Van Nuys
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Location in Los Angeles |
Van Nuys ( ) [ vænˈnaɪz ] is a neighborhood in Los Angeles in the heart of the San Fernando Valley . This district was named after its founder, the entrepreneur Isaac Newton Van Nuys .
Van Nuys is mostly inhabited by Latinos . Nearby is the Sepulveda Dam, a dam that protects against flooding when it rains heavily and is surrounded by extensive green spaces. These serve as a recreational area and have a Japanese tea garden.
The Van Nuys Airport is only on the general aviation use. In the general aviation sector, however, it is one of the airports with the largest number of flight movements in the world.
Sons and daughters
- Brandon Boyd (born 1976), singer with Incubus
- Joseph V. Brennan (* 1954), Catholic Bishop of Fresno
- Dennis Burkley (1945–2013), actor
- Russell Carpenter (born 1950), cameraman
- Kristen Cloke (born 1968), actress
- Don Drysdale (1936-1993), baseball player
- Zen Gesner (* 1970), film actor
- Jason Gore (* 1974), professional golfer
- Brian Austin Green (born 1973), actor
- Camryn Elizabeth Grimes (born 1990), actress
- Gary Lockwood (born 1937), actor
- Kevin Mitnick (* 1963), former hacker, today managing director of a security company
- Neal Morse (* 1960), progressive rock musician
- Patricia Norris (1931–2015), costume designer, Oscar winner
- Jon Peters (* 1945), film producer
- Trudi Schoop (1903–1999), dancer, cabaret artist and dance therapist
- Duane Tatro (* 1927), film composer
- Diane Warren (born 1956), composer
- McKenzie Westmore (* 1977), film and stage actress
- Johnny Whitaker (born 1959), actor and former child star
- Mary Elizabeth McDonough (born 1961), actress
Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys High School , which opened in 1914, had many well-known students, including a .:
- Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress
- Paula Abdul (* 1962), singer
- Robert Redford (born 1936), actor
- Natalie Wood (1938–1981), actress
- Erika Eleniak (* 1969), actress ( Baywatch - The Lifeguards of Malibu )
- Jonathan Postel (1943–1998), scientist (often referred to as the "father of the Internet" with others)
- Vint Cerf (* 1943), scientist (see Jonathan Postel)
- Gilbert Arenas (* 1982), current professional basketball player ( Orlando Magic )
In addition, some films and TV series were shot on the premises of the VNHS:
Films:
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) (German title: I believe 'I'm standing in the woods - with Sean Penn )
- Christine (1983) - written by Stephen King , directed by John Carpenter
- My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) (German title: Meine Stiefmother is an Alien - with Dan Aykroyd , Kim Basinger , Jon Lovitz and Alyson Hannigan )
- Sleepwalkers (1992) - Book: Stephen King
TV shows:
- Highway to Heaven (1984–1989) (German title: An Angel on Earth - with Michael Landon )
- The Wonder Years (1988-1993) (German title: Wunder Years )
Others
- According to the storyline, Van Nuys is the home airport of "Santini Air" in the Airwolf series .
- In Jonathan Kellerman's novel Evidence , two bodies are found in an airport hangar; the hangar is searched by the police, although it belongs to the ruler of the fictional oil state Sranil and thus a diplomatic crisis is provoked.
- In Raymond Chandler's novel The Big Sleep (1939; German: Der Große Schlaf ) there is a “Van Nuys Hotel” in which part of the plot takes place.
- From 1969 until the temporary closure in May 2011, Van Nuys was home to the famous Sound City recording studio , where, for example, the grunge rock band Nirvana recorded the 1991 album Nevermind . In 2013, Dave Grohl , the former drummer of Nirvana, released the documentary Sound City about the history of the recording studio as a cinematic homage . Neil Young recorded the album After the Gold Rush , Elton John recorded the album Caribou and Metallica recorded the album Death Magnetic at Sound City Studio . The Sound City Studio celebrated its reopening in spring 2017.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Van Nuys Airport - General Description
- ^ Aaron Curtiss, A Legend Returns to Van Nuys High: Marilyn: A photo of the star is donated to her old school and takes its place on a library wall. , Los Angeles Times of March 21, 1991.
- ↑ Sound City , documentary by Dave Grohl , producers: John Ramsay, James A. Rota and Dave Grohl, DVD, 108 minutes, 2013, Roswell Films + Therapy Content + Diamond Docs + RCA Records + distribution: Sony Music
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Coordinates: 34 ° 11 ′ N , 118 ° 27 ′ W