Comedy in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema
Film became popular and well known in Mexico during “El Porfiriato” which represents the reign of Porfirio Díaz as dictator in Mexico.
 On August 6, 1896 the first films began to be released and were called/known as “Vistas”.
 In other words, views.
 At the time, the Catholic Church and the press were strongly opposed to the “vistas” because of the violence and women that was portrayed.
 They protested against them.
 Another important aspect was the projection of the Mexican Revolution to the public through film.
 It was a way for many to understand what was happening politically.
 Many agree that rather than the Mexican Revolution being a repression for the film industry, it was more of a motivator in the way it portrayed every battle and struggle.
 With the positive energy that the Mexico’s film industries was receiving, it began to evolve into “El Cine Sonoro” which translates to the cinema of sound.
 This was the era in which sound was being added into the silent films.
 Sadly, it was not as successful as many directors and film maker though it would be.
 Many failed to correctly synchronize the audio with the picture.
 Although to some extent it may have been unsuccessful, it is agreeable that it helped revolutionize film in Latin America.
 Mexico’s film industry takes its height post “El Cine Sonoro” to what is known as “The Golden Age”.
 Many film members consider this one of the most successful eras in the history of Mexican cinema.
 Many recognize the films of this era when they see black and white.
 It is also important to note that the films also portrayed social issues.
 Some of the most influential directors and actors are Emilio Fernández, Raul De Anda, Roberto B. Cervenna, Cantinflas, Vitola, Tin Tan, etc.
 The focus of this article will be on some of top grossing comedian actors of the time Cantinflas, Tin Tan, Clavillazo and others.
Lotte H. Eisner
Lotte H. Eisner (6 March 1896, Berlin – 26 November 1983, Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris) was a German-French film critic, historian, writer and poet.
 Eisner worked extensively with French film historian and archivist Henri Langlois.
 She was a mentor to the director Werner Herzog.
Michael Katz (producer)
Michael Katz is an Austrian film producer.
 He has produced films for cinematic release as well as made-for-television movies and television series.
 He has worked with Michael Haneke on most of his films, including "Amour".
 He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for "Amour" along with Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt and Veit Heiduschka in 2013.
M. S. Banesh
M.S. Banesh is a Malayalam poet and documentary film maker.
 He was born at Kodungallur in Thrissur District in Kerala, a southern state in India.
 Currently he lives in Cochin.
 His anthology of poems are Nenjum Virichu Thala Kunikkunnu (Kottayam: DC Books, 2007 ISBN  ), Kaathu Shikshikkane(DC Books, 2012 ISBN  ) and Nallayinam Pulaya Acharukal(DC Books,2017).
 His poems have been translated into English & Kannada and are included in several anthologies of Malayalam as well as Indian poetry of the post modern phase.
 Further, MS Banesh is an award-winning documentary film maker who won Seven State Television Awards.
 Now he is working as Programme Head in Reporter TV, Cochin, Kerala.
 Earlier he worked as News Editor & Head of the department of Current Affairs in Jeevan TV, senior programme producer in Kairali-People TV, and in "Kalakaumudhi Weekly", (Trivandrum, Kerala).
 He was schooled in his native place at Govt Boys High School.
 He postgraduated in Malayalam Language and Literature from Maharajas College Ernakulam.
Cecil Satariano
Cecil Satariano (1930–1996) was a Maltese film-maker, film critic, film censor and author.
 A self-taught amateur film maker he bought his first cine camera, a Canon 518 Super 8 camera as a Christmas present to himself in 1968.
 In 1970 his first film ""I'm Furious...Red"" gained a Ten Best award in the UK "Movie Maker" magazine competition, the first Super 8 film to do so.
 The following year with ""Giuseppi"" he won the top award in the same competition.
 His subsequent films ""The Beach"" and ""Ilona"" did not achieve the same recognition although ""The Beach"" also received a Ten Best trophy.
 His next film ""Katarin"" was shot on 16mm and took several years to make including the preparation of an English language soundtrack. "
"Katarin"" was not entered into the Ten Best Competition but was distributed to cinemas by EMI in the UK as a short film.
Joyce Maker
Joyce A. Maker is an American politician from Maine.
 A Republican, Maker has served in local government, including the Calais Town Council and School Board as well as in the Maine House of Representatives (District 31) from 2010 until 2016.
 A retired college administrator, Maker worked for Washington County Community College.
 She attended both the University of Maine at Machias and Washington County Community College.
 She also served on the board and as chair of the Finance Authority of Maine.
Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan
Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan (June 6, 1932 - June 4, 2010) was born in Cherthala Alappuzha dist.
 in Kerala to Sri Nediyedathu Kesava Pillai and Thrikkeparambil Ammukkutti Amma.
 After graduation, he started his career as a journalist in a regional newspaper; Malayali.
 Later he worked for some other newspapers including Mathrubhumi.
 During this time, he established his own name in the film journalism.
 Several forgotten personalities including J.C. Daniel, the father of Malayalam Cinema, have been disclosed before readers and public by him.
 During this time he had released several books.
 Most of them are about cinema and its history.
 The historical narrations of cinema have been started from the birth of world cinema till the contemporary Malayalam films.
 The renowned Malayalam Film Maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan in his book Cinemayude Lokam, which won many awards including the award from Government of India says ; "The history of Malayalam Cinema is not started with stars born with fortunes, from sky.
 But, it is the tearful story of some, who experimented with their lives and assets.
 Most of the experiments had been tragedies.
 We got that history from the articles written by Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan.
 S. Guptan Nair called Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan, the Chief Architect of Malayalam Film Literature and Journalism.
 He was in the Kerala State Film Awards Jury for several years.
 Many books related with novel, biographies, history and technical aspects of film making have been written by him.
 He had run a film studio named 'Ajanta Studio' at Aluva.
 Many classical films including 'Olavum Theeravum' written by M.T. Vasudevan Nair have been filimized at this studio.
 He had written more than 20 books about cinema alone.
 Vincent Muthal Vincent Vare, Mukhathodu Mukham, The History of World Cinema, The History of Indian Cinema, The History of Malayalam Cinema, The History of Film Persons in Kerala, The History of Malayalam Journalism etc., are few among them.
 He was a regular writer about many of the prominent periodicals in Malayalam language.
Manabendra Adhikary
Manabendra Adhikary is an Assamese film producer, lives in Chandmari, Guwahati, Assam.
 He was born on 17 January 1963 at Abhayapuri, Dist- Bongaigaon.
 After passing HSLC from Abhayapuri Abhayeswari H.S.M.P. School in 1978 and came to Guwahati and join in Guwahati Commerce College.
 After graduation in 1983, he had rushed to Delhi for Higher Education.
 After completion of M.Com and MBA from Delhi he has worked few months in Delhi and came back to Guwahati in 1990 and started his own consultancy firm (Finance & Tax) at Uzanbazar as M.Adhikary & Associates.
 In 2002, he has started his construction company as M/S Aadarsh Real Eastate Pvt. Ltd. and continuously running his business with his subordinates.
 Since his childhood he had a desire to be a film maker and is inspired by the films of late Satyajit Ray,late Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia & Sri Jahnu Baruah, he has started his film career opening a production house “Artha Films” in May, 2013.
 The main object of the “Artha Films” is to present some realistic film in society as well as for the upliftment of Assamese film industry to settle in India as a leading quality film maker.
 This production is always looking for realistic theme related day-to-day life of common people.
 The “Othello” an Assamese Feature Film just an introduction.
 At present another feature film “Antareen” with a deep psychological theme is under post production in Mumbai.
 The house is an expectation to contribute in Assamese film industry.

Question: What German-French film maker worked with Michael Hankeke on his 2012 film Amour as well as several other films?
Answer: Margaret Ménégoz