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Biographical essays on anyone deceased individuals "whose significant actions occurred during his or her residence within what is now the United States or whose life or career directly influenced the course of American history."

Provides biographical information of more than one million people throughout history, around the world and across all disciplines and subject areas.  Searchable by birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.

An online collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, biography sources, statistics, and other information.

Includes filmographies, bibliographical references and indexes. Get a little background on the director.

A free online resource, featuring millions of pages of books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound.

An authoritative research guide and annotated bibliography that guides researchers to the best available scholarship and expert commentary on a variety of Cinema and Media Studies topics. Topics include international cinema, LGBT cinema, film theory, dance, theatre and many others; entries contain short biographies along with scholarship.

An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, beginning with the fourth century BC, but not including living people.