Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theatre director, producer, actor and comedian.
 He was noted for his ability to work across a range of genres and an aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their acting experience.
 Nichols began his career in the 1950s with the comedy improvisational troupe, The Compass Players, predecessor of The Second City, in Chicago.
 He then teamed up with his improv partner, Elaine May, to form the comedy duo Nichols and May.
 Their live improv acts were a hit on Broadway resulting in three albums, with their debut album winning a Grammy Award.
James Chinlund (born March 17, 1971) was born and raised in New York City.
 He studied Fine Art at CalArts in Los Angeles, with a focus on sculpture and large scale installation work.
 After graduating, Chinlund returned to New York and started his career in film, first as a carpenter, before finding opportunities as a Production Designer on music videos and independent films.
 During this period he first worked with frequent collaborator Darren Aronofsky ("Requiem for a Dream", "The Fountain") in addition to other directors in the New York independent film world including: Todd Solondz ("Storytelling"), Paul Schrader ("Auto Focus") and Spike Lee ("25th Hour").
 Over the years James has been active in the worlds of commercials and fashion as well.
 Collaborators include: Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Rupert Sanders, Spike Jonze, Fredrik Bond, Lance Acord, Gus Van Sant and Harmony Korine.
 In 2010 he won both the Art Directors Guild and the AICP awards for "Absolut World", a commercial collaboration with director Rupert Sanders.
 After a short break from features to care for his young daughter, Chinlund returned to the feature world in 2012 to work on "The Avengers" for Marvel which set a record for the highest grossing opening weekend of all time.
 In 2015 he was nominated for an Art Director’s Guild Award and the Saturn Award for his work on the Fox film "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" directed by Matt Reeves.
 Most recently James has completed work on the next film in the Apes series "War for the Planet of the Apes".
IAMISEE (aka Christian Stevens, aka I.A.I.S) is an American born Rapper and Producer.
 In 2007, he provided lyrics and performance for "Live from Planet B-Boy" for the film Planet B-Boy.
 In 2008, IAMISEE produced "Laisse-Nous Croire" on the Kery James album "À l'ombre du show business".
 The album reached number 3 on French Music charts in its first week.
 The record is certified platinum in France and was the biggest selling rap album of 2008 in France.
 In 2010, Blacksmith Records selected "Threes", written, produced and performed by IAMISEE to be included on "Talib Kweli & Year of The Blacksmith Present: The Community Mixtape".
What Planet Are You From?
 is a 2000 American science fiction comedy film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Michael Leeson, Garry Shandling, Ed Solomon, and Peter Tolan based on a story by Leeson and Shandling.
 The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear, Ben Kingsley, Linda Fiorentino, and John Goodman.
Mark Matlock (born 1969) is the Executive Director of Youth Specialties and the founder of WisdomWorks Ministries.
 He is an ordained minister and youth pastor who lives in Dallas.
 He coauthored the book "Dirty Faith" with Audio Adrenaline.
 He also wrote "Freshman: The College Student's Guide to Developing Wisdom".
 In this book, Matlock gives the following definition for wisdom: "the human capacity to understand life from God's perspective"; in the book "Lost in Transition: Becoming Spiritually Prepared for College", Tommy McGregor praised Matlock's definition for recognizing that "true wisdom comes from God."
 Matlock spoke at the 2006 Creation Festival, the world's biggest Christian music festival.
 He also spoke to an audience of 11,000 Christian youth at DCLA that year.
 In 2011, he spoke at the Nazarene Youth Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
 Mark is the main speaker and founder of Planet Wisdom, which has featured Chris Coleman, Mercy Me, The Digital Age, Addison Road The Swift, The Skit Guys (Eddie James & Tommy Woodard), Fred Lynch, Sean McDowell and Heather Flies.
Linda Melson Harrison (born July 26, 1945) is an American television and film actress, and director and producer, who is internationally renowned for her role as Nova, Charlton Heston's mute mate in the classic science fiction film "Planet of the Apes" (1968) and the first sequel, "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"; she also had a cameo in Tim Burton's 2001 remake of the original.
 She was a regular cast member of the 1969-70 NBC television series "Bracken's World".
 She was the second wife of film producer Richard D. Zanuck ("Jaws", "Cocoon", "Driving Miss Daisy", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"); her youngest son is producer Dean Zanuck ("Road to Perdition", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory").
Danny Kennedy (born February 24, 1971) is a clean-technology entrepreneur, an environmental activist, and the author of the book "Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy—and Our Planet—from Dirty Energy" (2012).
 Kennedy serves as managing director of the California Clean Energy Fund, a non-profit dedicated to optimising the clean energy transition.
 He co-founded Sungevity, a rapidly growing residential solar power company, and Powerhouse, the primer solar incubator in Oakland.
 While at Sungevity, Kennedy won a Planet Forward Innovator of the Year award from the PBS program Planet Forward.
Michael "Mick" Kaczorowski (born January 4, 1960) is the Creative Director and Producer of Bangkok Swagger is a nine time nominated and three time Emmy Award winning Producer and Executive Producer.
 As Executive Producer, he is responsible for some of Animal Planet and Discovery’s biggest and most iconic hits including , Raising the Mammoth, and Walking with Prehistoric Beasts.
 Kaczorowski is also responsible for many of Discovery Channel and Animal Planet long running hit series including Meerkat Manor, North Woods Law, River Monsters, Alaskan Bush Family, Wild West Alaska, Buggin with Rude, and American Stuffers.
 Kaczorowski has worked in Washington D.C. for Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and the National Geographic Society.
 Kaczorowski began his filmmaking career in 1982 working in feature films for Director Robert Altman on Streamers, O.C. and Stiggs and Secret Honor.
 In 1985 Kaczorowski helped launch before it became National Geographic Television, and was a film editor for over 10 years editing over 40 films, earning two Emmy nominations for best editing for Dancing with Stingrays and Ocean Kayakers.
 He edited Discovery Channel’s first original production Ivory Wars.
 Kaczorowski joined Discovery Communications in 1994 holding many positions and titles across different Discovery networks.
 Over the next 20 years, he developed, supervised and managed everything from documentary specials and long running series, IMAX movies “”, Discovery’s first feature film “”, Animal Planet’s first feature film “” and Animal Planet’s first scripted drama “The Whale”.
 His production company Bangkok Swagger casts, develops and creates programing around the world for the web, social media and traditional television & cable networks.
Babak Amin Tafreshi (born in 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian amateur astronomer, photographer, and science journalist.
 He is the creator and director of The World At Night (TWAN), an international program in which photographers from around the world capture images of night skies as seen above notable landmarks of the planet.
 He is also a member of the board of advisors of Astronomers Without Borders and a project coordinator for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009).
Matthew George "Matt" Reeves (born April 27, 1966) is an American screenwriter, director and producer.
 Reeves began his career as a screenwriter for the films "" (1995) and "The Pallbearer" (1996), the latter of which marked his feature-length directorial debut.
 He then transitioned into television as a director and co-creator of the drama series "Felicity" (1998–2002) alongside J.J. Abrams.
 Reeves has since directed the found-footage horror film "Cloverfield" (2008), the romantic horror film "Let Me In" (2010), and the science fiction sequels "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (2014) and "War for the Planet of the Apes" (2017).
 In February 2017, Warner Bros. announced that Reeves would direct "The Batman", to be set in the DC Extended Universe starring Ben Affleck as the titular character.

Question: In what year was the director of the film "What Planet Are You From?" born?
Answer: 1931