Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
La vida por delante
La vida por delante is a 1958 Spanish comedy film starring and written and directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez.
The film enjoyed enough success to inspire a sequel," La vida alrededor", released in 1959.
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) better known as Fernando Fernán-Gómez was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director and member of the Royal Spanish Academy for seven years.
He was born in Argentina while his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour in Latin America.
He would later use her surname for his stage name when he moved to Spain in 1924.
After the Spanish Civil War he began to study law but interrupted his studies to work in theater.
In 1942 he began to act in movies but also continued working on plays.
He formed his own theater company and received awards for directing and writing.
In the 1950s he began to direct movies, including the film of his novel, "El viaje a ninguna parte".
He received praise for his 1958 comedy "La vida por delante", which led to a sequel, "La vida alrededor".
In 1977, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in "The Anchorite".
He won the award again at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival in 1985 for his role in "Stico" and finally the Honorary Golden Bear at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival in 2005.
Having been very much in demand during the 1970s and 1980s, the 1990s was a less active period for him, but towards the end of his life, he enjoyed something of a revival, featuring in three major projects: "Todo sobre mi madrePlenilunio", and a starring role in the hit "La lengua de las mariposas".
He married María Dolores Pradera in 1945; they divorced in 1959.
He married Emma Cohen in 2000.
Fernando Fernán Gómez died in Madrid on 21 November 2007 from a heart failure.
As he was a lifelong anarchist, his coffin was covered in a black and red anarchist flag.
Peter Levin
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Ian Barry (director)
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Gigolette (1937 film)
Gigolette is a 1937 French drama film directed by Yvan Noé and starring Florelle, Gabriel Gabrio and Rosine Deréan.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Douarinou.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
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Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Yvan Noé
Yvan Noé( 1895–1963) was a French playwright, screenwriter and film director.
He was married to the actress Pierrette Caillol who sometimes performed alongside him.
La vida alrededor
La vida alrededor is a 1959 Spanish comedy film written, starred and directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez.
The movie follows" La vida por delante" made by the same crew in 1958.
The film is a satire about the years where housing was scarce and jobs were even scarcer, quite a contrast with the present Spain where life is easier than during the hard years when Franco ruled with an iron fist.
Mr. Fernan Gomez plays Antonio, a lawyer who was not a good student and has to resort to schemes to eke a living for himself and the wife.

Question: Do director of film Gigolette (1937 Film) and director of film La Vida Alrededor have the same nationality?
Answer: no