Ramin Bahrani
Ramin Bahrani (born March 20, 1975) is an Iranian-American director and screenwriter.
Film critic Roger Ebert listed Bahrani's film "Chop Shop" as the 6th best film of the 2000s and hailed Bahrani as "the new director of the decade.
" Bahrani was the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship, and was the subject of several international retrospectives including the MoMA in New York City, Harvard University, and the La Rochelle Film Festival in France.
Bahrani is a professor of film directing at Columbia University's Graduate Film Program in New York City.
Souléymane Sy Savané
Souléymane Sy Savané is an Ivorian actor.
He is best known for his role in the drama film" Goodbye Solo"( 2008).
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.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
John Farrell (businessman)
John Farrell is the director of YouTube in Latin America.
Goodbye Solo (film)
Goodbye Solo is a 2008 American independent film written and directed by Ramin Bahrani.
It premiered as an official selection of the 2008 Venice Film Festival where it won the international film critic's FIPRESCI award for best film, and later had its North American premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film is distributed by Roadside Attractions.
The film exhibits significant thematic and plot similarities to Abbas Kiarostami's 1997 film "Taste of Cherry".
Red West
Robert Gene "Red" West (March 8, 1936 – July 18, 2017) was an American actor, film stuntman and songwriter.
He was known for being a close confidant and bodyguard for rock and roll singer Elvis Presley.
Upon his firing, West wrote the controversial , in which he exposed the singer's dangerous drug dependence in an attempt to save him.
West was probably best known to American film audiences for his role as Red in "Road House", alongside Patrick Swayze.
West appeared to critical acclaim in the 2008 independent film "Goodbye Solo" as William.
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.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
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."

Question: Which award the director of film Goodbye Solo (Film) earned?
Answer: Guggenheim Fellowship