Title: Ring 0: Birthday
Content:  In 1999, Koji Suzuki was finishing his written sources for the Ring series by including a fourth titled Birthday which collects three short stories that filled in details of the story. Asmik Ace decided to hire Ring and Ring 2 screenwriter Hiroshi Takahashi to adapt the story Lemonheart from Birthday. Birthday captured the life of the character of Sadako just before she consigned to her fate seen in the later Ring series. Producer Takasige Ichise offered Hideo Nakata the chance to direct, who passed on the offer. The director for the film was Norio Tsuruta. Tsuruta had previously worked on direct-to-video horror scripts such as Honto ni atta kowai hanashi (Scary True Stories) in 1991, and wrote and directed the sequel. After working on various television and direct-to-video 
Title: A Birthday
Content:  "A Birthday" is a 1995 science fiction short story by American writer Esther Friesner, about abortion. It was first published in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Title: Birthday (short story collection)
Content:  Birthday (バースデイ) is a story collection by Japanese writer Koji Suzuki and first published on February 5, 1999 in Japan. It is the fourth installment of Suzuki's Ring series.
Title: Birthday (short story collection)
Content:  Vertical Inc. published the English translation of Birthday in December 2006.
Title: Ring 0: Birthday
Content:  Ring 0: Birthday (リング0 バースデイ) is the 2000 Japanese horror prequel of Ring directed by Norio Tsuruta. The film is based on a screenplay by Hiroshi Takahashi which in turn is based on the short story "Lemon Heart" from the Birthday anthology by Koji Suzuki. Ring 0: Birthday was nominated for the 2001 edition of Fantasporto, but lost to Amores perros.
Title: Birthday Girl (short story)
Content:  "Birthday Girl" (バースデイ・ガール) is a short story written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, and first published in 2002. After reading "Timothy's Birthday" by William Trevor and "The Moor" by Russell Banks, Murakami felt haunted and decided to collect more birthday-themed stories for an anthology. Murakami was putting together Birthday Stories (2002 in Japanese, 2004 in English), his anthology of short stories on the theme of birthdays, and wrote "Birthday Girl" especially for it.
Title: Birthday (short story collection)
Content: Films ; Ring 0: Birthday (2000) Audio Drama ; Birthday (2000) Manga ; Birthday (1999) No adaptations have adapted all three stories at once. The 2000 film Ring 0: Birthday and the audio drama adapt the short story Lemonheart, while the 1999 manga adapts Floating Coffin and Lemonheart, leaving out Happy Birthday, instead replacing it with a new story called Sadako.   
Title: Birthday Boy (short story)
Content:  Birthday Boy is an unpublished short story by J.D. Salinger.
Title: Birthday Stories
Content: ("Introduction : My birthday, your birthday", by Haruki Murakami — added to English ed. only) ; "Forever Overhead" (by David Foster Wallace) ; "Turning" (by Lynda Sexson) ; "The Birthday Cake" (by Daniel Lyons) ; "Timothy's Birthday" (by William Trevor) ; "Dundun" (by Denis Johnson) ; "The Moor" (by Russell Banks) ; "Angel of Mercy, Angel of Death" (by Ethan Canin) ; "The Birthday Present" (by Andrea Lee) ; "The Bath" (by Raymond Carver) ; "A Game of Dice" (by Paul Theroux) ; "Close to the Water's Edge" (by Claire Keegan) — (added to 2004 English hardback edition, 2006 Japanese edition and 2006 English paperback edition.) ; "The Ride" (by Lewis Robinson) — (added to 2006 Japanese edition and English paperback only) ; "Birthday Girl" (by Haruki Murakami) The 2004 English edition of the anthology starts with an introduction by Haruki Murakami, where he speaks about his birthday and of birthdays in general (for example he mentions his visit Jack London's farm, which he did because he liked London's writings and because they share the same birthday). It compiles:
Title: Birthday Stories
Content:  Birthday Stories (バースデイ・ストーリーズ) is a 2002 short story anthology edited by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Despite the theme's happy connotations most of the short stories have a dark, melancholic atmosphere.

Question: Who was the director of Birthday?
Answer: Michael Grossman.