The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942 film)
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a 1942 American comedy film directed by William Keighley, and starring Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan and Monty Woolley as the title character.
The screenplay by Julius and Philip G. Epstein is based on the 1939 play" The Man Who Came to Dinner" by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.
The supporting cast features Jimmy Durante and Billie Burke.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Nandita Das
Nandita Das( born 1969) is an Indian actor and director.
She has acted in over 40 feature films in ten different languages.
Das won accolades for numerous performances, including in" Fire"( 1996)," Earth"( 1998)," Bawandar"( 2000)," Kannathil Muthamittal"( 2002)," Azhagi"( 2002)" Kamli"( 2006), and" Before The Rains"( 2007).
Her directorial debut" Firaaq"( 2008), premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and traveled to more than 50 festivals, winning more than 20 awards.
Her second film as a director was" Manto"( 2018).
Based on the life of 20th Century Indo- Pakistani short story writer Sadat Hasan Manto, the film was screened at Cannes Film Festival in the" Un Certain Regard" section.
In September 2019, Das produced a two- minute Public Service Announcement music video India's Got Colour.
The music video is about the issue of colourism and urges the audience to celebrate India's diversity of skin colour.
Das has served twice on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2005, she served on the main competition jury alongside Fatih Akin, Javier Bardem, Salma Hayek, Benoît Jacquot, Emir Kusturica, Toni Morrison, Agnès Varda, and John Woo.
In 2013, she served on the Cinéfondation and short films jury with Jane Campion, Maji -da Abdi, Nicoletta Braschi, and Semih Kaplanoğlu.
In 2011, she was made Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres( Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Government, one of the nation's highest civilian awards.
She was commended for her" contribution towards the development of Indo- French cooperation in the field of cinema."
In 2009, France released a stamp featuring Das, from artist's project" Women of the World."
Das was the first Indian inducted into the International Hall of Fame of the International Women's Forum in Washington, DC.
She was recognized in 2011 for" her sustained contributions to the arts and to the world as one of the most gripping cinema arts leaders of our time."
Her fellow inductees were Anna Fendi, Heidi Klum, and Madam Chen Zhili.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Firaaq
Firaaq( English:" Separation") is a 2008 Hindi political thriller film set one month after the 2002 violence in Gujarat, India and looks at the aftermath in its effects on the lives of everyday people.
It claims to be based on" a thousand true stories Firaaq" means both separation and quest in Arabic.
The film is the directorial debut of actress Nandita Das and stars Naseeruddin Shah, Deepti Naval, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Inaamulhaq, Nassar( actor), Paresh Rawal, Sanjay Suri, Raghubir Yadav, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash and Tisca Chopra.
It has largely been well received locally and internationally.
" Firaaq" won three awards at the Asian Festival of First Films in Singapore in December 2008, the Special Prize at the International Thessaloniki Film Festival, and an award at the Kara Film Festival in Pakistan.
It won two National Film Awards at 56th National Film Awards.
William Keighley
William Jackson Keighley( August 4, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – June 24, 1984, New York, New York) was an American stage actor and Hollywood film director.
After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of 23.
By the 1910s and 1920s, he was acting and directing on Broadway.
With the advent of talking pictures, he relocated to Hollywood.
He eventually signed with Warner Bros., where he proved adept at directing in a wide variety of genres.
He was the initial director of" The Adventures of Robin Hood", starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, but was replaced by Michael Curtiz.
During World War II, he supervised the First Motion Picture Unit of the U.S. Army Air Forces.
He retired in 1953 and moved to Paris with his actress wife Genevieve Tobin.
In retirement he became an award- winning, renowned still photographer.
He died of a stroke.
Shuchi Kothari
Shuchi Kothari is a New Zealand- based Indian scriptwriter and producer.
She is the co-writer of the film Firaaq.
Born in Ahmedabad, Kothari studied writing at the University of Texas before moving to New Zealand in 1997.
Critics ’ Award for Best Film: Firaaq
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Monty Woolley
Edgar Montilion" Monty" Woolley( August 17, 1888 May 6, 1963) was an American actor.
At the age of 50, he achieved a measure of stardom for his best- known role in the 1939 stage play" The Man Who Came to Dinner" and its 1942 film adaptation.
His distinctive white beard was his trademark and he was affectionately known as" The Beard."

Question: Are both director of film Firaaq and director of film The Man Who Came To Dinner (1942 Film) from the same country?
Answer: no