Oscar Hernández (musician) Oscar Hernández (musician) Oscar Hernández (born March 22, 1954) is an American pianist, arranger and producer of Puerto Rican descent. Hernández's family moved to the United States from Puerto Rico in the 1940s, in search of a better way of life. They settled down in the South Bronx, a ghetto, which is a section that is heavily populated by latinos in New York where Hernández was born. Hernández who was the youngest of eleven siblings, received his primary and secondary education in the city's public school system. As a child he was exposed to the music of Tito Puente, Tito
Richard Rush (director) Hollywood cinema. The film also features Rush's typical protagonist, an emotionally traumatized male who has escaped the traditional frameworks of society only to find his new world (biker gangs in "Hells Angels on Wheels", hippies in "Psych-Out") corrupted by the same influences. "The Stunt Man" won Rush Oscar nominations for best director and best script. When "Air America" showed signs of trouble during development, Rush was given $4 million to walk away from the project. This allowed the studio to cast Mel Gibson and Robert Downey, Jr. Rush did not direct another film for fourteen years — 1994's critically panned