Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Roy Andersson
Roy Arne Lennart Andersson( born 31 March 1943) is a Swedish film director, best known for" A Swedish Love Story"( 1970) and his" Living trilogy," which includes" Songs from the Second Floor"( 2000)," You, the Living"( 2007) and" A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence"( 2014).
" Songs from the Second Floor", more than any other, cemented and exemplified his personal style – which is characterized by long takes, absurdist comedy, stiff caricaturing of Swedish culture and Felliniesque grotesque.
He has spent much of his professional life working on advertisement spots, directing over 400 commercials and two short films, but only directing six feature- length films in six decades.
His 2014 film" A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence" won the Golden Lion award at 71st Venice International Film Festival, making Andersson the only Swedish director and the second Nordic director to win the award in the history of the festival, after Danish Carl Theodor Dreyer won in 1955.
Andersson is considered one of the most important living European film directors, having four films officially submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as Swedish entries.
Songs from the Second Floor
Songs from the Second Floor is a Swedish black comedy- drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 6 October 2000, written and directed by Roy Andersson.
It presents a series of disconnected vignettes that together interrogate aspects of modern life.
The film uses many quotations from the work of the Peruvian poet César Vallejo as a recurring motif.
It is the first film in a trilogy, followed by" You, the Living"( 2007) and" A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence"( 2014).
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is a 2014 internationally co-produced black comedy- drama film written and directed by Roy Andersson.
It is the third installment in his" Living" trilogy, following" Songs from the Second Floor"( 2000) and" You, the Living"( 2007).
It premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival where it was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film.
It was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
It s title is a reference to the 1565 painting" The Hunters in the Snow" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
The painting depicts a rural wintertime scene, with some birds perched on tree branches.
Andersson said he imagined that the birds in the scene are watching the people below, wondering what they are doing.
He explained the title of the film as a" different way of saying' what are we actually doing', that's what the movie is about."
At the Venice Film Festival, Andersson said that the film had been inspired by the 1948 Italian film" Bicycle Thieves" by Vittorio De Sica.
Giuliano Biagetti
Giuliano Biagetti( 12 April 1925 – 29 March 1998) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Rivalry (film)
Rivalry( also known as" Medico condotto") is a 1953 Italian melodrama film.
Written, produced and overseen by Roberto Rossellini, it marked the directial debut by Giuliano Biagetti.
The film was shot and set in Castiglione della Pescaia.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.

Question: Are both director of film Rivalry (Film) and director of film A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence from the same country?
Answer: no