Filmmaker Famous Names

Is a Dutch film director who has directed numerous documentaries for Dutch television, including the

Is a Dutch film director who has directed numerous documentaries for Dutch television, including the controversial Euro-Islam According to Tariq Ramadan (see Tariq Ramadan) and My Life as a Terrorist: The Story of Hans-Joachim Klein (see Hans-Joachim Klein), as well as There is No Authority But Yourself, a documentary on the punk-rock band Crass.

Nicknamed "Xan", is an American actress and director. She is the daughter of actor-director John Cas

Nicknamed "Xan", is an American actress and director. She is the daughter of actor-director John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands. She is the granddaughter of actress Katherine Cassavetes. Cassavetes directed the feature-length documentary, Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, which explores the historic influence of the cable television station Z Channel.

Is a French film director who rose to international stardom for his 2003 horror film Haute Tension (

Is a French film director who rose to international stardom for his 2003 horror film Haute Tension (known as High Tension in the US.) His real name is Alexandre Jouan-Arcady and his pseudonymous surname is formed of the 3 first letters of his full name.released in 2003 in France and in 2005 in USA, placed Aja on the map for the horror movie genre. The French slasher, though sticking to horror convention, pushed the gore and tension envelope. Favouring make-up effects to computer generated imagery, the film quickly found respect amongst horror fans. It was released in the U.S. as High Tension after some editing. The film was nominated for grand prize at the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival and earned Aja awards for best direction and best fantasy film at the Catalonian International Film Festival.

Is a French film critic and film director. Before becoming a film director he was a journalist, nove

Is a French film critic and film director. Before becoming a film director he was a journalist, novelist and film critic.[1] His role in the auteur theory is his notion of the caméra-stylo or "camera-pen" and the idea that a director should wield his camera like a writer uses his pen and that he need not be hindered by traditional storytelling.

Is an American film director, producer and screenwriter.

Is an American film director, producer and screenwriter.

Was a Polish born French film director best known for his crime drama films of the 1920s and 1930s.H

Was a Polish born French film director best known for his crime drama films of the 1920s and 1930s.His 1940 film Après Mein Kampf mes crimes (My Crimes after Mein Kampf) was a propaganda film directed against Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler's policies. Germany had invaded Poland, Ryder's homeland, a year earlier in 1939.

Is a Finnish writer, documentary-maker, director and producer.His first book, Gondwana's Children, w

Is a Finnish writer, documentary-maker, director and producer.His first book, Gondwana's Children, won the Finlandia Junior award in 1997. His first film was the 2000 documentary, Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle, the story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri.He also directed a documentary called Without My Daughter in response to the 1991 Hollywood movie, Not Without My Daughter. He started his production company Dream Catcher. The company started publishing Finland's first English language monthly called SixDegrees in 2003. Helsinki Times, a weekly English newspaper was established by Dream Catcher in April 2007.

Was a Swedish theatre and film director. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festiv

Was a Swedish theatre and film director. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for Torment (Swedish: Hets) (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 for his film Miss Julie (Swedish: Fröken Julie) (an adaption of the August Strindberg's play which tied with Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan).

Was a Dutch cartoonist, writer, and filmmaker.

Was a Dutch cartoonist, writer, and filmmaker.

A Film director who was born in 1955 in Shoushtar, Iran. He has a B.A. in biology.

A Film director who was born in 1955 in Shoushtar, Iran. He has a B.A. in biology.

Was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, art Director and costume designer.Graduated in cinema fr

Was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, art Director and costume designer.Graduated in cinema from Faculty of Dramatic Arts, his debut was Hasan Kachal (Hasan the Bald - 1969), the first Iranian musical film. Since then, he paid attention to unusual rhythmic dialogs and also the use of traditional settings and architecture in his films that became the characteristics of his works.

An American philosopher, filmmaker and pacifist. His work includes contributions in creative writing

An American philosopher, filmmaker and pacifist. His work includes contributions in creative writing, political commentary, avant-garde film, photography and television. Common themes include a commitment to freedom and innovation that breaks disciplinary boundaries.The son of an Iraqi father and a Slovakian mother[1], Hossaini came of age during the Reagan Era, when he became a producer for Alternative Views, a television program that offered progressive news, commentary and interviews. [2] He also produced short films that were distributed by Deep Dish Television. He went on to write for the Village Voice and other publications

An Iranian actor and director.He has played in movies such as Pari (1995), Leila(1996), and Borj-e M

An Iranian actor and director.He has played in movies such as Pari (1995), Leila(1996), and Borj-e Minoo (1996) and a TV series, Keef-e Englisi (English Bag) (1999) . In 2005, he directed his first film called Sima-ye zani dar doordast (Portrait of a Lady Far Away).

Was an Iranian film director.

Was an Iranian film director.

Is an Iranian-French film director, screen writer and producer. He is the director of the music vide

Is an Iranian-French film director, screen writer and producer. He is the director of the music video, Yeganegi performed by Sattar.

Was a French pioneer filmmaker who was the first female director in the motion picture industry and

Was a French pioneer filmmaker who was the first female director in the motion picture industry and is considered to be one of the first directors of a fiction film.In 1894 Alice Guy was hired by Léon Gaumont to work for a still-photography company as a s

Is a Czech filmmaker.Nellis first worked as a flutist before studying English literature and America

Is a Czech filmmaker.Nellis first worked as a flutist before studying English literature and American literature. She temporally worked as a web designer for the Czech ministry of foreign affairs, as a teacher, actress, translator and was filming short films and TV documentaries.[1] Her first feature film (directed and scripted) Eeny meeny (2000) won the screenplay award of the FAMU Festival. Her 2002 film Some Secrets won Czech Lions for best screenplay and the critics award.[2]

Is currently the Managing Director/CEO of Macquarie Bank Ltd

Is currently the Managing Director/CEO of Macquarie Bank Ltd

Was an American producer-director, best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940

Was an American producer-director, best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as either a regular show or a series of specials. Its most notable run was from 1960 to 1967 on CBS.

An Iraqi French film director. Alwan was forced to shoot his movie Zaman, The Man From The Reeds on

An Iraqi French film director. Alwan was forced to shoot his movie Zaman, The Man From The Reeds on videotape, as when Iraq was under severe economic sanctions the United Nations and United States, would not allow Iraq to import 35 and 16 millimeter film stocks, because they believed that the materials contained some chemicals that could have been used to produce weapons of mass destruction.[2] So, he then transfer it to 35-millimeter film when he went back to Paris, where he has lived since 1980. He also had issues dealing with the Iraqi government censors. The film was shown at several film festivals in Europe, Latin America as well as the United States.[2]

Is Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East Central Asia) and Professor

Is Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East Central Asia) and Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University. Professor Saikal has specialised in the politics, history, political economy and international relations of the Middle East and Central Asia. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, Cambridge University and the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex), as well as a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow in International Relations (1983-1988). He is a member of many national and international academic organisations.

A cinematic art director. He earned a B.A. in architecture from Tehran University, and started his c

A cinematic art director. He earned a B.A. in architecture from Tehran University, and started his career with The Treasure (1984, M. Sadjadi).He has been nominated five times for the International Fajr Film Festival, and won the award for the films The Land of the Sun (1996, A. Darvish) and The May Lady (1997, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad). He works also as a graphist. He was the Chairman of the Association of Art Directors in Iranian cinema.

A Director of Photography in Central Europe, known for his association with multiple television and

A Director of Photography in Central Europe, known for his association with multiple television and media companies. His productions in former Yugoslavia are most recognized by his peers, and in addition to other commendations, Esmann received the Dr. Karl Renner award.Esmann has led several pop documentaries for artists such as Whitney Houston and Jean Paul Gaultier. During the days of the Shah, Esmann would live in Tehran, Iran, but would spend of his time between Austria and Vienna, where in 1999 he would found the Camera Department, a resource for inspiring filmmakers.

A notable Iranian film director, screenwriter and one of the most influential figures of 20th-centur

A notable Iranian film director, screenwriter and one of the most influential figures of 20th-century Persian cinema.Naderi developed his knowledge of cinema by watching films at the theater where he worked as a boy, reading film criticism, and making relationships with leading film critics. He began his career with still photography for some notable Iranian features. In the 1970s, Naderi turned to directing, and made some of the most important features of the New Iranian Cinema. In 1971, his directorial debut, Goodbye Friend was released in Iran. Mr. Naderi first came into the international spotlight with films that are now known as cinema classics, The Runner (1985), and Water, Wind, Dust (1989). The Runner is considered by many critics to be one of the most influential films of the past quarter century

An Iranian film director, filmmaker and producer.Razavian began his cinematic activities at Hamedan

An Iranian film director, filmmaker and producer.Razavian began his cinematic activities at Hamedan Amateur Film-making Centre in 1980 while still studying at high-school (at Ebn-e Sina [1] High School in Hamadan). He obtained his degree in film directing from College of Theatre and Cinema of Art University in 1990. From the same College he received in 1995 his post-graduate degree in animation. Since then he has produced seventy short films, directed thirty documentary and short films, and three feature films. The latter are The Journey of the Grey Men (Safar-e Mardan-e Khakestari), Tehran, Seven O'clock in the Morning (Tehran Sa'at-e Haft-e Sobh) and Colors of Memory (with the original title Mina-ye Shahr-e Khamoush, The Mina of the Extinguished Town).[2] [3]