in hundreds of TV shows since, usually playing a father, grandfather or other authority figure.
Date of Birth
10 December 1923, Schenectady, New York, USA
4) John Sayles-Writer For Lonestar
A bright child, John Sayles began reading novels before age 9. A Williams grad in 1972, he shunned a corporate career to work various blue-collar jobs, moving to east Boston to take a factory job. He wrote stories and submitted them to various magazines, and the Atlantic Monthly gave him the idea of publishing them in a novel--thus "Pride of the Bimbos" (1975) was born.
In the late 1970s he worked for renowned low-budget producer Roger Corman as a screenwriter. He saved much of the money he earned from that job, got some friends together and made Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979) in 25 days. Altough it was a hit, he had trouble obtaining financing for the films he wanted to make because he would not give up his right of final cut. Baby It's You (1983) was Sayles' only film made under studio control.
In 1983 the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship granted him a tax-free income of $32,000 a year for 5 years. That stipend and money he earned for writing such films as The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986), Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983) and Breaking In (1989) enabled him to make the kinds of films he wanted to make. Lone Star (1996) placed Sayles in the ranks of top American filmmakers. In it and his other films, a broadly appealing social consciousness emerges, showing Sayles to be concerned with what's going on with regional cultures, national values and what living in the US is like today. Sayles and Maggie Renzi, whom he met during college, have lived together since the 1970s, splitting their time between a Hoboken, NJ, house and a farm in upstate New York. They have no plans to marry.
Date of Birth
28 September 1950, Schenectady, New York, USA
5) Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Deborah Van Valkenburgh began her acting on Broadway appearing in the play "Hair". She also appeared in off-Broadway plays as "Honeybee", "The Tempest", "Six Characters in Search of an Author", "Hay Fever", "When Did You Last See Your Mother?", "Iolanthe", "It Ain't Aardvark" and "Minutemen".
In addition to acting in these New York shows, Deborah also acted in regional and touring company productions of "A View from the Bridge", "Mooney's Kid Don't Cry" and "The Children's Hour". Deborah Van Valkenburgh's big acting break came when she played the role of "Jackie Rush" on the hit ABC series "Too Close for Comfort" (1980).
Deborah has studied acting with William Esper and John Shea, ballet with Ballet Arts Carnegie Hall, modern dance with James Cunningham, puppet production with Jim Henson of "The Muppet Show" (1976) fame, voice with Kirk Nurock and Richard Green, and improvisation with Daniel Richter.
Date of Birth
29 August 1952, Schenectady, New York, USA
6) Ann B. Davis - Brady Bunch
Ann B. Davis made her debut in show business at age 6 earning $2.00 in a puppet show. At the University of Michigan, Anne planned to study medicine but got the acting bug from her brother who was the lead dancer in the national company of "Oklahoma" for over a year. Anne then spent six years in little theaters, stock companies, touring musicals, and such until she got her break as "Schultzie", the secretary on the "Bob Cummings Show." Before Hollywood, Anne spent a summer at the Cain Park Theater and a year at the Erie Playhouse in Erie, Pa. She studied everything about show production and played dozens of roles ranging from teenagers to characters over 60. In 1949, she arrived at Porterville, Ca. and spent three years at the Barn theater. She then moved down the coast to Monterey, where she appeared at the Wharf theater. From there she decided to try Hollywood. Anne has also played many parts on stage including "The Women", "Twelfth Night", "Dark Of The Moon", and others. Her mother, Marguerite Scott Davis, appeared with professional stock companies for over thirty years
Date of Birth
3 May 1926, Schenectady, New York, USA
7) Patricia Kalember
Patricia was raised in Westport, Connecticut and Louisville, Kentucky. Studied acting at Indiana and Temple Universities after being encouraged by her high-school drama teacher. She finished College with a B.A. degree in theater and immediately started acting in major regional and off-Broadway productions. Back in New York, where she was born, she worked in numerous daytime soaps, commercials and theatrical events. She received a nomination for the Outer Critics Circle Award for her part in the long-running play "The Foreigner". She starred on Broadway in Larry Shue's "The Nerd" and together with her husband, Daniel Gerroll, in "Betrayal" at the Berkshire Theater.
Date of Birth
30 December 1957, Schenectady, New York, USA
8) Alex Sgambati
Though a New Yorker by birth, Alex Sgambati was raised in the town of Raleigh, North Carolina, where she began her acting career in theatre at the age of seven.
Sgambati's big break came in the fall of 2011 when Craig Ferguson picked her out of the audience at a taping of his show to be a recurring personality for "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson".
Date of Birth
18 December 1990, Schenectady, New York, USA
9) Leslie Silva
Born in Schnectady, New York, Leslie Silva was raised primarily in Saratoga, New York, but also lived in Connecticut, Iowa and Georgia, moving frequently because her father worked as a nuclear engineer. She attended the University of Connecticut at Storrs, and received a BFA from the Schol of Drama there, and an MFA from the Julliard School in New York.
She made her professional stage debut in a 1995 Shakespeare Theater production of "Macbeth" in Washington, DC, and starred in Sam Shepard's one-act play "Chicago", for New York's Signature Theater, in 1996. She appeared Off-Broadway in "Edmond" and starred as Helena in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. She has also worked in theater with Anna Deavere Smith, Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory and made her feature-film debut with a brief role as a process server in the romantic comedy Fools Rush In (1997).
Her wide eyes, expressive features and commanding presence make for an enviable appeal, and helped her land a regular role as Dr. Helen Reynolds on the hit NBC drama "Providence" (1999), less than four years after her professional stage debut. As a tough and uncompromising medico, Silva offered impressive work, her skillful portrayal nuanced enough to keep the character from treading into the two-dimensional stereotype of the hard-nosed and ambitious African-American woman all too familiar on contemporary television.
Her previous television credits include guest appearances on the CBS sitcom "Cosby" (1996) in 1997 and as a nun on a 1998 two-part episode of NBC's police drama "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993).
Date of Birth
21 April 1968, Schenectady, New York, USA
10) Michalina Scorzelli
Michalina is an award winning Director and Producer. She began her career in the entertainment industry 15 years ago first as an actress and soon after began Producing. Over the span of fifteen years she continued to work as an actress, producer and most recently a Director. In 2003 she was in a film titled Nate Dogg that went on to win best debut feature film at the Raindance film festival in London receiving nice notices including a mention in Time Magazine in Europe in an article titled "Sticking it to the Studios."
As a Producer Michalina has produced feature films,several shorts,music videos and trailers.
As a Director her short Distraction was screened nationally on BET and BET-J, Distractions was selected as one of the Programmers Choice at the Hollywood Black Film Festival. It then went on to win the Grand Jury Award at the Ruff CutZ film festival in Boston, Winner of Best Short at the Trinity Film Coalition in Chicago, official selections at the International Black Film Festival in Nashville, The Woodstock Film Festival, The San Francisco Black Independent Film Festival the prestigious International Pan African Film Festival in Cannes and many more.
Date of Birth
Schenectady, New York, USA
11) Jason Furlani
actor writer producer
Born:
in Schenectady, New York, USA
12) Michelle Parylak
Born upstate New York to a set of French/Ukrainian parents, Michelle was hailed a performer just seconds after leaving the womb. Although the Doctors initial prediction of being a born singer never came to fruition, it was a future in the arts that indeed was her calling. Childhood living room performance extravaganzas were commonly dressed, directed and performed in most houses up and down the block by Michelle. Eventually her creativity stretched into tap & ballet classes, then modeling jobs evolved into competing in beauty pageants where she won literally hundreds of regional to national titles. Meeting her first acting agent at the Miss New York Teen U.S.A contest, at age 14, the acting seed was planted. At 18 she moved to New York City. The same day she completed a 4 year theatrical BFA, she shot her first film scene with director James L. Brooks. That scene is unfortunately missing from the film, but she loves James all the same for the opportunity. After graduating from the Atlantic Theater Companies 2 year program, a new bi-coastal agent came into the picture bringing Michelle to Los Angeles. She helped start the short lived "Short Fuse Theater Company" here, continues to study, work hard, play harder, travel tons, and live life to the fullest!
Date of Birth
5 January 1975, Schenectady, New York, USA
13) Jim Jermanok
An award-winning Writer, Director and Producer, Jim Jermanok wrote and produced "Passionada," a sophisticated romantic comedy that was released in over 120 American cities in summer- autumn, 2003. It was later released in 2004-2005 by Columbia Tri-Star in over 150 countries. The film stars: Jason Isaacs ("The Patriot" "Harry Potter"), Sofia Milos ("CSI: Miami"), Emmy Rossum (" Phantom of the Opera"), Lupe Ontiveros, Theresa Russell and Seymour Cassel.
"Passionada" was the prestigious closing night film of the Seattle International Film Festival. Since its release by The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Columbia Tri Star, the film received high praise from prominent American film critics. Ebert and Roper gave it "Two Thumbs Up!" on their weekly television program and syndicated column.
Most recently, Mr. Jermanok produced "Em" a romantic drama about loss and love. "Em" had its world premiere in 2008 at the Seattle Intl. Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize. It went on to win the Criterion Collection's Intl. Inspiration Award, International Film Guide Award and Best Producer Award at the Brooklyn Intl. Film Festival. Mr. Jermanok will soon finish directing a feature documentary, "Agganis: Portrait of a Legend" about the extraordinary and beloved New England sports legend of years past, Harry Agganis. Jim previously wrote and produced a highly praised thirty-minute film, "Clear Cut", starring Calista Flockhart and Stephen Fry. He has also written "High Moon," a full-length screenplay commissioned by Just Betzer, the Academy Award-winning Producer of "Babette's Feast."
In the world of theater, Mr. Jermanok has directed over fifteen professional and regional productions ranging from G.R. Point to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. His latest directorial effort, The Tramway End was presented for three months at the Chelsea Playhouse. The Off Broadway production drew over forty positive reviews.
Jim was an agent at International Creative Management for eight years. Within a year of starting in the mailroom, he was promoted to a full-fledged agent at the age of 25. Mr. Jermanok represented: Alan Arkin, John Chancellor, E.L. Doctorow, Helen Hayes, Burt Lancaster, Shirley MacLaine, Arthur Miller, Dudley Moore, Harry Reasoner, Andy Rooney, General H. Norman Schwartzkopf and Henry Winkler, among others.
A former exchange student and journalist in South Africa, Mr. Jermanok has traveled and worked extensively throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In London, he interned at the British Parliament, where he directed a short documentary which was screened before a Parliamentary committee. Jim Jermanok was educated at Cornell University and The London School of Economics.
Date of Birth
Schenectady, New York, USA
14) Joshua Seftel Producer For Queer Eye
Joshua Seftel's filmmaking has brought him to Romania, Bosnia, South Africa, Costa Rica, Iceland, and across the United States. At age 22, he received his first Emmy nomination for his documentary film Lost and Found (1991) about the plight of Romania's 120,000 orphaned and abandoned children. Made for $2,000, Lost and Found helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars and spurred American adoptions of hundreds of Romanian orphans. Seftel's subsequent films include Old Warrior (1994), Taking on the Kennedys (1996) chosen by Time Magazine as one the ten "Best of the Year," and the HBO film Ennis' Gift (2001), made in memory of Bill Cosby's late son, Ennis. His work has also appeared on Ira Glass' This American Life program, both on public radio and on Showtime. Seftel's award-winning narrative film debut was the sharp, satirical short Breaking the Mold (2003), a success on the American festival circuit that gained him notice as a director of scripted work. His feature film political satire, War, Inc., starring John Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Ben Kingsley, Hilary Duff, and Joan Cusack, was selected to premiere at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.
Date of Birth
17 July 1968, Schenectady, New York, USA
15) John F. McCormick
Worked as a teen male model in High School and College.
Appeared in Seventeen Magazine.
Won the title of International Teen Male Model awarded by the World Modeling Association.
Hoped to be a Forest Ranger when he was little, was accepted at Paul Bunyan College of Conservation in Upstate NY.
In 2010, John produced a one night only spectacular "1 Voice" an all star awareness raising event to support the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills,Ca to keep long term care on their campus. John directed the special with super stars Shirley Jones, Richard Dreyfus, Gloria Loring. Esai Morales, Dawn Wells and members of the NEO Ensemble Theatre Company,.
Date of Birth
16 June 1967, Schenectady, New York, USA
Other people that you may know that were born and orig from Schenectady NY
Michael J. Carnevale
Michael caught the acting bug after moving to South Florida in 1986, and working as an actor on various films like "Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise" (1987) and several episodes of: "Miami Vice" (1987).
After studying acting in different classes and workshops between Florida and Los Angeles, he moved to NYC to pursue a more formal education/training, enrolling in the Filmmaking program at New York University. Michael's thesis short film "The Case" (1990), {about a daydreaming student whose fantasies blur the line between reality and his imagination, injecting himself into his own noir detective story}, garnered him critical acclaim by faculty, and local reviewers.
Later, Michael co-wrote and starred in the indie film "A Subject of Color" (1991) {About an interracial couple and the affect their relationship has on their friends} produced by Erika/Lynn Productions.
In 1993, Michael then formed his own production company, Archangel Pictures, and Executive Produced the indie feature "Me, Tommy and the Brothers" (1998) which he also wrote and directed.
In September 2007, Michael's debut novel "Dark Obsessions" was published by Lulu.com, and is available at bookstores worldwide.
While not touring for his book signing, Michael is working on the financing/pre-production stages for his action/adventure screenplay "Dice and Ice," through Archangel Pictures Inc.
And on a new horror script with writing partner Dan Karpf.
Date of Birth
27 September 1961, Schenectady, New York, USAAnthony Ferraro
Born and raised in Schenectady, New York Anthony holds an MA in Directing from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London (RADA). In the 90's he co-produced several music videos for Caroline Record Company including Ben Folds Five, The DelRubio Triplets and several others. Beginning in 2000 Anthony directed a string of critically acclaimed short films until 2004 saw the release of his first feature film, "Everything Unspoken" which he wrote and directed. In 2005 Anthony focused on short film projects and documenting current events. Since 2006 Anthony has been producing and editing for the Emmy award winning independent media company and cable TV network led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Current TV. This summer Anthony is releasing his presently untitled second feature film. Several of Anthony's films have shown throughout the United States as well as Italy, Spain and Austria.
Date of Birth
8 February 1967, Schenectady, New York, USAAnthony DiCocco
His first acting job was as an extra in the Jack Nicholson Film "Ironweed" which was filmed in Albany, NY. From that point on Anthony knew what he wanted to do with his life. He performed in several plays in elementary and middle school but caught a break in High School playing the part of Bill Sykes in the high school musical "Oliver". After high school Anthony attended college at SUNY Albany where he studied drama. After college Anthony moved to Los Angeles where he studied at the famed Playhouse West run by the great actor Jeff Goldblum.
Anthony has had small roles on television series and several feature films. He was set for the leading role in the indie film "Beverly Hills Massacre" but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with another project
Date of Birth
9 February 1979, Schenectady, New York, USAWe hope you like some of the fampus celebrities that were born in Schenectady NY-we know we don't have them all-but this is a ever growing list-we hope you like and share this with your friends.
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