Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Kishore Sahu
Kishore Sahu( 22 November 1915 – 22 August 1980) was an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer.
He appeared in 22 films between 1937 and 1980.
He directed 20 films between 1942 and 1974.
His directorial venture Kuwara Baap was one of the winners for the BFJA- Best Indian Films Award for best film for 1943.
His film" Raja" has been called" a milestone of art and skill in motion pictures".
His film Verr Kunal was a huge box office success.
He directed Dilip Kumar with Kamini Kaushal in Nadiya Ke Paar, which became the sixth highest grossing Indian film of 1948.
His 1954 film Mayurpankh was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival.
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Re did well commercially, with Baburao Patel of" Filmindia" remarking in the 9 May 1949 edition that Sahu's estimate had risen due to the" original treatment" he gave to an" otherwise ordinary" story.
He was also known for the Meena Kumari starrer," Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai"( 1960).
He had four children, Vimal Sahu, Naina Sahu, Mamta Sahu, and Rohit Sahu.
His wife Preeti was a Kumaoni Brahmin.
Before getting married to Preeti, he was briefly married to his Punar Milan( 1940) co-star Snehprabha Pradhan before the relationship ended in 1943 after a court battle.
The Octoroon (1912 film)
The Octoroon is an Australian film directed by George Young based on a popular play by Dion Boucicault which had recently enjoyed a popular run in Australia.
It is considered a lost film.
Kunwara Baap (1942 film)
Kunwara Baap( Bachelor Father) is a 1942 Hindi comedy film directed by Kishore Sahu.
The film was the debut directorial venture for Sahu, who directed it for the debutant producer N. R. Acharya.
Acharya had just started his production company Acharya Arts Productions.
The story was written by Kishore Sahu who went on to write and direct films like" Kali GhataMayurpankh" and others.
The music direction was by Ramchandra Pal.
The film had Kishore Sahu starring as the bachelor father with co- stars Protima Dasgupta, Anjali Devi, Nana Palsikar, Amritlal Nagar and Moni Chatterjee.
It was one of the winners for the BFJA- Best Indian Films Award for best film for 1943.
Prannath finds an infant abandoned in his car on his engagement day.
The finding leads to several comedic situations in the film.
The film was inspired by" Bachelor Mother"( 1939), directed by Garson Kanin and starring Ginger Rogers.
The story was reversed in" Kunwara Baap", with the hero getting landed with the child.
Shararat (1944 film)
Shararat( Mischief) is a 1944 Hindi comedy film directed by Kishore Sahu.
Produced by Hindustan Chitra Productions, it had music by S. N. Tripathi and Khan Mastana.
Following the commercial success of his earlier comedy film" Kunwara Baap"( 1942), Sahu made another comedy with" Shararat", which he not only directed and wrote the story for, but also cast himself in the main role.
The actors co-starring with him were Maya Banerji, Protima Dasgupta, Ramesh Gupta, Sushil Sahu and Moni Chatterjee.
The film was about a young woman pretending to be insane in order to avoid an arranged marriage.
George Young (filmmaker)
George Young was an Australian stage manager and film director who worked in the silent era.
He went into film after a career working for J.C. Williamson Ltd, making a number of movies for the Australian Film Syndicate.
He was the brother of opera star Florence Young.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.

Question: Are director of film The Octoroon (1912 Film) and director of film Kunwara Baap (1942 Film) both from the same country?
Answer: no