The Light Thief
The Light Thief(" Svet- Ake") is a 2010 Kyrgyz drama film directed by Aktan Arym Kubat.
The film was Kyrgyzstan's submission for Best Foreign Language Film for the 83rd Academy Awards, but did not make the final shortlist.
Ian Barry (director)
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Hanro Smitsman
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Peter Levin
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Barbet Schroeder
Barbet Schroeder( born 26 August 1941) is a Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working together with directors such as Jean- Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette.
Since the late 1980s, he has directed many big budget Hollywood films, often mixing melodrama with the thriller genre in films like" Single White Female, Kiss of Death", and" Murder by Numbers".
He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, and for the Palme d' Or for his 1987 film" Barfly".
Jason Moore (director)
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Ben Cura
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Aktan Abdykalykov
Aktan Arym Kubat('; born March 26, 1957, Sokuluk District, Kyrgyzstan), also known as Aktan Abdykalykov, is a Kyrgyzstani director, screenwriter and actor.
Member of the National Film Academy of the Kyrgyzstan, acting Member of the European Film Academy, acting Member of Asia Pacific Screen Academy.
Aktan Arym Kubat has received many industry awards, including Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, Bronze Lion at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the FIPRESCI Prizes from International Federation of Film Critics, he was a participant of Un Certain Regard and Lа Quinzaine des Realisateurs at the Cannes Film Festival, Panorama section at the Berlin International Film Festival and other festivals.
Best known for the films" Beshkempir/ The Adopted SonMaimyl/ The Chimp The Light ThiefCentaur".
In 2016, Aktan Arym Kubat was recognized as one of the best directors in Asia, and Beshkempir/ The Adopted Son entered the top 100 Asian films of all time, released by the Busan International Film Festival, which conducted a survey among 73 prominent film professionals, film critics, festival executives, programmers and directors.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
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Koko: A Talking Gorilla
Koko: A Talking Gorilla is a 1978 documentary directed by Barbet Schroeder that focuses on Francine Patterson and her work with Koko, the gorilla Patterson claims to have taught to communicate with humans using symbols taken from American Sign Language.
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.

Question: Are both director of film Koko: A Talking Gorilla and director of film The Light Thief from the same country?
Answer: no