Velli Vizha
Velli Vizha is a 1972 Indian Tamil film, directed by K. Balachander and produced by B. Duraisami.
The film stars Gemini Ganesan, Jayanthi, Vanisri and S. Varalakshmi in lead roles.
The film had musical score by V. Kumar.
Sandy McLeod
Sandy McLeod is an independent filmmaker.
She is a member of the Directors Guild of America and has been nominated for an Academy Award.
The Far Shore
The Far Shore is a Canadian drama film, directed by Joyce Wieland and released in 1976.
Wieland's first commercial narrative feature film after years of making experimental short films, the film is a romantic drama which borrows elements from the life and death of painter Tom Thomson.
The film stars Celine Lomez as Eulalie, a Québécois woman in a loveless marriage to wealthy industrialist Ross Turner( Lawrence Benedict), who begins an affair with painter Tom McLeod( Frank Moore).
It premiered at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, before having its Canadian premiere at the Canadian Film Institute's Ottawa 76 festival in August.
K. Balachander
Kailasam Balachander( 9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian filmmaker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry.
He was well known for his distinct film- making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of unconventional themes and hard- hitting contemporary subject matter.
Balachander's films are well known for their portrayal of women as bold personalities and central characters.
Popularly referred to as" Iyakkunar Sigaram"( lit." the director who scaled the peak"), his films are usually centred on unusual or complicated interpersonal relationships and social themes.
He started his film career in 1964 as a screenwriter and graduated to a director with" Neerkumizhi"( 1965).
In a career that spanned 50 years, he had contributed to nearly 100 feature films either as a screenwriter or director, thus becoming one of the most prolific filmmakers in the country.
Known among his colleagues as a tough task master, he was credited with having nurtured numerous actors, notably Nagesh, Sujatha, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Jayaprada, Sridevi, Jayasudha, Saritha, Renuka, Nassar, Prakash Raj, Ramesh Aravind and Vivek.
In his film career, Balachander had won nine National Film Awards and 13 Filmfare Awards.
He was honored with the Padma Shri( 1987), India's fourth highest civilian award, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema.
He also made films under his production house, Kavithalaya Productions.
Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages such as Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.
Towards the tail end of his career, he directed a few TV serials and made a few film appearances as well.
Kyōen Kobanzame
There are two parts of the film: the first part and the second part.
Both parts have the same staff and the same actors.
Dee Davis (author)
Dee Davis Oberwetter( born 1959) is an American author of romantic suspense and time- travel novels.
She served as the president of Romance Writers of America's Board of Directors from 2017 to 2018.
Joyce Wieland
Joyce Wieland( June 30, 1930 – June 27, 1998) was a Canadian experimental filmmaker and mixed media artist.
Wieland found success as a painter when she began her career in Toronto in the 1950s.
In 1962, Wieland moved to New York City and expanded her career as an artist by including new materials and mixed media work.
During that time, she also rose to prominence as an experimental filmmaker and soon, renowned institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York were showing her films.
In 1971, Wieland's" True Patriot Love" exhibition was the first solo exhibition by a living Canadian female artist at the National Gallery of Canada.
In 1982, Wieland received the honour of the Order of Canada and in 1987, she was awarded the Toronto Arts Foundation's Visual Arts Award.
She was also a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Charles K. Gifford
Charles K. Gifford is an American banker and businessman.
He is the chairman emeritus of Bank of America having served on its board of directors from 2004 to 2016.
Frank Moore (Canadian actor)
Frank Moore( born 1946 in Bay de Verde, Newfoundland) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor.
He won the Canadian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1976 for the film" The Far Shore", and was also a nominee for Best Actor in 1978 for" The Third Walker".
He has also had roles in the films" The Long Kiss GoodnightMurder at 1600 Giant Mine The Sleep RoomDirty PicturesOwning Mahowny Martha, Ruth and Edie" and" Jesus Henry Christ", and the television series" Adderly Katts and DogNight HeatThe Campbells Street LegalE.N.G. Due South The Reagans
At the Hotel Killjoys" and" Murdoch Mysteries".
On stage, his noted roles have included productions of the musicals" HairLes Misérables Tommy The Drowsy Chaperone" and" Urinetown", and the plays" CreepsLeaving Home The Crackwalker" and" Russell Hill".
Robert Stone (director)
Robert Stone is a British- American documentary filmmaker.
His work has been screened at dozens of film festivals and televised around the world, notably seven of his films have appeared on PBS's" American Experience" series and four of his films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival( including Closing Night Film in 2009).

Question: Do both The Far Shore and Velli Vizha films have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no