Question: Who was the director of the 1997 American comedy film starring the actor who played Douglas Brackman in "L.A. Law"?

full_context: Document 1: Meet Wally Sparks: Meet Wally Sparks is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Peter Baldwin, written by Harry Basil and Rodney Dangerfield in the title role. It also stars Dangerfield, Debi Mazar, Michael Weatherly, Cindy Williams, Alan Rachins, Burt Reynolds and David Ogden Stiers.
Document 2: Alan Arkin: Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, musician, and singer. With a film career spanning more than 55 years, Arkin is known for his performances in "Popi"; "Wait Until Dark"; "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming"; "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"; "Catch-22"; "The In-Laws"; "Edward Scissorhands"; "Glengarry Glen Ross"; "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing"; "Little Miss Sunshine"; and "Argo".
Document 3: Wallace Wolodarsky: Wallace Wolodarsky, also billed as Wally Wolodarsky, is an American actor, screenwriter, television producer and film director known for being one of the screenwriters for "The Simpsons" during the first four seasons with his writing partner Jay Kogen.
Document 4: Albert Brooks: Albert Lawrence Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein; July 22, 1947) is an American actor, filmmaker, author, and comedian. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987's "Broadcast News" and was widely praised for his performance in the 2011 film "Drive". His voice acting credits include Marlin in "Finding Nemo" (2003) and "Finding Dory" (2016), and recurring guest voices for "The Simpsons", including Russ Cargill in "The Simpsons Movie" (2007). He has directed, written, and starred in several comedy films, such as "Modern Romance" (1981), "Lost in America" (1985), and "Defending Your Life" (1991). He is also the author of "2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America" (2011).
Document 5: Brian Haley: Brian Carlo Haley (born February 12, 1963) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. His stand-up act is characterized by playing his all-American looks against manic outbursts and absurd situations. As an actor, he may be best known for his roles as Veeko the incompetent kidnapper in the John Hughes movie "Baby's Day Out", the over-the-top football father Mike Hammersmith (aka Spike's dad) in "Little Giants", or Clint Eastwood's son Mitch in the movie "Gran Torino".
Document 6: The Law (1974 film): The Law was a critically acclaimed 1974 Universal Television movie directed by John Badham starring Judd Hirsch as defence attorney Murray Stone with John Beck, Bonnie Franklin and Gary Busey. The same writing team of Joel Oliansky (teleplay), William Sackheim (story) continued with a 1975 TV mini-series of three further hour-long episodes for Hirsch's character:
Document 7: Allan Ryan (attorney): Allan A. Ryan (Jr.) is an American attorney, author and university and law school professor. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated from Dartmouth College and magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School. He served as a law clerk to Justice Byron White of the Supreme Court of the United States and as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. In the U.S. Justice Department, he was Assistant to the Solicitor General and from 1980 to 1983 Director of the Office of Special Investigations, Criminal Division, responsible for the investigation and prosecution of Nazi war criminals in the United States. Since 1985, he has been an attorney at Harvard University, first in the Office of General Counsel and since 2001 as Director of Intellectual Property, Harvard Business School Publishing.
Document 8: The Waterboy: The Waterboy is a 1998 American sports comedy film directed by Frank Coraci (who also appears in a cameo role), starring Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk, Henry Winkler, Jerry Reed (his last film role before his death in 2008), Larry Gilliard, Jr., Blake Clark, Peter Dante and Jonathan Loughran, and produced by Robert Simonds and Jack Giarraputo.
Document 9: Billy Crystal: William Edward Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian and television host. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom "Soap" and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), "City Slickers" (1991), and "Analyze This" (1999) and providing the voice of Mike Wazowski in the "Monsters, Inc." franchise.
Document 10: Alan Metter: Alan Metter is an American film director whose most notable credits include "Back to School" starring Rodney Dangerfield, and "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" with Sarah Jessica Parker. He also produced and directed the 1983 television special "The Winds of Whoopie" for Steve Martin.
Document 11: Alan Rachins: Alan L. Rachins (born October 3, 1942) is an American television actor, best known for his role as Douglas Brackman in "L.A. Law" which earned him both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, and his portrayal of Larry (Dharma's hippie father) on the television series "Dharma & Greg".
Document 12: Susan Dey: Susan Hallock Dey (born December 10, 1952) is an American actress, known for her television roles as Laurie Partridge on the sitcom "The Partridge Family" from 1970 to 1974, and as Grace Van Owen on the NBC drama series "L.A. Law" from 1986 to 1992. A three-time Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for "L.A. Law" in 1988.
Document 13: Alan Trustman: Alan Trustman (born December 16, 1930) is an American lawyer, screenwriter, pari-mutuel operator and currency trader. He is best known for writing the 1968 film, "The Thomas Crown Affair", "Bullitt", and "They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!", in his movie career.
Document 14: Alan Alda: Alan Alda ( ; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A seven-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is widely known for his roles as Captain Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series "M*A*S*H" (1972–1983), hosting of "Scientific American Frontiers", and as Arnold Vinick in "The West Wing" (2004–2006). He has also appeared in many feature films, most notably in "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989), as pretentious television producer Lester, and "The Aviator" (2004) as U.S. Senator Owen Brewster, the latter of which saw Alda nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Document 15: Harry Basil: Harry Basil is a stand-up comedian and comedy club operator, known for his impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Superman. As an actor, Basil appeared in the film "Peggy Sue Got Married". His film credits include "Meet Wally Sparks", which he co-wrote with Rodney Dangerfield.
ground_truth: Peter Baldwin