Claim: Lion had a director.
Evidence: Lion is a 2016 biographical film directed by Garth Davis -LRB- in his feature debut -RRB- and written by Luke Davies , based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose.
Garth Davis is an Australian television , film and commercial director , best known for directing episodes of the series Top of the Lake -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , for which he received Emmy and BAFTA nominations.