Between Augusto Roa Bastos and David Mamet, who is a film director?
Augusto Roa Bastos Augusto Roa Bastos (June 13, 1917 – April 26, 2005) was a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, and he later worked as a journalist, screenwriter and professor. He is best known for his complex novel "Yo el Supremo" ("I, the Supreme") and for winning the "Premio Miguel de Cervantes" in 1989, Spanish literature's most prestigious prize. "Yo el Supremo" explores the dictations and inner thoughts of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, the eccentric dictator of Paraguay who ruled with an iron fist, from 1814 until his death in 1840.
Basilio Martín Patino Basilio Martín Patino (29 October 1930 in Lumbrales, Salamanca Province – 13 August 2017 in Madrid) was a Spanish film director, specializing in a creative approach to documentary works. He produced important pieces on the Spanish Civil War ("Canciones para después de una guerra"), the famous dictator ("Caudillo"), or his executioners ("Queridísimos verdugos"). He also produced fiction ("Nueve cartas a Berta", "Octavia"). He's done excellent works on the fake documentary category, developing the possibilities of the medium. His interest on ancient and modern film technologies has got him involved on a huge collection of magic lanterns and zootropes, and to the early adoption of video technologies, as the new digital tools, as 3D image and offline editing.