Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Opium War (2008 film)
Opium War  is a 2008 Afghan black comedy film directed by Golden Globe winner, Siddiq Barmak.
The film was shot entirely in Afghanistan and revolves around the experiences of two American soldiers (Peter Bussian and Joe Suba), who crash their helicopter in the Afghan desert and find themselves at the mercy of the natural elements and an eclectic family of Afghan opium farmers.
In order to create a realistic setting of an opium poppy field, Barmak had to obtain permission from the Afghan government to plant the crop because growing opium poppies was declared illegal in Afghanistan in 2002.
Several challenges were faced by the filmmakers, with regards to the poppy field, before filming was completed.
Most notably, Afghan poppy eradication teams attempted to destroy his film set twice and the lack of rain forced Barmak to drill a well for irrigation as well as to bring in water tankers from as far away as 30 km.
The film was Afghanistan's official submission to the 2009 Academy Awards. "
Opium War" was screened at several international film festivals, including the 2008 edition of Rome Film Festival, where it won the Golden Marc’Aurelio Critics’ Award for Best Film.
The Opium War (film)
The Opium War( 鸦片战争) is a 1997 Chinese historical epic film directed by Xie Jin.
The winner of the 1997 Golden Rooster and 1998 Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Picture, the film was screened in several international film festivals, notably Cannes and Montreal.
The film tells the story of the First Opium War of 1839 – 1842, which was fought between the Qing Empire of China and the British Empire, from the perspectives of key figures such as the Chinese viceroy Lin Zexu and the British naval diplomat Charles Elliot.
Unlike many of its contemporaries," The Opium War" was strongly supported by the state apparatus.
Despite its clear political message, many Western commentators found the treatment of the historical events to be generally even-handed.
At the time of its release," The Opium War", with a budget of$ 15 million( USD), was the most expensive film produced in China.
It was released to coincide with the Hong Kong handover ceremony in July 1997.
Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to?
Now Where Did the 7th Company Get To? is a 1973 French- Italian comedy war film directed by Robert Lamoureux.
The film portrays the adventures of a French Army squad lost somewhere on the front in May 1940 during the Battle of France.
The Seventh Company Outdoors
The Seventh Company Outdoors is a 1977 French comedy film directed by Robert Lamoureux.
It is a sequel to Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to ?.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
James Hope Grant
General Sir James Hope Grant, GCB( 22 July 1808 – 7 March 1875), was a British Army officer.
He served in the First Opium War, First Anglo- Sikh War, Indian Mutiny of 1857, and Second Opium War.
Catherine Lutz
Catherine A. Lutz is an American anthropologist and Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Family Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at Brown University.
She is also a director of the Watson Institute's Costs of War study, an attempt to calculate the financial costs of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Ye Mingchen
Ye Mingchen( 21 December 1807 – 9 April 1859) was a high- ranking Chinese official during the Qing dynasty, known for his resistance to British influence in Canton( Guangzhou) in the aftermath of the First Opium War and his role in the beginning of the Second Opium War.
Siddiq Barmak
Siddiq Barmak (born September 7, 1962 in Panjshir, Afghanistan) is a Golden Globe-winner Afghan film director and producer.
He received an M.A degree in cinema direction from the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK) in 1987.
His first feature film "Osama", won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2004.

Question: Where did the director of film Opium War (2008 Film) study?
Answer: VGIK