Martin Amis
Writer
August 25, 1949 – May 19, 2023
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Born on this day – Marshall Brickman:
Marshall Brickman
Writer
Director
Producer
August 25, 1939 – November 29, 2024
Credits:
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Films to See Before You Die (2006); A Decade Under the Influence (2003); American
Masters (2011); Ann in Blue (1974); Annie Hall (1977); Candid Camera (1960); Conversations
for our Daughters (2021); Film Genre (2002); For the Boys (1991); Funny (1988);
Hootenanny (1963); Intersection (1994); Jersey Boys (2014); Jersey Boys Live!
(2022); Julie: My Favorite Things (1975); Late Night with David Letterman (1983);
Lovesick (1983); Manhattan (1979); Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993); Off Campus (1977);
Out to Sea (1997); Rock Family Trees (1998); Simon (1980); Sister Mary Explains
It All (2001); Sleeper (1973); Sounds from a Town I Love (2001); Super Size Me
(2004); That's Adequate (1989); The 24th Annual Guild Hall Academy of the Arts
Lifetime Achievement Awards (2009); The 47th Annual Writers Guild Awards (1995);
The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006); The
Carson Podcast (2014–2018); The Cemetery Club (1993); The Dick Cavett Show (1971–1978);
The Johnny Carson Special (1969); The Kraft Music Hall (1967); The Manhattan
Project (1986); The Merv Griffin Show (1965); The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence
(1975); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1970); We Interrupt This
Week (1978).
Born on this day – Frederick Forsyth:
Frederick Forsyth
Writer
Producer
Actor
August 25, 1938 – June 9, 2025
Credits:
Books:
A Tangled
Web (2005); Avenger (2003); Emeka (1991); English Crime Stories of Today (1993);
Great Flying Stories (1991); Icon (1996); No Comebacks (1982); Revenge of
Odessa (2025); The Afghan (2006); The Art of the Matter (2001); The Biafra
Story: The Making of an African Legend (1969); The Citizen (2000); The Cobra (2010);
The Day of the Jackal (1971); The Deceiver (1991); The Devil's Alternative (1979);
The Dogs of War (1974); The Emperor (1982); The Fist of God (1994); The Fourth
Protocol (1984); The Fox (2018); The Kill List (2013); The Miracle (2000); The
Negotiator (1989); The Odessa File (1972); The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue (2015);
The Phantom of Manhattan (1996); The Shepherd (1975); The Veteran and Other
Stories (2020); Used In Evidence (2005); Whispering Wind (2000).
Movies and
television:
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al dia (2014); A fondo (1980); A Little Piece of Sunshine (1990); Alexandria
(2004); Avenger (2006); Boulevard Bio (1991–2003); Breakfast (2001–2010); Bücherjournal
(2015); Code Name: Wolverine (1996); Crime in the City (1987); Cry of the
Innocent (1980); DAS! (2000–2015); De película (1987); Dinner with Portillo (2003);
Dispatches (2006); Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989–1990); Friday Night,
Saturday Morning (1980); Good Morning Australia (2004); Good Morning Britain
(2017); Great Welsh Writers (2013); HARDtalk (2003); I Have Never Forgotten
You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007); Icon (2005); III nach
neun (2007); Im Dialog (2003); ITV Play of the Week (1973); Jesus Christ
Airlines (2001); Just Another Secret (1989); Koschwitz (2002); Kulturjournal
(2015); Kulturplatz (2006); Lads Army (2005); Larry King Live (2000); Leute
(1985); Lo + plus (1996); Love Never Dies (2012); Mark Lawson Talks to... (2006);
Markus Lanz (2015–2019); M-show (1972); Never Mind the Full Stops (2007); Outsiders
(2024); Página 2 (2011); Pebble Mill at One (1994); Pride and Extreme Prejudice
(1989); Question Time (1997–2007); Reading the Decades (2002); Reputations (1997);
Sabine Christiansen (1998); Skavlan (2014); Sleuths, Sorcerers & Spies:
Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes (2016); Soldiers (1985); Sunday AM (2016); The
Book Programme (1979); The Crime Thriller Club (2013); The Day of the Jackal
(1973 / 2024); The Devil's Day (1994); The Dogs of War (1980); The Fourth
Protocol (1987); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Odessa File (1974); The
Shepherd (2022 / 2023); The Sunday Programme (2003); The Tonight Show Starring
Johnny Carson (1971–1972); The Write Stuff (1989); This Week (2005); Titel,
Thesen, Temperamente (2015–2019); Trigger Happy TV (2001 / 2002); Tubridy
Tonight (2006); Two by Forsyth (1984); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2005 / 2014).
Born on this day – Roberto De Simone:
Roberto De Simone
Composer
Director
Writer
Actor
August 25, 1933 – April 6, 2025
Credits:
A
Night Full of Rain (1978); After the Fox (1966); All Is Fake (2002); Così fan
tutte (1996); De Pretore Vincenzo (1976); Des morceaux de ma femme (2000); Die
Zauberflöte, Opera tedesca in due atti (1995); Don Giovanni (1999); È una
domenica sera di novembre (1981); Eleonora (1999); Fontamara (1980); Gli esami
non finiscono mai (1976); Great Performances (1996); I ladri (1959); I ragazzi
di padre Tobia (1968–1970); Il Maestro di Cappella (1995); Il segreto di Luca
(1969); (In)visibility (2009); La fucilazione di Pulcinella (1973); La
ragazzola (1965); L'arte della commedia (1976); Lo frate 'nnamorato (1990); Lungo
il fiume e sull'acqua (1973); Nabucco (1987); Omnibus (1977); Quanto è bello lu
murire acciso (1975); Respiro (2002); Sempre più difficile (1981); Siamo fatti
di memoria (2009); Sicily (1967); Signora Ava (1975); Tammurriata (1994); The
Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968); The Devil in Love (1966); The Dolls / Segment:
La minestra (1965); The Gold of Naples / Segment: Pizze a credito (1954); The
Skin (1981); Una questione d'onore (1966); Unici (2015); Uomo e galantuomo (1975);
Viaggio nei luoghi del sacro (1999); Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their
Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968).
Born on this day – Leonard Bernstein:
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor
Composer
Pianist
Teacher
Writer
Humanitarian
August
25, 1918 – October 14, 1990
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