Question: Who directed the 2006 film that presents similar premises to the novel "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"?

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The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1924 film): The Dawn of a Tomorrow is a 1924 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures.  It is based on the 1906 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett and stars Jacqueline Logan.  George Melford directed the story which had been filmed before in 1915 also titled "The Dawn of a Tomorrow" with Mary Pickford.  A play version had been produced on Broadway in 1909 which served as the final starring stage role for Eleanor Robson Belmont.  The film today is lost.

Shane Jacobson: Shane Jacobson (born March 18, 1970) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and comedian, best known as the "Dunny Man" for his performances as the eponymous character Kenny Smyth, a plumber working for a portable toilet rental company, in the 2006 film "Kenny" and the spin-off TV series, "Kenny's World".  In 2006, he won the Australian Film Institute's Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for that performance.  He currently presents Little Big Shots, on the Seven Network, based on the American series of the same title created and produced by Steve Harvey and Ellen DeGeneres

Edge of Tomorrow: Edge of Tomorrow (also known by its tagline Live.  Die.  Repeat.  and renamed as Live.  Die.  Repeat.: Edge of Tomorrow such upon home release) is a 2014 American science fiction action film starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.  Doug Liman directed the film based on a screenplay adapted from the 2004 Japanese light novel "All You Need Is Kill" by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.  The film takes place in a future where Earth is invaded by an alien race.  Major William Cage (Cruise), a public relations officer with no combat experience, is forced by his superiors to join a landing operation against the aliens.  Though Cage is killed in combat, he finds himself in a time loop that sends him back to the day preceding the battle every time he dies.  Cage teams up with Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt) to improve his fighting skills through the repeated days, seeking a way to defeat the extraterrestrial invaders.

The Fountain: The Fountain is a 2006 American epic magical realism romantic drama film that blends elements of fantasy, history, spirituality, and science fiction.  It is directed by Darren Aronofsky, and stars Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz.  The film consists of three storylines involving immortality and the resulting loves lost, and one man's pursuit of avoiding this fate in this life or beyond it.  Jackman and Weisz play sets of characters bonded by love across time and space: a conquistador and his ill-fated queen, a modern-day scientist and his cancer-stricken wife, and a traveler immersed in a universal journey alongside aspects of his lost love.  The storylines—interwoven with use of match cuts and recurring visual motifs—reflect the themes and interplay of love and mortality.

Brandon Routh: Brandon James Routh (born October 9, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model.  He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on multiple television series throughout the early 2000s.  In 2006, he gained greater recognition for his role as the titular superhero of the 2006 film "Superman Returns".  He also had a recurring role in the TV series "Chuck", as Daniel Shaw.  Following this, he had notable supporting roles in the films "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" and "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World".  In 2014, he began a recurring role on "Arrow" as Ray Palmer/Atom which spun off into a guest role on "The Flash" and a starring role on "Legends of Tomorrow".

Tomorrow's Yesterday: Tomorrow's Yesterday was a short 2006 film written and directed by Elan Gale.

Alejandro Moya: Alejandro Moya (born 1969), commonly nicknamed Iskander, is one of the merging figures of the contemporary independent Cuban cinema.  Director and scriptwriter of series for Cuban television, Moya directed his first feature film entitled "Mañana" ("Tomorrow") in 2006, casting Rafael E. Hernández, Enrique Molina, Hugo Reyes, Violeta Rodriguez and Adriá Santana.  "Mañana" ("Tomorrow") has been presented by the ICAIC (Cuban Institute of Arts and Cinematographic Industry) which registered it as a competition movie in the 2006 Festival of the New Latin American Cinema of Havana.

Life Begins Tomorrow: Life Begins Tomorrow (German: Morgen beginnt das Leben) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Erich Haußmann, Hilde von Stolz and Harry Frank.  The film presents speculations on the future after the invention of atomic energy.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow (novel): Tomorrow and Tomorrow is a 1997 science fiction novel by Charles Sheffield.  The book starts in approximately the year 2020 and follows the extremely protracted adventures of Drake Merlin, in his obsessive quest to save his wife from a terminal brain disease, over the course of eons.  Similar premises are presented in the 2006 film "The Fountain", as well as the Isaac Asimov story "The Last Question".

My Brother, Borat: My Brother, Borat was supposed to become a Kazakh dark comedy film written and directed by Erkin Rakishev, as an unauthorised sequel to the 2006 film "", created by the director to address mis-conceptions of Kazakhstan as portrayed in the 2006 film.  The film was scheduled for release in early 2011.

Supporting paragraphs: Tomorrow and Tomorrow (novel) The Fountain
Answer: Darren Aronofsky