English Movie Review Winter's Tale - Cast & Crew

Debra Granik, born on February 6, 1963, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the granddaughter of Theodore Granik, founder-moderator of TV’s long run panel discussion program, The American Forum of the Air. She graduated from the Brandeis University in 1985 where she got introduced to documentary film, democratic media, and feminism. Later she started making educational films for trade unions. She also earned an MFA from the graduate film program at New York University where she was mentored under the guidance of Boris Frumin and directed her first short film Snake Feed.

Akiva Goldsman is an American television writer, film writer, producer, and a director. Akiva has worked for many movies as a screenwriter. Some of those films are ‘Batman Forever’, ‘Cindrella Man’, ‘I am Legend’, and many rewrites. In the year 2006, he worked with the famous director Ron Howard to make the movie ‘The Da Vinci Code’ which is based on author Dan Brown’s novel. He received mixed reviews for his work for this film. Akiva has won an Academy Award in the year 2001 for the movie ‘A Beautiful Mind’ which is an Oscar-winning film. Akiva belongs to a Jewish Family.

Colin James Farrell is a famous Hollywood actor. He was born to Rita Monaghan and Eamon Farrell in Dublin, Ireland. Eamon was a professional soccer player who managed and played for one of the Ireland’s famous clubs- Shamrocks Rovers FC. His uncle also played for the same club. Colin has two sisters, Catherine and Claudine, and one brother, Eamon Jr. His family moved to Castleknock (a suburb of Dublin), Ireland. He took his education at St. Brigid’s National School, Castleknock College and Gormanston College. His elder brother came out about his being gay and is married to Stephen Mannion. He got married to Kim Bordenave in 2002. Unfortunately, the marriage lasted only for a year. Their relation gave the birth to James Padraig Farrell. James has been diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome. He then married his co-star and a Polish actress Alicja Bachleda –Curus in 2009 and fathered Henry Tadeusz Farrell but again the marriage fell apart in 2010. He was linked with many women including Britney Spears, Amelia Warner, Emma Forrest, Nicole Narain, Angelina Jolie, Demi Moore, Maeve Quinlan and Muireann McDonnell. Colin attended Gaiety Drama School in Dublin and during this time appeared in Drinking Crude. After this, he discontinued his studies at Gaiety and went on to pursue acting as a full-time career.

“Are you not entertained?” This is his notorious Best Actor winning-script from the movie “Gladiator” as General Maximus Decimus Meridius. The legendary actor from “Down Under” – Russell Crowe.

Matthew Stanton Bomer or ostentatiously known as Matt Bomer is an American actor known for his roles of Neal Caffrey in the ABC Network-produced “White Collar,” Bryce Larkin in the NBC-produced “Chuck,” and Felix Turner in the television film, “The Normal Heart.” For his work in White Collar, Bomer pocketed a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and was the recipient of a Golden Globe Award. Bomer is also known for his roles in movies such as “Flightplan,” In Time, Magic Mike and “Winter’s Tale.” Besides these, Bomer has also been involved with the theater, featuring in Broadway play such as the Dustin Lance Black’s, “8.” Matt was born to John Bomer IV and Elizabeth Stanton in Missouri. The family, later on, relocated to Texas, where Matt pursued his education at the Klein High School, where the actor, Lee Pace, was a classmate.

Garret L. Dillahunt is an American actor. He is known for the role of Burt Chance, Ty Walker and a terminator on “Raising Hopes,” “Justified” and “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” respectively. He was born on 24 November 1964 in Castro Valley, California. He got raised in Selah, Washington. He graduatedfrom the University of Washington with a B.A. in Journalism. He earned Masters of Fine Arts in acting at Tisch School of the Arts from the New York University Acting Program along with Jeffrey Donovan.