Juan Piquer Simón( 16 February 1935, Valencia – January 8, 2011, Valencia) was a Spanish film director most well known for directing two cult classic horror exploitation films," Pieces"( 1982) and" Slugs: The Movie"( 1988).
He directed two Jules Verne- based films," Where Time Began"( 1976) and" Mystery on Monster Island"( 1981), as well as" The Supersonic Man" in 1979, and" The Pod People" in 1983( which was featured on an episode of" Mystery Science Theater 3000").
He also directed" Cthulhu Mansion" and" The Rift, both in 1990.
" Pieces" is one among the many cult classic horror films that have been restored and digitally remastered by Bob Murawski of Box Office Spectaculars and Grindhouse Releasing.
Juan Piquer Simón owned his own independent studio in Madrid, Spain, and designed many of his own special effects sequences for his films.
He also was the co-director of the Mediterranean Film Festival in Valencia, Spain.
He died in 2011 at age 75 of lung cancer.
Pat Healy( born September 14, 1971) is an American film and television actor perhaps best known for his leading roles in" Great World of SoundCompliance The Innkeepers" and" Cheap Thrills".
He directed his first feature film," Take Me", in 2017.
Evan Louis Katz( born January 7, 1981) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
He is best known for his directorial debut" Cheap Thrills"( 2013).
In 2014, he directed the first segment in the horror anthology film" ABCs of Death 2".
He is the brother of producer Peter Katz.
Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director.
He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.
I Want Your
Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film.
Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews.
The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons.
The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes.
The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword.
This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively.
The Pod People( original title Los nuevos extraterrestres, literally" The New Extraterrestrials") is a 1983 French- Spanish science fiction film directed by Juan Piquer Simón.
The film's original draft was meant to be a straightforward horror film about an evil alien on a murderous rampage, but the producers demanded script alterations in order to cash in on the success of Steven Spielberg's" E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial" by featuring a child and a cute, lovable alien.
Director Simón was dissatisfied with the final result.
The film was largely forgotten until 1991, when it was lampooned by B movie- mocking cult TV series" Mystery Science Theater 3000".
Invasion of the Pod People( released in some countries as Invasion: The Beginning) is a 2007 science- fiction film produced by The Asylum.
Like several other films by The Asylum," Invasion of the Pod People" is a mockbuster whose release coincided with the premiere of" The Invasion", although the plot of" Pod People" borrowed heavily from the 1956 film" Invasion of the Body Snatchers", of which" The Invasion" is a reworking.
Pod People( also known as Body Snatchers) is the colloquial term for a species of plantlike aliens featured in the 1955 novel" The Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney, the 1956 film" Invasion of the Body Snatchers", the 1978 remake of the same name and the 1993 film" Body Snatchers".
They are not to be confused with the 2007 film" Invasion of the Pod People", though they share similar themes.
Cheap Thrills is a 2013 black comedy thriller film directed by E. L. Katz in his directorial debut.
It premiered at South by Southwest( SXSW) on March 8, 2013, and was acquired by Drafthouse Films and Snoot Entertainment.
It was released on March 24, 2014, in the United States.
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.

Question: Do both films Cheap Thrills (Film) and The Pod People have the directors that share the same nationality?
Answer: no