Brian De Palma
Brian Russell De Palma( born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and screenwriter.
With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for his work in the suspense, psychological thriller, and crime drama genres.
His prominent films include mainstream box office hits such as" Carrie"( 1976)," Dressed to Kill"( 1980)," Scarface"( 1983)," The Untouchables"( 1987), and( 1996), as well as cult favorites such as" Sisters"( 1973)," Blow Out"( 1981)," Body Double"( 1984)," Casualties of War"( 1989)," Carlito's Way"( 1993), and" Femme Fatale"( 2002).
De Palma is often cited as a leading member of the New Hollywood generation of film directors.
His directing style often makes use of quotations from other films or cinematic styles, and bears the influence of filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock and Jean- Luc Godard.
His films have frequently garnered controversy for their violence and sexual content, but have also been championed by prominent critics such as Roger Ebert and Pauline Kael.
William Bowman (director)
William J. Bowman( sometimes cited William J. Bauman; February 27, 1884 – January 1, 1960) was an American stage and film actor, writer, and director noted for his work in the early 1900s on silent productions for studios in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, and in Los Angeles during the first decade of filmmaking in and around Hollywood.
His direction of a series of films with matinee idol Francis X. Bushman in 1915 and his direction of the serials" The Invisible Hand" in 1920 and" The Avenging Arrow" in 1921 form only a small part of Bowman's extensive filmography.
William J. Bowman's surname in some silent- era film reviews and news items, as well in some modern references on American film history, is occasionally misidentified or also cited as William J." Bauman."
It is significant that in the extensive" Studio Directory" published by the trade magazine" Motion Picture News" in January and October 1916 no" William J. Baumen" is mentioned among more than 2,000" authorized" biographies of actors, actresses, directors, writers, technicians, executives, and" Other Members of the Film Industry."
Only William J. Bowman, as a director, is profiled.
The lack of any reference to a William J. Bauman in the editions of that directory, the absence of even a basic profile on him in earlier or later film- industry publications, and the attribution of credits to both men for the same films—such as" The Starbucks The Beautiful Unknown", and" The Terror of the Fold" —indicate that Bowman and Bauman were actually the same person.
Paula (1952 film)
Paula( reissued as The Silent Voice) is a 1952 American film noir drama film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Loretta Young.
Scarface (1983 film)
Scarface is a 1983 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone.
It is a remake of the 1932 film and tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana( Al Pacino) who arrives in 1980s Miami with nothing and rises to become a powerful drug lord.
The cast also features Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
Pacino became interested in a remake of the 1932 version after seeing it, and he and producer Martin Bregman began to develop it.
Sidney Lumet was initially hired to direct the film but was replaced by De Palma, who hired Stone to write the script.
Filming took place from November 1982 to May 1983.
The film was shot in Louisville and in Los Angeles.
The film's soundtrack was composed by Giorgio Moroder.
De Palma dedicated this version of" Scarface" after the writers of the original, Howard Hawks and Ben Hecht.
" Scarface" was released on December 9, 1983 and grossed$ 44 million at the domestic box office and$ 65.9 million worldwide.
Initial critical reception was negative due to excessive violence, profanity, and graphic drug usage.
Some Cuban expatriates in Miami objected to the film's portrayal of Cubans as criminals and drug traffickers.
In the years that followed, however, critics have reappraised it, and it is now considered by some to be one of the best films in the crime genre, and one of the greatest remakes ever.
Screenwriters and directors such as Martin Scorsese have praised the film, and it has been referenced extensively in pop culture, especially in hip hop music as well as comic books, television programs, and video games, although over the years, the film has been regarded as a cult film.
The Silent Voice (film)
The Silent Voice is a six- reel silent film melodrama produced in 1915 by Quality Pictures and distributed by Metro Pictures.
The motion picture was directed by William J. Bowman and was adapted from the Jules Eckert Goodman play" The Silent Voice" by I. K. Freedman and Eve Unsell.
Goodman ’s play, that originally starred Otis Skinner, was based on the Gouverneur Morris short story," The Man Who Played God" which also served as the geneses for the 1932 film" The Man Who Played God" and the 1955 Liberace vehicle," Sincerely Yours".
" The Silent Voice" was released on September 13, 1915 with Francis X. Bushman and Marguerite Snow in the principal roles.
Ironmaster (film)
Ironmaster is a 1983 film directed by Umberto Lenzi.
Pasha D. Lychnikoff
Pavel Dmitrievich Lychnikov( born 16 February 1967) is a Russian- American television, voice, film and theatre actor, who lives and works in the United States.
Indrek Taalmaa
Indrek Taalmaa( born 9 July 1967) is an Estonian stage, television, voice, film actor, and theatre director whose career began in the early 1990s.
Ferdinando Scarfiotti
Ferdinando Scarfiotti( 6 March 1941 – 30 April 1994) was an Italian art director and production designer.
After graduating in architecture at the University of Rome, he was approached by Luchino Visconti, who asked him to design his stage production of La Traviata for the 1963 Spoleto Festival.
After working in opera theatre for over a decade, director Bernardo Bertolucci asked Scarfiotti to work with him on the film" The Conformist".
In 1980 he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked on a number of films, including" American Gigolo"( 1979)," Cat People"( 1982) and" Scarface"( 1983).
Scarfiotti won a Bafta for Visconti's" Death in Venice" in 1971 and an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film" The Last Emperor" in 1987.
Wade Boteler
Wade Boteler( October 3, 1888 – May 7, 1943) was an American film actor and writer.
He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943.
He was born in Santa Ana, California, and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.
On Broadway, Boteler appeared in the play" The Silent Voice"( 1914).

Question: Do both directors of films The Silent Voice (Film) and Scarface (1983 Film) have the same nationality?
Answer: yes