Question: Who directed the film for which Eric Roberts earned an Academy Award nomination ?
Context: La Cucaracha is a 1998 American film directed by Jack Perez and starring Eric Roberts and Joaquim de Almeida.  The film follows the story of Walter Pool (Eric Roberts), a down on his luck wannabe novelist, who receives an offer of $100,000 to kill an alleged child killer.  Walter needs the money desperately for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that he is infatuated with a local woman and he feels as though he has nothing to offer to her.  He accepts the offer only to find out that the task of killing another human being is much more difficult than he thought, especially when it turns out that his intended victim is not really a child killer. Runaway Train is a 1985 American thriller film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay and John P. Ryan.  The screenplay by Djordje Milicevic, Paul Zindel and Edward Bunker was based on an original screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, with uncredited contributions by frequent Kurosawa collaborators Hideo Oguni and Ryuzo Kikushima.  The film was also the feature debuts of Danny Trejo and Tommy "Tiny" Lister, who both proceeded to successful careers as "tough guy" character actors. Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor.  He won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of the jaded but morally upright police officer Javier Rodriguez in the film "Traffic" (2000).  Del Toro's performance as ex-con turned religious fanatic in despair, Jack Jordan, in Alejandro González Iñárritu's "21 Grams" (2003) earned him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a second Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination and a BAFTA Awards nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor.  His career began with "King of the Gypsies" (1978), earning a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor Debut.  He earned both a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for his supporting role in "Runaway Train" (1985). Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor.  His career began with a well-received performance in "King of the Gypsies" (1978), for which he earned his first Golden Globe Award nomination.  His second Golden Globe nomination came for his portrayal of Paul Snider in "Star 80" (1983), followed by Globe and Academy Award nominations for his supporting role in "Runaway Train" (1985). Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an American actor, producer, businessman, former model, and former rapper.  Wahlberg was known as Marky Mark in his early career as frontman for the group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, releasing the albums "Music for the People" and "You Gotta Believe".  Wahlberg later transitioned to acting, appearing in films such as the drama "Boogie Nights" and the satirical war comedy-drama "Three Kings" during the 1990s.  In the 2000s, he starred in the biographical disaster drama "The Perfect Storm", the science fiction film "Planet of the Apes", the heist film "The Italian Job", and the Martin Scorsese-directed neo-noir crime drama "The Departed", for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.  In the 2010s, he starred in the action comedy "The Other Guys" alongside Will Ferrell, the biographical sports drama "The Fighter" (for which he earned an Academy Award nomination as a producer for Best Picture), the comedy "Ted", the war film "Lone Survivor", the crime comedy "Pain & Gain", the science fiction action film "" and the sequel "", the comedy "Daddy's Home", the disaster film "Deepwater Horizon", and the thriller "Patriots Day". Guy Hendrix Dyas (born 20 August 1968) is a British production designer for feature films.  He collaborated with Christopher Nolan on his science fiction thriller "Inception" which earned him an Academy Award nomination as well as a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design.  In 2017, Dyas was nominated for another Academy Award, this time for his work on Passengers.  In 2010, Dyas became the first British designer to win a Goya Award for Best Production Design for his work on Alejandro Amenábar's historical epic "Agora" which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.  Dyas previously received three consecutive Art Directors Guild Award nominations for his production design work on Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", Shekhar Kapur's "" and "Superman Returns" for Bryan Singer.  He won an ADG award in 2011 for "Inception".  He also earned a BAFTA Award nomination in 2007 for Best Production Design for "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" and for four years in a row Dyas has been named by "The Sunday Times" as one of the top ten Brits working behind the camera in Hollywood. American actor, director, and producer John Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures.  He started acting in the 1980s, appearing in the films "Places in the Heart" (1984) with Sally Field, "Death of a Salesman" (1985), "The Glass Menagerie" (1987), "Empire of the Sun" (1987), and "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988) with Glenn Close.  His role in "Places in the Heart" earned him an Academy Award nomination.  During the 1990s, he starred in the films "Of Mice and Men" (1992) as Lennie Small, "In the Line of Fire" (1993) as Mitch Leary, "Beyond the Clouds" (1995) as The Director, "The Portrait of a Lady" (1996) Gilbert Osmond, "Con Air" (1997) as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998) as Athos, "Being John Malkovich" (1999) as John Horatio Malkovich, and "" (1999) as Charles VII.  His role as Mitch Leary in "In the Line of Fire" earned him his second Academy Award nomination. Nobody's Fool is a 1986 comedy film written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley.  It stars Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts and Mare Winningham.  The film is a romantic drama/comedy involving the lead character Cassie (played by Rosanna Arquette) who seeks love, and escape from her mundane ordinary life.  A traveling Shakespeare troupe offers a community acting workshop, offering Cassie a chance to explore her inner self and find a new interest, including Riley Hood (played by Eric Roberts) the person in charge of lighting for the stage troupe.  Riley pursues Cassie for romance.  Romance, heartache, breakup, and romantic confusion as Cassie tries to resolve her feelings for her old boyfriend Billy and her feelings for her new interest in Riley. Shea Kerry is an American writer and producer.  He played the role of "Steve" in the thriller "Dark Honeymoon" (2008), starring Academy Award nominee Roy Scheider ("All That Jazz", "The French Connection"), Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts ("Runaway Train"), Steve Wilder, and Daryl Hannah.
Answer: Andrei Konchalovsky