JURY OF THE 21st WORLD FILM FESTIVAL

LUIZ CARLO BARRETO
Born in the state of Ceara, Brazil, Luiz Carlos Barreto came to Rio de Janeiro in 1947 to work as a photographer and reporter on O Cruzeiro, the principal magazine of the time. He began his filmmaking career in 1961 as a co-writer and co-producer of THE PAY TRAIN ROBBERY, directed by Robert Farias. The film’s success led quickly to others and Barreto became one of the key producers of the Brazilian Cinema Novo. He directed THIS IS PELE in 1974. Along with many films by Glauber Rocha, Carlos Diegues and Nelson Pereira dos Santos, he produced most of the films by his sons F�bio (�NDIA, THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN, O QUATRILHO) and Bruno (DO�A FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS, AMOR BANDIDO), including FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER, which is showing at this year’s festival.

SHYAM BENEGAL
Born in Hyderabad, India in 1934, Shyam Benegal became active in the film society movement at college, and after graduating in economics, he embarked on a career in advertising. Eventually he gravitated towards TV and documentaries, working for WGBH in Boston and the Children’s Television Workshop in New York. On return to India, Benegal launched his directorial career with the documentary, A CHILD OF THE STREETS (1967). He made his first fiction feature, ANKUR, in 1974. He has since directed twenty other features as well as several documentaries, TV series and shorts. Among his films are: NISHANT (1975), JUNOON (1978), ANTARNAAD (1981), MANDI (1983), TRIKAAL (1985), SURAJ KA SATVAN GHODA (1992), THE MAKING OF THE MAHATMA (1995) and SARDARI BEGUM (1997), which is showing at this year’s festival.

SERGEI BODROV
Born in Khabarovsk, Russia in 1948, Sergei Bodrov studied screenwriting before becoming a journalist. His work for the satirical magazine, Crocodile, won him numerous literary prizes. After a lengthy career as a screenwriter he made his directorial debut in 1985 with SWEET DREAMS IN THE GRASS, which won a silver prize at the Moscow Festival. He has since directed: I HATE YOU (1986), NON-PROFESSIONALS (1987), FREEDOM IS PARADISE (Grand Prize of the Americas at the 1989 Montreal World Film Festival), THE GAMBLER (1990), THE MAN IN RED SQUARE (1991), I WANTED TO SEE ANGELS (1992), WHITE KING, RED QUEEN (1992) and PRISONER OF THE MOUNTAINS (1996), which was nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar.

CLAUDE FOURNIER
Claude Fournier’s directorial debut, DEUX FEMMES EN OR (1970) was one of the all-time box-office hits of Quebec cinema. He has since directed ALIEN THUNDER (1972), JE SUIS LOIN DE TOI, MIGNONNE (1978), THE TIN FLUTE (adapted from the novel by Gabrielle Roy, 1982), LES TISSERANDS DU POUVOIR (two-part feature and a TV mini-series, 1986) and J’EN SUIS! (1997). As a scriptwriter, Fournier adapted Arlette Cousture’s novel "Ces Enfants d’ailleurs" for television. He has also published two collections of poems, a novel ("Les Tisserands du pouvoir") and a controversial 1995 essay on Ren� L�vesque, "Ren� L�vesque, portrait d’un homme seul". Since 1972 he has been associated with Marie-Jos� Raymond in the production company, Rose Films Inc.

GIOVANNA GAGLIARDO
Giovanna Gagliardo began her career in journalism. She was an editor at Il Giorno and at Il Messaggero and was in charge of the arts section of La Repubblica and L’Espresso. She was co-writer of Nelo Risi’s UNA STAGIONE ALL’INFERNA and she was screenwriter on all of Hungarian director Mikl�s Jancs�’s Italian films (THE PACIFIST, LA TECNICA E IL RITO, ROMA RIVUOLE CESARE and PRIVATES VICES, PUBLIC VIRTUES). She made her own directorial debut in 1978 with MATERNALE, and has since directed LA VIA DEGLI SPECCHI (starring Nicole Garcia, 1982) and CALDO SUFFOCANTE (starring Christine Boisson, 1990). She served as a member of the Film Commission for the Italian Ministry of Culture.

GERARDO HERRERO
Born in Madrid in 1953, Gerardo Herrero studied law and worked briefly as an attorney before deciding he preferred the cinema. He founded his own production company, Tornasol Films, which since 1986 has produced films by such Spanish directors as Fel�pe Vega, Francisco Regueiro and Mariano Barroso and participated in international co-productions directed by, among others, Alain Tanner, Tom�s Guti�rrez Alea and Ken Loach. His own filmography includes: "El Curso de las estrellas" (1984), "Fotogramas salvajes" (1984), AL ACECHO (1987), "Ni cont�go ni sin t�" (1991), DESV�O AL PARA�SO (1994), MAL�NA ES UN NOMBRE DE TANGO (1996) and COMANCHE TERRITORY (1997), showing at this year’s Montreal World Film Festival.

MICHAEL WILMINGTON
Michael Wimington has been chief film critic of the Chicago Tribune since 1993. Born in Wisconsin in 1946, he studied at the University of Wisconsin and has taught at UCLA, the University of Southern California and Cal Arts. He currently teaches at the University of Chicago Extension School. He was a film critic and reporter for the Los Angeles Times from 1984 to 1993 and film critic and senior writer for the Isthmus of Madison since 1980. He has written on film and television for L.A. Style, L.A. Weekly and Milwaukee Magazine. He was co-author, with Joseph McBride, of the 1973 book "John Ford", and has contributed extensively to such film journals as Film Comment, Sight and Sound and Film Quarterly.