Russell Braddon
Russell Reading Braddon( 25 January 1921 – 20 March 1995) was an Australian writer of novels, biographies and TV scripts.
His chronicle of his four years as a prisoner of war," The Naked Island", sold more than a million copies.
Braddon was born in Sydney, the son of a barrister.
He served in the Malayan campaign during World War II.
He was held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese in Pudu and Changi prisons and on the Thailand- Burma Railway between 1942 and 1945.
During this time he met Ronald Searle, whose Changi sketches illustrate" The Naked Island".
After the war, he went on to study law at University of Sydney.
Nevertheless he failed to obtain a law degree( he maintained that he had lost interest in the subject) and he abandoned undergraduate life in 1948.
In 1949, Braddon moved to England after suffering a mental breakdown and followed by a suicide attempt.
Doctors attributed this breakdown to his POW experiences, and urged him to take a year to recuperate.
He described his writing career as" beginning by chance The Naked Island", published in 1952, was one of the first accounts of a Japanese prisoner of war's experience.
Braddon went on to produce a wide range of works, including novels, biographies, histories, TV scripts and newspaper articles.
In addition, he was a frequent broadcaster on British radio and television.
He died in 1995 at his home in Urunga, New South Wales, having returned to Australia two years before.
" Proud Australian Boy: A Biography of Russell Braddon" by Nigel Starck was published in Australia in 2011.
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.
Kaneto Shindo
Shindo was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, and he made several films about Hiroshima and the atomic bomb.
Like his early mentor Kenji Mizoguchi, many of his films feature strong female characters.
He was a pioneer of independent film production in Japan, founding a company called Kindai Eiga Kyokai.
He continued working as a scriptwriter, director and author until his death at the age of 100.
Shindo made a series of autobiographical films, beginning with the first film he directed, 1951's "Story of a Beloved Wife", about his struggle to become a screenwriter, through 1986's "Tree Without Leaves", about his childhood, born into a wealthy family which became destitute, 2000's "By Player", about his film company, seen through the eyes of his friend Taiji Tonoyama, and his last film, "Postcard", directed at the age of 98, loosely based on his military service.
John Farrell (businessman)
John Farrell is the director of YouTube in Latin America.
Sally MacKenzie
Sally MacKenzie is a" USA Today" bestselling romance novelist who has currently published eight books," The Naked Duke"( 2005)," The Naked Marquis"( 2006)," The Naked Earl"( 2007)," The Naked Gentleman"( 2008)," The Naked Baron"( 2009)," The Naked Viscount"( 2010)," The Naked King"( 2011), and" Bedding Lord Ned"( 2012).
According to" Romance Reviews Today The Naked Marquis" is “ … charming … funny … full of delightful characters …
" The Naked Marquis" merits a place on the keeper shelves of readers of the traditional Regency and the spicier Regency- set historical romances alike".
MacKenzie lives in Maryland and is a mother of four.
Ian Barry (director)
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Peter Levin
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Michael Govan
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Prior to this, Govan worked as the director of the Dia Art Foundation in New York City.
Clear Skies (film)
Clear Skies is a 1961 Soviet romance film directed by Grigori Chukhrai.
It won the Grand Prix( in a tie with Kaneto Shindo's" The Naked Island") at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival.
The Naked Island
The Naked Island  is a black-and-white film from 1960, directed by Kaneto Shindō.
The film is notable for having almost no spoken dialogue.

Question: What nationality is the director of film The Naked Island?
Answer: Japan