Kubrick 2001: The space odyssey explained. Sedlec Ossuary. Coordinates: Chapel Interior Four enormous bell-shaped mounds occupy the corners of the chapel.
An enormous chandelier of bones, which contains at least one of every bone in the human body, hangs from the center of the nave with garlands of skulls draping the vault. Other works include piers and monstrances flanking the altar, a large Schwarzenberg coat of arms, and the signature of Rint, also executed in bone, on the wall near the entrance. History[edit] Chapel Exterior. Some epic movie sagas... It's a Wonderful Life (1946. Greatest Film Directors of All Time. Greatest Film Directors of All-Time: These honored selections are designed as a tribute to some of the greatest directors of predominantly English-language films, with suggested or recommended Best Films or 'Must-See' Films from their filmographies.
Unfortunately, some of these directors have been pushed aside to make way for more recent works, but it should be noted that many of these film-makers were highly innovative mavericks and renegades who challenged the established 'system' that existed during their time. These choices are meant to encourage discussion and comparison, and to educate filmgoers about some of film history's most legendary and influential forces in film-making.
The premise of honoring these film directors is based upon the debatable auteur theory -- the idea that the director is the primary 'author' or voice of a movie, and through a director's film, we see one person's way of viewing the world -- one that has the potential to change the way we see the world. Wong Kar-wai. Guardian.co.uk Film. Category:Asian film director stubs. Si Ninja Assassin. Bakjwi (2009. Chan-wook Park. Zhang Yimou. Zhang has won numerous awards and recognitions, with Best Foreign Film nominations for Ju Dou in 1990 and Raise the Red Lantern in 1991, Silver Lion and Golden Lion prizes at the Venice Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.[5] In 1993, he was a member of the jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.[6] Zhang directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, which received considerable international acclaim.
§Early life[edit] Zhang was born in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province. Zhang's father, a dermatologist, had been an officer in the National Revolutionary Army under Chiang Kai-shek during the Chinese Civil War, an uncle, and an elder brother had followed the Nationalist forces to Taiwan after their 1949 defeat. As a result, Zhang faced difficulties in his early life.[7][8] §Early career[edit] Mira Nair. Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian film director, actress and producer based in New York.[1] Her production company is Mirabai Films.
She was educated at the prestigious Miranda House of Delhi University and then at Harvard University.[2] Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! (1988), won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and was a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She used the proceeds of the film to establish an organisation for street children, called the Salaam Baalak Trust in India.[3] She often works with longtime creative collaborator screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala, whom she met at Harvard. She has won a number of awards, including a National Film Award and various international film festival awards, and was a nominee at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards and Filmfare Awards.
100 Greatest Movie Directors. Akira Kurosawa. Ssaibogeujiman gwaenchanha (2006. Ninja Assassin (2009. Oldeuboi (2003) Boksuneun naui geot (2002. Chinjeolhan geumjassi (2005. Tsai Ming-liang. Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese: 蔡明亮; pinyin: Cài Míngliàng) (born October 27, 1957) is a Malaysian Chinese and one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese Cinema, along with earlier contemporaries such as Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang.
His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous film festival awards. Early life[edit] Tsai was born in Malaysia of Chinese ethnic background and spent his first 20 years of his life in Kuching, Sarawak, after which he moved to Taipei, Taiwan. This, he says, had "a huge impact on [his] mind and psyche," perhaps later mirrored in his films. "Even today," says Tsai, "I feel I belong neither to Taiwan nor to Malaysia. East Asian cinema. East Asian cinema is cinema produced in East Asia or produced by people from this region.
It is part of Asian cinema, which in turn is part of world cinema. World cinema is used in the English-speaking world to refer to all foreign language films. Akira Kurosawa. La dolce vita (1960) The Searchers (1956. Peeping Tom (1960. Nashville (1975. Hayao Miyazaki. Ang Lee. Ang Lee OBS(Chinese: 李安; pinyin: Lǐ Ān; born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese-born American film director, screenwriter and producer.[1][2] Early life[edit] Childhood and education[edit] "I was never a citizen of any particular place...
My parents left China to go to Taiwan. We were outsiders there. Lee studied in the Provincial Tainan First Senior High School (now National Tainan First Senior High School) where his father was the principal. After finishing Taiwan's mandatory military service, Lee went to the US in 1979 to study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he completed his bachelor's degree in theater in 1980. On the Waterfront (1954. Blue Velvet (1986.