Question: 2048: Nowhere to Run was a prequel to the feature film directed by whom?

Context articles: 2036: Nexus Dawn
2048: Nowhere to Run
Nowhere in Africa
Katherine Waterston
Monsters University
Road to Nowhere (film)
Blade Runner 2049
The Cousin from Nowhere (1934 film)
Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
Ava DuVernay

2036: Nexus Dawn (known in Chinese and Taiwanese territories as 2036: Clone Era, 2036: Chain Dawn, or 2036: Copy of the Times; alteratively known as Blade Runner 2036) is a 2017 American neo-noir science fiction short film acting as a prequel to the feature film "Blade Runner 2049"; it was released on August 30, 2017, less than two months before the release of the feature film, and features Jared Leto as "Blade Runner 2049" character Niander Wallace, alongside Benedict Wong.
 The film was written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, who also wrote the feature film, and directed by Luke Scott, whose father Ridley Scott directed the original "Blade Runner" and is executive producer on the sequel "Blade Runner 2049".
2048: Nowhere to Run (known in Chinese and Taiwanese territories as 2048: No Escape or 2048: Nowhere to Escape; alteratively known as Blade Runner 2048) is a 2017 American neo-noir science fiction short film acting as a prequel to the feature film "Blade Runner 2049" and the sequel to short film ""; it was released on August 30, 2017, less than one month before the release of the feature film, and features Dave Bautista as "Blade Runner 2049" character Sapper Morton, alongside Orion Ben.
 The film was written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, who also wrote the feature film, and directed by Luke Scott, whose father Ridley Scott directed the original "Blade Runner" and is executive producer on the sequel "Blade Runner 2049".
Nowhere in Africa (German: Nirgendwo in Afrika ) is a 2001 German film that was written and directed by Caroline Link.
 The screenplay is based on the 1995 autobiographical novel of the same name by Stefanie Zweig.
 It tells the story of the life in Kenya of a German-Jewish family that immigrated there in 1938 to escape persecution in Nazi Germany.
 The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as five German Film Prizes ("Deutscher Filmpreis"), including best feature film of 2001.
Katherine Boyer Waterston (born March 3, 1980) is an American actress.
 She made her feature film debut in "Michael Clayton" (2007).
 She then had supporting roles in films including "Robot & Frank," "Being Flynn" (both 2012) and "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her" (2013) before her supporting role as Shasta Fay Hepworth in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Inherent Vice" (2014).
 In 2015, she portrayed Chrisann Brennan in "Steve Jobs".
 She had starring roles in the Harry Potter prequel, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (2016), and "" (2017), a prequel to Ridley Scott's 1979 film "Alien".
Monsters University is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.
 It was directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae, with John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich as executive producers.
 The music for the film was composed by Randy Newman, marking his seventh collaboration with Pixar.
 It was the fourteenth feature film produced by Pixar, and is a prequel to 2001's "Monsters, Inc.", marking the first time Pixar has made a prequel film.
 "Monsters University" tells the story of two monsters, Mike and Sulley, and their time studying at college, where they start off as rivals, but slowly become best friends.
 John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Bob Peterson, and John Ratzenberger reprise their roles as James P. Sullivan, Mike Wazowski, Randall Boggs, Roz, and the Abominable Snowman, respectively.
 Bonnie Hunt, who played Ms. Flint in the first film, voices Mike's grade school teacher Ms. Karen Graves.
Road to Nowhere is a 2010 American romance thriller independent film directed by Monte Hellman, written by Steven Gaydos, and starring Cliff De Young, Waylon Payne, Shannyn Sossamon, Tygh Runyan, and Dominique Swain.
 It is Hellman's first feature film in 21 years.
Blade Runner 2049 is an upcoming American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green.
 A sequel to "Blade Runner" (1982), it stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, who reprises his role as Rick Deckard, with Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista and Jared Leto in supporting roles.
The Cousin from Nowhere (German: Der Vetter aus Dingsda) is a 1934 German operetta film directed by Georg Zoch and starring Lien Deyers, Lizzi Holzschuh and Walter von Lennep.
 It is based on the 1921 operetta "The Cousin from Nowhere" composed by Eduard Künneke.
 It was later turned into a 1953 film of the same title.
Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows is a 2016 Australian sci-fi fantasy film directed by David Caesar.
 It is based on the teen-oriented television series "Nowhere Boys" created by Tony Ayres, who also co-wrote the film.
Ava Marie DuVernay ( ; born August 24, 1972) is an American director, screenwriter, film marketer, and film distributor.
 At the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, DuVernay won the Best Director Prize for her second feature film "Middle of Nowhere", becoming the first African-American woman to win the award.
 For her work in "Selma" (2014), DuVernay was the first black female director to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
 With "Selma", she was also the first black female director to have her film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
 In 2017, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for her film "13th" (2016).