Question: Death Race 3: Inferno was considered the prequel to the 2008 film directed by whom?

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Death Race 3: Inferno: Death Race 3: Inferno (also known as Death Race 3 and Death Race: Inferno) is a 2013 American action film.  The film is a sequel to "Death Race 2: Frankenstein Lives" (2010) and the prequel to the 2008 film "Death Race", and was released directly to video on January 22, 2013.

Olympus Inferno: Olympus Inferno (Russian: Олимпиус Инферно ) is a 2008 film about the Ossetia war and the first feature film on this subject.  It is in Russian, with some English and Georgian, although a lector reads over the English and Georgian lines in Russian.  The film was released half a year after the conflict.  The name of the film belongs to an invented species of butterfly, the "Olympus Inferno," which in the film is sought in South Ossetia by an American entomologist and a Russian journalist.  The name "Olympus Inferno" was coined by director Igor Voloshin.

Frankenstein (Death Race): Frankenstein is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Death Race franchise.  Within the film universe, the character is an alias taken on by other characters who participate in the titular race.  The character has been played by David Carradine, Jason Statham, Luke Goss, Dougray Scott & Manu Bennett.

Death Race 2000: Death Race 2000 is a 1975 American cult political satire action film directed by Paul Bartel, and starring David Carradine, Simone Griffeth and Sylvester Stallone.  The film takes place in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, where the murderous Transcontinental Road Race has become a form of national entertainment.  The screenplay is based on the short story "The Racer" by Ib Melchior.

Death Race (1976 video game): Death Race is an arcade game released by Exidy in the United States on April 1, 1976.  The game is likely inspired by the 1975 cult film "Death Race 2000", which was still in some theatres at the time of the game's release; its original working title which appeared on some flyers to distributors was Death Race 98.

Death Race 2: Death Race 2 (also known as Death Race: Frankenstein Lives or Death Race 2: Frankenstein Lives) is a 2010 American science fiction action film directed by Roel Reiné, written by Tony Giglio and Paul W. S. Anderson.  The film is a prequel to "Death Race" (2008) and is followed by a sequel "" (2013).

Race 3: Race 3 is an upcoming Bollywood racing action film directed by Remo D'Souza and produced by Salman Khan and Ramesh Taurani.  It is the Third installment of the series and a sequel to the 2008 film "Race" and 2013 film "Race 2".

Death Race (film): Death Race is a 2008 American-German-British science fiction action thriller film produced, written, and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and starring Jason Statham.  It also stars Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane and Joan Allen.

Cannonball (film): Cannonball, also known as Carquake, is a 1976 film starring David Carradine.  The film is one of two released in 1976 (the other being" The Gumball Rally") that were based on a real illegal cross-continent road race that took place for a number of years in the United States.  The same topic later became the basis for the films "The Cannonball Run", "Cannonball Run II" and "Speed Zone".  The film was written and directed by Paul Bartel, who also directed "Death Race 2000".

Death Race 2050: Death Race 2050 is a 2017 political satire action direct-to-video film directed by G.J. Echternkamp, and starring Manu Bennett, Marci Miller and Malcolm McDowell.  It is a sequel of the 1975 film "Death Race 2000".  Both films were produced by Roger Corman, who described the film as "a car-racing picture with some black humor."

Supporting paragraphs: Death Race 3: Inferno Death Race (film)
Answer: Paul W. S. Anderson