Desreta Jackson
Desreta Jackson( born April 19, 1971) is a Virgin Islander actress, producer and entrepreneur.
She is best known for her role as Young Celie in the movie" The Color Purple".
John Ferrone
John Robert Ferrone( August 14, 1924 – April 10, 2016) was an American book editor.
He edited" The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty" and" The Color Purple".
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg( born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.
He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history.
Spielberg started in Hollywood directing television and several minor theatrical releases.
He became a household name as the director of" Jaws"( 1975), which was critically and commercially successful and is considered the first summer blockbuster.
His subsequent releases focused typically on science fiction/ adventure films such as" Close Encounters of the Third Kind"( 1977)," Raiders of the Lost Ark"( 1981)," E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial"( 1982), and" Jurassic Park"( 1993), which became archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking.
Spielberg transitioned into addressing serious issues in his later work with" The Color Purple"( 1985)," Empire of the Sun"( 1987)," Schindler's List"( 1993)," Amistad"( 1997), and" Saving Private Ryan"( 1998).
He has largely adhered to this practice during the 21st century, with" Munich"( 2005)," Lincoln"( 2012)," Bridge of Spies"( 2015), and" The Post"( 2017).
He co-founded Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Studios, where he has also served as a producer or executive producer for several successful film trilogies, tetralogies and more including the" GremlinsBack to the FutureMen in Black", and the" Transformers" series.
He later transitioned into producing several games within the video game industry.
Spielberg is one of the American film industry's most critically successful filmmakers, with praise for his directing talent and versatility, and he has won the Academy Award for Best Director twice.
Some of his movies are also among the highest- grossing movies of all- time, while his total work makes him the highest- grossing film director in history.
His net worth is estimated to be more than$ 3 billion.
Jack Hayes (composer)
Jack J. Hayes( February 8, 1919 – August 24, 2011) was an American composer and orchestrator.
He was twice nominated for an Academy Award, for" The Unsinkable Molly Brown" in 1964 and for" The Color Purple" in 1985.
Eran Kolirin
Eran Kolirin( Hebrew: ערן קולירין)( born 4 November 1973) is an Israeli screenwriter and film director.
In 2004 he directed the feature- length television drama" The Long Journey".
His cinema directorial debut," The Band's Visit"( 2007), was a critical success, winning eight Awards of the Israeli Film Academy and prizes at several international film festivals.
Kolirin himself won the Israeli Film Academy's awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay.
His second film," The Exchange", was in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September 2011.
His next film" Beyond the Mountains and Hills" was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
It was screened in film festivals around world, winning several awards, including Best Feature Film at the 2016 UK Jewish Film Festival.
The Color Purple (film)
The Color Purple is a 1985 American coming- of- age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg with a screenplay by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize- winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker.
It was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, and was a change from the summer blockbusters for which he had become famous.
The film was also the first feature- length film directed by Spielberg for which John Williams did not compose the music.
The film stars Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Desreta Jackson, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey, Rae Dawn Chong, Willard Pugh, and Adolph Caesar in one of his final film roles.
Filmed in Anson and Union counties in North Carolina, the film tells the story of a young African American girl named Celie Harris and shows the problems African American women faced during the early 20th century, including domestic violence, incest, pedophilia, poverty, racism, and sexism.
Celie is transformed as she finds her self- worth through the help of two strong female companions.
The film was a box office success, raising$ 142 million from a budget of$ 15 million.
The film received positive reviews from critics, receiving praise for its acting, direction, screenplay, score, and production merits; but it was also criticized by some critics for being" over- sentimental" and" stereotypical."
The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, without winning any; it also received four Golden Globe Award nominations, with Whoopi Goldberg winning Best Actress in a Drama.
Steven Spielberg did n't receive an Academy Award nomination for his directing, but did receive a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and a Golden Globe nomination.
The film was later included in Roger Ebert's book series" The Great Movies".
The Band's Visit
The Band's Visit (Hebrew: ביקור התזמורת - "Bikur Ha-Tizmoret") is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed and written by Eran Kolirin, and starring Saleh Bakri, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai and Uri Gavriel.
It is an international co-production between Israel, France and the United States.
The film received acclaim from critics and audiences.
It won eight Ophir Prizes awarded by the Israeli Film Academy.
It was Israel's original Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences because it contained over 50% English dialogue.
Thus, Israel sent "Beaufort" instead; "Beaufort" was eventually included in the five final nominees.
LaChanze
Rhonda LaChanze
Sapp, known professionally as LaChanze(/ ləʃɑnz/; born December 16, 1961) is an American actress, singer, and dancer.
She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical in 2006 for her role in" The Color Purple".
Leonard Jackson (actor)
Leonard Jackson( February 7, 1928 – December 22, 2013) was an African American stage, film, and television actor, perhaps most widely known for his roles in several PBS television series for children as well as his roles in films such as" The Brother from Another Planet Car Wash", and" The Color Purple".
Akosua Busia
Akosua Gyamama Busia( born 30 December 1966) is a Ghanaian actress, film director, author and songwriter who lives in the EU.
She is best known for her role as Nettie Harris in the 1985 film" The Color Purple" alongside Whoopi Goldberg.

Question: Do both films The Band's Visit and The Color Purple (film) have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no