Gransito Movie Awards 2008 Gransito Movie Awards 2008 Gransito Movie Awards 2008 is the 8th edition of Gransito Movie Awards, the first Italian online film award.<br> The winners were announced 6 May 2008 on the official site. Best movie<br> - American Gangster (by Ridley Scott, Usa)<br> - Atonement (by Joe Wright, Uk/Fra)<br> - Into the Wild (by Sean Penn, Usa)<br> - Le vite degli altri (di Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Ger)<br> - No Country for Old Men (di Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Usa)<br> <br> Best director<br> - Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)<br> - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (No Country for
Joel S. Birnbaum Joel S. Birnbaum Joel S. Birnbaum is a technology executive who served as senior vice president of Hewlett-Packard. Birnbaum earned a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from Cornell University, and a doctorate in nuclear physics from Yale University in 1966. He worked at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center from 1965 to 1980, eventually becoming director of computer sciences there. From 1980 until his retirement he worked for Hewlett-Packard, where he directed the Computer Research Center of HP Labs. In 1984 he was promoted to vice president at HP and director of HP Labs. He became a senior vice