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.
James Whale
James Whale (22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957) was an English film director, theater director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood.
He is best remembered for several horror films: "Frankenstein" (1931), "The Old Dark House" (1932), "The Invisible Man" (1933) and "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935), all considered classics.
Whale also directed films in other genres, including the 1936 film version of the musical "Show Boat".
He became increasingly disenchanted with his association with horror, and many of his non-horror films have fallen into obscurity.
Whale was born into a large family in Dudley, Worcestershire.
He discovered his artistic talent early on and studied art.
With the outbreak of World War
I he enlisted in the British Army and became an officer.
He was captured by the Germans and during his time as a prisoner of war he realized he was interested in drama.
Following his release at the end of the war he became an actor, set designer and director.
His success directing the 1928 play "Journey's End" led to his move to the US, first to direct the play on Broadway and then to Hollywood, California, to direct films.
He lived in Hollywood for the rest of his life, most of that time with his longtime companion, producer David Lewis.
Apart from "Journey's End" (1930), which was released by Tiffany Films, and "Hell's Angels" (1930), released by United Artists, he directed a dozen films for Universal Pictures between 1931 and 1937, developing a style characterized by the influence of German Expressionism and a highly mobile camera.
At the height of his career as a director Whale directed "The Road Back" (1937), a sequel to "All Quiet on the Western Front".
Studio interference, possibly spurred by political pressure from Nazi Germany, led to the film's being altered from Whale's vision and it was a critical and commercial failure.
A run of similar box-office disappointments followed and, while he would make one final short film in 1950, by 1941 his film directing career was effectively over.
He continued to direct for the stage and also rediscovered his love for painting and travel.
His investments made him wealthy and he lived a comfortable retirement until suffering strokes in 1956 that robbed him of his vigor and left him in pain.
He committed suicide on 29 May 1957 by drowning himself in his swimming pool.
Whale was openly gay throughout his career, something that was very unusual in the 1920s and 1930s.
As knowledge of his sexual orientation has become more common, some of his films, "Bride of Frankenstein" in particular, have been interpreted as having a gay subtext and it has been claimed that his refusal to remain in the closet led to the end of his career.
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.
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.
The Kiss Before the Mirror
The Kiss Before the Mirror is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film adapted from the play by Ladislas Fodor.
It was directed by James Whale and stars Nancy Carroll, Frank Morgan, Paul Lukas and Gloria Stuart.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Dana Blankstein
Dana Blankstein- Cohen( born March 3, 1981) is the director of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television.
She is a film director, and an Israeli culture entrepreneur.
Wives Under Suspicion
Wives Under Suspicion is a 1938 American crime film based on a Ladislas Fodor play that was previously adapted into the film," The Kiss Before the Mirror".
This version was directed by James Whale and stars Warren William, Gail Patrick, Ralph Morgan, and Constance Moore.
It released by Universal Pictures.
In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.
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.

Question: Where was the director of film The Kiss Before The Mirror born?
Answer: Dudley