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Murnau, F W
Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe was born in the German town of Bielefeld, the son of Heinrich Plumpe, a textile manufacturer, and his second wife Otilie. Friedrich...
Olmi, Ermanno
Born in Bergamo, Italy, Ermanno Olmi was the son of peasant factory workers. After joining the administration department of the Edison-Volta company, he became involved in company-sponsored filmmaking projects, making a more than 40 of what we would today refer to as corporate films....
Ophuls, Max
Born in Saarbrücken, then part of the German Empire, Maximillian Oppenheimer changed his surname to Ophuls when he embarked on a theatrical career, for...
Oshii, Mamoru
Mamoru Oshii (Oshii Mamoru; born August 8, 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented...
Ozon, François
Born in Paris, François Ozon studied direction at the Université de Paris, where he obtained his Masters degree, and then at the French national film school La Fémis under Eric Rohmer and Cahiers du Cinéma critic Jean Douchet....
Ozu, Yasujiro
Born in Tokyo’s Fukugawa, Yasujiro Ozu moved to his father’s hometown of Mie when he was ten, while his fertilizer salesman father remained working in...
Panahi, Jafar
Born in Mianeh in Iran, Jafar Panahi spent his formative years under the reign of the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi before joining the army. After the 1979...
Pasolini, Pier Paolo
Pier Paolo Pasolini was in Bologna, Italy; his father was of noble lineage and his mother from a family of Friulian farmers. Pasolini studied Literature at the University of Bologna where he wrote poetry in Italian and the regional dialect, Friulian....
POLLAK, KAY
Born in 1938, Kay Pollak began his filmmaking career in 1976 with Elvis! Elvis! Prior to this he had worked predominantly in TV, where he made, amongst...
Pontecorvo, Gillo
Gillo Pontecorvo was born in Pisa on November 19, 1919, the son of a wealthy Jewish businessman whose eldest son – Gillo’s elder brother, Bruno – was...
