> Writer Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India in 1863. South Asia was under British colonial rule between 1858 and 1947. Kipling's father, Lockwood Kipling, was a sculptor and pottery designer who was in Bombay principal and professor of architectural sculpture at the newly-founded Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy School of Art and Industry. Kipling had been a newspaper writer, and his first book of prose was published when he was only 22 years old in 1988, and he continued to be published quite frequently. His first piece of writing to be filmed was the poem The Vampire in 1910.

> Kipling has over 70 film writing credits to his name, with several of his popular Just So Stories for Children being made into films around the world. Some of the more popular classic Hollywood films based on Kipling's writings are:

- A Fool There Was (1915) - A vamp tries seducing a married man and leading him down a road of degradation.

- Wee Willie Winkie (1937) - A little girl becomes a good soldier in hopes of impressing her grandfather.

- Captains Courageous (1937) - A spoiled rich boy is lost at sea and rescued by a fishing boat, where hard work and responsibility help him become a man.

- Gunga Din (1939) - Two fun loving sergeants trick their buddy into a final mission where they end up confronting the entire Thuggee cult.

- Kim (1950) - An orphaned boy helps the British Army against Indian rebels.

- The Jungle Book (1967) - A young boy raised in the wild tries to integrate himself into human society.

- The Man Who Would Be King (1975) - Two con artists set out to take over a remote Asian land with a priceless golden treasure.