Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman( 14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, writer, and producer who worked in film, television, theatre and radio.
Considered to be among the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of all time, Bergman's films include" Smiles of a Summer Night"( 1955)," The Seventh Seal"( 1957)," Wild Strawberries"( 1957)," Persona"( 1966)," Cries and Whispers"( 1972)," Scenes from a Marriage"( 1973), and" Fanny and Alexander"( 1982); the last two exist in extended television versions.
Bergman directed over sixty films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote.
He also directed over 170 plays.
He eventually forged a creative partnership with his cinematographers Gunnar Fischer and Sven Nykvist.
Among his company of actors were Harriet and Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow.
Most of his films were set in Sweden, and many films from" Through a Glass Darkly"( 1961) onward were filmed on the island of Fårö.
Philip French referred to Bergman as" one of the greatest artists of the 20th century ... he found in literature and the performing arts a way of both recreating and questioning the human condition."
Director Martin Scorsese commented;
" If you were alive in the 50s and the 60s and of a certain age, a teenager on your way to becoming an adult, and you wanted to make movies, I do n't see how you could n't be influenced by Bergman ... It's impossible to overestimate the effect that those films had on people."
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Harold Ramis
Harold Allen Ramis( November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, comedian, director and writer.
His best- known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in" Ghostbusters"( 1984) and" Ghostbusters II"( 1989) and Russell Ziskey in" Stripes"( 1981); he also co-wrote those films.
As a director, his films include the comedies" Caddyshack"( 1980)," National Lampoon's Vacation"( 1983)," Groundhog Day"( 1993), and" Analyze This"( 1999).
Ramis was the original head writer of the television series" SCTV", on which he also performed, as well as a co-writer of" Groundhog Day" and" National Lampoon's Animal House"( 1978).
The final film that he wrote, produced, directed, and acted in was" Year One"( 2009).
Ramis's films influenced subsequent generations of comedians comedy writers actors and singers.
Filmmakers and actors including Jay Roach, Jake Kasdan, Adam Sandler, Peter and Bobby Farrelly have cited his films as among their favorites.
Along with Danny Rubin, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for" Groundhog Day".
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Ian Barry (director)
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Autumn Sonata
Autumn Sonata is a 1978 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and starring Ingrid Bergman( in her final film role), Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman.
Its plot follows a celebrated classical pianist and her neglected daughter who meet for the first time in years, and chronicles their painful discussions of how they have hurt one another.
" Autumn Sonata" was the last of Bergman's films to be made for theatrical exhibition; all of his films made after it, even those screened in theatres, were television productions.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Groundhog Day (film)
Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Ramis and Danny Rubin.
It stars Bill Murray as Phil Connors, a TV weatherman who, during an assignment covering the annual Groundhog Day event, is caught in a time loop, repeatedly reliving the same day.
Andie MacDowell and Chris Elliott co-star.
" Groundhog Day" was a modest success on release and garnered generally positive reviews.
It later attracted critical acclaim and is often included in lists of the best comedy films.
The term" groundhog day" is now commonly used in the English language to describe a recurring situation.
In 2006, the film was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
A stage musical adaptation premiered in 2016.

Question: Do director of film Groundhog Day (Film) and director of film Autumn Sonata share the same nationality?
Answer: no