Ethan Hawke
Ethan Green Hawke( born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, writer, and director.
He has been nominated for four Academy Awards and a Tony Award.
Hawke has directed three feature films, three Off- Broadway plays, and a documentary.
He has also written three novels and one graphic novel.
He made his film debut with the 1985 science fiction feature" Explorers", before making a breakthrough appearance in the 1989 drama" Dead Poets Society".
He appeared in various films before taking a role in the 1994 Generation X drama" Reality Bites", for which he received critical praise.
Hawke starred alongside Julie Delpy in Richard Linklater's" Before" trilogy:" Before Sunrise"( 1995)," Before Sunset"( 2004) and" Before Midnight"( 2013), all of which received critical acclaim.
Hawke has been nominated twice for both the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; his writing contributions to" Before Sunset" and" Before Midnight" were recognized, as were his performances in" Training Day"( 2001) and" Boyhood"( 2014).
Hawke was further honored with SAG Award nominations for both films, as well as BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for the latter.
His other films include the science fiction drama" Gattaca"( 1997), the contemporary adaptation of" Hamlet"( 2000), the action thriller" Assault on Precinct 13"( 2005), the crime drama" Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"( 2007), and the horror film" Sinister"( 2012).
In 2018, he garnered critical acclaim for his performance as a Protestant minister in Paul Schrader's drama" First Reformed"( 2017), receiving numerous accolades, including the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, and a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor.
In addition to his film work, Hawke has appeared in many theater productions.
He made his Broadway debut in 1992 in Anton Chekhov's" The Seagull", and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2007 for his performance in Tom Stoppard's" The Coast of Utopia".
In 2010, Hawke directed Sam Shepard's" A Lie of the Mind", for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Director of a Play.
In 2018, he starred in the Roundabout Theater Company's revival of Sam Shepard's play" True West" alongside Paul Dano.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Hard Fists
Hard Fists is a 1927 American silent western film directed by William Wyler and starring Art Acord, Louise Lorraine and Gilbert Holmes.
The film's sets were designed by the art director David S. Garber.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Jason Moore (director)
Jason Moore( born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.
Chelsea Walls
Chelsea Walls is a 2001 independent film directed by Ethan Hawke and released by Lions Gate Entertainment.
It is based on the play" Chelsea Walls" by Nicole Burdette.
It stars Kris Kristofferson, Uma Thurman, Rosario Dawson, and Robert Sean Leonard among others, with original score by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco.
The story takes place in the historic Chelsea Hotel in New York City.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
William Wyler
William Wyler (born Willi Wyler ; July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
Notable works include "Ben-Hur" (1959), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946), and "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), all of which won Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as Best Picture in their respective years, making him the only director of three Best Picture winners as of 2019.
Wyler received his first Oscar nomination for directing "Dodsworth" in 1936, starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor, "sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness."
Film historian
Ian Freer calls Wyler a "bona fide perfectionist", whose penchant for retakes and an attempt to hone every last nuance, "became the stuff of legend.
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His ability to direct a string of classic literary adaptations into huge box-office and critical successes made him one of "Hollywood's most bankable moviemakers" during the 1930s and 1940s and into the '60s.
Through his talent for staging, editing, and camera movement, he turned dynamic theatrical spaces into cinematic ones.
He helped propel a number of actors to stardom, finding and directing Audrey Hepburn in her Hollywood debut film, "Roman Holiday" (1953), and directing Barbra Streisand in her debut film, "Funny Girl" (1968).
Both of these performances won Academy Awards.
He directed Olivia de Havilland to her second Oscar in "The Heiress" (1949) and Laurence Olivier in "Wuthering Heights" (1939), for his first Oscar nomination.
Olivier credited Wyler with teaching him how to act for the screen.
And Bette Davis, who received three Oscar nominations under his direction and won her second Oscar in "Jezebel" (1938), said Wyler made her a "far, far better actress" than she had ever been.
Other popular Wyler films include: "Hell's Heroes" (1929), "Dodsworth" (1936), "The Westerner" (1940), "The Letter" (1940), "Friendly Persuasion" (1956), "The Big Country" (1958), "The Children's Hour" (1961) and "How to Steal a Million" (1966).
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.

Question: Do director of film Hard Fists and director of film Chelsea Walls share the same nationality?
Answer: yes