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Sergio (2020 film)

Sergio (2020 film), also known as Sergio: Netflix biographical drama, directed by Greg Barker, written by Craig Borten, starring Wagner Moura as UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello and Ana de Armas as Carolina Larriera; premiered at Sundance January 2020, streamed on Netflix April 17, 2020; 118 minutes, R-rated, 44% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Sergio Castellitto

Sergio Castellitto (born 1953, Rome) is an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director known for Non ti muovere, King Miraz in Narnia, Cardinal Tedesco in Conclave, and the Locarno career Pardo d'oro.

Sergio Corona

Sergio Corona (Sergio Corona Ortega, born 7 October 1928, Pachuca) is a Mexican actor, comedian, and dancer of the Corona y Arau duo, star of Hogar, dulce hogar and Don Tomás in Como dice el dicho.

Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone (1929–1989), Roman-born Italian director and producer, inventor of the spaghetti western; Dollars trilogy with Clint Eastwood, Ennio Morricone scores, Once Upon a Time in America, unmade Leningrad film.

Sergio Pablos

Sergio Pablos, Spanish animator, director, and screenwriter; founder of The SPA Studios in Madrid; Disney supervising animator (Tarzan, Treasure Planet), creator of Despicable Me's story, and writer-director of Netflix's first original animated feature Klaus.

Sergio Trujillo

Sergio Trujillo (born 1963, Cali, Colombia) is a Broadway director and choreographer, first Latino winner of the Tony for Best Choreography (2019, Ain't Too Proud), Olivier winner for Memphis, and 2025 Broadway directing debut with Real Women Have Curves.

Serial (Bad) Weddings

Serial (Bad) Weddings, released in France as Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu ?, is a 2014 French comedy directed by Philippe de Chauveron.

Serial (Bad) Weddings 2

Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 is a 2019 French comedy directed by Philippe de Chauveron, sequel to the 2014 hit, starring Christian Clavier and Chantal Lauby.

Serial (radio and television)

Serial (radio and television): a continuing narrative format, distinct from episodic series and anthologies, born from Victorian serialized fiction, dominant in 1930s radio soap operas, and reshaped by 1990s narrative complexity and streaming.

Serial Experiments Lain (シリアルエクスペリメンツレイン)

Serial Experiments Lain (シリアルエクスペリメンツレイン) is a 1998 13-episode TV anime directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura, written by Chiaki J. Konaka, with character designs by Yoshitoshi ABe, about girl Lain Iwakura and the Wired; also a 1998 PlayStation game.

Serial film

Serial film, or chapter play: a film divided into episodes shown in weekly installments, often ending in cliffhangers. Ran 1912–1956; notable titles include The Perils of Pauline (1914) and Flash Gordon (1936).

Serial Mom

Serial Mom is John Waters' 1994 black comedy starring Kathleen Turner as Beverly Sutphin, a Baltimore housewife who murders people over etiquette slights and becomes a celebrity at her trial; released by Savoy Pictures, it flopped theatrically but became a cult classic.

Serialized fiction in Japanese literary magazines

Serialized fiction in Japanese literary magazines (連載小説): novels published in successive magazine installments, a form growing from Meiji newspaper tsuzukimono fiction, standardized at about 40 pages per installment, and feeding the tankōbon and bunko book pipeline.

Series finale

Series finale: the planned final episode of an entire TV show, distinct from a season finale. Term arose in early 1990s America; milestones include The Fugitive (78 million viewers, 1967) and M*A*S*H (105.9 million, 1983).

Series finale of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Series finale of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, aired May 21, 2026, ended Colbert's 11-year CBS run; 6.74 million same-day viewers, 9.77 million Live+7, featured Paul McCartney singing "Hello, Goodbye" as the Ed Sullivan Theater lights went out.

Serinda Swan

Serinda Swan (born 1984, West Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actress known for Breakout Kings, Graceland, Coroner, Marvel's Inhumans as Medusa, and Karla Dixon in Reacher season 2, plus education ventures Deedly and Blueprint Kids.

Sermon on the 'Mount (South Park)

Sermon on the 'Mount is the premiere of South Park season 27 (July 23, 2025), written by Trey Parker, satirizing Trump and Paramount Skydance; it drew nearly 6 million viewers and was announced alongside a $1.5 billion, 50-episode renewal deal.

Serpent (character)

Serpent (Cul Borson) is a Marvel Comics Asgardian god of fear, Odin's older brother, created by Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen in Fear Itself #1 (2011); freed by Sin, he empowered the Worthy with seven hammers before Thor killed him.

Serpent's Path (1998 film)

Serpent's Path (蛇の道, Hebi no michi) is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1998 V-cinema revenge thriller with Sho Aikawa and Teruyuki Kagawa, shot back-to-back with Eyes of the Spider; 85 minutes, released February 21, 1998, restored in 4K in 2024.

Serpent's Path (2024 film)

Serpent's Path (Hebi no michi, 蛇の道; La voie du serpent) is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2024 French-language self-remake of his 1998 thriller, set near Paris, starring Ko Shibasaki and Damien Bonnard, released in Japan June 14, 2024.

Serpico

Serpico (1973) is Sidney Lumet's biographical crime drama starring Al Pacino as NYPD whistleblower Frank Serpico, adapted from Peter Maas's book; it earned two Oscar nominations, won Pacino a Golden Globe, and was shot entirely on New York City locations.

Serrana Su-Ling Bliss

Serrana Su-Ling Bliss is a British actress from London known for Bessie Chapman in Enola Holmes 2, Belfast, Matilda: The Musical, Sex Education, and Industry, with upcoming roles in Bad Fairies and the Harry Potter TV series.

Servamp

Servamp (サーヴァンプ) is a vampire manga by Strike Tanaka, serialized in Monthly Comic Gene 2011–2024 (24 volumes), adapted into a 2016 TV anime, the 2018 film Alice in the Garden, and a 2020 stage play.

Servant (TV series)

Servant is an Apple TV+ psychological horror series created by Tony Basgallop and executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan, running 40 episodes over four seasons (2019-2023) about the Turners, a Philadelphia couple whose nanny Leanne cares for a reborn doll after their baby Jericho's death.

Server Sundaram (சர்வர் சுந்தரம்)

Server Sundaram (சர்வர் சுந்தரம்) is a 1964 Tamil comedy-drama directed by Krishnan–Panju, starring Nagesh as a hotel waiter who becomes an actor; written by K. Balachander from his 1963 play, music by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy, Best Tamil Film at the 12th National Film Awards; distinct from the delayed Santhanam remake.

Sesame Street

Sesame Street is the American educational preschool TV series premiered in 1969 by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett's Children's Television Workshop, known for its Muppets, research-verified school-readiness curriculum, international co-productions, and 2025 Netflix-PBS distribution deal.

Sesame Street characters

Sesame Street characters are Muppet and human residents of the American children's series Sesame Street. They premiered in 1969 to teach lessons about letters and social skills.

Session 9

Session 9 is a 2001 American psychological horror film directed by Brad Anderson and co-written with Stephen Gevedon, about an asbestos abatement crew working in the real abandoned Danvers State Hospital, Massachusetts; released by USA Films on August 10, 2001, it grossed $374,000 and became a cult classic.

Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa (早川雪洲), born Hayakawa Kintarō (早川金太郎), Japanese silent-film star of The Cheat (1915), founder of Haworth Pictures, and Oscar-nominated as Colonel Saito in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).

Set construction

Set construction is the practical craft of designing and building physical scenery for theater, film, and television. It covers planning, materials, and safety for the scenic department.