George Armitage

George Armitage (born 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer who got his start as part of the stable of up-and-coming filmmakers who broke into the business through Roger Corman's New World Pictures. He is most well known as the director of the films Miami Blues and Grosse Pointe Blank.

Career

Armitage was born in Hartford Connecticut and moved to Beverly Hills in 1956, when he was 13. "What a culture shock," he reflected later. "I’m still reeling. In Connecticut there wasn’t a hot rod in sight. Out here it was people racing up and down the street, building their own cars—it was teenage paradise, the kids were running everything.". He attended UCLA where he majored in economics and political science. While waiting for his real estate licence to come through, Armitage entered the film industry in 1965 via the mail room at 20th Century Fox. He later said:

In 1966 Armitage became an associate producer on Peyton Place, "primarily to deal with the young kids on the show, to help them loop their lines." Armitage recalls his period at Fox as an "incredible experience":

George Armitage (disambiguation)

George Armitage (born 1942) is an American film director.

George Armitage may also refer to:

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George Armitage (footballer)

George Henry Armitage (17 January 1898 – 28 August 1936) was a footballer who played in The Football League for Charlton Athletic. He also made one appearance for England. He was born in Stoke Newington, England.

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Armitage

Coordinates: 52°44′30″N 1°52′37″W / 52.74156°N 1.87702°W / 52.74156; -1.87702

Armitage is a village in Staffordshire, England on the south side of the Trent and Mersey Canal between Lichfield and Rugeley. Together with the adjacent village of Handsacre, it forms the parish of Armitage with Handsacre.

Village amenities

Armitage has a variety of village amenities including a Londis, a privately owned fishing shop, a corner newspaper shop, and the Croft Primary School. Armitage is also the home of Armitage Shanks. It has two churches, the largest being St. John the Baptist church located at the north end of the village. The organ of St John the Baptist church is of particular interest due to its size, age and history. The organ was built in 1789 for nearby Lichfield Cathedral, but moved here in 1865, commissioned by the then organist Josiah Spode (IV) who resided at nearby Hawkesyard estate, also known as Spode House.

Other

The name comes from the Middle English Ermitage, meaning 'Hermitage', from a tradition that a hermit lived between the church and the River Trent. It does not appear in the Domesday Book although Handsacre does.

Armitage (CTA station)

Armitage is a Chicago Transit Authority 'L' elevated station with two side platforms in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, on the Brown Line; Purple Line express trains also stop at the station during weekday rush hours. Red Line trains pass through on the middle tracks, but do not stop. It is located near the Lincoln Park Zoo, and is accessible via the #73 bus.

History

Armitage opened on June 9, 1900 as a local station on the original Northwestern Elevated Railroad route from Lake and Wells in downtown to Wilson Station.<ref name=Chicago-"L".org>Armitage Chicago-"L".org (URL accessed October 8, 2006).</ref> An interlocking tower was added on the western platform following the construction of the State Street subway. From the late 1940s, Armitage became a station on the Ravenswood route (now the Brown Line). Purple Line express trains began stopping at the station in 1998 as part of an effort to help alleviate congestion on the Brown Line.

Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project

Detective-Judge Armitage

Detective-Judge Armitage is a fictional Judge in the Judge Dredd setting. He was created by Dave Stone and Sean Phillips for the Judge Dredd Megazine, and is from Brit-Cit, rather than Dredd's Mega-City One. He is one of the main English characters in the comic.

Biography

Armitage is a tall, white haired man with a goatee, usually wearing a trenchcoat, suit and tie. His real name is unknown: "Armitage" was a fake ID he used in 2080.

He despises the system of privilege that got his superiors where they are and, by extension, his superiors themselves. Because he refuses to "play the game", he is very unpopular with the upper ranks, despite being very good at his job. Another character trait is that he never carries a gun. Despite this, Armitage's knowledge of weapons is extensive, mainly due to his activities during the Brit-Cit Civil War, when he fought in the London Liberation Army against the Emergency Military Government: however, the LLA were on the losing side and in 2080, he decided to join the Judges instead. The corruption of the new government saw him become cynical and morose, and this only got worse when his lover Liora was killed by the crime lord Efil Drago San, in revenge for the Detective Judge crippling him.