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Was a Japanese film director.

Was a Japanese film director.

Was a Japanese film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 35 films between 1940 and 1970. He

Was a Japanese film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 35 films between 1940 and 1970. He also appeared in 32 films between 1926 and 1937.

A Japanese film director who directed such pinku eiga films as Ecstasy of the Angels (????? tenshi n

A Japanese film director who directed such pinku eiga films as Ecstasy of the Angels (????? tenshi no kokotsu) (1972) and Go, Go Second Time Virgin (?????????? yuke yuke nidome no shojo) (1969). He also produced Nagisa Oshima's controversial film In the Realm of the Senses (1976). He has been called "the most important director to emerge in the pink film genre,"[1] and one of "Japan's leading directors of the 1960s." [2]

A Japanese comedian, playwright and director.

A Japanese comedian, playwright and director.

Was a Japanese film director.In the 1930s Ichikawa attended a technical school in Osaka. Upon gradua

Was a Japanese film director.In the 1930s Ichikawa attended a technical school in Osaka. Upon graduation, in 1933, he found a job with a local rental film studio, J.O. Studio, in their animation department. Decades later, he told the American writer on Japanese film Donald Richie, "I'm still a cartoonist and I think that the greatest influence on my films (besides Chaplin, particularly The Gold Rush) is probably Disney."[1]Eventually he was moved to the feature film department as an assistant director when the company became a complete production company, working under such luminaries as Yutake Abe and Nobuo Aoyagi.

A Thai screenwriter and film director. His screenplays include The Letter, Tom Yum Goong, Noo Hin: T

A Thai screenwriter and film director. His screenplays include The Letter, Tom Yum Goong, Noo Hin: The Movie and Me ... Myself. His own films include Sayew and Midnight My Love.Kongdej made his directorial debut with Sayew, which he co-wrote and co-directed with Kiat Songsanant. A comedy about a tomboyish young woman exploring sex and her sexuality, it won an honorable mention Asian Trade Winds Award at the 2003 Seattle International Film Festival.

A Thai film director and screenwriter. He graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communications at Bangk

A Thai film director and screenwriter. He graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communications at Bangkok University and started his career as a crew member on Mysterious Object at Noon, the first feature film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He then went to work for Five Star Production, working with director Thanit Jitnukul on the films Bang Rajan and Kunpan: Legend of the Warlord.He made his directorial debut in 2005 with Art of the Devil 2, credited as part of the seven-member "Ronin Team" of directors. His solo directorial debut was Muay Thai Chaiya in 2007.

Was a Japanese screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for directing Antarctica (1983),

Was a Japanese screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for directing Antarctica (1983), which won several awards. He also co-directed Hiroshima (1995) with Roger Spottiswoode, which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries.He was the nephew of literary critic Korehito Kurahara, and older brother of film director Koretsugu Kurahara. His son Jun Iwasaki, a former producer for Ishihara International Productions Inc., is currently secretary to politician Nobuteru Ishihara.

Was a Georgian theater director regarded as an important contributor to the pre- and post-revolution

Was a Georgian theater director regarded as an important contributor to the pre- and post-revolutionary evolution of Georgian, Russian and Soviet stages.[1] One of the most prestigious and professional of Georgia’s directors, he was particularly famous fo

He was the fourth signatory of Dogme95. He lived eight years in France. He graduated in editing at t

He was the fourth signatory of Dogme95. He lived eight years in France. He graduated in editing at the National Film School of Denmark and has edited a large number of documentaries and feature films besides directing two feature films, among these, Et skud fra hjertet (1986). He is the recipient of some 23 Danish and international awards for his commercials. The King is Alive (Dogme 4) is his third feature film. The King is Alive tells the story of a mixed group of tourists in Namibia, Africa, whose bus breaks down in a remote, abandoned village (formerly a mining town). Facing starvation

Is a Polish film director, a TV and theatre director and an actor.

Is a Polish film director, a TV and theatre director and an actor.

An Indian film director and writer. He is most known for his comedy classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983

An Indian film director and writer. He is most known for his comedy classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983) and his 1985-1986, TV series Nukkad with Saeed Akhtar Mirza.His directional debut was the comedy film Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (aka Who Pays the Piper) in 1983. He also took part in the writing of the film, along with Satish Kaushik. The film introduced a new kind of slapstick comedy into the Indian cinema for the first time and was well recognized.Shah then started to work in television. He became a partner of Iskra, a company founded by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Aziz Mirza and others. In 1985-1986 he directed the TV series Nukkad (street) along with Saeed Akhtar Mirza. The serial was another folk comedy dealing with the routine life of street youngsters.

A Japanese creative artist who has collaborated on several famous anime and manga series. He is best

A Japanese creative artist who has collaborated on several famous anime and manga series. He is best known for his role in creating and directing Revolutionary Girl Utena.Ikuhara was born on December 21, 1964 in Komatsushima, Tokushima Prefecture. He studied graphic design at the Komatsu City College, and joined Toei Animation in Tokyo after graduating. He served as assistant director to Junichi Sato on Maple Town Monogatari, Akuma-kun, Toushou!! Ramen-man and Mooretsu Atarou, and episode director on Kingyo Chuuihou! and Sailor Moon.

Was an Austrian born Argentine film director of the 1950s and 1960s.Born in Vienna, Land moved to Ar

Was an Austrian born Argentine film director of the 1950s and 1960s.Born in Vienna, Land moved to Argentina in the 1930s and began as an extensive film editor editing for some 20 films in the 1940s. However by the early 1950s he became interested in directing and directed a number of popular Argentine films in the 1950s such as the 1955 film Adiós problemas starring Enrique Muiño and the 1957 picture Alfonsina which starred actress Amelia Bence. He also worked regularly with classic Argentine actress Olga Zubarry.

Is an East German film director. Maetzig started working in the movie business in the 1930s. During

Is an East German film director. Maetzig started working in the movie business in the 1930s. During World War II, Maetzig was a member of the Illegal German Communist Party, fighting the Nazis. After the war he lived in the Soviet occupation zone and resumed working with film. He made his first motion picture in 1946.

Was one of the top directors for Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers' Studio between 1960s and 1980s. Born in

Was one of the top directors for Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers' Studio between 1960s and 1980s. Born in Guangzhou, China, he grew in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He studied film and drama in Taiwan and also underwent training in Japan. For almost his entire career he worked for Shaw's Brothers in Hong Kong directing more than forty feature films.