Question: Who directed the American film that inspired Naan?

Context articles: Chingari (2012 film)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)
Christine Yoo
Destination Anywhere (film)
Woh Main Nahin
Raja Vikramarka
The Dirty Dozen
Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985 film)
Naan (film)
Ee Kaikalil

Chingari, also titled Chingaari, is a 2012 Indian Kannada action film starring Darshan and Deepika Kamaiah in the lead roles.
 The film is directed by A. Harsha and V. Harikrishna is the music director of the film.It is also dubbed into Hindi as Chingaara.
 B. Mahadevu produced the film with a budget of million () .
 The film was reported to be inspired by 2008 French-American film, "Taken" as well as 2007 American film "Trade".
The Talented Mr. Ripley is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written for the screen and directed by Anthony Minghella.
 An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel of the same name, the film stars Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf, Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood and Cate Blanchett as Meredith Logue.
Christine Yoo is a Korean-American writer, director, producer and filmmaker.
 She has written and directed a romantic-comedy feature film entitled "Wedding Palace," starring Brian Tee, Kang Hye-jung, Bobby Lee, Margaret Cho, Joy Osmanski, Steve Park, Kelvin Han Yee, Elaine Kao, Charles Kim, Jean Yoon, Nancy J. Lee, Simon Rhee, and more.
 The film is a U.S.-Korea joint production that won Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography at the Cine Gear Expo Film Series Competition and a Golden Angel Award for Best Asian American Film at the Chinese American Film Festival and was also an official selection of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, the Asian American International Film Festival, the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival and a number of other film festivals.
 For the film, Yoo also received a Best Director award at the Atlanta Korean Film Festival as well.
Destination Anywhere is an American film inspired by and featuring music and concepts from Jon Bon Jovi's second solo record "Destination Anywhere".
 The film and album was released in June, 1997.
 The film stars Jon Bon Jovi and Demi Moore as a young couple struggling with alcoholism and the death of their young child.
 Directed by Mark Pellington, the film debuted on both MTV and VH1 in 1997 and also stars Kevin Bacon, Whoopi Goldberg and Annabella Sciorra.
 The film was released on DVD on April 11, 2005 and includes five promotional music videos and the track "It's Just Me" also features in full during the film.
Woh Main Nahin (English: "I Am Not Him") is a 1974 Indian Hindi film directed by Mohan Segal.
 It is inspired from storyline of 1962 Marathi language play "To Mee Navhech", written by Pralhad K. Atre and being acted by Prabhakar Panashikar.
 Navin Nischol and Rekha in lead role with supporting Shaukat Kaifi, Iftekhar, Rakesh Pandey and Padmini Kapila.
 The film is remake of Tamil film "Naan Avanillai" produced by Gemini Ganesan and starring himself in the lead.Gemini sold remake rights to Mohan Segal for sake of his daughter Rekha.
Raja Vikramarka is a 1990 Telugu film.
 It was directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty.
 Chiranjeevi, Amala and Raadhika played the lead roles.
 The film was later dubbed in Hindi as "Daulat Ki Duniya" and in Tamil as "Sathyama Naan Kaavalkaaran".
 This movie was inspired by Eddie Murphy's "Coming to America".
The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 American war film directed by Robert Aldrich, released by MGM, and starring Lee Marvin.
 The picture was filmed in the United Kingdom and features an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Robert Webber, and Donald Sutherland.
 The film is based on E. M. Nathanson's novel of the same name that was inspired by a real-life group called the "Filthy Thirteen".
 In 2001, the American Film Institute placed the film at number 65 on their 100 Years... 100 Thrills list.
Naan Sigappu Manithan (English: "I am a Red Man" ) is a 1985 Tamil film directed by S.A. Chandrasekhar.
 The film stars Rajinikanth, Sathyaraj, Bhagyaraj, Ambika in lead roles with music by Ilaiyaraja.
 It is loosely based on the 1974 American action film "Death Wish" with Charles Bronson.
 It was also remade in Kannada as "Mahatma" starring Saikumar and V. Ravichandran.
 This movie was a commercial success at the box office and was later dubbed in Telegu as "Mr. Vijay".
Naan (English: I ) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by Jeeva Shankar.
 It has composer Vijay Antony in the lead role as a psychopath killer, who also produced it and worked as the music director.
 Siddharth Venugopal and Rupa Manjari appeared in supporting roles.
 The filming of "Naan" began in April 2010.
 The film was released on 15 August 2012.
 It received critical and commercial success and Vijay Antony's acting skills were praised.
 The movie was remade in Bengali in 2015 as "Amanush 2" and in Kannada in 2016 as "Asthitva".
 The movie is inspired by the 1999 movie "The Talented Mr. Ripley".
Ee Kaikalil is a 1986 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. Madhu and produced by Prem Prakash.
 The film stars Mammootty, Seema, Shobhana and Ratheesh in lead roles.
 The film had musical score by Johnson and A. J. Joseph.
 The film is a remake of the 1974 Hindi movie "Majboor" starring Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Pran and was subsequently remade in Telugu by director K. Raghavendra Rao as "Raja" (1976) starring Shobhan Babu and Jayasudha.
 It was also remade in Tamil as "Naan Vazhavaippen" (1979) with Sivaji Ganeshan and K. R. Vijaya, and in Gujarati as "Naseeb No Khel."
 "Majboor" itself was a remake of the American film "Zig Zag (1970 film)" starring George Kennedy.