Question: Aleksei Balabanov and Jean Vigo, have which occupation in common?

Context articles: Happy Days (1991 film)
Cargo 200 (film)
Jean Vigo
Brother (1997 film)
The Castle (1994 film)
War (2002 film)
Prix Jean Vigo
Aleksei Balabanov
Jean Taris, Swimming Champion
Morphine (film)

Happy Days (Russian: Счастливые дни , translit.
 Schastlivye dni) is a 1991 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksei Balabanov.
 It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
Cargo 200 (Russian: Груз 200 , "Gruz 200 " ) is a Russian thriller film from 2007 by Aleksei Balabanov depicting the late Soviet society.
 The action is set during the culmination of the Soviet war in Afghanistan in 1984.
 The movie's title "Cargo 200" refers to the zinc coffins in which dead Soviet soldiers were shipped home.
 The movie was said to be based on a true story.
Jean Vigo (] ; 26 April 1905 – 5 October 1934) was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s; he was a posthumous influence on the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Brother (Russian: Брат , translit.
 "Brat") is a 1997 Russian crime film directed by Aleksei Balabanov.
 The film stars Sergei Bodrov Jr. as Danila Bagrov, a young Russian ex-conscript.
 The character of Danila is considered by many in Russia to be an icon of the early post-Soviet period.
 It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
 After its release on VHS in June 1997, "Brother" unexpectedly became one of the most commercially successful Russian films released in the 1990s and quickly became a cult film throughout Russia.
 Due to the film's popularity and fan demand, a sequel, "Brother 2", was released in 2000.
 "Brother 2" is notable for having a significantly higher budget, more emphasis on action sequences, and taking place in Moscow and Chicago.
The Castle (Russian: Замок , "Zamok " ) is a 1994 film directed by Aleksei Balabanov.
 It is the second notable screen version of Kafka’s unfinished novel "The Castle".
 It tells of an individual desperately trying to preserve his identity while struggling against sinister and invisible bureaucrats who rule the village from inside the titular castle.
 The picture is noted for costumes/sets design in bruegelian style, it won Best Art Direction and Best Costumes at the 1994 Nika Awards.
War (Russian: Война , translit.
 "Voyna") is a 2002 Russian film by Aleksei Balabanov about the realities of the Second Chechen War starring Aleksei Chadov and Ian Kelly.
The Prix Jean Vigo is an award in the Cinema of France given annually since 1951 to a French film director in homage to Jean Vigo.
 It was founded by French writer Claude Aveline.
 Since 1960, the award is given to a director of a feature film and to a director of a short film.
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov (Russian: Алeксeй Oктябpинoвич Балабанoв ; 25 February 1959 – 18 May 2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who shot mostly arthouse pictures, but gained mainstream popularity with the crime drama Brat ("Brother") and its more action-oriented sequel, "Brat-2" ("Brother 2"), both of which starred Sergei Bodrov, Jr. as a young hitman.
 "Brother" was successful both at the box office and in video copies, achieving wide popularity in Russia.
 Later, however, Balabanov became better known for his films "Cargo 200" (2007) and "Morphine" (2008).
Jean Taris, Swimming Champion (French: Taris, roi de l'eau or La natation par Jean Taris, champion de France or Taris, champion de natation) is a 1931 French short documentary film directed by Jean Vigo, about the French swimmer Jean Taris.
 The film is notable for the many innovative techniques that Vigo uses, including close ups and freeze frames of the swimmer's body.
Morphine is a 2008 Russian film by Aleksei Balabanov.