Melody Gilbert
Melody Gilbert is an award- winning independent documentary filmmaker, and educator from Washington, D.C. now living in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
She has directed, filmed, produced, and sometimes edited, seven independent feature- length documentaries since 2002.
The Documentary Channel calls her" one of the most fearless filmmakers in contemporary documentary cinema."
She is currently an assistant professor of journalism at Northwestern State University.
The films that Melody directs and films are noteworthy for featuring a rare intimacy with her subjects as she unearths previously hidden worlds.
She works mostly solo with a small camera and wireless microphone and has the ability to get people to reveal their innermost thoughts, whether it's the family of a child who ca n't feel pain(" A Life Without Pain," 2005), people who want to be an amputee(" Whole," 2003), a former Vice President of the United States( 2008), or people who have full- fledged relationships with synthetic companions(" Silicone Soul", 2018).
All of her films have been made available on Netflix and iTunes and been in prestigious film festivals and broadcast internationally on networks in Germany, France, Finland, Denmark, and more.
She also serves as a producer and writer for other documentary projects she believes in, including BENEATH THE INK( nominated for a 2019 national Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary), WOMEN OUTWARD BOUND( 2016/ PBS) and the James Beard award- winning THE STARFISH THROWERS( 2015).
Most recently Melody was a producer/ story consultant for LOVE THEM FIRST:
LESSONS FROM LUCY LANEY ELEMENTARY( 2019/KARE11-TV/national broadcast in October 2019).
Ben Cura
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Rachid Bouchareb
Rachid Bouchareb( born September 1, 1953) is an Algerian- French film director.
From 1977 to 1983, he worked as an assistant director for France ’s state television production company, Société française de production( S. F. P).
Subsequently, he worked for broadcasters TF1 and Antenne 2.
He formed a production company called 3 B with his associate Jean Bréhat in 1988.
Bouchareb began making short films in the 1980s.
His featured film debut came in 1985 with" Bâton Rouge".
Since then his acclaimed films have included" Poussières de vieDust of Life")( which received an Academy Award nomination in 1995 for Best Foreign Language Film in 1995);" Little Senegal" in 2001, as well as" Two Men in Town" in 2014 were both shown in the competition at the Berlin Film Festival; and" Days of Glory", which received the Best Foreign Language Film nomination in 2006 and also won prizes at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Bouchareb's films have a following amongst international cineastes.
His film," Hors- la- loi", competed for the Palme d' Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival in May.
It was the Algerian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards and was one of the five final nominees.
Road to Istanbul
Road to Istanbul is a 2016 French- Algerian drama film directed by Rachid Bouchareb.
It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.
Whettnall received a Magritte Award for Best Actress at the 7th Magritte Awards for her role in the film.
It was selected as the Algerian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
A Life Without Pain
A Life Without Pain is a 2005 documentary film by Melody Gilbert about children who ca n't feel pain.

Question: Are both director of film Road To Istanbul and director of film A Life Without Pain from the same country?
Answer: no