Question: Who was the director of the American romantic comedy film for Columbia Pictures in which Grant Thomson was appeared?

Context articles: The Ugly Truth
Made of Honor
13 Going on 30
Her Husband's Affairs
Grant Thomson
More Than a Secretary
The Tourist (2010 film)
Ed's Next Move
Cross-Country Romance
Hitch (film)

The Ugly Truth is a 2009 American romantic comedy film starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler.
 The film was released in North America on July 24, 2009 by Columbia Pictures.
Made of Honor (Made of Honour in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and Australia) is a 2008 American romantic comedy film directed by Paul Weiland and written by Adam Sztykiel, Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont.
 The film stars Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan and Sydney Pollack, in his final screen appearance prior to his death less than a month after the film's release.
13 Going on 30 (released as Suddenly 30 in some countries) is a 2004 American romantic comedy fantasy film written by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa and directed by Gary Winick.
 Starring Jennifer Garner, the film was produced by Revolution Studios for Columbia Pictures, and was released on April 23, 2004.
 It follows a 13-year-old girl who dreams of being popular.
 During her birthday party, she is humiliated by classmates and wishes that she was thirty years old.
 When she eventually does emerge, she finds herself five days shy of her 30th birthday, uncertain to how she got there.
Her Husband's Affairs is a 1947 American romantic comedy film, directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Columbia Pictures.
 It stars Lucille Ball, Franchot Tone, and Edward Everett Horton .
Grant Thomson is a Scottish actor who is perhaps most well known for his roles in Still Game for BBC Scotland, bear hugging David Beckham in the Sky Sports advert for the 2016/17 Premier League football season, and appearing in Made of Honor for Columbia Pictures.
More Than a Secretary is a 1936 American romantic comedy film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Alfred E. Green, and written by Dale Van Every and Lynn Starling.
 The story was adapted by Ethel Hill and Aben Kandel, based on the magazine story "Safari in Manhattan" by Matt Taylor.
 It tells the story of a health magazine secretary who is in love with her boss.
The Tourist is a 2010 American romantic comedy thriller film co-written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and starring Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, and Timothy Dalton.
 It is based on the screenplay for "Anthony Zimmer".
 GK Films financed and produced the film, with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions releasing it in most countries through Columbia Pictures.
 The $100 million budget film went on to gross $278 million at the worldwide box office.
Ed's Next Move is a 1996 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John C. Walsh.
 It stars Matt Ross and Callie Thorne.
 A micro-budget romantic comedy about a transplanted Midwesterner adapting to life in New York's East Village, the film appeared at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival where it received critical praise and was picked up by Orion Classics for theatrical release.
 The LA Times' Kenneth Turan called the movie "one of the most appealing, audience friendly films at Sundance," while Roger Ebert referred to the film as "a truth telling comedy with quiet wit and bright dialogue. "
 Sight & Sound called it "a perfectly formed romantic comedy."
Cross-Country Romance is a 1940 American romantic comedy film starring Gene Raymond and Wendy Barrie.
 With the huge success of "It Happened One Night", the 1934 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra and starring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, every studio in Hollywood attempted to cash in with a similar storyline.
 In addition to this film, there was also "Love on the Run" (1936) from MGM, "The Bride Came C.O.D." (1941) by Warner Bros.; even Columbia Pictures, which had made "It Happened One Night", produced the musical remake "Eve Knew Her Apples" (1945).
Hitch is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and starring Will Smith.
 The film, which was written by Kevin Bisch, co-stars Eva Mendes, Kevin James, and Amber Valletta.
 Smith plays the main fictional character of the film, Alex "Hitch" Hitchens, who is a professional dating consultant who makes a living teaching men how to woo women.
 The film was released on February 11, 2005 by Columbia Pictures.