query: Night Attack at Târgovişte was ended by Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire.

pos: Night Attack at Târgovişte The Night Attack of Târgovişte ( Atacul de noapte de la Târgovişte , Tirgovişte Baskını ) was a battle fought between forces of Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia and Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire on Thursday , June 17 , 1462 .   The conflict initially started with Vlad 's refusal to pay the jizya ( tax on non-Muslims ) to the Sultan and intensified when Vlad Ţepeş invaded Bulgaria and impaled over 23,000 Turks . Mehmed then raised a great army with the objective to conquer Wallachia and annex it to his empire . The two leaders fought a series of skirmishes , the most notable one being the Night Attack where Vlad Ţepeş attacked the Turkish camp in the night in an attempt to kill Mehmed .   The assassination attempt failed , and Mehmed marched to the Wallachian capital of Târgovişte , where he discovered another some 20,000 impaled Turks . The Sultan and his troops then sailed to Brăila and burned it to the ground before retreating to Adrianople . Both sides would claim victory : while Pope Pius II proclaimed Vlad Ţepeş ' campaign a victory for Christianity , Mehmed II 's forces returned home with many captured slaves , horses and cattle .

neg: Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha ( `` Mehmed Emin Pasha the Cypriot '' ; 1813 -- 1871 ) , was an Ottoman statesman of Turkish Cypriot origin who served at the top post of grand vizier during three different times under the reign of the sultan Abdülmecid I. His uncle was in charge of Mahmud II 's private treasury , secured him for palace service while he was young , and he then entered the Hassa regiment ( 1833 -- 1834 ) . He then studied abroad , in France , at the Sultan 's expense . He served in a military capacity , as serasker , in Acre ( 1844 -- 1845 ) , Jerusalem ( 1845 -- 1847 ; during which time he suppressed a serious Bedouin revolt ) , Tirnova ( 1847 ) , and then Belgrade ( 1847 -- 1848 ) . During this period , many rumours circulated about his mismanagement practices , but they were dismissed by the Sultan as gossip . He was appointed as a vizier in 1848 .   In 1850 -- 51 , Mehmed Emin served as governor of the Eyalet of Aleppo , at the end of which he was appointed müşir ( field marshal ) , in the province of Syria .   His periods of administration were for the first term between 29 May and 23 November 1854 , the second term between 18 November 1859 and 24 December 1859 , and for the last term between 28 May 1860 and 6 August 1861 . As such , he was also the last grand vizier under Abdülmecid . He is not to be confused with a notable and contemporary namesake , Emin Pasha , the explorer of Sudan , a German Jewish possible convert to Islam who had entered the service of the Ottoman Empire , or with other past notables of the same name ( see Mehmed Emin Pasha ( disambiguation ) ) .   Like many other prominent Ottoman statesmen of the Tanzimat period , Mehmed Emin Pasha rose from the Dragoman 's office ( Tercüme Odası ) , largely Turkified by the 19th century , and climbing through the foreign office of the Ottoman Empire , held consecutive ambassadorial and governorship posts .   Mehmed Emin Pasha died in his yalı in Kandilli , Istanbul , in 1871 .   After his death , his wife , Melek Hanım , wrote her memoirs of the harem , in the 19th century context of that institution , as well as a controversial account of the high spheres of the Ottoman society , published in New York City in 1874 , treating much the same period as the memoirs of Leyla Saz , written much later in the 1920s .

neg: Demetrios Palaiologos Kantakouzenos Demetrios Palaiologos Kantakouzenos ( flourished 1420-1453 ) was the mesazon ( chief minister ) of the Emperors John VIII Palaiologos and his brother , Constantine XI . His colleague in the office as mesazon was Loukas Notaras .   Demetrios first appears in history as one of the courtiers who advised John VIII to support the Ottoman prince Mustafa in his bid to seize control of the Ottoman Empire on the death of his brother Mehmet I in 1421 . When Mehmet 's son Murat emerged as the victor , he was selected as one of the envoys ( the other two being Matthew Laskaris and Angelos Philomattes ) to meet with Murat . The Sultan showed his annoyance that the Byzantines had supported his uncle by putting them in prison ; none of them were released until the conclusion of a treaty between John VIII and Murat in February 1424 .   He played other prominent roles in diplomatic affairs as mesazon to the two emperors . He was a witness to John 's treaties with the Republic of Venice in September 1423 , May 1431 , October 1436 , September 1442 , and July 1447 . He also played a heroic part in the final defense of Constantinople ; according to Donald Nicol , he commanded a unit of 700 men stationed in the neighborhood of the Church of the Holy Apostles with his son-in-law Nikephoros Palaiologos , while Steven Runciman assigns him to a command of a portion of the Theodosian Walls next to the Sea of Marmora .   Demetrios ' fate following the fall of Constantinople to Sultan Mehmet II 's army is unclear . Du Cange writes that he and his son-in-law were killed defending the city ; Steven Runciman writes that Demetrios was captured alive . Donald Nicol notes that a Demetrios Kantakouzenos is recorded as escaping from the fallen city , with his family and other refugees , on the ship of the Genoese admiral Zorzi Doria . Doria took them as far as Chios , where the Venetian captain Thomas Celsi gave them passage to Candia ( modern Heraklion ) in Crete . Nicol also mentions the record of the daughter of `` one Demetrios Kantakouzenos and his wife Simonis Gadelina , called Maria '' marrying Theodore , the son of Paul Palaiologos , in Corfu in November 1486 .   Nicol offers no information on the names of Demetrios Palaiologos Kantakouzenos ' parents , although he states that Demetrios was the cousin of Emperor John VIII . The name of his wife has not come down to us , although he had a daughter who , as mentioned above , married Nikephoros Palaiologos , and Demetrios is presumed to be the father of a protostrator Kantakouzenos who was executed along with Loukas Notaras and Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos five days after the capture of the city .

neg: Ibn Kemal Şemseddin Ahmed ( 1468 -- 1536 ) , better known by his pen name Ibn Kemal or Kemalpaşazâde ( `` son of Kemal Pasha '' ) , was an Ottoman historian , Sheikh ul-Islam , lawyer and poet .   He was born into a distinguished military family in Edirne and as a young man he served in the army and later studied at various madrasas and became the Kadı of Edirne in 1515 . He became a highly respected scholar and was commissioned by the Ottoman ruler Bayezid II to write an Ottoman history ( Tevarih-i Al-i Osman , `` The Chronicles of the House of Osman '' ) . During the reign of Selim I , in 1516 , he was appointed as military judge of Anatolia and accompanied the Ottoman army to Egypt . During the reign of Suleiman I he was appointed as the Sheikh ul-Islam , i.e. supreme head of the Muslim ulema , a post which he held until his death .

neg: Règlement Organique (Mount Lebanon) The Règlement Organique ( `` Organic Regulation '' ) was a series of international conventions , between 1860 and 1864 , between the Ottoman Empire and the European Powers , which led to the creation of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate .   The 1860 Lebanon conflict led France to intervene and stop the massacre after Ottoman troops had been aiding Islamic forces by either direct support or by disarming Christian forces . France , led by Napoleon III , recalled its ancient role as protector of Christians in the Ottoman Empire which was established in a treaty in 1523 . Following the massacre and an international outcry , the Ottoman Empire agreed on 3 August 1860 to the dispatch of up to 12,000 European soldiers to reestablish order . The region of Syria was then part of the Ottoman Empire . The agreement was further formalized in a convention on 5 September 1860 with Austria , Great Britain , France , Prussia and Russia . France was to supply half of that number , and other countries were to send supplementary forces as needed . The agreement was signed in Paris on 5 September 1860 .   An important consequence of the French expedition was the establishment of the autonomy of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate from Syria , with the nomination by the Sultan of an Armenian Christian Governor from Constantinople named Daud Pasha on 9 June 1861 . On the same day , through a further agreement , termed the Beyoglu Protocol , signed between the Ottoman Empire and the European Powers in Beyoğlu , Istanbul , gave that agreement international recognition . The protocol was introduced initially for a period of three years .   In September 1864 , a further convention was signed , which confirmed the permanent character of the statute and made minor changes to it . An additional Maronite district was formed and the council under the governor was reorganised ( it now had twelve members-four Maronites , three Druzes , three Greek Orthodoxes and Greek Uniates , one Sunnite and one Shi'a ) . The Règlement Organique of Lebanon remained in that form up till 1914 .

neg: Morean War The Morean War ( Guerra di Morea ) is the better-known name for the Sixth Ottoman -- Venetian War . The war was fought between 1684 -- 1699 , as part of the wider conflict known as the `` Great Turkish War '' , between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire . Military operations ranged from Dalmatia to the Aegean Sea , but the war 's major campaign was the Venetian conquest of the Morea ( Peloponnese ) peninsula in southern Greece . On the Venetian side , the war was fought to avenge the loss of Crete in the Cretan War ( 1645 -- 1669 ) , while the Ottomans were entangled in their northern frontier against the Habsburgs and were unable to concentrate their forces against the Republic . As such , the Morean War holds the distinction of being the only Ottoman -- Venetian conflict from which Venice emerged victorious , gaining significant territory . Venice 's expansionist revival would be short-lived however , as its gains would be reversed by the Ottomans in 1715 .

neg: Ottoman–Venetian Wars Ottoman -- Venetian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice that started in 1396 and lasted until 1718 . It included :   Venice 's participation in the Crusade of Nicopolis in 1396  A naval conflict in 1415 -- 1419 , which included the Battle of Gallipoli ( 1416 )  The Siege of Thessalonica ( 1422 -- 30 ) , with Venice active from 1423 on , resulting in the capture of Thessalonica by the Ottomans  The First Ottoman -- Venetian War ( 1463 -- 1479 ) , resulting in the capture of Negroponte , Lemnos and Albania Veneta by the Ottomans  The Second Ottoman -- Venetian War ( 1499 -- 1503 ) , resulting in the capture of the Venetian strongholds in the Morea ( Peloponnese ) by the Ottomans  The Third Ottoman -- Venetian War ( 1537 -- 1540 ) , resulting in the capture of the Cyclades except Tinos , the Sporades and the last Venetian strongholds in the Morea ( Peloponnese ) by the Ottomans  The Fourth Ottoman -- Venetian War ( 1570 -- 1573 ) , resulting in the capture of Cyprus by the Ottomans , and the defeat of their fleet in the Battle of Lepanto ( 1571 )  The Fifth Ottoman -- Venetian War or the Cretan War ( 1645 -- 69 ) , resulting in the capture of Crete by the Ottomans  The Sixth Ottoman -- Venetian War or the Morean War ( 1684 -- 99 ) , resulting in the capture of the Morea ( Peloponnese ) , Lefkada , Aigina and parts of Dalmatia by Venice and the end of Ottoman dominance in the eastern Mediterranean Sea  The Seventh and last Ottoman -- Venetian War ( 1714 -- 1718 ) ( also called the Second Morean War ) , resulting in the recapture of the Morea ( Peloponnese ) and of Tinos and Aigina , the last Venetian holdings in the Aegean , by the Ottomans   *

neg: Battle of Pliska The Battle of Pliska or Battle of Vărbitsa Pass was a series of battles between troops , gathered from all parts of the Byzantine Empire , led by the Emperor Nicephorus I Genik , and Bulgaria , governed by Khan Krum . The Byzantines plundered and burned the Bulgar capital Pliska which gave time for the Bulgarians to block passes in the Balkan Mountains that served as exits out of Bulgaria . The final battle took place on 26 July 811 , in some of the passes in the eastern part of the Balkans , most probably the Vărbitsa Pass . There , the Bulgarians used the tactics of ambush and surprise night attacks to effectively trap and immobilize the Byzantine forces , thus annihilating almost the whole army , including the Emperor . After the battle , Krum encased Nicephorus 's skull in silver , and used it as a cup for wine-drinking . This is one of the best documented instances of the custom of the skull cup .   The Battle of Pliska was one of the worst defeats in Byzantine history . It deterred Byzantine rulers from sending their troops north of the Balkans for more than 150 years afterwards , which increased the influence and spread of the Bulgarians to the west and south of the Balkan Peninsula , resulting in a great territorial enlargement of the First Bulgarian Empire .

neg: Battle of Katia The Battle of Katia , also known as the Affair of Qatia by the British , was an engagement fought east of the Suez Canal and north of El Ferdan Station , in the vicinity of Katia and Oghratina , on 23 April 1916 during the Defence of the Suez Canal Campaign of World War I . An Ottoman force led by the German General Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein made a surprise attack on three and a half squadrons of the British 5th Mounted Brigade , which was widely scattered to the east of Romani . The mounted brigade had been ordered to the area to protect the new railway and water pipeline being built from Kantara on the Suez Canal , as this infrastructure extended out past the Canal 's zone of defences into the Sinai Peninsula towards Romani . Kress Von Kressenstein 's attack was completely successful , decimating the equivalent of little more than a regiment . On the same day , an associated Ottoman attack on Duidar , very close to the Suez Canal , failed when it met with strong British opposition .   Kress von Kressenstein 's force had been active in the area since the First Suez Offensive of early 1915 , when three columns attacked the Canal along the northern , central , and southern routes across the Sinai Peninsula . The growing Imperial strength made attacks on the Suez Canal difficult , and ended the dominance of the Ottoman force in the area . The Ottoman Empire 's attacks on 23 April demonstrated their intention to continue opposing the British Empire in the region .   However , the Imperial reaction to these attacks was to double the strength of their forces . The 2nd Light Horse Brigade , and the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade , were sent to Katia and Romani and established a strong Imperial presence over the contested ground . Soon after , the Australian 1st Light Horse Brigade was also sent forward , and the 52nd ( Lowland ) Division arrived at Romani not long after . At the beginning of August , the Battle of Romani was fought over much of the same ground as that at Katia .

neg: Albania under the Ottoman Empire Ottoman Albania comprised Albania during the period it was part of the Ottoman Empire , from 1385 to 1912 . Ottoman rule in Albania began after the Battle of Savra in 1385 when most of the local chieftains became Ottoman vassals . The Ottomans erected their garrisons throughout southern Albania by 1415 and established formal jurisdiction over most of Albania by 1431 . Independence for some Albanian regions was gained during 1443-1479 , with the uprising under the lead of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg . The last towns captured by the Ottomans were Shkodër in 1479 and Durrës in 1501 . The territory which today belongs to the Republic of Albania remained part of the Ottoman Empire until declaring independence in 1912 during the Balkan Wars .

neg: Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha ( 1813 -- 1868 ) was an Ottoman statesman and diplomat . He served as the Grand Vizier from October 3 , 1852 to May 14 , 1853 , on the eve of the Crimean War . Along with Fuad Pasha and Mustafa Reşid Pasha , he was one of the main reformers of the Tanzimat era .   Mehmed Ali was born in Hemşin , a city along the Black Sea coast in modern Turkey , and was of ethnic Hemshin descent . He was the son of an Istanbul shopkeeper and worked in the translation office of the Ottoman Empire before being made Ottoman ambassador to the United Kingdom at the age of 26 . He married Princess Adile Sultan , the daughter of sultan Mahmud II , and thus became `` Damat '' ( Turkish : bridesgroom ) to the Ottoman dynasty .

neg: Turkish–Armenian War The Turkish-Armenian war , known in Turkey as the Eastern Operation or Eastern Front ( Doğu Cephesi ) of the Turkish War of Independence , refers to a conflict in the autumn of 1920 between the First Republic of Armenia and the Turkish nationalists , following the signing of the Treaty of Sèvres . After an initial Armenian occupation of what is now eastern Turkey , the army of the Turkish National Movement under Kâzım Karabekir reversed the Armenian gains and further invaded and defeated Armenia , also capturing territory which the Ottoman Empire had lost to the Russian Empire in 1855 and 1878 .   The Turkish military victory was followed by Soviet Russia 's occupation and sovietization of Armenia . The Treaty of Moscow ( March 1921 ) between Soviet Russia and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and the related Treaty of Kars ( October 1921 ) confirmed the territorial gains made by Karabekir and established the modern Turkish -- Armenian border .   Armenia 's had territorial disputes with the Ottoman Empire . The Ottomans had tried to exterminate the Armenians during the Armenian Genocide and occupied the South Caucasus during Summer 1918 . Armenia resisted until the Allied forces won WWI . The Ottomans maintained their troops along their territorial gains until Spring 1919 .

neg: Battle of Sinop The Battle of Sinop , or the Battle of Sinope , was a Russian naval victory over the Ottoman Empire during the Crimean War that took place on 30 November 1853 at Sinop , a sea port in northern Anatolia , when a squadron of Imperial Russian warships struck and defeated a squadron of Ottoman ships anchored in the harbor . The battle was part of the Crimean War , and a contributory factor in bringing France and Great Britain into the conflict . This was the last major battle between fleets of sailing ships . The battle is commemorated in Russia as a Day of Military Honour .

neg: Mediterranean Agreements (1887) The Mediterranean Agreements ( German Mittelmeerentente ; French Entente de la Méditerranée ) were a series of treaties signed in 1887 by the United Kingdom with the Italy on 12 February ( through the mediation of Germany ) , with Austria-Hungary on March 24 and with Spain on May 4 . Further notes were exchanged between Britain , Italy and Austria-Hungary on 12 December .   On the face of it the treaties recognised the status quo in the Mediterranean Sea . In fact , one of the objectives was to halt the expansion of the Russian Empire in the Balkans and her wish to control the straits of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles . From that perspective it also assured the survival of the Ottoman Empire . It also protected Italian interests against France . Thus it united forces hostile to Russia in the Balkans and to France in North Africa .   From the point of view of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck , the benefit of these agreements to which Germany was not a party , was in bringing Britain closer to the Triple Alliance of Germany , Italy and Austria-Hungary . This advantage proved short-lived since Britain achieved a rapprochement with Russia . The Alliance was dissolved in 1896 when Wilhelm II , German Emperor alienated Great Britain with his `` Kruger telegram '' .   The treaty potentially conflicted with the Reinsurance Treaty of 1888 , between Germany and Russia . In the secret protocol to the Reinsurance Treaty , Bismarck lent support to Russia 's expansion efforts . Thus the Mediterranean Agreement , while not a de jure contradiction of the Reinsurance Treaty was at least contrary to its spirit .

neg: Siege of Negroponte (1470) The Siege of Negroponte was fought between the forces of the Ottoman Empire , led by Sultan Mehmed II in person , and the garrison of the Venetian colony of Negroponte ( Chalcis ) , the capital of the Venetian possession of Euboea in Central Greece . It lasted for almost a month , and despite great Ottoman casualties ended in the capture of the city and the island of Euboea by the Ottomans .

neg: Long Turkish War The Long Turkish War or Thirteen Years ' War was an indecisive land war between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire , primarily over the Principalities of Wallachia , Transylvania and Moldavia . It was waged from 1593 to 1606 but in Europe is sometimes called the Fifteen Years War , reckoning from the 1591 -- 92 Turkish campaign that captured Bihać .   In the series of Ottoman wars in Europe it was the major test of force between the Ottoman -- Venetian War ( 1570 -- 73 ) and the Cretan War ( 1645 -- 69 ) . The next of the major Ottoman-Habsburg wars was the Great Turkish War of 1683-99 . Overall , the conflict consisted in a great number of costly battles and sieges , but with very little result for either side .

neg: 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt On 15 July 2016 , an alleged coup d'état was attempted in Turkey against state institutions , including , but not limited to the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan . The attempt was carried out by a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces that organized themselves as the Peace at Home Council . They attempted to seize control of several key places in Ankara , Istanbul , and elsewhere , but failed to do so after forces loyal to the state defeated them . The Council cited an erosion of secularism , elimination of democratic rule , disregard for human rights , and Turkey 's loss of credibility in the international arena as reasons for the coup . The government accused the coup leaders of being linked to the Gülen movement , which is designated as a terrorist organization by the Republic of Turkey and led by Fethullah Gülen , a Turkish businessman and cleric who lives in Pennsylvania . Erdoğan accuses Gülen of being behind the coup -- a claim that Gülen denies -- and accused the United States of harboring him . Gülen has suggested the coup was in fact a `` self-coup '' carried out by Erdogan to consolidate his grip on power , a belief shared among some analysts and many Turks . Events surrounding the coup attempt and the purges in its aftermath reflect a complex power struggle between Islamist elites in Turkey .   During the coup , over 300 people were killed and more than 2,100 were injured . Many government buildings , including the Turkish Parliament and the Presidential Palace , were bombed from the air . Mass arrests followed , with at least 40,000 detained , including at least 10,000 soldiers and , for reasons that remain unclear , 2,745 judges . 15,000 education staff were also suspended and the licenses of 21,000 teachers working at private institutions were revoked as well after the government alleged they were loyal to Gülen . More than 100,000 people have been arrested or fired from their jobs , on accusations of connections to Gülen .   Reactions to the event were largely against the coup attempt , both domestically and internationally . The main opposition parties in Turkey condemned the attempt , while several international leaders -- such as those from the United States , NATO , the European Union , and other neighboring countries -- called for `` respect of the democratic institutions in Turkey and its elected officials . '' International organizations expressed themselves against the coup as well . The United Nations Security Council , however , did not denounce the coup after disagreements over the phrasing of a statement .   President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused the head of United States Central Command , chief General Joseph Votel of `` siding with coup plotters '' , after Votel accused the Turkish government of arresting the Pentagon 's contacts in Turkey .   In March 2017 , Germany 's intelligence chief said Germany was unconvinced by Erdoğan 's claim that Fethullah Gulen was behind the failed coup . Also in March , the British Parliament 's Foreign Affairs Committee said some Gulenists were involved in coup d'état attempt but found no hard evidence that Fethullah Gülen masterminded the failed coup and found no evidence to justify the UK designating the Gülen movement as a `` terrorist organization '' .

neg: Georgian–Armenian War The Georgian -- Armenian War was a short border dispute fought in December 1918 between the newly-independent Democratic Republic of Georgia and the First Republic of Armenia , largely over the control of territories in Lori and Kvemo Kartli districts .   In March 1918 , Russian signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and in doing so agreed to return to the Ottoman Empire territory gained during the 1877 -- 78 Russo-Turkish War . These territories were , however , no longer under the functional control of the Russian central government ; rather , they were being administered collectively by the Georgians , Armenians and Azerbaijanis through the Transcaucasian Sejm . The Trebizond Peace Conference aimed to resolve the dispute , but when the conference failed to produce a resolution , the Ottomans pursued a military campaign to control the disputed territories . Under persistent attack , the Transcaucasians collective eventually dissolved with the Georgians , Armenians and Azerbaijanis declaring independent nation states in quick succession in late-May 1918 . On 4 June , the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Batum with each of the three Transcaucasus states , which brought the conflict to an end and awarded the southern half of the ethnically-Armenia Lori Province and Akhalkalaki district to the Ottomans . Against the wishes of Armenia , Georgia , supported by German officers , took possession of northern Lori and established military outposts along the Dzoraget River .   When the Ottomans signed the Armistice of Mudros in October , they were subsequently required to withdraw from the region . Armenia quickly took control of territory previously controlled by the Ottomans , and skirmishes between the Armenia and Georgia arose starting on 18 October . Open warfare began in early December , after diplomatic efforts failed to resolve the issue of the disputed border , and continued until 31 December , when a British-brokered ceasefire was signed , leaving the disputed territory under joint Georgian and Armenian administration .

neg: Military of the Ottoman Empire The history of military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods . The foundation era covers the years between 1300 ( Byzantine expedition ) and 1453 ( Fall of Constantinople ) , the classical period covers the years between 1451 ( enthronement of Sultan Mehmed II ) and 1606 ( Peace of Zsitvatorok ) , the reformation period covers the years between 1606 and 1826 ( Vaka-i Hayriye ) , the modernisation period covers the years between 1826 and 1858 and decline period covers the years between 1861 ( enthronement of Sultan Abdülaziz ) and 1918 ( Armistice of Mudros ) .

neg: Maurice's Balkan campaigns Maurice 's Balkan campaigns were a series of military expeditions conducted by the East Roman ( Byzantine ) emperor Maurice ( reigned 582 -- 602 ) in an attempt to defend the Balkan provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire from the Avars and Slavs . Maurice was the only East Roman emperor , except for Anastasius I , who did his best to implement determined Balkan policies during Late Antiquity , paying adequate attention to the safety of the northern frontier against barbarian incursions . During the second half of his reign , the Balkan campaigns were the main focus of Maurice 's foreign policies , as a favourable peace treaty with Persia in 591 enabled him to shift his experienced troops from the Persian front to the region . The refocusing of Roman efforts soon paid off : the frequent Roman failures before 591 were succeeded by a string of successes afterwards .   Although it is widely believed that his campaigns were only a token measure and that Roman rule over the Balkans collapsed immediately after his overthrow in 602 , Maurice was in fact well on his way to forestalling the Slavic landfall on the Balkans , nearly preserving the order of Late Antiquity there . His success was only undone over ten years after his overthrow . Retrospectively , these campaigns were the last in the series of classical Roman campaigns against the Barbarians on the Rhine and Danube , effectively delaying Slavic landfall on the Balkans by two decades . With respect to the Slavs , these campaigns had the typical trait of Roman campaigns against unorganized tribes and of what we now call asymmetric warfare .

neg: Battle of Romani The Battle of Romani was the last ground attack of the Central Powers on the Suez Canal at the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during the First World War . The battle was fought between 3 and 5 August 1916 near the Egyptian town of Romani and the site of ancient Pelusium on the Sinai Peninsula , 23 mi east of the Suez Canal . This victory by the 52nd ( Lowland ) Division and the Anzac Mounted Division of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ( EEF ) over a joint Ottoman and German force , which had marched across the Sinai , marked the end of the Defence of the Suez Canal campaign , also known as the Offensive zur Eroberung des Suezkanals and the İkinci Kanal Harekâtı , which had begun on 26 January 1915 .   This British Empire victory , the first against the Ottoman Empire in the war , ensured the safety of the Suez Canal from ground attacks , and ended the Central Powers ' ambitions of disrupting traffic through the canal by gaining control of the strategically important northern approaches to the Suez Canal . The pursuit by the Anzac Mounted Division which ended at Bir el Abd on 12 August began the Sinai and Palestine Campaign . Thereafter , the Anzac Mounted Division supported by the Imperial Camel Brigade were on the offensive , pursuing the German and Ottoman army many miles across the Sinai Peninsula , reversing in a most emphatic manner the defeat suffered at Katia three months earlier .   From late April 1916 , after a German-led Ottoman force attacked British yeomanry at Katia , British Empire forces in the region at first doubled from one brigade to two and then grew as rapidly as the developing infrastructure could support them . The construction of the railway and a water pipeline soon enabled an infantry division to join the light horse and mounted rifle brigades at Romani . During the heat of summer , regular mounted patrols and reconnaissance were carried out from their base at Romani , while the infantry constructed an extensive series of defensive redoubts . On 19 July , the advance of a large German , Austrian and Ottoman force across the northern Sinai was reported . From 20 July until the battle began , the Australian 1st and 2nd Light Horse Brigades took turns pushing out to clash with the advancing hostile column .   During the night of 3/4 August 1916 , the advancing force including the German Pasha I formation and the Ottoman 3rd Infantry Division launched an attack from Katia on Romani . Forward troops quickly became engaged with the screen established by the 1st Light Horse Brigade ( Anzac Mounted Division ) . During fierce fighting before dawn on 4 August , the Australian light horsemen were forced to slowly retire . At daylight , their line was reinforced by the 2nd Light Horse Brigade , and about mid morning , the 5th Mounted Brigade and the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade joined the battle . Together these four brigades of the Anzac Mounted Division , managed to contain and direct the determined attackers into deep sand . Here the attackers came within range of the strongly entrenched 52nd ( Lowland ) Division defending Romani and the railway . Coordinated resistance by all these EEF formations , the deep sand , the heat and thirst prevailed , and the German , Austrian and Ottoman advance was checked . Although the attacking force fought strongly to maintain its positions the next morning , by nightfall they had been pushed back to their starting point at Katia . The retiring force was pursued by the Anzac Mounted Division between 6 and 9 August , during which the Ottomans and Germans forces fought a number of strong rearguard actions against the advancing Australian light horse , British yeomanry and New Zealand mounted rifle brigades . The pursuit ended on 12 August , when the German and Ottoman force abandoned their base at Bir el Abd and retreated back to El Arish .


query: Ken Russell only directed the film Shrek Forever After.

pos: Elgar (film) Elgar is a drama documentary made in 1962 by the British director Ken Russell . Made for BBC Television 's long-running Monitor programme , it dramatised in vigorous style the life of the archetypically English composer Sir Edward Elgar .   The film established Russell as a directorial talent , and spawned a series of dramatised biographies of composers by Russell , both for cinema and television . Elgar helped to revive the reputation of the composer 's work . The film was narrated by Huw Wheldon . The British Film Institute selected it as one of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes .

pos: Ken Russell Henry Kenneth Alfred `` Ken '' Russell ( 3 July 1927 -- 27 November 2011 ) was an English film director , known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style . Critics have accused him of being obsessed with sexuality and the Roman Catholic Church . His films in the main were liberal adaptations of existing texts , or biographies , notably of composers of the Romantic era . Russell began directing for the BBC , where he made creative adaptations of composers ' lives which were unusual for the time . He also directed many feature films independently and for studios .   He is best known for his Oscar-winning films Women in Love ( 1969 ) , The Devils ( 1971 ) , The Who 's Tommy ( 1975 ) , and the science fiction film Altered States ( 1980 ) . Russell also directed several films based on the lives of classical music composers , such as Elgar , Delius , Tchaikovsky , Mahler , and Liszt .   Film critic Mark Kermode , speaking in 2006 , and attempting to sum up the director 's achievement , called Russell , `` somebody who proved that British cinema did n't have to be about kitchen-sink realism -- it could be every bit as flamboyant as Fellini . Later in his life he turned to making low-budget experimental films such as Lion 's Mouth and Revenge of the Elephant Man , and they are as edgy and ` out there ' as ever '' .   Ken Russell died of natural causes on 27 November 2011 at the age of 84 .

neg: Russell Barnes Russell Barnes ( born 1968 ) is a British television producer and director , known primarily for documentaries about science and contemporary history . He was educated at Bedford Modern School and studied history at Christ 's College , Cambridge .   Russell Barnes worked as a researcher on cult youth programmes A Stab in the Dark and The Word , and also Channel 4 's television review show , Right to Reply .   In 2002 , he directed Empire , a revisionist account of British colonial history presented by the Harvard historian Niall Ferguson . A sequel about US power , American Colossus , followed in 2004 .   In 2004 Russell Barnes produced Churchill 's Forgotten Years , written and presented by the Cambridge University historian David Reynolds . Barnes and Reynolds went on to collaborate on a series of further feature-length history documentaries for the BBC , including The Improbable Mr Attlee , Summits and Armistice , which charted the final month of the First World War from the German perspective and received special commendation from the jury at the 2009 Grierson Awards ceremony . In 2011 , they produced World War Two : 1941 and the Man of Steel , a new profile of Josef Stalin , which was shortlisted in the Best Historical Documentary category of the 2012 Grierson Awards . This was followed in 2012 by World War Two : 1942 and Hitler 's Soft Underbelly which argued that the war in the Mediterranean became a dark obsession for Winston Churchill , and in 2015 , World War Two : 1945 and the Wheelchair President , examined the impact of Franklin Rooselvelt 's failing health and marriage on his war leadership .  Long Shadow , which explored the legacy and meaning of the First World War as part of the BBC 's centenary season of programming , was broadcast on BBC2 in 2014 . The series , which explored the legacy and meaning of the First World War as part of the BBC 's centenary season of programming , received widespread and favourable press coverage and reviews .   Russell Barnes started working with the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in 2005 , directing the series The Root of All Evil ? and The Enemies of Reason , which attracted controversy for their robust advocacy of atheism and rationalist principles . Barnes and Dawkins ' next series The Genius of Charles Darwin , marking the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species in 2008 , won Best Documentary series at the 2009 Broadcast Awards .   Russell Barnes has produced several films that explore the history of communications technology including , in 2000 , How the Victorians Wired the World and Hackers in Wonderland . In 2009 he was series producer of The Virtual Revolution , a BBC2 history of the World Wide Web presented by Aleks Krotoski . The series won the 2010 International Digital Emmy Award and the 2010 BAFTA New Media Award .   In 2010 Barnes founded the independent production company ClearStory Ltd with Molly Milton , where he has produced projects including Richard Dawkins series Sex , Death and the Meaning of Life , the award-winning observational documentary Gypsy Blood and the controversial studio format Sex Box for Channel 4 .   Russell Barnes is active in Directors UK , sitting on the organisation 's distribution committee .

neg: Ken Loach Kenneth Charles `` Ken '' Loach ( born 17 June 1936 ) is an English director of television and independent film . He is known for his socially critical directing style and for his socialist ideals , which are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty , homelessness ( Cathy Come Home , 1966 ) and labour rights ( Riff-Raff , 1991 , and The Navigators , 2001 ) .   Loach 's film Kes ( 1969 ) was voted the seventh greatest British film of the 20th century in a poll by the British Film Institute . Two of his films , The Wind That Shakes the Barley ( 2006 ) and I , Daniel Blake ( 2016 ) received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival , making him the ninth filmmaker to win the award twice .   Loach , a social campaigner for most of his career , believes the current criteria for claiming benefits in the UK are `` a Kafka-esque , Catch 22 situation designed to frustrate and humiliate the claimant to such an extent that they drop out of the system and stop pursuing their right to ask for support if necessary '' .

neg: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Wallace & Gromit : The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 British stop-motion animated comedy action film produced by Aardman Animations in partnership with DreamWorks Animation . United International Pictures distributed the film in the United Kingdom , and it was the last DreamWorks animated film to be distributed by DreamWorks Pictures in the United States . It was directed by Nick Park and Steve Box as the second feature-length film by Aardman after Chicken Run ( 2000 ) .   The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is based on the Wallace and Gromit short film series , created by Park . The film follows eccentric inventor Wallace ( voiced by Peter Sallis ) and his mute and intelligent dog , Gromit , as they come to the rescue of the residents of a village which is being plagued by a mutant rabbit before an annual vegetable competition .   The film introduces a number of new characters , and features a voice cast including Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes . It was a critical and commercial success , and won a number of film awards including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature , making it the second film from DreamWorks Animation to win ( after Shrek ) , as well as both the second non American animated film and second non computer animated film to have received this achievement ( after Spirited Away ) . It is also the only stop motion film to win the award .

neg: The Green Promise The Green Promise is a 1948 American film directed by William D. Russell . The film was co-produced by Houston oilman Glenn McCarthy and leading man Robert Paige to display the concept and meaning of the 4-H Club and highlight farming issues such as soil erosion , government programs , and individual enterprise . The title refers to a scene where the local preacher gives a sermon on a story from the Book of Exodus of God 's `` green promise '' to lead Moses into a land of milk and honey . The preacher reminds his congregation that the fulfillment of the promise requires faith , difficult journeys and open-mindedness .   It is currently in the public domain .

neg: Highlander (film) Highlander is a 1986 British-American adventure action fantasy film directed by Russell Mulcahy and based on a story by Gregory Widen . It stars Christopher Lambert , Sean Connery , Clancy Brown , and Roxanne Hart . The film narrates the climax of an ages-old battle between immortal warriors , depicted through interwoven past and present-day storylines .   Christopher Lambert plays swordsman Connor MacLeod from Scottish Highlands , known as the Highlander , one of a number of immortal warriors , who can only be killed by decapitation . After initial training by another highly skilled immortal swordsman , Ramirez ( Sean Connery ) , MacLeod lives on for several centuries , eventually settling in New York City , managing an antiques shop . In 1985 , he falls in love with a policewoman named Brenda and finds out that he must face his biggest enemy , Clancy Brown 's Kurgan , who wishes to kill MacLeod and to obtain `` the Prize '' -- a special ability which is given to the last living immortal warrior , vast knowledge and the ability to enslave the entire human race .   Highlander enjoyed little success on its initial theatrical release , grossing over $ 12 million worldwide against a production budget of $ 19 million , and received mixed reviews . Nevertheless , it became a cult film and launched Lambert to stardom . The film inspired a franchise which included film sequels and television spin-offs . Its tagline , `` There can be only one '' , has carried on throughout the franchise , as have the songs provided for the film by the rock band Queen .

neg: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature The Academy Awards are given each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS or the Academy ) for the best films and achievements of the previous year . The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for animated films . An animated feature is defined by the Academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters ' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique , a significant number of the major characters are animated , and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time . The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first given for films made in 2001 .   Through the 89th Academy Awards , presented in 2017 , Academy Award nominations in this category were made by the Academy 's animation section ; effective with the 2018 awards , all Academy members will be eligible to vote on nominations . The entire AMPAS membership has been eligible to choose the winner since the award 's inception . If there are sixteen or more films submitted for the category , the winner is voted from a shortlist of five films , which has happened six times , otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist . Additionally , eight eligible animated features must have been theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated .   Animated films can be nominated for other categories , but have rarely been so ; Beauty and the Beast ( 1991 ) was the first animated film ever nominated for Best Picture . Up ( 2009 ) and Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ) also received Best Picture nominations after the Academy expanded the number of nominees .   Waltz with Bashir ( 2008 ) is the only animated film ever nominated for Best Foreign Language Film ( though it did not receive a nomination for Best Animated Feature ) . The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1993 ) and Kubo and the Two Strings ( 2016 ) are the only two animated films to ever be nominated for Best Visual Effects .

neg: Toy Story (franchise) Toy Story is a computer animated film series and Disney media franchise that began with the original 1995 film , Toy Story , produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . The franchise is based on the anthropomorphic concept that all toys , unknown to humans , are secretly alive , and the films focus on a diverse group of toys that feature a classic cowboy , Sheriff Woody , and modern spaceman , Buzz Lightyear . The group unexpectedly embark on adventures that challenge and change them .   The first two films of the franchise were directed by John Lasseter , and the third by Lee Unkrich , who acted as the co-director of the second film ( together with Lasseter and Ash Brannon ) . Lasseter will return to direct the upcoming fourth film .   All three films , produced on a total budget of $ 320 million , have grossed more than $ 1.9 billion worldwide . Each film set box office records , with the third included in the top 15 all time worldwide films . Critics have given all three films extremely positive reviews . Special Blu-ray and DVD editions of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were released on March 23 , 2010 . They were also re-released in theaters as a Disney Digital 3-D `` double feature '' for at least two weeks in October 2009 .   The series is the 24th highest-grossing franchise worldwide , the fifth highest-grossing animated franchise ( behind Shrek , Ice Age , Despicable Me and Madagascar ) , and is among the most critically acclaimed trilogies of all time . On November 1 , 2011 , all three Toy Story films were released in Disney Blu-ray 3D as a trilogy pack and as individual films .

neg: Kenneth Kokin Kenneth Kokin has been a producer for many first time feature directors . He is also a sworn deputy in state of Georgia .   The debut feature film he produced for Bryan Singer , Public Access won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize . Ken Kokin and Singer developed a script with writer Christopher McQuarrie to produce the multi-Academy Award winning film The Usual Suspects which Kokin directed the substantial second-unit and co-produced . This achievement landed Kokin on the cover of Fade In Magazine as one of `` The 100 People to Know in Hollywood '' .   Kokin spent the next several years dividing his time between working with new film makers and developing a screenplay on the life of Alexander the Great , written with Peter Buchman and McQuarrie , for Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio . ( Scorsese and DiCaprio chose to do The Aviator first , making way for Oliver Stone to produce his version of Alexander . )   Next , he produced and directed second-unit on McQuarrie 's directorial first feature , The Way of the Gun starring Juliette Lewis , Ryan Phillippe , James Caan and Oscar winner Benicio del Toro .   The 2008 Sundance Film Festival marks Kenneth Kokin 's next statements in cinema with Captain Abu Raed the Audience Award Winner in festival 's World Dramatic Competition . This is not only the first independent film produced in Kingdom of Jordan but it 's the fist feature film from recent AFI graduate Amin Matalqa . 2008 is also the year where For Tomorrow the documentary that Kokin produced and directed in Argentina which was an official selection for the Tribeca Film Festival and the Newport Beach Film Festival where he won the Humanitarian Vision Award . This groundbreaking documentary premiered in 10 film festivals and won many other awards and created awareness about cause of Toms shoes assisting the company in achieve recognition as the fastest growing shoe company in the world .   Kenneth Kokin 's dedication to directing started at 14 when he started making his own films with a borrowed Super-8 camera . In high school , he directed several claymation , live action shorts and documentaries on 16mm . His most ambitious teenage endeavor was a re-creation of the Civil War Battle of Bull Run where he combined animated clay figures and actors to win the Newbridge Reel Award for Best Picture .   Upon graduating from University of Southern California Cinema , Kokin joined the Editor 's Guild and worked at both NBC and Amblin Entertainment . CBS hired Kokin to shoot , edit and direct the behind the scenes for the longest-running annual special , Circus of the Stars where he worked with lions , tigers , motorcycle , stunts , high-wire and trapeze acts . Having a passion for all elements of filmmaking from pre-production through production and post-production , Kokin chose producing and directing because they are the only jobs where he has the opportunity to participate in all areas of the process .   Recently , Kokin has produced a Chinese-America co-production in Chengdu , China starring John Robinson http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1440281/ and Xiaolu Li http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0523735/ .   Back in two thousand and eight , he traveled South America , Haiti and Africa directing documentaries about the pandemic of poverty and HIV facing children in those regions .   Staying true to his roots in the crime genre Kenneth Kokin wrote the feature about the famous mobster , James `` Whitey '' Bulger . The Los Angeles Time piece June 26 , 2012 quoted Kokin to say , `` Finding out that Whitey Bulger was living in Santa Monica just three blocks away from me was a little like looking frantically for your sunglasses only to find out they were on your head the whole time . ''   Kokin 's passion for documentaries continues as he is currently working on a feature about sea mammals as well as working as a producer in reality television .    link title   http://about.me/kenkokin

neg: Never Never Land (film) Never Never Land is a 1980 British drama film directed by Paul Annett and starring Petula Clark , Cathleen Nesbitt , John Castle , and Anne Seymour . It is named after Neverland , the magical setting of the classic children 's tales of Peter Pan .

neg: Rebel Penfold-Russell Rebel Penfold-Russell is an Australian film producer and occasional actress .   She was the executive producer of movies such as Frauds , The Adventures of Priscilla , Queen of the Desert and Paws . She owns her own production company , Rebelstudio , which was formerly called Latent Image .   She has had a number of small roles in various television series and films , such as Shoestring , Prisoner , Emerald City and Easy Virtue .   In 2009 , she was awarded the O.A.M. ( Order of Australia Medal ) in the Queen 's New Years Honours List for her services to the community , particularly through philanthropic support for the arts and a range of charitable organizations .

neg: Paddington (film) Paddington is a 2014 British-French family comedy film directed by Paul King , written by King and Hamish McColl and produced by David Heyman . Based on Paddington Bear by Michael Bond , the film stars Ben Whishaw as the voice of the title character , along with Hugh Bonneville , Sally Hawkins , Julie Walters , Jim Broadbent , Peter Capaldi and Nicole Kidman in live-action roles . The film was co-produced by the French company StudioCanal and the British company Heyday Films . It was released in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2014 and grossed $ 265.3 million worldwide on a $ 38.5 million budget . Among several honours , King was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and both he and Heyman were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Film . A sequel , Paddington 2 , is scheduled to be released in 2017 .

neg: Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2014 The 20th Dallas -- Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards honoring the best in film for 2014 were announced on December 15 , 2014 . These awards `` recognizing extraordinary accomplishment in film '' are presented annually by the Dallas -- Fort Worth Film Critics Association ( DFWFCA ) , based in the Dallas -- Fort Worth metroplex region of Texas . The organization , founded in 1990 , includes 30 film critics for print , radio , television , and internet publications based in north Texas . The Dallas -- Fort Worth Film Critics Association began presenting its annual awards list in 1993 .   Birdman was the DFWFCA 's most awarded film of 2014 , taking five top honors . Birdman won in Best Picture , Best Actor ( Michael Keaton ) , Best Director ( Alejandro G. Iñárritu ) , Best Cinematography ( Emmanuel Lubezki ) , and Best Screenplay ( Alejandro G. Iñárritu , Nicolás Giacobone , Alexander Dinelaris Jr. , and Armando Bo ) .   Another film , Boyhood , earned multiple 2014 honors from the DFWFCA . The coming-of-age tale received top honors in the Best Supporting Actress ( Patricia Arquette ) as well as being presented the Russell Smith Award as the `` best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film '' of the year . The award is named in honor of late Dallas Morning News film critic Russell Smith . Reese Witherspoon was named Best Actress for her role as Cheryl Strayed in Wild . The other films earning honors were Sweden 's Force Majeure for Best Foreign Language Film , Citizenfour as Best Documentary Film , and The Lego Movie for Best Animated Film .

neg: Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1963) Robert Charles `` Jack '' Russell , MBE , ( born 15 August 1963 ) is a retired English international cricketer , now known for his abilities as an artist , as a cricket wicketkeeping coach , and a football goalkeeping coach .

neg: Rough Magic Rough Magic is a 1995 comedy film directed by Clare Peploe , starring Bridget Fonda and Russell Crowe . It was based on a novel by James Hadley Chase called Miss Shumway Waves a Wand , with the screenplay written by Robert Mundi , William Brookfield , and Clare Peploe .

neg: Robert Russell (English actor) Robert Russell ( 24 May 1936 -- 12 May 2008 ) was an English actor known for a memorable supporting role as John Stearne alongside Vincent Price in the classic British horror film Witchfinder General ( 1968 ) .   He was born in Kent , England . His family emigrated to South Africa for 9 years when he was aged 11 . He worked in a gold mine after leaving school . He returned to England and trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art . He then appeared on stage with stars such as Laurence Olivier and Michael Gambon , as a member of the National Theatre touring company .   He made numerous appearances on UK television , often playing tough characters and villains due to his imposing stature , including The Avengers , The Sweeney , Space : 1999 , Blake 's 7 and Doctor Who , playing a guard in the serial entitled The Power of the Daleks and a Highland Games Champion , The Caber , in Terror of the Zygons . Some of his other film appearances included Othello ( 1965 ) , The Whisperers ( 1967 ) , Bedazzled ( 1967 ) with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore , Inspector Clouseau ( 1968 ) , The Breaking of Bumbo ( 1970 ) , Man in the Wilderness ( 1971 ) with Richard Harris , Sitting Target ( 1972 ) , Double Exposure ( 1977 ) , Queen of the Blues ( 1979 ) starring Mary Millington , Ivanhoe ( 1982 ) , Oliver Twist ( 1982 ) , and the TV film of The Sign of Four ( 1983 ) .   He lived for the last 14 years of his life in Maidenhead , Berkshire and died there of a heart attack at his home aged 71 .   * Note : This is from a Public Member Trees search on Ancestry , where the date of death is oddly given as 18 May 2008 ( see discussion ) .

neg: Rob Minkoff Robert R. `` Rob '' Minkoff ( born August 11 , 1962 ) is an American filmmaker . He is known for directing the double Academy Award -- winning animated feature The Lion King ( along with Roger Allers ) .

neg: BAFTA Award for Best Film The BAFTA Award for Best Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards . It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards , representing the best films of 1947 , but until 1969 it was called the BAFTA Award for Best Film From Any Source . It is possible for films from any country to be nominated , although British films are also recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best British Film and ( since 1983 ) foreign-language films in BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language . As such , there have been multiple occasions of a film being nominated in two of these categories .   There has been one tie for the Best Film award when , in 1962 , Ballad of a Soldier tied with The Hustler for Best Film from any Source . Until 1981 , the award was given to the director , except in 1976 and 1977 , when it was given to the producers . From 1981 to 1985 , it was given solely to the producers , and then in 1986 , it was shared between the Director and Producer . In 1998 , it was once again given to only the producers .   In the following lists , the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively ; those not in bold are the nominees . The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released , not the year of the ceremony , which always takes place the following year .

neg: The Gal Who Took the West The Gal Who Took the West is a 1949 American Technicolor Western film directed by Frederick de Cordova starring Yvonne De Carlo , Charles Coburn , Scott Brady and John Russell . It was nominated for an award by the Writers Guild of America 1950 .

neg: A Troll in Central Park A Troll in Central Park ( released in some countries as Stanley 's Magic Garden ) is a 1994 American animated musical fantasy-comedy film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman , creators of Rock-A-Doodle , The Land Before Time , All Dogs Go to Heaven , The Secret of NIMH and An American Tail . It was released on October 7 , 1994 , by Warner Bros. . Family Entertainment . The film grossed $ 71,368 at the North American box office .   The film features the voice talents of Dom DeLuise as Stanley , Cloris Leachman as Queen Gnorga , Charles Nelson Reilly as King Llort , Phillip Glasser as Gus , Tawny Sunshine Glover as Rosie , Hayley Mills as Hilary and Jonathan Pryce as Alan . It is the last Don Bluth film to star Dom DeLuise .

neg: 3rd Empire Awards The 3rd Empire Awards ceremony , presented by the British film magazine Empire , honored the best films of 1997 and took place in 1998 . During the ceremony , Empire presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as one honorary award . The awards were sponsored by Stella Artois for the first time .   All of the winners this year won one award each . The Full Monty won the award for Best British Film , while Men in Black won the award for Best Film . Other winners included A Life Less Ordinary , Hamlet , Jerry Maguire , L.A. Confidential , Nil by Mouth , The Crucible and The English Patient . Dennis Hopper received the Lifetime Achievement Award .


query: Red Velvet (band) is a Japanese girl group.

pos: Kang Seul-gi Kang Seul-gi ( born February 10 , 1994 ) , better known by the mononym Seulgi , is a South Korean singer . She is a member of South Korean girl group Red Velvet .

pos: Wendy (singer) Son Seung-wan ( born February 21 , 1994 ) , known professionally as Wendy , is a South Korean singer . She is a member of the South Korean girl group Red Velvet .

pos: Red Velvet (band) Red Velvet ( Hangul : 레드벨벳 ) is a South Korean girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment . The group debuted on August 1 , 2014 , with their digital single `` Happiness '' and with four members : Irene , Seulgi , Wendy and Joy . In March 2015 , fifth member Yeri was added to the group .   Since their debut , Red Velvet has experienced notable success and recognition . Their first EP , Ice Cream Cake which was released in March 2015 , topped the Gaon Album Chart on the 12th week of 2015 and in September 2015 , the group 's first full-length album , The Red , also topped the Gaon Album Chart and the Billboard World Albums Chart . Red Velvet has received several music awards , including two awards for choreography ; Best Dance -- Female and Best Dance Performance -- Female Group , as well as three new artist awards and multiple popularity awards . Red Velvet members have also made television appearances ; Irene as a host of Music Bank , Yeri as a host of Show ! Music Core , and Joy on the fourth season of variety show We Got Married .

pos: Joy (entertainer) Park Soo-young ( born September 3 , 1996 ) , known by the stage name Joy , is a South Korean singer and actress . She is a member of the K-pop girl group Red Velvet .

pos: Irene (singer) Bae Joo-hyun ( born March 29 , 1991 ) , better known by her stage name Irene , is a South Korean singer , television host and actress . She is a member of South Korean girl group Red Velvet .

neg: Saki Nakajima (singer) is a member of Cute , a Japanese pop group within Hello ! Project .

neg: Shanadoo were a Japanese dance and pop girl group . Produced in Germany and Japan , the band consisted of four members , lead singer Marina Kakitsu along with Chika Takagi , Manami Fuku and Junko Fukuda . They were signed to Icezone Music and Avex .

neg: Pink Lady (band) is a Japanese female pop music duo of the late 1970s and early 1980s , featuring Mitsuyo Nemoto ( `` Mie '' , born March 9 , 1958 ) and Keiko Masuda ( `` Kei '' , born September 2 , 1957 ) . In Japan , they are remembered for a run of pop-chart hits from roughly 1976 to 1979 , but in the United States , they are best known for their short-lived 1980 NBC TV variety show Pink Lady , later released on DVD under the title Pink Lady and Jeff .   Pink Lady is one of only two Japanese artists to have reached the Billboard Top 40 , hitting # 37 with the single `` Kiss in the Dark '' ; the other was Kyu Sakamoto with the original Japanese-language version of `` Sukiyaki '' . They are also the first Japanese act to have ever performed in Seoul , South Korea , in November 1980 .   In June 1979 Billboard magazine stated the duo had sales of over 72 million US dollars in Japan , and stated in September 1980 that Pink Lady 's singles had grossed over $ 40 million , their album releases over $ 25 million , and their TV appearances , such as commercials and product sponsorship , near $ 35 million -- a combined total exceeding $ 100 million .

neg: Erika Ikuta is a Japanese idol singer and a member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46 . Her father 's cousin , Masahide Sakuma , is a music producer known for producing many J-pop music .

neg: French Kiss (band) was a sub-unit of all-female Japanese pop group AKB48 , produced by Yasushi Akimoto .

neg: Chirinuruwowaka , or just or , is a Japanese rock band formed in 2005 by Yumi Nakashima ( GO!GO ! 7188 's Yuu ) .   The band name comes from one sentence of the classical Japanese alphabet `` Iroha '' , prounced Chi-ri-nu-ru-wo-wa-ka .

neg: Pe'z is a Japanese jazz instrumental band consisting of five men , dubbed `` The Samurai Jazz Band . '' They have been signed onto Sony Music Japan since 2008 .

neg: Unicorn (South Korean band) Unicorn is a four-member K-pop girl group produced by veteran R&B singer Kim Jo-han under Show Brothers Entertainment . According to Kim , `` the name refers to the group 's goal to heal people with music , just like a unicorn 's horn is said to have the power of therapy . '' The band debuted on September 3 , 2015 .

neg: Dream Morning Musume is a Japanese female pop group , consisting of 10 former members of the idol group Morning Musume . It was created in 2011 . As with Morning Musume , the group is managed by the Up-Front Agency and produced by Tsunku .   During the announcement of the formation of Dream Morning Musume , Tsuji Nozomi was also planned to be included in the group . She turned down the offer citing that she wants to devote her time to taking care of her children .   The band debuted in April 2011 with the album Dreams 1 , which ranked 10th in the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart .   On September 24 , 2011 , Dream Morning Musume started its first nationwide concert tour , although Miki Fujimoto was absent on maternity leave .   The group 's first single `` Shining Butterfly '' was released on February 15 , 2012 , debuting at number 7 in the Oricon daily sales ranking for February 14 .

neg: Yuri Chinen , is a Japanese idol , actor , dancer , voice actor , and singer as well as member of Hey ! Say ! JUMP . He is under the management of Johnny & Associates .

neg: Juicy Love (Happiness song) `` Juicy Love '' ( stylized as `` JUICY LOVE in digital formats ) is a song recorded by Japanese girl group Happiness , taken as the lead single from their second studio album , Girlz n ' Effect ( 2016 ) . It was released on May 28 , 2014 via Rhythm Zone and Avex Music Creative Inc. , and distributed in four physical formats -- two standard compact discs , music cards and a CD and DVD bundle -- and for digital consumption . The track was written and co-composed by Kanata Okajima , with additional music and production credits to Albi Albertsson and Patrick Hamilton ; co-production was handled by Exile 's Hiro .   Musically , it is a dance-pop song that incorporates synthesizers and keyboards within its instrumentation . Although members Karen Fujii and Ruri Kawamoto provide vocals throughout the composition , the remaining five girls sing background vocals through the songs chorus . Lyrically , the song focuses of themes of enjoyment and love . Upon its release , `` Juicy Love '' received favorable reviews from music critics , with compliments aimed towards its dance nature and noted the creative progression since member Miyuu took over leadership of the group .   Commercially , `` Juicy Love '' experienced moderate success in Japan , reaching the top 10 on both the Oricon Singles Chart and Japan Hot 100 . By June 2014 , the single sold over 30,000 units as reported by Oricon . An accompanying music video was published on the Avex Trax YouTube channel , depicting them in three rooms that focus on different fashion styles . In order to promote the track , Happiness performed `` Juicy Love '' on several television and live shows , and was subsequently used as the ending theme song to Nippon TV 's Pon ( 2014 ) .

neg: Sayuri Matsumura is a Japanese idol singer , model and a member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46 .

neg: D'erlanger D'erlanger ( stylized as D'ERLANGER , believed by the band to mean `` indecent temptation '' in French ) is a Japanese rock band from Kyoto , formed in 1983 by guitarist Cipher and bassist Seela . While they originally played speed and power metal , after recruiting drummer Tetsu and vocalist Kyo they switched to an alternative rock sound for their debut album La Vie En Rose in 1989 . Although it was on an indie label , it sold out and was reissued three times that year , earning them a major label record deal with BMG Japan the following year . They released Basilisk in March 1990 and it reached the top five on the charts . However , in December the group suddenly announced their disbandment .   Despite their short time in the spotlight , they remain well-known and are considered one of the founders of visual kei . D'erlanger reunited in 2007 and released the album Lazzaro , with a new harder sound that adds a gothic rock feel . They have since released three other studio albums , each charting higher than the previous , and toured extensively , including several overseas performances .

neg: Made in Japan (band) Made in Japan is an indie rock band from Sydney , Australia that formed in 2009 . They have described their sound as `` dream-pop '' and `` groove based . '' Their music has evolved from straightforward post-punk revival in their early releases to incorporate an ethereal shoegaze aesthetic into their sound .

neg: Doa (Japanese band) doa ( read as `` do-a '' ) is a Japanese hard rock band currently under the Giza Studio label . The band is named after a single letter of each of the members ' names : Daiki Yoshimoto , Shinichiro Ohta , and Akihito Tokunaga .   So far they 've released 23 singles , 10 albums , 1 best and 1 indies album

neg: Jun Togawa is a Japanese singer , musician and actress .

neg: E.G. Crazy E.G. Crazy ( stylized as E.G. CRAZY ) is a double album by Japanese musical unit E-girls , which also serves as their fourth studio release . It was distributed on January 3 , 2016 for streaming through Japan 's AWA services , and released on January 18 , 2017 release via Rhythm Zone and Avex Music Creative Inc. in five physical editions and for digital consumption . Additionally , it will be their first album without ex-vocalists and performers Chiharu Muto , Kyoka Ichiki and Erie Abe , with singing and disc jockey credits to the latter as a service to her sub-group Dream .   E.G. Crazy works as a concept album , which segregates the discs into two themes ; the first being E.G. Pop , and the latter having a E.G. Cool vibe ; furthermore , selected tracks represent a new theme Japanese Neo Girls , which executes international cultures through a Japanese woman 's perspective . Each disc features 12 tracks , all of which are a mixture of previous singles , cover songs , B-sides and new original recordings . Musically , it is a J-pop collection which incorporates various elements of electronic dance music , and is solely produced by Exile Hiro .   Upon its release , E.G. Crazy received positive reviews from music critics , who praised the idea of a double packaged release , along with its production and sound . Commercially , it experienced success in Japan , reaching the top spot on the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard charts . In order to promote the record , E-girls conducted a series of live performances , radio and television appearances , and interviews throughout the region . The record also spawned six original singles : `` Anniversary !! '' , `` Dance Dance Dance '' , `` Merry x Merry Xmas '' , `` E.G. Summer Rider '' , `` Pink Champagne '' and `` Go ! Go ! Let 's Go ! '' .

neg: CoCo (band) CoCo was a Japanese pop group which consist of Mikiyo Ohno , Azusa Senou , Rieko Miura , Erika Haneda , and Maki Miyamae .

neg: Kayōkyoku is a Japanese pop music genre , which became a base of modern J-pop . The Japan Times describes kayōkyoku as `` standard Japanese pop '' or `` Shōwa-era pop '' .   Kayōkyoku is Western-style-inspired music of Japan . Music in this genre is extremely varied as a result . Kayōkyoku in the narrower and more practical sense , however , excludes J-pop and enka .   Unlike `` J-pop '' singers such as Southern All Stars ' Keisuke Kuwata , the singers of the kayōkyoku genre do not use stylized pronunciations based on the English language , but prefer traditional Japanese . There are exceptions , such as in singer Momoe Yamaguchi 's song `` Rock 'n' Roll Widow '' .   Unlike enka , kayōkyoku is also not based on emotional displays of effort while singing .   Famous kayōkyoku artists include Kyu Sakamoto , The Peanuts , The Tigers , Candies , Pink Lady , Seiko Matsuda , Junko Sakurada , The Checkers and Onyanko Club .

neg: Music of Japan The music of Japan includes a wide array of performers in distinct styles both traditional and modern . The word for music in Japanese is 音楽 ( ongaku ) , combining the kanji 音 `` on '' ( sound ) with the kanji 楽 `` gaku '' ( enjoy ) . Japan is the largest physical music market in the world , with US$ 2 billion in 2014 and the second largest overall music market , with a total retail value of 2.6 billion dollars in 2014dominated by Japanese artists , with 37 of the top 50 best selling albums and 49 of the top 50 best selling singles in 2014 .   Local music often appears at karaoke venues , which is on lease from the record labels . Traditional Japanese music is quite different from Western music as it is often based on the intervals of human breathing rather than mathematical timing .


query: Alec Sokolow has worked with an American film writer.

pos: Joel Cohen (writer) Joel Cohen is an American film writer who has worked on such projects as the movies Cheaper by the Dozen , Toy Story , Money Talks and Garfield : The Movie . He frequently works with Alec Sokolow .   Along with Joss Whedon , Andrew Stanton , John Lasseter , Pete Docter , Joe Ranft , and Sokolow , Cohen was nominated in 1995 for the Academy Award for Best Writing ( Original Screenplay ) for his work on Toy Story .   Beyond writing , Cohen and Sokolow jointly directed Monster Mash : The Movie and executive produced Gnomes and Trolls : The Secret Chamber ( 2008 ) .

pos: Alec Sokolow Alec Sokolow is an American film writer who has worked on such projects as the movies Cheaper by the Dozen , Toy Story , Money Talks , and Garfield : The Movie . He frequently works with Joel Cohen .   Along with Joss Whedon , Andrew Stanton , John Lasseter , Pete Docter , Joe Ranft , and Cohen , Sokolow was nominated in 1995 for the Academy Award for Best Writing ( Original Screenplay ) for his work on Toy Story .   Beyond writing , Sokolow and Cohen jointly directed Monster Mash : The Movie and executive produced Gnomes and Trolls : The Secret Chamber ( 2008 ) .

neg: Big Stone Gap (film) Big Stone Gap is a 2014 American drama romantic comedy film written and directed by Adriana Trigiani and produced by Donna Gigliotti for Altar Identity Studios , a subsidiary of Media Society . Based on Trigiani 's 2000 best-selling novel of the same name , the story is set in the actual Virginia town of Big Stone Gap circa 1970s . The film had its world premiere at the Virginia Film Festival on November 6 , 2014 .  The film was released on October 9 , 2015 , by Picturehouse . The film was released in Blu-Ray by Universal Pictures on February 2 , 2016 .

neg: Alexander Payne Alexander Payne ( born Constantine Alexander Payne ; February 10 , 1961 ) is an American film director , screenwriter , and producer , known for the films Citizen Ruth ( 1996 ) , Election ( 1999 ) , About Schmidt ( 2002 ) , Sideways ( 2004 ) , The Descendants ( 2011 ) , and Nebraska ( 2013 ) . His films are noted for their dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society . Payne is a two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay , and a three-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director .

neg: Getting Away with Murder (film) Getting Away with Murder is a 1996 American comedy film written and directed by Harvey Miller . The film stars Dan Aykroyd , Jack Lemmon , Lily Tomlin and Bonnie Hunt .   This was the final project for veteran writer and director Harvey Miller . It received poor reviews and was panned by critics .

neg: FenceSitter Films FenceSitter Films is a film production and television production company founded by Kyle Schickner an American film producer , writer , director , actor and a bisexual civil rights activist , devoted to creating entertainment for women , and sexual and ethnic minorities .

neg: Alex Graves Alexander John `` Alex '' Graves ( born July 23 , 1965 ) is an American film director , television director , television producer and screenwriter .

neg: Mitchell Altieri Mitchell Altieri is an American film director , producer and writer .

neg: So's Your Old Man So 's Your Old Man is a 1926 silent film comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring W.C. Fields and Alice Joyce . It was written by J. Clarkson Miller based on the story `` Mr. Bisbee 's Princess '' by Julian Leonard Street as adapted by Howard Emmett Rogers . It was filmed at Astoria Studios in Queens , New York City .   The film was remade as a talkie in 1934 , with W.C. Fields again starring , under the title You 're Telling Me ! In 2008 , So 's Your Old Man was added to the United States National Film Registry .

neg: Jon Avnet Jonathan Michael Avnet ( born November 17 , 1949 ) , better known as Jon Avnet , is an American director , writer and producer .

neg: Alex Kurtzman Alex Kurtzman ( born September 7 , 1973 ) is an American film and television writer , producer and director .

neg: Danny Strong Daniel W. `` Danny '' Strong ( born June 6 , 1974 ) is an American actor , screenwriter , and producer . As an actor , Strong is best known for his roles as Jonathan Levinson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Doyle McMaster in Gilmore Girls . He also wrote the screenplays for Recount , the HBO adaptation Game Change , Lee Daniels ' The Butler , and the two-part finale of The Hunger Games film trilogy , Mockingjay -- Part 1 and Mockingjay -- Part 2 . Strong also is a co-creator , executive producer , and writer for the Fox series Empire .   Strong has won two Emmy Awards , two Writers Guild of America Awards , a Producers Guild of America Award , and a NAACP Image Award .

neg: Film director A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film 's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay ( or script ) while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the film .   The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized , or noticed . Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the boundaries of the film 's budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director . Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , film editors or actors . Other film directors have attended a film school . Directors use different approaches . Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue , while others control every aspect , and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely . Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners . Some directors edit or appear in their films , or compose the music score for their films .

neg: Andrew Ross Sorkin Andrew Ross Sorkin ( born February 19 , 1977 ) is an American journalist and author . He is a financial columnist for The New York Times and a co-anchor of CNBC 's Squawk Box . He is also the founder and editor of DealBook , a financial news service published by The New York Times . He wrote the bestselling book Too Big to Fail and co-produced a movie adaptation of the book for HBO Films . He is also the co-creator for the Showtime series Billions .

neg: Aloha (film) Aloha is a 2015 American romantic comedy-drama film written , produced and directed by Cameron Crowe . The film , starring Bradley Cooper , Emma Stone , Rachel McAdams , Bill Murray , John Krasinski , Danny McBride , and Alec Baldwin , was released on May 29 , 2015 . The film received negative reviews from critics , and has grossed only $ 26 million against a budget of $ 37 million , making the film a box office bomb .

neg: Andrew Elias Andrew Elias is an American actor and film producer , known for his work with filmmaker Sam Qualiana .

neg: Love Story (1970 film) Love Story is a 1970 American romantic drama film written by Erich Segal , who was also the author of the best-selling novel of the same name . It was produced by Howard G. Minskyand directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal , alongside John Marley , Ray Milland , and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut in a minor role .   A tragedy , the film is considered one of the most romantic by the American Film Institute ( # 9 on the list ) and is # 37 in the list of highest-grossing films in Canada and the United States . It was followed by a sequel , Oliver 's Story ( 1978 ) , starring O'Neal with Candice Bergen .

neg: Short Letter, Long Farewell Short Letter , Long Farewell ( Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied ) is a 1972 novel by the Austrian writer Peter Handke . It tells the story of a young Austrian writer who travels across the United States in search of his wife from whom he is estranged . The film-director John Ford appears as a character who brings resolution at the end of the road on the coast of California . His film Young Mr. Lincoln also serves as a point of reference and an antidote to the alienation experienced by the stranger crossing the States . The novel shares many themes and motifs with the film Alice in the Cities from 1974 , directed by Handke 's frequent collaborator Wim Wenders ; the film can be seen as a response to the book .

neg: Jeremy Sosenko Jeremy Sosenko ( born 1978 ) is an American screenwriter , actor , improviser , and director , best known for contributing to writing the 2013 pulp comedy Movie 43 and for writing for the cartoon TV show Brickleberry on Comedy Central .

neg: Stan Rogow Stan Rogow is an American music manager , writer and producer of film and television .

neg: Solomon Kane (film) Solomon Kane is a 2009 French-British-Czech dark fantasy action-adventure film written and directed by Michael J. Bassett based on the pulp magazine character Solomon Kane created in 1928 by Robert E. Howard . James Purefoy stars in the title role . Despite optioning the rights in 1997 , filming did not begin until January 2008 .   The film is an original story for the Kane character and was intended to be the first of a trilogy . The plot follows a redemption story for Kane , from the end of his life as a privateer , through the salvation of his soul by rescuing a Puritan girl and the beginning of his life as the Puritan avenger of the source material . It was produced by a consortium of French , Czech , and British companies and mostly filmed in the Czech Republic .   The film was first shown at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival . It went on general release in France , Spain , and the UK over the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010 . Reception was generally favourable , with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 66 % following the UK/US release ; the film 's atmosphere and Purefoy 's acting attracted the most acclaim .

neg: Alec Berg Alec Berg is an American comedy writer , best known as a writer for the sitcom Seinfeld . He also co-wrote the screenplays for the films The Cat in the Hat , EuroTrip and The Dictator . In addition , Berg is an executive producer of and has directed numerous episodes of Larry David 's Curb Your Enthusiasm , and also executive produces Silicon Valley .   In the Seinfeld episode `` The Face Painter '' , Berg 's name is given to an attorney friend of Jerry 's who gives Jerry some New York Rangers playoff tickets . When Jerry fails to thank Berg 's character for the tickets , Berg does not offer Jerry tickets for another game that week . In that episode , Jerry jokes that Berg has a great `` John Houseman name '' , pronouncing it jokingly in Houseman 's accent .   Berg is of Swedish descent . In the Season 8 of Curb Your Enthusiasm episode `` The Divorce , '' Larry David fires his divorce attorney Andrew Berg ( played by Paul F. Tompkins ) after he finds out that Berg is not Jewish -- as he had presumed from the name -- but , like Alec Berg , is a Catholic of Swedish heritage .