Alea, Tomas Gutierrez
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea was a Cuban film maker who was a visionary activist of post-revolutionary Cuba in the 1960s-1970s and helped create a new wave of film making known collectively as the 'New Latin American Cinema' which focused largely on the problems surrounding cultural identity. He is known for his probing insights into the social, political and economical state of the country as well as his dedication to the revolutionary movement.
Antonioni, Michelangelo
Michalangelo Antonioni was a highly influential director during the early to late sixties, whose cinematic aesthetics have been considered some of the most important of our time, while his films are critically stimulating yet elusive in their visual complexities and meaning. Many of Antonioni's films focus on the theme of abandonment as well as certain narrative techniques in which the spectator is compelled to use the freedom of their imagination.
Has, Wojciech Jerzy
Wojciech Has was born on April 1st 1925 in Krakow, Poland. As a teenager he attended the Kraków Business and Commerce College and it was here that his interest turned from business to fine art. He enrolled at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 1946 after completing a course on film making as part of the degree. He started directing short educational documentary films after this at the Warsaw Documentary Film Studio and in 1950 moved to work at the National Film studio in Lodz where he directed several of his better known films.
Huston, John
John Huston was a cinematic giant of our time whose long extended list of films left an incredible mark on American cinema and a legacy of the man whose larger-than-life character off screen, as an eccentric rebel and a Hollywood titan, whose many roles such as director, screenwriter, painter and character actor, all aided the thirty year career span of a true Hollywood legend.
Kalatozov, Mikhail
Mikhail Kalatozov was a key figure in Russian film making whose work is regarded today as a rich blend of stunning and often surreal visuals and highly skilled cinematography.
Ray, Satyajit
Satyajit Ray was one of India's most prolific film directors of this century and among the handful or so of directors that are renound for their deep impact on world cinema. Rays films depict humanistic emotions through the characters such as sorrow, joy, anger, the struggles of life and love as well as the emotional conflicts of society.
Rocha, Glauber
Glauber Pedro de Andrade Rocha, was a deeply influential Brazilian film director of the mid sixties who was best known for his 1964 film “Black God, White Devil” (Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol). Rocha, not only a director but also an actor and writer, was renowned for making films with strong political themes and underlying mysticism and whose cinematography was rich in visual metaphors and seeped in the portrayal of traditional Brazilian folklore.
Wajda, Andrzej
Andrzej Wajda (born 6 March 1926 in Suwałki) is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is one of the most prominent members of the Polish Film School.
