Question: In what year was the writer and director of the 2002 film "Abandon" born?

Context articles: Stephen Gaghan
Mahesh Manjrekar
Valerie Sayers
Lesley Manville
Kiss the Bride (2002 film)
M. D. Sridhar
Hugo Zemp
Pranav Mohanlal
Harris Goldberg
Abandon (film)

Stephen Gaghan (born May 6, 1965) is an American screenwriter and director.
 He is noted for writing the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh's film "Traffic", based on a Channel 4 series, for which he won the Academy Award, as well as "Syriana" which he wrote and directed.
Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (Marathi: महेश वामन मांजरेकर ) (born 16 August 1958) is an Indian film director, actor, writer and producer.
 He is credited with directing the critically acclaimed films "" (1999), "Astitva" (2000) and "Viruddh... Family Comes First" (2005).
 He has won a National Film Award and two Star Screen Awards.
 Besides direction, he has acted in several films, including some of his own productions.
 He first gained acclaim as an actor for his performance in the 2002 film "Kaante", and later played negative roles in the Telugu film "Okkadunnadu" (2007) and as the gangster Javed in the film "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008).
 He played the role of Shivaji Maharaj in Marathi film "Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy".
 He also played the role of Harpist Dongara in the "Aakhri Chunauti" series of episodes in "C.I.D.".
 Manjrekar was acclaimed for the negative role as inspector D.R. Talpade in the movie Wanted starring superstar Salman Khan.
Valerie Sayers (born 1952) is an American writer and the author of six novels: "The Powers" (2013); "Brain Fever" (1996); "The Distance Between Us" (1994); "Who Do You Love" (1991); "How I Got Him Back, or, Under the Cold Moon’s Shine" (1989); and "Due East" (1987).
 "Brain Fever" and "Who Do You Love" were named "New York Times" "Notable Books of the Year", and the 2002 film "Due East" is based on her first two novels.
 Reviewing "Who Do You Love", "The Chicago Tribune" declared: "To say that Valerie Sayers is a natural-born writer wildly underestimates the facts….
 She has carved out for herself a corner of the South as clearly delineated as Faulkner’s famous Yoknapatawpha County, a sense of the importance and holiness of place that calls to mind Eudora Welty’s writing on the subject."
Lesley Manville OBE (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress of film, theatre and television who frequently collaborates with director Mike Leigh.
 For her work in his 2002 film "All or Nothing" and his 2010 film "Another Year", she won the London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year.
 For the latter, she also won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Kiss the Bride is a 2002 film about an Italian family, directed by Vanessa Parise.
 The film takes place in Westerly, Rhode Island, the hometown of director/actor/writer/producer Parise.
M. D. Sridhar is a Kannada film writer and director.
 He debuted with the successful 2002 film "Friends" and since then has directed many successful and critically acclaimed feature films such as "Chellata" (2006), "Porki" (2007) and "Bulbul" (2013).
Hugo Zemp (born 14 May 1937, Basle, Switzerland) is a Swiss-French ethnomusicologist.
 A prolific recorder of ethnic music and a writer on the subject, he has also shot a number of films about music of various regions, including 1988 film "Voix de tête, voix de poitrine" and 2002 film "An African Brass Band" filmed by him in Ivory Coast in 2002.
 His wide musical expertise includes music notably in Africa, Oceania and Switzerland.
 He also had particular interest in yodeling and lullabies.
 His recordings of lullabies from Solomon Islands were later released by UNESCO as part of their "Musical Sources" collection.
 One famous lullaby he recorded, a traditional Baegu lullaby from the Solomon Islands called "Rorogwela" was sung by Afunakwa, a Northern Malaita old woman.
 The recording was later used, apparently without permission, in Deep Forest's song "Sweet Lullaby".
Pranav Mohanlal (born 13 July 1990) is an Indian actor known for his work in Malayalam films.
 The son of actor Mohanlal, he began acting as a child with his screen debut in his father's film "Onnaman" (2002) in a minor role, followed by a leading role in "Punarjani" in the same year.
 He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist for his role in "Punarjani".
 He then decided to abandon films to focus on his studies.
 Since then, he has kept a distance from the film industry and was not keen on returning to pursue acting.
 He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of New South Wales.
Harris Goldberg (born November 17, 1962) is a Canadian-born director, writer and producer.
 He co-wrote the 1999 film "" with Rob Schneider and the 2002 film "The Master of Disguise" with Dana Carvey.
 In 2007, Goldberg wrote and directed the film "Numb", inspired by his own experiences battling an anxiety disorder.
Abandon is a 2002 American psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, starring Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam) disappeared two years previously.
 Despite being set at an American university, much of the movie was filmed in Canada at McGill University's McConnell Hall.
 It is based on the book "Adams Fall" by Sean Desmond.
 The book was re-titled "Abandon" for the movie tie-in paperback printing.
 The film co-stars Zooey Deschanel and Gabrielle Union, with Benjamin Bratt playing the detective investigating the boyfriend's disappearance.
 It received generally negative reviews.