Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan (born Priyadarshan Soman Nair; 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
In a career spanning over three decades, he has directed more than 95 films in various Indian languages, predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi, while also having done six films in Tamil and two in Telugu.
Priyadarshan began his career in Malayalam cinema in the early 1980s and was active throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Towards 2000s, he moved to Bollywood (Hindi-language cinema) and remained active throughout the decade.
He has done about 26 films in Hindi alone, the highest number of films done by any Bollywood director after David Dhawan.
In 2013, he announced that "Rangrezz" would be his last Hindi film for a while and shifted focus to Malayalam cinema.
Best known for his comedy films, Priyadrshan has also experimented with some action, thriller and period films.
His collaborations with Mohanlal were highly popular in Malayalam cinema during the 1980s and 1990s, with most notable films being "Poochakkoru MookkuthiMazha Peyyunnu Maddalam KottunnuThalavattamVellanakalude NaduChithramVandanamKilukkamAbhimanyuMithunamThenmavin KombathKala Pani", and "Chandralekha".
Other Malayalam actors he frequently collaborated with are: Kuthiravattam Pappu, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Sankaradi, M.G. Soman, Thilakan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Sukumari, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Shobhana, KPAC Lalitha, Revathi, Lissy, Cochin Haneefa, Maniyanpilla Raju, Mukesh, Jagadeesh, C.I. Paul, Vineeth, Ganesh, Shankar, and Mammukoya.
Priyadarshan was one of the first directors in India to introduce rich color grading, clear sound and quality dubbing through his early Malayalam films.
He is known for adapting stories from Malayalam films into Bollywood, from his own work as well as other films.
Most notable such Bollywood films include "Hera PheriHungamaHulchulGaram MasalaBhagam BhagChup Chup KeDhol", and "Bhool Bhulaiyaa".
His multiple collaborations in Hindi include Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Pooja Batra, Amrish Puri, Johny Lever, Asrani, Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri, Tinnu Anand, Shakti Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Manoj Joshi, Sharat Saxena, Jackie Shroff, and Suniel Shetty.
In 2007, his Tamil film "Kanchivaram" won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.
In 2012, the Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award for his contribution towards the arts.
Priyadarshan has also directed many advertisement films.
His most popular commercials are for Coca-Cola, American Express, Nokia, Parker Pens, Asian Paints, Kinley and Max New York Life Insurance.
Kanchivaram
Kanchivaram is a 2008 Indian Tamil- language drama film written and directed by Priyadarshan.
The film stars Prakash Raj and Shriya Reddy in the lead roles and has the musical score by M. G. Sreekumar, cinematography by Tirru, editing by Arun Kumar, and art direction by Sabu Cyril.
The audiography was done by M. R. Rajakrishnan.
The movie depicts the pitiable state of the silk weavers in the town of Kanchipuram as they were unorganized and marginalized to live a perpetual ‘ hand- to- mouth ’ existence.
The movie depicts their struggles and ends with a comment about the cooperative movement that emerged to take care of the interests of the workers.
The film was certified by the censor board in 2007, and opened at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival on 12 September 2008.
It was also shown at the Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival in Pittsburgh.
The film eventually went on to receive Best Film and Best Actor for Prakash Raj at the 55th National Film Awards.
Priyadarshan won the Zenith Asia Award for best director for this film.
The story is set in the silk weavers' town of Kanchipuram, in post -independence India, though the film was shot mainly in Mandya( Melukote Temple) and Mysore.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer 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.
Lionel Rogosin
Lionel Rogosin( January 22, 1924, New York City, New York – December 8, 2000, Los Angeles, California) was an independent American filmmaker.
Rogosin worked in political cinema, non-fiction partisan filmmaking and docufiction, influenced by Italian neorealism and Robert Flaherty.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Out (1957 film)
Out was a short film produced by the United Nations Film Board and directed by Lionel Rogosin on the refugee situation in Austria as a result of Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
The film was conceived 28 November 1956, filming began on 3 December 1956, and the answer print was screened 4 January 1957.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.

Question: Do director of film Out (1957 Film) and director of film Kanchivaram share the same nationality?
Answer: no