France; at age 3 moved to Poland; fled from the U.S. to France in 1978 due to allegations of statutory rape, of Jewish descent Anthony Stanislas Radziwill (1959–1999), television executive/filmmaker Zbigniew Rybczyński (born 1949), director, filmmaker, cinematographer, Oscar winner 1983 Best Animated Short Film Andrzej Sekuła (born 1954), cinematographer and film director Aaron Spelling (1923–2006), film and television producer, of Jewish descent Sam Spiegel (1901–1985), Academy Award-winning film producer, of Jewish descent J. Michael Straczynski (born 1954), writer/producer (Babylon 5 franchise) Gore Verbinski (born 1964), director (Pirates of the Caribbean (all 3 films), The Mexican, The Ring) Lana Wachowski (born 1965), filmmaker, director (The Matrix, V for Vendetta) Lilly Wachowski (born 1967), filmmaker, director (The Matrix, V for Vendetta) Albert Warner (1883–1967), co-founder of Warner Bros. Studios, of Jewish descent Harry Warner (1881–1958), one of the founders of Warner Bros. and a major contributor to the development of the film industry, of Jewish descent Jack L. Warner (1892–1978), president and driving force behind the highly successful development of Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood, of Jewish descent Sam Warner (1887–1927), co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. film company, of Jewish descent Billy Wilder (1906–2002), journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films, of Jewish descent Tommy Wiseau, writer, director, and star of The Room Dariusz Wolski, Polish-born cinematographer (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Crow, A Perfect Murder, Crimson Tide) Journalists Mika Brzezinski (born 1967), NBC and MSNBC News journalist and commentator Wolf Blitzer (born 1948). CNN anchor, born in Augsburg, Allied-occupied Germany to Polish-Jewish survivors from Auschwitz Rita Cosby (born 1964), MSNBC anchor; journalist Christopher Hitchens, literary critic and political activist Laura Ingraham (born 1964), conservative political TV commentator/radio show host/author Wanda Jablonski (1920–1992), journalist Larry King (1933–2021), Larry King Live, of Jewish descent John Kobylt, radio personality and co-host of talk radio program John and Ken on KFI AM 640 (Los Angeles, California) Max Kolonko, TV personality, news correspondent, author, producer Steve Kornacki, national political correspondent for NBC News Michelle Kosinski (born 1974), NBC News correspondent Alan Krashesky, anchorman of Chicago's WLS-TV or ABC 7 Samuel Lubell (1911–1987), print journalist, pollster, and National Book Award finalist Jim Miklaszewski, chief Pentagon correspondent for NBC News Carl Monday, investigative journalist in Cleveland Mike Royko (1932–1997), long-time Chicago newspaper columnist Wilma Smith (née Pokorny), anchorwoman WJW-TV Gloria Steinem (born 1934), American feminist icon,