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APPENDIX

BIOGRAPHY OF GARRY ROSS

Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956) is an American film director, writer, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing the fantasy comedy- drama film Pleasantville (1998), the sports drama film Seabiscuit (2003), the sci-fi action film The Hunger Games (2012), and Ocean's 8 (2018). He also wrote the screenplay for the fantasy comedy film Big (1988) and the political comedy film

Dave (1993). Ross has been nominated for four . Ross was born in , California, the son of Gail and Arthur A. Ross, an Oscar- nominated screenwriter (Brubaker ). His family is Jewish. He attended (though did not graduate from) the University of Pennsylvania, worked as a fisherman, worked on Ted Kennedy 's 1980 Presidential campaign, consulted on both

Michael Dukakis 's and Bill Clinton 's Presidential campaigns, and wrote a novel before being hired to write screenplays for .

Big was his first produced screenplay. Co-written with

(sister of Steven ), it led to an Academy Award nomination and a Writers Guild of

America Award . He went on to write several other successful films, including

Dave in 1993. In 1998, he wrote and directed Pleasantville, and in 2003, he wrote, directed and produced Seabiscuit, based on Seabiscuit: An American Legend by

Laura Hillenbrand . The film earned seven Academy Award nominations. Ross took on the high-profile project of co-adapting and directing the film adaptation of the first book in ' Hunger Games trilogy. The film was released

on March 23, 2012, and earned $672.8 million worldwide. Although the movie was financially and critically successful, Ross opted to not adapt or direct the sequels, citing the rushed production schedule as his main reason. Ross also wrote and produced the animated feature The Tale of Despereaux, based on the

Newbery Medal -winning children's book by Kate Di Camillo. His first book,

Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind was published by Candlewick Press in 2012. A children's book, it is written completely in verse. His next two films as a director and writer were the period drama Free State of Jones (2016) and the heist film Ocean's 8 (2018).

CURRICULUM VITAE

She was born in Ende on May 9th1997, by name Maria Nanga from her parents; Father SalestinusRhuja(+) and Mother RosaliaDupa. She is the oldest in her family. Her younger brothers named KrisantusWoge and VitalianusKeta.

In 2003, she entered SDK Aeisa. After graduating her elementary school in 2009, she continued her study on SMP Negeri 2 Ende Selatan. In 2012, she continued her school in SMA Negeri 2 Ende for three years and graduated in

2015. Then she continued her study in Flores University, especially in English

Literature Study Program, Faculty of Language and Literature on 2015 until 2020.