List of sons and daughters from Queens
This list includes personalities who were born in Queens . Queens has been a borough of New York City in the United States since 1898 .
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- 50 Cent (* 1975), rapper
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- Ray Abruzzo (born 1954), actor
- Action Bronson (born 1983), rapper
- Cecily Adams (1958-2004), actress and director
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo (1925–1986), politician
- Max Adler (* 1986), actor
- Natalie Albino (* 1984), pop musician
- Nicole Albino (* 1984), pop musician
- John Alcorn (1935–1992), graphic designer and illustrator
- Frank Aletter (1926–2009), actor
- Kenny Anderson (born 1970), basketball player
- Steven Antin (* 1958), actor, screenwriter, film producer, film director and stuntman
- Iris Apfel (* 1921), businesswoman, interior designer and fashion icon
- Emile Ardolino (1943–1993), film director, film producer and theater actor
- Roone Arledge (1931-2002), television producer
- Tichina Arnold (* 1969), film actress
- Hank Azaria (born 1964), actor
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- Barbara Bach (* 1947), actress
- Clyde N. Baker (born 1930), civil engineer
- Kyle Baker (born 1965), cartoonist
- Cornelia Barns (1888–1941), feminist, socialist and political cartoonist
- Nicole Bass (1964–2017), bodybuilder, actress, wrestler and valet
- Bob Beamon (born 1946), athlete
- Walter Becker (1950–2017), rock musician
- Tobin Bell (born 1942), actor
- Joey Beltram (* 1971), graffiti artist and musician
- Casey Benjamin (* 1978), saxophonist, keyboardist, producer and songwriter
- Tony Bennett (born 1926), jazz singer and entertainer
- Ira Berlin (1941–2018), historian
- Jeff Berlin (* 1953), bassist
- Gary Bettman (born 1952), sports official
- Dawoud Bey (* 1953), photographer
- Big Ali , singer-songwriter, MC, DJ and rapper
- Big Cass (born 1986), wrestler
- Roy Bittan (* 1949), keyboardist
- Don Blackman (1953–2013), funk and jazz pianist
- Arthur Blank (* 1942), entrepreneur
- Chuck Blazer (1945–2017), football official
- Archie Bleyer (1909–1989), band leader and music producer
- Isaac Bloom (around 1716 - 1803), politician
- Lee R. Bobker (1925–1999), film director and producer
- Marston T. Bogert (1868-1954), chemist
- Paul Bowles (1910–1999), writer, composer and translator
- Walter Bowne (1770–1846), politician
- Eddie Bracken (1915–2002), actor
- Peter Brancazio (1939-2020), physicist
- Adrien Brody (* 1973), film actor
- Hillary Brooke (1914–1999), actress
- Tom Browne (* 1954), jazz trumpeter and singer of jazz radio
- William F. Brunner (1887–1965), politician
- Carol Rifka Brunt (* 1970), writer
- Lloyd Bryce (1851-1917), politician
- Nancy Burghart (* approx. 1945), racing cyclist
- Dan Burros (1937–1965), American Nazi Party member
- Sam Burtis (* 1948), jazz trombonist
- Barbara Bush (1925–2018), First Lady of the United States
- Bobby Byrne (1932-2017), cinematographer
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- Charles Camarda (* 1952), astronaut
- Peter Camejo (1939–2008), businessman, writer, environmentalist and politician
- Mary Carillo (* 1957), tennis player and television journalist
- Amanda Carlin (* 1957), actress and audio book speaker
- David Caruso (born 1956), actor
- Nicholas Cascone (* 1963), film and television actor
- Robert P. Casey (1932-2000), politician
- Jack Cassidy (1927–1976), singer and television actor
- Charles Castronovo (* 1975), tenor
- Louis Ozawa Changchien (born 1975), actor
- Raymond Chappetto (* 1945), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- Diego Chávarri (* 1989), Peruvian-American football player
- Chinx (1983-2015), rapper
- Cree Cicchino (* 2002), actress and dancer
- Kvitka Cisyk (1953–1998), coloratura soprano
- George Coe (1929–2015), actor and film producer
- I. Bernard Cohen (1914–2003), historian of science
- Joe Cohn (* 1956), jazz guitarist
- Cadwallader D. Colden (1769–1834), lawyer, officer and politician
- Howard Collins (1930–2015), jazz and studio musician
- William Cronjager (1930–1995), cameraman
- Jackie Cruz (born 1986), actress
- Andrew Cuomo (born 1957), politician
- Chris Cuomo (* 1970), television journalist
- Mario Cuomo (1932–2015), politician
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- Ray Dalio (born 1949), entrepreneur, hedge fund manager and philanthropist
- Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), biochemist
- Julie Dash (born 1952), filmmaker
- Charles Dauner (1912–1993), handball player
- Rob David (* 1971), actor and composer
- Tom DeFalco (* 1950), comic artist
- Nunzio DeFilippis (* 1970), comic and television writer
- Lou Del Valle (* 1968), boxer and world light heavyweight champion
- Joseph Peter Michael Denning (1907–1990), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- Donny Deutsch (* 1957), entrepreneur and talk show host
- Hamidou Diallo (* 1998), basketball player
- William Diehl (1924–2006), novelist, journalist and photographer
- DJ Clue (* 1975), hip-hop DJ
- DJ Muggs (* 1968), DJ and music producer
- Eric Jay Dolin (* 1961), author and employee of environmental protection organizations
- Mary Agnes Donoghue (* 1943), screenwriter and film director
- Thomas Downey (* 1949), politician
- Fran Drescher (* 1957), actress, producer and author
- Bob Dudley (born 1955), economic manager
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- Devin Ebanks (* 1989), basketball player
- Henry E. Eccles (1898–1986), Rear Admiral in the US Navy
- Beth Ehlers (* 1968), actress
- Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), actor
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- Peter Facinelli (* 1973), actor
- Mike Fahn (* 1960), jazz trombonist and horn player
- Nargis Fakhri (* 1979), actress and model
- Susan Faludi (* 1959), journalist and author
- Warren Farrell (born 1943), author and men's rights activist
- Jon Favreau (born 1966), actor, producer and director
- Richard Feynman (1918–1988), physicist and Nobel Prize winner 1965
- Sydney M. Finegold (1921–2018), internist, microbiologist and immunologist
- Dan Flavin (1933–1996), visual artist
- Glenn Fleshler (* 1968), actor
- Fred Foss (1949–2019), jazz musician
- Mimi Fox (* 1956), jazz guitarist and music teacher
- Steve Franken (1932–2012), actor
- Linda Freeland (* 1967), R&B, soul and gospel singer
- Daniel Frisa (* 1955), lawyer and politician
- Eric Fromm (* 1958), tennis player
- John Frusciante (* 1970), guitarist
- Edward Funk (1936-2016), tattoo artist
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- Ed Gardner (1901–1963), actor, writer, screenwriter and director
- Art Garfunkel (* 1941), musician
- Philip Giaccone (1932-1981), mafia gangster
- Keith Giffen (* 1952), comic book author and illustrator
- Edgar Gilbert (1923–2013), mathematician
- Greg Glassman (* 1977), musician (trumpet, composition) of modern jazz
- Richard Glatzer (1952–2015), director, screenwriter and film producer
- Bernhard Goetz (* 1947), '' Subway Vigilante ''
- Howard Gordon (* 1961), screenwriter, novelist and producer of television series
- Mary Gordon (born 1949), writer
- Shep Gordon (* 1945), music manager, artist agent and film producer
- Cliff Gorman (1936–2002), actor
- Irv Gotti (* 1970), hip-hop producer
- John A. Gotti (* 1964), mobster of the American Cosa Nostra
- Kara Goucher (* 1978), long-distance runner
- Richard Grasso (* 1946), Chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange
- Milford Graves (* 1941), drummer and jazz composer
- Coco Grayson (* 2000), actress, child actress and voice actress
- Glenn Greenwald (* 1967), journalist, blogger, writer and lawyer
- Randy Gregg (* 1969), bass guitarist
- William Gregory (1849–1901), politician
- Robert Greifeld (* 1957), entrepreneur
- April Greiman (* 1948), graphic designer and typographer
- David Gries (* 1939), computer scientist
- Max Grodénchik (* 1952), actor
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- Theodore Alvin Hall (1925-1999), physicist
- Florence Halop (1923–1986), actress
- Jimmy Halperin (* 1958), saxophonist and jazz composer
- Luke Halpin (born 1947), actor
- Kevin Hamilton (* 1984), basketball player
- Tardo Hammer (* 1958), jazz musician
- Harlœ (* 1992), R&B singer and songwriter
- Joy Harmon (* 1940), baker and actress
- Danielle Harris (born 1977), actress
- Jerome Harris (* 1953), jazz bassist and guitarist
- Walter A. Harrison (* 1930), theoretical solid-state physicist
- Havoc (* 1974), hip-hop producer and rapper
- Thomas W. Hawkins (* 1938), mathematician
- Graham Haynes (* 1960), jazz musician
- Margaret Heckler (1931–2018), diplomat and politician
- Jane Henson (1934-2013), puppeteer
- Kathleen Herles (* 1990), voice actress
- Lawrence Hertzog (1951–2008), screenwriter and television producer
- Frank Hewitt (1935–2002), jazz pianist
- Elias Hicks (1748-1830), Quaker leader
- George Hincapie (* 1973), racing cyclist
- George J. Hochbrueckner (* 1938), politician
- David Allen Hoffman (born 1944), mathematician
- Chamique Holdsclaw (* 1977), basketball player
- Thirstin Howl III , rapper
- Lex Humphries (1936-1994), jazz drummer
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- Mildred Iatrou Morgan (* before 1987), sound engineer
- Carl Icahn (* 1936), multi-billionaire and major investor
- Gwen Ifill (1955 2016), journalist, television presenter and author
- Vincent Irizarry (born 1959), actor
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- Ja Rule (* 1976), rapper
- Billy Jayne (born 1969), actor
- Brian Jennings (1958-2015), visual effects supervisor and animator
- Ron Jeremy (born 1953), porn actor
- Melissa Jiménez (* 1984), singer and songwriter
- Mindy Jostyn (1956-2005), singer and multi-instrumentalist
- Peter Jurasik (born 1950), actor
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- William George Kaelin (* 1957), oncologist and Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine 2019
- Peter S. Kalikow (* 1942), entrepreneur and automobile collector
- Kieran Kane (* 1949), country singer and songwriter
- Donna Karan (* 1948), fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Lenore Kasdorf (* 1948), film actress
- Ibram X. Kendi (* 1982), racism researcher
- Frederick Koehler (* 1975), actor
- Kool G Rap (born 1968), rapper
- Steve Koren (* 1966), screenwriter and film producer
- Norman Krasna (1909–1984), screenwriter and playwright, film producer and director
- David Krumholtz (* 1978), actor
- Raymond Kurzweil (* 1948), computer pioneer and non-fiction author
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- Doron Lamb (born 1991), basketball player
- Robia LaMorte (born 1970), actress
- Michael Landon (1936–1991), actor
- Stephen Lang (born 1952), actor
- Liza Lapira (* 1981), actress
- Estée Lauder (1906–2004), cosmetics entrepreneur
- Cyndi Lauper (* 1953), singer
- Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (1791–1861), politician
- John W. Lawrence (1800–1888), politician
- Samuel Lawrence (1773–1837), lawyer and politician
- NeNe Leakes (born 1967), actress and a reality soap star
- Malcolm D. Lee (* 1970), director and screenwriter
- James Lent (1782–1833), lawyer and politician
- Ken Levine (* 1966), computer game developer
- Myron Levoy (1930-2019), writer
- Jack Lew (* 1955), lawyer and politician
- Peter Anthony Libasci (* 1951), Roman Catholic bishop
- Matthew Libatique (* 1968), cameraman
- Lil Tecca (* 2002), rapper and singer
- Avi Lipkin (* 1949), Israeli military and politician
- Lucy Liu (* 1968), actress
- LL Cool J (* 1968), rapper
- Joseph Loewenstein (* 1925), clergyman and De La Salle brother
- James Lorinz (* 1964), actor, film director and screenwriter
- Joe Lo Truglio (* 1970), actor, comedian and voice actor
- Denton Lotz (1939–2019), Baptist theologian and pastor
- Lori Loughlin (born 1964), actress
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- Scott Machado (* 1990), basketball player
- Hemky Madera (born 1977), actor
- Bernard L. Madoff (* 1938), finance and stock broker
- Billy Magnussen (born 1985), actor
- George Maharis (* 1928), actor, singer and painter
- Karl Makinen (born 1970), actor
- Jesse Malin (* 1968), rock musician
- Michael Malone (* 1971), basketball coach
- Norman Mapp (1928–1988), jazz musician
- Edward Mapplethorpe (* 1960), photographer and painter
- Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), photographer
- Michael Manning (* 1963), author, photographer and graphic artist
- James Maritato (born 1972), wrestler
- Marley Marl (* 1962), music producer and DJ
- James Marshall (born 1967), actor
- Barney Martin (1923-2005), actor
- Christopher Martin (* 1962), hip-hop musician
- Melanie Martinez (* 1995), singer
- Mohammad Yusef Mashriqi (* 1987), American-Afghan soccer player
- Drea de Matteo (born 1972), actress
- Gene Mayer (* 1956), tennis player
- Sandy Mayer (* 1952), tennis player
- Helen Mayer Harrison (1927-2018), artist
- John Maynard (1786–1850), lawyer and politician
- Debi Mazar (born 1964), actress
- Sean McCaw (* 1973), Austrian basketball coach and player
- Nicole McClure (* 1989), Jamaican-American national soccer player
- Charles James McDonnell (1928-2020), Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Newark
- Patrick McGoohan (1928–2009), film actor, screenwriter and director
- Gordon McKenzie (1927-2013), long distance runner
- Julianne McNamara (* 1965), artistic gymnast
- MC Shan (* 1965), rapper and music producer
- John Megna (1952–1995), actor
- Grace Meng (* 1975), politician
- Ethel Merman (1908–1984), actress and singer
- Eric Metaxas (* 1963), author, speaker and radio host
- Omar Metwally (born 1974), actor
- Dina Meyer (* 1968), actress
- Darryl Middleton (born 1966), basketball player
- Kevin Misher (born 1965), film producer
- Charles Momsen (1896–1967), Vice Admiral and pioneer of submarine rescue
- James Monaco (1942–2019), film scholar, critic, author and publisher
- Alysia Montaño (* 1986), middle distance runner
- Lana Moorer (* 1971), rapper and actress
- John J. Morgan (1770–1849), politician
- Meli'sa Morgan (born 1964), R&B singer
- Stanley Moss (* 1925), poet, publisher and art dealer
- Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996), jazz musician
- Chris Mullin (born 1963), basketball player
- Francis P. Mulvey (* 1944), economist
- Lewis Mumford (1895–1990), architecture critic and scientist
- Donna Murphy (born 1959), actress
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- Nas (* 1973), rapper
- Tyrone Nash (* 1988), basketball player
- Barbara Nichols (1928–1976), actress
- Willi Ninja (1961–2006), dancer, choreographer and artist
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- James H. O'Brien (1860-1924), politician
- Robyn Ochs (* 1958), author, editor, educator and activist of the bi-movement
- Lamar Odom (born 1979), basketball player
- Leslie Odom Jr. (* 1981), film actor, musical performer, producer and singer
- Colby O'Donis (born 1989), singer
- Daniel J. O'Donnell (* 1960), politician
- Al Oerter (1936-2007), track and field athlete
- Garrett Oliver (* 1962), brewer and beer author
- Robert Olivo (Ondine) (1937-1989), actor
- Rick Overton (* 1954), actor and screenwriter
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- Anita Page (1910–2008), film actress
- Mukul Pahuja (* 1985 or 1986), professional poker player
- Jorge-Luis Pallo (* 1974), American actor of Puerto Rican-Ecuadorian origin
- Frankie Palmeri (* 1986), singer
- Lou Pearlman (1954-2016), businessman and music manager
- Basil Pennington (1931–2005), Roman Catholic theologian, Trappist, abbot, and spiritual writer
- Elizabeth Perkins (born 1960), actress
- Derrick Phelps (born 1972), basketball player
- Paul Picerni (1922–2011), actor
- Thomas J. Pickard (born 1950), government official and director of the FBI
- Jimmy Picker (* 1949), animator and film producer
- Roberta Piket (* 1966), jazz pianist, singer, composer and author
- Donald L. Pilling (1943-2008), US Navy Admiral
- Jacqueline Piñol (* 1979), actress and voice actress
- Peter Polaco (born 1973), wrestler
- Friedrich Poppenhusen (1861–1923), Hamburg merchant and member of parliament
- LeBaron Bradford Prince (1840–1922), politician and governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1889 to 1893
- Josephine Pucci (* 1990), ice hockey player
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- T. Vincent Quinn (1903–1982), lawyer and politician
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- Holly-Jane Rahlens (* 1950), writer and actress
- Rahzel (* 1967), beatboxer
- Rammellzee (1960–2010), graffiti artist and hip-hop musician
- CJ Ramone (* 1965), bassist, singer and guitarist
- Philip Rastelli (1918–1991), mobster and leader of the Bonanno family of the Cosa Nostra
- Louise Reiss (1920–2011), doctor
- Tommy Rettig (1941–1996), actor and software developer
- Howie Richmond (1918–2012), music publisher
- Don Rickles (1926-2017), comedian and entertainer
- Samuel Riker (1743–1823), politician and officer in the Continental Army
- Richard Riordan (* 1930), politician
- Mike Rodriguez (* 1979), jazz musician
- James A. Roe (1896–1967), officer, lawyer and politician
- Ray Romano (born 1957), actor
- Philip Rosenthal (* 1960), screenwriter and film producer
- Barbara Rubin (1945–1980), experimental filmmaker
- Jeffrey Z. Rubin (1941–1995), peace and negotiation researcher
- Mercedes Ruehl (* 1948), actress
- Matt Ruff (born 1965), writer
- Jennifer Rush (* 1960), rock and pop singer
- Amy Ryan (born 1969), actress
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- Schmuel Sackett (* 1961), Israeli politician and religious Zionist
- Melanie Safka (* 1947), singer and songwriter
- Joshua Sands (1757–1835), officer, trader and politician
- Stanley Schachter (1922–1997), social psychologist
- Barry Scheck (born 1949), defense attorney and law professor
- Ossie Schectman (1919-2013), basketball player
- Jacqueline Schultz (* 1956), actress
- David Schwimmer (* 1966), actor and director
- Martin Scorsese (born 1942), director
- Esther Scott (1953-2020), actress
- Linda Scott (* 1945), pop singer
- Stephen Scott (* 1969), jazz pianist
- Gregg L. Semenza (* 1956), pediatrician
- James A. Shannon (1904–1994), medical doctor, science manager, and director of the National Institutes of Health
- Roxanne Shanté (* 1969), rapper and psychologist
- Adrienne Shelly (1966–2006), actress and film director
- Kevin Shields (* 1963), singer, guitarist and music producer
- Abner W. Sibal (1921-2000), politician
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler (* 1981), actress
- Jocelyn B. Smith (* 1960), jazz singer
- Kenny Smith (born 1965), basketball player
- Melancton Smith (1744–1798), officer, trader and politician
- Will Smith (1981-2016), American football player
- Raymond Smullyan (1919–2017), mathematician and logician
- Michael Soldier (* 1967), porn actor
- James Southerland (born 1990), basketball player
- Marc Spitz (1969–2017), writer, playwright and music journalist
- Michael Spivak (* 1940), mathematician
- Daniel Stanese (* 1994), football player
- Beau Starr (born 1944), actor
- Fredro Starr (* 1971), rapper and actor
- Mike Starr (born 1950), actor
- Howard Stern (born 1954), radio host
- Robin Stone (born 1962), pop singer
- Styles P. (* 1974), rapper
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- Ralph Taeger (1936–2015), actor
- Julie Tatham (1908–1999), writer
- Shannon Tavárez (1999-2010), child actress
- Lewis Thomas (1913-1993), medical doctor and essayist
- Tony Thompson (1954-2003), drummer
- George Tenet (* 1953), government official and director of the CIA from 1997 to 2004
- Camille Thurman (* 1986), jazz musician
- Dennis Tito (* 1940), entrepreneur, multimillionaire and first space tourist
- Tragedy Khadafi (* 1971), rapper
- Donald Trump (* 1946), entrepreneur and 45th US President
- John G. Trump (1907–1985), electrical engineer and physicist
- George Tsontakis (* 1951), composer and conductor
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- Ludmila Ulehla (1923–2009), composer and music teacher
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- James Van Praagh (* 1958), television producer and esotericist
- John Ventimiglia (born 1963), actor
- Christina Vidal (* 1981), actress and singer
- Nina Vidal , singer-songwriter-artist and pianist
- Charlie Villanueva (* 1984), American Dominican basketball player
- Cyndy Violette (* 1959), poker player
- Salvatore Vitale (* 1947), underboss of the Bonanno criminal family
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- Waddy Wachtel (* 1947), musician, composer and producer
- Christopher Walken (born 1943), actor
- Robert Walker junior (1940-2019), actor
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (* 1966), politician
- Bob Weinstein (* 1954), film producer
- Harvey Weinstein (* 1952), film producer
- Mary Weiss (* 1948), singer
- Michael J. Weithorn (* 1956), author, director and producer
- James Wetherbee (born 1952), astronaut
- Suzanne Weyn (* 1955), writer
- John Williams (* 1932), composer
- Todd Williams (born 1977), actor
- George Willig (* 1949), building climber, stuntman and author
- Gordon Willis (1931-2014), cameraman
- Frank Wilczek (* 1951), physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Chris Wyse (* 1969), bass player and singer
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- Yaeji (* 1993), American-Korean DJ and producer in the field of electronic music
- Tony Yayo (born 1978), rapper
- Anastasia Young (* 1988), luge rider
- Burt Young (born 1940), actor
- Ramy Youssef (* 1991), stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter
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- Benh Zeitlin (* 1982), filmmaker