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.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Bharathan
Bharathan( 14 November 1946 – 30 July 1998) was an Indian film maker, artist, and art director.
Bharathan is noted for being the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Padmarajan and K. G. George, in the 1980s, which created films that were widely received while also being critically acclaimed.
Known for his unconventional works, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest film makers in the Indian Film Industry of all time.
Bharathan is among one of the directors who revolutionised Malayalam Cinema.
A train of directors, and screenwriters followed this school onto the 1990s including Sibi Malayil, Kamal, Lohithadas and Jayaraj.
He was born at Engakkadu near Wadakkancherry, in present- day Thrissur district of Kerala, India.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Nidra (1981 film)
Nidra is a 1981 Indian Malayalam- language film, directed by Bharathan and produced by K. J. Joseph.
The film stars Vijay Menon, Shanthi Krishna, KPAC Lalitha and Kaval Surendran in the lead roles.
The film has musical score by G. Devarajan and 13AD.
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
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.

Question: Are director of film Nidra (1981 Film) and director of film Velli Vizha both from the same country?
Answer: yes