Betty Bryant
Betty Bryant was an Australian actress best known for playing the lead in" Forty Thousand Horsemen".
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Forty Thousand Horsemen( aka" 40,000 Horsemen") is a 1940 Australian war film directed by Charles Chauvel.
The film tells the story of the Australian Light Horse( mounted rifleman as distinct from cavalry) which operated in the desert at the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during World War I.
It follows the adventures of three rowdy heroes in fighting and romance.
The film culminates at the Battle of Beersheba which is reputedly" the last successful cavalry charge in history".
The film was clearly a propaganda weapon, to aid in recruitment and lift the pride of Australians at home during World War II.
It was one of the most successful Australian movies of its day.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Black Panther (film)
Black Panther is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the eighteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe( MCU).
The film is directed by Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Robert Cole, and stars Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/ Black Panther, alongside Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis.
In" Black Panther", T' Challa is crowned king of Wakanda following his father's death, but he is challenged by Killmonger( Jordan) who plans to abandon the country's isolationist policies and begin a global revolution.
Wesley Snipes expressed interest in working on a Black Panther film in 1992, but the project did not come to fruition.
In September 2005, Marvel Studios announced a Black Panther film as one of ten based on Marvel characters and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Mark Bailey was hired to write a script in January 2011.
" Black Panther" was officially announced in October 2014, and Boseman made his first appearance as the character in( 2016).
By 2016, Cole and Coogler had joined; additional cast joined in May, making" Black Panther" the first Marvel film with a predominantly black cast.
Principal photography took place from January to April 2017 at EUE/ Screen Gems Studios in the Atlanta metropolitan area, and Busan, South Korea.
" Black Panther" premiered in Los Angeles on January 29, 2018, and was released theatrically in the United States on February 16.
The film received praise from critics for its direction, screenplay, acting( particularly that of Boseman, Jordan, and Wright), costume design, production values, and soundtrack, though the computer- generated effects received some criticism.
Many critics considered it to be one of the best films set in the MCU and noted its cultural significance, with organizations including the National Board of Review and American Film Institute naming it one of the Top 10 Films of 2018.
The film grossed over$ 1.3 billion worldwide and broke numerous box office records, including the highest- grossing film by a black director.
It became the ninth- highest- grossing film of all time, the third- highest- grossing film in the U.S. and Canada, and the second- highest- grossing film of 2018.
The film received numerous awards and nominations, with seven nominations at the 91st Academy Awards including Best Picture, with wins for Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design.
" Black Panther" is the first superhero film to receive a Best Picture nomination, and the first MCU film to win an Academy Award.
It also received three nominations at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, two wins at the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards, and twelve nominations at the 24th Critics' Choice Awards( winning three), among others.
A sequel, with Coogler returning to write and direct, will be released in May 2022.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Charles Chauvel (filmmaker)
Charles Edward Chauvel OBE (7 October 1897 – 11 November 1959) was an Australian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter and nephew of Australian army General Sir Harry Chauvel.
He is noted for making the films "Forty Thousand Horsemen" in 1940 and "Jedda" in 1955.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.
Ryan Coogler
Ryan Kyle Coogler( born May 23, 1986) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
His first feature film," Fruitvale Station"( 2013), won the top audience and grand jury awards in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
He has since co-written and directed the seventh film in the" Rocky" series," Creed"( 2015), and the Marvel film" Black Panther"( 2018), the latter of which broke numerous box office records and became the highest- grossing film of all time by a black director.
Coogler's films have received significant critical acclaim and commercial success.
In 2013, he was included on" Time"'s list of the 30 people under 30 who are changing the world.
His work has been hailed by critics for centering on often overlooked cultures and characters —most notably black people.
He frequently collaborates with actor Michael B. Jordan, who has appeared in all of his feature films, as well as composer Ludwig Göransson, who has scored all of his films.
In 2018, he was named the runner- up of" Time's" Person of the Year.

Question: Do director of film Black Panther (film) and director of film Forty Thousand Horsemen share the same nationality?
Answer: no