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Philippe Grandrieux born 1954 is a French film director and screenwriter. Grandrieux was born in Saint-Étienne. He studied film at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle in Belgium. He exhibited his first video work at Galerie Albert Baronian, Bruxelles. In the 1980s, he worked in collaboration with the French Institut National de Audiovisuel and the television channel La Sept Arte where he helped develop new cinematographic forms and formats that called into question some basic principles of film writing: for instance, the conventions behind documentary, information and film essays.Since 2005, programs devoted to Grandrieux's features Sombre, La Vie nouvelle, Un lac installations, video, documentary work and shorts have been broadcast all over the world. Un Lac, was ready for the 65th Venice Film Festival (2008) where he won a Special Mention in the Orrizzonti Section which rewards movies that initiate new cinematographic trends.

Otar Iosseliani was born on 2 February 1934 in Tiflis, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was a director and writer, known for The Butterfly Hunt (1992), Winter Song (2015) and And Then There Was Light (1989). He died on 17 December 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

The key person of the New German Cinema of the '70s. His works, mostly shot in 16mm, combine an intense interest and knowledge of German history and personal dramatic and emotional investigations. Malina (1991) which stars Isabelle Huppert is one of the great classics of modern cinema and deals with a perpetually burning apartment, a crazed love affair, and the definitions of the soul. A rare treat.

Trinh T. Minh-ha was born in 1952 in Hanoi, Vietnam. She is a director and writer, known for What About China? (2022), Shoot for the Contents (1991) and Night Passage (2004).

Vulo Radev (1 January 1923 - 28 March 2001) was a Bulgarian film director, writer and cinematographer. Radev was born in a village Lesidren. In 1953, Radev graduated from the filming faculty of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. His first film, a documentary, appeared in 1952. Radev later filmed Citizens of Dimitrovgrad (1956), On the Eve (1959, adapted from I. S. Turgenev's novel), and Tobacco (1962). In his first own film, The Peach Thief (1964, adapted from Emiliyan Stanev's novella), Vulo Radev expresses his anguish for modern man (along the lines of Godart and Antonioni) through the love story between the Serbian Officer Ivo, a prisoner of war at the concentration camp of the Bulgarians, and Lisa, the wife of the city's commander - a great love story amidst the inhuman hatred of war. The critics praise the excellent artistic knowledge; sensitivity in conception and structure of the subject matter; as well as excellent guiding of actors. As a chamber piece, the drama was made in the style of the then popular realistic psychological literature. Radev used the same style in his next film The King and The General (1966), a story of the conflict between King Boris III and General Zaimov, who tried in the beginning of the World War II to prevent both Bulgarian's alliance with Germany and its entry into the war against Soviet Union. Radev broke a number of conventions in this film too. Other films directed by him include The Longest Night (1967), Doomed Souls (1975, adapted from Dimitar Dimov's novella), and The Black Angels (1970). In 1981, he directed Adaptation, a film addressing issues of insanity. Radev received the Dimitrov Prize in 1969.

Ratana Pestonji was born on 22 May 1908 in Bangkok, Thailand. He was a director and producer, known for Prae dum (1961), Sugar Is Not Sweet (1965) and Hell Hotel (1957). He died on 17 August 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Zhuangzhuang Tian was born in April 1952 in Beijing, China. He is a director and actor, known for Delamu (2004), The Blue Kite (1993) and Springtime in a Small Town (2002).

Abdellatif Abdelhamid was born on 5 January 1954 in Homs, Syria. He was a director and writer, known for Layali ibn awa (1989), Oral Messages (1991) and Kharej altaghtya (2007). He died on 15 May 2024 in Syria.

Konstantin Lopushanskiy was born on 12 June 1947 in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine]. He is a director and writer, known for The Ugly Swans (2006), Visitor of a Museum (1989) and Dead Man's Letters (1986).

Yimou Zhang was born on 14 November 1951 in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. He is a director and writer, known for Hero (2002), House of Flying Daggers (2004) and Curse of the Golden Flower (2006). He has been married to Ting Chen since December 2011. They have three children. He was previously married to Hua Xiao and Hua Xie.

Tokyo native Susumu Hani was one of the earlier directors involved in what later became known as Nuberu Bagu ('nouvelle vogue' or 'new wave') cinema of Japan. He unusually begun work outside the Japanese studio system and was employed by Iwanami Eiga, the film unit of a publishing company, before also working for the likes of Shochiku and Toho. His methods were outside the norms of conventional film making and included a series of short documentaries. However, even his first feature movie, 1961's Bad Boys, had him not offer the participants a script who are filmed as themselves without direction. It won the Kinema Jump Prize. He married actress Hidari Sachiko who was in his She And He and Bride Of The Andes movies.

'Tengiz Abuladze' studied theatrical direction af the Chota Rustaveli Theatre Institute in Tbilisi, Georgia, and film- making at the VGIK Cinematography Institute, graduating in 1953, when he joined Georgia Film Studios as a director. He made documentaries before making his feature debut in 1958. His best-known work in the West is the trilogy Vedreba (1967), The Wishing Tree (1976) and 0093754, the latter being one of the first films to be released in the post-glasnost era, and one of the most controversial, thanks to its allegorical portrait of a small town under Stalinist terror (Stalin, like Abuladze, hailing originally from Georgia). It was a huge success in the Soviet Union, and achieved reasonable distribution abroad, almost unheard of for a Georgian film.

Minoru Murata was born on 2 March 1894 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Hôshi no bara (1921), Sakura no sono (1936) and Shiroi ane - Zempen (1931). He died on 26 June 1937 in Tokyo, Japan.

Buntarô Futagawa was born on 18 June 1899 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and actor, known for Orochi (1925), Shisen ni tateba (1924) and Kaiketsu taka (1923). He was married to Nobuko Suzuki. He died on 28 March 1966 in Japan.

Shigeyoshi Suzuki was born on 25 June 1900 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Nani ga kanojo o sô saseta ka (1930), Tôyô heiwa no michi (1938) and Nani ga kanojo o koroshita ka (1931). He died on 17 October 1976.

Hiroshi Shimizu was born on 28 March 1903 in Shizuoka, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Ornamental Hairpin (1941), Children in the Wind (1937) and Sono ato no hachi no su no kodomotachi (1951). He was married to Kinuyo Tanaka. He died on 23 June 1966 in Kyoto, Japan.

Dörrie completed her schooling at a humanistic high school, from which she graduated in 1973 with her Abitur. In the same year he spent two years in the USA. There she studied film and acting at the Drama Department at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. This was followed by studies at the New School of Social Research in New York. She also worked in cafés and as a projectionist in the Goethe House in New York. In 1975 she returned to Germany. She then studied at the University of Television and Film in Munich. At the same time, she worked as a film critic journalist for the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Her final film is entitled "The First Waltz" and was broadcast on Bavarian television as "Max and Sandie". Doris Dörrie made various documentaries until 1982. In 1983 she made her first feature film in Munich called "Mitten ins Herz". Three years later she had a cinema hit with the title "Men". The well-known actors Uwe Ochsenknecht and Heiner Lauterbach star in the chaotic relationship comedy. The play became the most successful German film of 1986. Doris Dörrie was married to Helge Weindler from 1988 to 1996. Their daughter Carla was born in 1990.

In 1991 she had another cinema success with the title "Happy Birthday, Turk". She filmed the novel by the German writer Jakob Arjouni, a novel in the Kayankaya series. The witty film is in the tradition of classic detective films and tells the story of the search for a missing person in the Frankfurt milieu. The Turkish private detective Kayankaya, played by Hansa Czypionka, experiences police corruption. In 1994, Doris Dörrie shot the comedy film "Nobody Loves Me" with Maria Schrader. This production is about personal happiness. The work was honored with the silver film ribbon, the leading actress Maria Schrader with the gold film ribbon.

Her other film works include "No Trace of Romanticism" from 1980, "Between" from 1981, "Love in Germany" from 1989 and "Enlightenment Guaranteed" from 1999. Among all her film works The director also wrote the script herself. The films were often cast with well-known actors such as Senta Berger, Gottfried John or Uwe Ochsenknecht. She also shot the documentary entitled "What can it be?" In addition to her role behind the camera, she also performed guest roles in front of the camera. For example, she played in the film "The Leading Man" from 1977 or in "King Kong's Fist" and in "Back to Go" from 2000.

In addition to her film work, Doris Dörrie realized literary projects. This is how the short stories entitled "Love, Pain and All the Damned Stuff" and "What Do You Want from Me?" were created. She also wrote the short story "The Man of My Dreams" and the novel "What Do We Do Now?" In 1991 her collection of short stories entitled "Forever and Ever" was created. The 300-page work was well received by critics. In 2002 her film work entitled "Naked" and her novel "Happy" followed. In 2005 she staged Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich under the musical direction of Zubin Mehta.

In the same year, 2005, she directed Giacomo Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" at the Gärtnerplatztheater. At the Salzburg Festival in 2006 she staged Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "La finta Giardiniera".

Born in Jinan, Shangdong, China, He studied Film Directing at the Beijing Film Academy. Following two short films and several novels, An Elephant Sitting Still was his first feature-length film. This is a four-hour portrait of a society of egoists. Tragically, it will also be the final chapter in his legacy. On October 12, 2017, the artist took his own life at age 29.

Raffaello Matarazzo started writing film reviews for the Roman newspaper Il Tevere before re-editing scripts for the Italian film company Cines. His first films were comedies until he shifted to making melodramas. With Chains (1949), produced by Titanus in 1949, he became the most successful director in Italy. Audience loved his melodramas. Critics, however, have tended to disparage his work and dismiss it as 'saccharine neorealism.' Since the 1970s, some film critics have tried to restore Matarazzo's reputation. French magazine Positif loved his erotic-historical drama The Ship of Damned Women (1953).

Paul Rotha was born on 3 June 1907 in London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The World Is Rich (1947), De overval (1962) and No Resting Place (1951). He died on 7 March 1984 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

Albert Zugsmith was born on 24 April 1910 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Touch of Evil (1958), Sappho Darling (1968) and The Cult (1971). He was married to Ruth Zugsmith. He died on 26 October 1993 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Kazuo Hara was born on 8 June 1945 in Yamaguchi, Japan. He is a director and actor, known for The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987), A Dedicated Life (1994) and Sennan Asbestos Disaster (2016).

Kumar Shahani was born on 7 December 1940 in Larkana, British India [now Pakistan]. He was a director and writer, known for Maya Darpan (1972), Kasba (1991) and Khayal Gatha (1989). He died on 24 February 2024 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Ulrike Ottinger was born on 6 June 1942 in Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is a director and writer, known for Joan of Arc of Mongolia (1989), China. Die Künste - der Alltag. Eine filmische Reisebeschreibung (1986) and Prater (2007).

Ugo Gregoretti was born on 28 September 1930 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for New Angels (1962), Omicron (1963) and Dentro Roma (1976). He was married to Fausta Capece Minutolo del Sasso e di san Valentino. He died on 5 July 2019 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.