Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
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.
Nanni Loy
Nanni Loy( born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director.
Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solinas.
Loy was born in Cagliari, Sardinia: his father was Guglielmo Loy- Donà, a lawyer issue from a distinguished Sardinian- Venetian family, and his mother was the noblewoman Donna Anna Sanjust of the Marquesses of Neoneli.
Rosetta Loy, an Italian novelist, is his sister- in- law.
He became famous for introducing in Italy the candid camera with his show" Specchio segreto"( Secret mirror) in 1965.
His 1962 film" The Four Days of Naples" was nominated for two Academy Awards.
It also won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival in 1963.
His 1971 film" Detenuto in attesa di giudizio" was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.
The star, Alberto Sordi, won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award.
He specialized in comedy films such as" Padre di famiglia" but he also shot film dealing with social themes(" Detenuto in attesa di giudizio" and" Sistemo l' America e torno").
Loy died at Fregene, near Rome, in 1995.
Passion (2012 film)
Passion is a 2012 erotic thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma, starring Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace.
It is an English- language remake of Alain Corneau's 2010 thriller film" Love Crime", but with the ending greatly altered.
The film is an international co-production between France and Germany.
The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.
The Four Days of Naples (film)
The Four Days of Naples is a 1962 Italian film, directed by Nanni Loy and set during the uprising which gives its name.
It stars Regina Bianchi, Aldo Giuffrè, Lea Massari, Jean Sorel, Franco Sportelli, Charles Belmont, Gian Maria Volonté and Frank Wolff.
The film won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Director, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Writing Original Screenplay, and a BAFTA Award for Best Film.
At the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival in 1963, the film was awarded with the FIPRESCI Prize.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.

Question: Are both director of film The Four Days of Naples (film) and director of film Passion (2012 film) from the same country?
Answer: no