Paddington Bear was created by former BBC cameraman Michael Bond, and his first book was published in 1958.

BBC: Paddington Bear voted the UK's best animated character

Part of our news team included a cameraman who was a former military sniper, a radio host who was there for the first Gulf War, a translator who was also an oncologist with a medical pass, and a driver who was also a former driver for the UN weapons inspection team (who also loved Elvis).

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The Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri left his native Beirut at the age of twenty, came to America, wound up as a cameraman on Quentin Tarantino pictures, and has now returned to his home town to make his first feature.

NEWYORKER: West Beirut