WBader Alhomoud is a Saudi Arabian film director and screenwriter.
WUizenma Borchu, née Borkhüügiin Uizenmaa is a Mongolian-German film maker and film actress. In 1989, she moved with her family from Mongolia to East Germany, where she grew up. During the period of 2006-2015 she studied documentary film at the University of Television and Film in Munich.
WMilan Chams is a director of Nepali films. He is best-known for the films Bir Bikram and Lily Bily which have received a number of awards. Other films he directed include Bir Bikram 2.
WByambasuren Davaa, also known as Davaagiin Byambasüren, is a Mongolian film maker currently residing in Germany.
WSergey Vladimirovich Dvortsevoy is a Kazakh filmmaker of Russian origin. His 2008 feature film Tulpan, was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film category.
WAbdullah Al-Eyaf is a Saudi Arabian film director also known as Abdullah Al Eyaf or Abdullah Aleyaf. He has directed many award-winning films. His first film was a 42-minutes documentary Cinema 500 km which discusses the ban on cinemas in Saudi Arabia, by following a young Saudi movie fan during his first trip outside the country just to experience his first ever film in a theater. Al-Eyaf's second project was a 19 minutes short film called Etaar. The third short film he made was the 23-minutes drama Matar (Rain), which was shown in many international film festivals around the world. The last project was the short film "Aayesh" in 2010 which won Gulf Film Festival award for best short film and was well received by the audience and the critics.
WDeepak Raj Giri is a Nepali actor, director and producer. He is known for the sitcom Tito Satya, and films, Sundar Mero Naam, Cha Ekan Cha, Wada No. 6, and the Chhakka Panja trilogy, among others.
WJoana Hadjithomas is a Lebanese film director, screenwriter and artist. She collaborates with Khalil Joreige producing works that create thematic links between photography, video, performance, installation, sculpture and cinema.
WU-Wei Haji Saari is a Malaysian film director. He first gained international attention with The Arsonist, the first Malaysian film to enter the Cannes Film Festival in 1995.
WJohn Hsu is a Taiwanese film director.
WUsmar Ismail was a prominent Indonesian film director of Minangkabau descent. He was widely regarded as the native Indonesian pioneer of the Cinema of Indonesia although films made by the Dutch date back to around 1926.
WTanit Jitnukul is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. Among his films is the 2000 historical battle epic, Bang Rajan. His nickname is "Pued" (ปืีด).
WKhalil Joreige is a Lebanese film director, screenwriter and artist. He often collaborates with Joana Hadjithomas, his wife, as filmmakers and artists producing works that create thematic links between photography, video, performance, installation, sculpture and cinema. They also teach and contribute to several publications.
WVeronica "Roni" Kedar is an Israeli director, producer, screenwriter and actress.
WKhavn De La Cruz is a Filipino poet, singer, songwriter, pianist and filmmaker. He is the founder and festival director of MOV International Film, Music and Literature Festival. Considered the father of Philippine digital filmmaking, Khavn has made 47 features and 112 short films since 1994. His 46th feature, Ruined Heart, is lensed by Christopher Doyle and features Tadanobu Asano and Nathalia Acevedo. It premiered in official competition at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival.
WBakhtyar Khudojnazarov was a film director, producer and screenwriter from Tajikistan. His most internationally famous film is the comedy Luna Papa (1999). He won a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his film Kosh ba kosh (1993). In 2000 he was a member of the jury at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival.
WEran Kolirin is an Israeli screenwriter and film director.
WDover Kosashvili is an Israeli film director and screenwriter of Georgian-Jewish descent. He has directed five films since 1998. His film, Late Marriage, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
WLee Kang-sheng is a Taiwanese actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's feature films. Lee's directorial efforts include The Missing in 2003 and Help Me Eros in 2007.
WLi Hsing is a Taiwanese film director. He directed more than 30 films between 1959 and 1986.
WGavin Lin is a Taiwanese film director. He attended Pittsburg State University.
WMontaser Marai is a Palestinian - Jordanian Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker, working for Al Jazeera Channel since 2002.
WMoshé Mizrahi was an Israeli film director.
WDror Moreh is an Israeli cinematographer and director. His film, The Gatekeepers (2012), was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 85th Academy Awards. The film attracted attention partly due to its controversial interviews with the head of Israel's Security Agency. Moreh said, "I think that those guys who implement the power and force… understand that power and force can lead you up to a certain point, and beyond that, you have to take other measures."
WJosé Zialcita Nepomuceno was one of the pioneering directors and producers of Philippine cinema. He is also known as the "founder of Philippine movies", and he had his own production company Jose Nepomuceno Productions. It was in 1919 when he produced the first Filipino silent film entitled Dalagang Bukid. The film starred Atang de la Rama, a future National Artist of the Philippines. He also directed Un (El) Capullo Marchito in 1920. It starred Luisa Acuña, who then became a famous leading lady in Filipino silent films.
WEran Riklis is an Israeli filmmaker. His films include Cup Final (1991), The Syrian Bride (2004), Lemon Tree (2008) and Dancing Arabs (2014).
WGhassan Salhab is a Lebanese screenwriter and film director.
WOsman Fahir Seden, usually credited as Osman F. Seden, was a Turkish film director, screenwriter and film producer.
WDror Shaul is an Israeli film-maker, commercial director and film writer-director, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel.
WNabin Subba (Limbu) is a Nepalese film director, screenwriter and producer. He is generally regarded as a leading figure and pioneer of the "Fourth Cinema" movement in Nepalese cinema, making the film base on Nepalese indigenous community. His works Khangri and Numafung were awarded in many film festivals around the globe. His last major project was Goodbye Kathmandu, which is due to release soon. He also directed a 52-episode TV serial called Dalan, about Dalit, which he completed in 2006 and which aired from NTV 2008/2009. The TV serial was one of the most popular serial in the history of Nepal television, and was nominated for One world media trust, UK for outstanding work on social issue in developing countries.
WGulbara Tolomushova is a Kyrgyzstani film director, cinematographer and film critic.
WDaniel Wachsmann is an Israeli filmmaker, writer, producer and director.
WÖzgür Yıldırım is a German-Turkish film director.
WDror Zahavi is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 25 films and television shows since 1992. His 2008 film For My Father was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.
WDominic Zapata, is a Filipino television and film director. He is a graduate of the De La Salle University-Manila and Don Bosco Technical Institute-Makati. He took up AB Communication Arts and BSC Marketing Management (CAM-MMG) at De La Salle University-Manila where he entered the communication arts program in 1988. He is now one of the resident directors of GMA Network since 1997.