Renate Costa graduated in Audiovisual Direction and Production from the Paraguayan Professional Institute. She studied Documentary Filmmaking at the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. In the field of documentary production, she worked in Paraguay as producer of “Cándido López – Los campos de batalla” (José Luis García, 2005). In fiction ...
Tamra Davis is an American film and music video director. She is known for directing films such as “Billy Madison”, “CB4″ and “Half Baked” and television shows such as “My Name Is Earl” and “Everybody Hates Chris” and also numerous music videos (for e.g. Depeche Mode, Faith No More, Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth). She ...
Born in 1957. He is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His complex and critically acclaimed films are especially noted for their respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. In the 1980s, he became interested in filmmaking and produced a number of short films that aroused considerable critical interest. Van ...
Jan Hřebejk (born in 1967) is one of the most recognizable Czech film and theatre directors. Together with Peter Jarchovský he studied scriptwriting at the Film and TV School – FAMU in Prague between 1987 and 1991. Since then they’ve been working together on almost every production. Hřebejk’s most acclaimed films are, among others: ” ...
Ole Bornedal is a Danish film director, actor and producer. He wrote and directed “Nattevagten”, a thriller about a law student who works in a morgue as a night-watchman, and becomes implicated in a series of murders of prostitutes. He also directed an English language remake in 1997, starring Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte and Patricia ...
Iranian-born visual artist Shirin Neshat is known for her hauntingly beautiful explorations of Islam and gender relations. Over the past 15 years, Neshat has created provocative expressions drawn on her personal experiences in exile, and on the widening political and ideological rift between the West and the Middle East. By 1998, when Neshat began experimenting ...
Rigoberto Perezcano is a filmmaker interested in the dramatic possibilities of documentary film. His documentary “XV en Zaachila” (“XV in Zaachila”) has participated in festivals in Latin America, the United States and Europe, receiving prizes at the Mexico City Contemporary International Film Festival and the Morelia International Film Festival, among others. Perezcano studied film at ...
Benjamin Heisenberg is a German film director and screenwriter. He has directed seven films since 1996. His film “Schläfer” (“Sleeper”) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film, “The Robber”, was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. FILMOGRAPHY 2010 Der ...
Abbas Kiarostami was born in 1940 in Teheran, Iran. He studied at the fine arts school in Teheran whilst making ends meet as a graphic designer, poster illustrator and commercial ad director. In 1969, he founded the cinema department of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults, which is also where ...
Born in Mexico City in 1979. He studied communications at the Universidad Iberoamericana and film direction at the New York Film Academy. Right now he promotes his first feature “Daniel y Ana” and directs TV ads with his company POP FILMS.FILMOGRAPHY2009 Daniel y Ana / Daniel and Ana2003 Entre dos (short) Golden Dancer for Best ...
Tomasz E. Rudzik was born 1979 in Cieszyn, Poland. At the age of eight he moved to Cologne, Germany and graduated from highschool in 1998. From 1998 to 1999 he became a DJ in a senior day care to absolve his civil service. He studied culture & theatre and polish studies in Berlin from 1999 ...
Born in 1965, this Korean director and screenwriter wrote and directed his first feature film, “Mozart Town”, in 2008. In 2009, he wrote and directed “Animal Town”, his second feature, and is currently working on preparations for the shooting of “Complex Town”, the last piece in his Town Series trilogy. He also wrote the screenplay ...
From 1988 to 1990 he studied Philosophy at the State University of Milan. In 1991 he moved to London where he worked as a freelance photographer for various magazines and advertising agencies including Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, Young & Rubicam and BBDO. Since 1998 he has been working as a director of music videos for ...
Yorgos Lanthimos studied film and television direction at Stavrakos Film School in Athens. Since 1995 he has directed feature films, theatre plays, videodance and a large number of TV commercials. He was also a member of the creative team which designed the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.FILMOGRAPHY 2009 Kynodontas (feature film)2005 Kinetta ...
Lech Majewski – a poet, painter, writer, director and producer. Born in Katowice, Poland, graduated from the Łódź Film School in 1977; has lived in USA since 1981. One of his student films Grand Hotel (1975) won the Grand Prix at the International Festival of Film Schools. While still in Poland, he wrote and directed two ...
Juan José Campanella – Director and coscreenwriter Academy Award winner Juan José Campanella is one of Argentina’s most renowned directors. In addition to directing, the Buenos Aires born Campanella has written screenplay for his feature films including: El mismo amor, la misma lluvia, El hijo de la novia, and Luna de Avellaneda. In 2001, his film El hijo ...
