Sepideh Farsi
Sepideh Farsi is an Iranian film director, born in Tehran in 1965.
They Shall Have Music
They Shall Have Music is a 1939 musical film directed by Archie Mayo and starring famed violinist Jascha Heifetz( as himself), Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, and Gene Reynolds.
The screenplay concerns a young runaway finds his purpose in life after hearing Heifetz play, and the kindly master of a music school in financial difficulty takes him in.
David Barnett (composer)
David Barnett( December 1, 1907 in New York City – December 1985), graduated from Columbia University and later studied music at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and Juilliard School in New York City.
Barnett then studied piano with Alfred Cortot in Paris, where he received his teaching degree.
At this time, he also made his debut as a concert pianist and composer.
Returning to the U.S., Barnett taught piano and music theory, and continued touring and composing.
Barnett taught at Harvard, Columbia, Wellesley and the New England Conservatory of Music.
He also served as Headmaster of the Thomas School in Rowayton, Connecticut, and taught at the University of Bridgeport.
Barnett is a published author, as well, including two books:" Living With Music" and" They Shall Have Music".
Barnett died in 1985.
Thirza Nash
Thirza Eagle Nash( 1885 – 1962) was a South African novelist who wrote about white settler life.
Irma von Cube
Irma von Cube (December 26, 1899 – July 25, 1977) was a German-American screenwriter.
She began as an actress and a writer for films in Germany in the early 1930s, and continued when she arrived in the United States in 1938.
Among her films is the "They Shall Have Music" (1939), "Johnny Belinda" (1948), for which she received an Academy Award nomination, and "Song of Love" (1947) co-starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, and Robert Walker.
She also directed one of five segments of the Italy-UK co-production anthology film "A Tale of Five Cities" (1951).
Archie Mayo
Archibald L." Archie" Mayo( January 29, 1891 – December 4, 1968) was a film director, screenwriter and actor.
Yuri Mamin
Yuri Mamin( born 8 May 1946) is a Soviet and Russian film director, stage director, screenwriter, composer, author and television host, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation.
His" Window to Paris"( 1993) remains one of the most popular movies in Russia.
His Buddhist- themed film" Do n't Think About White Monkeys"( 2008) is popular among the Russian noncomformist youth, including punks and rockers.
Yuri Mamin is the only person in Russia to have won the Chaplin's Golden Cane award.
The award was presented by Charlie Chaplin's widow, Oona Chaplin, at the festival marking 100 years since the birth of the great comedian.
The festival was held in the Swiss city of Vevey, where Chaplin was buried.
Mamin's works are known for a strong emphasis on social justice and criticism of hypoctitical social norms.
Because of this, he found difficult to find support for his productions in the totalitarian USSR, as well as in today's Russia, where film makers became dependent on corporate oligarchy.
His characters often portray an inspired citizen in the fight for social justice against corporate capitalism.
Yuri Mamin began his directing career under the communist regime.
He was never a communist and was always opposed to the oppressive power of the Communist Party.
Because of this, he could not create his films until the beginning of Perestroika in 1985 and Mikhail Gorbachev's arrival to power.
His works are popular among alternative socialist groups who criticize both capitalism and the Soviet system.
The Gorbachev period ended in 1991 and Yuri Mamin again became a persona non grata for the criminal tycoons who almost immediately took over all the leading positions in Russian cinema and mass media.
From the early 1990s, a group of official Russian film critics, controlled by the regime, began a period of notorious denigration of the film director and his art.
Against this background, Mamin's films won the love of audiences throughout the nation.
Almost all of his films received numerous grand prizes and other awards.
The official state- supported Russian Encyclopedia of National Cinema, edited by L. Arkus, contains offensive critical reviews of Mamin's films, while acknowledging his talent and important place in the history of Russian cinematography.
Don't Think About White Monkeys
Do n‘t Think About White Monkeys(" Не думай про белых обезьян") is a Russian social satirical tragicomedy film directed by Yuri Mamin.
The screenplay was written by Yuri Mamin and Vladimir Vardunas, translated into verse by Vyacheslav Leikin.
The film has a second name:" Chaldean Face", presented in the opening titles; in contemporary Russian slang, the word" Chaldeanхалдей") denotes a greedy lackey.
The form of the film is unusual: all dialogues are in verse accompanied by a strict musical rhythm.
The creators of the film define its genre as a tragic farce.
Katerina Ksenyeva
Katerina Yuryevna Ksenyeva( born 5 December 1975) is a Russian actress, singer, composer and journalist.
New York- based singer, composer, actress, author and journalist from Saint Petersburg, Russia.
In 2013, Ksenyeva started working on permanent basis in New York City singing in English and Hebrew.
She is known as the leading actress in the film" Do n't Think About White Monkeys" and in the TV series" Grim Tales From Russia".
Her music album" Lullaby for a Man" is noted for its original style and high vocal quality.
Claude Weisz
Claude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris.

Question: Which film has the director born earlier, They Shall Have Music or Don'T Think About White Monkeys?
Answer: They Shall Have Music