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Born October 15, 1957 (age 67) • Bhubaneshwar • India
Awards And Honors Cannes film festival
Notable Works “Jama Masjid Street Journal” • “Mississippi Masala” • “Monsoon Wedding” • “Queen of Katwe” • “Salaam Bombay!” • “The Namesake” • “The Perez Family” • “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”

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Leonard Nimoy
American actor
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Polish director
Kawase, Naomi
Naomi Kawase
Japanese film director
Dr. Seuss postage stamp
Dr. Seuss
American author and illustrator
Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple
American director
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Moore, Michael
Michael Moore
American filmmaker and author
Martha Coolidge
American filmmaker
Atom Egoyan
Canadian writer and film director
Mani Kaul
Indian filmmaker
Ramesh Sippy and Kiran Juneja
Ramesh Sippy
Indian director and actor
Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal
Indian director
Ashutosh Gowariker
Ashutosh Gowariker
Indian actor, director, and screenwriter
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Indian filmmaker
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
British director, screenwriter, and artist
Jafar Panahi
Jafar Panahi
Iranian director
Jarmusch, Jim
Jim Jarmusch
American director
David Maysles
American documentary filmmaker
Roy Ward Baker
British director
Joy Batchelor
British director and animator