Luc Picard
Luc Picard( born 24 September 1961) is a French Canadian actor, director and comedian.
He was born on September 24, 1961 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada.
He has played numerous characters in diverse roles.
An intense actor with piercing eyes and a nervous smile, Picard trained at the Conservatoire d’ Art Dramatique in Montreal and quickly became a favourite with Quebec audiences with his frequent appearances on television.
During the 1990s, he slowly developed as a film star with character roles in a variety films, especially those by Pierre Falardeau.
In 2002, Picard scored a double triumph with a Genie Award for his performance as the psychotic cult leader in" Savage Messiah" and a Prix Jutra for" The Collector", directed by Jean Beaudin.
In 2005 he directed his first feature," Audition", which was followed by" Babine" in 2008," Ésimésac" in 2012," 9" in 2016 and" Cross My Heart( Les Rois mongols)" in 2017.
He is most commonly known for his portrayal of the infamous Michel Chartrand in the biographical TV series" Simmone et Chartrand", where he was nominated for Gemini Awards.
His acting film credits also include" A Sunday in Kigali( Un dimanche a Kigali) Cap Tourmente The Woman Who Drinks( La Femme qui boit)
The Last Breath( Le Dernier souffle) Night SongIsla Blanca" and" Bad Seeds( Les Mauvaises herbes)".
He was formerly married to actress Isabel Richer, until they announced their split in 2013.
Charles K. Gifford
Charles K. Gifford is an American banker and businessman.
He is the chairman emeritus of Bank of America having served on its board of directors from 2004 to 2016.
AE: Apocalypse Earth
AE: Apocalypse Earth is a 2013 American science fiction film produced by The Asylum and directed by Thunder Levin, starring Adrian Paul and Richard Grieco.
It a mockbuster of" After Earth" and" Oblivion".
Sara King
Sara J. King( born 1982) is an Alaskan Fantasy writer residing in the Alaska Bush.
She is currently working on her 11th novel, part of the" After Earth" series
After Earth
After Earth is a 2013 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who co-wrote it with Gary Whitta, based on an original story idea by Will Smith.
It is the second film after" The Pursuit of Happyness" that stars real- life father and son Will and Jaden Smith; Will Smith also produced via his company Overbrook Entertainment, and the distribution was by Columbia Pictures.
The film takes place in the 31st century, when the Earth has long been abandoned and humans have been in conflict with a mysterious alien race.
It tells the story of a high- ranking general in the peacekeeping organization Ranger Corps, and his son, who, after an incident during a spaceflight, find themselves fighting for survival on a hostile planet( which is Earth itself).
The film was released in IMAX on May 31, 2013.
Upon release," After Earth" was panned by film critics; its acting was criticized as melodramatic, and the writing and storytelling were also singled out for mainstream criticism.
It grossed$ 243 million worldwide against a net production budget of$ 130 million.
This film and Shyamalan's previous film" The Last Airbender" are most commonly considered to be the lowest point of his directorial career, which had been in progressive decline after he had directed a series of critically panned films.
Ésimésac
Ésimésac is a Canadian fantasy drama film, directed by Luc Picard and released in 2012.
Although an unofficial sequel to the 2008 film" Babine", unlike the earlier film" Ésimésac" was not directly based on Fred Pellerin's previously published stories; instead, the film's screenplay placed some of Pellerin's established characters in a new original story.
The film stars Nicola- Frank Vachon as Ésimésac Gélinas, a young but physically strong man whose distinguishing trait is that he does not cast a shadow.
He convinces the village of Saint- Élie- de- Caxton to plant and maintain a community garden after an economic crisis has left many of the townspeople hungry, but finds himself in conflict with village blacksmith Riopel's( Gildor Roy) plan to focus on building tracks for a railroad.
The film's cast also includes Picard as Toussaint Brodeur, Sophie Nélisse as Marie Gélinas, Marie- Chantal Perron as Jeannette Brodeur, Marie Brassard as Madame Gélinas, Maude Laurendeau as Lurette Riopelle, René Richard Cyr as Méo Bellemare, Alain Sauvage as Le Curé Flambant, Isabel Richer as the Witch, and Denis Trudel as Hubert.
The film received five Prix Jutra nominations at the 13th Prix Jutra in 2013, for Best Supporting Actor( Roy), Best Makeup( Kathryn Casault), Best Costume Design( Carmen Alie), Best Score( Michel Corriveau) and Best Hairstyling( Denis Parent).
Alie won the award for costume design.
M. Night Shyamalan
Manoj Nelliyattu" M. Night" Shyamalan( born August 6, 1970) is an American filmmaker and actor.
He is known for making films with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings.
He was born in Mahé, Puducherry, India, and raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania.
The cumulative gross of his films exceeds$ 3 billion globally.
He made his directorial debut in 1992 with his first movie" Praying with Anger".
His second movie was the comedy- drama film" Wide Awake"( 1998).
His most well- received films include the supernatural thriller" The Sixth Sense"( 1999), the superhero thriller" Unbreakable"( 2000), the science fiction thriller" Signs"( 2002) and the period- piece thriller" The Village"( 2004).
For" The Sixth Sense", Shyamalan received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Afterward, Shyamalan released a series of poorly received but sometimes financially successful movies, including the dark fantasy" Lady in the Water"( 2006), the eco- thriller" The Happening"( 2008)," The Last Airbender"( 2010)( an adaptation of the animated television series), and the science fiction film" After Earth"( 2013).
Following the financial failure of" After Earth," Shyamalan's career was revived with the release of the found footage horror film" The Visit"( 2015), the psychological thriller" Split"( 2016), and continued with the superhero thriller" Glass"( 2019), with these three made for a combined total of$ 34 million, while earning a combined box office of$ 625 million.
" Glass" is the third and final chapter of his" Unbreakable" film series.
In addition to his directorial work, Shyamalan was a producer for the horror film" Devil"( 2010).
Shyamalan was also called in for an uncredited rewrite for the teen film" She's All That"( 1999) and also served as a writer for the film" Stuart Little"( 1999).
Shyamalan is also known for filming and setting his films in and outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Most of his commercially successful films were co-produced and released by Walt Disney Studios' Touchstone and Hollywood film imprints.
In 2008, Shyamalan was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India.
William Henry (actor)
William Albert Henry( November 10, 1914 – August 10, 1982) was an American actor who worked in both films and television.
Jaden Smith
Jaden Christopher Syre Smith( born July 8, 1998) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor.
He is the son of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith.
Jaden Smith's first movie role was with his father in the 2006 film" The Pursuit of Happyness".
He also acted in the 2008 remake of" The Day the Earth Stood Still" and the 2010 remake of" The Karate Kid", and was in the 2013 film" After Earth" with his father.
Following the critical panning of" After Earth", Smith distanced himself from acting and the film industry, deciding to focus on music instead.
He released" CTV2", his second mixtape, in November 2014.
Following a three- year work effort, he released his debut studio album," Syre", on November 17, 2017.
His second studio album," Erys", was released on July 5, 2019.
Smith has returned to acting, acting in the two part Netflix original" The Get Down" and a voice acting role in the Netflix original anime," Neo Yokio".
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.

Question: Do both films: After Earth and Ésimésac have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no