Josef Rauvolf
Josef Rauvolf( born 2 January 1953 in Cheb) is a Czech translator, journalist and writer.
He has translated many Beat Generation into Czech language, such as" JunkieNaked Lunch" and" Queer" by William S. Burroughs and" Visions of Cody The Dharma Bums" and" Good Blonde& Others" by Jack Kerouac.
He also translated" Uptight" about The Velvet Underground.
He was awarded Josef Jungmann prize for his translation of" Visions of Cody".
In addition to his translation work, he also wrote a book about Czech singer- songwriter Jaromír Nohavica.
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy( born February 16, 1950) is an American film critic.
He wrote for" Variety" for 31 years as its chief film critic until 2010.
In October of that year, he joined" The Hollywood Reporter" where he subsequently became chief film critic.
Phillip H. Wiebe
Phillip H. Wiebe( August 23, 1945 – October 26, 2018) was the Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy and former Dean of Arts and Religious Studies at Trinity Western University and its School of Graduate Studies.
He was the author of" God and Other Spirits" and" Visions of Jesus," both from Oxford University Press.
His primary areas of research were in philosophy of religion and science, and epistemology.
Zak Spears
Zak Spears,( born January 15, 1965) is an American gay pornographic film actor.
Spears appeared in the feature film" The Doom Generation"( 1995) using his real name, Khristofor Rossianov.
He also appeared in the black comedy feature film" Forgiving the Franklins"( 2006) under the name Khris Scaramanga.
Initially retiring from the industry in 1996, he made a return in 2004, sporting a dramatic image change which included a shaved head and a much bulkier build.
The Doom Generation
The Doom Generation is a 1995 black comedy thriller film written and directed by Gregg Araki.
It stars James Duval, Rose McGowan, and Johnathon Schaech.
The film follows two troubled teenage lovers, Amy Blue( McGowan) and Jordan White( Duval), who pick up a young handsome drifter named Xavier Red( Schaech).
After he accidentally kills a store clerk, the trio embarks on a journey full of sex, violence, and people from Amy's past.
Billed as" A Heterosexual Movie by Gregg Araki The Doom Generation" is the second film in the director's trilogy known as the" Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy", the first being" Totally Fucked Up"( 1993) and the last one" Nowhere"( 1997).
The characters of Amy Blue and Jordan White are based on the Mark Beyer comic strip" Amy and Jordan".
" The Doom Generation" was Araki's major film debut.
It was shot mostly at night during January 1994 in Los Angeles on a budget of$ 800,000.
The crew avoided well known landmarks and shot in undeveloped areas of urban sprawl to give the film an apocalyptic feel.
The reasonable budget allowed Araki to hire professional crew, making it the first of his films not shot by himself.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 1995, before appearing at various other film festivals.
It received mixed reviews from critics.
During the press screening, many of the critics walked out.
However, at the San Francisco International Film Festival( SFIFF), the film received critical acclaim, most proclaiming it as Araki's breakthrough film.
Distributed by Trimark Pictures, it was released in the United States on October 27, 1995.
Despite the favorable reviews, the film did not achieve financial success, earning only$ 284,785 at the box office.
McGowan was nominated for the Best Debut Performance at the 11th Independent Spirit Awards.
Gregg Araki
Gregg Araki( born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker.
He is noted for his heavy involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement.
His film" Kaboom"( 2010) was the first winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm.
Gregor Punchatz
Gregor Punchatz( born 1967) is an artist hired by id Software to create sculptures for the Arch- Vile, Mancubus, Revenant and Spider Mastermind monsters for the" Doom" video game series.
He built these models using steel armatures and foam latex.
Before working on the" Doom" models he did similar modelling work for a number of Hollywood movies, including," RoboCop", and" RoboCop 2".
He was the animation director for.
Gregor is the son of Don Ivan Punchatz, who created the" Doom" package art and logo.
He lives in Dallas, Texas.
Visions of Light
Visions of Light is a 1992 documentary film directed by Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy and Stuart Samuels.
The film is also known as Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography.
The film covers the art of cinematography since the conception of cinema at the turn of the 20th century.
Many filmmakers and cinematographers present their views and discuss why the art of cinematography is important within the craft of filmmaking.
Dustin Nguyen
Dustin Nguyen (born September 17, 1962) is an Vietnamese-American actor, director, writer, and martial artist.
He is best known for his roles as Harry Truman Ioki on "21 Jump Street", and as Johnny Loh on "VIP" In films, he is known for starring in "Little FishThe Doom Generation" and "The Rebel".
James Duval
James Edward Duval( born September 10, 1972) is an American actor, who is known for his roles in the Gregg Araki trilogy —" Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation," and" Nowhere" —in addition to Frank in" Donnie Darko", Blank in" May", Miguel in" Independence Day" and Singh in" Go".

Question: Do both films, The Doom Generation and Visions Of Light, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: yes