Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
George B. Seitz
George Brackett Seitz( January 3, 1888 – July 8, 1944) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director.
He was known for his screenplays for action serials, such as" The Perils of Pauline"( 1914) and" The Exploits of Elaine"( 1914).
Seitz was born in Boston, Massachusetts, started his career as a playwright, and also wrote some fiction for" up- market" pulp magazines such as" Adventure" and" People's Magazine".
Seitz did much of his early work in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there.
He was the director of more than one hundred films, the writer of more than thirty screenplays, and an actor in seven films.
He worked at Columbia Pictures and at Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer where he directed eleven films in the" Andy Hardy" series of the 1930s& 1940s.
He died in Hollywood, California in 1944.
Although an acquaintance of the cinematographer John F. Seitz, they were not related.
He was the father of George B. Seitz Jr., who was a writer/ director active in the 1940s and 1950s in films and television.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Jason Moore (director)
Jason Moore( born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.
The Ghost Writer (film)
The Ghost Writer( released as The Ghost in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a 2010 Franco- German- British political thriller film directed by Roman Polanski.
The film is an adaptation of a Robert Harris novel," The Ghost", with the screenplay written by Polanski and Harris.
It stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall and Olivia Williams.
The film was a critical and commercial success and won numerous cinematic awards including Best Director for Polanski at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and also at the 23rd European Film Awards in 2010.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.
Roman Polanski
Roman Polański( born 18 August 1933 in Paris; original name Raymond Thierry Liebling) is a French- Polish film director, producer, writer, and actor.
Since 1978, Polanski has been a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system; he fled the country while awaiting sentencing in his sexual abuse case, in which he pleaded guilty to statutory rape.
His Polish- Jewish parents moved the family back from Paris to Kraków in 1937.
Two years later, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany starting World War II and the Polanskis found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto.
After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes under an adopted identity, trying to survive the Holocaust.
Polanski's first feature- length film," Knife in the Water"( 1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for a United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
He has since received five more Oscar nominations, along with two BAFTAs, four Césars, a Golden Globe Award and the Palme d' Or of the Cannes Film Festival in France.
In the United Kingdom he directed three films, beginning with" Repulsion"( 1965).
In 1968, he moved to the United States and cemented his status by directing the horror film" Rosemary's Baby"( 1968).
A turning point in his life took place in 1969, when his pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, and four friends were brutally murdered by members of the Manson Family.
Following her death, Polanski returned to Europe and eventually continued directing.
He made" Macbeth"( 1971) in England and back in Hollywood," Chinatown"( 1974), which was nominated for eleven Academy Awards.
In 1977, Polanski was arrested and charged with drugging and raping a 13- year- old girl.
He subsequently pled guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor.
After spending 42 days undergoing psychiatric evaluation in prison in preparation for sentencing, Polanski, who had expected to be put on probation, fled to Paris after learning that the judge planned to reject his plea deal and impose a prison term.
In Europe, Polanski continued to make films, including" Tess"( 1979), starring Nastassja Kinski.
It won France's César Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, and received three Oscars.
He later produced and directed" The Pianist"( 2002), a drama about a Jewish- Polish musician escaping Nazi persecution, starring Adrien Brody and Emilia Fox.
The film won three Academy Awards including Best Director, along with numerous international awards.
He also directed" Oliver Twist"( 2005), a story which parallels his own life as a" young boy attempting to triumph over adversity".
He was awarded Best Director for" The Ghost Writer"( 2010) at the 23rd European Film Awards.
He also received Best Screenwriter nomination at the aforementioned awards for" Carnage"( 2011).
In 2018, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to expel Polanski from its membership.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Danger Lights
Danger Lights is a 1930 American Pre-Code drama film, directed by George B. Seitz, from a screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman.
It stars Louis Wolheim, Robert Armstrong, and Jean Arthur.
The plot concerns railroading on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad( Milwaukee Road), and the movie was largely filmed along that railroad's lines in Montana.
The railway yard in Miles City, Montana was a primary setting, while rural scenes were shot along the railway line through Sixteen Mile Canyon, Montana.
Additional footage was shot in Chicago, Illinois( where the Milwaukee Road was headquartered until 1986 when it went out of business.)
The film was the first ever shot in the new Spoor- Berggren Natural Vision Process.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.

Question: Do director of film The Ghost Writer (film) and director of film Danger Lights share the same nationality?
Answer: no