Question: Pupi Avati and Wang Xiaoshuai, have which occupations in common?

Context articles: The House (1999 film)
Wang Xiaoshuai
The Big Heart of Girls
The Friends at the Margherita Cafe
Pupi Avati
Frozen (1997 film)
A Second Childhood
So Close to Paradise
The Hideout (film)
But When Do the Girls Get Here?

The House is a 1999 Chinese film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai.
 It is rarely, if ever, screened abroad, and remains one of Wang Xiaoshuai's least well-known works outside of China.
 It is alternatively referred to as Suburban Dreams, Fantasy Garden or Dream House.
 The film was produced by the Beijing Film Studio and the China Film Group.
 Wang Xiaoshuai himself considers it one of his most inconsequential efforts to date, to the extent that it has "sunk into oblivion."
Wang Xiaoshuai (; born May 22, 1966) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and occasional actor.
 He is commonly grouped under the loose association of filmmakers known as the "Sixth Generation" of the Cinema of China.
The Big Heart of Girls (Italian: "Il cuore grande delle ragazze" ) is a 2011 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati.
The Friends at the Margherita Cafe (Italian: "Gli amici del bar Margherita" , also known as "The Friends of Bar Margherita") is a 2009 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Pupi Avati.
Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
 He is known to horror film fans for his two masterpieces of the macabre, "The House with Laughing Windows" (1976) and "Zeder" (1983).
Frozen () is a 1997 Chinese film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai.
 The film was originally shot in 1994, but was banned by Chinese authorities and had to be smuggled out of the country.
 Moreover, Wang was operating under a blacklisting from the Chinese Film Bureau that was imposed after his previous film, "The Days", was screened internationally without government approval.
 As such, Wang was forced to use the pseudonym "Wu Ming" (literally "Anonymous") while making this film.
A Second Childhood (Italian: "Una sconfinata giovinezza" , also known as "Endless Youth") is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati.
So Close to Paradise () is a 1998 Chinese film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai, a member of Chinese cinema's so-called Sixth Generation.
 It is alternatively known by the English title Ruan's Song or by its original Chinese title, The Girl From Vietnam ().
 The film was a coproduction of the Beijing Film Studio, and Beijing Jin Die Yingshi Yishu, as such, it is Wang's first major film production within the Chinese studio system.
 The film's literal title, The Pole-Carrier and the Girl, refers to two of the main characters played by Shi Yu and Wang Tong.
The Hideout (Italian: Il nascondiglio ) is a 2007 Italian-American mystery film written and directed by Pupi Avati.
 It marked the comeback of Avati to the thrilling genre (a genre he had successfully explored decades before in films such as "The House with Laughing Windows" and "Zeder") after a series of intimate dramas and nostalgic comedies.
But When do the Girls Get Here?
 (Italian: "Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?" )
 is a 2005 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Pupi Avati.
 The film won the David di Donatello for best score.