Francis Gouldman
Francis Gouldman(" c." 1607–1688/89) was a Church of England clergyman and lexicographer whose Latin- English dictionary( 1664) went through several editions.
Gouldman was also one of the directors who oversaw the publication of the monumental" Critici sacri", a major collection of Biblical criticism.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
Burning Birds
Burning Birds( දැවෙන විහඟුන්) is a 2018 Sri Lankan adult drama film written and directed by Sanjeewa Pushpakumara and co-produced by Pushpakumara and Antonin Dedet.
It stars Anoma Janadari and Samanalee Fonseka with Mahendra Perera and Shyam Fernando.
The music was composed by R. Abaji and Philip David Sheppard.
The film was premiered in the main competition of the 21st Busan International Film Festival in 2016.
The film was released in Sri Lanka on 29 June 2018 by the National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka through its Rithma circuit cinemas.
The director's cut was released from 26 July 2018 to 9 August 2018 only in three threaters- Regal Colombo, Lido Borella and Skylite Malabe, under the" Adults Only" banner.
The film successfully passed 50 days in theaters.
It is the 1307th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
With many awards at Derana Film Awards 2019, the film was re-screened in few theaters for a limited engagement including Savoy Premier at 1.30 pm.
I Want Your Love (film)
I Want Your
Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film.
Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews.
The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons.
The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes.
The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword.
This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively.
Jack Shea (director)
Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director.
He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.
Terence Young (director)
Shaun Terence Young( 20 June 1915 – 7 September 1994) was a British film director and screenwriter best known for directing three James Bond films, including the first two films in the series," Dr. No"( 1962) and" From Russia with Love"( 1963), as well as" Thunderball"( 1965).
All three films starred Sean Connery as Bond.
Wait Until Dark (film)
Wait Until Dark is a 1967 American thriller film directed by Terence Young and produced by Mel Ferrer.
It stars Audrey Hepburn as a young blind woman, Alan Arkin as a violent criminal searching for some drugs, and Richard Crenna as another criminal, supported by Jack Weston, Julie Herrod, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. The screenplay by Robert Carrington and Jane- Howard Carrington is based on the 1966 play" Wait Until Dark" by Frederick Knott.
Audrey Hepburn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1967.
Zimbalist Jr. was nominated for a Golden Globe in the supporting category.
The film is ranked# 55 on AFI's 2001" 100 Years … 100 Thrills" list, and its climax is ranked tenth on Bravo's" 100 Scariest Movie Moments".
Frederick Knott
Frederick Major Paull Knott( 28 August 1916 – 17 December 2002) was an English playwright and screenwriter known for his complex crime- related plots.
Though he was a reluctant writer and completed only three plays in his career, two have become well- known: the London- based stage thriller" Dial M for Murder", which was later filmed in Hollywood by Alfred Hitchcock, and the 1966 play" Wait Until Dark", which also was adapted to a Hollywood film directed by Terence Young.
He also wrote the Broadway mystery" Write Me a Murder".
27 Mavalli Circle
27 Mavalli Circle is a 1986 Indian Kannada language thriller film directed, written, produced and enacted by T. N. Narasimhan.
The film is adapted from Narasimhan's stage play of the same name which starred Lohithaswa in the lead role.
The rest of the cast includes Devaraj, in his film debut, Umashri, Kalpana Reddy among others.
The film features musical score by L. Vaidyanathan.
The story is based on Frederick Knott's 1966 classic play Wait Until Dark and its movie version" Wait Until Dark".
Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
Sanjeewa Pushpakumara born on 5 May 1977 in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2005.
In 2008, he obtained his Master's degree in Mass Communications from the University of Kelaniya.
Sanjeewa, pursued a diploma in film making at the Sri Lanka National Film Corporation in 2006.
In 2007, Pushpakumara received a scholarship from the Korean Culture and Tourism Ministry under its Cultural Partnership Initiative( CPI), to study film- making in the Asian Young Film Forum and also to learn Korean language at Chonbuk National University( Korea).
In 2014 he obtained his advanced degree( Master of Fine Arts) in film- making from the Chung- Ang University in South Korea as a Korean Government Scholarship Holder( KGSP).
In 2009, Sanjeewa was selected to the Asian Film Academy of Busan International Film Festival.
He participated in Berlin Talent Campus in 2012.
Sanjeewa's first feature film," Flying FishIgillena Maluwo"), received post production support from the Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Subsequently Flying Fish world premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam and was nominated for the Tiger Award.
The film reflects the deep social and psychological trauma of the country's twenty- six- year- long civil war.
Flying Fish garnered many accolades and the film was invited to more than 30 international film festivals around the world.
It was said by Tony Rayns at the 5th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival that" Sri Lankan Cinema has found its true modernist" and he has also said that Flying FishIgillena Maluwo") is indecently beautiful".
In 2012, Sanjeewa was invited to Paris by Cinéfondation of Cannes Film Festival to its Résidence programme to develop his second feature film, Burning Birds( Davena Vihagun).
The film received production support from Doha Film Institute and post production support from Hubert Bals Fund and Cinema du Monde( CNC).
In 2014, Biennale College – Cinema of Venice Film Festival invited Sanjeewa to Venice to develop his third film project Peacock Lament. in 2019 Peacock Lament also selected to NIPKOW Art Residence in Berlin for advance script development.
In 2018 Amma( Mother) film project won Locarno's Open Doors main prize.
In 2019 Amma project also invited to LA Residence of Global Media Makers of FiLM iNDEPENT in Los Angeles for advance script development.
Currently Sanjeewa is the Course Director of Sri Lanka Film School which he designed.
This is first ever film school in Sri Lanka.

Question: Do both films, Burning Birds and Wait Until Dark (film), have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no