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[…]always did the catering for all the film shoots. You know, large quantities of sandwiches and whatever and drinks. NATTKE quite well. It won a bronze award at the sixth international Jewsburger Film Festival in Germany, and it won many inter club competitions. Paul Lecker 10:26 […]
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[…] All Seasons. Peter got the Director's Guild Hollywood Assistant Directors Award for it. And he was a great guy and […]
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