World Cinema Foundation is a project founded in 2007 and aims at at finding and reconstructing world cinema films that have been long neglected.^[1]

The World Cinema Foundation was inspired by the work of the Film Foundation in the United States, a similar venture which Martin Scorsese founded with George Lucas, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg and Clint Eastwood in 1990. Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (born November 17, 1942) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America award winning American film director, writer and producer and founder World Cinema Foundation. ... George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an influential and acclaimed American film director and producer. ... Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ...

World Cinema Foundation is backed by an advisory board including celebrated directors as Martin Scorsese, Abbas Kiarostami, Wim Wenders and Stephen Frears. Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (IPA: AmE: ; Ita: []) (born November 17, 1942) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America award winning American film director, writer and producer and founder World Cinema Foundation. ... Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: `Abbās Kiyārostamī; born 22 June 1940) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Ernst Wilhelm (Wim) Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German film director, photographer, and producer. ... Stephen Frears in Sweden, 1989 promoting his movie Dangerous Liaisons. ...

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See also

• World cinema