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Director, Writer, Photographer. Born in 1969 in Tehran, Iran. Graduated from high school in 1989. Studying photography in Youth Cinema Institute in 1990. Start studying cinema in art University in 1992. Studying Theatre for two years and joining to Experimental Theater institute in 1994. Graduated from Tehran Azad University in Industrial in Engineering in 1995, meanwhile attending Cinema College for three years. Directing three Eugene Ionesco’s Plays from 1995 to 1997. Abandon any engineering profession and working as storywriter and publishing some stories in magazines in 1999. Working as a professional screenwriting for cinema and TV in 2000. Making his first short film Aquarium in 2001. Making two documentary in Baluchistan: A song for the dying and Music and forgetting in 2003 - 2006. (These documentaries have not released yet.). Making his first feature film Tedium in 2008.

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Barbara Orbemaier She was born in 1965, in Germany. She studied modern literature, history of art and science of communication in the universities of Salzburg, Vienna, Paris, Orléans, and Constance.She joined the Dubini Filmproduktion of brothers Fosco and Donatello, in 2001. Fosco and Donatello Dubini Fosco (1954) and Donatello (1955) are brothers, both were born in Zurich and studied theater, cinema, and television at Köln University. They made their first film in 1978, a documentary Gösgen, followed by another five before the first feature, Ludwig 1881, in 1983. They returned to documentaries in 1995, with Jean Seberg: American Actress (selection for the 19th Mostra). They took part in the 25th Mostra with Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P. (2001) and with The Journey to Kafiristan (2001).

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Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 1974. Graduated from the Escola de Teatro Macunaima and from Centro de Pesquisa Teatral (CPT), coordinated by the director Antunes Filho. Theater, cinema and television actress, she participated in plays such as Hell and Vênus em Visom, both directed by Hector Babenco. She also worked in the short Produto Descartável (2003), for which she was awarded best actress at Gramado Festival, and in the features Se Puder… Dirija (2013), Never Old to Meow (2014) and My Hindu Friend (2015, 39th Mostra). Bárbara directed the shorts Making of My Hindu Friend (2015, 39th Mostra) and Talk to Him (2018, 42nd Mostra). Her first feature film as a director, Babenco - Tell Me When I Die (2019, 43rd Mostra), won the award for best documentary at Venice International Film Festival.

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She has worked in documentaries since 1994. Credits as a director include a three-part documentary series Gifted, on child prodigy Julian Bliss, plus the dance series The Rough Guide to choreography for Channel 4. In 2002, Beadie joined forces with fellow film maker Rupert Murray. They co-directed the curious Outsiders, documentary on a cult lo-fi music scene in the US, followed by the drama-performance hybrid This Was My War, based on the build up to the last Iraq War. In 2005, Beadie and Rupert made their first feature length documentary Unknown White Male (2005), about a young amnesiac rediscovering his life. Beadie went on to direct the The Hunger Season, a doc on the food crisis gripping the planet. Beadie is one of the founding directors of the Channel 4 Britdoc Foundation, a grant giving body which invests in independent documentary filmmakers.

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Born in Pécs, Hungary, in 1955. He graduated in film direction in 1981 at the Film and Television Academy in Budapest. From 1979 to 1980 he was a member of Béla Balázs Studio and, in 1981, was one of the founders of Studio Társulás. He founded and directed film.factory at Sarajevo School for Science and Technology from 2012 to 2016. One of the most important directors of Hungarian cinema, he directed, among others, Family Nest (1977), The Prefab People (1982), Almanac of Fall (1984), awarded at the Locarno Festival, Damnation (1988, 18th Mostra), City Life (1989, 14th Mostra), Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), Prologue (2004, 28th Mostra), The Man from London (2007, 31st Mostra) and The Turin Horse (2011), which received the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Satantango was exhibited at the 18th Mostra.

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She was born in 1952, in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais. She is a documentarist who majored in History by the Fluminense Federal University (UFF). She specialized in Documentary and Audiovisual Research at the University of Rome (La Sapienza). She has directed films and documentaries for TV, both short and medium-length as, for instance, A Volta que o Mundo Deu (1995), Vida de Criança (1998), Walter.doc - O Tempo É Sempre Presente (2000) and Nobreza Popular (2003). She was executive producer or production director for films such as A Terra Prometida (1997) and Passing Through (29th Mostra), both by Henri Gervaiseau; Chocolate (1997) and Bendito Fruto (2002), by Sérgio Goldemberg; Babilônia 2000 (2000), Edifício Master (26th Mostra) and Peões (2003) all of these by Eduardo Coutinho; and Garrincha Ucellino di Dio (2001) by Paulo César Saraceni. She was President of the Brazilian Association of Documentarists (ABD) in Rio de Janeiro and advisor to the National ABD from 2005 until 2007.

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Lucas Bambozzi born in 1965. As from the eighties, he has produced work in different media such as film, video, installations, interactive projects on the internet and CD-ROM. Among others, he directed Love Stories (1992), Otto, Eu Sou um Outro (1998), and I Have No Words (1999). Cao Guimarães born in 1965. He majored in philosophy by the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. In 1988, he made Eye Land and Otto, Eu Sou Um Outro. He was part of the projects, Objeto: Cotidiano/Arte, Anos 90 and Arte Cidade 3 (1997). Beto Magalhães born in 1964. He graduated in economy in 1987. In 1988, he directed and produced a short film Otto, Eu Sou Um Outro. He is one of the idealizers and directors of the project Restos do Ofício, that resulted in the documentary O Fim do Sem Fim.

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Aida Marques Born in Niterói, in Rio de Janeiro, in 1954. She studied cinema and literature in Paris and returned to Brazil in 1979 to work with editing for Embrafilme until 1987. She was awarded prizes on eleven occasions at different festivals in Brazil and has edited over forty films, amongst these, a feature, Tensão no Rio (1982, as assistant), by Gustavo Dahl, a medium-length film, A Igreja da Libertação (1985), by Silvio Da-Rin, and short films such as Geléia Geral (1986) and Dama da Noite (1987), both by Sandra Werneck, and Memória do Sangue (1987), by Conceição Senna. She is professor of cinema and video at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), in Rio de Janeiro. Expedito - A Country Poet is her first film. Beto Novaes Born in São Carlos, São Paulo, in 1945. Professor of Economy at the UFRJ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, José Roberto Novaes is a researcher and makes documentaries for video, on subjects related to the world of labor and for a reminder of the struggle of rural laborers. He directed two short films Sonhos de Criança and Rurais da CUT.

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Beto Souza born in 1961, in Rio Grande do Sul. He graduated in journalism and has worked since 1988 producing videos and films. In cinema, he produced the documentary A Morte no Edifício Império (1993) and directed and produced a short film 2075 A.D. (1999). Netto Perde Sua Alma is his first feature. Tabajara Ruas born in 1942, in Uruguaiana. He graduated in architecture and cinema and is a writer and essayist (author of “O Dia em que Dorival Encarou o Guarda”). He has worked with cinema since 1978. He wrote the script for Kilas, O Mau da Fita (1978; 4th Mostra), directed by José Fonseca e Costa and awarded prizes at film festivals at Locarno, Biarritz, and Lisbon. He was also script writer for Anahy de las Missiones (1997), directed by Sérgio Silva. This film was awarded the prizes for best director and script at the Brasília Film Festival in 1997.

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Bill Guttentag - He graduated at the University of Pennsylvania and the American Film Institute. Since 2001 he teaches a class on the Film and Television Business at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford. In 2003 he won an Academy Award for the short documentary Twin Towers, co-directed by Robert David Port. It was his second Academy Award – the first one was won in 1989 for the short You Don’t Have to Die, co-directed by Malcolm Clarke. He was nominated three other times for the Academy Award, all three in docs co-directed by Vince DiPersio: the features Crack USA: County Under Siege (1989) and Death on the Job (1991) and the short Blues Highway (1994). In 2006 he wrote and directed the fiction feature Live!. He also created and executive produced the NBC series Crime & Punishment. Dan Sturman - He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University He was reporter and produced docs for ABC News, CBS News and BBC while based in Los Angeles

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Born in 1972 in Osnabrück, Germany. Since 1994 she works as camera assistant. 1994 till 1996 she studied at the federal Fachschule für Optik und Film (SFOF) in Berlin. Since 1997 studies of camera and director at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb). Since 2003 director for TV and cinema among other things Pall Mall, Twix, FCB, Musicload, Hyundai, Monster and T-Com. CARTE BLANCHE TO WIM WENDERS - THE 2008 HUMANITY PRIZE Wim Wenders has been given carte blanche by the 2008 São Paulo International Film Festival to program whatever he will. He has been one of the authors most in evidence over the course of Mostra editions and of our history as film lovers. Always courageous in manifesting his disquiet in face of a world with misleading signs of modernity, Wenders manifests his non-conformity with disturbing sagacity, presence of mind, innovation, and a ceaseless quest for innovating formulas of expression. Changeable and sufficiently daring, he has never concealed his fascination for American popular culture and the icons that people our imagination - outright fascination with criticism, not dazzle, that imbues us with courage and frees us from the guilt of stagnation - an invitation to travel and to a second reading: fascination that fills our eyes and mind with poetry and musicality, nostalgia and modernity, looking back into the past and into the future with the certainty of one crying out for changes in the present. Wenders made good use of fame that grew rapidly as emerging talent in a Germany paranoic about its own future. Even as an exponent of the New German Cinema movement, he made his way to the United States to pay tribute to several of his idols - one to actor and director Dennis Hopper, with The American Friend (Der Amerikanische Freund, 1977), another to directors Nicholas Ray and Samuel Fuller, all three acting in the same film. He re-invented his modernity with a neo-noir film and, at the same time, aroused our admiration for novelist Patricia Highsmith and her inspired character Tom Ripley. He also paid tribute, indirectly, to Alfred Hitchcock who adapted the novel to cinema in Strangers on a Train (1950). Wim Wenders’ sincerity is stimulating. His American pilgrimage was astonishing. His films involved spectators with characters and plots able to take the martyrdom of a film lover to the final consequences - a return to Nicholas Ray, the mythical director of Johnny Guitar (1954) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955). With him, Wenders filmed Lightning Over Water (1980) to record his slow, real death. Wim Wenders’ inventiveness afforded us exciting escapes, even when they triggered conflict with icons admired in common. Such was the case of the fascinating tribute to Dashiel Hammett, author of police novels, the soul of film noir, at a very high cost. Hammett, of 1982, was also filmed in the United States and generated conflicts with the producer we so admired as a film maker - Francis Ford Coppola. Between agitated filming and interruptions, he went back to Europe to film The State of Things, in 1982. He would never have imagined, but this film became the symbol of resistance against the Brazilian military dictatorship, after winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Festival. On October 20, 1984, with over one thousand people in a sold-out session of The State of Things at Cine Metrópole, a movie theater that has, unfortunately disappeared, the agents of the Federal Police arrived with orders to close down the 8th São Paulo International Film Festival. In The State of Things, a filming team is in Portugal inspired on Wenders’ own autobiography with the difficulties of a film maker to make a film without being able to shake off the opression from the producer. It all began one month before the 8th Mostra opened, when we challenged the government in its last year of dictatorship. By sueing the Federal Government, we would win the case in court so that, for the first time in eight years of existence, we would hold a festival without subjecting the selection of films to prior government censorship. Mostra was reacting to all the years of humiliation. One week later, the federal government was to annul the temporary restraining order and, to everyone’s astonishment, close down Mostra. And precisely when The State of Things was being shown... With my voice shaken and tears in my eyes, I read the court decision to an astonished audience - prohibiting a São Paulo International Film Festival free of censorship. Meanwhile, in the throes of creativity, Wim Wenders recovered from the impact of the previous American film and was awarded the Golden Palm in Cannes, 1984 for Paris, Texas - impeccably modern, with a script by Sam Shepard on finding and losing, with actors Harry Dean Stanton and Natassja Kinski and music by Ry Cooder. Wenders, admirable film maker and film lover that he was, next took us to Japan with a diary documentary Tokyo-Ga in the form of a pilgrimage and reverence to the great master, Yasujiro Ozu. It was Wenders who, in 1985, opened the eyes of new generations to the cinema of the great Japanese master. In Wim Wenders’ films we could observe his capacity for divesting, invariably making himself seem much smaller in comparison to the icons of one’s cultural background. With him, we learned about the great driving force of humility. In the film, covering Japanese scenarios and rituals as bizarre as they are fascinating, Wenders behaves with the discipline of a pupil and highlights how very Japanese and universal the inestimable cinematographic heritage of Ozu really is. Admiration for Wim Wenders grew with each revelation and each new surprise in his films. The most thrilling of all the films at this stage was, most certainly, his demolishing of the Berlin Wall ahead of time, with Wings of Desire (1987). Chaste angels dare ignore the existence of the abominable wall and fly back and forth over the frontiers, to find the souls they are to guard. Wings of Desire was, deservedly, awarded the Prize from the Public at the 12th Mostra in 1987 and was immediately inserted in the collection of his films that are forever adored. Unforgettable, also, is the fact the angels could see only in black and white. They only saw in color when they became mortals having committed the ‘sin’ of falling in love with live beings. Remarkable also is Wim Wenders’ equally surprising talent and generosity in lending prestige to musical talents to aggregate values to his films. “My life was saved by Rock’n Roll. Because it was this kind of music that, for the very first time in my life, gave me a feeling of identity, the feeling that I had a right to enjoy, to imagine, and to do something”, says Wenders in his official site www.wim-wenders.com. The listing of musicians invited to his films is considerable - Ry Cooder, Daniel Lanois, Willie Nelson, U2, Bono, Nick Cave, BAP, Wolfgang Niedecken, Ronnee Blakley, and Lou Reed, in addition to achieving a world feat by redeeming talent in groups such as the Buena Vista Social Club, of 1998. With this musical documentary, Wenders brought added life to a group of very talented Cuban musicians. Or, as when he focused on the story of three impressive bluesmen - Blind Willie Johnson (1902-1947), Skip James (1902-1969), and J. B. Lenoir (1929-1967) in The Soul of a Man (2003), his feature within the blues series and that, again, was awarded the Prize from the Public at the 27th Mostra. Wim Wenders justifies his choice of the three bluesmen because, in them, he identified characteristics in common: “They were ahead of their time, they wrote their own music, they were complete singers and instrumentalists, and they died unknown and forgotten”. For this film Wim Wenders was awarded the Humanity Prize at the 32nd São Paulo International Film Festival. With his gesture and with his films, he enriched the listing of those formerly indicated to the Mostra Humanity Prize, namely Manoel de Oliveira, Eduardo Coutinho, and Amos Gitai. To all, attention to the films chosen by Wim Wenders with carte blanche. Mostra can finally see its guardian angel in color. Leon Cakoff

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Joris Ivens nasceu em 1898, em Nimege, na Holanda. Seu pai tinha uma loja de aparelhos fotográficos que, pouco a pouco, se transformou num importante entreposto das novidades da fotografia e do cinema, com o nome de Capi (iniciais do nome do pai de Joris: Cornélius, Adrian, Peter, Ivens). Graças a essa convivência, o jovem Joris estréia no cinema com a idade de 13 anos, dirigindo o seu primeiro curta "A Flecha Ardente", com toda família vestida de índio. Sua carreira de cineasta se intensificou com os movimentos de vanguarda nos anos 30 e logo se tornou o grande nome entre todos os documenteristas da história do cinema. Joris Ivens realizou mais de 60 filmes nos quatro cantos do mundo, registrando guerras, culturas e revoluções a luta do homem contra a natureza, injustiças e belezas. O seu cinema é um legado para a humanidade. Ivens morreu em junho de 1989 deixando "História do Vento", co-dirigido com sua mulher Marceline Loridan, como último testamento. Este filme destacou-se na seleção da 13ª Mostra e volta na 15ª como parte da homenagem prestada a Joris Ivens, com a participação de Marceline Loridan.

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Brandon Klein Born in 1978 in St. Paul Minnesota, Brandon Klein grew up in England and studied Film and Economics at Middlebury College in Vermont. An entrepreneur from an early age, Brandon started an online natural health company and grew it to be the largest in Europe. After several years working with Fortune 500 companies on Wall Street, Brandon gave it all up to be an independent filmmaker. Nicholas Klein Born in 1980 in St. Paul, Minnesota, Nicholas Klein grew up in England and studied Philosophy, Religion and Ethics at the University of London. Nicholas was a child actor in a Gerry Anderson’s sci-fi series Space Precinct and it was this experience that got him interested in film. He made his first documentary at the age of 16 about the aggressive skating scene in London (Crown Jewels). Daniel Klein Born in 1982 in St. Paul, Minnesota, Daniel Klein grew up in England and majored in Political Movements at NYU. An activist from an early age, Daniel has been involved in a number of human rights and social justice causes around the world. As well as being a filmmaker and activist, Daniel is a chef at a New York City restaurant. Tim Klein Born in 1983 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tim Klein grew up in the Twin Cities and studied Film, Communications and African History at the University of Minnesota. Africa has been an important part of Tim’s life since listening to his father and grandfather tell stories of their experiences on the continent. Tim has been traveling and working in Africa since high school and it was those experiences that inspired him to make a film about the complexities of development in Africa.

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ALLEN HUGHES Born in Michigan, USA, in 1972. He made his feature debut as a producer-director, along with his partner and twin brother Albert, with Menace II Society (1993). His filmography includes Dead Presidents (1995), American Pimp (2000), From Hell (2001), Justine (2004), Mercy (2005). BRETT RATNER An American filmmaker and music video director, he was born in 1969 in Miami, USA. He is best known for his films such as The Family Man (2000), Red Dragon (2002), the Rush Hour series (1998, 2001,2007), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). FATIH AKIN He was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1973 as son to Turkish parents. He directed his first full-length feature film Short Sharp Shock in 1998. It was followed by In July (2000), Solino (2002), the short The Evil Old Songs (2004, 28th Mostra) and Head On (2004, 28th Mostra), Golden Bear at the Berlin Festival. He also made the music documentary Crossing the Bridge - The Sound of Istambul (2005, 29th Mostra) and the fiction The Edge of Heaven (2007, 31st Mostra), awarded best screenplay at Cannes Festival. In 33rd Mostra, he also presents the feature film Soul Kitchen. JIANG WEN Born in Tangshan, Hebei province, China, he shifted to Beijing at the age of 6. He wrote and directed his first film in 1994, In the Heat of the Sun. Jiang`s second feature, Devils on the Doorstep, set during the Japanese occupation of China in the early 1940s, won him the Grand Prix in the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. JOSHUA JACOB MARSTON Born in 1968 in Los Angeles, USA. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School. Marston worked in Paris as an intern for Life, then for ABC News during the Gulf War. He returned to the United States and earned a master`s degree in Political science from University of Chicago in 1994 before earning a Master of Fine Arts in film at New York University. He debuted in the direction of feature films with Maria Full of Grace (2004), Great Prize of the Jury at 28th Mostra. MIRA NAIR She was born in 1957 in Orissa, India. She was educated at Delhi University. She is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! (1988) won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival. Her filmography includes Mississipi Masala (1991, Special Prize at 15th Mostra); Monsoon Wedding (2002), Golden Lion at the Venice Festival; Vanity Fair (2004) and The Namesake (2007). NATALIE PORTMAN An Israeli-American actress, she was born in Jerusalem in 1981. She debuted in Luc Besson’s The Professional (1994). Among others, she acted in the prequel trilogy Star Wars (1999-2005); Mike Nichol’s Closer (2005), for which she received a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress; Amos Gitai’s Free Zone (2005, 29th Mostra) and Milos Forman’s Goya’s Ghosts (2006, 31st Mostra). She completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Harvard College. In 2008, she was member of the Cannes Film Festival Jury. Portman’s directorial debut, Eve (2008), opened the Venice Film Festival’s shorts competition. RANDALL BALSMEYER Director, animation and visual effects supervisor.His filmography includes Shaft (2000) e Pride and Glory (2008), both he is animation and visual effects supervisor. SHEKHAR KAPUR Born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1945. He studied business before immigrating to Great Britain. In Bombay, he embarked on a career as a print model and performer. Abandoning acting, he moved to the director`s chair with the Innocent (1983). After that, he directed Bandit Queen (1994), Elizabeth (1998), The Four Feathers (2002) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). SHUNJI IWAI Born in 1963, in Sendai, Japan. Filmmaker, video artist, writer and documentarian. He attended Yokohama National University, graduating in 1987. He directed TV dramas and music videos in Japan. In 1995, he went on to start his career in feature films, starting with Love Letter. Outstanding among his feature are Picnic (1996), All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001), Hana & Alice (2004) e The Kon Ichikawa Story (2006). YVAN ATTAL Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel to French-Algerian Jewish parents, in 1965, he grew up in the Paris suburbs. His acting debut was in Un monde sans pitié (1989). His first feature film as director was My wife is an actress (2001). He also acted in The Patriots (1994, by Éric Rochant, 18th Mostra) and Bon Voyage (2003, by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 28th Mostra).

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Bruno Barreto directed his first film Tati, a Garota, in 1972, at the age of 17, followed by A Estrela Sobe, and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, the greatest box-office success in Brazilian cinema of all times with over 12 million spectators. Outstanding among his films are The Story of Fausta, Four Days in Setember indicated for an Oscar for best foreign film in 1998, Bossa Nova, and Romeo and Juliet Get Married. As from 1990, he divided his career as director between Brazil and the United States where he made six features with stars in U.S. cinema such as A Show of Force, Carried Away, and View from the Top. In 2005, Bruno Barreto came back to Brazil to live, and settled in São Paulo, the setting of his last two films — Romeo and Juliet Get Married and Caixa Doi$. In 2006, he directed his first theater play Dúvida.

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Born in Piqua, Kansas, EUA, in 1895. He was raised in the middle of the popular and itinerant universe of vaudeville shows by his parents Joe and Myra. In 1917, met Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, famous comedian who at the time was in full decline. Next to him, in the same year, Keaton starred in his first movie, the short film The Butcher Boy. Their partnership yielded more than a dozen short films, such as The Bell Boy (1918) and The Hayseed (1919). His feature film debut was with The Saphead (1920), by Herbert Blaché and Winchell Smith. He starred and co-directed titles such as The Three Ages (1923), Sherlock Jr. (1924), The Navigator (1924) and Seven Chances (1925). He reached his greatest triumph with the comedy The General (1926), held in partnership with Clyde Bruckman. In 1928, he performed the classic The Cameramen. He participated, in 1952, of Limelight, by Charles Chaplin. In 1960, received an honorary Academy Award for “his unique talent which brought immortal comedies to the screen”. Keaton died in Los Angeles in 1966, victim of lung cancer, at the age of 70.

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