directorBorn: Oct. 31, 1961Birthplace: Wellington, New Zealand Jackson undertook one of the most daunting tasks in Hollywood history—not just bringing J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved The Lord of the Rings…
Born: 1942Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. Fused silica optical waveguide—The inventors, Maurer, Keck, and Schultz. designed and produced the first optical fiber with light loss during transmission low…
actorBorn: 9/16/1927Birthplace: New York City Excelling as a comedic and dramatic actor, he is perhaps best known as the rumpled and seemingly confused Lieutenant Columbo in more than 65 telefilms…
engineer, manufacturer, philanthropistBorn: 2/12/1791Birthplace: New York City, N.Y. Having started his career making glue and isinglass, he and two partners began an iron works company in…
writer, management consultant Born: 11/19/1909Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Having emigrated to the U.S. in 1937, he worked as an economist, a journalist, and a philosophy professor before finding…
(Peter Cohon)actorBorn: 10/10/1942Birthplace: New York City A supporting player on stage and in movies, he is known for his roles as a government scientist in E.T. (1982) and the prosecuting…
novelistBorn: 5/8/1940Birthplace: New York City The son of novelist Nathaniel Goddard Benchley and the grandson of humorist Robert Benchley, Peter Benchley knew early in life that he wanted to…
musicianBorn: 2/13/1950Birthplace: Cobham, England Talented musician, and, with Phil Collins, leader of the progressive rock group Genesis in the 1970s. Gabriel went solo in 1976, releasing three…
Distributor:A & E Home Video With attention to details, this skillfully filmed version of a family classic is more than a taping of a smash-hit Broadway musical. An outstanding and dynamic…
Director Peter Jackson Bringing Middle-earth to the silver screen by Laura Hayes Peter Jackson, a little-known director from New Zealand, has taken on one of the most daunting tasks in…
