Distant Thunder (1988 film)
Distant Thunder is a 1988 American drama film directed by Rick Rosenthal and starring John Lithgow and Ralph Macchio.
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.
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, music composer, graphic artist, lyricist and author, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.
Ray was born in Calcutta into a Bengali family which was prominent in the field of arts and literature.
Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist film "Bicycle Thieves" (1948) during a visit to London.
Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts.
He was also a fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, calligrapher, music composer, graphic designer and film critic.
He authored several short stories and novels, meant primarily for young children and teenagers.
Feluda, the sleuth, and Professor Shonku, the scientist in his science fiction stories, are popular fictional characters created by him.
He was awarded an honorary degree by Oxford University.
Ray's first film, "Pather Panchali" (1955), won eleven international prizes, including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.
This film, along with "Aparajito" (1956) and "Apur SansarThe World of Apu")
(1959), form "The Apu Trilogy".
Ray did the scripting, casting, scoring, and editing, and designed his own credit titles and publicity material.
Ray received many major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, a Golden Lion, a Golden Bear, 2 Silver Bears, a number of additional awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and an Academy Honorary Award in 1992.
The Government of India honored him with the Bharat Ratna, its highest civilian award, in 1992.
Ray had received many noticeable awards and gained a prestigious position over his life time.
In 2004, Ray was ranked number 13 in BBC's poll of the Greatest Bengali of all time.
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.
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.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
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.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Kerrie Keane
Kerrie Keane is a Canadian actress.
She graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1970.
Her early film career included roles in" The Incubus"( 1982)," Spasms"( 1983)," Morning Man"( 1986) and" Bates Motel"( 1987).
In 1987 she appeared in the film" Obsessed" and was nominated for the 1989 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.
Keane also played the leading female role in the film" Distant Thunder"( 1988) and appeared in the superhero film" Steel"( 1997).
She co-hosted" What Will They Think of Next?", and appeared on episodes of such television series as," Matlock" and" Beverly Hills, 90210".
Distant Thunder (1973 film)
Distant Thunder (translit.
Oshoni Shongket) is a 1973 Bengali film by the renowned Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.
Unlike most of Ray's earlier films, "Distant Thunder" was filmed in colour.
It stars Soumitra Chatterjee, who headlined numerous Ray films, and the Bangladeshi actress Bobita in her only prominent international role.
Today the film features in "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made".
It marked the debut of the theatre star Mrityunjay Sil.

Question: Where was the place of death of the director of film Distant Thunder (1973 Film)?
Answer: Calcutta