Reuven Frank
Reuven Frank (7 December 1920 – 5 February 2006) was an American broadcast news executive.
Wistaria Tea House
The Wistaria Tea House , the Wisteria House, or Wistaria House is a historical teahouse in Daan District, Taipei, Taiwan.
The establishment is situated in a Japanese-style wooden house built in the 1920s on Xinsheng South Road.
The teahouse is named after the three wisteria vines planted in the front courtyard forming a shaded area leading to the entrance of the building.
The teahouse, with its circa 1930s decor, was reopened to much fanfare after a long needed renovation in 2008.
The teahouse was used during the filming of Eat Drink Man Woman.
Broadcast News (film)
Broadcast News is a 1987 American romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks.
The film concerns a virtuoso television news producer (Holly Hunter), who has daily emotional breakdowns, a brilliant yet prickly reporter (Albert Brooks) and his charismatic but far less seasoned rival (William Hurt).
It also stars Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, and Jack Nicholson (billed only in the end credits) as the evening news anchor.
In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Vern Sneider
Vernon J. Sneider( 6 October 1916 – 1 May 1981) was an American novelist perhaps most noted for his 1951 novel" The Teahouse of the August Moon", which was later adapted by John Patrick for a Broadway play in 1953, a motion picture in 1956, and the Broadway musical" Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" in 1970.
The play" The Teahouse of the August Moon" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1954.
His novel" A Pail of Oysters", about life during the White Terror by Chinese Nationalists regime in Taiwan, was reissued by Camphor Press on February 28, 2016, the 69th anniversary of the 1947 2-28 Incident.
He was born and died in Monroe, Michigan.
He was the son of Fred Sneider and Matilda D. Althover Sneider.
After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1940, he entered the Army.
He was a member of a military government team that landed in Okinawa in April 1945.
There he became commander of Tobaru, a village of 5,000 people that became Tobiki Village in" The Teahouse".
He was married first to Barbara Lee Cook( 1925 – 1968).
Kuei Chih-Hung
Kuei Chih-Hung (桂治洪, aka Kwei Chi Hung, Gui Zhi-Hong, Gwai Chi-hung) (20 December 1937 – 1 October 1999) was one of the most popular and daring filmmakers to work for the Hong Kong-based Shaw Brothers Studios, directing more than 40 films throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s.
Known for his bold cinematic style, innovative use of realistic, on-location shooting and often gritty, controversial subject matter, Kuei found critical and commercial success working in a variety of genres, including the hard-boiled crime drama of "The Teahouse" (1974) and its sequel, "Big Brother Cheng" (1975), wuxia classic "Killer Constable" (1981), and the cult horror favorites "The Killer Snakes" (1975) and "Hex" (1980).
Kuei often added subtle commentary to even his most mainstream projects, depicting the poverty of the public housing, police corruption and colonial government rule with an unflinching honesty.
The Teahouse of the August Moon
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Broadcast News
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The Teahouse (film)
The Teahouse is a 1974 Hong Kong crime drama directed by Kuei Chih-Hung.
Written by On Szeto, the film is about an immigrant restaurant owner trying to protect his family from juvenile gangs.
It was such a hit that the film was followed by a 1975 sequel, "Big Brother Cheng", with kung fu star Kuan Tai Chen reprising the eponymous role.
James L. Brooks
James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer and screenwriter, who helped create a string of acclaimed productions in television and the movies, including "The Mary Tyler Moore ShowThe SimpsonsBroadcast News", and "Terms of Endearment".
While growing up in North Bergen, New Jersey, Brooks endured a fractured family life and passed the time by reading and writing.
After dropping out of New York University, he got a job as an usher at CBS, going on to write for the CBS News broadcasts.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1965 to work on David L. Wolper's documentaries.
After being laid off he met producer Allan Burns who secured him a job as a writer on the series "My Mother the Car".
Brooks wrote for several shows before being hired as a story editor on "My Friend Tony" and later created the series "Room 222".
Grant Tinker hired Brooks and Burns at MTM Productions to create "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in 1970.
The show, one of the first to feature an independent working woman as its lead character, was critically acclaimed and won Brooks several Primetime Emmy Awards.
Brooks and Burns then created two successful spin-offs from "Mary Tyler MooreRhoda" (a comedy) and "Lou Grant" (a drama).
Brooks left MTM Productions in 1978 to co-create the sitcom "Taxi" which, despite winning multiple Emmys, suffered from low ratings and was canceled twice.
Brooks moved into feature film work when he wrote and co-produced the 1979 film "Starting Over".
His next project was the critically acclaimed film "Terms of Endearment", which he produced, directed and wrote, winning an Academy Award for all three roles.
Basing his next film, "Broadcast News", on his journalistic experiences, the film earned him a further two Academy Award nominations.
Although his 1994 work "I'll Do Anything" was hampered by negative press attention due to the cutting of all of its recorded musical numbers, "As Good as It Gets" (co-written with Mark Andrus) earned further praise.
It was seven years until his next film, 2004's "Spanglish".
His sixth film, "How Do You Know", was released in 2010.
Brooks also produced and mentored Cameron Crowe on "Say Anything..." (1989) and Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson on "Bottle Rocket" (1996).
In 1984, Brooks founded the television and film company, Gracie Films.
Although he did not intend to do so, Brooks returned to television in 1987 as the producer of "The Tracey Ullman Show".
He hired cartoonist Matt Groening to create a series of shorts for the show, which eventually led to "The Simpsons" in 1989.
"
The Simpsons" won numerous awards and is still running.
Brooks also co-produced and co-wrote the 2007 film adaptation of the show, "The Simpsons Movie".
In total, Brooks has received 53 Emmy nominations, winning 21 of them.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.

Question: Are both directors of films Broadcast News (Film) and The Teahouse (Film) from the same country?
Answer: no