Alexander Payne
Constantine Alexander Payne( born February 10, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, known for the films" Election"( 1999)," About Schmidt"( 2002)," Sideways"( 2004)," The Descendants"( 2011)," Nebraska"( 2013), and" Downsizing"( 2017).
His films are noted for their dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society.
Payne is a two- time winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and a three- time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director.
Claude Weisz
Claude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris.
John McMahon (Surrey and Somerset cricketer)
John William Joseph McMahon( 28 December 1917 – 8 May 2001) was an Australian- born first- class cricketer who played for Surrey and Somerset in England from 1947 to 1957.
Sepideh Farsi
Sepideh Farsi is an Iranian film director, born in Tehran in 1965.
Jiří Menzel
Jiří Menzel( born 23 February 1938, Prague) is a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter.
His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography.
Some of these films are adapted from works by Czech writers such as Bohumil Hrabal and Vladislav Vančura.
Menzel, a member of the Czech New Wave, became internationally famous in 1967, when his first feature film," Closely Watched Trains", won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
His controversial film" Larks on a String" was filmed in 1969, but was initially banned by the Czechoslovakian government.
It was finally released in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime.
The film won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.
Menzel was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film again in 1986 with his dark comedy" My Sweet Little Village".
In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1989 he was a member of the jury at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival.
In 1995 he was a member of the jury at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.
He was awarded a IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2013.
Downsizing (film)
Downsizing is a 2017 American science fiction comedy film directed by Alexander Payne, written by Payne and Jim Taylor and starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, and Kristen Wiig.
It tells the story of Paul and Audrey Safranek, a couple who decide to undertake a newly invented procedure to shrink their bodies so they can start a new life in an experimental community.
Audrey refuses the procedure at the last minute and Paul has to reassess his life choices after befriending an impoverished activist.
Principal photography on the film began in Ontario, Canada, on April 1, 2016.
" Downsizing" premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on December 22, 2017.
The film was a box office bomb, grossing only$ 55 million against a production budget between$ 68–76 million.
It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its cast and premise, but criticized its execution and failure to deliver on its potentially profound subject matter.
Nevertheless, it was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2017, while Chau earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.
The Don Juans
The Don Juans( also known as" Skirt Chasers") is a 2013 Czech comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel.
The film was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Originally Agnieszka Holland's mini-series" Burning Bush" had been selected to represent the Czech Republic.
However AMPAS disqualified the film, citing regulations that the film must not have initially appeared on television.
The mini- series aired on Czech TV eight months prior to the re-edited version that appeared in cinemas.
" The Don Juans" was a controversial pick as members of the Czech Film Academy did not see the film before it was chosen and because the film was poorly received by Czech critics.
Wale Adebanwi
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Hartley Lobban
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Henry Moore (cricketer)
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Question: Which film has the director born first, Downsizing (Film) or The Don Juans?
Answer: The Don Juans