Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy( born 5 November 1961) is an Irish- born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.
He is currently the director of the Peabody Essex Museum.
He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019.
He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia( Canberra) from 1997- 2004.
Chigurida Kanasu
Chigurida Kanasu (English translation:
Sprouted Dream) is a 2003 Indian Kannada film directed by T. S. Nagabharana and starring Shivarajkumar, Rekha Unnikrishnan and Avinash.
It is based on the novel of the same name by legendary Kannada litterateur and Jnanpith Award winner K. Shivaram Karanth.
The movie was considered as one of finest movies in the history of Kannada cinema.
It is a milestone movie in the career of Shivarajkumar.
The idea of the protagonist loving his roots, going to his village and setting up a micro hydro electric project to generate electricity was an inspiration for the 2004 Hindi movie "Swades".
Vidhya Venkatesh
Vidhya Venkatesh is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Tamil and Kannada language films.
After making her debut in the Tamil film" Panchathanthiram"( 2002), she won critical acclaim for her performances in" Chigurida Kanasu"( 2003) and" Nenapirali"( 2005).
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Olav Aaraas
Olav Aaraas( born 10 July 1950) is a Norwegian historian and museum director.
He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
S. N. Mathur
S.N. Mathur was the Director of the Indian Intelligence Bureau between September 1975 and February 1980.
He was also the Director General of Police in Punjab.
Jesse E. Hobson
Jesse Edward Hobson( May 2, 1911 – November 5, 1970) was the director of SRI International from 1947 to 1955.
Prior to SRI, he was the director of the Armour Research Foundation.
T. S. Nagabharana
Talakadu Srinivasaiah Nagabharana (born 1953) is an Indian film director, in the Kannada film industry and a pioneer of the parallel cinema.
He is one of the few film directors to have straddled the mainstream and parallel cinema worlds.
He achieved success both in television and cinema.
He has been the recipient of international, national, state and other awards for 20 of his 34 Kannada movies in the last 40 years.
He was nominated as the chairman of Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (KCA), Bangalore [Government of Karnataka] (State Film Academy).
2018- Kaanoraayana movie
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Swades
Swades is a 2004 Indian drama film written, produced and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, based on the true life story of a Non-resident Indian( NRI) man who returns to his homeland.
The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal in leading roles, with Daya Shankar Pandey, Rajesh Vivek, Lekh Tandon appearing in supporting role and Makrand Deshpande in a special appearance.
The film was considered ahead of its time, and received widespread critical acclaim at its release.
It is now considered a cult classic of Hindi cinema ..
The film, Chigurida Kanasu, can be seen as a loose inspiration for Swades ..
The music and background score was composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar.

Question: What is the place of birth of the director of film Chigurida Kanasu?