Eyecatch Junction (突風!ミニパト隊/アイキャッチジャンクション , Toppū!
 Minipato tai - Aikyacchi Jankushon ) is a 1991 Japanese action comedy film directed by Takashi Miike.
 This was the second film directed by Takashi Miike, though it was released prior to "", the first film he directed.
Takashi Miike (三池 崇史 , Miike Takashi , born August 24, 1960) is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker.
 He has directed over ninety theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991.
 Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions in the years 2001 and 2002 alone.
 His films range from violent and bizarre to dramatic and family-friendly.
Dead or Alive 2: Birds (DEAD OR ALIVE 2 逃亡者 ) is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike.
 "Dead or Alive 2: Birds" is unrelated to "Dead or Alive" (1999) or "" (2002) except that all three films have Show Aikawa and Riki Takeuchi in them, and they are all directed by Takashi Miike.
The Battle of El Alamein (also known as "Desert Tanks") is a European Macaroni-War film directed in 1969 by Giorgio Ferroni.
 It was a co-production between Italy (where it was released as "La battaglia di El Alamein") and France (where is known as "La bataille de El Alamein").
 The film depicts the Second Battle of El Alamein.
Lady Hunter: Prelude To Murder (レディハンター 殺しのプレュード, "Redi Hantā: Koroshi No Pureryūdo") is a 1991 Japanese action film directed by Takashi Miike.
 It was the very first film shot by Takashi Miike, even though it was released after "Toppū!
 Minipato tai - Aikyacchi Jankushon".
Dead or Alive: Final is a 2002 Japanese cyberpunk science fiction film directed by Takashi Miike.
 It is the third in a three-part series, preceded by "Dead or Alive" in 1999 and "" in 2000.
 The films are not connected in any apparent way except by director Takashi Miike and stars Riki Takeuchi and Show Aikawa.
 Besides Japanese, a lot of the dialog in the film is in Cantonese and some is in English.
 Often two people will talk to each other using different languages.
Gillo Pontecorvo (] ; 19 November 1919 – 12 October 2006) was an Italian filmmaker.
 He worked as a film director for more than a decade before his best known film "La battaglia di Algeri" ("The Battle of Algiers", 1966) was released.
 It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1966.
The Battle of Algiers (Italian: "La battaglia di Algeri" ; Arabic: معركة الجزائر‎ ‎ ; French: "La Bataille d'Alger" ) is a 1966 Italian-Algerian historical war film co-written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and starring Jean Martin and Saadi Yacef.
 It is based on events during the Algerian War (1954–62) against the French government in North Africa; the most prominent being the titular Battle of Algiers, the capital of Algeria.
 It was shot on location and the film score was composed by Ennio Morricone.
 The film, which was shot in a Rossellini-inspired newsreel style—in black and white with documentary-type editing—is often associated with Italian neorealism cinema.
Vasco Ferretti (born 25 August 1935) is an Italian novelist, historian, professor and journalist from Buggiano, Tuscany.
 He has written books in the fiction genres of historical novels and the Romance novel.
 His most important books are "Kesselring" (2009), "Vip & Stars" (1983), "Dante Alighieri e la battaglia di Montecatini" (2015), "Le stragi naziste sotto la linea gotica 1944: Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Padule di Fucecchio, Marzabotto" (2004).
Rolando Panerai (born 17 October 1924) is an Italian baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
 He was born in Campi Bisenzio, near Florence, Italy and studied with Frazzi in Florence and Armani and Giulia Tess in Milan.
 Panerai made his stage debut in 1947 in Naples at the Teatro di San Carlo as the pharaon in Rossini's "Mosè in Egitto".
 Other debuts, both in 1951, were as Simon Boccanegra in "Simon Boccanegra" in Bergamo and as Sharpless in "Madama Butterfly" at La Scala in Milan.
 He sang in many rarely performed Verdi operas on radio broadcast for RAI in 1951 (to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Verdi's death), such as "Giovanna d'Arco", "La battaglia di Legnano", and "Aroldo".
 Later roles included most of the great Verdi baritone roles, particularly the title character in "Rigoletto", The Count of Luna in "Il trovatore", Giorgio Germont in "La traviata", Marquis of Posa in "Don Carlos", Amonasro in "Aida".

Question: Which filmmaker created the award winning film "La battaglia di Algeri", Takashi Miike or Gillo Pontecorvo?
Answer: Gillo Pontecorvo