Edward Khmara

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Edward Khmara (born 1944) is an American screenwriter, actor and producer. He is best known for his work on Enemy Mine , Ladyhawke [1] [2] and Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story . [3] [4]

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Khmara was born in 1944, in Los Angeles, California. His immigrant parents originated from Ukraine but spoke Russian at home. [5] Father is from Poltava and Mother is from Kyiv.

He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); two years after graduating, he settled in Paris, where, while wandering through the city's ancient streets, his first film script, Ladyhawke, was born, which he later brought to life.

Since 1996, he has been teaching at the University of California. In 2006, he moved to a ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico. He enjoys horseback riding.

Edward now fully acknowledges his Ukrainian heritage and roots. He says that in the past, Soviet propaganda undermined the national identity of other nations and imposed the notion that everyone was Russian.

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References

  1. "Ladyhawke (1985)". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  2. "MOVIE REVIEWS : MEDIEVAL MAGIC, MODERN ROMP : 'Ladyhawke'". Los Angeles Times . April 12, 1985. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  3. The fate of emigrants. Edward Khmara on origins, movies and American cinema.
  4. "Bruce Lee's Brief Life Being Brought to Screen - the New York Times". The New York Times . Archived from the original on April 19, 2020.
  5. "Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  6. WOLFGANG PETERSEN; THE CREATOR OF 'DAS BOOT' VENTURES INTO OUTER SPACE: Blowen, Michael. Boston Globe 17 Dec 1985: 67.