Ye Mingchen
Ye Mingchen( 21 December 1807 – 9 April 1859) was a high- ranking Chinese official during the Qing dynasty, known for his resistance to British influence in Canton( Guangzhou) in the aftermath of the First Opium War and his role in the beginning of the Second Opium War.
Olav Aaraas
Olav Aaraas( born 10 July 1950) is a Norwegian historian and museum director.
He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
The Opium War (film)
The Opium War( 鸦片战争) is a 1997 Chinese historical epic film directed by Xie Jin.
The winner of the 1997 Golden Rooster and 1998 Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Picture, the film was screened in several international film festivals, notably Cannes and Montreal.
The film tells the story of the First Opium War of 1839 – 1842, which was fought between the Qing Empire of China and the British Empire, from the perspectives of key figures such as the Chinese viceroy Lin Zexu and the British naval diplomat Charles Elliot.
Unlike many of its contemporaries," The Opium War" was strongly supported by the state apparatus.
Despite its clear political message, many Western commentators found the treatment of the historical events to be generally even-handed.
At the time of its release," The Opium War", with a budget of$ 15 million( USD), was the most expensive film produced in China.
It was released to coincide with the Hong Kong handover ceremony in July 1997.
James Hope Grant
General Sir James Hope Grant, GCB( 22 July 1808 – 7 March 1875), was a British Army officer.
He served in the First Opium War, First Anglo- Sikh War, Indian Mutiny of 1857, and Second Opium War.
Siddiq Barmak
Siddiq Barmak (born September 7, 1962 in Panjshir, Afghanistan) is a Golden Globe-winner Afghan film director and producer.
He received an M.A degree in cinema direction from the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK) in 1987.
His first feature film "Osama", won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2004.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Jesse E. Hobson
Jesse Edward Hobson( May 2, 1911 – November 5, 1970) was the director of SRI International from 1947 to 1955.
Prior to SRI, he was the director of the Armour Research Foundation.
Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy( born 5 November 1961) is an Irish- born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.
He is currently the director of the Peabody Essex Museum.
He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019.
He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia( Canberra) from 1997- 2004.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Opium War (2008 film)
Opium War  is a 2008 Afghan black comedy film directed by Golden Globe winner, Siddiq Barmak.
The film was shot entirely in Afghanistan and revolves around the experiences of two American soldiers (Peter Bussian and Joe Suba), who crash their helicopter in the Afghan desert and find themselves at the mercy of the natural elements and an eclectic family of Afghan opium farmers.
In order to create a realistic setting of an opium poppy field, Barmak had to obtain permission from the Afghan government to plant the crop because growing opium poppies was declared illegal in Afghanistan in 2002.
Several challenges were faced by the filmmakers, with regards to the poppy field, before filming was completed.
Most notably, Afghan poppy eradication teams attempted to destroy his film set twice and the lack of rain forced Barmak to drill a well for irrigation as well as to bring in water tankers from as far away as 30 km.
The film was Afghanistan's official submission to the 2009 Academy Awards. "
Opium War" was screened at several international film festivals, including the 2008 edition of Rome Film Festival, where it won the Golden Marc’Aurelio Critics’ Award for Best Film.

Question: What is the place of birth of the director of film Opium War (2008 Film)?
Answer: Panjshir