Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Black (2005 film)
Black is a 2005 Indian Hindi- language drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and starring Rani Mukerji and Amitabh Bachchan.
" Black" revolves around a deaf- blind girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself later develops Alzheimer's disease.
The film draws inspiration from Helen Keller's life and struggle.
" Black" was a commercial success, becoming the second highest grossing Indian film worldwide in 2005 and the highest- grossing 2005 Indian film overseas.
The movie was majorly inspired or an unofficial remake of the 1962 movie" The Miracle Worker".
The film was screened at the Casablanca Film Festival and the International Film Festival of India.
It won the Filmfare Award for best film.
" Time Magazine"( Europe) selected the film as one of the 10 Best Movies of the Year 2005 from around the globe.
The movie was positioned at number five.
" Indiatimes Movies" ranks the movie amongst the" 25 Must See Bollywood Films".
The film was premiered in the Marché du Film section of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
Amitabh Bachchan received his second National Film Award for Best Actor at the 53rd National Film Awards, his fourth Filmfare Award for Best Actor and his second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance and Rani Mukerji won her second Filmfare Award for Best Actress and her second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.
A remake of this film was produced in Turkey in 2013 titled" Benim Dünyam".
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.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Sanjay Leela Bhansali( born 24 February 1963) is a Bollywood director, producer, screenwriter, and music director.
One of the most acclaimed filmmakers in Hindi cinema, Bhansali is the recipient of several awards, including five National Film Awards, eleven Filmfare Awards and a BAFTA nomination.
In 2015, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award.
Bhansali made his directorial debut with( 1996), for which he received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film.
He rose to prominence in Hindi- language cinema with the commercially successful and widely acclaimed romantic drama" Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam"( 1999), the romantic drama" Devdas"( 2002) — for which he received nomination for the Best Film Not in the English Language at British Academy of Film& Television Awards( BAFTA) — and the drama" Black"( 2005), for all of which he received multiple Best Director Awards and Best Film Awards along with additional Critics Award for Best Film for the latter at Filmfare Awards, and multiple National Film Awards for the latter two.
He followed it by directing consecutive commercially unsuccessful films such as" Saawariya"( 2007) and" Guzaarish"( 2010), however," Guzaarish" received positive reviews from critics and audiences.
This changed with his adaptation of Shakespeare's" Romeo and Juliet" — the tragic romance" Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram- Leela"( 2013) — opened to positive reviews and strong box office collections, for which he received several awards and nominations.
His home production biographical sports film" Mary Kom"( 2014), had him receive his third National Film Award.
His period dramas" Bajirao Mastani"( 2015) and" Padmaavat"( 2018) both rank among the highest- grossing Indian films of all time.
For the former, he won the National Film Award for Best Direction, as well as Filmfare Awards for Best Director and Best Film; and for the latter, he won National Film Award for Best Music Direction and Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.
He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India.
He is the founder of the production house Bhansali Productions.
Bhansali has adopted the middle name" Leela" as a tribute to his mother,
Yousry Nasrallah
Yousry Nasrallah( born 1952) is an Egyptian film director.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
The City (1999 film)
EL Madina(" La Ville") is a 1999 Egyptian French drama film directed by Yousry Nasrallah produced by Humber Balsa, Gabriel Khoury and Mariann Khoury.
Written by Nasser Abdel- Rahmane, Claire Denis and Yousry Nasrallah.

Question: Are both director of film Black (2005 Film) and director of film The City (1999 Film) from the same country?
Answer: no