Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini( born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan- American novelist and physician.
After graduating from college, he worked as a doctor in California, a predicament that he likened to" an arranged marriage."
He has published three novels, most notably his 2003 debut" The Kite Runner", all of which are at least partially set in Afghanistan and feature an Afghan as the protagonist.
Following the success of" The Kite Runner" he retired from medicine to write full- time.
Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan.
His father worked as a diplomat, and when Hosseini was 11 years old, the family moved to France; four years later, they applied for asylum in the United States, where he later became a citizen.
Hosseini did not return to Afghanistan until 2001 at the age of 36, where he" felt like a tourist in[ his] own country".
In interviews about the experience, he admitted to sometimes feeling survivor's guilt for having been able to leave the country before the Soviet invasion and subsequent wars.
All three of his novels became bestsellers:" The Kite Runner"( 2003) spent 101 weeks on" The New York Times" Best Seller list, four of them at number one.
" A Thousand Splendid Suns"( 2007) was a" Times" Best Seller for 103 weeks, 15 at number one.
" And the Mountains Echoed"( 2013) debuted near the top of the" Times" list and remained on it for 33 weeks until January 2014.
Latif Ahmadi
Abdul Latif Ahmadi is an Afghan film director.
He is the president of Afghan Film, the state- run Afghan film company.
As the head of Afghan Film, he has been credited with assisting many of the recent films being produced in Afghanistan such as Buzkashi Boys, The Black Tulip( 2010 film) and The Kite Runner( film) as well as traveling around the world to introduce Afghan cinema to various audiences.
Ki Hong Lee
Ki Hong Lee( born September 30, 1986) is a Korean- American actor and voice actor.
He is best known for his roles in the" Maze Runner" film series and the Netflix sitcom" Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt".
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu( 13 April 1930 – 3 January 2013) was a Romanian film director, actor and politician.
He was best known for his historical films, such as" Mihai Viteazul"( 1970, released in English both under the equivalent title" Michael the Brave" and also as" The Last CrusadeDacii"( 1966," Les GuerriersRazboiul Independenței"( 1977," War of Independence"), as well as for his series of thrillers that take place in the interwar Kingdom of Romania, such as" Un comisar acuză"( 1973," A Police Inspector Calls").
Joanna Pacuła starred in his film" Ultima noapte de dragoste The Last Night of Love") in 1979 before eventually emigrating to the U.S. where he went on to a very successful career.
Marc Forster
Marc Forster( born 30 November 1969) is a German- born Swiss filmmaker, best known for directing the feature films" Monster's BallFinding NeverlandStranger than Fiction The Kite RunnerQuantum of SolaceWorld War Z", and" Christopher Robin", as well as numerous television commercials.
He is a BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award nominee.
Accident (1976 film)
Accident is a 1976 Romanian thriller film directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu.
Sampurna Lahiri
Sampurna Lahiri is a Bengali film and television actress.
She made her big screen debut in the year 2012 film" Goray Gondogol".
In the same year she acted in the films Accident and" Paanch Adhyay".
The Kite Runner (film)
The Kite Runner is a 2007 American drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Benioff and based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini.
It tells the story of Amir, a well- to- do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant.
The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet military intervention, the mass exodus of Afghan refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.
Though most of the film is set in Afghanistan, these parts were mostly shot in Kashgar, China, due to the dangers of filming in Afghanistan at the time.
The majority of the film's dialogue is in Dari, with the remainder spoken in English and a few short scenes in Urdu.
The child actors are native speakers, but several adult actors had to learn Dari.
Filming wrapped up on December 21, 2006, and the film was expected to be released on November 2, 2007.
However, after concern for the safety of the young actors in the film due to fears of violent reprisals to the sexual nature of some scenes in which they appear, its release date was pushed back six weeks to December 14, 2007.
Made on a budget of$ 20 million, the film earned$ 73.2 million worldwide.
The film received generally positive reviews from critics, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2007.
The film's score by Alberto Iglesias was nominated for Best Original Score at the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards.
Shaun Toub
Shaun Toub( born April 6, 1963) is an Iranian- born American actor.
He is best known for his roles as Yinsen in" Iron Man"( 2008) and" Iron Man 3"( 2013), Farhad in" Crash"( 2004), Rahim Khan in" The Kite Runner"( 2007), and Majid Javadi in the Showtime TV series" Homeland".
Ben Turner (actor)
Ben Turner( born 3 February 1980) is a British Iranian actor, most notable for his roles as nurse Jay Faldren on BBC's" Casualty", the lead role of Amir in multiple stage adaptations of" The Kite Runner", and as Louis XV in" Doctor Who".

Question: Do both directors of films Accident (1976 Film) and The Kite Runner (Film) share the same nationality?
Answer: no