3. Born on 22 June 1940
Iranian Director, Screen-writer, Photographer and Producer
Also a Painter, Illustrator and Graphic Designer
Critically acclaimed for directing Koker Triology Where is
the Friends Home? (1987), Life and Nothing More
(1992) and Through the Olive Trees (1994), Close Up
(1990), Taste of Cherry (1997), The Wind will Carry Us
(1999), Certified Copy (2010) and Like Someone in Love
(2012)
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
7. Has a reputation of using Child Protagonists and documentary
style film-making
Also well-known for the usage of contemporary Iranian poetry
in the dialogues, titles and themes of his films
He was one of the jury member of the Cannes film festival in
1993, 2002 and 2005
He is a member of the advisory board of World Cinema
Foundation
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
9. Born in 1950
An Indian Director in the Kannada Cinema and one of the
pioneers of the Parallel Cinema
Has won 13 National Film Awards
Has been honored by the South Asian Cinema Foundations
Excellence in Cinema Crystal Globe Award in 2009
GIRISH KASARAVALLI
10. GIRISH KASARAVALLI
A gold medalist from the Film and Television Institute of India
(FTII), Pune
His student film, Avasesh was awarded the National Film Award
for Best Short Fiction Film
He served as a Principal for a film institute in Bengaluru
The International Film Festival of Rotterdam held a
retrospective of Girish Kasaravallis films in 2003
11. Ghatashraddha (1977), Tabarane Kathe (1986), Thaayi
Saheba (1997) and Dweepa (2001) won the National Film
Award for Best Feature Film
GIRISH KASARAVALLI
12. GIRISH KASARAVALLI
National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film: Avashesh
National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare: Hasina
(2006)
National Film Award for Best Screenplay: Kanasemba
Kudureyaneri (2009)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kanada: Bannada
Vesha (1988), Mane (1989), Kraurya (1995), Gulabi
Talkies (2007), Kanasemba Kudureyaneri (2009) and
Koormavatara (2012)