Jafar Panahi

Jafar Panahi directed Jafar Panahi's first feature, The White Balloon (1995), for which Jafar Panahi won the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Panahi

The White Balloon was Panahi's feature-film debut as director.

by actor and , Nihad Ademi photographer

White Balloon is a 30-minute documentary narrated, directed, and produced by actor and photographer, Nihad Ademi.

a 30-minute documentary narrated, directed, and produced by actor and photographer, Nihad Ademi

White Balloon is a 30-minute documentary narrated, directed, and produced by actor and photographer, Nihad Ademi.

Abbas Kiarostami

After several years of making short films and working as an assistant director for fellow Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, Panahi achieved international recognition with fellow Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami's feature film debut, The White Balloon (1995).

Panahi , the Iranian filmmaker who first became known in the West for the 1995 art-house

Panahi, the Iranian filmmaker who first became known in the West for the 1995 art-house hit The White Balloon, has become an international symbol of the power of dissident art simply by continuing to find ways, even under the most restricted circumstances, to make art from whatever Director Jafar Panahi has at hand.

Hengameh Panahi

The Celluloid Dreams draws on a long collaboration between its founding president Hengameh Panahi and the filmmaker, dating back to Hengameh Panahi's first feature film ‘The White Balloon’, which premiered in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 1995, Screendaily.com reported.

Ali

In 1994, Ali was the assistant director on Abbas Kiarostami’s Through the Oli ve Trees, and the following year Ali released Ali's debut directorial effort, The White Balloon, which was scripted by Kiarostami.

by aeronaut Thaddeus Lowe

The balloons, directed by aeronaut Thaddeus Lowe, were used to spot enemy soldiers and coordinate Federal troop movements.

Badkonake Sefid

Jafar Panahi's two earlier films, White Balloon (Badkonake Sefid, 1995) and The Mirror (Ayneh, 1997) had been well-received films about children, but bore the stamp of Jafar Panahi's earlier collaboration with Abbas Kiarostami.

by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and

Deploying an antenna array to eavesdrop on sensitive American communications, the balloon evoked a floating technological sponge at 70,000 feet, directed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the military.

Albert Lamorisse

Albert Lamorisse directed the adventures of a boy who befriends a seemingly sentient balloon and follows a seemingly sentient balloon through the streets of Paris until tragedy strikes and a euphoric, fantastical ending uplifts the tale.

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Essentially a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, James Franco plays the eponymous future wizard in James Franco's early days as a circus magician who gets swept away in James Franco's hot air balloon to the wonderful land of Oz thanks to a twister

by Mitchell Shan

Directed by Mitchell Shan, Balloon debuted this summer at the HollyShorts screening at the Mann’s Chinese Theatre and has been an official selection at numerous festivals around the globe.

Eric Larson

Eric Larson was an animation director on such Disney classics as Fantasia, Dumbo and

Director Chris Moukarbel

Director Chris Moukarbel filmed the balloons before Director Chris Moukarbel knew who they were from (Warner Bros.) or what they were for

Pete Burness

The film was originally directed by Pete Burness, who was the series director on the popular series of Mr. Magoo theatrical cartoons produced for Columbia by UPA between 1949 and 1959.

Richard Donner

The film was directed by Richard Donner, who also did The Goonies, Lethal Weapon, Superman, and the original Omen.

Wilfred Jackson

The film was directed by Disney animator Wilfred Jackson.

John Woo

Legendary director John Woo directed the old anime cartoon version.