Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Hideaway (1995 film)
Hideaway is a 1995 American horror film directed by Brett Leonard.
It is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, and stars Jeff Goldblum, Alicia Silverstone, Christine Lahti, Jeremy Sisto, Alfred Molina and Rae Dawn Chong.
In the film, Goldblum plays a man who dies in a car accident, only to be revived two hours later.
After being revived, he experiences frightening visions.
He begins to understand that he has become psychically connected to a serial killer, and that by cutting himself, he can actually induce the visions and see through the killer's eyes.
However, the vision works both ways, and the killer can also see through his eyes.
Birmingham band Godflesh make a cameo appearance during one of the film's scenes.
Critical reception was largely negative, and" Hideaway" was not a financial success.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
The Four Just Men (1939 film)
The Four Just Men, also known as The Secret Four, is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Edward Chapman and Frank Lawton.
It is based on the novel" The Four Just Men" by Edgar Wallace.
There was a previous silent film version in 1921.
This version was produced by Ealing Studios, with sets designed by Wilfred Shingleton.
" The Four Just Men" was re-released in 1944 with an updated ending featuring newsreel of Winston Churchill and the Allied war effort as a fulfilment of the ideals of the Four.
The adviser on the House of Commons of the United Kingdom scenes was Aneurin Bevan.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Brett Leonard
Brett Leonard( born May 14, 1959) is an American film director, producer and music video director specializing in the science fiction and horror genres.
A few of his films such as" The Lawnmower Man"( 1992) and" Virtuosity"( 1995) feature groundbreaking computer animation and visual effects.
" The Lawnmower Man" is considered the first, seminal film to feature" virtual reality" as a cautionary tale becoming the number one commercially successful independent film of 1992, budgeted at just under$ 6 million and eventually earning over$ 150 million worldwide.
" Virtuosity" became the first major film to feature nanotechnology set in a cyberpunk- based future with Brett Leonard casting Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington together, a full 12 years before they would again co-star in" American Gangster".
The Four Just Men (1921 film)
The Four Just Men is a 1921 British silent crime film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Cecil Humphreys, Teddy Arundell and Charles Croker- King.
It was based on the 1904 novel" The Four Just Men" by Edgar Wallace.
The film still survives unlike many other silent films of the era which are now considered lost.
It s plot concerns four vigilantes who seek revenge for the public against criminals.
George Ridgwell
George Ridgwell( 1867–1935) was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era.
His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell.
He was born in Woolwich in 1867.
He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories featuring Eille Norwood as Holmes.
His last film was" Lily of Killarney" in 1929.
He died in Hampstead in 1935.
He was the father of the actress Audrey Ridgewell.
His early career was as an army musician( sergeant, band of the Coldstream Guards) and on the stage( he created the role of Abdallah in Sullivan's' Rose of Persia' and was a member of The D'Oyly Carte Touring Opera Company for a season playing lead baritone roles).
He also composed light music numbers and lyrics.
He was educated at the Royal Military Asylum, later the Duke of York's Royal Military School( a school history is the source of this information.
Also see G&S Archive).

Question: Are director of film The Four Just Men (1921 Film) and director of film Hideaway (1995 Film) both from the same country?
Answer: no