Taylor Hackford
Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944) is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America.
He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for "Teenage Father" (1979).
Hackford went on to direct a number of highly regarded feature films, most notably "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982) and "Ray" (2004), the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture.
Saskia Post
Saskia Post is an American-born Australian actress.
She is best known for her leading role in the 1986 film "Dogs in Space".
Post also acted in the 1985 film "Bliss" and the 1991 film "Proof", as well as numerous Australian television series.
Proof of Life
Proof of Life is a 2000 American action thriller film directed and produced by Taylor Hackford.
The title refers to a phrase commonly used to indicate proof that a kidnap victim is still alive.
The film's screenplay was written by Tony Gilroy, who also was a executive producer, and was inspired by William Prochnau's "Vanity Fair" magazine article "Adventures in the Ransom Trade", and Thomas Hargrove's book "The Long March to Freedom" in which Hargrove recounts how his release was negotiated by Thomas Clayton, who went on to be the founder of kidnap-for-ransom consultancy Clayton Consultants, Inc.
The film stars Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
John Farrell (businessman)
John Farrell is the director of YouTube in Latin America.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
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.
Thomas Hargrove
Thomas Rex Hargrove( 3 March 1944 – 22 January 2011) was an American agricultural scientist and journalist, who was kidnapped in Colombia by FARC narco- guerillas in 1994.
Throughout the 11 months he was captive, Hargrove secretly kept a diary which was published as" Long March To Freedom: Tom Hargrove's Own Story of His Kidnapping by Colombian Narco- Guerrillas."
The 2000 film" Proof of Life" starring Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe was heavily based on Hargrove and his ordeal.
Michael Govan
Michael Govan( born 1963) is the director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art since 2006.
Prior to this, Govan worked as the director of the Dia Art Foundation in New York City.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.

Question: What is the award that the director of film Proof Of Life won?
Answer: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film