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Shane Mahan is an American special effects creator, creature designer, puppeteer, and producer, widely recognized as one of the leading figures in contemporary practical visual effects. Over a career spanning four decades, Mahan has contributed to some of the most iconic films in modern cinema, helping to define the look and physical presence of creatures, characters, and cinematic worlds through hands-on craftsmanship and technical innovation.

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Chris Munro is a British production sound mixer whose career spans more than five decades and whose work has shaped the sound of some of the most influential films in contemporary cinema. With credits on over 100 feature films since the early 1970s, Munro is widely regarded as one of the leading figures in production sound, combining technical mastery with an exceptional sensitivity to performance, space, and storytelling.

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Andrius Blaževičius is a Lithuanian film director and screenwriter born in Vilnius, whose work has become one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Lithuanian cinema. After initially studying cultural history and anthropology at Vilnius University, he shifted his focus to filmmaking and completed a master’s degree in film directing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2011. His background in the humanities continues to inform his interest in characters shaped by social change and historical pressure.

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Uli Hanisch, a highly respected German production designer whose work has significantly shaped both contemporary European and Hollywood cinema. Hanisch is behind the visual concepts of films such as Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) and Cloud Atlas (2012), as well as the acclaimed series Babylon Berlin (2016) and The Queen’s Gambit (2020).

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Alexander Nanauis  a German-Romanian documentary filmmaker, director, and producer. He gained international recognition with films such as The
World According to Ion B. (2009), Toto and His Sisters (2014), and especially the investigative documentary Collective (2019), which exposed systemic corruption in the Romanian healthcare system. Collective won the European Film Award for Best Documentary and received Academy Award nominations in two categories — Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature Film.

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