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.
Martin Ritt
Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director and actor who worked in both film and theater.
He was born in New York City.
Some of the movies he directed include "The Long, Hot Summer" (1958), "The Black Orchid" (1958), "Paris Blues" (1961), "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man" (1962),
"Hud" (1963), "The Outrage" (1964), "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965), "Hombre" (1967), "The Great White Hope" (1970), "Sounder" (1972), "Conrack" (1974), "Norma Rae" (1979), "Cross Creek" (1983), "Murphy's Romance" (1985), "Nuts" (1987) and "Stanley & Iris" (1990).
John McPartland
John Donald McPartland( 1911–1958) was a writer specializing in pulp fiction crime whose career was ended by an early death at age 47.
In addition to his pulp work, he is known for his more standard novel," No Down Payment", which was later made into the movie of the same title, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Joanne Woodward and Tony Randall, among others.
McPartland also is known for a strongly anti-communist" Life" magazine article, titled" Portrait of an American Communist," which he penned as a" Life" magazine staff writer in January 1948.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
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.
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.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Sam Aryeetey
Sam Greatorex Aryeetey( born 23 August 1929 or 1927) is a Ghanaian film producer, film director and writer.
He is often credited as the director of the first Ghanaian feature film," No Tears for Ananse".
No Down Payment
No Down Payment is a 1957 film drama directed by Martin Ritt.
It was scripted by Philip Yordan, who fronted for a then uncredited and blacklisted Ben Maddow, and is based on the novel of the same name by John McPartland.
Featured is an all star cast, including Joanne Woodward, Sheree North, Tony Randall, Jeffrey Hunter, Cameron Mitchell, and Pat Hingle.
Set in a California subdivision, the story follows four couples who have bought homes and are neighbors.
Among the problems facing the couples are alcoholism, racism, and promiscuity.
The story revolves around the idea of "no down payment" and the over-extended nature of families' economic situation.
Tony Randall is in an unsympathetic role, a car salesman looking for a good time.
Other issues include discrimination against a former war hero for lack of education.
S. N. Mathur
S.N. Mathur was the Director of the Indian Intelligence Bureau between September 1975 and February 1980.
He was also the Director General of Police in Punjab.

Question: Where was the director of film No Down Payment born?
Answer: New York