Rich Curtner
Rich Curtner is the Federal Public Defender for the District of Alaska.
The Public Defender
The Public Defender is a 1931 pre-Code crime film directed by J. Walter Ruben, starring Richard Dix and featuring Boris Karloff.
Rich playboy Pike Winslow dons the mantle of' The Reckoner', a mysterious avenger, when he learns that his lady friend Barbara Gerry's father has been framed in a bank embezzlement scandal.
Using meticulous planning and split- second timing, Pike, along with his associates, the erudite' Professor' and tough- guy scrapper' Doc', attempt to find proof that will clear Gerry and identify the real culprits.
La herida luminosa
The Wound of Light is a 1997 Spanish film directed by José Luis Garci and starring Fernando Guillén, Mercedes Sampietro and Julia Gutiérrez Caba.
The plot is based on a novel by Josep María de Sagarra.
It was previously filmed in 1956 in a production directed by Tulio Demicheli
José Luis Garci
José Luis García Muñoz( born 20 January 1944), known professionally as José Luis Garci, is a Spanish director, producer, critic, TV presenter, screenwriter and author.
He earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for" Begin the Beguine"( 1982).
Four of his films, including also" Sesión continua"( 1984)," Asignatura aprobada"( 1987) and" El abuelo"( 1998), have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, more than any other Spanish director.
His films are characterized for his classical style and the underlying sentimentality of their plots.
Bill White (lawyer)
Bill White( born 1945) is an American lawyer who served as Public Defender for Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit, which covers Clay, Duval, and Nassau Counties.
White was elected to the position in 2004, after serving as Chief Assistant Public Defender under his predecessor Lou Frost since 1976.
White served as elected Public Defender from January 2005 to January 2009.
Ellen Leonida
Ellen Valentik Leonida( born 1970 in Chişinău, Moldova, formerly Kishinev, USSR) is an American criminal defense attorney best known for defending Scott Dyleski, a young high school student accused of murdering the wife of prominent attorney Daniel Horowitz.
She served as a Deputy Public Defender for almost ten years at the Contra Costa County, California Public Defender's Office.
After leaving Contra Costa, she was a partner at the San Francisco firm Badami, Hartsough& Leonida.
She is now with the Office of the Federal Public Defender in Oakland.
J. Walter Ruben
Jacob Walter Ruben( August 14, 1899 – September 4, 1942) was an American screenwriter, film director and producer.
He wrote for 35 films between 1926 and 1942.
He also directed 19 films between 1931 and 1940.
His great- grandson is actor Hutch Dano.
He was born in New York City and died in Hollywood.
He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Gary Kohlman
Warren Gary Kohlman is the general counsel to the National Basketball Players Association and an American criminal defense attorney.
Kohlman has represented several high- profile defendants and worked as a public defender for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.
Howard Finkelstein
Howard Finkelstein is the public defender of Broward County, Florida.
He was first elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2008 and 2012.
Ricardo García (attorney)
Ricardo García is an American criminal defense attorney and an advocate for criminal justice reform.
Garcia is currently the public defender for the Los Angeles County Public Defender's office, the largest public defender's office in the United States.
Garcia is Los Angeles County's eleventh Public Defender and LA County's first Latino Public Defender.
Garcia has served as an adjunct professor at California Western School of Law and on the faculty at the Shechmeister Death Penalty College at Santa Clara University.

Question: Are the directors of films The Public Defender and La Herida Luminosa both from the same country?
Answer: no