Question: Who directed the American comedy-drama film spoofed by "My Big Fat Independent Movie"?

Context articles: Louis Mandylor
Lainie Kazan
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
My Big Fat Greek Life
My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding
Safe Men
Level Up (film)
Swingers (1996 film)
My Big Fat Independent Movie
Andrea Martin

Louis Mandylor (born Elias Theodosopoulos; Greek: Ηλίας Θεοδοσόπουλος; 13 September 1966) is a Greek Australian film and television actor.
 He is best recognized as Nick Portokalos in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (2002), a role he reprised in the sequel "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" (2016).
Lainie Kazan (born May 15, 1940) is an American actress and singer.
 She was nominated for the 1988 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for "St. Elsewhere", and the 1993 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for "My Favorite Year".
 She had previously received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the film version of "My Favorite Year" (1982).
 Her other film appearances include "The Delta Force" (1986), "Harry and the Hendersons" (1987), "Beaches" (1988), "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (2002) and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" (2016).
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is a 2016 American romantic comedy film directed by Kirk Jones and written by Nia Vardalos.
 The film stars Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin, Ian Gomez and Elena Kampouris.
 It is the sequel to "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", which was released in 2002.
 Filming began in late May 2015 in Toronto.
 The film was released on March 25, 2016 by Universal Pictures.
My Big Fat Greek Life is an American sitcom that ran on CBS in 2003.
 The series is a continuation of the 2002 movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and was produced by Sony Pictures Television and Tom Hanks's Playtone Productions for Sony Pictures Television.
 The two lead characters' names are changed, from Toula to Nia, and Ian to Thomas.
My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding is a controversial US reality television series that debuted on the TLC in April 2012.
 It claims to revolve around the marriage customs of Romani-Americans ("Gypsies") – allegedly members of Romanichal clans, although some are actually of Irish Traveller descent.
 It is a spin-off of Britain's Channel 4 series "Big Fat Gypsy Weddings".
Safe Men is a 1998 American criminal comedy film written and directed by John Hamburg (in his directorial debut), and stars Sam Rockwell and Steve Zahn as a pair of aspiring lounge singers who are mistaken for ace safe crackers, and get mixed up with a Jewish mobster, Big Fat Bernie Gayle (Michael Lerner) and Big Fat's intern, Veal Chop (Paul Giamatti).
Level Up is a 2011 made-for-television film from D and D Productions and Cartoon Network Studios, who which is created by Derek Guiley and David Schneiderman with the direction of Peter Lauer, and aired on November 23, 2011 for the United States.
 This film spoofed video games.
 Jagex and Rooster Teeth were brought in as consultants.
 This film is rated TV-PG-V.
 This movie was made as a pilot for the 2012 Cartoon Network series, "Level Up".
 It premiered on Cartoon Network (UK & Ireland) on June 8, 2012.
Swingers is a 1996 American comedy-drama film about the lives of single, unemployed actors living on the 'eastside' of Hollywood, California during the 1990s swing revival.
 Written by Jon Favreau and directed by Doug Liman, the film starred Favreau and Vince Vaughn, and also featured performances by Ron Livingston and Heather Graham.
My Big Fat Independent Movie is a 2005 independent film produced, written and directed by former film critic Chris Gore spoofing well-known independent films, such as "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", "Memento", "Swingers", "Pulp Fiction", "Magnolia", "Amélie", "Reservoir Dogs", "Pi", "The Good Girl", "Run Lola Run", "Clerks" and "El Mariachi".
 "My Big Fat Independent Movie" was eventually acquired by Anchor Bay Entertainment distribution and the film was released on DVD.
 Broadcast cable rights were picked up by CBS Corporation for Showtime, The Movie Channel and Sundance Channel.
Andrea Louise Martin (born January 15, 1947) is an American actress, singer, author and comedian, best known for her work in the television series "SCTV".
 She has appeared in films such as "Black Christmas" (1974), "Wag the Dog" (1997), "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (2001), "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" (2002) and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" (2016), and lent her voice to the animated films "Anastasia" (1997), "The Rugrats Movie" (1998) and "" (2001).