Alanis Obomsawin
Alanis Obomsawin,( born August 31, 1932) is an American Canadian Abenaki filmmaker, singer, artist and activist primarily known for her documentary films.
Born in New Hampshire, United States and raised primarily in Quebec, Canada, she has written and directed many National Film Board of Canada documentaries on First Nations issues.
Obomsawin's described" the basic purpose[ of my films] is for our people to have a voice no matter what we're talking about whether it has to do with having our existence recognised, or whether it has to do with speaking about our values, our survival, our beliefs, that we belong to something beautiful, that it's O.K. to be an Indian, to be a native person in this country."
Her best known documentary is, about the 1990 Oka Crisis, Quebec.
Jurassic Park 2
Jurassic Park 2 may refer to:
Hi-Ho Mistahey!
Hi- Ho Mistahey! is a 2013 National Film Board of Canada feature documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin that profiles Shannen's Dream, an activist campaign first launched by Shannen Koostachin, a Cree teenager from Attawapiskat, to lobby for improved educational opportunities for First Nations youth.
The film premiered on 7 September 2013 at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
It was subsequently named first runner- up for the festival's People's Choice Award in the documentary category, behind Jehane Noujaim's" The Square".
The film's title is Cree for" I love you forever."
Obomsawin has said she heard about Koostachin's story from children's rights activist Cindy Blackstock.
Obomsawin had been in the community of Attawapiskat working on this film when the Attawapiskat housing and infrastructure crisis broke.
So she put this project aside and completed her film" The People of the Kattawapiskak River", before completing" Hi- Ho Mistahey!"
The film was a shortlisted nominee for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic Park III is a 2001 American science fiction adventure film and the third installment in the "Jurassic Park" film series.
The film stars Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, and Michael Jeter.
It is the first film in the series Steven Spielberg did not direct; neither was it based on a book by Michael Crichton, although numerous scenes in the film were taken from Crichton's novels "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World".
Events depicted in the film take place on Isla Sorna, an island off Central America's Pacific coast, where a divorced couple have tricked Dr. Alan Grant into helping them find their son.
The film features the Spinosaurus, replacing the Tyrannosaurus rex as the main antagonist.
After the success of Spielberg's film "Jurassic Park", Joe Johnston expressed interest in directing a sequel.
Spielberg gave Johnston permission to direct a third film in the series, if there was to be one.
Production of "Jurassic Park III" began in 2000, and the film was released in July 2001.
Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film was successful at the box office, grossing $368 million worldwide.
The next film in the series, "Jurassic World", was released in June 2015.
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg( born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.
He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history.
Spielberg started in Hollywood directing television and several minor theatrical releases.
He became a household name as the director of" Jaws"( 1975), which was critically and commercially successful and is considered the first summer blockbuster.
His subsequent releases focused typically on science fiction/ adventure films such as" Close Encounters of the Third Kind"( 1977)," Raiders of the Lost Ark"( 1981)," E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial"( 1982), and" Jurassic Park"( 1993), which became archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking.
Spielberg transitioned into addressing serious issues in his later work with" The Color Purple"( 1985)," Empire of the Sun"( 1987)," Schindler's List"( 1993)," Amistad"( 1997), and" Saving Private Ryan"( 1998).
He has largely adhered to this practice during the 21st century, with" Munich"( 2005)," Lincoln"( 2012)," Bridge of Spies"( 2015), and" The Post"( 2017).
He co-founded Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Studios, where he has also served as a producer or executive producer for several successful film trilogies, tetralogies and more including the" GremlinsBack to the FutureMen in Black", and the" Transformers" series.
He later transitioned into producing several games within the video game industry.
Spielberg is one of the American film industry's most critically successful filmmakers, with praise for his directing talent and versatility, and he has won the Academy Award for Best Director twice.
Some of his movies are also among the highest- grossing movies of all- time, while his total work makes him the highest- grossing film director in history.
His net worth is estimated to be more than$ 3 billion.
The People of the Kattawapiskak River
The People of the Kattawapiskak River is a 2012 documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin exploring conditions inside the Attawapiskat First Nation, which in October 2011 declared a state of emergency due to health and safety concerns over a lack of housing and infrastructure, and remained in the public spotlight during the Idle No More protests.
Obomsawin was present in the community in 2011, working on another film for the National Film Board of Canada," Hi- Ho Mistahey!", when the housing issue came to national attention.
The film follows the crisis up to the Federal Court of Canada decision in August 2012 that ruled the appointment of a third- party manager to fix the housing crisis was unjustified.
In addition to filming conditions in the community and interviewing residents, Obomsawin recounts the history of the village, which dates back to 1850 when Catholic missionaries built a chapel on the land.
Obomsawin has stated that she uses the name" Kattawapiskak" in place of Attawapiskat in the film and its title because she believes it to be the community's correct name.
J. A. Bayona
Juan Antonio García Bayona( born 9 May 1975) is a Spanish film director.
He directed the 2007 horror film" The Orphanage", the 2012 drama film" The Impossible", and the 2016 fantasy drama film" A Monster Calls".
Bayona's latest film is the 2018 science fiction adventure film, the fifth installment of the" Jurassic Park" film series.
He has also directed television commercials and music videos.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a 1997 American science fiction adventure film and the second installment in the" Jurassic Park" film series.
A sequel to 1993's" Jurassic Park" and loosely based on Michael Crichton's 1995 novel" The Lost World", the film was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by David Koepp.
The film stars Jeff Goldblum, returning as the eccentric chaos theorist and mathematician Ian Malcolm, as well as Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Vince Vaughn, Vanessa Lee Chester, and Arliss Howard.
Four years after the events of the original film, John Hammond( Richard Attenborough) sends a team, led by Malcolm, to Isla Sorna, the second island Hammond's company InGen used to make the dinosaurs, to study the animals while coming into conflict with a team led by InGen to bring some of the dinosaurs back onto homeland.
After the original novel's release and the first film's success, fans pressured Crichton for a sequel.
Following the book's publication in 1995, production began on a film sequel.
Filming took place from September to December 1996, primarily in California, with a shoot in Kauai, Hawaii, where the first film was shot.
" The Lost World" s plot and imagery is substantially darker than" Jurassic Park".
It makes more extensive use of computer- generated imagery to depict the dinosaurs, along with life- sized animatronics.
Released on May 23, 1997, the film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visuals and action sequences, but criticized the writing and character development.
The film was a box office success, grossing over$ 618 million worldwide, becoming the second- highest- grossing film of 1997.
It earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects.
A sequel," Jurassic Park III", was released on July 18, 2001.
Cameron Thor
Cameron Thor( born March 17, 1960) is a former American actor, screenwriter, film director, acting coach and convicted sex offender.
He is best known for his appearances in the films" Jurassic Park" and" Hook".
In 2016, he was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13- year- old girl.
Jurassic Park (film)
Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen.
It is the first installment in the" Jurassic Park" franchise, and is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton and a screenplay written by Crichton and David Koepp.
The film is set on the fictional island of Isla Nublar, located off Central America's Pacific Coast near Costa Rica.
There, billionaire philanthropist John Hammond and a small team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park of de-extinct dinosaurs.
When industrial sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the park's power facilities and security precautions, a small group of visitors and Hammond's grandchildren struggle to survive and escape the perilous island.
Before Crichton's novel was published, four studios put in bids for its film rights.
With the backing of Universal Studios, Spielberg acquired the rights for$ 1.5 million before its publication in 1990; Crichton was hired for an additional$ 500,000 to adapt the novel for the screen.
Koepp wrote the final draft, which left out much of the novel's exposition and violence and made numerous changes to the characters.
Filming took place in California and Hawaii between August and November 1992, and post-production rolled until May 1993, supervised by Spielberg in Poland as he filmed" Schindler's List".
The dinosaurs were created with groundbreaking computer- generated imagery by Industrial Light& Magic( ILM) and with life- sized animatronic dinosaurs built by Stan Winston's team.
To showcase the film's sound design, which included a mixture of various animal noises for the dinosaur roars, Spielberg invested in the creation of DTS, a company specializing in digital surround sound formats.
The film also underwent an extensive$ 65 million marketing campaign, which included licensing deals with over 100 companies.
" Jurassic Park" premiered on June 9, 1993, at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C., and was released on June 11 in the United States.
It went on to gross over$ 914 million worldwide in its original theatrical run becoming the highest- grossing film of 1993 and the highest- grossing film ever at the time, a record held until the release of" Titanic" in 1997.
It received highly positive reviews from critics, who praised its special effects, John Williams' musical score, and Spielberg's direction.
Following its 3 D re-release in 2013 to celebrate its 20th anniversary," Jurassic Park" became the seventeenth film in history to surpass$ 1 billion in ticket sales.
The film won more than twenty awards, including three Academy Awards for its technical achievements in visual effects and sound design.
" Jurassic Park" is considered a landmark in the development of computer- generated imagery and animatronic visual effects.
The film was followed by four commercially successful sequels:( 1997)," Jurassic Park III"( 2001)," Jurassic World"( 2015), and( 2018), with a fifth sequel, currently titled" Jurassic World 3", scheduled for a 2021 release.
In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Question: Are the directors of films The People of the Kattawapiskak River and Jurassic Park (film) both from the same country?
Answer: no