Among the notable alumni of AFI are: Darren Aronofsky, Jon Avnet, Keith D. Black, Wally Pfister, Stuart Cornfeld, Bill Duke, Edward James Olmos, Carl Colpaert, Rodrigo García, Steve Golin, Patrick Creadon, Amy Heckerling, Marshall Herskovitz, Janusz Kamiński, Matthew Libatique, Mimi Leder, David Lynch, Terrence Malick, John McTiernan, Paul Schrader, Frank Spotnitz, Mark Waters, Gary Winick, Edward Zwick, and Susannah Grant.

* 1968 – John Stanier, American drummer ( Helmet, Tomahawk, The Mark of Cain, and Battles )

In painting, there was only a portrait of Hieronymus Holtzschuher, a Madonna and Child ( 1526 ), Salvator Mundi ( 1526 ), and two panels showing St. John with St. Peter in background and St. Paul with St. Mark in the background.

File: Vier Apostel ( Albrecht Duerer ). jpg | The Four Apostles, ( l-r John, Peter, Mark, Paul ), 1526, Alte Pinakothek

* Throntveit, Mark A., " Ezra-Nehemiah " ( John Knox Press, 1992 )

Shortly after they returned, bringing John Mark with them, they were appointed as missionaries to Asia Minor, and in this capacity visited Cyprus and some of the principal cities of Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Lycaonia ( Acts 13: 14 ).

Barnabas wished to take John Mark along, but Paul did not, as he had left them on the former journey ( 15: 37-38 ).

Paul took Silas as his companion, and journeyed through Syria and Cilicia ; while Barnabas took John Mark to visit Cyprus ( 15: 36-41 ).

According to Hippolytus of Rome, John Mark is not Mark the Cousin of Barnabas, and Barnabas did not dispute with Paul because of personal favor to a blood relative, but due to his character as his nickname Barnabas (" Son of Encouragement ") indicates.

His kinsman, John Mark, who was a spectator of this barbarous action, privately interred his body.

Although many assume that the biblical Mark the Cousin of Barnabas ( Colossians 4: 10 ) is the same as John Mark ( Acts 12: 12, 25 ; 13: 5, 13 ; 15: 37 ) and Mark the Evangelist, the traditionally believed author of the Gospel of Mark, according to Hippolytus of Rome, the three " Mark " s are distinct persons.

For further evidence, Jehovah's Witnesses note that in Mark 1: 9-10, after Jesus was baptised in water by John the Baptist, he was baptised by the spirit symbolised by a dove.

In the New Testament e. g. Matthew 1: 1, 1: 18 ; Mark 1: 1 ; John 1: 17 ; 17: 3 ; 9: 22 ; Mark 9: 40 ; Luke 2: 11 ; 22: 2, the word Christ is preceded by Jesus.

In the 2001-02 offseason, GM John Hart resigned and his assistant, Mark Shapiro, took the reins.

* 1980 – John Lennon, an English musician ( former member of The Beatles ), and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.

* 1964 – John Mark Karr, American who claimed involvement in JonBenét Ramsey case

The first report to the police was made by Byers ' adoptive father, John Mark Byers, around 7: 00 p. m.

John Mark Byers said that Christopher Byers may not have taken his prescription on May 5, 1993.

His parents divorced when he was four years old ; shortly after, his mother married John Mark Byers who adopted the boy.

Many of his students have gone on to successful writing careers ; they include Gretchen Mazur, Helen Fremont, Michael Byers, Jardine Libaire, Porter Shreve, Davy Rothbart, John Fulton, Marc Nesbitt, Patrick O ' Keeffe, Jess Row, Francesca Delbano, Peter Orner, Heidi Julavits, Karl Iagnemma, Achy Obejas, James Morrison and Elwood Reid.

He lived with his mother, Sharon Melissa Byers, his stepfather, John Mark Byers, and his stepbrother, Shawn Ryan Clark, aged 13.

; The knife of John Mark Byers ( 1993 )

Further testing on the knife produced inconclusive results, due in part to the rather small amount of blood, and because both John Mark Byers and Chris Byers had the same HLA-DQα genotype.

John Mark Byers agreed to, and subsequently passed, a polygraph test during the filming of Paradise Lost 2: Revelations in regard to the murders, but the documentary indicated that Byers was under the influence of several psychoactive prescription medications that could have affected the test results.

* John Byers Anderson ( 1817 – 1897 ), educator, railroad contractor and United States Army officer

During the course of the filming, John Mark Byers, the stepfather of one of the victims ( Christopher Byers ), gives the filmmakers a knife which has blood in the hinge.

The next day he was followed by campaign manager Glenn Hodas, field director Pat Thomas, political director Brian Brooks and Deputy field director John K. Byers all resigned from her campaign.

* Dave Lamb – John Prescott, David Blunkett, Stephen Byers, Michael Portillo, Charles Kennedy, Dick Cheney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Prince Philip, Prince Edward, Princes William, Harry, Osama Bin Laden, Pope John Paul II, Elton John, Graham Norton, Andrew Marr, Michael Palin, Declan Donnelly, Martin Keown, Ronaldo, Phil Neville, Tom Cruise.

Notable members of the firm include partners John Doerr, Ray Lane, and Brook Byers, as well as high-profile individuals such as Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy ( who joined as partner in January 2005 ), former U. S. Secretary of State Colin Powell ( who joined in July 2005 in the newly-created position of " strategic limited partner "), Vinod Khosla and former U. S. Vice President Al Gore, who joined as partner in November 2007 as part of a collaboration between KPCB and Gore's firm Generation Investment Management ( GIM ) to promote green technology, business and policy solutions.

During this time, Symantec was advised by Jim Lally and John Doerr — both were board members of Symantec at that stage — ( Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers ) that if Symantec would cut its expenses and grow revenues enough to achieve cash flow break-even, then KPCB would back the company in raising more venture capital.

The Lone Gunmen are a trio of fictional characters, Richard " Ringo " Langly, Melvin Frohike and John Fitzgerald Byers, who have recurring roles on the American television series The X-Files.

* February 5 – Upon his death, King Charles XIII of Sweden ( Charles II of Norway ) is succeeded on both thrones by his adoptive son Charles XIV / III John, starting the Royal House of Bernadotte.

The Prester and his kingdom also figure prominently in Umberto Eco's 2000 novel Baudolino, in which the titular protagonist enlists his friends to write the Letter of Prester John for his adoptive father Frederick Barbarossa, but it is stolen before they can send it out.

Vance was the cousin ( and adoptive son ) of 1924 Democratic presidential candidate and lawyer John W. Davis.

On the other side, there were Simon ( Christopher Sieber ) and Philip ( John Benjamin Hickey ), a same-sex couple who takes pride in how well they were able to raise their adoptive daughter.

Other important characters include Nerio Winch ( his adoptive father ), senior Group W executives John D. Sullivan and Dwight E. Cochrane, and his friend Simon Ovronnaz.

Her next roles were in smaller independent films: Casa de los Babys ( 2003 ), a story about six American women impatiently waiting out their lengthy residency requirements in an unidentified South American country before picking up their adoptive babies, and Criminal ( 2004 ), a remake of the Argentinian film Nine Queens, with John C. Reilly and Diego Luna.

He has not, however, returned to his John Smith identity, instead acting as Traya's adoptive father in his superheroic / robotic identity.

In 1843, John Surratt purchased from his adoptive father of land straddling the D. C ./ Maryland border, a parcel named " Foxhall " ( approximately the area between Wheeler Road and Owens Road today ).

In Episode 1 of the 1948 Columbia Pictures serial Superman entitled " Superman Comes to Earth ", Clark Kent's adoptive father John Kent tells Clark that he must use his powers to fight for " truth, tolerance and justice ".

MMTV was formerly known as Bittner virus, and previously the ' milk factor ' referring to the extra-chromosomal vertical transmission of murine breast cancer by adoptive nursing, demonstrated in 1936, by Dr. John Joseph Bittner, while working at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine.

* In the 2009 horror film, Orphan, Esther / Leela Klammer is a mental hospital escapee who attempts to murder her adoptive mother Kate out of jealously over not being able to seduce Kate's husband John.

Mark ( Trefusis ) Rolle ( 1836 – 1907 ), second son of Charles Trefusis, 19th Baron Clinton and adoptive heir of his aunt's husband and Denys's descendant John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle ( d. 1842 ) of Bicton House.

When the door opens, the woman and John emerge, reuniting the elated adoptive father and son.

At his passing, John displays similar emotion and lack of understanding about death as he did in Africa following the death of his adoptive mother.

He was the grandson of American Revolutionary War hero John Gunby and also the adoptive father of future Governor of Maryland, John Walter Smith.

The son of the famous American romance writer Danielle Steel, Nick Traina's last name comes from his adoptive father, John Traina.

After her initial adoptive parents ( John and Melissa Carter ) were killed in a car accident, her adoptive uncle, the late Gordon Matthews ( Melissa's brother ) placed her at the Little Angels Foundling Home in Springfield.

He was left alone to raise their adoptive son John.

Willerman worked with Joseph M. Horn and John C. Loehlin on a major study of adoptive families, the Texas Adoption Project.

Jennifer was raised by her adoptive parents Whitney Towers ( John Gilbert ) and Peggy Towers ( Dawn Greenhalgh ) and is not aware that Angelo is her father.