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Please note that the directors and films mentioned
below are selected based only on the films the I have seen so far. I was
able to see most of these films during the films shows conducted by
various film societies in Kerala, especially Drisya Film Society, Mahe
and from Pune Film and Television Institute of India, where I attended a
course in Film Appreciation in the year 1984.
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Satyajit Ray ( 1921 - 1992 ) - From
India.
India's internationally renowned filmmaker.
Famous Films:
PATHER PANCHALI (1955), APARAJITO (1956), CHARULATA
(1964)
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Ingmar Bergman ( 1918 - ) - From
Sweden.
Universally regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema
Famous Films:
WILD STRAWBERRIES (1957), SEVENTH SEAL (1957), CRIES AND WHISPERS (1972)
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Sergei
Eisenstein ( 1898 - 1948 ) From Russia.
Sergei Eisenstein, one of the most influential filmmaker of
modern cinema
Famous Films:
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925), IVAN THE TERRIBLE (1943/46)
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Andrei
Tarkovsky ( 1932 - 1986 ) - From Russia.
Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet director whose austerely poetic,
deeply personal films made him one of the most treasured artists of his
generation
Famous Films: THE SACRIFICE (1986),
ANDREI RUBLEV (1966)
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Akira Kurosawa ( 1910 - ) - From
Japan.
Akira Kurosawa, is unquestionably the best
known Japanese filmmaker in the world
Famous Films:
RASHOMON (1950), IKIRU (1952)
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Jean-Luc
Godard ( 1930 - ) - From France.
Jean-Luc Godard, An essayist and poet of the cinema, he makes
the language of film a real part of his narratives
Famous Films:
BREATHLESS (1959), WEEKEND (1967)
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Federico Fellini ( 1920 - 1993 )
- From Italy.
Federico Fellini, Italian humanist director Federico Fellini
was among the most intensely autobiographical film directors the cinema
has known
Famous Film:
LA STRADA (1954)
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Charlie
Chaplin ( 1889 - 1977 ) - From U.S.A.
Charlie Chaplin, "the single most important artist
produced by the cinema, certainly its most extraordinary performer, and
probably still its most universal icon"
Famous Film:
The Kid (1921), THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
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Alain Resnais (1922
- ) - From France.
Alain Resnais, An important modern figure whose films
consistently deal with the effects of the past on the present
Famous Film:
NIGHT AND FOG (1956)
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G.
Aravindan (1935 - 1991) - From India.
Aravindan is
the most important directors of Indian cinema.
Famous Film:
Kanchana sitha ( 1977 )
Thamp (1978)
Pokkuvail (1981) |