Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
The Kiss Barrier
The Kiss Barrier is a 1925 American drama film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Eugenie Magnus Ingleton.
The film stars Edmund Lowe, Claire Adams, Diana Miller, Marion Harlan, Thomas R. Mills and Charles Clary.
The film was released on May 31, 1925, by Fox Film Corporation.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Roy William Neill
Roy William Neill( 4 September
1887 – 14 December 1946) was an Irish- born American film director best known for directing the last eleven of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1946 and released by Universal Studios.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Jason Moore (director)
Jason Moore( born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.
Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema, Bollywood, and television.
Varma directed films across multiple genres, including parallel cinema and docudrama noted for their gritty realism, technical finesse, and craft.
Regarded as one of the pioneers of new age Indian cinema, Varma garnered the National Film Award for scripting the political crime drama," Shool"( 1999).
In 2004, he was featured in the BBC World series" Bollywood Bosses".
In 2006, Grady Hendrix of Film Comment, published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center cited Varma as" Bombay ’s Most Successful Maverick" for his works on experimental films.
Varma is known for presenting the Indian Political Trilogy, and the Indian Gangster Trilogy; film critic Rajeev Masand had labeled the series as one of the" most influential movies of Hindi cinema.
The first installment of the trilogy," Satya", was also listed in CNN- IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time.
Varma's recent avant- garde works include hits such as the dramatized re-enactment of" Rayalaseema factionism" in" Rakta Charitra"( 2010), the" 2008 Mumbai attacks" in" The Attacks of 26/11"( 2013), the" Operation Cocoon" in" Killing Veerappan"( 2016), and the" Vijayawada riots" in" Vangaveeti"( 2016).
Starting his career as a civil engineer, he made an entry into Telugu cinema with the path- breaking crime thriller," Siva"( 1989) screened at the 13th International Film Festival of India, and has garnered Varma, the state Nandi Awards for Best direction, Best first film of a director, and the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu.
Subsequently, the film was included in CNN- IBN's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.
Varma's next movie" Kshana Kshanam"( 1991) was screened at the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
The sleeper hit won him another Nandi Award for Best Direction, and the Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer.
The 1993 political drama," Gaayam" received six state Nandi Awards.
In 1999, he directed" Prema Katha" for which he received his third Nandi Award for Best Director.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Gaayam
Gaayam is a 1993
Telugu political thriller film, based on the 1980s Vijayawada Gang Warfare.
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma, and story co-written by himself and Mani Ratnam, it stars Jagapathi Babu, Revathi, Urmila Matondkar in the lead roles and music composed by Sri. Upon its release, the film received positive reviews, with six state Nandi Awards, and recorded as" Super Hit" at the box office.

Question: Are director of film The Kiss Barrier and director of film Gaayam both from the same country?
Answer: no