A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
New York City, New York
Born:
April 17, 1946
John Bisignano is an American sports journalist and television commentator known for his work in Formula 1 and international sports coverage. Born in New York, Bisignano began his career as a journalist covering a range of sports before becoming a familiar face in motorsport broadcasting. He gained international recognition in the 1980s and 1990s as a reporter and pit-lane commentator for ESPN’s Formula 1 coverage, where his in-depth knowledge, engaging style, and close relationships with drivers gave audiences unique insights into the F1 world. Bisignano worked with top networks, including ABC, ESPN, and later with Speed Channel, covering events like the Olympic Games and various motorsport series. His dynamic interviewing style and ability to bring stories from the track to the screen helped popularize Formula 1 in the United States. Beyond broadcasting, Bisignano also authored books and produced content focusing on motorsport and its personalities. He remains respected for his contributions to American Formula 1 broadcasting and his role in connecting U.S. audiences with the global racing scene.
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.