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Born in 1944 in Lucknow, a town near the river of Ganges in the royal family, he began working for Satyajit Ray in Calcutta as an Art Director. When he started feeling the love for the seventh art awakening inside him for the first time, he made several interesting low-budget documentaries mainly focusing on Sufism. He also appeared on TV as an actor in a serial Jaan-e-Alaam.

Born in Belgrade in 1946 to noted Yugoslav actors Rade and Olivera Marković, Goran Marković studied filmmaking at Prague's FAMU. After graduating, he began working for Yugoslav television, directing documentaries and about 50 TV films. He also directs for the theatre. One of the best known of the "Czech School" of Yugoslavian directors, he now teaches at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. His films have screened in festivals around the world and won numerous prizes.

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Born in the USA in 1975. Graduated from the Brown University where he created an independent degree of studies in Visual and Digital Media. In 1997, he co-founded a New York-based design studio specializing in digital and interactive design for fashion and luxury companies. Since 2002, he has been working independently as a filmmaker, sharing his time between New York and Paris. The Malady of Death is his first narrative film.

Born in 1947, Tokyo. He was attracted to theatre in the early '70s, he is still referred to by his stage name 'Beat Takeshi' and is known as one of the leading comedians in Japan. An eclectic character: anchor man, sports commentator, critic, novelist and songwriter.

Born in1947 in Malnad, province Kamtaka, in South India. His mother tongue is minority Kannadian. As a boy he acquainted himself with film through the touring cinema, which occasionaly stopped in their village. When his uncle gave him books on Indian cinema and when he saw a landmark film Samskara (1970), directed by P. R. Reddy, he decided to study film. He registered as a student at the Film and Televison Istitute of India in the year 1972.

Born 1970, in Tehran, Iran. Ali Reza Amini holds a degree in theater directing and also has experience as an actor. He made his first steps into the film industry in the early 90s. Avid for new experiences, he works on 8mm, 35mm and video. He worked as assistant director on two films by Bahman Ghobadi, Living in the Mist (1999) and Time of Drunken Horses (2000). He directed 20 short and documentary films which have been screened and won awards at international festivals.